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Falcons head coach Mike Smith, whose job could depend on the outcome of today's game, heads to the locker room before playing the Panthers in a football game for the NFC South title and a trip to the post season on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

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Falcons head coach Mike Smith, whose job could depend on the outcome of today's game, heads to the locker room before playing the Panthers in a football game for the NFC South title and a trip to the post season on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com
By Staff
Dec 29, 2014

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Game-changing turnovers that resulted in 21 points for Carolina: 31- and 84-yard pick-6 interceptions for scores and a 33-yard fumble return to the Falcons’ 4 (with a penalty) which resulted in a TD on the next play.

22

Sacks of Matt Ryan by the Panthers in the Georgia Dome in the past three seasons: seven in 2012, nine in 2013, six in 2014.

165

The pedestrian total yardage accumulated by Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (114 passing, 51 rushing), but it was enough against the Falcons’ porous defense.

66-46

Record for Mike Smith as Falcons coach, with 56 of those victories in the first five seasons vs. only 10 in the past two.

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