Quarterback Cam Newton before leading the Panthers to an overtime win over the Colts on Monday night.Chuck Burton/Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mud, dirt and torn-up patches of sod lay in a heap outside Bank of America Stadium on Wednesday — the remains of the field after Monday night’s game between the Carolina Panthers and theIndianapolis Colts, which was played in a monsoon.
It was a messy game, aside from the mud. The Panthers blew a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter and then fell behind by a field goal in overtime. In front of a national television audience, it was classic Panthers, a throwback to the days when late collapses were standard fare.
But these are not those Panthers. They found a way to pull out a 29-26 victory and are the lone undefeated team in the N.F.C., and one of just four teams at 7-0 in N.F.L. Week 9.
So it seems almost appropriate that the Panthers will have a different field to play on when they host the Green Bay Packers (6-1) in a showdown on Sunday. For a franchise that has never started a season with seven wins in a row, this is all new ground.
“It hasn’t been pretty at times,” quarterback Cam Newton said Wednesday, “but yet winning is the most gorgeous thing about sports.”
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