CHARLOTTE — A look inside the numbers and snap counts from Sunday's 30-27 win over the Dallas Cowboys.

• Bryce Young completed 17-of-25 passes for 199 yards and three touchdowns with one interception to produce a 114.8 quarterback rating.
• He equaled a career high with three touchdowns, previously accomplished three times, most recently at Arizona in Week 2.
• Young engineered his eighth career and second consecutive game-winning drive that put the team ahead for good in the fourth quarter or overtime. On the final drive, Young directed the Panthers 71 yards on 15 plays in 6:07. On the game-winning possession, the quarterback completed 3-of-5 passes for 25 yards.
• According to Pro Football Focus, Young's stat line while trialing the Cowboys was: 10-of-10, for 125 passing yards, three touchdowns, and a perfect passer rating of 158.3.
• Young's first touchdown of the day went to rookie receiver Tetairoa McMillan on a 19-yard catch-and-run. It was McMillan's first NFL touchdown.

• Rico Dowdle, who recorded 234 scrimmage yards and a touchdown in Week 5, is the sixth running back in the Super Bowl era—and first since 2020—with at least 225 scrimmage yards and a touchdown in consecutive games, joining Dalvin Cook (2020 with Minnesota), Le'Veon Bell (2014 with Pittsburgh), Deuce McAllister (2003 with New Orleans) and Pro Football Hall of Famers Marshall Faulk (2002 with the St. Louis Rams) and Walter Payton (1977 with Chicago).
• Dowdle set a new team record with 239 scrimmage yards, accumulating 183 rushing yards on 30 carries and 56 receiving yards and one touchdown on 4 catches.
• Dowdle's franchise record bettered previous record of 237 scrimmage yards by Christian McCaffrey versus Seattle (Nov. 25, 2018) [125 rushing, 112 receiving) and versus Jacksonville (Oct. 6, 2019) [176 rushing, 61 receiving].
• Dowdle has tallied a combined 473 scrimmage yards in Weeks 5 and 6, the most in a two-game span in team history, after producing 234 versus Miami last week [206 rushing, 28 receiving].
• The Panthers offense produced 14 rushing first downs. This equaled the fourth most rushing first downs in team history, previously accomplished twice – most recently at Seattle (Dec. 11, 2023). The team record is 16 rushing first downs at Tampa Bay (Nov. 18, 2009) and versus Detroit (Dec. 24, 2022) followed by 15 versus the New York Giants (Sept. 22, 2013).

• The Panthers defense yielded just one rushing first down against the Cowboys.
• This equaled the third fewest rushing first downs allowed in team history, previously accomplished 14 times – most recently versus Washington (Nov. 22, 2015). The team record is no rushing first downs allowed versus Arizona in 1995 and versus Detroit in 2020.
• The defense allowed just 1.63 yards per rush on 19 attempts for 31 yards, the fourth-fewest average yards per attempt in team history.
• This marked the second consecutive game yielding less than 1.65 yards per rush after surrendering 1.36 yards on 14 attempts for 19 yards versus Miami last week.
• The team record is 1.11 yards allowed per rush at Philadelphia in 1996 followed by 1.39 yards versus Miami last week and 1.61 yards at Philadelphia in 2014.
• Allowed just 50 rushing yards combined versus Miami last week [19 yards] and versus Dallas [31 yards]. This marked the second-fewest rushing yards allowed in a two-game span in team history behind the 45 yards allowed versus Washington [14 yards] and at Dallas [31 yards] in 2015.

• The Panthers did not force any turnovers, but turned the ball over once on one interception. Through six games, the Panthers have a negative-4 turnover ratio and are 1-0 when being positive in turnover margin, 0-1 when being even in turnover margin and 2-2 when being negative in turnover margin.

• Kicker Ryan Fitzgerald connected on 3-of-3 field goal attempts, converting from 31 yards in the second quarter, 55 yards in the second quarter and 33 yards in the fourth quarter, as well as all three of extra point tries.
• Fitzgerald's 55-yard field goal equaled the seventh -ongest in team history, previously accomplished three times – most recently by Joey Slye at Houston in 2019.
• The 33-yard field goal in the fourth quarter marked Fitzgerald's first career game-winning field goal. Through six games, he has made 10-of-11 field goal attempts and 12-of-13 extra point opportunities for a team-leading 42 points.

• According to Next Gen Stats, Young faced zone coverage on 85.2 percent of dropbacks, completing 14-of-21 passes for 174 yards, two touchdowns and one interception against zone.
• Young completed as many deep passes against the Cowboys and had more passing yards on deep passes (89) than he did over his first five games combined (three deep completions for 79 yards). He also threw his first deep touchdown passes of the season to Rico Dowdle and Tetairoa McMillan (entered Week 6 with zero deep touchdowns and 2 interceptions).
• Dowdle gained 122 rushing yards after contact, the most by a Panthers running back in a game since at least 2016. He was most productive on carries out of under-center formations, gaining 117 yards and three of his four explosive runs across 17 such carries.

Snap Counts

Take a look at the snap counts and playtime percentage for the Panthers in Week 6 of the regular season against the Cowboys.

• The Panthers really want to rotate their running backs; they do. But when someone's on a heater like Rico Dowdle, it's hard to take him out. Dowdle played all but eight snaps the entire game, logging 88 percent of the snaps. Backup Trevor Etienne got eight (12 percent), and DeeJay Dallas had four (6 percent).
• The Panthers managed to keep all five active wide receivers in the mix. Hunter Renfrow played 18 snaps and Jimmy Horn Jr. 14, but they each had significant roles (with Renfrow's one catch a rather big one).
• Second tight end Mitchell Evans played 58 percent of the snaps, along with Tommy Tremble's 73 percent. You think the Panthers are serious about running?

• The Panthers had 55 snaps on defense for the second straight week. That has no statistical significance; it's just funny how it works out sometimes.
• With nickel Chau Smith-Wade back and playing his normal 62 percent or so of the snaps, last week's replacements saw the expected dips in playing time. Lathan Ransom went from 36 snaps last week to just seven against the Cowboys, and Corey Thornton went from 24 to six.
• Derrick Brown is back to his usual levels, with 82 percent of the snaps. He's making an impact when he's out there, as usual.

• Claudin Cherelus was back in the lineup again this week, playing a team-high 22 snaps along with income.
• Cornerback Keion Crossen, elevated from the practice squad, made his Panthers debut with 11 snaps.
• The Panthers continue to get a decent number of special teams snaps from a handful of regulars on offense and defense, including Brycen Tremayne (61 percent), Ransom (54 percent), and Dallas (50 percent).