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The Carolina Panthers has its base in Charlotte, North Carolina. They represent the southern division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League. Ron Rivera is the team’s head coach, and Danny Morrison, the president. The team also has its own stadium in Charlotte registered as Panthers Stadium, LLC. The team had massive support from the home crowd in spite of being a new entrant into the NFL. They have been facing stiff opposition from in the game from the NFC South team. They also share tough rivalry with the Arizona Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys. The Panthers are the 29th NFL time out of the 32 with a logo of a panther in black and blue color. They wear a three-colored jersey which is black, white and blue. They started participating in the NFL in 1995 and introduced a blue jersey in 2002. Since the blue jersey can be used only twice in any given season according to the NFL rules, the team has to play with their white or black jerseys. The Panthers usually prefer the combination of white jerseys and white pants, and black and blue jerseys with silver pants. The Panthers own the Bank of America Stadium as they have paid $248 million in the construction of the stadium. The stadium was built in 1996. The city administration department has invested $60 millions in land and infrastructure development. Recently, in February 2013, the city of Charlotte has proposed $250 million for the improvement of the stadium. Half the amount of the improvement package will be borne by the Charlotte city, and the other half between Panthers and North Carolina State. The first NFL season of Carolina Panthers took place in 1995. The team’s coach ten was Dom Capers. As a new entrant, the team’s performance was considered satisfactory with 7-9 record. This impressive record is a record on the NFL history for any fist-time participant. The team took their performance a notch higher in the second season and finishes with 12-4 record. They even won the NFC west division title in 1996. The team also crushed their traditional rivals, the Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round, but lost to the Green Bay Packers the winner of the Supper Bowl. The team fell to their record low in 2010 when they finished with 2-14. That was the last season of John Fox’s contract with the team. After that, the team hired Ron Rivera as the head coach. However, it did not make any change to the team’s record as they faired poorly in the 2011 and 2012 season. The team’s bad performance last year also resulted in firing of the General Manager Marty Hurney. Though the last three seasons have never been impressive for the Carolina Panthers, their opening match against Seattle and New York Giants in front of the home crowd will be worth watching. For more information about Cleveland browns please visit http://www.nflgiftideas.com/
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