The Carolina Panthers are a NFL team based in Charlotte,
North Carolina. The Panthers, along with the
Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion teams in 1995. The Panthers appeared in Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston losing to the New England patriots led by Super Bowl MVP
Tom Brady and won the game on a winning field goal by
Adam Vinatieri. At the time, this was the most watched
Super Bowl ever with 144.4 million viewers.