Panthers' Bryce Young gets first career win in battle of rookie quarterbacks against CJ Stroud's Texans

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Bryce Young outdueled C.J. Stroud in a battle of the NFL’s top two draft picks, and Eddy Pineiro made a 23-yard field goal as time expired to send the Carolina Panthers over the Houston Texans 15-13 on Sunday for their first win of the season.

Young, the No. 1 overall pick, threw for 235 yards and a touchdown. He led a winning 15-play, 86-yard drive that took more than six minutes off the clock in helping the Panthers (1-6) snap a 56-game losing streak in games they trailed at any point in fourth quarter, the longest in the NFL since at least 1991.

Carolina’s last fourth-quarter comeback win was October 21, 2018, against the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Stroud, the second overall pick, was 16 of 24 for 140 yards and ran for a touchdown for Houston (3-4).

The ending was filled with drama, with the Panthers lining up for three different field-goal attempts.

On a 38-yarder, Tavierre Thomas ran into the backfield early in an attempt to block the kick and ran into holder Johnny Hekker. That moved the Panthers 10 yards closer. Then Thomas was flagged again for unsportsmanlike conduct for trying to stop the clock by jumping off sides again, moving the ball another five yards closer.

Pineiro made his third attempt, even as another flag for off sides was thrown on the Texans.

C.J. Stroud, #7 of the Houston Texans, celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the third quarter of the game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 29, 2023.  (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)

Young overcame six sacks and three drops by his wide receivers to record his