The Carolina Panthers is a professional basketball team.
Carolina Panthers . The Panthers played well in their first two years , finishing in 1995 ( an all-time best for an NFL expansion team 's first season ) and 12 -- 4 the following year , winning the NFC West before ultimately losing to the eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game . The National Football Conference ( NFC ) Championship Game ( also unofficially referred to as the NFC Title Game ) is one of the two semi-final playoff games of the National Football League ( NFL ) , the largest professional American football league in the United States . The NFC West is a division of the National Football League ( NFL ) 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) . Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League ( NFL ) for the 2015 season .