Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa is sacked by the Panthers' Patrick Jones II in Sunday's game in Charlotte. (AP photo)

CHARLOTTE. N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Dave Canales preached to his players this past week about not allowing things to spiral out of control following a 29-point road loss to New England.

They apparently listened.

Bryce Young threw a go-ahead, 4-yard touchdown pass to backup tight end Mitchell Evans with 1:59 remaining, Rico Dowdle ran for 206 yards and a score, and Carolina overcame a 17-point first-half deficit to beat the Miami Dolphins 27-24 on Sunday.

The Panthers (2-3) remained unbeaten at home and equaled a franchise record with their 17-point comeback. Carolina improved to 4-117 (including playoffs) when trailing by 17 or more.

“I think it was a great message that carried over,” Young said. “Obviously not the start that we want, but for us to be able to refocus. (Canales) talks about that all the time, about being able to refocus from the good from the bad, whatever it may be, and you saw that in all phases. Regardless of what was going on with the scoreboard, just to able to refocus on go on to the next play.”

Young completed 19 of 30 passes for 198 yards and two touchdowns after turning the ball over on Carolina’s first two possessions, leading to two touchdown passes by Tua Tagovailoa and a 17-0 Miami lead.

Making his first start for the Panthers in place of the injured Chuba Hubbard, Dowdle matched the second-highest rushing total in franchise history despite having to leave the game on multiple occasions in the second half because of cramping.

Dowdle had runs of 53 and 43 yards in the second half and Carolina, playing without three injured offensive linemen, outgained Miami 237 yards to 19 on the ground.

Dowdle, a free-agent pickup from Dallas, came within 5 yards of breaking the franchise single-game rushing record held by DeAngelo Williams.

Said Miami coach Mike McDaniel: “I think we were outgained by 200 yards in the run game. That is not good enough. You’ll rarely win — if ever.”

Tagovailoa finished 27 of 36 for 256 yards with TD passes to De’Von Achane, Darren Waller and Jaylen Waddle in Miami’s first game since Tyreek Hill sustained a season-ending knee injury.

The Panthers finally took the lead midway through the fourth quarter on a 1-yard TD run by Dowdle, but Tagovailoa answered quickly with a 46-yard touchdown pass to Waddle to put the Dolphins ahead 24-20 with 4:50 left.

The Panthers responded with an impressive drive sparked by Young’s 17-yard pass to rookie Jimmy Horn on fourth-and-5. Evans’ TD catch was his second score in two games. Horn made his debut after being inactive the first four weeks.

The Dolphins (1-4) had a chance to retake the lead, but Patrick Jones II sacked Tagovailoa for a 7-yard loss on third-and-10. McDaniel elected to punt with 1:10 left.

On Carolina’s ensuing drive, Miami’s Jack Jones was flagged for pass interference on Hunter Renfrow on a third-down play, giving Carolina a game-sealing first down.

“No one wants to start the season 1-4,” said Tagovailoa, who was sacked three times. “There’s just so many things that go into it. And we’ve got to figure this out. And we’ve got to figure this out now. This feeling sucks.”

The momentum changed late in the second quarter when Young found struggling wide receiver Xavier Legette for a 7-yard touchdown strike to cut the lead to 17-7 on a play where he threw to a spot in the end zone, hoping and expecting that Legette would be there to make the catch.

COWBOYS 37, JETS 22

Dak Prescott had a makeshift offensive line in front of him against a team desperate for its first win and still marched the Dallas Cowboys up and down the field.

Prescott threw two of his four touchdown passes to Jake Ferguson, Dallas scored on two drives of 90 or more yards in the second quarter with an O-line missing four starters and the Cowboys cruised past the winless New York Jets 37-22 on Sunday.

“I think we’re spoiled,” coach Brian Schottenheimer said of Prescott. “I think he’s one of the best players in the league. He’s certainly one of the best leaders and teammates I’ve ever been around. Guys believe in him and he’s playing with a ton of confidence right now.”

Javonte Williams ran for 135 yards and a touchdown and also caught a TD pass, George Pickens also had a TD reception and the Cowboys (2-2-1) bounced back from a disappointing 40-40 tie against Green Bay last week.

The Cowboys gave Schottenheimer a win over the team for which he was the offensive coordinator from 2006-11. It kept the Jets (0-5) winless under Aaron Glenn, who’s the first coach in franchise history to begin his tenure with five losses. It’s New York’s fourth 0-5 start and first since starting 0-13 in 2020 under Adam Gase.

“I’m going to embrace this challenge, all right, just like any other challenge,” Glenn said. “And we’re going to figure out as a team … how to get out of this hole.”

The Jets also became the first team in NFL history to have no takeaways in their first five games since 1933, when turnovers were first tracked, according to ESPN Research.