The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, representing North Carolina and South Carolina in the NFL. The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion teams in 1995. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). In their 14 years of existence, the Panthers have compiled a record of 115–119, and appeared in Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston, Texas.