--- title: Cam Newton's New Touchdown Dance Replaces Dabbing description: A touchdown by Cam Newton allowed the Carolina quarterback to debut what appears to be his new touchdown dance for the 2016-17 season. canonical: https://time.com/4485275/cam-newton-new-touchdown-dance-replaces-dabbing/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-09T15:46:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:21.157Z og:title: Cam Newton Has a New Touchdown Dance to Replace the Dab og:description: Get ready to see this move everywhere og:url: https://time.com/4485275/cam-newton-new-touchdown-dance-replaces-dabbing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cam Newton Has a New Touchdown Dance to Replace the Dab twitter:description: Get ready to see this move everywhere twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Cam Newton Has a New Touchdown Dance to Replace the Dab  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 9, 2016 3:46 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 9, 2016 3:46 PM UTC The [Panthers](http://time.com/4211769/super-bowl-50-cam-newton-post-game/) may have lost to the [Broncos](http://time.com/money/4200863/player-bonus-winning-super-bowl/) by one point in Thursday’s NFL opener at Denver’s Sports Authority Field at Mile High, but a touchdown by [Cam Newton](http://time.com/4197778/how-cam-newton-became-the-face-of-the-nfl/) near the end of the second quarter did allow the Carolina quarterback to debut what appears to be his new touchdown dance for the 2016-17 season. After retiring dabbing — the now-viral dance that took the football world by storm last year — during a [June appearance on _The Mac Attack_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFEatTck1LU), Newton took full advantage of the chance to show off his new move after running the ball in for the Panthers’ second score of the night. The routine involved a rhythmic dusting his hands off move that finished with his patented “Superman” celebration. Watch the full clip below. > [](https://twitter.com/NFL/status/774061282949341184) \[h/t [CBS Sports](http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/look-cam-newton-dumps-the-dab-unveils-new-td-dance-vs-broncos/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4485275/cam-newton-new-touchdown-dance-replaces-dabbing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4485275/cam-newton-new-touchdown-dance-replaces-dabbing/"},"headline":"Cam Newton Has a New Touchdown Dance to Replace the Dab","datePublished":"2016-09-09T15:46:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:21.157Z","description":"Get ready to see this move everywhere","url":"https://time.com/4485275/cam-newton-new-touchdown-dance-replaces-dabbing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Football","NFL"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4485275/cam-newton-new-touchdown-dance-replaces-dabbing/","name":"Cam Newton Has a New Touchdown Dance to Replace the Dab"}}]}] ```