Week 17, 2044

played in New Orleans, CA

60 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Carolina Panthers31230-18
New Orleans Saints101400-24

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:23 NOS - Marco Gillespie 45 fumble return (Angel McTermid extra point)
1Q: 08:47 NOS - Angel McTermid 36 field goal
1Q: 02:54 CAR - Branden Melancon 18 field goal
2Q: 15:00 NOS - Alexander Shannon 8 run (Angel McTermid extra point)
2Q: 08:08 CAR - Safety, holding called in the end zone
2Q: 05:16 CAR - Branden Melancon 42 field goal
2Q: 01:56 NOS - Greg Emerson 4 pass from Randall Wolf (Angel McTermid extra point)
2Q: 00:20 CAR - Brandon Cooks 1 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 00:15 CAR - Branden Melancon 37 field goal

Team StatisticsCARNOS
Record8-811-5
First Downs1922
- by Rushing612
- by Passing109
- by Penalty31
Total Net Yards323335
- Offensive Plays7061
- Yards per Play4.615.49
Net Rushing Yards128159
- Rushing Attempts2028
- Yards per Rush6.405.68
Net Passing Yards195176
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt47 - 23 - 131 - 20 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards220191
- Sacks/Yards Lost3/252/15
- Yards per Pass Play3.905.33
Fumbles/Lost1/11/0
3rd Down Conversions5/166/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down9.66.8
4th Down Conversions0/00/0
Penalties/Yards8/509/58
Punt Returns/Yards3/273/27
Kick Returns/Yards4/972/42
Interception Ret./Yards2/01/0
2pt Conversions0/00/0
Red Zone Visits35
- Red Zone TDs/FGs1/12/1
Avg. Drive StartOWN 29OWN 25
Time of Possession30:4529:15

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
113:151:50OWN 203-2Punt
18:395:50OWN 331366Field Goal
214:511:23OWN 2033Punt
212:161:21OWN 3632Punt
210:232:15OPP 2348Interception
28:002:51OWN 44531Field Goal
21:561:47OWN 29871Touchdown
315:004:11OWN 21848Missed FG
37:462:59OWN 2615Punt
32:442:37OWN 41439Field Goal
414:432:13OWN 25515Punt
48:541:38OWN 9512Punt
43:570:25OWN 2030Punt
New Orleans Saints
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
115:001:45OWN 2033Punt
111:252:46OWN 43538Field Goal
12:492:58OWN 33567Touchdown
213:281:12OWN 2432Punt
210:550:32OWN 2022Interception
28:080:08OWN 21-5Safety
25:093:13OWN 281072Touchdown
20:090:09OWN 201-2Half
310:493:03OWN 38621Punt
34:472:03OWN 1037Punt
30:070:24OWN 203-5Punt
412:303:36OWN 12773Interception
47:163:19OWN 46516Punt
43:323:32OWN 47833Game

Game MVP: Brody Norris, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

CarolinaAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
Cary Hicks11575.182720
Justics Delaroche7507.143130
Geno Smith22110.501310
New OrleansAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
Alexander Shannon15855.671941
Adam England10686.803030
Randall Wolf362.001010

Passing Statistics

CarolinaAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Geno Smith47232203/25141160.6
New OrleansAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Randall Wolf31201912/15130265.4

Receiving Statistics

CarolinaCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Brandon Cooks7138612.2933411
WR Giovanni McDaniel5107014.0012220
FB Skip Rowe36175.671100
RB Justics Delaroche3462.00640
WR Seth Chu2394.50060
RB Cary Hicks1177.00170
TE Lucas Cheng132424.0017240
WR Bennett Murphy1611.00010
TE Roderick Dahnke0100.00000
New OrleansCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Angel Sturdivant58489.6018240
TE Greg Emerson46256.253111
WR Amir Kemp343913.0029300
WR Tavon Austin242814.008150
TE Johnny Ketteridge22178.502140
RB Adam England12-3-3.000-30
WR Ronnie Durham111313.000130
FB Marco Gillespie131414.003140
RB Alexander Shannon111010.005100

Interception Statistics

CarolinaIntsYardsAvgTD
CB Trevor Briel100.000
ILB Corwin McEwen100.000
New OrleansIntsYardsAvgTD
S Brody Norris100.000

Fumble Statistics

CarolinaFumbRecovForceTD
Kaiden Jefferson1000
DeMarcus Lawrence0010
New OrleansFumbRecovForceTD
Alexander Shannon1000
Marco Gillespie0101
Taylor Lewan0100
Johnny Ketteridge0010

Punting Statistics

CarolinaPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Casey Herrmann734949.943.1642
New OrleansPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Jackie O'Donnell627245.337.5561

Kicking Statistics

CarolinaFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Branden Melancon3/41/20/0421/1
New OrleansFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Angel McTermid1/10/00/0363/3

Punt Return Statistics

CarolinaRetYardsAvgTD
Kaiden Jefferson3279.00
New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD
Tavon Austin3279.00

Kick Return Statistics

CarolinaRetYardsAvgTD
Brandon Cooks37023.30
Giovanni McDaniel12727.00
New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD
Tavon Austin12525.00
Brody Norris11717.00

Defensive Statistics

CarolinaTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
CB Todd Coleman910.02833
OLB Dennis Crimm611.02731
ILB Corwin McEwen530.02733
ILB Byron Sims430.0149
CB Trevor Briel420.02630
S Brady Worrell330.02833
S Brett Mowen300.01426
DE DeMarcus Lawrence211.02028
CB Thurman Stevens210.01524
OLB Bob Guest200.02318
DE Melvin McConnell200.02429
S Gage Yellig110.01514
DT Renaldo Jeffries100.02117
CB Kaiden Jefferson100.013
DT Grant May100.0816
RB Justics Delaroche10---------
New OrleansTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
CB Jorge Cloak631.01948
CB Shane Willis500.02050
DT Mario Edwards411.01329
S Bryce Travis450.02050
S Brody Norris420.02045
ILB Sammie Collins330.02048
OLB Robert King310.01430
OLB T.J. Burroughs300.0412
DT Winfred Lofton211.01130
DT Walt Madison200.01843
S Kris Wooden200.0311
DE Conrad Tatum200.01024
CB Weston Woodson200.01633
OLB Efrain Pei110.012
TE Greg Emerson10---------
RB Adam England10---------
OLB Ian Whitehurst100.0524
DT Trent Ogden100.01129
DE Vince Cole010.01437

Pass Rush Statistics

CarolinaSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm1.000131
DE DeMarcus Lawrence1.000028
DT Renaldo Jeffries0.001117
OLB Bob Guest0.001018
DE Melvin McConnell0.001029
New OrleansSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
DT Winfred Lofton1.002330
DT Mario Edwards1.001029
CB Jorge Cloak1.000048
DT Walt Madison0.002043
OLB Ian Whitehurst0.002024
ILB Sammie Collins0.001048
DE Conrad Tatum0.001024

Pass Defense Statistics

CarolinaCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
CB Todd Coleman60033
CB Trevor Briel31130
S Brett Mowen30026
ILB Corwin McEwen20133
OLB Dennis Crimm12031
OLB Bob Guest10018
CB Kaiden Jefferson1003
CB Thurman Stevens10024
S Brady Worrell10033
ILB Byron Sims1009
New OrleansCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
CB Shane Willis50050
ILB Sammie Collins33048
S Brody Norris32145
OLB Robert King30030
OLB T.J. Burroughs20012
CB Jorge Cloak20048
OLB Ian Whitehurst11024
S Bryce Travis11050
CB Weston Woodson11033
S Kris Wooden10011
DT Winfred Lofton10030

Blocking Statistics

CarolinaKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
Mack Wheeler34020250
Louis Tate24020050
Donnie Wile14020050
Lucas Cheng11013028
Alonzo Tripp02020050
Justin Wiggin02020050
Skip Rowe0107023
Cary Hicks00012120
New OrleansKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
Darren Wilkerson36028033
Robbie Rose35028033
Lonnie Duffy27028133
Reuben Shaw23128133
Taylor Lewan13028033
Marco Gillespie11125019

Special Teams Tackles

CarolinaTacklesSTPlays
Manti Te'o130
Josh Phillips122
Giovanni McDaniel117
Lucas Cheng112
Alonzo Tripp111
New OrleansTacklesSTPlays
Johnny Ketteridge316
Marco Gillespie121
Kaden Perkins118
Kris Wooden116
Ben Jones17

Participation

CarolinaRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Alonzo Tripp2050------1181
Brandon Cooks2046------1581
Justin Wiggin2050------1181
Giovanni McDaniel1641------1774
Geno Smith2050---------70
Donnie Wile2050---------70
Mack Wheeler2050---------70
Louis Tate2050---------70
Corwin McEwen------2733262
Brady Worrell------2833162
Todd Coleman------2833162
Dennis Crimm------2731159
Justics Delaroche831------2059
Trevor Briel------2630258
Melvin McConnell------2429154
Lucas Cheng1328------1253
DeMarcus Lawrence------2028149
Seth Chu1132------649
Thurman Stevens------1524746
Skip Rowe723------1444
Renaldo Jeffries------2117341
Bob Guest------2318---41
Brett Mowen------1426141
Cary Hicks1220------234
Josh Phillips56------2233
Manti Te'o------123033
Bennett Murphy519------630
Gage Yellig------1514---29
Byron Sims------149629
Roderick Dahnke34------1926
Grant May------816125
Kaiden Jefferson------131620
Darnell Arnold------85316
Clyde Pieri------44614
Hardy Odumuyiwa------38213
Braxton Frederick------001212
Junior Atkins------101011
Ronald Parrish00------1111
Michael Wasserman00------1111
Cody Strong00------1111
Branden Melancon00------99
Casey Herrmann00------77
Jordan Herndon------0055
Gilbert Brisman00------44
Steven Arnold00---------0
Dakota Rodgers00---------0
New OrleansRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Bryce Travis------2050474
Shane Willis------2050474
Sammie Collins------2048573
Brody Norris------2045873
Jorge Cloak------1948269
Reuben Shaw2833------768
Robbie Rose2833------768
Tavon Austin2727------1165
Marco Gillespie2519------2165
Walt Madison------1843364
Randall Wolf2833---------61
Lonnie Duffy2833---------61
Taylor Lewan2833---------61
Weston Woodson------16331261
Darren Wilkerson2833---------61
Vince Cole------1437455
Robert King------1430852
Greg Emerson2324---------47
Mario Edwards------1329547
Adam England1214------1844
Winfred Lofton------1130344
Conrad Tatum------1024842
Trent Ogden------1129242
Angel Sturdivant1521------137
Johnny Ketteridge911------1636
Ian Whitehurst------524736
Amir Kemp820------836
Alexander Shannon1619---------35
T.J. Burroughs------4121632
Kris Wooden------3111630
Ronnie Durham36------1827
Kaden Perkins22------1822
Roosevelt Klingensmith02------1214
Jumbo Greer------021113
Collin Thornton------12912
Efrain Pei------1258
Ben Jones00------77
Levon Fulcher00------77
Angel McTermid00------77
Damien Hausermann00------77
J.T. O'Neal00------77
Jackie O'Donnell00------66
Freddie de la Rosa------0055
Korey Beyer------0134
Earl Leyes00------11
Bart Turner00---------0

Directional Rushing Statistics

DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left8486.0
Middle55110.2
Right7294.1
None000.0
DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left121038.6
Middle7202.9
Right7405.7
None2-4-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

CarolinaAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Geno Smith47233068931
New OrleansAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Randall Wolf31202123322

Directional Passing Statistics

DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen74131.9
Short (0-8 Yds)1911713.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)1981367.2
Long (19+ Yds)2000.0
DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen85354.4
Short (0-8 Yds)86486.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)1391088.3
Long (19+ Yds)2000.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

CarolinaTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Brandon Cooks137186146
WR Giovanni McDaniel105070141
FB Skip Rowe63117023
WR Bennett Murphy6111019
RB Justics Delaroche4316031
WR Seth Chu3209032
TE Lucas Cheng31124128
RB Cary Hicks1107020
TE Roderick Dahnke101004
New OrleansTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Angel Sturdivant85248121
TE Greg Emerson64025024
WR Tavon Austin42028027
WR Amir Kemp43039120
FB Marco Gillespie31014019
RB Adam England210-3014
TE Johnny Ketteridge22017011
WR Ronnie Durham1101306
RB Alexander Shannon11010019

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

CarolinaAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
Cary Hicks331.005.18
Geno Smith11313.0010.50
New OrleansAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
Adam England210.506.80
Alexander Shannon2136.505.67
Randall Wolf1-2-2.002.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

CarolinaAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Geno Smith82111.384.68
New OrleansAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Randall Wolf53142.806.16

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

CarolinaTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
WR Brandon Cooks2110.506.62
WR Giovanni McDaniel21105.007.00
FB Skip Rowe1000.002.83
TE Roderick Dahnke1000.000.00
TE Lucas Cheng1000.008.00
WR Bennett Murphy1000.000.17
New OrleansTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
TE Greg Emerson2142.004.17
RB Adam England11-3-3.00-1.50
WR Ronnie Durham111313.0013.00
FB Marco Gillespie1000.004.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

CarolinaRushesConversions
Geno Smith11
Justics Delaroche11
New OrleansRushesConversions
Alexander Shannon32
Adam England22

Third Down Passing Statistics

CarolinaAttCompConversions
Geno Smith1463
New OrleansAttCompConversions
Randall Wolf742

Third Down Receiving Statistics

CarolinaTargCatchConversions
WR Brandon Cooks642
WR Giovanni McDaniel310
TE Lucas Cheng211
WR Bennett Murphy200
RB Justics Delaroche100
New OrleansTargCatchConversions
WR Angel Sturdivant321
WR Amir Kemp210
WR Tavon Austin111
FB Marco Gillespie100

SectionAttendance
Stadium65,000 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck16,100 (16,100)
End Zone11,700 (11,700)
Mezzanine6,800 (6,800)
Sideline Seats10,400 (10,400)
Club Seats15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes5,000 (5,000)