Week 17, 2071

played in Carolina, NC

63 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	7	7	3	0	-	17
Carolina Panthers	7	6	3	3	-	19

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:21 NOS - Leon Banda 9 pass from Gage Douglas (Frankie Lincoln extra point)
1Q: 02:39 CAR - Josue Tousha 1 run (Collin Goga extra point)
2Q: 14:14 NOS - Galloping Gene Vallet 5 pass from Gage Douglas (Frankie Lincoln extra point)
2Q: 09:48 CAR - Collin Goga 48 field goal
2Q: 02:18 CAR - Collin Goga 32 field goal
3Q: 07:30 NOS - Frankie Lincoln 44 field goal
3Q: 01:20 CAR - Collin Goga 29 field goal
4Q: 02:29 CAR - Collin Goga 42 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:21 NOS - Leon Banda 9 pass from Gage Douglas (Frankie Lincoln extra point)
1Q: 02:39 CAR - Josue Tousha 1 run (Collin Goga extra point)
2Q: 14:14 NOS - Galloping Gene Vallet 5 pass from Gage Douglas (Frankie Lincoln extra point)
2Q: 09:48 CAR - Collin Goga 48 field goal
2Q: 02:18 CAR - Collin Goga 32 field goal
3Q: 07:30 NOS - Frankie Lincoln 44 field goal
3Q: 01:20 CAR - Collin Goga 29 field goal
4Q: 02:29 CAR - Collin Goga 42 field goal

Team Statistics NOS CAR
Record 4-12 5-11
First Downs 15 22
- by Rushing 6 7
- by Passing 8 11
- by Penalty 1 4
Total Net Yards 297 368
- Offensive Plays 56 82
- Yards per Play 5.30 4.49
Net Rushing Yards 110 86
- Rushing Attempts 23 32
- Yards per Rush 4.78 2.69
Net Passing Yards 187 282
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 19 - 1 50 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 191 282
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 5.67 5.64
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/12 10/22
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 9/45 6/55
Punt Returns/Yards 3/2 5/42
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 1/24
Interception Ret./Yards 1/7 1/14
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 36
Time of Possession 25:30 34:30

Team Statistics	NOS	CAR
Record	4-12	5-11
First Downs	15	22
- by Rushing	6	7
- by Passing	8	11
- by Penalty	1	4
Total Net Yards	297	368
- Offensive Plays	56	82
- Yards per Play	5.30	4.49
Net Rushing Yards	110	86
- Rushing Attempts	23	32
- Yards per Rush	4.78	2.69
Net Passing Yards	187	282
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 19 - 1	50 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	191	282
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	5.67	5.64
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/12	10/22
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/45	6/55
Punt Returns/Yards	3/2	5/42
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	1/24
Interception Ret./Yards	1/7	1/14
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 36
Time of Possession	25:30	34:30

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:50	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
1	8:33	1:16	OWN 14	3	4	Punt
1	2:32	3:24	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
2	11:11	0:10	OWN 29	1	3	Fumble
2	9:43	1:31	OWN 25	3	-4	Punt
2	5:53	1:24	OWN 17	3	7	Punt
2	2:12	0:42	OWN 25	3	-2	Punt
2	0:51	0:51	OWN 6	5	25	Half
3	9:58	2:35	OWN 30	5	43	Field Goal
3	1:15	3:08	OWN 25	5	28	Punt
4	7:59	2:22	OWN 12	3	5	Punt
4	5:04	1:26	OWN 27	3	-10	Punt
4	2:23	1:32	OWN 25	7	38	Interception

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:10	2:37	OWN 25	5	19	Punt
1	7:17	4:45	OWN 36	9	64	Touchdown
2	14:08	2:57	OWN 13	5	21	Punt
2	11:01	1:18	OPP 32	3	1	Field Goal
2	8:12	2:19	OWN 38	7	17	Punt
2	4:29	2:17	OPP 49	6	34	Field Goal
2	1:30	0:39	OWN 43	3	5	Punt
3	15:00	5:02	OWN 32	11	45	Missed FG
3	7:23	6:08	OWN 25	11	63	Field Goal
4	13:07	5:08	OWN 11	12	66	Interception
4	5:37	0:33	OWN 41	3	0	Punt
4	3:38	1:15	OPP 44	4	19	Field Goal
4	0:51	0:51	OWN 40	4	9	Game

Game MVP: Galloping Gene Vallet, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	16	95	5.94	29	6
RB Thurman Devenny	3	2	0.67	3	0
QB Gage Douglas	2	10	5.00	11	1
WR Taylor Martin	1	5	5.00	5	0
TE Elliot Strickland	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Morris Clements	21	63	3.00	13	1	0
QB Anthony Means	6	17	2.83	12	1	0
RB Josue Tousha	4	4	1.00	7	0	1
WR Louis Clancy	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gage Douglas	32	19	191	1/4	2	44	1	84.2

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Anthony Means	50	26	282	0/0	0	31	1	60.6

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	6	7	90	15.00	79	44	1
WR Sherman McAninch	4	6	62	15.50	21	24	0
TE Elliot Strickland	4	4	14	3.50	1	7	0
TE Reuben Cundiff	3	7	8	2.67	2	6	0
WR Leon Banda	2	4	17	8.50	6	9	1
WR Taylor Martin	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Thurman Devenny	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jacob Cole	8	21	92	11.50	29	31
WR Jermaine Stanton	5	10	42	8.40	10	16
RB Josue Tousha	3	4	20	6.67	20	20
RB Morris Clements	3	4	17	5.67	3	9
TE Boomer Vasquez	2	3	11	5.50	2	7
WR Taylor Olman	2	3	27	13.50	9	21
WR Louis Clancy	1	2	31	31.00	6	31
TE Dennis Crimm	1	1	25	25.00	1	25
WR Norman McKee	1	1	17	17.00	9	17
FB Erick Fonseca	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Parker McHugh	1	7	7.00	0

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Efrain Boatright	1	14	14.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
TE Reuben Cundiff	1	0	0	0
CB Abel Foster	0	0	1	0

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
TE Boomer Vasquez	1	1	0
OLB Duane Hasan	0	1	0
OLB Willie Bullock	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jamie Zapata	7	293	41.9	35.9	50	1

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Terrance Humphrey	5	187	37.4	37.0	43	3

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Frankie Lincoln	1/1	1/1	0/0	44	2/2

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Collin Goga	4/5	2/3	0/0	48	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kaleb Mitchell	3	2	0.7	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Norman McKee	5	42	8.4	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Levi Phillip	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Johnny Mayes	8	2	0.0	30	46
OLB Devon Porter	7	4	0.0	30	46
CB Abel Foster	7	1	0.0	30	49
DE Roy Harvey	6	1	0.0	25	23
OLB Shaquille Grider	6	0	0.0	30	46
CB Marty Becker	6	0	0.0	23	31
CB Deron Graham	4	1	0.0	22	41
S Parker McHugh	4	0	0.0	31	49
DE Leland Krakowski	2	1	0.0	26	30
DE Wade Merritt	2	1	0.0	27	34
DE Harry Walters	1	1	0.0	7	26
DE Terry Winslett	1	1	0.0	27	31
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Ed Franz	1	0	0.0	7	8
CB Reggie Stedman	0	2	0.0	10	8
OLB Harold Metzger	0	2	0.0	2	4
CB Clifton Talley	0	1	0.0	3	5
DT Herb Paschal	0	1	0.0	5	17

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Efrain Boatright	7	3	0.0	23	33
ILB Winfred Weber	5	1	0.0	23	32
OLB Duane Hasan	4	2	0.0	22	33
CB Aiden Antonick	4	1	0.0	23	33
DT Kristopher Ellison	3	1	0.5	22	32
DE DeAndre Passmore	3	1	0.0	23	32
OLB Willie Bullock	3	1	0.0	21	24
ILB James Castellano	2	2	0.0	10	10
CB Rondell Medley	2	1	0.0	20	21
S Russell Dunlap	2	0	0.0	13	23
OLB Mercury Ryan	1	1	0.5	2	9
S Stan Napier	1	1	0.0	11	13
WR Taylor Olman	1	0	---	---	---
DE J.C. Brenner	1	0	0.0	22	24
DE Emmanuel Welker	1	0	0.0	1	9

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Terry Winslett	1	2	1	31
DE Rodolfo Scheungrab	0	1	0	17
DE Leland Krakowski	0	1	0	30
OLB Devon Porter	0	1	0	46

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Mercury Ryan	0.5	0	0	9
DT Kristopher Ellison	0.5	0	0	32
DE DeAndre Passmore	0.0	4	0	32
DE J.C. Brenner	0.0	2	1	24

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Abel Foster	6	0	0	49
CB Marty Becker	5	1	0	31
CB Deron Graham	3	2	0	41
OLB Devon Porter	3	1	0	46
OLB Shaquille Grider	3	0	0	46
S Parker McHugh	2	1	1	49
S Johnny Mayes	2	0	0	46
DE Leland Krakowski	1	0	0	30
DE Wade Merritt	1	0	0	34
CB Bernard Castillo	0	1	0	16
DE Rick Friday	0	1	0	22

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Efrain Boatright	6	0	1	33
ILB Winfred Weber	3	0	0	32
S Russell Dunlap	2	0	0	23
CB Aiden Antonick	1	1	0	33
DE DeAndre Passmore	1	0	0	32
ILB James Castellano	1	0	0	10
CB Rondell Medley	1	0	0	21
DE Emmanuel Welker	1	0	0	9
OLB Willie Bullock	1	0	0	24
OLB Duane Hasan	1	0	0	33
S Stan Napier	1	0	0	13

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Harry Carson	3	8	23	0	33
C Chad Gonzalez	2	4	23	0	33
G Peyton Reynolds	1	4	23	1	33
G Spencer Freitag	0	4	23	0	33
T Claude Shepherd	0	1	23	0	33

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
C Quentin Farley	4	9	32	50
C Joseph Sweeney	4	6	32	50
G Joseph Grabulis	1	3	32	50
FB Erick Fonseca	1	2	7	9
G Ellis Perrigo	1	1	32	50
G Rex Matthews	0	4	32	50
TE Boomer Vasquez	0	1	25	41

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Ezra Daschle	3	22
Shaquille Nixon	2	23
Harry Walters	1	21

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Josue Tousha	1	20
Kristopher Ellison	1	19
Eduardo Kasnia	1	10

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Parker McHugh	---	---	31	49	5	85
CB Abel Foster	---	---	30	49	5	84
S Johnny Mayes	---	---	30	46	5	81
OLB Devon Porter	---	---	30	46	5	81
OLB Shaquille Grider	---	---	30	46	5	81
G Peyton Reynolds	23	33	---	---	12	68
CB Deron Graham	---	---	22	41	4	67
DE Wade Merritt	---	---	27	34	---	61
CB Marty Becker	---	---	23	31	6	60
DE Terry Winslett	---	---	27	31	---	58
T Claude Shepherd	23	33	---	---	---	56
C Chad Gonzalez	23	33	---	---	---	56
DE Leland Krakowski	---	---	26	30	---	56
G Spencer Freitag	23	33	---	---	---	56
QB Gage Douglas	23	33	---	---	---	56
T Harry Carson	23	33	---	---	---	56
DE Harry Walters	---	---	7	26	21	54
TE Reuben Cundiff	21	32	---	---	---	53
WR Sherman McAninch	16	24	---	---	10	50
DE Roy Harvey	---	---	25	23	---	48
WR Taylor Martin	21	25	---	---	---	46
WR Leon Banda	20	25	---	---	1	46
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	18	26	---	---	---	44
TE Vernon Adams	4	12	---	---	23	39
CB Reggie Stedman	---	---	10	8	16	34
DE Rick Friday	---	---	7	22	5	34
CB Bernard Castillo	---	---	5	16	10	31
DE Rodolfo Scheungrab	---	---	4	17	10	31
DT Herb Paschal	---	---	5	17	5	27
RB Thurman Devenny	8	7	---	---	11	26
TE Elliot Strickland	7	12	---	---	6	25
OLB Ezra Daschle	---	---	1	1	22	24
RB Shaquille Nixon	0	1	---	---	23	24
CB Clifton Talley	---	---	3	5	15	23
OLB Harold Metzger	---	---	2	4	11	17
WR Jacob Fausel	0	0	---	---	15	15
OLB Ed Franz	---	---	7	8	---	15
G Leland Gerhardt	0	0	---	---	8	8
T D.J. Oxford	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Ed Burgess	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Jamie Zapata	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Juan Woodson	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Tucker Bakker	0	0	---	---	7	7
WR Kaleb Mitchell	0	1	---	---	5	6
K Frankie Lincoln	0	0	---	---	5	5
QB Eddie Dennis	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Jacob Cole	32	50	---	---	---	82
QB Anthony Means	32	50	---	---	---	82
G Joseph Grabulis	32	50	---	---	---	82
G Rex Matthews	32	50	---	---	---	82
C Quentin Farley	32	50	---	---	---	82
C Joseph Sweeney	32	50	---	---	---	82
G Ellis Perrigo	32	50	---	---	---	82
CB Aiden Antonick	---	---	23	33	18	74
DT Kristopher Ellison	---	---	22	32	19	73
ILB Winfred Weber	---	---	23	32	12	67
TE Boomer Vasquez	25	41	---	---	---	66
WR Jermaine Stanton	22	38	---	---	2	62
WR Taylor Olman	23	37	---	---	---	60
S Efrain Boatright	---	---	23	33	1	57
RB Morris Clements	25	26	---	---	6	57
DE DeAndre Passmore	---	---	23	32	1	56
OLB Duane Hasan	---	---	22	33	1	56
RB Josue Tousha	6	23	---	---	20	49
DE J.C. Brenner	---	---	22	24	1	47
OLB Willie Bullock	---	---	21	24	1	46
S Russell Dunlap	---	---	13	23	8	44
FB Erick Fonseca	7	9	---	---	27	43
S Levi Phillip	---	---	12	12	18	42
CB Rondell Medley	---	---	20	21	1	42
WR Louis Clancy	8	10	---	---	22	40
TE Dennis Crimm	5	8	---	---	27	40
S Stan Napier	---	---	11	13	---	24
DE Jose Back	---	---	1	0	21	22
WR Norman McKee	2	4	---	---	15	21
ILB James Castellano	---	---	10	10	---	20
TE Curtis Andersen	5	4	---	---	10	19
CB Miles Cornett	---	---	3	13	---	16
OLB Mercury Ryan	---	---	2	9	1	12
S Julian Eberly	---	---	0	8	4	12
K Collin Goga	0	0	---	---	11	11
C Leonardo Jarvis	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Terrance Humphrey	0	0	---	---	10	10
T Miguel Shuman	0	0	---	---	10	10
G Eduardo Kasnia	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Chance Devine	0	0	---	---	10	10
DE Emmanuel Welker	---	---	1	9	---	10
DE Frank Solwold	---	---	0	0	7	7
WR Cole Newhart	0	0	---	---	4	4
DT Hector Leadbetter	---	---	1	1	---	2
DE Aidan Euell	---	---	0	1	---	1
QB Phillip Ah Yat	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	5	2.5
Middle	12	53	4.4
Right	9	52	5.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	-4	-1.3
Middle	21	74	3.5
Right	5	20	4.0
None	3	-4	-1.3

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gage Douglas	32	19	4	4	1	1	6	1	1

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Anthony Means	50	26	6	5	5	7	5	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	81	16.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	14	86	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	0	0	0.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	24	8.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	5	32	3.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	15	121	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	3	48	4.0
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	81	11.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	7	6	0	90	2	26
TE Reuben Cundiff	7	3	0	8	0	32
WR Sherman McAninch	6	4	0	62	2	24
WR Leon Banda	4	2	0	17	0	25
TE Elliot Strickland	4	4	0	14	0	12
WR Taylor Martin	3	0	1	0	0	25
RB Thurman Devenny	1	0	0	0	0	7

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jacob Cole	21	8	1	92	2	50
WR Jermaine Stanton	10	5	4	42	0	38
RB Josue Tousha	4	3	0	20	1	23
RB Morris Clements	4	3	0	17	0	26
TE Boomer Vasquez	3	2	0	11	0	41
WR Taylor Olman	3	2	0	27	1	37
WR Louis Clancy	2	1	0	31	1	10
TE Dennis Crimm	1	1	0	25	1	8
FB Erick Fonseca	1	0	0	0	0	9
WR Norman McKee	1	1	0	17	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	2	8	4.00	5.94

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Morris Clements	5	17	3.40	3.00
RB Josue Tousha	1	1	1.00	1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gage Douglas	7	5	28	4.00	5.97

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Anthony Means	4	2	4	1.00	5.64

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	2	2	8	4.00	12.86
WR Sherman McAninch	2	1	12	6.00	10.33
TE Reuben Cundiff	1	0	0	0.00	1.14
WR Leon Banda	1	1	9	9.00	4.25
TE Elliot Strickland	1	1	-1	-1.00	3.50

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jacob Cole	2	1	5	2.50	4.38
RB Josue Tousha	2	1	-1	-0.50	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	2	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
QB Anthony Means	3	1
RB Josue Tousha	1	1
RB Morris Clements	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gage Douglas	9	6	4

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Anthony Means	17	8	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Leon Banda	3	2	2
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	2	2	1
WR Taylor Martin	1	0	0
TE Reuben Cundiff	1	0	0
WR Sherman McAninch	1	1	1
TE Elliot Strickland	1	1	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jacob Cole	8	3	2
WR Jermaine Stanton	2	0	0
RB Josue Tousha	2	1	1
WR Taylor Olman	1	0	0
WR Louis Clancy	1	1	1
TE Dennis Crimm	1	1	1
RB Morris Clements	1	1	1
WR Norman McKee	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 77,300 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,500 (15,500)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,700 (13,700)
Club Seats 13,000 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes 4,800 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	77,300 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,500 (15,500)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,700 (13,700)
Club Seats	13,000 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes	4,800 (5,000)