Week 8, 2040

played in Carolina, NC

42 degrees, rain, 17 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	7	0	0	0	-	7
Carolina Panthers	0	14	3	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:07 NOS - Joe Howard 2 pass from Jon Smith (Dexter Winslett extra point)
2Q: 14:52 CAR - Fred Garcia 3 run (Wade Benson extra point)
2Q: 00:33 CAR - Glen Boyer 14 pass from Reuben Croteau (Wade Benson extra point)
3Q: 05:04 CAR - Wade Benson 23 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:07 NOS - Joe Howard 2 pass from Jon Smith (Dexter Winslett extra point)
2Q: 14:52 CAR - Fred Garcia 3 run (Wade Benson extra point)
2Q: 00:33 CAR - Glen Boyer 14 pass from Reuben Croteau (Wade Benson extra point)
3Q: 05:04 CAR - Wade Benson 23 field goal

Team Statistics NOS CAR
Record 2-5 5-3
First Downs 17 20
- by Rushing 4 9
- by Passing 12 10
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 250 400
- Offensive Plays 61 61
- Yards per Play 4.10 6.56
Net Rushing Yards 97 197
- Rushing Attempts 30 30
- Yards per Rush 3.23 6.57
Net Passing Yards 153 203
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 19 - 1 31 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 157 203
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.94 6.55
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.0 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/20 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 5/40 1/8
Kick Returns/Yards 2/66 1/25
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 24
Time of Possession 28:30 31:30

Team Statistics	NOS	CAR
Record	2-5	5-3
First Downs	17	20
- by Rushing	4	9
- by Passing	12	10
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	250	400
- Offensive Plays	61	61
- Yards per Play	4.10	6.56
Net Rushing Yards	97	197
- Rushing Attempts	30	30
- Yards per Rush	3.23	6.57
Net Passing Yards	153	203
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 19 - 1	31 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	157	203
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.94	6.55
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.0	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/20	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	5/40	1/8
Kick Returns/Yards	2/66	1/25
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 24
Time of Possession	28:30	31:30

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:02	OWN 44	12	56	Touchdown
1	5:18	2:00	OWN 34	5	23	Punt
2	14:45	3:19	OWN 37	7	26	Punt
2	9:02	1:36	OWN 29	5	20	Punt
2	3:50	1:18	OWN 35	3	-2	Punt
2	0:25	0:25	OWN 25	3	14	Half
3	11:27	1:55	OWN 13	3	8	Punt
3	4:57	3:06	OWN 25	6	45	Interception
4	14:26	1:36	OWN 33	4	14	Punt
4	10:35	3:28	OWN 36	6	16	Punt
4	4:38	1:49	OPP 35	3	-2	Missed FG
4	2:09	2:09	OWN 16	5	37	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:58	3:40	OWN 25	7	48	Missed FG
1	3:18	3:33	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
2	11:26	2:24	OWN 7	5	26	Punt
2	7:26	3:36	OWN 19	6	53	Missed FG
2	2:32	2:07	OWN 26	6	74	Touchdown
3	15:00	3:33	OWN 28	6	22	Punt
3	9:32	4:35	OPP 47	7	41	Field Goal
3	1:51	2:25	OWN 22	5	19	Punt
4	12:50	2:15	OWN 3	5	20	Punt
4	7:07	2:29	OWN 17	3	-2	Punt
4	2:49	0:40	OWN 44	3	9	Punt

Game MVP: Reuben Croteau, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Leonard Lang	14	53	3.79	15	2
RB Lenny Cobb	9	28	3.11	10	1
RB Kelly Bronson	5	18	3.60	13	1
QB Jon Smith	2	-2	-1.00	0	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Fred Garcia	26	173	6.65	30	7	1
RB Gary Siegel	4	24	6.00	14	1	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jon Smith	30	19	157	1/4	1	21	1	73.9

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Reuben Croteau	31	23	203	0/0	1	31	0	101.9

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Ernest Morton	5	6	44	8.80	16	17	0
WR Joe Howard	5	8	50	10.00	16	21	1
WR Dashawn Nixon	3	7	16	5.33	0	8	0
WR Dan McNeil	2	2	13	6.50	0	14	0
RB Leonard Lang	2	5	15	7.50	0	11	0
TE Taylor Edwards	2	2	19	9.50	5	14	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Gage Bowser	7	8	76	10.86	45	31	0
TE Bernie Papadopulos	4	6	34	8.50	11	15	0
WR Glen Boyer	4	7	21	5.25	4	14	1
RB Gary Siegel	2	3	10	5.00	0	5	0
WR Pete Sweeney	2	2	7	3.50	1	9	0
TE Xavier Ramsey	2	3	41	20.50	16	24	0
RB Fred Garcia	1	1	3	3.00	1	3	0
TE Terrence Bishop	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Sherman Nicas	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
ILB Samuel Richard	0	0	1	0

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
RB Gary Siegel	1	0	0	0
G Mark McElroy	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Monty Fulton	7	261	37.3	33.3	50	4

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Wade Thornton	6	233	38.8	32.2	48	3

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dexter Winslett	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	1/1

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wade Benson	1/3	0/2	0/0	23	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edgar Salari	5	40	8.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gage Bowser	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edgar Salari	2	66	33.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gary Siegel	1	25	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Shane Sanderson	7	0	0.0	30	31
ILB Theodore Schulz	6	1	0.0	28	21
CB Gus Goldblatt	4	4	0.0	23	18
S Lester Gilmore	4	2	0.0	26	20
ILB Samuel Richard	4	2	0.0	9	22
OLB Marvin Galland	4	0	0.0	22	18
CB Tim Babin	4	0	0.0	23	16
S Edgar Salari	3	3	0.0	11	22
DE Christopher Newton	3	0	0.0	7	14
ILB Junior Horner	3	0	0.0	28	20
DE Anthony Farrell	3	0	0.0	24	19
CB Earnest Vera	2	2	0.0	30	29
OLB Glen Hanks	1	1	0.0	10	22
ILB Jace Westbrook	1	0	0.0	0	2
DE Patrick Prior	1	0	0.0	23	17
DT Bernie Greene	1	0	0.0	11	17
WR Dashawn Nixon	1	0	---	---	---
DT Calvin Grier	0	1	0.0	6	12
DE Aidan Butler	0	1	0.0	19	14

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Sherman Nicas	9	3	0.0	30	30
ILB Brayden Grant	6	2	0.0	25	22
OLB Tucker Johnston	4	1	0.0	21	21
OLB Robert Bradford	4	1	0.0	30	27
DE J.J. Choate	3	0	1.0	20	25
ILB Wayne McCombs	3	2	0.0	15	20
CB Evan Harmon	3	1	0.0	23	20
DT Walter Bishop	3	0	0.0	18	21
OLB Devin Haukioja	3	0	0.0	8	10
CB Joel Terrell	2	3	0.0	30	28
S Emmitt Craig	2	1	0.0	28	22
CB Alexander Pardo	2	0	0.0	21	25
CB Corbin Dye	2	0	0.0	7	10
DT Lincoln Kidman	2	0	0.0	8	11
S Martin Vance	1	1	0.0	5	13
DE Johnny Ashmore	0	1	0.0	26	25

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Hurry	PPlay
DT Bernie Greene	1	17
DE Aidan Butler	1	14
DE Anthony Farrell	1	19

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE J.J. Choate	1.0	0	1	1	25
DE Johnny Ashmore	0.0	0	1	0	25

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Shane Sanderson	4	1	31
ILB Theodore Schulz	4	0	21
CB Tim Babin	4	0	16
S Edgar Salari	3	0	22
ILB Samuel Richard	2	0	22
ILB Jace Westbrook	1	0	2
DE Patrick Prior	1	0	17
OLB Marvin Galland	1	0	18
CB Gus Goldblatt	1	0	18
DE Christopher Newton	1	0	14
ILB Junior Horner	1	0	20

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Sherman Nicas	4	1	1	30
CB Alexander Pardo	2	0	0	25
S Emmitt Craig	2	0	0	22
ILB Brayden Grant	2	0	0	22
OLB Robert Bradford	2	0	0	27
CB Joel Terrell	1	0	0	28
ILB Wayne McCombs	1	0	0	20
DE J.J. Choate	1	0	0	25
DT Walter Bishop	1	0	0	21
CB Corbin Dye	1	0	0	10
DT Lincoln Kidman	1	0	0	11
CB Evan Harmon	1	0	0	20

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Roosevelt Rodrigue	2	8	30	0	31
G Jessie Baxter	2	6	30	0	31
T Lawrence Janis	1	6	30	1	31
T Cody Leake	1	3	30	0	31
TE Jessie Ross	1	1	8	0	6
G Tracy Aycock	0	4	30	0	31
TE Ernest Morton	0	2	26	0	31

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
G Mark McElroy	5	7	30	31
T Alexis Holmes	3	8	30	31
G Dave Doyle	3	7	30	31
C Lincoln Purdy	2	4	30	31
T Nickolas McElroy	1	3	30	31
TE Bernie Papadopulos	0	1	28	31

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Glen Hanks	1	22
Ernest Morton	1	20

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Bernie Papadopulos	2	22
Robert Bradford	2	20
Roman Surtain	2	17
Dave Doyle	1	9

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Ernest Morton	26	31	---	---	20	77
WR Dashawn Nixon	28	30	---	---	13	71
T Lawrence Janis	30	31	---	---	8	69
CB Shane Sanderson	---	---	30	31	3	64
CB Earnest Vera	---	---	30	29	3	62
QB Jon Smith	30	31	---	---	---	61
G Roosevelt Rodrigue	30	31	---	---	---	61
G Jessie Baxter	30	31	---	---	---	61
T Cody Leake	30	31	---	---	---	61
G Tracy Aycock	30	31	---	---	---	61
RB Leonard Lang	16	24	---	---	20	60
WR Joe Howard	29	30	---	---	---	59
DE Patrick Prior	---	---	23	17	18	58
OLB Glen Hanks	---	---	10	22	22	54
ILB Theodore Schulz	---	---	28	21	---	49
ILB Junior Horner	---	---	28	20	---	48
WR Dan McNeil	15	19	---	---	13	47
S Edgar Salari	---	---	11	22	13	46
S Lester Gilmore	---	---	26	20	---	46
CB Gus Goldblatt	---	---	23	18	3	44
OLB Marvin Galland	---	---	22	18	3	43
DE Anthony Farrell	---	---	24	19	---	43
CB Tim Babin	---	---	23	16	3	42
ILB Samuel Richard	---	---	9	22	9	40
DE Aidan Butler	---	---	19	14	3	36
DT Bernie Greene	---	---	11	17	6	34
DT Calvin Grier	---	---	6	12	3	21
DE Christopher Newton	---	---	7	14	---	21
TE Taylor Edwards	9	7	---	---	4	20
RB Kelly Bronson	7	6	---	---	5	18
TE Jessie Ross	8	6	---	---	3	17
CB Ryan Haines	---	---	0	3	12	15
S Gage Thomason	---	---	0	2	12	14
ILB Jace Westbrook	---	---	0	2	10	12
RB Lenny Cobb	9	1	---	---	1	11
C Jeffrey Borges	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Rex Stanton	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Monty Fulton	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Harry Hotchkiss	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Amari Liakos	0	0	---	---	8	8
WR Collin Sohl	3	1	---	---	---	4
K Dexter Winslett	0	0	---	---	3	3
OLB Dustin Wonders	---	---	0	2	---	2
QB Amari Galloway	0	0	---	---	---	0
TE Patrick Kroeger	0	0	---	---	---	0
S Eugene Morris	---	---	0	0	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Bernie Papadopulos	28	31	---	---	22	81
WR Gage Bowser	30	31	---	---	16	77
OLB Robert Bradford	---	---	30	27	20	77
S Sherman Nicas	---	---	30	30	14	74
G Dave Doyle	30	31	---	---	9	70
T Alexis Holmes	30	31	---	---	9	70
QB Reuben Croteau	30	31	---	---	---	61
C Lincoln Purdy	30	31	---	---	---	61
G Mark McElroy	30	31	---	---	---	61
T Nickolas McElroy	30	31	---	---	---	61
CB Alexander Pardo	---	---	21	25	14	60
CB Joel Terrell	---	---	30	28	1	59
DE Johnny Ashmore	---	---	26	25	8	59
WR Glen Boyer	29	25	---	---	---	54
DE J.J. Choate	---	---	20	25	8	53
RB Fred Garcia	26	20	---	---	6	52
S Emmitt Craig	---	---	28	22	---	50
RB Gary Siegel	12	14	---	---	22	48
ILB Brayden Grant	---	---	25	22	---	47
OLB Tucker Johnston	---	---	21	21	1	43
DE Roman Surtain	---	---	15	11	17	43
CB Evan Harmon	---	---	23	20	---	43
DT Walter Bishop	---	---	18	21	1	40
OLB Devin Haukioja	---	---	8	10	19	37
ILB Wayne McCombs	---	---	15	20	1	36
WR Pete Sweeney	14	12	---	---	---	26
RB Roderick Bolt	2	5	---	---	16	23
S Martin Vance	---	---	5	13	1	19
TE Xavier Ramsey	6	13	---	---	---	19
DT Lincoln Kidman	---	---	8	11	---	19
CB Corbin Dye	---	---	7	10	1	18
C Nate Garrett	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Sebastian Fitzgerald	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Grayson Henson	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Wade Thornton	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Wade Benson	0	0	---	---	7	7
TE Terrence Bishop	0	2	---	---	2	4
RB Teddy Ackerman	2	0	---	---	2	4
FB Brett Delgado	1	2	---	---	---	3
C Jimmy Maloney	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Jerry Wells	0	0	---	---	---	0
TE Wayne Bronson	0	0	---	---	---	0
TE Tyler Westerfield	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	37	3.7
Middle	13	39	3.0
Right	7	21	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	3	1.5
Middle	16	116	7.3
Right	12	78	6.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jon Smith	30	19	1	2	5	1	2	1	1

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Reuben Croteau	31	23	2	1	3	1	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	2	4	0.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	76	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	77	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	8	34	3.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	99	8.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	39	6.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	31	15.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Joe Howard	8	5	1	50	1	30
WR Dashawn Nixon	7	3	2	16	0	30
TE Ernest Morton	6	5	1	44	0	31
RB Leonard Lang	5	2	1	15	0	24
WR Dan McNeil	2	2	0	13	0	19
TE Taylor Edwards	2	2	0	19	0	7

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Gage Bowser	8	7	0	76	1	31
WR Glen Boyer	7	4	1	21	0	25
TE Bernie Papadopulos	6	4	1	34	0	31
RB Gary Siegel	3	2	0	10	0	14
TE Xavier Ramsey	3	2	1	41	1	13
WR Pete Sweeney	2	2	0	7	0	12
RB Fred Garcia	1	1	0	3	0	20
TE Terrence Bishop	1	1	0	11	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Leonard Lang	1	6	6.00	3.79
RB Kelly Bronson	1	2	2.00	3.60

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Fred Garcia	2	2	1.00	6.65
RB Gary Siegel	1	-3	-3.00	6.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jon Smith	3	3	9	3.00	5.23

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Reuben Croteau	5	5	30	6.00	6.55

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dan McNeil	1	1	-1	-1.00	6.50
WR Dashawn Nixon	1	1	8	8.00	2.29
WR Joe Howard	1	1	2	2.00	6.25

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Glen Boyer	3	3	17	5.67	3.00
WR Gage Bowser	2	2	13	6.50	9.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Leonard Lang	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
RB Gary Siegel	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jon Smith	12	7	5

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Reuben Croteau	10	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Ernest Morton	4	4	3
WR Dashawn Nixon	4	2	1
RB Leonard Lang	3	1	1
WR Joe Howard	1	0	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Glen Boyer	4	1	0
WR Gage Bowser	3	3	1
RB Gary Siegel	2	1	1
TE Xavier Ramsey	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 51,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 12,800 (19,800)
End Zone 10,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine 6,000 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 9,500 (12,700)
Club Seats 5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 7,500 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	51,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	12,800 (19,800)
End Zone	10,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine	6,000 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	9,500 (12,700)
Club Seats	5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	7,500 (7,500)