Week 17, 2044

played in New Orleans, LA

53 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	0	7	3	0	-	10
New Orleans Saints	7	3	3	3	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:08 NOS - Dashawn Nixon 3 pass from Jon Smith (Dexter Winslett extra point)
2Q: 12:28 CAR - Denzel Adams 12 pass from Reuben Croteau (Glen Farley extra point)
2Q: 04:57 NOS - Dexter Winslett 33 field goal
3Q: 08:13 CAR - Glen Farley 40 field goal
3Q: 00:56 NOS - Dexter Winslett 27 field goal
4Q: 03:53 NOS - Dexter Winslett 33 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:08 NOS - Dashawn Nixon 3 pass from Jon Smith (Dexter Winslett extra point)
2Q: 12:28 CAR - Denzel Adams 12 pass from Reuben Croteau (Glen Farley extra point)
2Q: 04:57 NOS - Dexter Winslett 33 field goal
3Q: 08:13 CAR - Glen Farley 40 field goal
3Q: 00:56 NOS - Dexter Winslett 27 field goal
4Q: 03:53 NOS - Dexter Winslett 33 field goal

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 7-9 7-8-1
First Downs 17 19
- by Rushing 8 5
- by Passing 8 11
- by Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 271 336
- Offensive Plays 62 68
- Yards per Play 4.37 4.94
Net Rushing Yards 93 139
- Rushing Attempts 26 37
- Yards per Rush 3.58 3.76
Net Passing Yards 178 197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 16 - 2 30 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 192 203
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 4.94 6.35
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 2/12 8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.9 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/35 4/30
Punt Returns/Yards 2/14 2/33
Kick Returns/Yards 1/23 1/18
Interception Ret./Yards 1/27 2/5
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 33
Time of Possession 26:54 33:06

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	7-9	7-8-1
First Downs	17	19
- by Rushing	8	5
- by Passing	8	11
- by Penalty	1	3
Total Net Yards	271	336
- Offensive Plays	62	68
- Yards per Play	4.37	4.94
Net Rushing Yards	93	139
- Rushing Attempts	26	37
- Yards per Rush	3.58	3.76
Net Passing Yards	178	197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 16 - 2	30 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	192	203
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	4.94	6.35
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	2/12	8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.9	7.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/35	4/30
Punt Returns/Yards	2/14	2/33
Kick Returns/Yards	1/23	1/18
Interception Ret./Yards	1/27	2/5
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 33
Time of Possession	26:54	33:06

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:52	OWN 25	8	68	Missed FG
1	8:42	0:12	OWN 14	1	0	Interception
1	8:01	2:11	OWN 25	5	25	Punt
1	2:18	2:18	OWN 20	5	21	Punt
2	14:17	1:56	OPP 25	5	25	Touchdown
2	4:52	2:43	OWN 25	7	36	Punt
2	0:12	0:12	OWN 40	2	15	Half
3	10:46	2:41	OPP 48	7	25	Field Goal
3	5:13	1:03	OWN 17	3	1	Punt
3	0:50	4:10	OWN 22	9	15	Interception
4	10:29	3:25	OWN 20	8	33	Fumble
4	3:45	0:51	OWN 25	3	2	Punt

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:08	1:26	OWN 23	3	5	Punt
1	8:30	0:29	OPP 10	2	10	Touchdown
1	5:50	3:32	OWN 31	6	18	Punt
2	15:00	0:43	OWN 22	2	21	Interception
2	12:21	7:29	OWN 25	13	59	Field Goal
2	2:09	1:57	OWN 6	7	61	Missed FG
3	15:00	4:14	OWN 25	6	23	Fumble
3	8:05	2:52	OWN 25	6	20	Punt
3	4:10	3:20	OWN 49	6	41	Field Goal
4	11:40	1:11	OPP 49	3	2	Punt
4	7:04	3:19	OWN 47	6	37	Field Goal
4	2:54	2:54	OWN 7	8	39	Game

Game MVP: Santiago Caldwell, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Britt Austin	16	72	4.50	21	4	0
RB Denzel Adams	10	21	2.10	9	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Kelly Bronson	32	110	3.44	33	3
QB Jon Smith	2	6	3.00	8	0
RB Lenny Cobb	2	23	11.50	19	1
RB Leonard Lang	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Reuben Croteau	34	16	192	2/14	1	29	2	50.1

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jon Smith	30	18	203	1/6	1	26	1	77.5

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Denzel Adams	5	5	44	8.80	22	25	1
TE Timothy Smithen	4	8	47	11.75	27	20	0
WR Gage Bowser	3	11	28	9.33	12	11	0
WR Steven Hicks	2	6	35	17.50	5	29	0
WR Kurt Guthrie	2	2	38	19.00	16	25	0
TE Bernie Papadopulos	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Marlon Hellestrae	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dashawn Nixon	9	11	80	8.89	14	21	1
WR Floyd Stewart	4	10	61	15.25	32	26	0
WR Marlon Brewer	4	7	61	15.25	36	21	0
RB Kelly Bronson	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Aaron Weber	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Les Pietrzyk	1	27	27.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Santiago Caldwell	2	5	2.50	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Denzel Adams	1	0	0
DE Xavier Houston	0	1	0
CB Warren Meinke	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
WR Dashawn Nixon	1	0	0	0
ILB Samuel Richard	0	1	1	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Amos Breiten	5	221	44.2	37.6	66	3

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ellis Andrews	4	208	52.0	38.5	63	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Glen Farley	1/2	1/1	0/0	40	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dexter Winslett	3/4	0/1	0/1	33	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lewis Jorg	2	14	7.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dashawn Nixon	2	33	16.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Britt Austin	1	23	23.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dashawn Nixon	1	18	18.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dana Bethel	8	4	0.0	31	17
S Collin Chapman	7	3	0.0	37	31
CB Warren Meinke	6	1	0.0	36	29
OLB Steven Burke	5	1	0.0	32	19
OLB Robert Bradford	4	1	0.0	36	29
ILB Thurman Sims	4	1	0.0	17	17
DT Lincoln Kidman	4	0	0.0	34	22
S Donte Heaton	3	4	0.0	33	24
S Harold Naughton	2	0	1.0	5	12
DE Xavier Houston	2	1	0.0	37	31
DE Fernando Muscarella	2	1	0.0	31	17
CB Caiden Schultz	2	0	0.0	24	17
OLB Jon Toniolo	2	0	0.0	6	14
WR Kurt Guthrie	1	0	---	---	---
DT Walter Bishop	1	0	0.0	3	9
ILB Keith Prescott	1	0	0.0	1	2
TE Timothy Smithen	1	0	---	---	---
CB Les Pietrzyk	0	2	0.0	34	30

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Ike Grui	8	3	0.0	26	25
DE Anthony Farrell	5	1	0.5	19	22
S Santiago Caldwell	5	2	0.0	25	35
DT Bernie Greene	4	0	1.0	23	20
S Eugene Morris	3	1	0.0	13	17
DE Aidan Butler	2	0	0.5	17	24
OLB Rick O'Donnell	2	1	0.0	25	36
OLB Donnell Thompson	2	1	0.0	12	17
CB Tim Babin	2	0	0.0	24	35
S Carlton Stephenson	2	0	0.0	15	21
OLB Trent Niebauer	1	2	0.0	13	15
CB James Tatum	1	1	0.0	13	27
OLB Glen Hanks	1	1	0.0	13	21
CB Gus Goldblatt	1	0	0.0	14	10
TE Aaron Weber	1	0	---	---	---
DE Damon Springer	1	0	0.0	8	7
S Frank Devine	1	0	0.0	1	0

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
S Harold Naughton	1.0	0	0	12
DT Reggie Heath	0.0	1	1	14
DE Xavier Houston	0.0	0	2	31
CB Les Pietrzyk	0.0	0	1	30
CB Warren Meinke	0.0	0	1	29

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Bernie Greene	1.0	0	0	0	20
DE Aidan Butler	0.5	1	1	1	24
DE Anthony Farrell	0.5	0	0	0	22
DE Damon Springer	0.0	0	1	0	7

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Warren Meinke	6	3	0	29
DE Xavier Houston	2	0	0	31
OLB Robert Bradford	2	0	0	29
ILB Dana Bethel	2	0	0	17
CB Caiden Schultz	2	0	0	17
ILB Keith Prescott	1	0	0	2
S Collin Chapman	1	0	0	31
ILB Thurman Sims	1	0	0	17
OLB Jon Toniolo	1	0	0	14
CB Les Pietrzyk	0	0	1	30

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB James Tatum	2	2	0	27
ILB Ike Grui	2	1	0	25
CB Tim Babin	2	0	0	35
S Carlton Stephenson	2	0	0	21
OLB Glen Hanks	1	3	0	21
OLB Trent Niebauer	1	1	0	15
DE Anthony Farrell	1	0	0	22
ILB Samuel Richard	1	0	0	11
OLB Rick O'Donnell	1	0	0	36
S Eugene Morris	1	0	0	17
DE Damon Springer	1	0	0	7
OLB Donnell Thompson	1	0	0	17
S Santiago Caldwell	0	2	2	35

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Andre Devries	3	8	26	0	36
C Jimmy Maloney	2	6	26	0	36
T Nickolas McElroy	2	6	26	0	36
G Donnell Upshaw	1	2	26	1	36
T Vincent Landtroop	1	2	26	1	36
TE Timothy Smithen	1	1	7	0	23
FB Marlon Hellestrae	0	1	3	0	7

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Francisco Helms	3	7	0	37	0	31
T Amari Liakos	2	3	0	37	0	31
T Sean Oxenby	1	8	2	37	1	31
C Rico Stuart	1	6	0	37	0	31
G Roosevelt Rodrigue	0	7	0	37	0	31
TE Taylor Edwards	0	3	0	12	0	4
FB Stanley Russell	0	1	0	10	0	2

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Les Pietrzyk	1	21
Vincent Landtroop	1	18
Thurman Sims	1	14

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Marlon Brewer	1	20
Santiago Caldwell	1	18
Rick O'Donnell	1	11

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Robert Bradford	---	---	36	29	20	85
CB Les Pietrzyk	---	---	34	30	21	85
T Vincent Landtroop	26	36	---	---	18	80
CB Warren Meinke	---	---	36	29	8	73
DE Xavier Houston	---	---	37	31	4	72
S Collin Chapman	---	---	37	31	4	72
WR Steven Hicks	25	25	---	---	19	69
T Nickolas McElroy	26	36	---	---	7	69
TE Bernie Papadopulos	25	36	---	---	5	66
WR Gage Bowser	26	36	---	---	1	63
QB Reuben Croteau	26	36	---	---	---	62
G Donnell Upshaw	26	36	---	---	---	62
C Jimmy Maloney	26	36	---	---	---	62
C Andre Devries	26	36	---	---	---	62
S Donte Heaton	---	---	33	24	4	61
DT Lincoln Kidman	---	---	34	22	2	58
OLB Steven Burke	---	---	32	19	6	57
DE Fernando Muscarella	---	---	31	17	5	53
ILB Dana Bethel	---	---	31	17	1	49
ILB Thurman Sims	---	---	17	17	14	48
WR Kurt Guthrie	16	10	---	---	18	44
CB Caiden Schultz	---	---	24	17	1	42
RB Denzel Adams	10	28	---	---	---	38
RB Britt Austin	16	8	---	---	8	32
TE Timothy Smithen	7	23	---	---	---	30
DT Reggie Heath	---	---	6	14	3	23
OLB Jon Toniolo	---	---	6	14	3	23
S Harold Naughton	---	---	5	12	3	20
WR Lewis Jorg	1	0	---	---	18	19
S Johnny Westbrook	---	---	4	7	5	16
DT Walter Bishop	---	---	3	9	2	14
ILB Keith Prescott	---	---	1	2	8	11
FB Marlon Hellestrae	3	7	---	---	1	11
TE Robert Terry	1	7	---	---	---	8
C Nate Garrett	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Mark McElroy	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Amos Breiten	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Tim Schneider	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Glen Farley	0	0	---	---	5	5
RB Jackie Rafalski	0	0	---	---	4	4
WR Seth Wason	0	0	---	---	3	3
G Cornell Schneider	0	0	---	---	2	2
QB Benjamin Leyva	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Troy Wolf	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Dexter Shepherd	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Christian David	---	---	0	0	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Marlon Brewer	34	31	---	---	20	85
WR Dashawn Nixon	34	31	---	---	16	81
S Santiago Caldwell	---	---	25	35	18	78
T Amari Liakos	37	31	---	---	8	76
QB Jon Smith	37	31	---	---	4	72
OLB Rick O'Donnell	---	---	25	36	11	72
G Roosevelt Rodrigue	37	31	---	---	---	68
C Rico Stuart	37	31	---	---	---	68
T Sean Oxenby	37	31	---	---	---	68
C Francisco Helms	37	31	---	---	---	68
CB Tim Babin	---	---	24	35	2	61
RB Kelly Bronson	33	28	---	---	---	61
TE Aaron Weber	29	29	---	---	---	58
OLB Glen Hanks	---	---	13	21	19	53
CB James Tatum	---	---	13	27	12	52
WR Floyd Stewart	22	25	---	---	4	51
ILB Ike Grui	---	---	26	25	---	51
S Barry Moorehead	---	---	14	18	18	50
DT Bernie Greene	---	---	23	20	---	43
DE Aidan Butler	---	---	17	24	2	43
DE Anthony Farrell	---	---	19	22	---	41
DE Landon Owens	---	---	11	27	2	40
S Carlton Stephenson	---	---	15	21	2	38
S Eugene Morris	---	---	13	17	1	31
OLB Donnell Thompson	---	---	12	17	---	29
OLB Trent Niebauer	---	---	13	15	---	28
CB Gus Goldblatt	---	---	14	10	---	24
RB Leonard Lang	2	0	---	---	20	22
ILB Samuel Richard	---	---	0	11	10	21
FB Stanley Russell	10	2	---	---	9	21
RB Lenny Cobb	6	5	---	---	8	19
TE Taylor Edwards	12	4	---	---	---	16
DE Damon Springer	---	---	8	7	1	16
DT Chad Nicholas	---	---	0	8	6	14
TE Wade Cuviello	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Dexter Winslett	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Jeffrey Borges	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Clarence Wentworth	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Les Massa	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Freddie Morton	0	0	---	---	8	8
TE Miguel Mazurek	3	0	---	---	3	6
P Ellis Andrews	0	0	---	---	4	4
QB Glenn Boone	0	0	---	---	4	4
WR Damon Edwards	0	0	---	---	1	1
S Frank Devine	---	---	1	0	---	1
C Terry Dahnke	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	-6	-3.0
Middle	18	77	4.3
Right	6	22	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	39	3.0
Middle	11	70	6.4
Right	12	32	2.7
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Reuben Croteau	34	16	4	1	3	9	2	1	2

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jon Smith	30	18	5	1	1	3	5	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	3	21	2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	8	86	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	4	56	11.2
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	29	7.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	24	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	97	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	61	5.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	21	7.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Gage Bowser	11	3	2	28	0	36
TE Timothy Smithen	8	4	1	47	1	23
WR Steven Hicks	6	2	0	35	1	25
RB Denzel Adams	5	5	0	44	1	28
WR Kurt Guthrie	2	2	0	38	1	10
TE Bernie Papadopulos	1	0	0	0	0	36
FB Marlon Hellestrae	1	0	0	0	0	7

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dashawn Nixon	11	9	0	80	1	31
WR Floyd Stewart	10	4	1	61	2	25
WR Marlon Brewer	7	4	0	61	2	31
TE Aaron Weber	1	0	0	0	0	29
RB Kelly Bronson	1	1	0	1	0	28

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Britt Austin	3	1	0.33	4.50
RB Denzel Adams	1	-6	-6.00	2.10

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Kelly Bronson	4	0	0.00	3.44

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Reuben Croteau	2	2	18	9.00	5.65

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jon Smith	5	2	10	2.00	6.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Denzel Adams	1	1	12	12.00	8.80
TE Timothy Smithen	1	1	6	6.00	5.88

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Floyd Stewart	2	1	7	3.50	6.10
WR Dashawn Nixon	2	1	3	1.50	7.27
WR Marlon Brewer	1	0	0	0.00	8.71

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
RB Denzel Adams	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
QB Jon Smith	1	1
RB Kelly Bronson	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Reuben Croteau	11	4	2

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jon Smith	13	8	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Denzel Adams	3	3	1
WR Gage Bowser	2	0	0
TE Timothy Smithen	2	0	0
WR Steven Hicks	1	0	0
TE Bernie Papadopulos	1	0	0
WR Kurt Guthrie	1	1	1
FB Marlon Hellestrae	1	0	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dashawn Nixon	5	4	3
WR Floyd Stewart	4	2	2
WR Marlon Brewer	4	2	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,900 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,500 (19,900)
End Zone 10,400 (14,300)
Mezzanine 6,200 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 9,700 (12,700)
Club Seats 15,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,600 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,900 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,500 (19,900)
End Zone	10,400 (14,300)
Mezzanine	6,200 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	9,700 (12,700)
Club Seats	15,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,600 (9,900)