Week 15, 2057

played in New Orleans, LA

59 degrees, rain, 12 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	3	6	0	0	-	9
New Orleans Saints	0	3	3	0	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:09 CAR - Todd Anderson 26 field goal
2Q: 14:23 NOS - Morris Stone 40 field goal
2Q: 03:29 CAR - Todd Anderson 53 field goal
2Q: 00:03 CAR - Todd Anderson 19 field goal
3Q: 04:34 NOS - Morris Stone 41 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:09 CAR - Todd Anderson 26 field goal
2Q: 14:23 NOS - Morris Stone 40 field goal
2Q: 03:29 CAR - Todd Anderson 53 field goal
2Q: 00:03 CAR - Todd Anderson 19 field goal
3Q: 04:34 NOS - Morris Stone 41 field goal

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 5-9 6-8
First Downs 21 8
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 10 3
- by Penalty 4 0
Total Net Yards 277 174
- Offensive Plays 77 48
- Yards per Play 3.60 3.63
Net Rushing Yards 115 114
- Rushing Attempts 28 28
- Yards per Rush 4.11 4.07
Net Passing Yards 162 60
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 45 - 26 - 1 18 - 8 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 188 71
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/26 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 3.31 3.00
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/18 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.5 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/30 8/50
Punt Returns/Yards 4/41 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/26 2/66
Interception Ret./Yards 1/13 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 33
Time of Possession 35:20 24:40

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	5-9	6-8
First Downs	21	8
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	10	3
- by Penalty	4	0
Total Net Yards	277	174
- Offensive Plays	77	48
- Yards per Play	3.60	3.63
Net Rushing Yards	115	114
- Rushing Attempts	28	28
- Yards per Rush	4.11	4.07
Net Passing Yards	162	60
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	45 - 26 - 1	18 - 8 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	188	71
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/26	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	3.31	3.00
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/18	3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.5	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/30	8/50
Punt Returns/Yards	4/41	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/26	2/66
Interception Ret./Yards	1/13	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 33
Time of Possession	35:20	24:40

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:58	OWN 25	13	66	Field Goal
1	6:17	3:25	OWN 20	5	-10	Punt
2	14:15	4:10	OWN 25	8	33	Punt
2	8:57	2:20	OWN 31	7	29	Punt
2	4:55	1:31	OWN 47	4	17	Field Goal
2	2:35	1:13	50	6	34	Fumble
2	1:09	1:09	OPP 23	4	21	Field Goal
3	12:12	1:48	OWN 27	3	-7	Punt
3	9:15	1:36	OWN 3	3	4	Punt
3	4:29	1:41	OWN 35	3	8	Interception
3	1:28	2:55	OWN 25	7	36	Punt
4	10:23	1:05	OWN 16	3	6	Punt
4	5:46	5:46	OWN 20	12	45	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:02	2:45	OWN 39	4	25	Punt
1	2:52	3:37	OPP 41	6	18	Field Goal
2	10:05	1:08	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	6:37	1:42	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
2	3:24	0:49	OWN 25	3	-9	Punt
2	1:22	0:13	OWN 16	1	16	Fumble
3	15:00	2:48	OWN 39	5	37	Interception
3	10:24	1:09	OWN 43	3	1	Punt
3	7:39	3:10	OPP 46	7	22	Field Goal
3	2:48	1:20	OWN 29	3	1	Punt
4	13:33	3:10	OWN 20	5	18	Punt
4	9:18	3:32	OWN 33	5	23	Punt

Game MVP: Dakota Tharpe, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Efrain Ikuma	13	72	5.54	24	3
RB Richard Long	13	35	2.69	10	1
RB Bob Rucci	1	9	9.00	9	0
QB Hector Gamboa	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Isaiah Glover	15	53	3.53	23	1
RB Zane Schobel	10	48	4.80	20	2
RB Riddick Breese	2	2	1.00	2	0
QB Lionel McNeil	1	11	11.00	11	1

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Hector Gamboa	45	26	188	4/26	0	21	1	58.3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Lionel McNeil	18	8	71	2/11	0	22	1	32.4

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Mike Baxter	7	14	62	8.86	31	21
TE Louie Johnson	6	8	44	7.33	3	12
WR Lamont Sweeney	4	6	25	6.25	1	8
WR Giovanni Borders	3	4	25	8.33	7	15
TE Kendrick Hren	2	3	8	4.00	6	4
WR Brent Castillo	1	5	15	15.00	2	15
RB Efrain Ikuma	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Richard Long	1	3	6	6.00	0	6
TE Alexis Connors	1	1	3	3.00	0	3

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Landon Powell	5	7	56	11.20	22	22
WR Gustavo Bissel	2	4	11	5.50	11	9
TE Erick Kelley	1	4	4	4.00	0	4
WR Leland Sharper	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Riddick Kelly	1	13	13.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Donald Gorcester	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Hector Gamboa	1	0	0
CB Omar Newsome	0	1	0
OLB Corbin Richardson	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Zane Schobel	1	0	0
OLB Cameron Grimm	0	1	0
DT Kent Stephens	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
T.J. Riley	7	273	39.0	30.4	45	0

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Donny Mankad	8	374	46.8	36.6	53	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Todd Anderson	3/3	1/1	1/1	53	0/0

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morris Stone	2/2	2/2	0/0	41	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Giovanni Borders	4	41	10.3	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Byron McNeal	1	26	26.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steven Marsh	2	66	33.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Antoine Bout	5	0	0.0	19	15
CB Winfred Green	4	1	0.0	28	20
S Bryant Uusutalo	4	0	0.0	28	20
ILB Robbie Ogbogu	4	0	0.0	11	5
DT Ronald Dickson	3	1	0.0	26	13
S Marty Exterovich	2	0	1.0	7	5
OLB Corbin Richardson	2	1	0.0	19	11
DE J.B. Shields	2	1	0.0	24	18
DT Douglas Geary	2	0	0.0	14	12
S Harry Bader	2	0	0.0	10	5
ILB Riddick Kelly	2	0	0.0	19	15
DE Gabriel Comegys	1	1	1.0	9	5
DT Dexter Woodson	1	1	0.0	14	16
OLB Darnell Burton	1	1	0.0	17	14
OLB Antoine Farner	1	1	0.0	10	9
CB Omar Newsome	1	1	0.0	15	12
CB Emmanuel Bryant	1	1	0.0	20	14
WR Lamont Sweeney	1	0	---	---	---

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Terry Whiting	7	6	0.0	24	47
OLB Cody Rhodes	6	3	0.0	24	48
DT Brock McGee	6	1	0.0	25	35
CB Larry Tate	5	1	0.0	14	19
S Tyrone Franco	5	0	0.0	24	32
DE Wayne Fraley	4	2	1.0	27	39
DE Mercury Gerhardt	4	1	1.0	27	30
CB Steven Marsh	4	2	0.0	26	34
S Gus McDonald	4	1	0.0	26	34
OLB Cameron Grimm	4	1	0.0	24	48
DT Kent Stephens	3	0	2.0	4	13
CB Scott Humphrey	1	1	0.0	22	49
S Louie Rigney	1	1	0.0	2	15
CB Kirk Garrison	1	1	0.0	4	15
DT Mickey Johnstone	1	0	0.0	3	14
WR Landon Powell	1	0	---	---	---
TE Erick Kelley	1	0	---	---	---
S Donald Gorcester	1	0	0.0	4	15
ILB Bryan Emmons	0	2	0.0	12	13
ILB Randall Cross	0	1	0.0	1	0

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Gabriel Comegys	1.0	0	0	5
S Marty Exterovich	1.0	0	0	5
DT Mark Beadnell	0.0	1	0	11
ILB Robbie Ogbogu	0.0	1	0	5
DT Dexter Woodson	0.0	0	1	16
OLB Darnell Burton	0.0	0	1	14
DE J.B. Shields	0.0	0	1	18
DT Ronald Dickson	0.0	0	1	13

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Kent Stephens	2.0	3	1	13
DE Wayne Fraley	1.0	3	2	39
DE Mercury Gerhardt	1.0	0	1	30
DT Brock McGee	0.0	3	0	35
DT Mickey Johnstone	0.0	1	0	14
DE Bryson Slocum	0.0	1	0	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Antoine Bout	2	1	0	15
CB Winfred Green	1	0	0	20
DT Douglas Geary	1	0	0	12
OLB Darnell Burton	1	0	0	14
CB Omar Newsome	1	0	0	12
CB Emmanuel Bryant	1	0	0	14
S Marty Exterovich	1	0	0	5
ILB Riddick Kelly	0	0	1	15

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Steven Marsh	4	2	0	34
OLB Cameron Grimm	4	0	0	48
OLB Cody Rhodes	3	0	0	48
ILB Terry Whiting	2	2	0	47
S Gus McDonald	2	1	0	34
DE Mercury Gerhardt	2	0	0	30
S Tyrone Franco	2	0	0	32
S Donald Gorcester	1	0	1	15
CB Scott Humphrey	1	0	0	49
S Louie Rigney	1	0	0	15
DT Brock McGee	1	0	0	35
CB Larry Tate	1	0	0	19
DE Wayne Fraley	1	0	0	39
CB Kirk Garrison	1	0	0	15
CB Asher Shotwell	0	1	0	20

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Dakota Tharpe	6	10	0	28	0	49
G Mitchell Zodda	2	8	0	28	0	49
C Mo Jeffries	1	2	0	28	1	49
T Britt Light	0	3	1	28	2	49
G Renaldo Kelley	0	3	0	28	1	49
TE Kendrick Hren	0	1	0	10	0	21

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Mack Ramirez	3	6	28	1	20
G Reuben Fitzgerald	1	8	28	0	20
C Dustin Wallace	1	6	28	0	20
T Tucker Romero	1	5	28	1	20
T Lionel Stuart	1	1	28	0	20
TE David Dembsky	0	1	22	0	16

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Efrain Ikuma	1	24
Bryant Uusutalo	1	23

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Joseph Mounts	2	21
Terrell Csonka	1	23
Terry Whiting	1	23
Louie Rigney	1	16

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Britt Light	28	49	---	---	13	90
G Renaldo Kelley	28	49	---	---	10	87
T Dakota Tharpe	28	49	---	---	10	87
G Mitchell Zodda	28	49	---	---	10	87
WR Giovanni Borders	27	40	---	---	14	81
WR Mike Baxter	28	49	---	---	3	80
C Mo Jeffries	28	49	---	---	---	77
QB Hector Gamboa	28	49	---	---	---	77
TE Louie Johnson	25	48	---	---	---	73
S Bryant Uusutalo	---	---	28	20	23	71
RB Efrain Ikuma	14	17	---	---	24	55
OLB Darnell Burton	---	---	17	14	23	54
RB Richard Long	13	17	---	---	24	54
CB Winfred Green	---	---	28	20	5	53
S Antoine Bout	---	---	19	15	14	48
DE J.B. Shields	---	---	24	18	1	43
DT Ronald Dickson	---	---	26	13	2	41
OLB Antoine Farner	---	---	10	9	21	40
DT Dexter Woodson	---	---	14	16	9	39
WR Lamont Sweeney	16	23	---	---	---	39
DT Douglas Geary	---	---	14	12	11	37
TE Kendrick Hren	10	21	---	---	3	34
ILB Riddick Kelly	---	---	19	15	---	34
CB Emmanuel Bryant	---	---	20	14	---	34
OLB Corbin Richardson	---	---	19	11	1	31
CB Omar Newsome	---	---	15	12	2	29
DT Mark Beadnell	---	---	16	11	1	28
DE Gabriel Comegys	---	---	9	5	10	24
WR Brent Castillo	5	13	---	---	---	18
ILB Robbie Ogbogu	---	---	11	5	2	18
WR Byron McNeal	1	0	---	---	17	18
RB Bob Rucci	1	16	---	---	---	17
S Harry Bader	---	---	10	5	2	17
S Marty Exterovich	---	---	7	5	2	14
P T.J. Riley	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Irving Johnston	0	0	---	---	10	10
K Todd Anderson	0	0	---	---	6	6
G Justin Lincoln	0	0	---	---	3	3
OLB Kevin Donovan	---	---	2	0	---	2
TE Alexis Connors	0	1	---	---	---	1
QB Collin Taylor	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Jeffery Neufield	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Jordan Bajwa	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Carson Osborne	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Brad Rivera	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
ILB Terry Whiting	---	---	24	47	23	94
OLB Cameron Grimm	---	---	24	48	3	75
CB Scott Humphrey	---	---	22	49	3	74
OLB Cody Rhodes	---	---	24	48	2	74
CB Steven Marsh	---	---	26	34	13	73
S Gus McDonald	---	---	26	34	10	70
DT Brock McGee	---	---	25	35	8	68
DE Wayne Fraley	---	---	27	39	2	68
S Tyrone Franco	---	---	24	32	8	64
T Lionel Stuart	28	20	---	---	10	58
DE Mercury Gerhardt	---	---	27	30	1	58
RB Isaiah Glover	16	13	---	---	23	52
QB Lionel McNeil	28	20	---	---	---	48
G Reuben Fitzgerald	28	20	---	---	---	48
G Mack Ramirez	28	20	---	---	---	48
T Tucker Romero	28	20	---	---	---	48
C Dustin Wallace	28	20	---	---	---	48
WR Leland Sharper	28	19	---	---	---	47
TE David Dembsky	22	16	---	---	3	41
WR Landon Powell	23	17	---	---	---	40
S Louie Rigney	---	---	2	15	16	33
CB Asher Shotwell	---	---	10	20	3	33
CB Larry Tate	---	---	14	19	---	33
DE Bryson Slocum	---	---	4	19	8	31
WR Gustavo Bissel	16	8	---	---	6	30
WR Terrell Csonka	4	1	---	---	23	28
ILB Bryan Emmons	---	---	12	13	1	26
TE Erick Kelley	13	12	---	---	---	25
TE Jalen Carter	0	1	---	---	23	24
ILB Joseph Mounts	---	---	1	0	21	22
CB Kirk Garrison	---	---	4	15	2	21
S Donald Gorcester	---	---	4	15	2	21
DT Mickey Johnstone	---	---	3	14	3	20
DT Kent Stephens	---	---	4	13	2	19
RB Zane Schobel	10	5	---	---	3	18
FB Conner Boyer	4	5	---	---	5	14
C Lawrence Mason	0	0	---	---	10	10
T Adam Boyd	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Donny Mankad	0	0	---	---	10	10
G Malcolm Price	0	0	---	---	10	10
G Ross Coltharp	0	0	---	---	10	10
RB Riddick Breese	2	2	---	---	3	7
K Morris Stone	0	0	---	---	5	5
WR Jon Riley	2	1	---	---	---	3
ILB Randall Cross	---	---	1	0	1	2
QB Henry Rigsby	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	17	4.3
Middle	11	53	4.8
Right	12	46	3.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	13	2.2
Middle	16	78	4.9
Right	6	23	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Hector Gamboa	45	26	1	1	0	6	11	4	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Lionel McNeil	18	8	1	2	0	1	4	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	4	20	2.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	16	92	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	76	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	9	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	4	37	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	3	25	2.8
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Baxter	14	7	62	1	49
TE Louie Johnson	8	6	44	0	48
WR Lamont Sweeney	6	4	25	0	23
WR Brent Castillo	5	1	15	0	13
WR Giovanni Borders	4	3	25	0	40
TE Kendrick Hren	3	2	8	0	21
RB Richard Long	3	1	6	0	17
RB Efrain Ikuma	1	1	0	0	17
TE Alexis Connors	1	1	3	0	1

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Landon Powell	7	5	56	1	17
WR Gustavo Bissel	4	2	11	0	8
TE Erick Kelley	4	1	4	0	12
WR Leland Sharper	3	0	0	0	19

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Efrain Ikuma	1	7	7.00	5.54
RB Richard Long	1	-4	-4.00	2.69

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Hector Gamboa	7	2	11	1.57	4.18

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Lionel McNeil	2	0	0	0.00	3.94

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Giovanni Borders	2	1	6	3.00	6.25
WR Brent Castillo	2	0	0	0.00	3.00
TE Louie Johnson	1	1	5	5.00	5.50
WR Mike Baxter	1	0	0	0.00	4.43
RB Richard Long	1	0	0	0.00	2.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Landon Powell	1	0	0	0.00	8.00
TE Erick Kelley	1	0	0	0.00	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
RB Bob Rucci	1	1
RB Richard Long	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Isaiah Glover	6	0
QB Lionel McNeil	1	1
RB Zane Schobel	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Hector Gamboa	14	6	3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Lionel McNeil	3	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mike Baxter	4	1	0
TE Louie Johnson	3	2	2
WR Giovanni Borders	2	1	0
WR Lamont Sweeney	2	1	1
TE Kendrick Hren	1	0	0
WR Brent Castillo	1	0	0
TE Alexis Connors	1	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Landon Powell	2	1	1
WR Leland Sharper	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,300 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,700 (19,900)
End Zone 10,000 (14,300)
Mezzanine 6,200 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 9,500 (12,700)
Club Seats 15,300 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 8,600 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,300 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,700 (19,900)
End Zone	10,000 (14,300)
Mezzanine	6,200 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	9,500 (12,700)
Club Seats	15,300 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	8,600 (9,900)