Week 17, 2062

played in New Orleans, LA

46 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	7	3	3	0	-	13
New Orleans Saints	0	0	0	3	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:04 CAR - Deron Butler 21 pass from Vince Tanner (Kennedy Bradley extra point)
2Q: 12:55 CAR - Kennedy Bradley 19 field goal
3Q: 10:30 CAR - Kennedy Bradley 40 field goal
4Q: 04:31 NOS - Morris Stone 27 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:04 CAR - Deron Butler 21 pass from Vince Tanner (Kennedy Bradley extra point)
2Q: 12:55 CAR - Kennedy Bradley 19 field goal
3Q: 10:30 CAR - Kennedy Bradley 40 field goal
4Q: 04:31 NOS - Morris Stone 27 field goal

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 11-5 1-15
First Downs 15 14
- by Rushing 3 4
- by Passing 11 7
- by Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 230 244
- Offensive Plays 63 62
- Yards per Play 3.65 3.94
Net Rushing Yards 47 68
- Rushing Attempts 26 34
- Yards per Rush 1.81 2.00
Net Passing Yards 183 176
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 17 - 0 28 - 17 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 195 176
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.95 6.29
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/17 2/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 8.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 4/20 6/35
Punt Returns/Yards 6/69 2/7
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 2/26
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 23
Time of Possession 28:33 31:27

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	11-5	1-15
First Downs	15	14
- by Rushing	3	4
- by Passing	11	7
- by Penalty	1	3
Total Net Yards	230	244
- Offensive Plays	63	62
- Yards per Play	3.65	3.94
Net Rushing Yards	47	68
- Rushing Attempts	26	34
- Yards per Rush	1.81	2.00
Net Passing Yards	183	176
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 17 - 0	28 - 17 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	195	176
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.95	6.29
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/17	2/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	8.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	4/20	6/35
Punt Returns/Yards	6/69	2/7
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	2/26
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 23
Time of Possession	28:33	31:27

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:45	1:51	OPP 48	5	48	Touchdown
1	7:44	3:52	OWN 7	8	36	Punt
1	2:29	4:41	OWN 32	11	66	Field Goal
2	11:01	0:35	OWN 48	3	0	Punt
2	8:25	1:09	OPP 45	3	-5	Punt
2	5:12	0:44	OPP 42	3	5	Punt
2	0:18	0:18	OWN 4	1	20	Half
3	15:00	4:35	OWN 25	8	52	Field Goal
3	7:52	2:26	OWN 26	5	17	Punt
3	0:48	1:30	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
4	13:21	1:32	OWN 24	3	-8	Punt
4	10:31	1:05	OWN 18	3	4	Punt
4	4:23	1:57	OWN 25	4	15	Punt
4	1:16	1:16	OWN 20	3	-4	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:15	OWN 25	3	-1	Punt
1	11:54	4:10	OWN 14	7	31	Punt
1	3:52	1:23	OWN 22	3	6	Punt
2	12:48	1:47	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
2	10:26	2:01	OWN 9	3	6	Punt
2	7:16	2:04	OWN 8	3	4	Punt
2	4:28	4:10	OWN 20	8	26	Punt
3	10:25	2:33	OWN 16	4	53	Interception
3	5:26	4:38	OWN 12	8	47	Punt
4	14:18	0:57	OWN 42	3	-2	Punt
4	11:49	1:18	OWN 40	3	2	Punt
4	9:26	5:03	OWN 48	10	42	Field Goal
4	2:26	1:10	OWN 25	4	29	Punt

Game MVP: Vince Tanner, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Preston Huffman	11	19	1.73	14	2
QB Vince Tanner	8	26	3.25	9	0
RB Bryan Farley	5	10	2.00	6	0
WR Stevie Garcia	2	-8	-4.00	-4	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Drake Beckwith	14	29	2.07	10	1
RB Spencer Donovan	9	5	0.56	14	1
RB Aiden Ellard	8	17	2.13	11	2
QB Rusty Caleca	3	17	5.67	6	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Vince Tanner	35	17	195	2/12	1	25	0	75.3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rusty Caleca	28	17	176	0/0	0	35	1	64.0

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Deron Butler	4	10	52	13.00	18	21	1
WR Nathan Richard	3	5	52	17.33	28	25	0
WR Brandon Chandler	2	4	20	10.00	10	20	0
TE Sammy Rodgers	2	2	19	9.50	0	14	0
WR Horace Herndon	2	6	21	10.50	9	19	0
TE Julian Hoover	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Bryan Farley	1	1	9	9.00	9	9	0
TE Thomas Dickey	1	1	5	5.00	2	5	0
RB Preston Huffman	1	1	14	14.00	2	14	0
WR Stevie Garcia	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Lamont Sweeney	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Terrance Boese	6	11	62	10.33	29	28
TE Billy Monroe	5	6	59	11.80	27	35
WR Michael Squires	4	6	22	5.50	22	22
TE Erick Kelley	2	3	33	16.50	16	19
WR Colton Bradford	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Gustavo Bissel	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Jorge Wells	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dalton Mangiafico	9	357	39.7	36.7	46	4

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ellis Everett	11	480	43.6	33.7	50	4

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kennedy Bradley	2/2	1/1	0/0	40	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morris Stone	1/1	0/0	0/0	27	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stevie Garcia	6	69	11.5	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lamont Cash	2	7	3.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Richie Witt	2	26	13.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
DE J.B. Shields	6	0	24	21
ILB Steven Farr	5	1	25	21
DT Ronald Dickson	4	4	22	20
OLB Jeffrey Murkowski	4	3	22	19
CB Santiago Lyle	4	1	30	26
S Alonzo Bout	4	0	27	21
DT Mack Shue	4	0	29	25
OLB Al Dillon	4	0	25	21
CB Erick Dennis	3	1	34	28
DE Amos Harris	2	1	27	25
CB Ricky Freeman	2	1	16	10
OLB Francisco Ramsey	2	1	8	6
S Jorge Wells	2	1	33	28
DT Aiden Hernandez	2	0	3	1
DT Roberto Funderburk	1	0	7	5
DT Douglas Geary	1	0	13	7
CB Freddie Kimbrough	1	0	6	7
DE Jerry Woodard	0	1	10	8

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Lamont Cash	8	5	0.0	25	37
DT Brock McGee	5	2	0.0	22	25
CB Kirk Bertram	5	1	0.0	26	37
CB Peter Shaner	4	0	0.0	16	21
ILB Ernie Hardy	4	0	0.0	15	26
OLB Derek Trantham	3	0	0.0	11	21
DT Kent Stephens	2	0	2.0	18	23
DE Wayne Fraley	2	1	0.0	25	35
CB Kirk Garrison	2	1	0.0	26	37
S Preston Stewart	2	1	0.0	19	25
ILB Antonio Maier	2	1	0.0	11	11
DE Bryson Penn	2	1	0.0	13	25
DE Brent Hill	1	1	0.0	15	23
S Ralph Hull	1	0	0.0	3	3
TE Billy Monroe	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Tristan Andersen	0	2	0.0	12	13
CB Lewis Maloney	0	1	0.0	7	11

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Mack Shue	1	1	1	25
DE Amos Harris	0	3	1	25
DE J.B. Shields	0	1	2	21

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Kent Stephens	2.0	0	0	23
DE Wayne Fraley	0.0	2	3	35
DE Bryson Penn	0.0	2	0	25
DE Brent Hill	0.0	1	0	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Al Dillon	3	1	0	21
CB Santiago Lyle	3	0	0	26
ILB Steven Farr	2	1	0	21
OLB Jeffrey Murkowski	2	0	0	19
S Jorge Wells	1	1	1	28
DE J.B. Shields	1	0	0	21
CB Erick Dennis	1	0	0	28
S Alonzo Bout	1	0	0	21
DT Ronald Dickson	1	0	0	20
CB Ricky Freeman	1	0	0	10
CB Freddie Kimbrough	1	0	0	7

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Ernie Hardy	4	0	26
S Lamont Cash	3	3	37
CB Peter Shaner	3	0	21
CB Kirk Bertram	2	1	37
OLB Derek Trantham	2	0	21
DT Brock McGee	1	0	25
ILB Antonio Maier	1	0	11
OLB Sherman Register	1	0	14
CB Kirk Garrison	0	2	37
OLB Tristan Andersen	0	1	13
CB Lewis Maloney	0	1	11

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Ralph Reid	1	6	26	0	37
G Daniel Lane	1	5	26	0	37
G Lewis Heuvicq	0	4	26	0	37
T Shane Woo	0	3	26	0	37
RB Bryan Farley	0	0	9	1	16
C Ike Preimsberg	0	0	26	1	37

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
C Mark Basinger	1	11	34	28
T Tucker Romero	1	5	34	28
G Geoff Moss	1	4	34	28
G Alan Moody	0	5	34	28
T Alexander Negrelli	0	3	34	28
TE Erick Kelley	0	2	31	28
FB Francisco Cavka	0	1	5	7

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Thomas Dickey	2	28
Devon Mosier	1	28
Jeffrey Murkowski	1	26

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Wayne Fraley	3	15
Sherman Register	2	26
Kirk Bertram	1	28

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
DE Amos Harris	---	---	27	25	26	78
G Daniel Lane	26	37	---	---	11	74
G Lewis Heuvicq	26	37	---	---	11	74
T Shane Woo	26	37	---	---	11	74
T Ralph Reid	26	37	---	---	11	74
OLB Jeffrey Murkowski	---	---	22	19	26	67
CB Erick Dennis	---	---	34	28	1	63
QB Vince Tanner	26	37	---	---	---	63
C Ike Preimsberg	26	37	---	---	---	63
S Jorge Wells	---	---	33	28	1	62
WR Stevie Garcia	10	18	---	---	28	56
TE Deron Butler	23	33	---	---	---	56
CB Santiago Lyle	---	---	30	26	---	56
DT Mack Shue	---	---	29	25	---	54
WR Horace Herndon	21	27	---	---	6	54
DT Ronald Dickson	---	---	22	20	11	53
S Alonzo Bout	---	---	27	21	---	48
DE J.B. Shields	---	---	24	21	1	46
OLB Al Dillon	---	---	25	21	---	46
ILB Steven Farr	---	---	25	21	---	46
DT Douglas Geary	---	---	13	7	18	38
WR Nathan Richard	9	12	---	---	17	38
WR Brandon Chandler	19	19	---	---	---	38
RB Preston Huffman	15	19	---	---	2	36
DE Jerry Woodard	---	---	10	8	17	35
TE Thomas Dickey	0	4	---	---	28	32
WR Devon Mosier	1	0	---	---	28	29
CB Ricky Freeman	---	---	16	10	1	27
TE Julian Hoover	5	19	---	---	2	26
RB Bryan Farley	9	16	---	---	---	25
CB Freddie Kimbrough	---	---	6	7	12	25
WR Lamont Sweeney	14	10	---	---	---	24
S Quentin Springer	---	---	11	8	1	20
OLB Francisco Ramsey	---	---	8	6	1	15
DT Roberto Funderburk	---	---	7	5	1	13
TE Sammy Rodgers	4	8	---	---	---	12
DE Max Lyles	---	---	1	0	11	12
P Dalton Mangiafico	0	0	---	---	11	11
C Bo Sohl	0	0	---	---	11	11
T Ezekiel Turnbull	0	0	---	---	6	6
K Kennedy Bradley	0	0	---	---	6	6
DT Aiden Hernandez	---	---	3	1	1	5
CB Dillon Snyder	---	---	1	1	1	3
T Percy Erickson	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Bill Rodrigues	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Hugh Acevedo	---	---	0	0	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Kirk Bertram	---	---	26	37	28	91
TE Erick Kelley	31	28	---	---	27	86
DE Wayne Fraley	---	---	25	35	15	75
G Alan Moody	34	28	---	---	12	74
T Tucker Romero	34	28	---	---	12	74
S Lamont Cash	---	---	25	37	12	74
CB Kirk Garrison	---	---	26	37	2	65
C Mark Basinger	34	28	---	---	---	62
WR Terrance Boese	34	27	---	---	1	62
QB Rusty Caleca	34	28	---	---	---	62
G Geoff Moss	34	28	---	---	---	62
T Alexander Negrelli	34	28	---	---	---	62
DT Brock McGee	---	---	22	25	11	58
ILB Ernie Hardy	---	---	15	26	14	55
WR Michael Squires	29	21	---	---	---	50
DE Brent Hill	---	---	15	23	11	49
OLB Sherman Register	---	---	7	14	26	47
S Preston Stewart	---	---	19	25	---	44
DT Kent Stephens	---	---	18	23	2	43
DE Oscar Sheppard	---	---	11	18	10	39
CB Peter Shaner	---	---	16	21	1	38
DE Bryson Penn	---	---	13	25	---	38
RB Spencer Donovan	9	10	---	---	17	36
OLB Derek Trantham	---	---	11	21	2	34
WR Colton Bradford	6	7	---	---	16	29
WR Gustavo Bissel	17	8	---	---	4	29
FB Francisco Cavka	5	7	---	---	16	28
RB Drake Beckwith	16	12	---	---	---	28
OLB Tristan Andersen	---	---	12	13	1	26
TE Billy Monroe	13	13	---	---	---	26
S Ralph Hull	---	---	3	3	16	22
ILB Antonio Maier	---	---	11	11	---	22
CB Lewis Maloney	---	---	7	11	1	19
RB Aiden Ellard	9	6	---	---	1	16
G Bert Cook	0	0	---	---	12	12
C Cory Fuller	0	0	---	---	12	12
T Donnell Lanning	0	0	---	---	12	12
P Ellis Everett	0	0	---	---	11	11
WR Alec Thomas	1	0	---	---	5	6
WR Richie Witt	0	0	---	---	4	4
CB Lenny Kennedy	---	---	3	1	---	4
K Morris Stone	0	0	---	---	3	3
ILB Andy Boyer	---	---	1	1	1	3
QB Alex Berry	0	0	---	---	1	1
TE Harry Hutton	0	1	---	---	---	1
OLB Raymond Durkin	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	9	3.0
Middle	15	44	2.9
Right	7	-4	-0.6
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	49	4.9
Middle	18	23	1.3
Right	6	-4	-0.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Vince Tanner	35	17	3	3	2	8	5	3	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rusty Caleca	28	17	3	1	0	3	5	4	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	42	14.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	26	3.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	8	127	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	7	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	61	12.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	7	45	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	70	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Deron Butler	10	4	2	52	1	33
WR Horace Herndon	6	2	0	21	0	27
WR Nathan Richard	5	3	0	52	1	12
WR Brandon Chandler	4	2	0	20	1	19
TE Julian Hoover	2	1	0	3	0	19
WR Lamont Sweeney	2	0	0	0	0	10
TE Sammy Rodgers	2	2	0	19	0	8
WR Stevie Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	18
RB Bryan Farley	1	1	0	9	0	16
TE Thomas Dickey	1	1	0	5	0	4
RB Preston Huffman	1	1	0	14	0	19

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terrance Boese	11	6	62	1	27
WR Michael Squires	6	4	22	1	21
TE Billy Monroe	6	5	59	1	13
TE Erick Kelley	3	2	33	0	28
WR Colton Bradford	1	0	0	0	7
WR Gustavo Bissel	1	0	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Vince Tanner	2	12	6.00	3.25
RB Bryan Farley	1	6	6.00	2.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Drake Beckwith	2	0	0.00	2.07

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Vince Tanner	3	0	0	0.00	5.57

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rusty Caleca	1	1	3	3.00	6.29

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Overall Avg
TE Julian Hoover	1	1.50
WR Lamont Sweeney	1	0.00
WR Brandon Chandler	1	5.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Billy Monroe	1	1	3	3.00	9.83

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
QB Vince Tanner	4	1
WR Stevie Garcia	2	0
RB Bryan Farley	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Drake Beckwith	5	0
QB Rusty Caleca	2	1
RB Spencer Donovan	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Vince Tanner	9	4	4

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rusty Caleca	7	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Deron Butler	3	1	1
WR Nathan Richard	2	1	1
WR Stevie Garcia	1	0	0
TE Julian Hoover	1	0	0
RB Bryan Farley	1	1	1
WR Horace Herndon	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terrance Boese	4	2	1
TE Erick Kelley	1	0	0
WR Michael Squires	1	1	0
TE Billy Monroe	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,100 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 10,900 (19,900)
End Zone 7,100 (14,300)
Mezzanine 4,500 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 7,100 (12,700)
Club Seats 10,300 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 7,200 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,100 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	10,900 (19,900)
End Zone	7,100 (14,300)
Mezzanine	4,500 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	7,100 (12,700)
Club Seats	10,300 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	7,200 (9,900)