National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 35, New Orleans 27
Sunday, September 16, 2012 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 16, 2012
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 71°
Head Official: Gerald Wright
Attendance: 72879
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 10301427
Carolina 7147735
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:39
New Orleans TD Carolina 0 - New Orleans 7
Jimmy Graham 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
1st Quarter - 5:33
Carolina TD Carolina 7 - New Orleans 7
Charles Godfrey 9 yd. interception return (Justin Medlock kick)
1st Quarter - 1:26
New Orleans FG Carolina 7 - New Orleans 10
Garrett Hartley 22 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 7:08
New Orleans FG Carolina 7 - New Orleans 13
Garrett Hartley 53 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 3:33
Carolina TD Carolina 14 - New Orleans 13
Jonathan Stewart 17 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Justin Medlock kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:11
Carolina TD Carolina 21 - New Orleans 13
Michael Tolbert 2 yd. run (Justin Medlock kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:17
Carolina TD Carolina 28 - New Orleans 13
DeAngelo Williams 3 yd. run (Justin Medlock kick)
4th Quarter - 12:53
New Orleans TD Carolina 28 - New Orleans 20
Mark Ingram 1 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 9:55
Carolina TD Carolina 35 - New Orleans 20
Cam Newton 5 yd. run (Justin Medlock kick)
4th Quarter - 1:55
New Orleans TD Carolina 35 - New Orleans 27
Drew Brees 1 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Carolina
1st Downs 27 23
Rushing 8 12
Passing 19 10
Penalty 0 1
3rd Down Conversions 7-13 6-12
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 3-49.3 5-45.8
Return Yards 84 97
Punts-Returns 2-30 1-14
Kickoffs-Returns 3-54 3-72
Int-Returns 0-0 2-11
Penalties-Yards 2-23 4-34
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Time of Possession 30:24 29:36
Total Net Yards 486 463
Total Plays 77 62
Average Gain 6.3 7.5
Net Yards Rushing 163 219
Rushes 27 41
Average/Rush 6.0 5.3
Net Yards Passing 323 244
Comp-Att 31-49 14-20
Yards/Pass 6.5 11.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 1-9
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 3 5
Rushing 2 3
Passing 1 1
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 5-5
Field Goals 2-2 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-4-75% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (0-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 31/49 325 1 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 9 110 12.2 0 48
M. Ingram 16 53 3.3 1 12
D. Brees 2 0 0.0 1 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Sproles 14 13 128 9.8 0 25
J. Graham 13 7 71 10.1 1 17
M. Colston 4 3 49 16.3 0 29
P. Thomas 6 4 33 8.2 0 12
L. Moore 5 2 30 15.0 0 17
C. Roby 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
J. Morgan 3 1 5 5.0 0 5
D. Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Jordan 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
M. Jenkins 8 2
C. Lofton 5 5
J. Casillas 4 0
C. White 4 2
C. Jordan 3 1
W. Smith 3 4
S. Ellis 2 1
R. Harper 2 1
P. Robinson 2 1
J. Greer 1 0
S. Shanle 1 0
D. Hawthorne 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1
Carolina Panthers (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 14/20 253 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Newton 13 71 5.5 1 40
D. Williams 14 69 4.9 1 27
J. Stewart 11 51 4.6 0 16
B. LaFell 1 25 25.0 0 25
M. Tolbert 2 3 1.5 1 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Smith 4 3 104 34.7 0 66
B. LaFell 8 6 90 15.0 0 27
M. Tolbert 2 2 23 11.5 0 20
J. Stewart 1 1 17 17.0 1 17
G. Olsen 3 1 13 13.0 0 13
K. Pilares 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Godfrey 1 9 1
J. Beason 1 2 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Edwards 0.5 1.0
T. Keiser 0.5 1.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
C. Godfrey 6 5
J. Norman 5 3
H. Nakamura 4 1
C. Gamble 4 3
C. Johnson 2 1
T. Keiser 2 1
C. Munnerlyn 2 1
G. Hardy 2 2
J. Beason 2 5
J. Anderson 2 7
R. Edwards 1 0
T. Davis 1 1
D. Edwards 1 2
L. Kuechly 1 4
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Newton 1