National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 31, Carolina 13
Sunday, December 8, 2013 8:30 PM
When: 8:30 PM ET, Sunday, December 8, 2013
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 73089
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 600713
New Orleans 0213731
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:42
Carolina FG New Orleans 0 - Carolina 3
Graham Gano 45 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:56
Carolina FG New Orleans 0 - Carolina 6
Graham Gano 24 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:35
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 6
Marques Colston 6 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:44
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Carolina 6
Marques Colston 15 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:18
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - Carolina 6
Jimmy Graham 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:18
New Orleans FG New Orleans 24 - Carolina 6
Garrett Hartley 19 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:52
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 6
Jimmy Graham 8 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 5:15
Carolina TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 13
Steve Smith 17 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 16 24
Rushing 7 3
Passing 9 19
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 6-15 7-12
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 5-45.4 4-44.3
Return Yards 105 39
Punts-Returns 1-32 2-17
Kickoffs-Returns 2-73 1-22
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-35 5-45
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 32:27 27:33
Total Net Yards 239 373
Total Plays 62 61
Average Gain 3.9 6.1
Net Yards Rushing 128 69
Rushes 23 17
Average/Rush 5.6 4.1
Net Yards Passing 111 304
Comp-Att 22-34 30-42
Yards/Pass 2.8 6.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-49 2-9
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 1 4
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 4
Other 0 0
Extra Points 1-1 4-4
Field Goals 2-3 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 4-5-80%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 22/34 160 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Williams 13 52 4.0 0 9
C. Newton 6 48 8.0 0 19
J. Stewart 1 16 16.0 0 16
M. Tolbert 3 12 4.0 0 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Smith 8 6 49 8.2 1 17
G. Olsen 12 8 40 5.0 0 13
B. LaFell 4 2 22 11.0 0 11
M. Tolbert 2 2 17 8.5 0 11
J. Stewart 1 1 16 16.0 0 16
D. Williams 2 1 11 11.0 0 11
T. Ginn 5 2 5 2.5 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
Q. Mikell 1.0 9.0
M. Addison 0.5 0.0
C. Johnson 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 30/42 313 4 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Sproles 1 38 38.0 0 38
P. Thomas 7 14 2.0 0 5
K. Robinson 1 6 6.0 0 6
R. Meachem 1 4 4.0 0 4
M. Ingram 3 4 1.3 0 3
D. Brees 3 3 1.0 0 4
J. Collins 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 13 9 125 13.9 2 21
J. Graham 11 6 58 9.7 2 22
L. Moore 4 3 40 13.3 0 21
D. Sproles 3 3 23 7.7 0 20
K. Stills 2 2 22 11.0 0 14
B. Watson 1 1 20 20.0 0 20
P. Thomas 4 4 14 3.5 0 9
R. Meachem 3 1 7 7.0 0 7
J. Collins 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Galette 3.0 30.0
C. Jordan 2.0 19.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
M. Jenkins 6 3
C. Lofton 6 4
K. Vaccaro 5 1
K. Lewis 4 0
J. Galette 4 2
C. Jordan 3 0
D. Hawthorne 3 3
R. Harper 2 0
P. Haralson 2 0
J. Jenkins 2 2
A. Hicks 1 1
C. White 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1