National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 41, Carolina 38
Sunday, October 16, 2016 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 16, 2016
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 73138
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 01072138
New Orleans 141071041
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:55
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 0
Coby Fleener 2 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
1st Quarter - 2:31
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Carolina 0
Brandin Cooks 87 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:47
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - Carolina 0
Michael Thomas 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:02
Carolina FG New Orleans 21 - Carolina 3
Graham Gano 42 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:15
Carolina TD New Orleans 21 - Carolina 10
Devin Funchess 17 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:10
New Orleans FG New Orleans 24 - Carolina 10
Wil Lutz 33 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:49
Carolina TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 17
Ed Dickson 1 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:56
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 17
Coby Fleener 50 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 14:49
Carolina TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 24
Jonathan Stewart 2 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 9:38
Carolina TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 30
Jonathan Stewart 1 yd. run (kick failed)
4th Quarter - 6:02
New Orleans TD New Orleans 38 - Carolina 30
Josh Hill 8 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 2:58
Carolina TD New Orleans 38 - Carolina 38
Cam Newton 2 yd. run (Devin Funchess pass from Cam Newton)
4th Quarter - 0:11
New Orleans FG New Orleans 41 - Carolina 38
Wil Lutz 52 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 32 23
Rushing 9 3
Passing 20 19
Penalty 3 1
3rd Down Conversions 3-11 8-16
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-1
Punts-Average 5-48.4 4-52.8
Return Yards 117 92
Punts-Returns 4-32 2-63
Kickoffs-Returns 3-66 2-29
Int-Returns 1-19 1-0
Penalties-Yards 5-51 10-126
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Possession 31:05 28:55
Total Net Yards 406 523
Total Plays 76 71
Average Gain 5.3 7.4
Net Yards Rushing 103 63
Rushes 27 21
Average/Rush 3.8 3.0
Net Yards Passing 303 460
Comp-Att 27-47 34-49
Yards/Pass 6.2 9.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-19 1-5
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 5 5
Rushing 3 1
Passing 2 4
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-5 5-5
Field Goals 1-1 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 5-6-83% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 4-5-80% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (1-5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 27/47 322 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Stewart 19 85 4.5 2 26
M. Tolbert 3 12 4.0 0 6
T. Ginn, Jr. 2 6 3.0 0 5
C. Newton 2 1 0.5 1 2
F. Whittaker 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Olsen 7 6 94 15.7 0 20
K. Benjamin 14 8 86 10.8 0 20
T. Ginn, Jr. 8 5 54 10.8 0 18
P. Brown 4 2 33 16.5 0 18
D. Funchess 6 2 28 14.0 1 17
E. Dickson 4 3 23 7.7 1 15
F. Whittaker 2 1 4 4.0 0 4
J. Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Williams 1 19 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Addison 0.5 2.5
C. Johnson 0.5 2.5
Tackles
  Tk Ast
S. Thompson 6 2
L. Kuechly 6 5
T. Williams 5 1
K. Coleman 5 2
T. Davis 4 4
K. Ealy 3 0
T. Boston 2 0
K. Love 2 0
K. Short 2 1
Z. Sanchez 2 3
M. Addison 1 1
D. Worley 1 1
C. Johnson 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Brown 1
New Orleans Saints (2-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 34/49 465 4 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram 16 51 3.2 0 11
D. Lasco 2 5 2.5 0 5
T. Cadet 1 3 3.0 0 3
B. Cooks 1 2 2.0 0 2
C. Fleener 1 2 2.0 1 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Cooks 9 7 173 24.7 1 87
M. Thomas 5 5 78 15.6 1 28
C. Fleener 7 6 74 12.3 1 50
W. Snead IV 7 4 47 11.8 0 21
T. Cadet 5 4 27 6.8 0 9
T. Lewis 3 2 24 12.0 0 15
J. Hill 5 2 23 11.5 1 15
M. Ingram 3 2 9 4.5 0 5
B. Coleman 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Lasco 2 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Moore 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Edebali 1.0 8.0
N. Fairley 0.5 5.5
D. Tapp 0.5 5.5
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Crawley 4 1
V. Bell 4 3
C. Robertson 4 8
D. Onyemata 3 0
K. Edebali 3 0
N. Stupar 3 3
J. Jenkins 2 0
B. Webb 2 0
S. Moore 2 1
C. Jordan 2 2
K. Vaccaro 2 5
B. Dixon 1 0
J. Byrd 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles