National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 23, New Orleans 20
Thursday, November 17, 2016 8:25 PM
When: 8:25 PM ET, Thursday, November 17, 2016
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 63°
Head Official: Peter Morelli
Attendance: 73288
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 3001720
Carolina 3173023
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:29
Carolina FG Carolina 3 - New Orleans 0
Graham Gano 32 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 0:36
New Orleans FG Carolina 3 - New Orleans 3
Wil Lutz 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 5:40
Carolina TD Carolina 10 - New Orleans 3
Jonathan Stewart 1 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:50
Carolina FG Carolina 13 - New Orleans 3
Graham Gano 49 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:16
Carolina TD Carolina 20 - New Orleans 3
Ted Ginn, Jr. 40 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:17
Carolina FG Carolina 23 - New Orleans 3
Graham Gano 42 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:56
New Orleans FG Carolina 23 - New Orleans 6
Wil Lutz 30 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 11:22
New Orleans TD Carolina 23 - New Orleans 13
Brandon Coleman 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 2:52
New Orleans TD Carolina 23 - New Orleans 20
Coby Fleener 8 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Carolina
1st Downs 28 17
Rushing 7 5
Passing 19 10
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 4-13 7-17
4th Down Conversions 2-2 0-0
Punts-Average 3-47.0 6-46.7
Return Yards 65 78
Punts-Returns 4-46 2-10
Kickoffs-Returns 2-19 3-56
Int-Returns 0-0 1-12
Penalties-Yards 6-48 6-45
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Time of Possession 32:15 27:45
Total Net Yards 371 223
Total Plays 72 62
Average Gain 5.2 3.6
Net Yards Rushing 107 50
Rushes 25 27
Average/Rush 4.3 1.9
Net Yards Passing 264 173
Comp-Att 35-44 14-33
Yards/Pass 5.6 4.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-21 2-19
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 0 1
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 2-2
Field Goals 2-3 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 2-5-40% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (4-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 35/44 285 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Hightower 12 69 5.8 0 27
M. Ingram 7 28 4.0 0 14
B. Cooks 2 7 3.5 0 4
J. Kuhn 2 3 1.5 0 2
D. Brees 2 0 0.0 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 5 5 68 13.6 0 21
T. Hightower 9 8 57 7.1 0 11
M. Ingram 4 3 47 15.7 0 22
B. Cooks 8 7 42 6.0 0 12
W. Snead IV 5 4 33 8.2 0 14
C. Fleener 5 3 17 5.7 1 8
J. Kuhn 2 2 9 4.5 0 6
B. Coleman 2 1 9 9.0 1 9
M. Murphy 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
J. Hill 2 0 0 0 0 0
J. Phillips 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
N. Stupar 1.0 11.0
D. Ellerbe 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
S. Moore 4 1
C. Robertson 3 6
D. Ellerbe 2 2
B. Webb 2 2
N. Stupar 2 3
V. Bell 2 5
N. Fairley 1 0
J. Byrd 1 1
D. Tapp 1 2
C. Jordan 1 2
P. Kruger 1 3
K. Vaccaro 1 4
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Fleener 1
D. Brees 1
Carolina Panthers (4-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 14/33 192 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Stewart 18 31 1.7 1 10
T. Ginn, Jr. 1 13 13.0 0 13
C. Newton 5 7 1.4 0 12
F. Whittaker 1 0 0.0 0 0
M. Tolbert 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Benjamin 4 3 56 18.7 0 19
T. Ginn, Jr. 4 3 46 15.3 1 40
G. Olsen 7 4 33 8.2 0 12
D. Funchess 7 2 32 16.0 0 20
M. Tolbert 2 1 17 17.0 0 17
J. Stewart 4 1 8 8.0 0 8
P. Brown 3 0 0 0 0 0
E. Dickson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Coleman 1 12 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Addison 2.0 17.0
K. Ealy 1.0 4.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Kuechly 8 6
K. Coleman 7 2
D. Worley 6 3
T. Davis 4 4
L. Johnson 3 0
T. Boston 3 1
J. Bradberry 3 4
M. Addison 2 1
K. Ealy 1 0
D. Mayo 1 0
S. Thompson 1 2
V. Butler 1 2
S. Lotulelei 1 2
R. McClain 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Ginn, Jr. 1