National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 31, Carolina 21
Sunday, December 3, 2017 4:25 PM
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, December 3, 2017
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Hussey
Attendance: 73171
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 770721
New Orleans 7147331
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:15
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 0
Alvin Kamara 2 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
1st Quarter - 5:09
Carolina TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 7
Jonathan Stewart 2 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:32
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Carolina 7
Mark Ingram 3 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:21
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - Carolina 7
Michael Thomas 10 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:56
Carolina TD New Orleans 21 - Carolina 14
Christian McCaffrey 21 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:10
New Orleans TD New Orleans 28 - Carolina 14
Alvin Kamara 20 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 6:08
New Orleans FG New Orleans 31 - Carolina 14
Wil Lutz 31 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:57
Carolina TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 21
Devin Funchess 24 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 16 19
Rushing 4 5
Passing 8 12
Penalty 4 2
3rd Down Conversions 3-10 6-15
4th Down Conversions 0-2 1-1
Punts-Average 5-43.0 4-46.0
Return Yards 62 5
Punts-Returns 3-20 2-5
Kickoffs-Returns 2-42 0-0
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-54 7-68
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1
Time of Possession 26:39 33:21
Total Net Yards 279 400
Total Plays 53 64
Average Gain 5.3 6.2
Net Yards Rushing 112 148
Rushes 23 28
Average/Rush 4.9 5.3
Net Yards Passing 167 252
Comp-Att 17-28 25-34
Yards/Pass 5.6 7.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-16 2-17
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 3
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-5-60%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (8-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 17/27 183 2 0
M. Palardy 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Newton 6 51 8.5 0 32
J. Stewart 11 45 4.1 1 10
C. McCaffrey 6 16 2.7 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Funchess 7 4 60 15.0 1 24
C. McCaffrey 6 5 33 6.6 1 21
R. Shepard 5 3 29 9.7 0 19
E. Dickson 2 2 18 9.0 0 12
B. Bersin 2 1 18 18.0 0 18
K. Clay 1 1 13 13.0 0 13
D. Byrd 2 1 12 12.0 0 12
C. Manhertz 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0
S. Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Love 1.0 10.0
M. Addison 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Kuechly 8 1
M. Adams 5 1
K. Coleman 4 2
D. Worley 3 0
J. Bradberry 3 3
J. Peppers 2 0
M. Addison 2 0
K. Seymour 2 0
K. Love 2 1
D. Mayo 2 1
S. Thompson 2 2
C. Munnerlyn 1 1
B. Cox Jr. 1 1
K. Short 1 1
T. Davis 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Clay 1
R. Shepard 1
M. Palardy 1
New Orleans Saints (9-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 25/34 269 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram 14 85 6.1 1 72
A. Kamara 9 60 6.7 2 20
T. Ginn Jr. 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Brees 4 -3 -0.8 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 9 5 70 14.0 1 32
A. Kamara 6 5 66 13.2 0 22
M. Ingram 7 6 37 6.2 0 11
W. Snead IV 2 2 31 15.5 0 26
B. Coleman 2 2 28 14.0 0 15
T. Ginn Jr. 3 2 27 13.5 0 21
J. Hill 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
T. Lewis 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
M. Hoomanawanui 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Klein 1.0 13.0
K. Vaccaro 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Jordan 5 1
P. Williams 4 0
K. Vaccaro 3 0
K. Crawley 3 0
T. Davison 3 1
A. Klein 3 2
S. Rankins 2 0
R. Bush 2 0
J. Hughes 2 1
C. Robertson 2 1
V. Bell 2 1
S. Moore 1 0
D. Onyemata 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Hill 1