National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 31, Carolina 26
Sunday, January 7, 2018 4:40 PM
When: 4:40 PM ET, Sunday, January 7, 2018
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 73186
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 0931426
New Orleans 7143731
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 1:46
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 0
Ted Ginn Jr. 80 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:12
Carolina FG New Orleans 7 - Carolina 3
Graham Gano 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:04
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Carolina 3
Josh Hill 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:47
Carolina FG New Orleans 14 - Carolina 6
Graham Gano 39 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:43
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - Carolina 6
Zach Line 1 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Carolina FG New Orleans 21 - Carolina 9
Graham Gano 58 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:58
Carolina FG New Orleans 21 - Carolina 12
Graham Gano 29 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:05
New Orleans FG New Orleans 24 - Carolina 12
Wil Lutz 57 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:47
Carolina TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 19
Greg Olsen 14 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 5:08
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 19
Alvin Kamara 2 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 4:09
Carolina TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 26
Christian McCaffrey 56 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 24 21
Rushing 5 3
Passing 16 17
Penalty 3 1
3rd Down Conversions 8-17 2-8
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-1
Punts-Average 3-48.3 4-45.8
Return Yards 12 17
Punts-Returns 2-11 2-17
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 0-0
Int-Returns 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 2-18 7-96
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Time of Possession 33:49 26:11
Total Net Yards 413 410
Total Plays 71 56
Average Gain 5.8 7.3
Net Yards Rushing 107 41
Rushes 26 22
Average/Rush 4.1 1.9
Net Yards Passing 306 369
Comp-Att 24-41 23-33
Yards/Pass 6.8 10.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-43 1-7
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 2 4
Rushing 0 2
Passing 2 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 4-4
Field Goals 4-5 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-4-25% 3-3-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (11-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 24/40 349 2 0
D. Anderson 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Stewart 11 51 4.6 0 29
C. Newton 8 37 4.6 0 10
C. McCaffrey 6 16 2.7 0 7
F. Whittaker 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Olsen 12 8 107 13.4 1 24
C. McCaffrey 8 6 101 16.8 1 56
D. Funchess 8 4 79 19.8 0 24
K. Clay 4 3 32 10.7 0 21
B. Bersin 2 2 27 13.5 0 19
E. Dickson 2 1 3 3.0 0 3
R. Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Adams 1 1 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Short 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Bradberry 7 1
D. Worley 6 0
S. Thompson 6 2
L. Kuechly 4 0
T. Davis 4 0
M. Adams 3 1
B. Cox Jr. 2 0
K. Short 2 1
C. Munnerlyn 1 0
K. Coleman 1 0
L. Gunter 1 0
S. Lotulelei 1 0
J. Peppers 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Adams 1
New Orleans Saints (12-5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 23/33 376 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Kamara 10 23 2.3 1 5
M. Ingram 9 22 2.4 0 7
Z. Line 1 1 1.0 1 1
D. Brees 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
T. Lewis 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 9 8 131 16.4 0 46
T. Ginn Jr. 6 4 115 28.8 1 80
J. Hill 4 3 49 16.3 1 25
B. Coleman 5 4 44 11.0 0 18
M. Ingram 1 1 13 13.0 0 13
A. Kamara 3 1 10 10.0 0 10
Z. Line 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
W. Snead IV 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Bell 1.0 17.0
T. Davison 1.0 10.0
C. Jordan 1.0 9.0
J. Freeny 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
V. Bell 7 2
M. Williams 6 2
K. Crawley 5 2
S. Rankins 4 1
R. Bush 4 1
M. Lattimore 2 0
C. Jordan 2 1
M. Te'o 2 3
T. Hendrickson 1 0
P. Williams 1 0
J. Freeny 1 2
G. Johnson 1 2
C. Robertson 1 4
T. Davison 1 5
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Coleman 1