National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 41, New Orleans 10
Sunday, December 7, 2014 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 7, 2014
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Coleman
Attendance: 73006
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 17714341
New Orleans 030710
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:42
Carolina TD New Orleans 0 - Carolina 7
Kelvin Benjamin 9 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
1st Quarter - 9:57
Carolina FG New Orleans 0 - Carolina 10
Graham Gano 37 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:41
Carolina TD New Orleans 0 - Carolina 17
Cam Newton 2 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:19
New Orleans FG New Orleans 3 - Carolina 17
Shayne Graham 37 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:14
Carolina TD New Orleans 3 - Carolina 24
Greg Olsen 16 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 13:59
Carolina TD New Orleans 3 - Carolina 31
Jonathan Stewart 69 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:13
Carolina TD New Orleans 3 - Carolina 38
Foswhitt Whittaker 26 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 14:10
Carolina FG New Orleans 3 - Carolina 41
Graham Gano 41 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 5:29
New Orleans TD New Orleans 10 - Carolina 41
Benjamin Watson 7 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Shayne Graham kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 24 18
Rushing 11 7
Passing 11 11
Penalty 2 0
3rd Down Conversions 7-15 5-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Punts-Average 4-39.5 5-44.0
Return Yards 7 96
Punts-Returns 2-7 3-68
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 1-28
Int-Returns 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-55 4-30
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1
Time of Possession 36:00 24:00
Total Net Yards 497 310
Total Plays 73 68
Average Gain 6.8 4.6
Net Yards Rushing 271 92
Rushes 40 17
Average/Rush 6.8 5.4
Net Yards Passing 226 218
Comp-Att 21-33 29-49
Yards/Pass 6.8 4.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-17
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 5 1
Rushing 2 0
Passing 3 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 5-5 1-1
Field Goals 2-2 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 3-5-60% 1-3-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (4-8-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 21/33 226 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Stewart 20 155 7.8 1 69
C. Newton 12 83 6.9 1 22
M. Tolbert 5 28 5.6 0 15
F. Whittaker 3 5 1.7 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Olsen 11 10 72 7.2 1 16
P. Brown 5 3 42 14.0 0 18
M. Tolbert 3 2 34 17.0 0 18
F. Whittaker 1 1 26 26.0 1 26
K. Benjamin 5 2 24 12.0 1 15
E. Dickson 2 1 10 10.0 0 10
B. Bersin 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
J. Cotchery 2 1 9 9.0 0 9
J. Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Benwikere 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Addison 1.0 15.0
K. Short 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Kuechly 6 1
B. Benwikere 6 2
M. White 5 0
J. Norman 4 0
K. Short 4 1
C. Jones 4 1
T. Davis 4 1
A. Klein 1 0
S. Lotulelei 1 0
D. Edwards 1 0
M. Addison 1 0
T. Boston 1 2
R. Harper 1 2
B. Jacobs 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Newton 1
G. Olsen 1
New Orleans Saints (5-8)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 29/49 235 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram 10 43 4.3 0 16
P. Thomas 5 38 7.6 0 16
D. Brees 1 6 6.0 0 6
T. Cadet 1 5 5.0 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 7 5 72 14.4 0 28
N. Toon 4 4 45 11.2 0 14
J. Graham 11 3 25 8.3 0 10
J. Morgan 5 2 23 11.5 0 14
K. Stills 4 3 23 7.7 0 14
P. Thomas 6 4 14 3.5 0 5
T. Cadet 2 2 13 6.5 0 9
M. Ingram 2 2 13 6.5 0 9
B. Watson 4 2 8 4.0 1 7
J. Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0
E. Lorig 2 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Lofton 11 6
P. Warren 6 2
P. Robinson 4 1
D. Hawthorne 3 2
R. Humber 2 0
B. Deaderick 2 1
T. Walker 2 1
A. Hicks 2 1
P. Haralson 2 2
C. Jordan 2 3
B. Dixon 1 0
C. White 1 0
K. Lewis 1 1
J. Jenkins 1 2
K. Edebali 1 2
K. Vaccaro 1 4
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Ingram 1