National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 45, Carolina 17
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 1, 2012
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 73065
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 7100017
New Orleans 141014745
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:21
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 0
Chris Ivory 35 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
1st Quarter - 6:42
Carolina TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 7
Steve Smith 12 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Olindo Mare kick)
1st Quarter - 2:50
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Carolina 7
Marques Colston 15 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:50
Carolina FG New Orleans 14 - Carolina 10
Olindo Mare 41 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:42
New Orleans FG New Orleans 17 - Carolina 10
John Kasay 43 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:18
Carolina TD New Orleans 17 - Carolina 17
Jonathan Stewart 29 yd. run (Olindo Mare kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:07
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 17
Marques Colston 42 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:54
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 17
Jimmy Graham 19 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:47
New Orleans TD New Orleans 38 - Carolina 17
Jed Collins 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 12:15
New Orleans TD New Orleans 45 - Carolina 17
Darren Sproles 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 21 33
Rushing 9 10
Passing 9 23
Penalty 3 0
3rd Down Conversions 0-5 6-9
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 4-45.8 1-64.0
Return Yards 90 99
Punts-Returns 0-0 3-45
Kickoffs-Returns 2-37 2-54
Int-Returns 1-53 1-0
Penalties-Yards 1-5 6-60
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Possession 25:26 34:34
Total Net Yards 301 617
Total Plays 51 73
Average Gain 5.9 8.5
Net Yards Rushing 164 208
Rushes 24 35
Average/Rush 6.8 5.9
Net Yards Passing 137 409
Comp-Att 15-25 31-38
Yards/Pass 5.1 10.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-21 0-0
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 2 6
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 5
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 6-6
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 4-6-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (6-10)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 15/25 158 1 1
New Orleans Saints (13-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 28/35 389 5 1
C. Daniel 3/3 20 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Stewart 9 79 8.8 1 29
D. Williams 7 53 7.6 0 20
C. Newton 6 32 5.3 0 16
S. Smith 1 1 1.0 0 1
D. Anderson 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ivory 19 127 6.7 1 35
D. Sproles 6 40 6.7 0 11
P. Thomas 5 30 6.0 0 15
D. Henderson 1 9 9.0 0 9
D. Brees 1 5 5.0 0 5
C. Daniel 3 -3 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Smith 7 6 86 14.3 1 22
B. LaFell 2 2 27 13.5 0 14
D. Williams 4 2 20 10.0 0 12
J. Shockey 6 3 18 6.0 0 6
J. Stewart 2 2 7 3.5 0 11
S. Ajirotutu 1 0 0 0 0 0
G. Olsen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 10 7 145 20.7 2 42
J. Graham 9 8 97 12.1 1 29
D. Henderson 2 2 48 24.0 0 31
P. Thomas 5 3 36 12.0 0 22
R. Meachem 2 2 30 15.0 0 16
D. Sproles 6 5 29 5.8 1 16
A. Arrington 1 1 17 17.0 0 17
M. Higgins 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
J. Collins 2 2 3 1.5 1 2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Stanford 1 53 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
P. Robinson 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Wilson 1.0 16.0
C. Jordan 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Anderson 9 6
J. Senn 6 5
C. Gamble 4 1
C. Godfrey 4 2
S. Martin 3 1
G. Hardy 3 1
D. Pressley 3 2
B. Hogan 2 0
D. Butler 2 0
R. Stanford 2 0
J. Nelson 1 1
A. Applewhite 1 1
F. Kearse 1 1
O. Nwagbuo 1 1
D. Connor 1 4
E. Norwood 0 1
T. Keiser 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. Porter 4 0
I. Abdul-Quddus 4 0
J. Dunbar 4 2
C. Jordan 3 0
P. Robinson 3 1
R. Harper 3 1
S. Shanle 2 2
R. Humber 2 2
M. Wilson 1 0
J. Patrick 1 0
T. Johnson 1 0
J. Greer 1 2
J. Galette 0 1
W. Herring 0 1
W. Smith 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
G. Hardy 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Wilson 1.0
P. Robinson 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Smith 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles