National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Carolina 44, New Orleans 38
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 30, 2012
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Alberto Riveron
Attendance: 73124
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 310141744
New Orleans 01771438
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:41
Carolina FG New Orleans 0 - Carolina 3
Graham Gano 20 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:18
Carolina TD New Orleans 0 - Carolina 10
Michael Tolbert 1 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:14
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 10
Marques Colston 7 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:31
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Carolina 10
Jonathan Vilma 18 yd. interception return (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:39
Carolina FG New Orleans 14 - Carolina 13
Graham Gano 31 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
New Orleans FG New Orleans 17 - Carolina 13
Garrett Hartley 53 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:45
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 13
Jimmy Graham 19 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:48
Carolina TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 20
DeAngelo Williams 54 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:29
Carolina TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 27
Michael Tolbert 1 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 10:16
Carolina TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 34
Michael Tolbert 1 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 8:23
Carolina TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 41
DeAngelo Williams 12 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 5:10
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 41
Marques Colston 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 4:08
Carolina FG New Orleans 31 - Carolina 44
Graham Gano 42 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:52
New Orleans TD New Orleans 38 - Carolina 44
Darren Sproles 33 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 28 22
Rushing 12 3
Passing 13 18
Penalty 3 1
3rd Down Conversions 10-16 4-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2
Punts-Average 2-50.5 6-46.0
Return Yards 102 112
Punts-Returns 2-77 1--1
Kickoffs-Returns 1-25 4-95
Int - Returns 1-0 1-18
Penalties-Yards 4-36 5-55
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 33:55 26:05
Total Net Yards 530 441
Total Plays 74 63
Average Gain 7.2 7.0
Net Yards Rushing 273 63
Rushes 39 18
Average/Rush 7.0 3.5
Net Yards Passing 257 378
Comp-Att 17-34 29-43
Yards/Pass 7.3 8.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 2-18
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 5 5
Rushing 5 0
Passing 0 4
Other 0 1
Extra Points 5-5 5-5
Field Goals 3-4 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 4-7-57% 3-3-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-5-60% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (7-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 16/33 248 0 1
D. Anderson 1/1 12 0 0
New Orleans Saints (7-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 29/43 396 4 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Williams 21 210 10.0 2 65
C. Newton 7 34 4.9 0 16
M. Tolbert 10 25 2.5 3 5
B. LaFell 1 4 4.0 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram 10 39 3.9 0 17
C. Ivory 4 22 5.5 0 11
J. Morgan 1 1 1.0 0 1
D. Sproles 3 1 0.3 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Smith 9 3 73 24.3 0 31
B. LaFell 7 5 62 12.4 0 19
L. Murphy 7 3 57 19.0 0 34
G. Olsen 5 4 43 10.8 0 16
M. Tolbert 3 1 22 22.0 0 22
D. Williams 2 1 3 3.0 0 3
R. Brockel 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
L. Moore 6 4 121 30.2 0 51
J. Graham 16 9 115 12.8 1 27
D. Sproles 9 8 79 9.9 1 33
M. Colston 8 5 52 10.4 2 18
D. Henderson 1 1 16 16.0 0 16
J. Morgan 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
J. Collins 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
M. Ingram 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Godfrey 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Vilma 1 18 1
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Johnson 2.0 18.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. Bunkley 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
L. Kuechly 10 3
C. Munnerlyn 7 0
J. Dockery 4 2
T. Davis 3 1
C. Godfrey 3 1
J. Phillips 2 0
C. Johnson 2 0
D. Campbell 2 2
J. Thomas 2 2
F. Kearse 1 1
F. Alexander 1 2
S. Fua 0 1
D. Edwards 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
R. Harper 6 0
I. Abdul-Quddus 4 0
J. Patrick 4 0
J. Vilma 4 4
R. Bush 3 0
P. Robinson 3 0
C. Jordan 3 2
C. Lofton 3 2
B. Bunkley 3 2
D. Hawthorne 2 2
T. McBride 1 0
J. Galette 1 0
E. Mack 1 1
S. Ellis 1 1
T. Johnson 1 1
W. Smith 1 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Johnson 2.0
J. Thomas 1.0
J. Phillips 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Vilma 1.0
B. Bunkley 1.0
D. Hawthorne 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles