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
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Alberto Riveron
Attendance: 73124
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Carolina | 3 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 44 |
| New Orleans | 0 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
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 | |