National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
New Orleans 41,
Carolina 38
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 16, 2016
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 73138
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 73138
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Carolina | 0 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| New Orleans | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 8:55 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 7 - Carolina 0 Coby Fleener 2 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 2:31 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 14 - Carolina 0 Brandin Cooks 87 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 13:47 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 21 - Carolina 0 Michael Thomas 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 3:02 | ||
| Carolina | FG |
New Orleans 21 - Carolina 3 Graham Gano 42 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 1:15 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
New Orleans 21 - Carolina 10 Devin Funchess 17 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:10 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
New Orleans 24 - Carolina 10 Wil Lutz 33 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 6:49 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
New Orleans 24 - Carolina 17 Ed Dickson 1 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 4:56 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 31 - Carolina 17 Coby Fleener 50 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 14:49 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
New Orleans 31 - Carolina 24 Jonathan Stewart 2 yd. run (Graham Gano kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 9:38 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
New Orleans 31 - Carolina 30 Jonathan Stewart 1 yd. run (kick failed) |
| 4th Quarter - 6:02 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 38 - Carolina 30 Josh Hill 8 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 2:58 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
New Orleans 38 - Carolina 38 Cam Newton 2 yd. run (Devin Funchess pass from Cam Newton) |
| 4th Quarter - 0:11 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
New Orleans 41 - Carolina 38 Wil Lutz 52 yd. field goal |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Carolina | New Orleans | |
| 1st Downs | 32 | 23 |
| Rushing | 9 | 3 |
| Passing | 20 | 19 |
| Penalty | 3 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 3-11 | 8-16 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Punts-Average | 5-48.4 | 4-52.8 |
| Return Yards | 117 | 92 |
| Punts-Returns | 4-32 | 2-63 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 3-66 | 2-29 |
| Int - Returns | 1-19 | 1-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-51 | 10-126 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Time of Possession | 31:05 | 28:55 |
| Total Net Yards | 406 | 523 |
| Total Plays | 76 | 71 |
| Average Gain | 5.3 | 7.4 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 103 | 63 |
| Rushes | 27 | 21 |
| Average/Rush | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| Net Yards Passing | 303 | 460 |
| Comp-Att | 27-47 | 34-49 |
| Yards/Pass | 6.2 | 9.2 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 2-19 | 1-5 |
| Had Intercepted | 1 | 1 |
| Touchdowns | 5 | 5 |
| Rushing | 3 | 1 |
| Passing | 2 | 4 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 4-5 | 5-5 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 2-3 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 5-6-83% | 3-4-75% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 4-5-80% | 1-1-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers
(1-5)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| C. Newton | 27/47 | 322 | 2 | 1 |
New Orleans Saints
(2-3)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Brees | 34/49 | 465 | 4 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| J. Stewart | 19 | 85 | 4.5 | 2 | 26 |
| M. Tolbert | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Ginn, Jr. | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Newton | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| F. Whittaker | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Ingram | 16 | 51 | 3.2 | 0 | 11 |
| D. Lasco | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Cadet | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Cooks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Fleener | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| G. Olsen | 7 | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 0 | 20 |
| K. Benjamin | 14 | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 0 | 20 |
| T. Ginn, Jr. | 8 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 18 |
| P. Brown | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 18 |
| D. Funchess | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | 17 |
| E. Dickson | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 15 |
| F. Whittaker | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| B. Cooks | 9 | 7 | 173 | 24.7 | 1 | 87 |
| M. Thomas | 5 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 1 | 28 |
| C. Fleener | 7 | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 1 | 50 |
| W. Snead IV | 7 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 21 |
| T. Cadet | 5 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 9 |
| T. Lewis | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 15 |
| J. Hill | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 15 |
| M. Ingram | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Coleman | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Lasco | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| T. Williams | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| S. Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| M. Addison | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| C. Johnson | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| K. Edebali | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| N. Fairley | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| D. Tapp | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| S. Thompson | 6 | 2 |
| L. Kuechly | 6 | 5 |
| T. Williams | 5 | 1 |
| K. Coleman | 5 | 2 |
| T. Davis | 4 | 4 |
| K. Ealy | 3 | 0 |
| T. Boston | 2 | 0 |
| K. Love | 2 | 0 |
| K. Short | 2 | 1 |
| Z. Sanchez | 2 | 3 |
| M. Addison | 1 | 1 |
| D. Worley | 1 | 1 |
| C. Johnson | 1 | 2 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| K. Crawley | 4 | 1 |
| V. Bell | 4 | 3 |
| C. Robertson | 4 | 8 |
| D. Onyemata | 3 | 0 |
| K. Edebali | 3 | 0 |
| N. Stupar | 3 | 3 |
| J. Jenkins | 2 | 0 |
| B. Webb | 2 | 0 |
| S. Moore | 2 | 1 |
| C. Jordan | 2 | 2 |
| K. Vaccaro | 2 | 5 |
| B. Dixon | 1 | 0 |
| J. Byrd | 1 | 2 |
| D. Tapp | 0 | 2 |
| T. Davison | 0 | 2 |
| N. Fairley | 0 | 3 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| K. Short | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| K. Edebali | 1.0 |
| C. Jordan | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| P. Brown | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| No fumbles | |