National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 31, Carolina 21
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, December 3, 2017
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Hussey
Attendance: 73171
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 770721
New Orleans 7147331
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:15
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 0
Alvin Kamara 2 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
1st Quarter - 5:09
Carolina TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 7
Jonathan Stewart 2 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:32
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Carolina 7
Mark Ingram 3 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:21
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - Carolina 7
Michael Thomas 10 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:56
Carolina TD New Orleans 21 - Carolina 14
Christian McCaffrey 21 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:10
New Orleans TD New Orleans 28 - Carolina 14
Alvin Kamara 20 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 6:08
New Orleans FG New Orleans 31 - Carolina 14
Wil Lutz 31 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:57
Carolina TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 21
Devin Funchess 24 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 16 19
Rushing 4 5
Passing 8 12
Penalty 4 2
3rd Down Conversions 3-10 6-15
4th Down Conversions 0-2 1-1
Punts-Average 5-43.0 4-46.0
Return Yards 62 5
Punts-Returns 3-20 2-5
Kickoffs-Returns 2-42 0-0
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-54 7-68
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1
Time of Possession 26:39 33:21
Total Net Yards 279 400
Total Plays 53 64
Average Gain 5.3 6.2
Net Yards Rushing 112 148
Rushes 23 28
Average/Rush 4.9 5.3
Net Yards Passing 167 252
Comp-Att 17-28 25-34
Yards/Pass 5.6 7.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-16 2-17
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 3
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-5-60%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (8-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 17/27 183 2 0
M. Palardy 0/1 0 0 0
New Orleans Saints (9-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 25/34 269 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Newton 6 51 8.5 0 32
J. Stewart 11 45 4.1 1 10
C. McCaffrey 6 16 2.7 0 5
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram 14 85 6.1 1 72
A. Kamara 9 60 6.7 2 20
T. Ginn Jr. 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Brees 4 -3 -0.8 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Funchess 7 4 60 15.0 1 24
C. McCaffrey 6 5 33 6.6 1 21
R. Shepard 5 3 29 9.7 0 19
E. Dickson 2 2 18 9.0 0 12
B. Bersin 2 1 18 18.0 0 18
K. Clay 1 1 13 13.0 0 13
D. Byrd 2 1 12 12.0 0 12
C. Manhertz 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0
S. Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 9 5 70 14.0 1 32
A. Kamara 6 5 66 13.2 0 22
M. Ingram 7 6 37 6.2 0 11
W. Snead IV 2 2 31 15.5 0 26
B. Coleman 2 2 28 14.0 0 15
T. Ginn Jr. 3 2 27 13.5 0 21
J. Hill 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
T. Lewis 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
M. Hoomanawanui 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Love 1.0 10.0
M. Addison 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Klein 1.0 13.0
K. Vaccaro 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Kuechly 8 1
M. Adams 5 1
K. Coleman 4 2
D. Worley 3 0
J. Bradberry 3 3
J. Peppers 2 0
M. Addison 2 0
K. Seymour 2 0
K. Love 2 1
D. Mayo 2 1
S. Thompson 2 2
C. Munnerlyn 1 1
B. Cox Jr. 1 1
K. Short 1 1
T. Davis 1 1
S. Lotulelei 0 3
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Jordan 5 1
P. Williams 4 0
K. Vaccaro 3 0
K. Crawley 3 0
T. Davison 3 1
A. Klein 3 2
S. Rankins 2 0
R. Bush 2 0
J. Hughes 2 1
C. Robertson 2 1
V. Bell 2 1
S. Moore 1 0
D. Onyemata 1 3
M. Te'o 0 1
T. Hendrickson 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
L. Kuechly 2.0
K. Love 1.0
B. Cox Jr. 1.0
M. Addison 1.0
S. Thompson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Jordan 1.0
K. Vaccaro 1.0
P. Williams 1.0
A. Klein 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Clay 1
R. Shepard 1
M. Palardy 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Hill 1