National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 21, Carolina 18
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 2, 2005
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 65°
Head Official: Bill Carollo
Attendance: 73302
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 777021
Carolina 307818
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:24
Carolina FG Carolina 3 - New Orleans 0
John Kasay 54 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 0:26
New Orleans TD Carolina 3 - New Orleans 7
Aaron Stecker 7 yd. run (John Carney kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:03
New Orleans TD Carolina 3 - New Orleans 14
Deuce McAllister 1 yd. run (John Carney kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:33
Carolina TD Carolina 10 - New Orleans 14
Muhsin Muhammad 9 yd. pass from Jake Delhomme (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:10
New Orleans TD Carolina 10 - New Orleans 21
Joe Horn 44 yd. pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney kick)
4th Quarter - 5:08
Carolina TD Carolina 18 - New Orleans 21
Muhsin Muhammad 9 yd. pass from Jake Delhomme (Muhsin Muhammad pass from Jake Delhomme)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Carolina
1st Downs 15 21
Rushing 7 2
Passing 8 15
Penalty 0 4
3rd Down Conversions 5-16 2-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 10-40.2 8-40.1
Return Yards 95 161
Punts-Returns 4-37 6-48
Kickoffs-Returns 4-58 4-113
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-87 6-45
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-3
Time of Possession 33:32 26:28
Total Net Yards 360 320
Total Plays 64 69
Average Gain 5.6 4.6
Net Yards Rushing 164 46
Rushes 37 13
Average/Rush 4.4 3.5
Net Yards Passing 196 274
Comp-Att 14-24 24-50
Yards/Pass 7.3 4.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-20 6-33
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 2
Rushing 2 0
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 2-2
Field Goals 0-1 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Brooks 14/24 216 1 0
Carolina Panthers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Delhomme 24/50 307 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. McAllister 28 140 5.0 1 71
A. Brooks 5 11 2.2 0 7
A. Stecker 1 7 7.0 1 7
M. Karney 2 6 3.0 0 4
D. Stallworth 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
N. Goings 13 46 3.5 0 11
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Pathon 4 78 19.5 0 38
J. Horn 4 75 18.8 1 44
D. Stallworth 3 31 10.3 0 21
B. Williams 1 18 18.0 0 18
D. McAllister 1 14 14.0 0 14
E. Conwell 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Muhammad 6 95 15.8 2 21
N. Goings 6 63 10.5 0 16
K. Mangum 6 51 8.5 0 17
K. Colbert 2 39 19.5 0 20
M. Seidman 2 34 17.0 0 27
R. Proehl 2 25 12.5 0 22
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Grant 2.0 13.0
D. Howard 1.5 12.0
W. Smith 1.5 8.0
T. Bryant 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Peppers 1.0 13.0
W. Witherspoon 1.0 5.0
M. Fields 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Craft 5 0
C. Grant 5 1
T. Jones 5 1
C. Watson 4 2
C. Bockwoldt 3 0
M. McKenzie 3 0
F. Brown 2 0
J. Bellamy 2 0
W. Smith 2 3
T. Bryant 1 0
R. Knight 1 0
D. Montgomery 1 0
H. Green 1 0
D. Howard 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
M. Fields 8 1
J. Peppers 5 0
W. Witherspoon 5 1
D. Morgan 5 3
C. Gamble 4 0
R. Manning Jr. 4 2
M. Minter 4 3
M. Rucker 3 0
K. Moorehead 3 0
B. Buckner 3 1
C. Branch 2 1
A. Hawkins 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Brooks 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Delhomme 2
N. Goings 1