National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 45, Carolina 17
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 1, 2012
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 73065
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 7100017
New Orleans 141014745
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:21
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 0
Chris Ivory 35 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
1st Quarter - 6:42
Carolina TD New Orleans 7 - Carolina 7
Steve Smith 12 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Olindo Mare kick)
1st Quarter - 2:50
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Carolina 7
Marques Colston 15 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:50
Carolina FG New Orleans 14 - Carolina 10
Olindo Mare 41 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:42
New Orleans FG New Orleans 17 - Carolina 10
John Kasay 43 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:18
Carolina TD New Orleans 17 - Carolina 17
Jonathan Stewart 29 yd. run (Olindo Mare kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:07
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 17
Marques Colston 42 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:54
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 17
Jimmy Graham 19 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:47
New Orleans TD New Orleans 38 - Carolina 17
Jed Collins 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 12:15
New Orleans TD New Orleans 45 - Carolina 17
Darren Sproles 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 21 33
Rushing 9 10
Passing 9 23
Penalty 3 0
3rd Down Conversions 0-5 6-9
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 4-45.8 1-64.0
Return Yards 90 99
Punts-Returns 0-0 3-45
Kickoffs-Returns 2-37 2-54
Int-Returns 1-53 1-0
Penalties-Yards 1-5 6-60
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Possession 25:26 34:34
Total Net Yards 301 617
Total Plays 51 73
Average Gain 5.9 8.5
Net Yards Rushing 164 208
Rushes 24 35
Average/Rush 6.8 5.9
Net Yards Passing 137 409
Comp-Att 15-25 31-38
Yards/Pass 5.1 10.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-21 0-0
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 2 6
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 5
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 6-6
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 4-6-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 15/25 158 1 1
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 28/35 389 5 1
C. Daniel 3/3 20 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Stewart 9 79 8.8 1 29
D. Williams 7 53 7.6 0 20
C. Newton 6 32 5.3 0 16
S. Smith 1 1 1.0 0 1
D. Anderson 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ivory 19 127 6.7 1 35
D. Sproles 6 40 6.7 0 11
P. Thomas 5 30 6.0 0 15
D. Henderson 1 9 9.0 0 9
D. Brees 1 5 5.0 0 5
C. Daniel 3 -3 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Smith 7 6 86 14.3 1 22
B. LaFell 2 2 27 13.5 0 14
D. Williams 4 2 20 10.0 0 12
J. Shockey 6 3 18 6.0 0 6
J. Stewart 2 2 7 3.5 0 11
S. Ajirotutu 1 0 0 0 0 0
G. Olsen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 10 7 145 20.7 2 42
J. Graham 9 8 97 12.1 1 29
D. Henderson 2 2 48 24.0 0 31
P. Thomas 5 3 36 12.0 0 22
R. Meachem 2 2 30 15.0 0 16
D. Sproles 6 5 29 5.8 1 16
A. Arrington 1 1 17 17.0 0 17
M. Higgins 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
J. Collins 2 2 3 1.5 1 2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Stanford 1 53 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
P. Robinson 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Wilson 1.0 16.0
C. Jordan 1.0 5.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
G. Hardy 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Wilson 1.0
P. Robinson 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Smith 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
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