Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Carolina 23, New Orleans 20
When: 8:25 PM ET, Thursday, November 17, 2016
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 63°
Head Official: Peter Morelli
Attendance: 73288
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 3001720
Carolina 3173023
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:29
Carolina FG Carolina 3 - New Orleans 0
Graham Gano 32 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 0:36
New Orleans FG Carolina 3 - New Orleans 3
Wil Lutz 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 5:40
Carolina TD Carolina 10 - New Orleans 3
Jonathan Stewart 1 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:50
Carolina FG Carolina 13 - New Orleans 3
Graham Gano 49 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:16
Carolina TD Carolina 20 - New Orleans 3
Ted Ginn, Jr. 40 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:17
Carolina FG Carolina 23 - New Orleans 3
Graham Gano 42 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:56
New Orleans FG Carolina 23 - New Orleans 6
Wil Lutz 30 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 11:22
New Orleans TD Carolina 23 - New Orleans 13
Brandon Coleman 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 2:52
New Orleans TD Carolina 23 - New Orleans 20
Coby Fleener 8 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Carolina
1st Downs 28 17
Rushing 7 5
Passing 19 10
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 4-13 7-17
4th Down Conversions 2-2 0-0
Punts-Average 3-47.0 6-46.7
Return Yards 65 78
Punts-Returns 4-46 2-10
Kickoffs-Returns 2-19 3-56
Int - Returns 0-0 1-12
Penalties-Yards 6-48 6-45
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Time of Possession 32:15 27:45
Total Net Yards 371 223
Total Plays 72 62
Average Gain 5.2 3.6
Net Yards Rushing 107 50
Rushes 25 27
Average/Rush 4.3 1.9
Net Yards Passing 264 173
Comp-Att 35-44 14-33
Yards/Pass 5.6 4.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-21 2-19
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 0 1
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 2-2
Field Goals 2-3 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 2-5-40% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (4-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 35/44 285 2 1
Carolina Panthers (4-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 14/33 192 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Hightower 12 69 5.8 0 27
M. Ingram 7 28 4.0 0 14
B. Cooks 2 7 3.5 0 4
J. Kuhn 2 3 1.5 0 2
D. Brees 2 0 0.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Stewart 18 31 1.7 1 10
T. Ginn, Jr. 1 13 13.0 0 13
C. Newton 5 7 1.4 0 12
F. Whittaker 1 0 0.0 0 0
M. Tolbert 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 5 5 68 13.6 0 21
T. Hightower 9 8 57 7.1 0 11
M. Ingram 4 3 47 15.7 0 22
B. Cooks 8 7 42 6.0 0 12
W. Snead IV 5 4 33 8.2 0 14
C. Fleener 5 3 17 5.7 1 8
J. Kuhn 2 2 9 4.5 0 6
B. Coleman 2 1 9 9.0 1 9
M. Murphy 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
J. Hill 2 0 0 0 0 0
J. Phillips 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Benjamin 4 3 56 18.7 0 19
T. Ginn, Jr. 4 3 46 15.3 1 40
G. Olsen 7 4 33 8.2 0 12
D. Funchess 7 2 32 16.0 0 20
M. Tolbert 2 1 17 17.0 0 17
J. Stewart 4 1 8 8.0 0 8
P. Brown 3 0 0 0 0 0
E. Dickson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Coleman 1 12 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
N. Stupar 1.0 11.0
D. Ellerbe 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Addison 2.0 17.0
K. Ealy 1.0 4.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
S. Moore 4 1
C. Robertson 3 6
D. Ellerbe 2 2
B. Webb 2 2
N. Stupar 2 3
V. Bell 2 5
N. Fairley 1 0
J. Byrd 1 1
D. Tapp 1 2
C. Jordan 1 2
P. Kruger 1 3
K. Vaccaro 1 4
S. Anthony 0 1
R. Harper 0 1
T. Davison 0 2
S. Rankins 0 5
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Kuechly 8 6
K. Coleman 7 2
D. Worley 6 3
T. Davis 4 4
L. Johnson 3 0
T. Boston 3 1
J. Bradberry 3 4
M. Addison 2 1
K. Ealy 1 0
D. Mayo 1 0
S. Thompson 1 2
V. Butler 1 2
S. Lotulelei 1 2
R. McClain 1 2
W. Horton 0 1
K. Short 0 1
K. Love 0 2
C. Johnson 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Ellerbe 1.0
P. Kruger 1.0
N. Stupar 1.0
N. Fairley 1.0
C. Jordan 1.0
S. Moore 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Addison 1.0
L. Kuechly 1.0
K. Ealy 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Fleener 1
D. Brees 1
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Ginn, Jr. 1