| New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 16, 2012 Location: Charlotte, NC Venue: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 72879 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 70 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 10 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| Carolina PanthersCAR | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | CAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jimmy Graham 1 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Charles Godfrey 9 interception return (Justin Medlock kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 22 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 53 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Jonathan Stewart 17 pass from Cam Newton (Justin Medlock kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Mike Tolbert 2 run (Justin Medlock kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Carolina PanthersCAR | DeAngelo Williams 3 run (Justin Medlock kick) | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mark Ingram 1 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 20 | 28 |
| 4 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Cam Newton 5 run (Justin Medlock kick) | 20 | 35 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Drew Brees 1 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 27 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 16 | WR | Lance Moore |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 66 | LOG | Ben Grubbs |
| 60 | C | Brian De La Puente |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 80 | TE | Jimmy Graham |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 23 | RB | Pierre Thomas |
| 45 | FB | Jed Collins |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 77 | LDT | Brodrick Bunkley |
| 98 | RDT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 58 | SLB | Scott Shanle |
| 50 | MLB | Curtis Lofton |
| 57 | WLB | David Hawthorne |
| 24 | LCB | Corey White |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 27 | FS | Malcolm Jenkins |
| 21 | RCB | Patrick Robinson |
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 11 | WR | Brandon LaFell |
| 89 | WR | Steve Smith |
| 69 | LOT | Jordan Gross |
| 61 | LOG | Amini Silatolu |
| 67 | C | Ryan Kalil |
| 63 | ROG | Geoff Hangartner |
| 77 | ROT | Byron Bell |
| 82 | TE | Gary Barnidge |
| 88 | TE | Greg Olsen |
| 1 | QB | Cam Newton |
| 34 | RB | DeAngelo Williams |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Antwan Applewhite |
| 92 | DT | Dwan Edwards |
| 96 | NT | Ron Edwards |
| 95 | RDE | Charles Johnson |
| 50 | SLB | James Anderson |
| 52 | MLB | Jon Beason |
| 59 | WLB | Luke Kuechly |
| 20 | LCB | Chris Gamble |
| 30 | SS | Charles Godfrey |
| 43 | FS | Haruki Nakamura |
| 24 | RCB | Josh Norman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Pierre Thomas | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Drew Brees | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Cam Newton | 13 | 71 | 5.5 | 40 | 1 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 27 | 1 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Brandon LaFell | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 49 | 31 | 63.3 | 2 | 325 | 6.6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 72.2 |
| Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||
| Cam Newton | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 0 | 253 | 12.7 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 129.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 14 | 13 | 128 | 9.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 13 | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 17 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 6 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 4 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Courtney Roby | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Morgan | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Brandon LaFell | 8 | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 4 | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 66 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Greg Olsen | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Kealoha Pilares | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Charles Godfrey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Jon Beason | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 65 | 0 |
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Brad Nortman | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 1 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Joe Adams | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 5 | 331 | 66.2 | 2 |
| Garrett Hartley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 |
| Carolina Panthers | ||||
| Justin Medlock | 6 | 378 | 63.0 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 0 | 52 | 26.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Joe Adams | 3 | 0 | 72 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Cameron Jordan | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Dwan Edwards | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Thomas Keiser | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Malcolm Jenkins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lofton | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey White | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Casillas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hawthorne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martez Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akiem Hicks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Charles Godfrey | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Gamble | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Beason | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Haruki Nakamura | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Kuechly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Captain Munnerlyn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Hardy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas Keiser | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Davis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwan Edwards | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kealoha Pilares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Applewhite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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