| Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 30, 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73124 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina PanthersCAR | 3 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 44 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CAR | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Graham Gano 20 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Mike Tolbert 1 run (Graham Gano kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Marques Colston 7 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jonathan Vilma 18 interception return (Garrett Hartley kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Graham Gano 31 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 53 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jimmy Graham 19 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Carolina PanthersCAR | DeAngelo Williams 54 run (Graham Gano kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 3 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Mike Tolbert 1 run (Graham Gano kick) | 27 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 11 | WR | Brandon LaFell |
| 89 | WR | Steve Smith |
| 69 | LOT | Jordan Gross |
| 62 | LOG | Jeff Byers |
| 71 | C | Thomas Austin |
| 65 | ROG | Garry Williams |
| 77 | ROT | Byron Bell |
| 88 | TE | Greg Olsen |
| 1 | QB | Cam Newton |
| 34 | RB | DeAngelo Williams |
| 35 | FB | Mike Tolbert |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Frank Alexander |
| 92 | DT | Dwan Edwards |
| 99 | NT | Frank Kearse |
| 95 | RDE | Charles Johnson |
| 53 | SLB | Jason Phillips |
| 59 | MLB | Luke Kuechly |
| 58 | WLB | Thomas Davis |
| 41 | LCB | Captain Munnerlyn |
| 26 | SS | D.J. Campbell |
| 30 | FS | Charles Godfrey |
| 22 | RCB | Josh Thomas |
| 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 |
| 69 | TE | Eric Olsen |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 29 | RB | Chris Ivory |
| 45 | FB | Jed Collins |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 77 | LDT | Brodrick Bunkley |
| 98 | RDT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 57 | SLB | David Hawthorne |
| 50 | MLB | Curtis Lofton |
| 51 | WLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 44 | LCB | Elbert Mack |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 42 | FS | Isa Abdul-Quiddus |
| 21 | RCB | Patrick Robinson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| DeAngelo Williams | 21 | 210 | 10.0 | 65 | 2 |
| Cam Newton | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 5 | 3 |
| Brandon LaFell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Ingram | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Chris Ivory | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Morgan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||
| Cam Newton | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 1 | 248 | 7.5 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 61.2 |
| Derek Anderson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 43 | 29 | 67.4 | 1 | 396 | 9.2 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 118.0 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Brandon LaFell | 7 | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Greg Olsen | 5 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 9 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Louis Murphy | 7 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 3 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Richie Brockel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jimmy Graham | 16 | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 27 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 9 | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 33t | 1 |
| Marques Colston | 8 | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 18 | 2 |
| Lance Moore | 6 | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Morgan | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Charles Godfrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jonathan Vilma | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Brad Nortman | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 54 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 6 | 276 | 46.0 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Armanti Edwards | 2 | 1 | 77 | 38.5 | 69 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||
| Graham Gano | 9 | 611 | 67.9 | 5 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 6 | 280 | 46.7 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Armond Smith | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 0 | 66 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Charles Johnson | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Brodrick Bunkley | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Luke Kuechly | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Captain Munnerlyn | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| James Dockery | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Godfrey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Thomas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Campbell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Alexander | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Phillips | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Kearse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Barnidge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Hogue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Armond Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwan Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sione Fua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jonathan Vilma | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Patrick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lofton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quiddus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hawthorne | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elbert Mack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turk McBride | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Morstead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Courtney Roby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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