| NFC Wild Card Playoff - Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: January 7, 2018 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73186 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina PanthersCAR | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CAR | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ted Ginn 80 pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Graham Gano 27 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Josh Hill 9 pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Graham Gano 39 FG | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Zach Line 1 run (Wil Lutz kick) | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Graham Gano 58 FG | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Graham Gano 29 FG | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wil Lutz 57 FG | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Greg Olsen 14 pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick) | 19 | 24 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Alvin Kamara 2 run (Wil Lutz kick) | 19 | 31 |
| 4 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Christian McCaffrey 56 pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick) | 26 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | WR | Devin Funchess |
| 75 | LOT | Matt Kalil |
| 68 | LOG | Andrew Norwell |
| 67 | C | Ryan Kalil |
| 70 | ROG | Trai Turner |
| 60 | ROT | Daryl Williams |
| 84 | TE | Ed Dickson |
| 88 | TE | Greg Olsen |
| 1 | QB | Cam Newton |
| 22 | RB | Christian McCaffrey |
| 28 | RB | Jonathan Stewart |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Julius Peppers |
| 98 | LDT | Star Lotulelei |
| 99 | RDT | Kawann Short |
| 97 | RDE | Mario Addison |
| 54 | SLB | Shaq Thompson |
| 59 | MLB | Luke Kuechly |
| 58 | WLB | Thomas Davis |
| 24 | LCB | James Bradberry |
| 29 | SS | Mike Adams |
| 30 | FS | Kurt Coleman |
| 26 | RCB | Daryl Worley |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 16 | WR | Brandon Coleman |
| 19 | WR | Ted Ginn |
| 13 | WR | Michael Thomas |
| 72 | LOT | Terron Armstead |
| 75 | LOG | Andrus Peat |
| 60 | C | Max Unger |
| 67 | ROG | Larry Warford |
| 71 | ROT | Ryan Ramczyk |
| 89 | TE | Josh Hill |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 41 | RB | Alvin Kamara |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | George Johnson |
| 98 | LDT | Sheldon Rankins |
| 95 | RDT | Tyeler Davison |
| 94 | RDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 51 | MLB | Manti TeÕo |
| 52 | WLB | Craig Robertson |
| 20 | LCB | Ken Crawley |
| 48 | SS | Vonn Bell |
| 43 | FS | Marcus Williams |
| 23 | RCB | Marshon Lattimore |
| 25 | DB | Rafael Bush |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Jonathan Stewart | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Cam Newton | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Kamara | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 5 | 1 |
| Mark Ingram | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Zach Line | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||
| Cam Newton | 40 | 24 | 60.0 | 0 | 349 | 8.7 | 56t | 2 | 4 | 43 | 105.1 |
| Derek Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 33 | 23 | 69.7 | 1 | 376 | 11.4 | 80t | 2 | 1 | 7 | 115.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Greg Olsen | 12 | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 24 | 1 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 8 | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 56t | 1 |
| Devin Funchess | 8 | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Kaelin Clay | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Brenton Bersin | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Dickson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Russell Shepard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Michael Thomas | 9 | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 6 | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 80t | 1 |
| Brandon Coleman | 5 | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Josh Hill | 4 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Alvin Kamara | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Willie Snead | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 70 |
| Zach Line | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Mike Adams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Michael Palardy | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 53 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Kaelin Clay | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommylee Lewis | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||
| Graham Gano | 6 | 390 | 65.0 | 6 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Wil Lutz | 6 | 390 | 65.0 | 6 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Kawann Short | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Vonn Bell | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| Tyeler Davison | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Jonathan Freeny | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| James Bradberry | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaq Thompson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Worley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Davis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Kuechly | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Adams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kawann Short | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julius Peppers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Star Lotulelei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LaDarius Gunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Captain Munnerlyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Gachkar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Alvin Kamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Wood | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vonn Bell | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Williams | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Crawley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyeler Davison | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Rankins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manti TeÕo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Robertson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Freeny | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshon Lattimore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Hendrickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hardee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Onyemata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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