Week 1, 2043

played in New Orleans, CA

64 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	10	6	3	6	-	25
New Orleans Saints	10	7	7	3	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:57 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 18 field goal
1Q: 08:01 NOS - Arnie Schumer 43 field goal
1Q: 05:01 CAR - Gage Peterson 34 run (Kenyon Twyner extra point)
1Q: 01:09 NOS - Greg Emerson 2 pass from Randall Wolf (Arnie Schumer extra point)
2Q: 11:18 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 40 field goal
2Q: 05:18 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 37 field goal
2Q: 02:00 NOS - Johnny Ketteridge 2 pass from Randall Wolf (Arnie Schumer extra point)
3Q: 10:13 NOS - Adam England 9 run (Arnie Schumer extra point)
3Q: 02:32 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 20 field goal
4Q: 06:23 CAR - Brandon Cooks 10 pass from Geno Smith (Geno Smith pass for conversion failed)
4Q: 00:04 NOS - Arnie Schumer 44 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:57 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 18 field goal
1Q: 08:01 NOS - Arnie Schumer 43 field goal
1Q: 05:01 CAR - Gage Peterson 34 run (Kenyon Twyner extra point)
1Q: 01:09 NOS - Greg Emerson 2 pass from Randall Wolf (Arnie Schumer extra point)
2Q: 11:18 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 40 field goal
2Q: 05:18 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 37 field goal
2Q: 02:00 NOS - Johnny Ketteridge 2 pass from Randall Wolf (Arnie Schumer extra point)
3Q: 10:13 NOS - Adam England 9 run (Arnie Schumer extra point)
3Q: 02:32 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 20 field goal
4Q: 06:23 CAR - Brandon Cooks 10 pass from Geno Smith (Geno Smith pass for conversion failed)
4Q: 00:04 NOS - Arnie Schumer 44 field goal

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 19 22
- by Rushing 5 7
- by Passing 10 13
- by Penalty 4 2
Total Net Yards 328 316
- Offensive Plays 66 57
- Yards per Play 4.97 5.54
Net Rushing Yards 96 104
- Rushing Attempts 32 20
- Yards per Rush 3.00 5.20
Net Passing Yards 232 212
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 22 - 0 30 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 250 264
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/18 7/52
- Yards per Pass Play 6.82 5.73
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 9/18 2/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 8.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 8/60 7/50
Punt Returns/Yards 2/39 1/9
Kick Returns/Yards 3/64 2/48
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 1/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 26
Time of Possession 34:28 25:32

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	19	22
- by Rushing	5	7
- by Passing	10	13
- by Penalty	4	2
Total Net Yards	328	316
- Offensive Plays	66	57
- Yards per Play	4.97	5.54
Net Rushing Yards	96	104
- Rushing Attempts	32	20
- Yards per Rush	3.00	5.20
Net Passing Yards	232	212
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 22 - 0	30 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	250	264
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/18	7/52
- Yards per Pass Play	6.82	5.73
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	9/18	2/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	8.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	8/60	7/50
Punt Returns/Yards	2/39	1/9
Kick Returns/Yards	3/64	2/48
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	1/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 26
Time of Possession	34:28	25:32

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:08	OWN 37	7	62	Field Goal
1	7:56	3:10	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
1	1:02	4:51	OWN 29	8	48	Field Goal
2	9:37	1:53	OWN 38	3	-4	Punt
2	7:03	1:51	OPP 5	3	-15	Field Goal
2	1:50	1:00	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
3	10:04	2:21	OWN 26	3	8	Punt
3	6:08	3:44	OPP 46	7	43	Field Goal
3	0:28	9:15	OWN 20	19	80	Touchdown
4	4:46	2:46	OWN 5	6	12	Punt

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:52	2:56	OWN 20	5	54	Field Goal
1	4:46	3:44	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
2	11:11	1:34	OWN 35	3	-8	Punt
2	7:44	0:41	OWN 21	2	-14	Fumble
2	5:12	3:22	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
2	0:50	0:50	OWN 29	3	-10	Half
3	15:00	4:56	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
3	7:43	1:35	OWN 32	3	8	Punt
3	2:24	1:56	OWN 20	4	17	Punt
4	6:13	1:27	OWN 26	3	6	Punt
4	2:00	2:00	OWN 45	7	28	Field Goal

Game MVP: Randall Wolf, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Gage Peterson	16	40	2.50	34	1	1
Kent Buckley	12	42	3.50	11	1	0
Skip Rowe	2	5	2.50	5	0	0
Geno Smith	1	9	9.00	9	0	0
Brandon Cooks	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Adam England	12	59	4.92	11	1	1
Antonio Spencer	6	41	6.83	11	2	0
Randall Wolf	1	3	3.00	3	0	0
Marco Gillespie	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	31	22	250	3/18	1	37	0	105.5

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randall Wolf	30	23	264	7/52	2	36	0	124.8

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brandon Cooks	5	8	72	14.40	37	32	1
WR Giovanni McDaniel	5	8	28	5.60	6	11	0
TE Lucas Cheng	4	4	65	16.25	29	37	0
WR Seth Chu	3	3	39	13.00	21	21	0
FB Skip Rowe	2	2	27	13.50	21	19	0
WR Harold Brennan	2	2	16	8.00	0	10	0
RB Gage Peterson	1	2	3	3.00	2	3	0
RB Kent Buckley	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Greg Emerson	6	8	76	12.67	41	36	1
WR Angel Sturdivant	4	6	61	15.25	1	32	0
WR Tavon Austin	3	5	13	4.33	2	6	0
TE Johnny Ketteridge	3	4	16	5.33	0	10	1
FB Marco Gillespie	3	3	50	16.67	38	30	0
WR Amir Kemp	3	3	41	13.67	6	18	0
WR Blake Welch	1	1	7	7.00	1	7	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Chuck Pritchett	0	1	0	0
Dennis Crimm	0	0	1	0

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Randall Wolf	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Herrmann	4	168	42.0	39.8	51	0

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jackie O'Donnell	4	206	51.5	36.8	63	1

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kenyon Twyner	4/4	1/1	0/0	40	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Arnie Schumer	2/2	2/2	0/0	44	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kaiden Jefferson	2	39	19.5	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tavon Austin	1	9	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Seth Chu	2	46	23.0	0
Giovanni McDaniel	1	18	18.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kyle Fuller	2	48	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm	9	1	2.5	18	36
ILB Corwin McEwen	7	2	0.0	20	37
DE Melvin McConnell	4	1	1.5	17	33
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	3	0	1.5	18	30
DT Rex Hogue	3	1	1.0	10	21
S Chuck Pritchett	3	4	0.5	20	37
CB Barry Abrams	3	0	0.0	20	37
ILB Derrick Bryant	3	0	0.0	10	13
S Braxton Frederick	2	1	0.0	20	36
CB Thurman Stevens	2	1	0.0	10	24
DT Renaldo Jeffries	2	0	0.0	10	17
CB Trevor Briel	2	0	0.0	19	34
OLB Bob Guest	2	0	0.0	15	22
DE Darnell Arnold	1	0	0.0	2	7

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Sammie Collins	12	4	0.0	31	32
S Clifton McIntyre	7	3	0.0	26	33
OLB Ian Whitehurst	6	0	0.0	28	30
DT Walt Madison	4	0	1.0	23	22
CB Korey Beyer	4	2	0.0	14	19
S Brody Norris	4	0	0.0	27	33
ILB Jumbo Greer	3	1	1.0	5	11
OLB T.J. Burroughs	2	1	1.0	14	6
DE Conrad Tatum	2	3	0.0	25	25
CB Kyle Fuller	2	1	0.0	24	26
CB Shane Willis	2	0	0.0	30	33
DE Jace Gilmore	1	2	0.0	27	31
DE Vince Cole	1	2	0.0	15	16
T Donnell Hitchcock	1	0	---	---	---
S Kris Wooden	1	0	0.0	6	5
S Bryce Travis	1	0	0.0	6	1
CB Weston Woodson	1	0	0.0	8	8
DT Winfred Lofton	1	0	0.0	16	18
DT Trent Ogden	1	0	0.0	21	20

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm	2.5	1	36
DE Melvin McConnell	1.5	1	33
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	1.5	0	30
DT Rex Hogue	1.0	0	21
S Chuck Pritchett	0.5	0	37

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Walt Madison	1.0	0	0	22
ILB Jumbo Greer	1.0	0	0	11
OLB T.J. Burroughs	1.0	0	0	6
OLB Ian Whitehurst	0.0	1	1	30
DT Winfred Lofton	0.0	1	1	18
DE Vince Cole	0.0	1	0	16
DE Jace Gilmore	0.0	0	3	31

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Corwin McEwen	5	0	37
CB Thurman Stevens	3	1	24
OLB Dennis Crimm	2	1	36
CB Barry Abrams	2	0	37
ILB Derrick Bryant	2	0	13
CB Trevor Briel	2	0	34
S Braxton Frederick	2	0	36
OLB Bob Guest	1	0	22
S Chuck Pritchett	1	0	37
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	1	0	30
S Brady Worrell	1	0	8
DE Melvin McConnell	1	0	33
DT Renaldo Jeffries	0	1	17

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Sammie Collins	6	0	32
S Clifton McIntyre	4	0	33
CB Korey Beyer	3	0	19
OLB Ian Whitehurst	3	0	30
S Brody Norris	2	1	33
CB Kyle Fuller	1	1	26
S Kris Wooden	1	0	5
CB Weston Woodson	1	0	8
CB Shane Willis	1	0	33

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Donnie Wile	3	5	32	0	34
Alonzo Tripp	2	6	32	1	34
Louis Tate	2	5	32	2	34
Danny Stephens	1	7	32	0	34
Skip Rowe	1	2	18	0	14
Billy Joe Sellers	0	5	32	0	34
Lucas Cheng	0	1	20	0	27

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Marco Gillespie	3	4	15	0	28
Donnell Hitchcock	2	3	20	1	37
Lonnie Duffy	2	3	20	1	37
Robbie Rose	1	6	20	1	37
Taylor Lewan	1	2	20	3	37
Darren Wilkerson	1	1	20	1	37

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Josh Phillips	2	20
Harold Brennan	1	15

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Johnny Ketteridge	1	18
Ronnie Durham	1	18
Kris Wooden	1	14
Jumbo Greer	1	13
Johnnie Pulliam	1	12

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Billy Joe Sellers	32	34	---	---	8	74
Brandon Cooks	30	34	---	---	4	68
Danny Stephens	32	34	---	---	---	66
Geno Smith	32	34	---	---	---	66
Donnie Wile	32	34	---	---	---	66
Alonzo Tripp	32	34	---	---	---	66
Louis Tate	32	34	---	---	---	66
Chuck Pritchett	---	---	20	37	4	61
Barry Abrams	---	---	20	37	2	59
Corwin McEwen	---	---	20	37	2	59
Braxton Frederick	---	---	20	36	2	58
Dennis Crimm	---	---	18	36	2	56
Giovanni McDaniel	25	27	---	---	4	56
Trevor Briel	---	---	19	34	2	55
Melvin McConnell	---	---	17	33	2	52
Lucas Cheng	20	27	---	---	4	51
DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	18	30	2	50
Kent Buckley	13	12	---	---	24	49
Thurman Stevens	---	---	10	24	10	44
Seth Chu	11	17	---	---	16	44
Gage Peterson	19	21	---	---	---	40
Skip Rowe	18	14	---	---	6	38
Bob Guest	---	---	15	22	---	37
Derrick Bryant	---	---	10	13	12	35
Rex Hogue	---	---	10	21	3	34
Josh Phillips	7	5	---	---	20	32
Harold Brennan	9	8	---	---	15	32
Austin Seferian-Jenkins	8	4	---	---	18	30
Renaldo Jeffries	---	---	10	17	2	29
Gilbert Burton	---	---	3	7	16	26
Brady Worrell	---	---	2	8	12	22
Kaiden Jefferson	---	---	1	3	16	20
Kenyon Twyner	0	0	---	---	11	11
Clyde Pieri	---	---	3	4	4	11
Byron Lynn	---	---	2	1	8	11
Darnell Arnold	---	---	2	7	1	10
Denzel Mahoney	0	1	---	---	9	10
Ellis Covill	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ronald Parrish	0	0	---	---	8	8
Michael Wasserman	0	0	---	---	8	8
Justin Wiggin	0	0	---	---	8	8
Casey Herrmann	0	0	---	---	4	4
Gilbert Brisman	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jordan Herndon	---	---	0	0	4	4
Blake Hutton	---	---	0	0	1	1
Steven Arnold	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sammie Collins	---	---	31	32	5	68
Shane Willis	---	---	30	33	4	67
Jace Gilmore	---	---	27	31	8	66
Clifton McIntyre	---	---	26	33	5	64
Brody Norris	---	---	27	33	3	63
Robbie Rose	20	37	---	---	6	63
Tavon Austin	17	34	---	---	11	62
Ian Whitehurst	---	---	28	30	4	62
Adam England	13	26	---	---	21	60
Kyle Fuller	---	---	24	26	9	59
Randall Wolf	20	37	---	---	---	57
Donnell Hitchcock	20	37	---	---	---	57
Lonnie Duffy	20	37	---	---	---	57
Taylor Lewan	20	37	---	---	---	57
Darren Wilkerson	20	37	---	---	---	57
Greg Emerson	18	33	---	---	5	56
Conrad Tatum	---	---	25	25	3	53
Marco Gillespie	15	28	---	---	10	53
Walt Madison	---	---	23	22	2	47
Trent Ogden	---	---	21	20	3	44
Angel Sturdivant	15	24	---	---	---	39
Vince Cole	---	---	15	16	6	37
Winfred Lofton	---	---	16	18	2	36
Korey Beyer	---	---	14	19	1	34
Johnny Ketteridge	3	12	---	---	18	33
Jumbo Greer	---	---	5	11	13	29
T.J. Burroughs	---	---	14	6	6	26
Kris Wooden	---	---	6	5	14	25
Robert King	---	---	6	4	15	25
Ronnie Durham	2	2	---	---	18	22
Weston Woodson	---	---	8	8	6	22
Amir Kemp	6	12	---	---	4	22
Levon Fulcher	4	2	---	---	15	21
Antonio Spencer	7	11	---	---	1	19
Blake Welch	0	1	---	---	15	16
Johnnie Pulliam	---	---	0	1	12	13
Bryce Travis	---	---	6	1	4	11
Arnie Schumer	0	0	---	---	7	7
Rob Dacosta	0	0	---	---	6	6
Damien Hausermann	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jerome Kirk	0	0	---	---	6	6
Blaine Iveans	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jackie O'Donnell	0	0	---	---	4	4
Earl Leyes	0	0	---	---	2	2
Max Pianko	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bart Turner	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	15	1.9
Middle	22	68	3.1
Right	2	13	6.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	47	7.8
Middle	5	21	4.2
Right	9	36	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	31	22	4	1	3	2	3	5	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randall Wolf	30	23	4	1	1	3	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	46	7.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	132	9.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	72	7.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	49	9.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	12	103	7.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	42	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	70	17.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brandon Cooks	8	5	1	72	2	34
WR Giovanni McDaniel	8	5	1	28	0	27
TE Lucas Cheng	4	4	0	65	1	27
WR Seth Chu	3	3	0	39	1	17
RB Kent Buckley	2	0	1	0	0	12
FB Skip Rowe	2	2	0	27	0	14
RB Gage Peterson	2	1	0	3	0	21
WR Harold Brennan	2	2	0	16	0	8

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Greg Emerson	8	6	0	76	1	33
WR Angel Sturdivant	6	4	1	61	2	24
WR Tavon Austin	5	3	0	13	0	34
TE Johnny Ketteridge	4	3	0	16	0	12
FB Marco Gillespie	3	3	0	50	1	28
WR Amir Kemp	3	3	0	41	0	12
WR Blake Welch	1	1	0	7	0	1

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Gage Peterson	6	-2	-0.33	2.50
Kent Buckley	2	0	0.00	3.50
Brandon Cooks	1	0	0.00	0.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Adam England	3	24	8.00	4.92

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	5	4	22	4.40	8.06

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randall Wolf	3	3	22	7.33	8.80

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Brandon Cooks	2	2	17	8.50	9.00
RB Kent Buckley	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
TE Lucas Cheng	1	1	4	4.00	16.25
WR Giovanni McDaniel	1	1	1	1.00	3.50

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Greg Emerson	1	1	2	2.00	9.50
TE Johnny Ketteridge	1	1	2	2.00	4.00
WR Amir Kemp	1	1	18	18.00	13.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Kent Buckley	3	2
Gage Peterson	3	1
Skip Rowe	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Adam England	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	10	8	5

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randall Wolf	6	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Brandon Cooks	4	2	2
WR Seth Chu	2	2	1
TE Lucas Cheng	2	2	1
WR Harold Brennan	1	1	0
WR Giovanni McDaniel	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Greg Emerson	3	1	1
WR Tavon Austin	2	1	0
WR Amir Kemp	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,000 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,100 (16,100)
End Zone 11,700 (11,700)
Mezzanine 6,800 (6,800)
Sideline Seats 10,400 (10,400)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 5,000 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,000 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,100 (16,100)
End Zone	11,700 (11,700)
Mezzanine	6,800 (6,800)
Sideline Seats	10,400 (10,400)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	5,000 (5,000)