Week 15, 2045

played in New Orleans, CA

58 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	10	6	0	16	-	32
New Orleans Saints	0	3	7	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:53 CAR - Branden Melancon 40 field goal
1Q: 00:53 CAR - Brandon Cooks 12 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 11:31 CAR - Branden Melancon 22 field goal
2Q: 03:54 NOS - Angel McTermid 24 field goal
2Q: 00:28 CAR - Branden Melancon 28 field goal
3Q: 06:10 NOS - Kaiden Fulton 8 run (Angel McTermid extra point)
4Q: 14:20 CAR - Branden Melancon 42 field goal
4Q: 05:49 CAR - Dennis Crimm 40 interception return (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 02:41 CAR - Branden Melancon 42 field goal
4Q: 01:39 CAR - Branden Melancon 32 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:53 CAR - Branden Melancon 40 field goal
1Q: 00:53 CAR - Brandon Cooks 12 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 11:31 CAR - Branden Melancon 22 field goal
2Q: 03:54 NOS - Angel McTermid 24 field goal
2Q: 00:28 CAR - Branden Melancon 28 field goal
3Q: 06:10 NOS - Kaiden Fulton 8 run (Angel McTermid extra point)
4Q: 14:20 CAR - Branden Melancon 42 field goal
4Q: 05:49 CAR - Dennis Crimm 40 interception return (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 02:41 CAR - Branden Melancon 42 field goal
4Q: 01:39 CAR - Branden Melancon 32 field goal

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 7-7 5-9
First Downs 18 13
- by Rushing 2 2
- by Passing 16 10
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 306 265
- Offensive Plays 71 55
- Yards per Play 4.31 4.82
Net Rushing Yards 42 50
- Rushing Attempts 33 15
- Yards per Rush 1.27 3.33
Net Passing Yards 264 215
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 31 - 0 39 - 23 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards 269 225
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 1/10
- Yards per Pass Play 6.95 5.38
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/19 2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/43 6/44
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/21
Kick Returns/Yards 1/25 5/99
Interception Ret./Yards 4/42 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 24
Time of Possession 36:27 23:33

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	7-7	5-9
First Downs	18	13
- by Rushing	2	2
- by Passing	16	10
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	306	265
- Offensive Plays	71	55
- Yards per Play	4.31	4.82
Net Rushing Yards	42	50
- Rushing Attempts	33	15
- Yards per Rush	1.27	3.33
Net Passing Yards	264	215
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 31 - 0	39 - 23 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards	269	225
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	1/10
- Yards per Pass Play	6.95	5.38
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/19	2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/43	6/44
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/21
Kick Returns/Yards	1/25	5/99
Interception Ret./Yards	4/42	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 24
Time of Possession	36:27	23:33

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	7:12	OWN 20	14	57	Field Goal
1	4:39	3:56	OWN 33	8	67	Touchdown
2	13:32	2:09	OPP 6	3	1	Field Goal
2	8:43	1:36	OWN 5	3	2	Punt
2	3:49	3:29	OWN 39	10	50	Field Goal
3	11:23	3:13	OWN 1	6	31	Punt
3	6:03	6:49	OWN 20	11	55	Field Goal
4	12:22	1:33	OWN 13	3	6	Punt
4	9:16	2:24	OWN 20	6	23	Punt
4	4:25	1:51	OPP 26	3	1	Field Goal
4	2:06	0:35	OPP 20	3	5	Field Goal
4	0:03	0:03	OWN 32	1	-2	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	7:48	3:09	OWN 20	5	12	Punt
1	0:43	2:11	OWN 20	6	-2	Punt
2	11:23	2:40	OWN 34	5	21	Punt
2	7:07	3:18	OWN 44	7	49	Field Goal
2	0:20	0:20	OWN 17	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	3:37	OWN 31	6	31	Punt
3	8:10	2:07	OWN 28	5	72	Touchdown
4	14:14	1:52	OWN 24	3	3	Punt
4	10:49	1:33	OWN 47	3	46	Interception
4	6:52	1:14	OWN 2	3	6	Interception
4	5:38	1:13	OWN 18	3	3	Interception
4	2:34	0:28	OWN 20	4	0	Downs
4	1:31	1:28	OWN 11	5	12	Interception

Game MVP: Geno Smith, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Justics Delaroche	18	24	1.33	6
Corbin Woodson	9	7	0.78	4
Geno Smith	4	11	2.75	7
Kent Buckley	2	0	0.00	2

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Alexander Shannon	8	23	2.88	7	0
Kaiden Fulton	5	20	4.00	8	1
Bart Turner	2	7	3.50	9	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	37	31	269	1/5	1	27	0	106.0

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bart Turner	39	23	225	1/10	0	48	4	35.6

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brandon Cooks	12	14	119	9.92	45	27	1
WR Odell Beckham Jr	8	10	56	7.00	11	12	0
RB Justics Delaroche	7	7	51	7.29	28	25	0
WR Seth Chu	3	5	26	8.67	2	10	0
WR Zane Nichols	1	1	17	17.00	0	17	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Kaiden Fulton	6	6	14	2.33	4	8
WR Tavon Austin	4	7	22	5.50	1	7
TE Mark Greer	4	9	69	17.25	42	48
WR Angel Sturdivant	3	5	68	22.67	0	37
WR Amir Kemp	2	4	16	8.00	11	17
WR Roosevelt Klingensmith	2	2	20	10.00	0	11
TE Rod Horton	2	3	16	8.00	3	12
FB Marco Gillespie	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Doug Irwin	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Dennis Crimm	2	42	21.00	1
CB Trevor Briel	1	0	0.00	0
CB Thurman Stevens	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Herrmann	4	199	49.8	44.5	55	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jackie O'Donnell	5	164	32.8	32.8	52	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Branden Melancon	6/6	3/3	0/0	42	2/2

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Angel McTermid	1/1	0/0	0/0	24	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tavon Austin	3	21	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Cooks	1	25	25.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tavon Austin	5	99	19.8	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Chuck Pritchett	6	0	1.0	14	32
CB Thurman Stevens	4	1	0.0	10	32
CB Trevor Briel	4	0	0.0	12	28
OLB Dennis Crimm	4	0	0.0	14	33
S Devonte Buchanan	2	1	0.0	14	23
ILB Corwin McEwen	2	0	0.0	3	9
DE Melvin McConnell	2	0	0.0	12	23
OLB Hardy Odumuyiwa	2	0	0.0	11	22
CB Todd Coleman	2	0	0.0	13	32
DT Brendan Levine	2	0	0.0	11	22
ILB Byron Sims	1	2	0.0	15	30
CB Kenyon Hicks	1	1	0.0	5	14
S Brady Worrell	1	1	0.0	2	12
DT Timothy Dromeshauser	1	1	0.0	4	18
OLB Manti Te'o	1	0	0.0	0	11
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	1	0	0.0	12	26
OLB Bob Guest	0	1	0.0	3	14

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Ian Whitehurst	8	2	0.0	29	34
S Fernando Shapiro	7	1	0.0	28	33
CB Jorge Cloak	7	0	0.0	27	37
ILB Darren McFadden	6	2	0.0	28	36
OLB Jamal Glenn	5	1	0.0	15	16
CB Mike Schroeder	5	0	0.0	28	38
DE Conrad Tatum	3	1	0.5	26	24
S Bryce Travis	3	4	0.0	30	38
DE Benjamin Wells	3	1	0.0	13	15
DT Winfred Lofton	3	0	0.0	21	29
DE Jace Gilmore	2	3	0.5	29	38
DT Trent Ogden	2	2	0.0	20	19
CB Weston Woodson	2	1	0.0	15	17
S Emmett Meyer	2	0	0.0	3	2
OLB Efrain Pei	2	0	0.0	12	7
OLB Bryant Dennis	1	2	0.0	7	5
CB Korey Beyer	1	0	0.0	5	5
FB Marco Gillespie	1	0	---	---	---
WR Doug Irwin	1	0	---	---	---
QB Bart Turner	1	0	---	---	---
DT Mario Edwards	1	0	0.0	21	25

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
S Chuck Pritchett	1.0	0	0	32
DE Darnell Arnold	0.0	1	0	14
DT Brendan Levine	0.0	1	0	22
DE Clyde Pieri	0.0	0	1	17
DE Melvin McConnell	0.0	0	1	23

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Conrad Tatum	0.5	0	0	1	24
DE Jace Gilmore	0.5	0	0	1	38
DT Winfred Lofton	0.0	1	1	4	29
DE Benjamin Wells	0.0	0	0	1	15

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Thurman Stevens	4	0	1	32
OLB Dennis Crimm	3	1	2	33
CB Trevor Briel	3	0	1	28
S Chuck Pritchett	3	0	0	32
CB Todd Coleman	2	1	0	32
OLB Manti Te'o	1	1	0	11
CB Kenyon Hicks	1	1	0	14
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	1	0	0	26
S Braxton Frederick	1	0	0	17
S Brady Worrell	1	0	0	12
DE Melvin McConnell	1	0	0	23
OLB Hardy Odumuyiwa	1	0	0	22
S Devonte Buchanan	1	0	0	23
ILB Byron Sims	0	1	0	30

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Jorge Cloak	7	0	37
OLB Ian Whitehurst	6	1	34
ILB Darren McFadden	4	0	36
CB Mike Schroeder	3	0	38
CB Weston Woodson	2	0	17
OLB Jamal Glenn	2	0	16
CB Korey Beyer	1	0	5
DE Conrad Tatum	1	0	24
S Emmett Meyer	1	0	2
OLB Bryant Dennis	1	0	5
S Fernando Shapiro	1	0	33
DT Winfred Lofton	1	0	29
OLB Efrain Pei	1	0	7
DT Trent Ogden	0	1	19

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Alonzo Tripp	2	6	33	0	38
Francisco Hardy	1	6	33	1	38
Michael Wasserman	1	4	29	0	38
Donnie Wile	0	5	30	0	38
A.J. Cann	0	5	30	0	38
Roderick Dahnke	0	2	25	0	23
Donny Ciccant	0	1	11	0	7

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Darren Wilkerson	4	6	15	0	33
Mark Blackburn	1	3	15	0	39
Rob Ancheta	1	1	15	0	31
Taylor Lewan	0	1	15	1	33
Marco Gillespie	0	1	9	0	19
Rod Horton	0	1	14	0	21

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Bob Guest	3	15
Cary Hicks	2	26
Donny Ciccant	2	17
Manti Te'o	1	16

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Weston Woodson	1	19

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
A.J. Cann	30	38	---	---	9	77
Brandon Cooks	26	32	---	---	17	75
Alonzo Tripp	33	38	---	---	1	72
Geno Smith	33	38	---	---	---	71
Francisco Hardy	33	38	---	---	---	71
Donnie Wile	30	38	---	---	1	69
Michael Wasserman	29	38	---	---	---	67
Roderick Dahnke	25	23	---	---	8	56
Odell Beckham Jr	24	32	---	---	---	56
Cary Hicks	17	11	---	---	26	54
Chuck Pritchett	---	---	14	32	3	49
Dennis Crimm	---	---	14	33	1	48
Justics Delaroche	19	29	---	---	---	48
Kent Buckley	7	13	---	---	27	47
Byron Sims	---	---	15	30	1	46
Todd Coleman	---	---	13	32	1	46
Trevor Briel	---	---	12	28	4	44
Thurman Stevens	---	---	10	32	1	43
Seth Chu	14	25	---	---	---	39
DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	12	26	---	38
Melvin McConnell	---	---	12	23	3	38
Devonte Buchanan	---	---	14	23	1	38
Hardy Odumuyiwa	---	---	11	22	4	37
Donny Ciccant	11	7	---	---	17	35
Zane Nichols	8	9	---	---	18	35
Brendan Levine	---	---	11	22	---	33
Bob Guest	---	---	3	14	15	32
Kaiden Jefferson	---	---	2	10	16	28
Braxton Frederick	---	---	1	17	10	28
Manti Te'o	---	---	0	11	16	27
Kenyon Hicks	---	---	5	14	8	27
Clyde Pieri	---	---	3	17	5	25
Corwin McEwen	---	---	3	9	12	24
Timothy Dromeshauser	---	---	4	18	2	24
Corbin Woodson	14	9	---	---	---	23
Darnell Arnold	---	---	3	14	3	20
Brady Worrell	---	---	2	12	1	15
Byron Lynn	---	---	1	1	13	15
Branden Melancon	0	0	---	---	15	15
Louis Tate	4	0	---	---	10	14
Mack Wheeler	3	0	---	---	10	13
Graham Mahaffey	3	0	---	---	9	12
Ronald Parrish	0	0	---	---	10	10
Bryce Stewart	0	0	---	---	6	6
Casey Herrmann	0	0	---	---	4	4
Steven Arnold	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jace Gilmore	---	---	29	38	9	76
Bryce Travis	---	---	30	38	5	73
Mike Schroeder	---	---	28	38	6	72
Darren McFadden	---	---	28	36	6	70
Ian Whitehurst	---	---	29	34	6	69
Jorge Cloak	---	---	27	37	5	69
Fernando Shapiro	---	---	28	33	5	66
Mark Blackburn	15	39	---	---	6	60
Lonnie Duffy	15	39	---	---	6	60
Tavon Austin	13	29	---	---	14	56
Winfred Lofton	---	---	21	29	6	56
Conrad Tatum	---	---	26	24	5	55
Bart Turner	15	40	---	---	---	55
Weston Woodson	---	---	15	17	19	51
Taylor Lewan	15	33	---	---	---	48
Darren Wilkerson	15	33	---	---	---	48
Mario Edwards	---	---	21	25	2	48
Angel Sturdivant	10	22	---	---	15	47
Rob Ancheta	15	31	---	---	---	46
Trent Ogden	---	---	20	19	5	44
Rod Horton	14	21	---	---	9	44
Marco Gillespie	9	19	---	---	10	38
Efrain Pei	---	---	12	7	19	38
Amir Kemp	8	23	---	---	4	35
Benjamin Wells	---	---	13	15	6	34
Jamal Glenn	---	---	15	16	2	33
Rickey Hastings	2	12	---	---	17	31
Kaiden Fulton	5	19	---	---	4	28
Alexander Shannon	10	17	---	---	---	27
Adam England	0	4	---	---	22	26
Bryant Dennis	---	---	7	5	12	24
Mark Greer	4	16	---	---	4	24
Roosevelt Klingensmith	0	7	---	---	17	24
Doug Irwin	0	11	---	---	9	20
Brody Norris	---	---	1	0	17	18
Robbie Rose	0	9	---	---	6	15
Kim Sibal	0	9	---	---	6	15
Korey Beyer	---	---	5	5	4	14
Emmett Meyer	---	---	3	2	3	8
Brenden Patterson	0	7	---	---	---	7
Jackie O'Donnell	0	0	---	---	6	6
Cris Stotts	0	0	---	---	6	6
Shane Willis	---	---	5	0	1	6
Angel McTermid	0	0	---	---	4	4
Al Bardon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Barry Nagurski	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	0	0.0
Middle	13	27	2.1
Right	11	17	1.5
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	14	2.8
Middle	9	38	4.2
Right	0	0	0.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	37	31	2	1	1	2	1	7	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bart Turner	39	23	3	3	0	5	2	0	4

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	11	2.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	20	191	8.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	50	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	17	8.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	3	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	120	7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	4	23	1.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	79	15.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brandon Cooks	14	12	0	119	1	32
WR Odell Beckham Jr	10	8	0	56	0	32
RB Justics Delaroche	7	7	0	51	1	29
WR Seth Chu	5	3	1	26	0	25
WR Zane Nichols	1	1	0	17	0	9

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Mark Greer	9	4	69	1	16
WR Tavon Austin	7	4	22	0	29
RB Kaiden Fulton	6	6	14	0	19
WR Angel Sturdivant	5	3	68	2	22
WR Amir Kemp	4	2	16	0	23
TE Rod Horton	3	2	16	0	21
WR Doug Irwin	2	0	0	0	11
WR Roosevelt Klingensmith	2	2	20	0	7
FB Marco Gillespie	1	0	0	0	19

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Justics Delaroche	2	6	3.00	1.33
Corbin Woodson	2	2	1.00	0.78
Kent Buckley	1	-2	-2.00	0.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kaiden Fulton	2	5	2.50	4.00
Alexander Shannon	1	0	0.00	2.88

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	6	6	21	3.50	7.27

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bart Turner	4	2	3	0.75	5.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Odell Beckham Jr	2	2	5	2.50	5.60
WR Brandon Cooks	2	2	19	9.50	8.50
RB Justics Delaroche	2	2	-3	-1.50	7.29

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Marco Gillespie	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Kaiden Fulton	1	1	4	4.00	2.33
TE Mark Greer	1	0	0	0.00	7.67
WR Amir Kemp	1	1	-1	-1.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Justics Delaroche	4	2
Corbin Woodson	2	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Kaiden Fulton	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	12	10	7

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bart Turner	9	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Seth Chu	4	2	2
WR Brandon Cooks	3	3	1
RB Justics Delaroche	3	3	2
WR Odell Beckham Jr	2	2	2

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tavon Austin	4	1	0
WR Amir Kemp	2	1	1
RB Kaiden Fulton	1	1	0
WR Doug Irwin	1	0	0
TE Rod Horton	1	0	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)