Week 1, 2049

played in New Orleans, CA

57 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Carolina Panthers303143-23
New Orleans Saints033149-29

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:36 CAR - Dillon Westbrook 29 field goal
2Q: 07:45 NOS - Winston Bell 26 field goal
3Q: 08:23 NOS - Winston Bell 46 field goal
3Q: 05:10 CAR - Dillon Westbrook 29 field goal
4Q: 11:52 CAR - Carlos Hyde 13 run (Dillon Westbrook extra point)
4Q: 08:13 NOS - Joseph Lindsay 5 run (Winston Bell extra point)
4Q: 05:49 CAR - Carlos Hyde 7 run (Dillon Westbrook extra point)
4Q: 01:27 NOS - Joseph Lindsay 7 pass from Bryce Petty (Winston Bell extra point)
OT: 08:33 CAR - Dillon Westbrook 38 field goal
OT: 03:51 NOS - Winston Bell 52 field goal
OT: 03:44 NOS - Sedrick Ackerman 35 interception return

Team StatisticsCARNOS
Record0-11-0
First Downs1924
- by Rushing99
- by Passing1014
- by Penalty01
Total Net Yards384359
- Offensive Plays6582
- Yards per Play5.914.38
Net Rushing Yards132128
- Rushing Attempts2429
- Yards per Rush5.504.41
Net Passing Yards252231
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt37 - 23 - 149 - 28 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards278248
- Sacks/Yards Lost4/264/17
- Yards per Pass Play6.154.36
Fumbles/Lost0/01/0
3rd Down Conversions4/155/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down8.38.7
4th Down Conversions0/02/2
Penalties/Yards8/594/20
Punt Returns/Yards2/104/32
Kick Returns/Yards4/1076/132
Interception Ret./Yards1/01/35
2pt Conversions0/00/0
Red Zone Visits53
- Red Zone TDs/FGs2/32/1
Avg. Drive StartOWN 27OWN 27
Time of Possession33:3337:54

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
113:391:01OWN 383-10Punt
111:283:58OWN 10778Field Goal
16:051:42OWN 5433Punt
212:421:56OWN 2034Punt
27:402:57OWN 27413Punt
20:360:36OWN 15130Half
315:001:36OWN 373-5Punt
312:110:31OWN 2030Punt
38:173:1350638Field Goal
33:211:35OWN 2834Punt
30:203:37OPP 48748Touchdown
48:032:21OWN 40560Touchdown
41:190:52OWN 2037Punt
OT115:006:34OWN 201259Field Goal
OT13:440:11OWN 2010Interception
New Orleans Saints
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
115:001:21OWN 34210Interception
112:381:10OWN 283-3Punt
17:301:25OWN 493-7Punt
14:236:41OWN 141248Punt
210:463:06OWN 36655Field Goal
24:434:07OWN 1928Punt
313:241:13OWN 2435Punt
311:403:23OWN 35536Field Goal
35:041:43OWN 2733Punt
31:461:26OWN 143-3Punt
411:433:40OWN 22678Touchdown
45:424:23OWN 261274Touchdown
40:270:27503-5Punt
OT18:264:42OWN 351230Field Goal

Game MVP: Joseph Lindsay, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

CarolinaAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
Morris Becker12363.00700
Carlos Hyde10868.603042
Kody Coles2105.00700
New OrleansAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
Joseph Lindsay19774.052131
Buddy Garcia7111.57500
Xavier Henson22814.003010
Bryce Petty11212.001210

Passing Statistics

CarolinaAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Geno Smith37232784/26038173.9
New OrleansAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Bryce Petty49282484/17149169.1

Receiving Statistics

CarolinaCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Brandon Cooks6146410.6717190
WR Johnathan Horton456315.7515380
WR Brody Stewart344113.6717270
WR Bryson Gonzalez242110.500230
TE Eli Bouler22115.503140
RB Morris Becker223316.5028270
RB Carlos Hyde1166.00760
FB Kody Coles1166.00060
TE Mo Guthrie132424.0015240
WR Ramon Vonderfecht1199.00090
New OrleansCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
RB Joseph Lindsay1014616.1028121
WR Devan LaBrosse6118914.8339490
WR Rob Gardner69437.1719190
TE Jackson Walters373612.0023170
FB Xavier Henson23126.00060
WR Adam Hines1277.00070
WR Conrad Grossreider0100.00000
TE Elias Mims0200.00000

Interception Statistics

CarolinaIntsYardsAvgTD
CB Eugene Hamilton100.000
New OrleansIntsYardsAvgTD
ILB Sedrick Ackerman13535.001

Fumble Statistics

CarolinaFumbRecovForceTD
Carlos Hyde0010
New OrleansFumbRecovForceTD
Ken Tang1000
Winfred Lofton0100

Punting Statistics

CarolinaPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Sam Pace838948.644.6644
New OrleansPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Ross Jenkins838848.542.3613

Kicking Statistics

CarolinaFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Dillon Westbrook3/30/00/0382/2
New OrleansFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Winston Bell3/32/21/1522/2

Punt Return Statistics

CarolinaRetYardsAvgTD
James Cunningham2105.00
New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD
Ken Tang4328.00

Kick Return Statistics

CarolinaRetYardsAvgTD
Brandon Cooks38528.30
Karl Joseph12222.00
New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD
Quinn Lee613222.00

Defensive Statistics

CarolinaTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm922.02027
ILB Louis Parrish710.01542
S Chuck Pritchett610.01731
DT Keith Hennings501.01635
S Caiden Simmons510.02852
ILB Mel Bradford500.01512
S Karl Joseph410.01441
CB Nicolas Scroggins310.01241
ILB Myles Jack300.01411
CB Eugene Hamilton240.02953
DE Clyde Pieri210.01928
OLB Donte Beard210.0919
S Harvey Keyes200.011
OLB Deion Jones111.01928
CB Todd Coleman110.02753
DE Melvin McConnell100.01942
DE Dwayne Keizur100.01116
DT Timothy Dromeshauser010.01418
New OrleansTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
ILB Sedrick Ackerman800.02238
OLB Rod Dwight510.01628
DE Zachary Denver402.01634
DT Mario Edwards411.01428
CB Quinn Lee420.01833
CB Tony O'Neal400.02432
DE Nicolas Dobreski301.01531
S Donovan Johnson340.01932
DT Winfred Lofton320.01527
OLB Renaldo Gardner310.0813
CB Shane Willis210.02039
S Lance Doyle210.02337
S Steven Carl120.069
CB Ken Tang110.0510
DE Wyatt Vieane100.0910
OLB Kurt Horn100.002
WR Rob Gardner10---------
S Brady Worrell010.0611

Pass Rush Statistics

CarolinaSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm2.000027
DT Keith Hennings1.003035
OLB Deion Jones1.002028
New OrleansSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
DE Zachary Denver2.002034
DT Mario Edwards1.001028
DE Nicolas Dobreski1.000031
DT Winfred Lofton0.001127
ILB Sedrick Ackerman0.001038

Pass Defense Statistics

CarolinaCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
S Chuck Pritchett40031
S Caiden Simmons32052
OLB Dennis Crimm31027
ILB Louis Parrish31042
S Karl Joseph30041
CB Eugene Hamilton23153
CB Nicolas Scroggins21041
OLB Donte Beard20019
ILB Mel Bradford11012
DE Melvin McConnell10042
DT Keith Hennings10035
CB Todd Coleman10053
S Harvey Keyes1001
OLB Devon Wayne10013
New OrleansCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
CB Tony O'Neal41032
ILB Sedrick Ackerman40138
CB Quinn Lee31033
OLB Rod Dwight30028
S Lance Doyle21037
OLB Renaldo Gardner20013
CB Shane Willis11039
CB Ken Tang10010
DT Mario Edwards10028
DE Zachary Denver10034
OLB Kurt Horn1002

Blocking Statistics

CarolinaKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
Lorenzo Tucker69024041
Leroy McCormick16024041
Tyrus McWilliams14024141
Francisco Hardy13024141
Alonzo Tripp12024241
New OrleansKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
Johnny Sherman48129253
Darren Wilkerson47129053
Lane Johnson27029153
Mike Pantin14029053
Jayce Hayes01029153
Xavier Henson01015029

Special Teams Tackles

CarolinaTacklesSTPlays
James Cunningham544
Carlos Hyde232
Karl Joseph224
Eli Bouler124
New OrleansTacklesSTPlays
Buddy Garcia231
Brady Worrell221
Xavier Henson125
Conrad Grossreider122

Participation

CarolinaRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Eugene Hamilton------2953385
Todd Coleman------2753484
Caiden Simmons------2852383
Brandon Cooks2138------2180
Karl Joseph------14412479
Leroy McCormick2441------1176
Geno Smith2441---------65
Alonzo Tripp2441---------65
Francisco Hardy2441---------65
Lorenzo Tucker2441---------65
Tyrus McWilliams2441---------65
Melvin McConnell------1942364
Chuck Pritchett------17311563
Louis Parrish------1542259
Clyde Pieri------19281158
Carlos Hyde1114------3257
Keith Hennings------1635657
Nicolas Scroggins------1241255
Deion Jones------1928552
Dennis Crimm------2027350
Kody Coles1814------1749
Mo Guthrie1626------749
James Cunningham------404448
Bryson Gonzalez1128------847
Brody Stewart1120------1647
Mel Bradford------15121340
Johnathan Horton1129---------40
Donte Beard------919836
Devon Wayne------7131636
Eli Bouler66------2436
Morris Becker1323---------36
Timothy Dromeshauser------1418133
DeMarcus Lawrence------920130
Myles Jack------1411530
Dwayne Keizur------1116330
Louis Tate00------1111
Ronald Parrish00------1111
Corbin Rider00------1111
Ray Bautista00------1111
Marco Walters12------811
Dillon Westbrook00------99
Sam Pace00------88
Harvey Keyes------1157
Ramon Vonderfecht15---------6
Logan O'Field00------33
Lawrence Prince00---------0
New OrleansRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Johnny Sherman2953------1193
Jackson Walters2847------984
Lane Johnson2953---------82
Jayce Hayes2953---------82
Darren Wilkerson2953---------82
Bryce Petty2953---------82
Mike Pantin2953---------82
Joseph Lindsay2242------1478
Rob Gardner2544---------69
Xavier Henson1529------2569
Devan LaBrosse1942------667
Sedrick Ackerman------2238565
Shane Willis------2039362
Lance Doyle------2337161
Tony O'Neal------2432359
Quinn Lee------1833859
Rod Dwight------16281357
Elias Mims1618------2256
Zachary Denver------1634555
Donovan Johnson------1932354
Conrad Grossreider823------2253
Nicolas Dobreski------1531450
Buddy Garcia712------3150
Ken Tang------5103449
Mario Edwards------1428547
Winfred Lofton------1527143
Brady Worrell------6112138
Renaldo Gardner------8131435
Zachery Torres------914831
Adam Hines58------1730
Wyatt Vieane------910524
Steven Carl------69823
Benjamin Wells------87621
Jamal Glenn------57618
Korey Toniolo00------1111
Sergio Freibergs------46111
Gerald Drexler00------1111
Floyd McDonald00------1111
Ross Jenkins00------1111
Britt Webb00------1111
Ian Berggren------23611
Winston Bell00------1010
Kurt Horn------0235
Greg Fields00---------0
Hayden Covington00---------0
Phillip Lee00---------0

Directional Rushing Statistics

DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left2189.0
Middle14755.4
Right8394.9
None000.0
DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left4102.5
Middle221125.1
Right362.0
None000.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

CarolinaAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Geno Smith37235134511
New OrleansAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Bryce Petty49281159501

Directional Passing Statistics

DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen66406.7
Short (0-8 Yds)16111167.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)114615.5
Long (19+ Yds)426115.3
DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen117454.1
Short (0-8 Yds)20161025.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)1351017.8
Long (19+ Yds)5000.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

CarolinaTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Brandon Cooks146264038
WR Johnathan Horton54063129
WR Bryson Gonzalez42121128
WR Brody Stewart43041120
TE Mo Guthrie31024126
TE Eli Bouler2201106
RB Morris Becker22033123
RB Carlos Hyde1106014
FB Kody Coles1106014
WR Ramon Vonderfecht110905
New OrleansTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
RB Joseph Lindsay1410061042
WR Devan LaBrosse116389142
WR Rob Gardner96043044
TE Jackson Walters73136047
FB Xavier Henson32012029
WR Adam Hines211708
TE Elias Mims2000018
WR Conrad Grossreider1000023

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

CarolinaAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
Carlos Hyde4389.508.60
Morris Becker2115.503.00
New OrleansAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
Joseph Lindsay3134.334.05
Buddy Garcia122.001.57

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

CarolinaAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Geno Smith4230.757.51
New OrleansAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Bryce Petty2173.505.06

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

CarolinaTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
WR Brandon Cooks2000.004.57
RB Carlos Hyde1166.006.00
TE Eli Bouler11-3-3.005.50
New OrleansTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
RB Joseph Lindsay1177.004.36
FB Xavier Henson1000.004.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

CarolinaRushesConversions
Carlos Hyde33
New OrleansRushesConversions
Joseph Lindsay11

Third Down Passing Statistics

CarolinaAttCompConversions
Geno Smith1051
New OrleansAttCompConversions
Bryce Petty16104

Third Down Receiving Statistics

CarolinaTargCatchConversions
WR Bryson Gonzalez310
WR Johnathan Horton211
TE Eli Bouler220
RB Carlos Hyde110
WR Brandon Cooks100
TE Mo Guthrie100
New OrleansTargCatchConversions
RB Joseph Lindsay641
WR Rob Gardner442
WR Devan LaBrosse321
TE Jackson Walters200
FB Xavier Henson100

SectionAttendance
Stadium65,000 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck16,100 (16,100)
End Zone11,700 (11,700)
Mezzanine6,800 (6,800)
Sideline Seats10,400 (10,400)
Club Seats15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes5,000 (5,000)