Week 8, 2059

played in New Orleans, CA

52 degrees, fair, calm

Carolina Panthers	7	3	3	7	-	20
New Orleans Saints	7	16	0	7	-	30

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:43 CAR - Blake Ballard 6 pass from Johnathan Tubbs (Kody Portis extra point)
1Q: 05:36 NOS - Elliot Mathews 5 run (Bruce Willis extra point)
2Q: 14:55 NOS - Elliot Mathews 3 run (Bruce Willis extra point failed)
2Q: 07:34 CAR - Kody Portis 40 field goal
2Q: 04:24 NOS - Bruce Willis 31 field goal
2Q: 01:36 NOS - Richie Urbina 93 interception return (Bruce Willis extra point)
3Q: 04:24 CAR - Kody Portis 38 field goal
4Q: 08:55 CAR - Damian Prior 17 pass from Johnathan Tubbs (Kody Portis extra point)
4Q: 01:17 NOS - Elliot Mathews 2 run (Bruce Willis extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:43 CAR - Blake Ballard 6 pass from Johnathan Tubbs (Kody Portis extra point)
1Q: 05:36 NOS - Elliot Mathews 5 run (Bruce Willis extra point)
2Q: 14:55 NOS - Elliot Mathews 3 run (Bruce Willis extra point failed)
2Q: 07:34 CAR - Kody Portis 40 field goal
2Q: 04:24 NOS - Bruce Willis 31 field goal
2Q: 01:36 NOS - Richie Urbina 93 interception return (Bruce Willis extra point)
3Q: 04:24 CAR - Kody Portis 38 field goal
4Q: 08:55 CAR - Damian Prior 17 pass from Johnathan Tubbs (Kody Portis extra point)
4Q: 01:17 NOS - Elliot Mathews 2 run (Bruce Willis extra point)

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 5-3 6-2
First Downs 25 18
- by Rushing 5 9
- by Passing 17 8
- by Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 483 310
- Offensive Plays 74 58
- Yards per Play 6.53 5.34
Net Rushing Yards 120 124
- Rushing Attempts 24 26
- Yards per Rush 5.00 4.77
Net Passing Yards 363 186
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 48 - 31 - 1 31 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 368 190
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/5 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 7.26 5.81
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.7 9.3
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 11/91 6/38
Punt Returns/Yards 3/32 2/31
Kick Returns/Yards 4/86 2/40
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/93
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 26
Time of Possession 34:01 25:59

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	5-3	6-2
First Downs	25	18
- by Rushing	5	9
- by Passing	17	8
- by Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	483	310
- Offensive Plays	74	58
- Yards per Play	6.53	5.34
Net Rushing Yards	120	124
- Rushing Attempts	24	26
- Yards per Rush	5.00	4.77
Net Passing Yards	363	186
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	48 - 31 - 1	31 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	368	190
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/5	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	7.26	5.81
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.7	9.3
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	11/91	6/38
Punt Returns/Yards	3/32	2/31
Kick Returns/Yards	4/86	2/40
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/93
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 26
Time of Possession	34:01	25:59

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:23	OWN 23	10	77	Touchdown
1	5:25	3:26	OWN 24	7	25	Fumble
2	14:45	7:17	OWN 11	13	66	Field Goal
2	4:19	2:54	OWN 47	8	43	Interception
2	1:25	1:25	OWN 25	5	15	Half
3	12:06	1:04	OWN 26	3	4	Punt
3	9:58	2:09	OWN 33	4	27	Punt
3	6:37	2:19	OPP 38	5	17	Field Goal
3	0:53	1:06	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	13:06	4:21	OWN 3	9	97	Touchdown
4	7:55	2:11	OPP 44	3	4	Punt
4	1:11	1:11	OWN 34	5	61	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:37	4:12	OWN 14	7	86	Touchdown
1	1:59	2:14	OPP 47	9	47	Touchdown
2	7:28	3:09	OWN 25	7	61	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:54	OWN 24	5	10	Punt
3	11:02	1:04	OWN 32	3	1	Punt
3	7:49	1:12	OWN 2	3	2	Punt
3	4:18	3:25	OWN 25	6	22	Punt
4	14:47	1:41	OWN 42	5	13	Punt
4	8:45	0:50	OWN 25	4	-9	Punt
4	5:44	4:33	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown

Game MVP: Johnathan Tubbs, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Blake Ballard	17	88	5.18	13	3
QB Johnathan Tubbs	5	27	5.40	17	1
RB Les Newsome	1	3	3.00	3	0
FB Mark Tubbs	1	2	2.00	2	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Elliot Mathews	16	80	5.00	36	2	3
RB Ron Holmes	7	28	4.00	13	1	0
RB Alejandro Mendola	2	15	7.50	11	1	0
WR Zachary Frederick	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Johnathan Tubbs	48	31	368	2/5	2	47	1	93.0

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Eddie Curtis	31	15	190	1/4	0	42	0	67.9

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bert Harding	9	10	122	13.56	50	29	0
RB Blake Ballard	6	9	41	6.83	19	11	1
WR Damian Prior	6	8	56	9.33	13	17	1
WR Dave Thomson	4	7	83	20.75	17	47	0
FB Mark Tubbs	2	4	6	3.00	1	4	0
WR Griffin Lyons	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Les Newsome	1	4	24	24.00	14	24	0
WR Monty Ansell	1	1	17	17.00	6	17	0
TE Brian McGhee	1	2	16	16.00	0	16	0
TE Quentin Turnbull	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Emmett Francis	5	15	40	8.00	5	17
WR Josh Doctson	3	4	97	32.33	66	42
TE Barry Drayton	3	3	33	11.00	1	13
RB Ron Holmes	2	2	2	1.00	0	3
RB Alejandro Mendola	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Zachary Frederick	1	4	18	18.00	5	18
TE Emmett Burnett	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Richie Urbina	1	93	93.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
TE Bert Harding	1	0	0	0

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
OLB Braxton Fontenot	0	1	0	0
CB Theodore Grennes	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Devante Reilly	4	177	44.3	31.5	59	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brett O'Neal	6	263	43.8	35.2	53	1

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kody Portis	2/2	1/1	0/0	40	2/2

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bruce Willis	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	3/4

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Griffin Lyons	3	32	10.7	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Richie Urbina	2	31	15.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Les Newsome	2	49	24.5	0
Griffin Lyons	1	21	21.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ron Holmes	2	40	20.0	0
Josh Doctson	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ed VandenBelt	5	4	0.0	23	19
ILB Josiah James	5	0	0.0	10	11
DT Hayden Hammond	4	0	0.5	17	19
CB Tevin Widmer	4	3	0.0	25	32
DE Gavin Peterman	3	0	0.0	10	13
CB Floyd Meadows	3	0	0.0	10	22
DE Korey Blombeck	2	1	0.5	22	26
OLB Brock Strong	2	1	0.0	25	32
CB T.J. Snyder	2	0	0.0	15	14
OLB Timothy Totten	2	0	0.0	24	28
DE Damien Perez	1	3	0.0	23	20
S Leslie Beavers	1	1	0.0	3	13
ILB Micah Wooden	1	1	0.0	14	8
S Keith Elliott	1	1	0.0	23	28
OLB Adrian McGee	1	0	0.0	10	20
CB Bernie Burden	1	0	0.0	19	21
G Jermaine O'Bryan	1	0	---	---	---
S Jay Rosian	1	0	0.0	3	4

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Billy Shannon	9	1	0.0	22	41
S Richard Pozy	8	0	0.0	24	50
DT Arturo Brisset	5	0	1.0	22	41
ILB Jeremiah Dennis	5	2	0.0	21	34
S Devonte Scoggins	5	0	0.0	14	18
CB Theodore Grennes	3	1	0.0	24	50
DE Perry Freeman	3	1	0.0	24	44
CB Leslie Barber	3	0	0.0	22	44
DE Raymond Garrison	2	1	0.5	17	31
DT Taylor Padgett	2	1	0.5	21	32
OLB Joshua Bible	2	1	0.0	5	13
OLB Braxton Fontenot	2	0	0.0	6	19
CB Alonzo Roberson	1	2	0.0	6	16
DT Leo Sanches	1	0	0.0	3	20
S Richie Urbina	1	0	0.0	16	24
ILB Adam Ruoff	1	0	0.0	3	17
S Mason Rutledge	1	0	0.0	8	28

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Korey Blombeck	0.5	1	3	1	26
DT Hayden Hammond	0.5	0	1	1	19
OLB Timothy Totten	0.0	1	0	0	28
CB Bernie Burden	0.0	1	0	0	21
DE Damien Perez	0.0	1	0	0	20
DE Maxwell Anderson	0.0	0	1	0	11
S Keith Elliott	0.0	0	1	0	28

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Arturo Brisset	1.0	0	0	41
DE Raymond Garrison	0.5	2	1	31
DT Taylor Padgett	0.5	0	0	32
DT Leo Sanches	0.0	2	0	20
DE Tim Jacobs	0.0	1	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Floyd Meadows	3	0	22
ILB Josiah James	3	0	11
OLB Timothy Totten	1	2	28
CB Bernie Burden	1	1	21
S Keith Elliott	1	1	28
CB T.J. Snyder	1	0	14
S Leslie Beavers	1	0	13
DE Gavin Peterman	1	0	13
S Ed VandenBelt	1	0	19
CB Tevin Widmer	1	0	32
S Jay Rosian	1	0	4
OLB Brock Strong	0	1	32

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Billy Shannon	6	0	0	41
CB Theodore Grennes	4	0	0	50
ILB Jeremiah Dennis	3	3	0	34
S Richard Pozy	3	1	0	50
S Devonte Scoggins	3	0	0	18
OLB Braxton Fontenot	2	1	0	19
DT Arturo Brisset	2	0	0	41
S Richie Urbina	1	1	1	24
OLB Joshua Bible	1	1	0	13
ILB Adam Ruoff	1	1	0	17
CB Leslie Barber	1	0	0	44
DT Leo Sanches	1	0	0	20
DE Raymond Garrison	1	0	0	31
DE Perry Freeman	1	0	0	44
CB Alonzo Roberson	1	0	0	16

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Otis Strong	3	7	24	0	50
G Lonnie Godfrey	2	6	24	0	50
T Alejandro Garrett	1	4	24	0	50
G Jermaine O'Bryan	1	1	24	2	50
T Grady Rodgers	0	3	24	0	50
TE Brian McGhee	0	1	5	0	13

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Lamar Kennedy	5	8	26	1	32
C J.J. Baxter	4	6	26	0	32
C Marshall Whiting	3	9	26	0	32
T John Huie	1	1	26	0	32
T Tommy McElroy	1	1	26	0	32
FB Lincoln Greer	0	1	2	0	2

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Leslie Beavers	1	22
Earl Brimberry	1	21
Ben Oxendine	1	6
Jay Rosian	1	5

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Richard Pozy	3	14
J.J. Baxter	2	7
Alejandro Mendola	1	18
Devonte Scoggins	1	14

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Bert Harding	22	45	---	---	23	90
WR Dave Thomson	22	40	---	---	19	81
G Jermaine O'Bryan	24	50	---	---	6	80
G Lonnie Godfrey	24	50	---	---	6	80
C Otis Strong	24	50	---	---	---	74
T Grady Rodgers	24	50	---	---	---	74
QB Johnathan Tubbs	24	50	---	---	---	74
T Alejandro Garrett	24	50	---	---	---	74
RB Blake Ballard	21	29	---	---	17	67
WR Lewis Sparkes	22	45	---	---	---	67
S Keith Elliott	---	---	23	28	10	61
OLB Brock Strong	---	---	25	32	1	58
CB Tevin Widmer	---	---	25	32	1	58
OLB Timothy Totten	---	---	24	28	1	53
DE Korey Blombeck	---	---	22	26	1	49
CB Bernie Burden	---	---	19	21	7	47
CB T.J. Snyder	---	---	15	14	17	46
DT Hayden Hammond	---	---	17	19	7	43
DE Damien Perez	---	---	23	20	---	43
S Ed VandenBelt	---	---	23	19	---	42
S Leslie Beavers	---	---	3	13	22	38
FB Mark Tubbs	4	14	---	---	19	37
WR Damian Prior	14	21	---	---	---	35
ILB Micah Wooden	---	---	14	8	12	34
CB Floyd Meadows	---	---	10	22	1	33
OLB Adrian McGee	---	---	10	20	1	31
OLB Earl Brimberry	---	---	3	4	21	28
RB Les Newsome	3	20	---	---	5	28
WR Griffin Lyons	4	10	---	---	12	26
DE Gavin Peterman	---	---	10	13	---	23
WR Monty Ansell	2	9	---	---	10	21
ILB Josiah James	---	---	10	11	---	21
TE Brian McGhee	5	13	---	---	---	18
DE Maxwell Anderson	---	---	4	11	1	16
DE Pat Duran	---	---	3	7	6	16
S Jay Rosian	---	---	3	4	5	12
K Kody Portis	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Joseph Tucker	0	0	---	---	6	6
P Devante Reilly	0	0	---	---	6	6
G Drake England	0	0	---	---	6	6
T Ben Oxendine	0	0	---	---	6	6
TE Quentin Turnbull	1	4	---	---	---	5
C Francisco Hills	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Winston Dodge	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Kenyon Hicks	---	---	0	0	---	0
RB Donny Belanger	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Richard Pozy	---	---	24	50	14	88
CB Theodore Grennes	---	---	24	50	6	80
DE Perry Freeman	---	---	24	44	2	70
T Tommy McElroy	26	32	---	---	12	70
CB Leslie Barber	---	---	22	44	2	68
WR Josh Doctson	26	30	---	---	9	65
T John Huie	26	32	---	---	7	65
G Lamar Kennedy	26	32	---	---	7	65
C J.J. Baxter	26	32	---	---	7	65
OLB Billy Shannon	---	---	22	41	1	64
DT Arturo Brisset	---	---	22	41	---	63
WR Zachary Frederick	19	25	---	---	16	60
C Marshall Whiting	26	32	---	---	---	58
QB Eddie Curtis	26	32	---	---	---	58
WR Emmett Francis	26	30	---	---	1	57
ILB Jeremiah Dennis	---	---	21	34	1	56
S Richie Urbina	---	---	16	24	15	55
DT Taylor Padgett	---	---	21	32	1	54
TE Emmett Burnett	24	27	---	---	---	51
DE Raymond Garrison	---	---	17	31	1	49
S Devonte Scoggins	---	---	14	18	14	46
S Mason Rutledge	---	---	8	28	2	38
OLB Joshua Bible	---	---	5	13	17	35
OLB Braxton Fontenot	---	---	6	19	6	31
RB Elliot Mathews	17	14	---	---	---	31
RB Alejandro Mendola	2	10	---	---	18	30
ILB Adam Ruoff	---	---	3	17	10	30
DT Leo Sanches	---	---	3	20	6	29
CB Alonzo Roberson	---	---	6	16	5	27
TE Rod Gleason	0	0	---	---	22	22
RB Ron Holmes	7	8	---	---	5	20
FB Lincoln Greer	2	2	---	---	16	20
DE Tim Jacobs	---	---	2	13	4	19
WR Dustin Royal	2	5	---	---	10	17
TE Barry Drayton	5	9	---	---	---	14
DE Roman Delgado	---	---	2	7	1	10
K Bruce Willis	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Brett O'Neal	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Buddy Richardson	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Marc Emmons	0	0	---	---	6	6
DE Vince Briggs	---	---	0	6	---	6
OLB Damien Alchesky	---	---	2	2	1	5
QB Louie Kemp	0	0	---	---	---	0
WR Spencer Franklin	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Garrett Delgado	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Brendan Geib	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	17	5.7
Middle	15	75	5.0
Right	6	28	4.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	7	1.8
Middle	17	107	6.3
Right	5	10	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Johnathan Tubbs	48	31	4	0	2	8	5	1	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Eddie Curtis	31	15	3	0	1	5	6	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	6	31	2.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	16	179	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	8	111	8.5
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	47	47.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	1	30	7.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	57	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	61	10.2
Long (19+ Yds)	7	1	42	6.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Bert Harding	10	9	0	122	2	45
RB Blake Ballard	9	6	0	41	0	29
WR Damian Prior	8	6	1	56	0	21
WR Dave Thomson	7	4	1	83	1	40
RB Les Newsome	4	1	0	24	1	20
FB Mark Tubbs	4	2	0	6	0	14
TE Brian McGhee	2	1	0	16	0	13
WR Griffin Lyons	1	1	0	3	0	10
TE Quentin Turnbull	1	0	0	0	0	4
WR Monty Ansell	1	1	0	17	0	9

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Emmett Francis	15	5	1	40	0	30
WR Josh Doctson	4	3	0	97	3	30
WR Zachary Frederick	4	1	0	18	0	25
TE Barry Drayton	3	3	0	33	0	9
TE Emmett Burnett	2	0	0	0	0	27
RB Ron Holmes	2	2	0	2	0	8
RB Alejandro Mendola	1	1	0	0	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Blake Ballard	1	2	2.00	5.18

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Elliot Mathews	5	33	6.60	5.00
RB Ron Holmes	1	-1	-1.00	4.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Johnathan Tubbs	4	2	23	5.75	7.67

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Eddie Curtis	4	1	0	0.00	6.13

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Bert Harding	1	0	0	0.00	12.20
RB Blake Ballard	1	1	6	6.00	4.56
TE Quentin Turnbull	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Damian Prior	1	1	17	17.00	7.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Overall Avg
WR Emmett Francis	2	0	2.67
TE Emmett Burnett	1	0	0.00
RB Alejandro Mendola	1	1	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
QB Johnathan Tubbs	2	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Alejandro Mendola	2	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Johnathan Tubbs	13	8	5

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Eddie Curtis	10	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Blake Ballard	5	3	3
TE Bert Harding	4	4	1
WR Dave Thomson	2	0	0
RB Les Newsome	1	0	0
WR Damian Prior	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Emmett Francis	6	2	1
WR Zachary Frederick	2	1	1
WR Josh Doctson	1	1	1
RB Alejandro Mendola	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)