Week 8, 2058

played in New Orleans, LA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Carolina Panthers	7	0	0	0	-	7
New Orleans Saints	0	3	3	8	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:56 CAR - Dwayne Lestage 72 interception return (Rusty Grudich extra point)
2Q: 14:16 NOS - David Ward 22 field goal
3Q: 03:56 NOS - David Ward 34 field goal
4Q: 01:05 NOS - Tony Meeber 1 pass from Jonathan Rackers (Jonathan Rackers pass to Parker Monds for conversion)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:56 CAR - Dwayne Lestage 72 interception return (Rusty Grudich extra point)
2Q: 14:16 NOS - David Ward 22 field goal
3Q: 03:56 NOS - David Ward 34 field goal
4Q: 01:05 NOS - Tony Meeber 1 pass from Jonathan Rackers (Jonathan Rackers pass to Parker Monds for conversion)

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 5-3 5-2
First Downs 10 22
- by Rushing 2 4
- by Passing 7 16
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 138 361
- Offensive Plays 52 80
- Yards per Play 2.65 4.51
Net Rushing Yards 25 46
- Rushing Attempts 17 33
- Yards per Rush 1.47 1.39
Net Passing Yards 113 315
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 14 - 1 45 - 31 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 125 329
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 2/14
- Yards per Pass Play 3.23 6.70
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/14 9/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.9 8.8
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/25 6/45
Punt Returns/Yards 2/40 4/72
Kick Returns/Yards 3/43 1/32
Interception Ret./Yards 1/72 1/28
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/1
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 34
Time of Possession 20:41 39:19

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	5-3	5-2
First Downs	10	22
- by Rushing	2	4
- by Passing	7	16
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	138	361
- Offensive Plays	52	80
- Yards per Play	2.65	4.51
Net Rushing Yards	25	46
- Rushing Attempts	17	33
- Yards per Rush	1.47	1.39
Net Passing Yards	113	315
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 14 - 1	45 - 31 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	125	329
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	2/14
- Yards per Pass Play	3.23	6.70
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/14	9/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.9	8.8
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/25	6/45
Punt Returns/Yards	2/40	4/72
Kick Returns/Yards	3/43	1/32
Interception Ret./Yards	1/72	1/28
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/1
Red Zone Visits	0	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 34
Time of Possession	20:41	39:19

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:18	0:47	OWN 48	3	1	Punt
1	7:42	2:54	OWN 11	6	29	Punt
2	14:11	4:27	OWN 23	6	20	Punt
2	4:41	2:33	OWN 20	6	36	Punt
3	15:00	3:34	OWN 25	8	38	Downs
3	8:58	1:19	OWN 20	4	11	Punt
3	3:50	2:24	OWN 25	6	21	Punt
4	12:49	0:56	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
4	10:35	0:33	OWN 31	3	0	Punt
4	5:53	1:11	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
4	0:55	0:50	OWN 23	5	10	Interception

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:15	OWN 38	4	26	Interception
1	12:45	1:27	OWN 25	3	-11	Punt
1	10:31	2:49	OWN 17	5	30	Punt
1	4:48	5:37	OWN 40	10	55	Field Goal
2	9:44	5:03	OWN 15	8	37	Punt
2	2:08	2:08	OWN 20	6	44	Missed FG
3	11:26	2:28	OWN 37	6	18	Punt
3	7:39	3:49	OPP 48	9	31	Field Goal
3	1:26	3:37	OWN 20	7	34	Punt
4	11:53	1:18	OWN 43	3	2	Punt
4	10:02	4:09	OWN 33	8	27	Punt
4	4:42	3:47	OWN 31	12	69	Touchdown
4	0:05	0:05	OPP 17	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Jonathan Rackers, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Cedric McKenzie	15	34	2.27	10	1	0
RB Avery Naranjo	2	-9	-4.50	-4	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Jessie Patterson	24	25	1.04	13	1
QB Jonathan Rackers	3	7	2.33	7	0
RB Silas Gilman	3	2	0.67	2	0
RB Tevin Kirby	2	9	4.50	8	0
RB Gavin Finch	1	3	3.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Stan Tubbs	33	14	125	2/12	0	30	1	40.6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jonathan Rackers	45	31	329	2/14	1	27	1	88.1

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Rico Clemons	4	6	17	4.25	3	15
RB Cedric McKenzie	3	4	42	14.00	29	30
WR Richie Wilhide	3	12	33	11.00	3	13
TE Nicky Hudgens	2	2	25	12.50	10	14
WR Griffin Earhart	1	1	4	4.00	3	4
WR Tre Eisenbraun	1	7	4	4.00	2	4
TE Jared Reeves	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Trey Shannon	7	9	64	9.14	37	27	0
WR Tony Meeber	6	8	50	8.33	4	20	1
WR Noah Janzen	4	5	30	7.50	2	11	0
TE Vincent Jacobs	3	3	49	16.33	19	22	0
RB Jessie Patterson	3	3	8	2.67	1	6	0
TE Marquis Fenno	3	8	39	13.00	7	19	0
TE Parker Monds	3	5	52	17.33	10	25	0
WR Raymond Benson	1	3	10	10.00	5	10	0
RB Silas Gilman	1	1	27	27.00	19	27	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Dwayne Lestage	1	72	72.00	1

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Trenton Garmon	1	28	28.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Cedric McKenzie	1	0	0
T T.J. Probin	0	1	0
DE Gino Hoke	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Jonathan Rackers	1	0	0
TE Marquis Fenno	0	1	0
S Justin Rhodes	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bobby Wheeler	9	413	45.9	33.4	61	3

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Norman Banks	7	323	46.1	29.0	56	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rusty Grudich	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Ward	2/3	0/1	0/1	34	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Richie Wilhide	2	40	20.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Raymond Benson	4	72	18.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tre Eisenbraun	3	43	14.3	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Raymond Benson	1	32	32.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dwayne Lestage	8	3	0.0	33	47
S Doug Winn	8	3	0.0	33	47
ILB Cedric Powell	8	1	0.0	33	29
OLB Miles Hammer	7	4	0.0	33	46
CB Roger Espinal	5	3	0.0	33	47
DE Ryan Rodgers	4	1	0.0	29	40
CB Gabriel Stevens	4	0	0.0	31	47
DE Gino Hoke	3	0	1.0	29	44
DT Spencer Spetz	3	0	0.0	26	31
CB Dakota Peace	3	0	0.0	0	16
DT Julian Ferderer	2	2	0.0	22	16
OLB Joel Flowers	2	1	0.0	12	11
OLB Darren Shea	2	0	0.0	8	21
CB Calvin Griffin	2	0	0.0	21	17
OLB Mickey Vaughn	1	0	1.0	0	5
DE Darryl Smith	1	0	0.0	9	13
WR Tre Eisenbraun	1	0	---	---	---
DT Cameron Sweeney	0	1	0.0	9	23

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Ernie Brown	5	1	1.0	17	30
S Justin Rhodes	4	2	0.0	17	35
DE Devan Jeffries	4	0	0.0	17	31
CB Zach Schafer	3	2	0.0	16	35
CB Trey Dircks	3	0	0.0	17	33
CB Dillon Akiyama	2	1	0.0	12	30
DT Buddy Bumgarner	2	1	0.0	14	18
OLB Trenton Garmon	2	1	0.0	13	28
CB Walt Galloway	2	0	0.0	3	6
S Kelvin Yockey	2	0	0.0	4	5
DE Edwin Cobb	1	1	0.5	13	18
DE Stan Shepherd	1	0	0.5	4	21
S Rickey Emack	1	0	0.0	11	26
ILB Marco Nichols	0	1	0.0	6	8
OLB Ed Sutton	0	1	0.0	11	11

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Gino Hoke	1.0	1	4	44
OLB Mickey Vaughn	1.0	0	0	5
DE Ryan Rodgers	0.0	2	0	40
DT Cameron Sweeney	0.0	1	0	23
DT Julian Ferderer	0.0	0	1	16
OLB Darren Shea	0.0	0	1	21

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Ernie Brown	1.0	0	0	0	30
DE Edwin Cobb	0.5	1	3	1	18
DE Stan Shepherd	0.5	0	1	1	21
OLB Butch Triplett	0.0	1	1	1	20
DE Devan Jeffries	0.0	0	2	0	31
OLB Trenton Garmon	0.0	0	1	0	28
DT Buddy Bumgarner	0.0	0	0	2	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Cedric Powell	6	0	0	29
S Dwayne Lestage	5	1	1	47
OLB Miles Hammer	4	1	0	46
S Doug Winn	3	0	0	47
CB Roger Espinal	3	0	0	47
CB Dakota Peace	3	0	0	16
CB Gabriel Stevens	2	1	0	47
CB Calvin Griffin	2	0	0	17
OLB Joel Flowers	2	0	0	11
OLB Darren Shea	1	0	0	21
OLB Mickey Vaughn	0	1	0	5

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Trey Dircks	3	2	0	33
S Justin Rhodes	2	1	0	35
CB Zach Schafer	2	1	0	35
CB Dillon Akiyama	1	2	0	30
OLB Trenton Garmon	1	0	1	28
ILB Ernie Brown	1	0	0	30
DE Devan Jeffries	1	0	0	31
S Rickey Emack	1	0	0	26
OLB Ed Sutton	1	0	0	11
S Kelvin Yockey	1	0	0	5

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Bill Murack	2	7	17	0	35
T T.J. Probin	1	5	17	1	35
C Jameson Money	1	3	17	0	35
G Harold Pinto	0	2	17	0	35
RB Cedric McKenzie	0	0	15	1	30

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Warren Cothern	2	8	33	0	47
T Philip Berry	2	7	33	0	47
C DeAndre Becker	2	5	33	1	47
G Conrad Barrett	1	5	33	0	47
G Roman Sawyer	0	5	33	1	47

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Nicky Hudgens	1	22
Mickey Vaughn	1	22
Roger Espinal	1	21
Gabriel Stevens	1	14
Trenton Austin	1	9

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Vincent Jacobs	2	25
Zach Schafer	2	11
Jimmie Huntley	1	18

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Roger Espinal	---	---	33	47	21	101
S Dwayne Lestage	---	---	33	47	16	96
CB Gabriel Stevens	---	---	31	47	14	92
S Doug Winn	---	---	33	47	10	90
OLB Miles Hammer	---	---	33	46	3	82
DE Gino Hoke	---	---	29	44	1	74
TE Nicky Hudgens	17	35	---	---	22	74
DE Ryan Rodgers	---	---	29	40	3	72
DT Spencer Spetz	---	---	26	31	9	66
ILB Cedric Powell	---	---	33	29	1	63
T T.J. Probin	17	35	---	---	9	61
G Bill Murack	17	35	---	---	9	61
WR Richie Wilhide	16	35	---	---	7	58
WR Rico Clemons	17	35	---	---	---	52
QB Stan Tubbs	17	35	---	---	---	52
C Jameson Money	17	35	---	---	---	52
G Harold Pinto	17	35	---	---	---	52
T Alfred Lee	17	35	---	---	---	52
RB Cedric McKenzie	15	30	---	---	2	47
WR Tre Eisenbraun	13	26	---	---	4	43
DT Julian Ferderer	---	---	22	16	1	39
CB Calvin Griffin	---	---	21	17	1	39
DE Darryl Smith	---	---	9	13	12	34
DT Cameron Sweeney	---	---	9	23	1	33
OLB Darren Shea	---	---	8	21	3	32
CB Dakota Peace	---	---	0	16	14	30
RB Avery Naranjo	2	4	---	---	22	28
OLB Mickey Vaughn	---	---	0	5	22	27
OLB Joel Flowers	---	---	12	11	---	23
DE Nicky Smith	---	---	0	13	2	15
WR Gino Buckner	0	0	---	---	13	13
WR Griffin Earhart	2	4	---	---	4	10
TE Jared Reeves	1	5	---	---	4	10
C Terrell Bullock	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Bobby Wheeler	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Trenton Austin	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Terrance Salerno	0	0	---	---	9	9
CB Oliver Sailer	---	---	2	4	1	7
RB Kris Santiago	1	1	---	---	4	6
FB Chad Justus	1	0	---	---	2	3
K Rusty Grudich	0	0	---	---	2	2
QB A.J. Sanford	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Tyrell Naeole	---	---	0	0	---	0
TE Kody Taylor	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Nicolas Lynn	---	---	0	0	---	0
S Marcus Woodson	---	---	0	0	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
C DeAndre Becker	33	47	---	---	11	91
T Warren Cothern	33	47	---	---	10	90
G Roman Sawyer	33	47	---	---	10	90
T Philip Berry	33	47	---	---	10	90
G Conrad Barrett	33	47	---	---	10	90
WR Trey Shannon	32	47	---	---	2	81
QB Jonathan Rackers	33	47	---	---	---	80
WR Tony Meeber	26	39	---	---	6	71
RB Jessie Patterson	25	39	---	---	---	64
CB Zach Schafer	---	---	16	35	11	62
CB Trey Dircks	---	---	17	33	11	61
TE Marquis Fenno	27	33	---	---	---	60
S Justin Rhodes	---	---	17	35	---	52
DE Devan Jeffries	---	---	17	31	---	48
ILB Ernie Brown	---	---	17	30	---	47
TE Vincent Jacobs	5	15	---	---	25	45
OLB Ed Sutton	---	---	11	11	22	44
CB Dillon Akiyama	---	---	12	30	---	42
WR Raymond Benson	11	19	---	---	11	41
OLB Trenton Garmon	---	---	13	28	---	41
DE Edwin Cobb	---	---	13	18	9	40
WR Noah Janzen	18	20	---	---	---	38
S Rickey Emack	---	---	11	26	---	37
DT Buddy Bumgarner	---	---	14	18	---	32
RB Silas Gilman	4	2	---	---	25	31
DT Arnold Dorf	---	---	3	17	9	29
DE Stan Shepherd	---	---	4	21	---	25
CB Walt Galloway	---	---	3	6	15	24
OLB Butch Triplett	---	---	3	20	---	23
ILB Lamar Bruce	---	---	5	5	11	21
TE Parker Monds	7	13	---	---	---	20
WR Jimmie Huntley	0	0	---	---	18	18
CB Cory Ethridge	---	---	0	5	13	18
ILB Marco Nichols	---	---	6	8	---	14
TE Brian Lonier	5	6	---	---	---	11
C Maurice Wiggins	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Norman Banks	0	0	---	---	10	10
RB Gavin Finch	1	0	---	---	9	10
S Kelvin Yockey	---	---	4	5	---	9
K David Ward	0	0	---	---	7	7
RB Tevin Kirby	4	2	---	---	---	6
DE Clayton Chestnut	---	---	1	3	---	4
T Rick Patton	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Alejandro Sapolu	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Gustavo Fuller	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Ed McBriar	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	-6	-1.5
Middle	8	21	2.6
Right	5	10	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	-10	-0.9
Middle	13	38	2.9
Right	8	19	2.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Stan Tubbs	33	14	1	2	0	6	8	5	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jonathan Rackers	45	31	6	2	3	4	4	6	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	-2	-0.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	7	76	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	4	51	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	15	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	14	142	8.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	20	12	147	7.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	25	5.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Richie Wilhide	12	3	33	0	35
WR Tre Eisenbraun	7	1	4	0	26
WR Rico Clemons	6	4	17	0	35
RB Cedric McKenzie	4	3	42	1	30
TE Nicky Hudgens	2	2	25	0	35
WR Griffin Earhart	1	1	4	0	4
TE Jared Reeves	1	0	0	0	5

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Trey Shannon	9	7	0	64	1	47
WR Tony Meeber	8	6	0	50	1	39
TE Marquis Fenno	8	3	1	39	0	33
WR Noah Janzen	5	4	0	30	0	20
TE Parker Monds	5	3	1	52	2	13
TE Vincent Jacobs	3	3	0	49	1	15
WR Raymond Benson	3	1	1	10	0	19
RB Jessie Patterson	3	3	0	8	0	39
RB Silas Gilman	1	1	0	27	1	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Jessie Patterson	2	-6	-3.00	1.04
QB Jonathan Rackers	1	-1	-1.00	2.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jonathan Rackers	6	4	17	2.83	7.31

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Noah Janzen	1	1	9	9.00	6.00
WR Tony Meeber	1	1	1	1.00	6.25
WR Raymond Benson	1	0	0	0.00	3.33
RB Jessie Patterson	1	1	1	1.00	2.67
TE Marquis Fenno	1	0	0	0.00	4.88
TE Parker Monds	1	1	6	6.00	10.40

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
RB Cedric McKenzie	2	2

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Tevin Kirby	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Stan Tubbs	11	3	1

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jonathan Rackers	16	11	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Richie Wilhide	4	0	0
WR Rico Clemons	3	1	0
WR Tre Eisenbraun	3	1	0
TE Nicky Hudgens	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Trey Shannon	5	3	3
TE Marquis Fenno	4	2	2
WR Noah Janzen	3	2	1
WR Tony Meeber	1	1	0
WR Raymond Benson	1	1	1
RB Jessie Patterson	1	1	0
TE Parker Monds	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 97,200 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 24,200 (25,300)
End Zone 18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 15,200 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,200 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	97,200 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	24,200 (25,300)
End Zone	18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	15,200 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,200 (9,900)