Week 8, 1975

played in New Orleans, LA

63 degrees, rain, 7 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	3	7	0	10	-	20
New Orleans Saints	0	6	7	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:19 CAR - Don Cockroft 18 field goal
2Q: 13:13 CAR - Vic Washington 10 pass from Dale Zorn (Don Cockroft extra point)
2Q: 09:15 NOS - Ross Robertson 44 field goal
2Q: 00:13 NOS - Ross Robertson 18 field goal
3Q: 07:06 NOS - John Hadl 2 run (Ross Robertson extra point)
4Q: 13:07 CAR - Don Cockroft 24 field goal
4Q: 00:22 CAR - Vic Washington 3 run (Don Cockroft extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:19 CAR - Don Cockroft 18 field goal
2Q: 13:13 CAR - Vic Washington 10 pass from Dale Zorn (Don Cockroft extra point)
2Q: 09:15 NOS - Ross Robertson 44 field goal
2Q: 00:13 NOS - Ross Robertson 18 field goal
3Q: 07:06 NOS - John Hadl 2 run (Ross Robertson extra point)
4Q: 13:07 CAR - Don Cockroft 24 field goal
4Q: 00:22 CAR - Vic Washington 3 run (Don Cockroft extra point)

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 1-7 1-7
First Downs 28 13
- by Rushing 10 2
- by Passing 16 9
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 451 208
- Offensive Plays 75 50
- Yards per Play 6.01 4.16
Net Rushing Yards 193 38
- Rushing Attempts 39 10
- Yards per Rush 4.95 3.80
Net Passing Yards 258 170
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 30 - 2 39 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 258 176
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 7.17 4.25
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.9 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 12/115 5/28
Punt Returns/Yards 1/7 2/14
Kick Returns/Yards 3/82 2/32
Interception Ret./Yards 1/7 2/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 30
Time of Possession 38:54 21:06

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	1-7	1-7
First Downs	28	13
- by Rushing	10	2
- by Passing	16	9
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	451	208
- Offensive Plays	75	50
- Yards per Play	6.01	4.16
Net Rushing Yards	193	38
- Rushing Attempts	39	10
- Yards per Rush	4.95	3.80
Net Passing Yards	258	170
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 30 - 2	39 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	258	176
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	7.17	4.25
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.9	8.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	12/115	5/28
Punt Returns/Yards	1/7	2/14
Kick Returns/Yards	3/82	2/32
Interception Ret./Yards	1/7	2/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 30
Time of Possession	38:54	21:06

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:08	7:55	OWN 27	12	72	Field Goal
1	5:17	5:25	OWN 1	11	76	Missed FG
2	14:43	1:40	OPP 36	3	36	Touchdown
2	9:07	3:51	OWN 8	7	22	Punt
2	3:50	1:50	OWN 10	3	7	Punt
2	1:25	0:59	OWN 5	3	8	Interception
3	15:00	2:00	OWN 36	3	9	Punt
3	6:55	8:56	OWN 25	15	68	Field Goal
4	9:23	2:12	OPP 41	3	7	Missed FG
4	5:34	1:38	OWN 20	5	14	Interception
4	2:54	2:39	OWN 37	12	63	Touchdown

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:52	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	6:13	0:56	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	14:52	0:09	OWN 30	1	0	Interception
2	13:03	3:56	OWN 29	9	44	Field Goal
2	5:16	1:26	OWN 38	5	6	Punt
2	2:00	0:35	OWN 46	3	0	Punt
2	0:26	0:20	OPP 20	1	19	Field Goal
3	13:00	6:05	OWN 14	11	86	Touchdown
4	12:59	3:36	OWN 12	7	40	Punt
4	7:11	1:37	OWN 41	3	5	Punt
4	3:56	1:02	OWN 18	3	9	Punt
4	0:15	0:15	OWN 20	2	0	Game

Game MVP: Vic Washington, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Vic Washington	21	78	3.71	19	1	1
Essex Johnson	17	113	6.65	29	4	0
Dale Zorn	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Matt Muhammad	5	27	5.40	15	1	0
Jim Kiick	4	9	2.25	5	0	0
John Hadl	1	2	2.00	2	0	1

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dale Zorn	36	30	258	0/0	1	21	2	82.6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Archie Manning	23	10	95	1/6	0	21	1	37.4
John Hadl	16	9	81	0/0	0	20	0	70.0

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Drew Pearson	6	10	43	7.17	0	11	0
WR John Fuqua	5	5	60	12.00	15	21	0
WR Vic Washington	5	5	39	7.80	12	15	1
WR David Knight	4	4	42	10.50	8	16	0
RB Essex Johnson	3	4	19	6.33	5	10	0
FB Hugh McKinnis	3	3	34	11.33	13	13	0
TE Richard Hooper	2	2	6	3.00	0	3	0
TE Andrew James	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0
WR Harold Jaeger	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Mike Strachan	8	12	92	11.50	8	21
WR Larry Wilcox	4	9	30	7.50	0	12
RB Jim Kiick	3	5	28	9.33	10	12
TE Henry Childs	1	2	10	10.00	0	10
RB Sam Cunningham	1	3	8	8.00	3	8
FB Marc LaBounty	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
WR Tony Galloway	1	4	4	4.00	2	4
WR Bob Grim	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
TE Billy Wilhide	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Gary Weaver	1	7	7.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Tommy Myers	1	0	0.00	0
S Tracy Hanks	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov
Hugh McKinnis	1	1
Essex Johnson	1	0
Noah Jackson	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Tommy Myers	0	0	1	0
Robbie Magana	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John James	3	124	41.3	36.7	47	1

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Eischeid	7	314	44.9	41.0	73	3

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Don Cockroft	2/4	0/2	0/1	24	2/2

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ross Robertson	2/2	1/1	0/0	44	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glen Edwards	1	7	7.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Larry Wilcox	2	14	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Essex Johnson	2	53	26.5	0
Vic Washington	1	29	29.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bob Grim	2	32	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Glen Edwards	7	0	0.0	10	37
OLB Gary Weaver	5	1	0.0	9	39
DT Jim Wolf	2	0	1.0	7	28
S Honor Jackson	2	1	0.0	7	38
CB Marvin Cobb	2	1	0.0	8	33
S Edddie Brown	2	0	0.0	3	4
OLB Steve King	2	0	0.0	9	38
ILB Bob Pifferini	2	0	0.0	2	2
CB C.J. Garrett	1	2	0.0	10	35
CB J.T. Thomas	1	1	0.0	8	38
DT Floyd Tongue	1	1	0.0	9	34
RB Essex Johnson	1	0	---	---	---
WR Drew Pearson	1	0	---	---	---
CB Terry Schmidt	1	0	0.0	0	11
OLB Derrel Luce	0	1	0.0	1	0

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Joe Federspiel	13	1	0.0	38	34
OLB Tommy Nobis	8	0	0.0	21	14
OLB Sammy Everett	7	1	0.0	32	32
S Tommy Myers	7	0	0.0	39	36
CB Alex Kirk	6	1	0.0	26	27
CB Robbie Magana	4	3	0.0	37	35
DE Billy Newsome	4	1	0.0	35	36
S Lenny Richard	3	4	0.0	24	26
CB Louis Wright	3	4	0.0	37	34
DE Karl Lorch	3	1	0.0	12	6
S Jack Mildren	3	1	0.0	13	5
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	2	1	0.0	38	35
DT Ricardo Browning	1	1	0.0	23	24
RB Sam Cunningham	1	0	---	---	---
DT Derland Moore	1	0	0.0	37	36
DT Harris Malinowski	1	0	0.0	11	8
OLB Fulton Kuykendall	0	1	0.0	1	0

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jim Wolf	1.0	0	1	0	28
DE Dennis Johnson	0.0	1	2	1	37
DT Floyd Tongue	0.0	0	2	0	34
DE George Martin	0.0	0	2	0	38

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Sammy Everett	0.0	1	0	0	32
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	0.0	0	1	0	35

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Glen Edwards	5	0	0	37
OLB Gary Weaver	3	0	1	39
OLB Steve King	2	1	0	38
S Honor Jackson	2	0	0	38
ILB Bob Pifferini	2	0	0	2
CB C.J. Garrett	1	3	0	35
CB Marvin Cobb	1	2	0	33
S Edddie Brown	1	0	0	4
CB Terry Schmidt	1	0	0	11
CB J.T. Thomas	1	0	0	38

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Sammy Everett	6	0	0	32
ILB Joe Federspiel	5	0	0	34
OLB Tommy Nobis	5	0	0	14
CB Alex Kirk	4	0	0	27
S Tommy Myers	3	0	1	36
CB Louis Wright	2	1	0	34
CB Robbie Magana	2	0	0	35
DE Karl Lorch	1	0	0	6
S Jack Mildren	1	0	0	5
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	1	0	0	35
S Tracy Hanks	0	0	1	3

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Noah Jackson	4	8	0	35	30
Quinn Hoffman	2	5	0	33	31
Bob Kuziel	2	3	0	22	18
Steve Riley	1	10	0	36	34
Julio Bauer	1	5	0	29	26
Paul Laaveg	1	4	0	14	16
Hugh McKinnis	1	1	1	26	23
Dave Dalby	1	1	0	17	18
Richard Hooper	0	1	0	21	26

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Thurman Cowley	1	2	6	0	28
John Demarie	0	5	8	1	35
Bruce Rasmussen	0	1	4	0	17
Stephen Johnstone	0	1	10	0	34

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Hugh McKinnis	1	19
Glen Edwards	1	18
John Fuqua	1	15
Brian Molinaro	1	9

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Matt Muhammad	1	21
Chester Kuehl	1	21
Alex Kirk	1	16
Mike Strachan	1	8

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dale Zorn	39	36	---	---	---	75
Steve Riley	36	34	---	---	3	73
Noah Jackson	35	30	---	---	7	72
Hugh McKinnis	26	23	---	---	19	68
Glen Edwards	---	---	10	37	18	65
Quinn Hoffman	33	31	---	---	---	64
Andrew James	29	26	---	---	8	63
Richard Hooper	21	26	---	---	14	61
Julio Bauer	29	26	---	---	3	58
Drew Pearson	30	27	---	---	---	57
J.T. Thomas	---	---	8	38	10	56
Essex Johnson	18	15	---	---	22	55
Steve King	---	---	9	38	3	50
Gary Weaver	---	---	9	39	2	50
John Fuqua	16	18	---	---	15	49
David Knight	17	16	---	---	16	49
George Martin	---	---	8	38	2	48
Honor Jackson	---	---	7	38	2	47
Dennis Johnson	---	---	9	37	1	47
Vic Washington	21	21	---	---	4	46
C.J. Garrett	---	---	10	35	1	46
Floyd Tongue	---	---	9	34	3	46
Marvin Cobb	---	---	8	33	2	43
Dave Dalby	17	18	---	---	7	42
Bob Kuziel	22	18	---	---	1	41
Paul Laaveg	14	16	---	---	7	37
Jim Wolf	---	---	7	28	2	37
Dave Washington	---	---	3	9	15	27
Kenny Frame	9	7	---	---	7	23
Terry Schmidt	---	---	0	11	10	21
Harold Jaeger	15	6	---	---	---	21
Mike Fanning	---	---	4	12	5	21
Tony Cline	---	---	3	5	6	14
Isaac Curtis	2	2	---	---	8	12
Bob Pifferini	---	---	2	2	8	12
Don Cockroft	0	0	---	---	9	9
Brian Molinaro	0	0	---	---	9	9
Kenyon Hill	---	---	0	1	7	8
Edddie Brown	---	---	3	4	---	7
Sam Monson	---	---	0	0	7	7
Derrel Luce	---	---	1	0	5	6
Gerald Rasberry	0	0	---	---	4	4
John James	0	0	---	---	3	3
Karl Lynch	---	---	0	1	---	1
Tony Adams	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jamie Castillo	---	---	0	0	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tommy Myers	---	---	39	36	5	80
Shawn Hollingsworth	---	---	38	35	4	77
Joe Federspiel	---	---	38	34	4	76
Derland Moore	---	---	37	36	3	76
Robbie Magana	---	---	37	35	4	76
Billy Newsome	---	---	35	36	4	75
Louis Wright	---	---	37	34	4	75
Alex Kirk	---	---	26	27	16	69
Sammy Everett	---	---	32	32	4	68
Lenny Richard	---	---	24	26	3	53
Ricardo Browning	---	---	23	24	5	52
Mike Strachan	8	31	---	---	8	47
Cas Banaszek	8	33	---	---	4	45
John Demarie	8	35	---	---	1	44
Matt Muhammad	6	17	---	---	21	44
Stephen Johnstone	10	34	---	---	---	44
Thurman Cowley	6	28	---	---	6	40
Henry Childs	4	26	---	---	7	37
Tommy Nobis	---	---	21	14	2	37
Randy Rasmussen	6	22	---	---	9	37
Larry Wilcox	4	30	---	---	3	37
Sam Cunningham	5	23	---	---	8	36
Tony Galloway	8	16	---	---	12	36
Clarence Hironaka	7	24	---	---	5	36
Jim Kiick	4	24	---	---	5	33
Bob Grim	5	19	---	---	5	29
Archie Manning	5	24	---	---	---	29
Bruce Rasmussen	4	17	---	---	8	29
Billy Wilhide	4	6	---	---	16	26
John Hadl	5	16	---	---	2	23
Richard Sims	2	5	---	---	14	21
Chester Kuehl	---	---	0	0	21	21
Harris Malinowski	---	---	11	8	1	20
Jack Mildren	---	---	13	5	1	19
Karl Lorch	---	---	12	6	---	18
J.B. Aarhus	1	7	---	---	9	17
Marc LaBounty	0	3	---	---	11	14
Carl Gersbach	---	---	1	2	10	13
Tracy Hanks	---	---	1	3	8	12
Mike Eischeid	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jim White	---	---	1	1	5	7
Ross Robertson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Fulton Kuykendall	---	---	1	0	4	5
Jermaine Maier	---	---	2	2	---	4
Bobby Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	31	3.1
Middle	17	94	5.5
Right	12	68	5.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	5	1.7
Middle	4	10	2.5
Right	3	23	7.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dale Zorn	36	30	1	1	0	1	1	0	2

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Archie Manning	23	10	1	3	0	2	6	1	1
John Hadl	16	9	1	2	0	4	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	20	147	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	10	111	9.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	19	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	4	26	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	9	90	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	9	2	41	4.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Drew Pearson	10	6	43	0	27
WR John Fuqua	5	5	60	1	18
WR Vic Washington	5	5	39	0	21
RB Essex Johnson	4	3	19	0	15
WR David Knight	4	4	42	0	16
FB Hugh McKinnis	3	3	34	0	23
WR Harold Jaeger	2	1	6	0	6
TE Richard Hooper	2	2	6	0	26
TE Andrew James	1	1	9	0	26

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Mike Strachan	12	8	92	2	31
WR Larry Wilcox	9	4	30	0	30
RB Jim Kiick	5	3	28	0	24
WR Tony Galloway	4	1	4	0	16
RB Sam Cunningham	3	1	8	0	23
TE Henry Childs	2	1	10	0	26
WR Bob Grim	2	0	0	0	19
FB Marc LaBounty	1	1	4	0	3
TE Billy Wilhide	1	0	0	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Essex Johnson	4	8	2.00	6.65
Vic Washington	4	14	3.50	3.71
Dale Zorn	1	2	2.00	2.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
John Hadl	1	2	2.00	2.00
Matt Muhammad	1	3	3.00	5.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dale Zorn	7	6	41	5.86	7.17

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
John Hadl	1	0	0	0.00	5.06

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Essex Johnson	2	1	3	1.50	4.75
WR David Knight	2	2	15	7.50	10.50
WR Drew Pearson	2	2	13	6.50	4.30
WR Vic Washington	1	1	10	10.00	7.80

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tony Galloway	1	0	0	0.00	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Vic Washington	2	1
Essex Johnson	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dale Zorn	11	8	5

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Archie Manning	6	3	1
John Hadl	4	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR John Fuqua	2	2	1
FB Hugh McKinnis	2	2	2
WR Drew Pearson	2	0	0
WR Vic Washington	2	2	1
RB Essex Johnson	1	1	0
WR Harold Jaeger	1	0	0
TE Richard Hooper	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Larry Wilcox	3	0	0
RB Mike Strachan	3	3	1
RB Jim Kiick	2	1	1
WR Tony Galloway	2	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 50,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,100 (21,400)
End Zone 11,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,700 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	50,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,100 (21,400)
End Zone	11,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,700 (3,300)