Week 9, 1979

played in New Orleans, LA

74 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	7	0	0	3	-	10
New Orleans Saints	0	0	0	7	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:26 CAR - Dave Preston 74 pass from Will Cureton (Don Cockroft extra point)
4Q: 13:35 CAR - Don Cockroft 31 field goal
4Q: 00:48 NOS - Ray Jarvis 15 pass from Don Horn (Dave Jacobs extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:26 CAR - Dave Preston 74 pass from Will Cureton (Don Cockroft extra point)
4Q: 13:35 CAR - Don Cockroft 31 field goal
4Q: 00:48 NOS - Ray Jarvis 15 pass from Don Horn (Dave Jacobs extra point)

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 4-5 2-6
First Downs 12 19
- by Rushing 6 8
- by Passing 5 10
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 273 312
- Offensive Plays 62 65
- Yards per Play 4.40 4.80
Net Rushing Yards 139 156
- Rushing Attempts 43 19
- Yards per Rush 3.23 8.21
Net Passing Yards 134 156
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 17 - 8 - 0 44 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 146 172
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 2/16
- Yards per Pass Play 7.05 3.39
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.7 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 5/40 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 2/2 2/23
Kick Returns/Yards 1/25 2/40
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 22
Time of Possession 31:06 28:54

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	4-5	2-6
First Downs	12	19
- by Rushing	6	8
- by Passing	5	10
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	273	312
- Offensive Plays	62	65
- Yards per Play	4.40	4.80
Net Rushing Yards	139	156
- Rushing Attempts	43	19
- Yards per Rush	3.23	8.21
Net Passing Yards	134	156
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	17 - 8 - 0	44 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	146	172
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	2/16
- Yards per Pass Play	7.05	3.39
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.7	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	5/40	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	2/2	2/23
Kick Returns/Yards	1/25	2/40
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 22
Time of Possession	31:06	28:54

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:54	0:54	OWN 30	3	0	Punt
1	8:54	0:43	OWN 28	2	72	Touchdown
1	6:17	1:31	OWN 37	3	4	Punt
1	0:59	1:41	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	12:14	3:08	OWN 4	5	20	Punt
2	6:36	3:22	OWN 21	5	23	Punt
2	1:49	1:49	OWN 31	7	19	Half
3	15:00	4:24	OWN 34	8	31	Punt
3	9:43	1:38	OWN 49	3	-1	Punt
3	4:27	6:00	OWN 34	14	52	Field Goal
4	10:06	3:01	OWN 1	6	49	Punt
4	4:26	1:52	OPP 48	3	3	Punt
4	0:39	0:39	OPP 40	1	-2	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:06	OWN 20	6	50	Downs
1	11:00	2:06	OWN 23	5	15	Punt
1	8:11	1:54	OWN 22	3	2	Punt
1	4:46	3:47	OWN 16	8	51	Punt
2	14:18	2:04	OWN 37	4	23	Punt
2	9:06	2:30	OWN 28	4	22	Punt
2	3:14	1:25	OWN 10	3	0	Punt
3	10:36	0:53	OWN 7	3	1	Punt
3	8:05	3:38	OWN 20	6	15	Punt
4	13:27	3:21	OWN 36	4	21	Punt
4	7:05	2:39	OWN 20	9	28	Downs
4	2:34	1:55	OWN 26	10	74	Touchdown

Game MVP: Joe Washington, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Allen Carter	22	70	3.18	11	1
Joe Washington	18	70	3.89	13	1
Will Cureton	2	1	0.50	3	0
Dave Preston	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Terdell Middleton	8	70	8.75	18	3
James Mayberry	6	29	4.83	9	0
Cleveland Franklin	3	50	16.67	32	2
Walter Landers	2	7	3.50	5	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Will Cureton	17	8	146	2/12	1	74	0	96.6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Horn	44	25	172	2/16	1	18	0	73.2

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Joe Washington	2	3	42	21.00	0	37	0
WR Dave Preston	2	3	81	40.50	73	74	1
WR Drew Pearson	1	3	14	14.00	5	14	0
WR Vic Washington	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Allen Carter	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE David Hill	1	3	2	2.00	2	2	0
WR Ted Newton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Patrick Schulz	7	10	54	7.71	6	15	0
WR Larry Wilcox	4	13	12	3.00	8	4	0
WR Mike Renfro	4	7	25	6.25	0	10	0
TE Henry Childs	3	5	22	7.33	7	18	0
TE John McMakin	2	2	23	11.50	16	16	0
WR Al Walker	2	4	18	9.00	1	15	0
RB James Mayberry	2	2	3	1.50	0	4	0
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	15	15.00	5	15	1

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Allen Carter	1	0	0	0
Noah Jackson	0	1	0	0

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Van Terry	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luke Prestridge	9	391	43.4	36.4	55	4

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dan Melville	9	344	38.2	35.8	55	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Don Cockroft	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dave Jacobs	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vic Washington	2	2	1.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Haynes	2	23	11.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vic Washington	1	25	25.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Walker	2	40	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Terry Beeson	8	4	0.0	19	45
S Tom Hannon	6	4	0.0	16	36
OLB Steve King	5	1	0.5	19	39
OLB Gary Weaver	3	2	0.5	12	13
S Glen Edwards	3	2	0.0	16	34
CB C.J. Garrett	3	1	0.0	14	40
DE Billy Howard	2	2	0.5	16	34
DE George Martin	2	0	0.5	13	30
CB Dwayne Woodruff	2	2	0.0	18	40
CB Blake Gaylor	2	0	0.0	10	34
CB Marvin Cobb	2	0	0.0	13	35
S Honor Jackson	1	1	0.0	7	31
DT Jim Wolf	1	1	0.0	12	27
DE Tony Cline	1	0	0.0	3	12
DE Dennis Johnson	1	0	0.0	6	16
ILB Bob Pifferini	1	0	0.0	1	5
DT Dominic Winstead	1	0	0.0	7	19
OLB Eric Williams	1	0	0.0	5	7

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tommy Myers	9	6	0.0	41	16
DE Greg Foggie	8	0	0.5	22	11
ILB Joe Federspiel	6	8	0.0	36	16
S Brent Sexton	4	0	0.0	30	15
CB Van Terry	3	2	0.0	25	14
CB Bo McConnell	3	1	0.0	30	10
OLB Larry Keller	3	1	0.0	15	8
DE Derek Check	2	1	0.5	31	17
DE Bill Stanfill	2	3	0.0	34	15
DT Doug Sutherland	2	2	0.0	24	8
CB Louis Wright	2	2	0.0	34	17
DE Tody Smith	2	1	0.0	32	10
OLB Tom Dinkel	2	1	0.0	24	12
OLB Pete Wysocki	1	0	1.0	23	5
S Mike Haynes	1	1	0.0	42	18
DE Al Cowlings	1	0	0.0	18	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE George Martin	0.5	1	1	2	30
OLB Steve King	0.5	0	2	4	39
DE Billy Howard	0.5	0	2	2	34
OLB Gary Weaver	0.5	0	0	0	13
DT Dominic Winstead	0.0	1	1	0	19
DE Tony Cline	0.0	0	1	1	12
DT Jim Wolf	0.0	0	1	0	27
DE Dennis Johnson	0.0	0	0	2	16

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Pete Wysocki	1.0	0	0	5
DE Derek Check	0.5	1	0	17
DE Greg Foggie	0.5	0	0	11
DE Al Cowlings	0.0	0	1	12

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Steve King	4	0	39
ILB Terry Beeson	4	0	45
S Glen Edwards	3	2	34
CB Marvin Cobb	3	2	35
CB C.J. Garrett	2	0	40
CB Blake Gaylor	2	0	34
S Tom Hannon	2	0	36
CB Dwayne Woodruff	1	1	40
DE Tony Cline	1	0	12
ILB Bob Pifferini	1	0	5
OLB Gary Weaver	1	0	13
DT Jim Wolf	1	0	27
S Honor Jackson	0	1	31

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Joe Federspiel	2	0	16
CB Bo McConnell	2	0	10
S Mike Haynes	1	2	18
S Tommy Myers	1	0	16
CB Van Terry	1	0	14
OLB Tom Dinkel	1	0	12
CB Louis Wright	0	2	17

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Noah Jackson	3	8	1	40	0	17
Lionel Antoine	2	7	0	33	0	14
Quinn Hoffman	2	5	0	38	1	16
Curtis Brown	2	5	0	28	0	9
Dan Peiffer	1	5	0	36	0	15
Jeff Williams	1	5	0	30	0	16
Dan Nugent	0	3	0	25	1	11
Burt Kobeski	0	1	0	16	0	9
Wes Hamilton	0	1	0	13	0	6
David Hill	0	1	0	35	0	13

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Babe Morgan	4	5	14	0	37
Bob Brooks	3	3	15	0	35
Steve Wilson	2	3	16	1	35
Frank Austin	2	2	17	0	39
Stephen Johnstone	0	2	5	0	9
Henry Childs	0	1	13	0	27
Rocky Freitas	0	1	4	0	11
Billy Bryan	0	1	3	0	11
Cleveland Franklin	0	1	13	0	24
Mark Nordquist	0	0	15	1	39

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Jerry Blanton	1	18
Bubba Bean	1	14
Curtis Brown	1	13
Dan Peiffer	1	10

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Cleveland Franklin	1	17
Al Walker	1	10
James Mayberry	1	6

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
C.J. Garrett	---	---	14	40	23	77
Noah Jackson	40	17	---	---	10	67
Terry Beeson	---	---	19	45	---	64
Tom Hannon	---	---	16	36	12	64
Will Cureton	43	19	---	---	1	63
Dan Peiffer	36	15	---	---	10	61
Steve King	---	---	19	39	---	58
Quinn Hoffman	38	16	---	---	4	58
Dwayne Woodruff	---	---	18	40	---	58
David Hill	35	13	---	---	9	57
Jeff Williams	30	16	---	---	10	56
Billy Howard	---	---	16	34	2	52
Glen Edwards	---	---	16	34	---	50
Curtis Brown	28	9	---	---	13	50
Blake Gaylor	---	---	10	34	5	49
Marvin Cobb	---	---	13	35	---	48
Lionel Antoine	33	14	---	---	---	47
Dan Nugent	25	11	---	---	10	46
Vic Washington	20	11	---	---	14	45
George Martin	---	---	13	30	1	44
Drew Pearson	29	13	---	---	---	42
Burt Kobeski	16	9	---	---	15	40
Dennis Johnson	---	---	6	16	17	39
Jim Wolf	---	---	12	27	---	39
Honor Jackson	---	---	7	31	---	38
Dave Preston	17	8	---	---	11	36
Joe Washington	20	15	---	---	---	35
Jeremy Wolf	15	5	---	---	11	31
Allen Carter	23	4	---	---	3	30
Dominic Winstead	---	---	7	19	2	28
Gary Weaver	---	---	12	13	---	25
Wes Hamilton	13	6	---	---	6	25
Eric Williams	---	---	5	7	11	23
Jerry Blanton	---	---	2	2	18	22
Steve Rivera	7	3	---	---	6	16
Tony Cline	---	---	3	12	---	15
Bubba Bean	0	0	---	---	14	14
Derrel Luce	---	---	0	7	5	12
Ted Newton	5	5	---	---	---	10
Bob Pifferini	---	---	1	5	3	9
Luke Prestridge	0	0	---	---	9	9
Floyd Tongue	---	---	0	0	5	5
Don Cockroft	0	0	---	---	4	4
Quentin Vaughn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bill Kenney	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rick Moser	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mike Haynes	---	---	42	18	10	70
Tom Dinkel	---	---	24	12	32	68
Tommy Myers	---	---	41	16	10	67
Don Horn	19	46	---	---	---	65
Bo McConnell	---	---	30	10	23	63
Mark Nordquist	15	39	---	---	7	61
Derek Check	---	---	31	17	9	57
Frank Austin	17	39	---	---	---	56
Cleveland Franklin	13	24	---	---	17	54
Joe Federspiel	---	---	36	16	1	53
Bill Stanfill	---	---	34	15	4	53
Louis Wright	---	---	34	17	1	52
Babe Morgan	14	37	---	---	---	51
Steve Wilson	16	35	---	---	---	51
Bob Brooks	15	35	---	---	---	50
Larry Wilcox	14	34	---	---	---	48
Brent Sexton	---	---	30	15	1	46
Van Terry	---	---	25	14	6	45
Mike Renfro	5	27	---	---	13	45
Patrick Schulz	10	29	---	---	5	44
Tody Smith	---	---	32	10	1	43
Henry Childs	13	27	---	---	2	42
Al Walker	10	22	---	---	10	42
James Mayberry	6	28	---	---	6	40
Terdell Middleton	13	19	---	---	4	36
Walter Landers	5	7	---	---	22	34
Doug Sutherland	---	---	24	8	1	33
Greg Foggie	---	---	22	11	---	33
Al Cowlings	---	---	18	12	1	31
John McMakin	6	11	---	---	14	31
Pete Wysocki	---	---	23	5	---	28
Rocky Freitas	4	11	---	---	9	24
Larry Keller	---	---	15	8	1	24
Stephen Johnstone	5	9	---	---	9	23
Billy Bryan	3	11	---	---	9	23
Rick Kay	---	---	12	5	5	22
Will Grant	4	7	---	---	9	20
Sam Claphan	2	7	---	---	2	11
Dan Melville	0	0	---	---	9	9
Derland Moore	---	---	0	0	6	6
Ray Jarvis	0	2	---	---	3	5
Dave Jacobs	0	0	---	---	2	2
Tom Wittum	0	0	---	---	---	0
Charles Swift	0	0	---	---	---	0
Neil O'Donoghue	0	0	---	---	---	0
Guy Benjamin	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	16	39	2.4
Middle	9	30	3.3
Right	17	72	4.2
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	59	11.8
Middle	6	44	7.3
Right	8	53	6.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Will Cureton	17	8	2	3	1	4	1	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Horn	44	25	0	3	0	6	8	11	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	6	125	12.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	2	21	3.0
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	35	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	39	3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	9	98	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Drew Pearson	3	1	0	14	0	13
WR Vic Washington	3	1	0	3	0	11
TE David Hill	3	1	1	2	0	13
RB Joe Washington	3	2	0	42	1	15
WR Dave Preston	3	2	0	81	1	8
WR Ted Newton	1	0	0	0	0	5
RB Allen Carter	1	1	0	4	0	4

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Larry Wilcox	13	4	12	34
WR Patrick Schulz	10	7	54	29
WR Mike Renfro	7	4	25	27
TE Henry Childs	5	3	22	27
WR Al Walker	4	2	18	22
TE John McMakin	2	2	23	11
RB James Mayberry	2	2	3	28
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	15	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Allen Carter	1	3	3.00	3.18

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Will Cureton	1	0	0	0.00	8.59

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Don Horn	3	2	15	5.00	3.91

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE David Hill	1	0	0	0.00	0.67

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Henry Childs	1	1	0	0.00	4.40
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	15	15.00	15.00
WR Mike Renfro	1	0	0	0.00	3.57

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Joe Washington	4	0
Allen Carter	2	2
Will Cureton	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
James Mayberry	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Will Cureton	6	3	3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Horn	12	6	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Joe Washington	2	1	1
WR Drew Pearson	1	0	0
WR Ted Newton	1	0	0
RB Allen Carter	1	1	1
WR Dave Preston	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Larry Wilcox	3	0	0
WR Patrick Schulz	2	1	1
WR Mike Renfro	2	1	0
RB James Mayberry	2	2	0
TE Henry Childs	1	0	0
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	1
WR Al Walker	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 43,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,200 (21,400)
End Zone 9,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,400 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,700 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	43,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,200 (21,400)
End Zone	9,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,400 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,700 (3,300)