Week 8, 1981

played in New Orleans, LA

72 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	3	3	0	13	-	19
New Orleans Saints	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:42 CAR - Don Cockroft 40 field goal
1Q: 03:03 NOS - Wayne Mosley 6 run (Dave Jacobs extra point)
2Q: 14:04 CAR - Don Cockroft 46 field goal
4Q: 14:23 CAR - Carlos Spencer 3 run (Don Cockroft extra point)
4Q: 09:19 CAR - Don Cockroft 51 field goal
4Q: 00:36 CAR - Don Cockroft 33 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:42 CAR - Don Cockroft 40 field goal
1Q: 03:03 NOS - Wayne Mosley 6 run (Dave Jacobs extra point)
2Q: 14:04 CAR - Don Cockroft 46 field goal
4Q: 14:23 CAR - Carlos Spencer 3 run (Don Cockroft extra point)
4Q: 09:19 CAR - Don Cockroft 51 field goal
4Q: 00:36 CAR - Don Cockroft 33 field goal

Team Statistics CAR NOS
Record 6-2 2-6
First Downs 26 16
- by Rushing 12 10
- by Passing 12 5
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 397 237
- Offensive Plays 75 48
- Yards per Play 5.29 4.94
Net Rushing Yards 216 162
- Rushing Attempts 41 19
- Yards per Rush 5.27 8.53
Net Passing Yards 181 75
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 19 - 0 28 - 12 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 204 80
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/23 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 5.32 2.59
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.1 10.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/41 8/50
Punt Returns/Yards 2/17 1/7
Kick Returns/Yards 2/45 2/53
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 21
Time of Possession 38:07 21:53

Team Statistics	CAR	NOS
Record	6-2	2-6
First Downs	26	16
- by Rushing	12	10
- by Passing	12	5
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	397	237
- Offensive Plays	75	48
- Yards per Play	5.29	4.94
Net Rushing Yards	216	162
- Rushing Attempts	41	19
- Yards per Rush	5.27	8.53
Net Passing Yards	181	75
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 19 - 0	28 - 12 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	204	80
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/23	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	5.32	2.59
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.1	10.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/41	8/50
Punt Returns/Yards	2/17	1/7
Kick Returns/Yards	2/45	2/53
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 21
Time of Possession	38:07	21:53

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:57	OWN 39	5	11	Punt
1	9:31	2:55	OWN 38	6	39	Field Goal
1	2:57	4:00	OWN 29	7	42	Field Goal
2	12:17	4:38	OWN 36	9	41	Fumble
2	4:56	4:56	OWN 4	11	68	Half
3	12:37	4:13	OWN 22	7	31	Punt
3	5:03	5:50	OWN 13	11	87	Touchdown
4	12:28	0:55	OWN 9	3	5	Punt
4	11:20	2:07	50	5	16	Field Goal
4	7:32	3:12	OWN 22	4	32	Punt
4	2:12	1:41	OPP 39	7	23	Field Goal

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:03	1:32	OWN 11	3	8	Punt
1	6:36	3:39	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
2	13:57	1:40	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
2	7:39	2:43	OWN 23	5	28	Punt
3	15:00	2:23	OWN 20	5	13	Punt
3	8:24	3:21	OWN 5	7	38	Punt
4	14:13	1:45	OWN 48	3	-14	Punt
4	11:33	0:13	OWN 38	1	0	Interception
4	9:13	1:41	OWN 20	4	16	Punt
4	4:20	2:08	OWN 4	8	35	Downs
4	0:31	0:31	OWN 25	2	11	Game

Game MVP: Don Cockroft, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Po James	19	115	6.05	27	2	0
Carlos Spencer	18	86	4.78	20	2	1
Dave Preston	2	12	6.00	13	1	0
Steve Rivera	1	2	2.00	2	0	0
Curtis Brown	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Wayne Mosley	10	91	9.10	20	5	1
James Mayberry	6	51	8.50	15	4	0
Warren Moon	3	20	6.67	12	1	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Kenney	31	19	204	3/23	0	24	0	80.6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Warren Moon	28	12	80	1/5	0	14	1	35.4

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Dave Preston	6	8	77	12.83	46	24
TE David Hill	4	6	49	12.25	14	17
WR Drew Pearson	3	5	37	12.33	14	19
WR Carlos Carson	2	5	6	3.00	0	3
TE Junior Miller	2	2	18	9.00	0	14
RB Carlos Spencer	1	2	6	6.00	0	6
FB Curtis Brown	1	1	11	11.00	0	11
WR Steve Rivera	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE M.L. Harris	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Art Monk	5	9	36	7.20	12	13
WR Al Walker	3	6	21	7.00	0	12
RB Wayne Mosley	1	3	1	1.00	0	1
FB Vincent Horton	1	1	2	2.00	1	2
WR Larry Wilcox	1	2	14	14.00	0	14
RB James Mayberry	1	2	6	6.00	0	6
TE Raymond Chester	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
TE Henry Childs	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
RB Larry Heater	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Jackie Derlange	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Bill Kenney	1	1	0	0
Carlos Spencer	1	0	0	0

New Orleans	Recov	Force
John Woodcock	1	0
Gary Dunn	0	1
Rick Razzano	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luke Prestridge	4	178	44.5	42.8	48	3

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dan Melville	7	330	47.1	44.7	52	4

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Don Cockroft	4/4	3/3	1/1	51	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
Danny Colbert	2	17	8.5	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Walker	1	7	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glen Edwards	1	21	21.0	0
Po James	1	24	24.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Walker	2	53	26.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Steve King	5	1	0.0	18	28
ILB Terry Beeson	5	1	0.0	10	23
DT Jim Wolf	4	1	1.0	18	21
CB Jackie Derlange	3	2	0.0	16	24
S Carlton Williamson	3	1	0.0	11	19
S Tom Hannon	2	1	0.0	16	20
S Glen Edwards	2	0	0.0	14	23
OLB Andy Selfridge	2	0	0.0	9	5
CB J.T. Thomas	1	1	0.0	16	24
S Ray Brown	1	0	0.0	1	12
CB Danny Colbert	1	0	0.0	10	12
DE Billy Howard	1	0	0.0	11	22
OLB Guy Frazier	1	0	0.0	12	16
ILB Skip Wilcox	0	1	0.0	2	0
DT Floyd Tongue	0	1	0.0	9	15
DE George Martin	0	1	0.0	16	27

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Rick Razzano	13	1	0.0	36	30
S Tommy Myers	10	3	0.0	31	31
DE Tony Cline	6	1	0.0	30	26
ILB Kim Bokamper	5	3	0.0	29	25
OLB Lawrence Taylor	4	4	1.5	20	18
DT Gary Dunn	4	1	1.0	27	28
S Brent Sexton	4	2	0.0	21	21
S Doug Jones	3	1	0.5	35	25
CB Nathan Conrady	3	2	0.0	30	26
S Mike Haynes	2	1	0.0	35	23
CB Louis Wright	2	0	0.0	27	21
DT Derland Moore	1	2	0.0	28	25
DE Ken Kennard	1	2	0.0	28	19
OLB Pete Wysocki	1	1	0.0	3	2
S Tim Baylor	1	1	0.0	13	17
WR Larry Wilcox	1	0	---	---	---
DE Ben Williams	1	0	0.0	11	8
DT John Woodcock	1	0	0.0	27	21

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jim Wolf	1.0	0	0	21
OLB Steve King	0.0	3	1	28
DT Floyd Tongue	0.0	2	0	15
DE Billy Howard	0.0	1	0	22
DE George Martin	0.0	1	0	27
OLB Guy Frazier	0.0	1	0	16

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Lawrence Taylor	1.5	0	0	18
DT Gary Dunn	1.0	1	0	28
S Doug Jones	0.5	1	0	25
DE Tony Cline	0.0	1	1	26

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Terry Beeson	3	0	0	23
S Carlton Williamson	3	0	0	19
CB Jackie Derlange	1	1	1	24
CB Danny Colbert	1	1	0	12
CB J.T. Thomas	1	1	0	24
S Ray Brown	1	0	0	12
S Tom Hannon	1	0	0	20
OLB Guy Frazier	1	0	0	16
S Glen Edwards	0	1	0	23
S Dave Waymer	0	1	0	21

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Tommy Myers	6	0	31
ILB Kim Bokamper	4	0	25
CB Nathan Conrady	3	0	26
ILB Rick Razzano	3	0	30
CB Louis Wright	1	1	21
S Tim Baylor	1	0	17
DT Gary Dunn	1	0	28
S Mike Haynes	0	2	23
S Brent Sexton	0	1	21

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Quinn Hoffman	4	5	32	1	31
Bob Kuziel	3	10	37	0	33
Jeff Williams	2	10	35	1	33
Lionel Antoine	2	3	31	0	22
Kenny Frame	2	3	16	0	15
Noah Jackson	1	4	34	1	29
Junior Miller	1	2	27	0	15
David Hill	1	1	29	0	24
Dan Nugent	0	2	11	0	5
Curtis Brown	0	1	26	0	23

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leon Gray	2	4	19	0	29
Don Greco	2	4	16	0	21
Steve Wilson	2	3	15	0	25
Dave Lafary	2	2	16	1	24
Henry Childs	1	2	12	0	17
Jim Pietrzak	1	1	13	0	26

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Guy Frazier	2	14
Ray Brown	1	7

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
James Mayberry	1	18
Al Walker	1	12
Tim Baylor	1	12
Brent Sexton	1	8

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jeff Williams	35	33	---	---	8	76
Bill Kenney	41	34	---	---	---	75
Bob Kuziel	37	33	---	---	4	74
Noah Jackson	34	29	---	---	---	63
Quinn Hoffman	32	31	---	---	---	63
Curtis Brown	26	23	---	---	14	63
Po James	20	17	---	---	23	60
Junior Miller	27	15	---	---	17	59
David Hill	29	24	---	---	2	55
Lionel Antoine	31	22	---	---	---	53
Jackie Derlange	---	---	16	24	10	50
George Martin	---	---	16	27	7	50
Steve King	---	---	18	28	---	46
Dave Preston	19	25	---	---	1	45
Guy Frazier	---	---	12	16	14	42
Carlos Carson	22	19	---	---	---	41
J.T. Thomas	---	---	16	24	---	40
Glen Edwards	---	---	14	23	2	39
Jim Wolf	---	---	18	21	---	39
Kenny Frame	16	15	---	---	8	39
Drew Pearson	23	15	---	---	---	38
Carlos Spencer	21	17	---	---	---	38
Andy Selfridge	---	---	9	5	23	37
Danny Colbert	---	---	10	12	14	36
Tom Hannon	---	---	16	20	---	36
Steve Rivera	10	10	---	---	14	34
Terry Beeson	---	---	10	23	1	34
Billy Howard	---	---	11	22	---	33
Dave Waymer	---	---	11	21	---	32
Floyd Tongue	---	---	9	15	7	31
M.L. Harris	6	4	---	---	21	31
Carlton Williamson	---	---	11	19	1	31
Dan Nugent	11	5	---	---	8	24
Ray Brown	---	---	1	12	7	20
Dan Peiffer	9	2	---	---	8	19
Eddie Bell	2	1	---	---	13	16
Steve Towle	---	---	4	4	5	13
Don Cockroft	0	0	---	---	10	10
Dennis Johnson	---	---	3	2	---	5
Gary Weaver	---	---	2	1	2	5
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	4	4
Luke Prestridge	0	0	---	---	4	4
Skip Wilcox	---	---	2	0	1	3
Dan Ryczek	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dennis McKenzie	0	0	---	---	---	0
Cleo Montgomery	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rick Razzano	---	---	36	30	17	83
Nathan Conrady	---	---	30	26	17	73
Tommy Myers	---	---	31	31	3	65
Doug Jones	---	---	35	25	3	63
Gary Dunn	---	---	27	28	7	62
Mike Haynes	---	---	35	23	4	62
Tony Cline	---	---	30	26	4	60
Derland Moore	---	---	28	25	5	58
Kim Bokamper	---	---	29	25	4	58
Brent Sexton	---	---	21	21	8	50
Louis Wright	---	---	27	21	2	50
John Woodcock	---	---	27	21	2	50
Ken Kennard	---	---	28	19	3	50
Leon Gray	19	29	---	---	---	48
Warren Moon	19	29	---	---	---	48
Jim Pietrzak	13	26	---	---	7	46
Dave Lafary	16	24	---	---	5	45
Tim Baylor	---	---	13	17	12	42
Lawrence Taylor	---	---	20	18	4	42
Steve Wilson	15	25	---	---	---	40
James Mayberry	9	13	---	---	18	40
Henry Childs	12	17	---	---	10	39
Larry Heater	11	21	---	---	6	38
Don Greco	16	21	---	---	1	38
Art Monk	11	16	---	---	9	36
Al Walker	10	13	---	---	12	35
Larry Wilcox	11	23	---	---	---	34
Raymond Chester	6	11	---	---	15	32
Wayne Mosley	10	16	---	---	---	26
Tom Dinkel	---	---	7	2	17	26
Vincent Horton	9	10	---	---	6	25
Richie Evans	5	12	---	---	3	20
Ben Williams	---	---	11	8	---	19
John McMakin	6	1	---	---	10	17
Gerry Sullivan	6	4	---	---	7	17
Ray Jarvis	0	4	---	---	11	15
Will Grant	5	4	---	---	6	15
Greg Foggie	---	---	8	2	3	13
Joe Federspiel	---	---	5	4	2	11
Dan Melville	0	0	---	---	7	7
Pete Wysocki	---	---	3	2	1	6
Dave Jacobs	0	0	---	---	2	2
Mel Kaufman	---	---	0	0	---	0
Rick Trocano	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dave Wilson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	15	83	5.5
Middle	11	65	5.9
Right	15	68	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	29	5.8
Middle	11	102	9.3
Right	3	31	10.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Kenney	31	19	1	3	2	4	3	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Warren Moon	28	12	0	2	0	5	8	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	24	16	161	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	43	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	15	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	5	15	1.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	50	4.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dave Preston	8	6	0	77	1	25
TE David Hill	6	4	0	49	0	24
WR Drew Pearson	5	3	0	37	0	15
WR Carlos Carson	5	2	0	6	0	19
RB Carlos Spencer	2	1	1	6	0	17
TE Junior Miller	2	2	0	18	0	15
WR Steve Rivera	1	0	1	0	0	10
FB Curtis Brown	1	1	0	11	0	23
TE M.L. Harris	1	0	0	0	0	4

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Art Monk	9	5	36	16
WR Al Walker	6	3	21	13
RB Wayne Mosley	3	1	1	16
TE Raymond Chester	2	0	0	11
TE Henry Childs	2	0	0	17
WR Larry Wilcox	2	1	14	23
RB James Mayberry	2	1	6	13
FB Vincent Horton	1	1	2	10
RB Larry Heater	1	0	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Carlos Spencer	2	6	3.00	4.78
Po James	1	4	4.00	6.05
Dave Preston	1	-1	-1.00	6.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Wayne Mosley	1	6	6.00	9.10

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Po James	4	2

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Warren Moon	2	0
Wayne Mosley	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Kenney	10	6	4

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Warren Moon	6	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Drew Pearson	3	1	1
WR Dave Preston	3	2	1
WR Carlos Carson	3	2	1
TE David Hill	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Al Walker	2	0	0
WR Art Monk	2	2	1
TE Raymond Chester	1	0	0
RB James Mayberry	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 38,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 11,700 (21,400)
End Zone 7,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	38,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	11,700 (21,400)
End Zone	7,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,100 (3,300)