Week 8, 1984

played in Carolina, NC

70 degrees, rain, 9 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	14	3	3	0	-	20
Carolina Panthers	0	0	0	7	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:02 NOS - Art Monk 64 pass from Warren Moon (Morten Andersen extra point)
1Q: 12:25 NOS - Larry Heater 2 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
2Q: 00:20 NOS - Morten Andersen 51 field goal
3Q: 02:07 NOS - Morten Andersen 36 field goal
4Q: 09:13 CAR - Skip Wilcox 51 interception return (Don Cockroft extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:02 NOS - Art Monk 64 pass from Warren Moon (Morten Andersen extra point)
1Q: 12:25 NOS - Larry Heater 2 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
2Q: 00:20 NOS - Morten Andersen 51 field goal
3Q: 02:07 NOS - Morten Andersen 36 field goal
4Q: 09:13 CAR - Skip Wilcox 51 interception return (Don Cockroft extra point)

Team Statistics NOS CAR
Record 2-6 4-4
First Downs 15 8
- by Rushing 6 3
- by Passing 8 4
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 332 213
- Offensive Plays 69 57
- Yards per Play 4.81 3.74
Net Rushing Yards 153 108
- Rushing Attempts 38 24
- Yards per Rush 4.03 4.50
Net Passing Yards 179 105
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 15 - 4 31 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 194 116
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/15 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 5.77 3.18
Fumbles/Lost 4/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/18 3/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.6 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/33 11/84
Punt Returns/Yards 5/41 3/21
Kick Returns/Yards 2/47 2/44
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 4/53
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 28
Time of Possession 33:32 26:28

Team Statistics	NOS	CAR
Record	2-6	4-4
First Downs	15	8
- by Rushing	6	3
- by Passing	8	4
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	332	213
- Offensive Plays	69	57
- Yards per Play	4.81	3.74
Net Rushing Yards	153	108
- Rushing Attempts	38	24
- Yards per Rush	4.03	4.50
Net Passing Yards	179	105
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 15 - 4	31 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	194	116
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/15	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	5.77	3.18
Fumbles/Lost	4/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/18	3/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.6	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/33	11/84
Punt Returns/Yards	5/41	3/21
Kick Returns/Yards	2/47	2/44
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	4/53
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 28
Time of Possession	33:32	26:28

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:12	OWN 34	2	66	Touchdown
1	13:41	1:24	OPP 12	4	12	Touchdown
1	11:16	2:03	OWN 19	3	5	Punt
1	7:15	3:37	OWN 37	6	25	Punt
2	15:00	1:30	OWN 18	3	4	Interception
2	12:09	2:51	OWN 42	5	15	Interception
2	7:10	3:46	OWN 21	9	51	Interception
2	1:45	1:32	OWN 36	6	30	Field Goal
3	12:10	1:53	OWN 40	3	6	Punt
3	8:26	0:59	OWN 38	3	1	Punt
3	5:49	3:49	OWN 26	8	55	Field Goal
4	14:42	1:59	OWN 27	3	9	Punt
4	10:42	1:41	OWN 25	4	21	Interception
4	9:01	1:14	OWN 23	3	3	Punt
4	5:50	4:00	OWN 22	8	31	Punt

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:17	1:01	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
1	9:13	1:58	OWN 30	3	0	Punt
1	3:38	3:38	OWN 20	8	29	Punt
2	13:30	1:21	OPP 38	3	3	Missed FG
2	9:18	2:08	OWN 33	3	9	Punt
2	3:24	1:39	OWN 21	3	8	Punt
2	0:13	0:13	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	2:50	OWN 49	4	18	Missed FG
3	10:17	1:51	OWN 21	3	-7	Punt
3	7:27	1:38	OWN 26	3	6	Punt
3	2:00	2:18	OWN 20	5	17	Punt
4	12:43	2:01	OWN 17	6	22	Punt
4	7:47	1:57	OWN 39	3	2	Punt
4	1:50	1:50	OWN 20	9	51	Downs

Game MVP: Skip Wilcox, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bill Johnson	24	93	3.88	26	2	0
Larry Heater	11	50	4.55	11	2	1
Warren Moon	3	10	3.33	5	0	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Greg Hawthorne	10	53	5.30	14	1
Herman Heard	10	44	4.40	13	1
Bill Kenney	2	4	2.00	5	0
Toussaint Tyler	1	2	2.00	2	0
Trey Junkin	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Warren Moon	28	15	194	3/15	1	64	4	47.9

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Kenney	31	14	116	2/11	0	22	0	55.3

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Art Monk	6	13	120	20.00	78	64	1
FB Billy Jackson	2	2	17	8.50	3	10	0
WR Otis Grant	2	2	21	10.50	0	16	0
RB Bill Johnson	2	2	13	6.50	0	11	0
TE Walt Arnold	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Larry Heater	1	1	13	13.00	15	13	0
WR Carl Roaches	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	0
WR John Floyd	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Kris Haines	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Walt Easley	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Daryl Turner	3	3	33	11.00	0	13
TE David Hill	2	6	25	12.50	1	22
WR Dave Preston	2	5	6	3.00	0	3
RB Greg Hawthorne	2	2	21	10.50	5	12
WR Drew Pearson	1	5	4	4.00	0	4
TE John Sawyer	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
WR Carlos Carson	1	3	15	15.00	0	15
FB Toussaint Tyler	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
TE Trey Junkin	1	2	10	10.00	3	10
WR Ken Grandberry	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Skip Wilcox	2	53	26.50	1
ILB Jack LeVeck	1	0	0.00	0
CB Harvey Clayton	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Doug Jones	1	0	0
Warren Moon	1	0	0
John Floyd	1	0	0
Bill Johnson	1	0	0
Larry Heater	0	1	0
Billy Jackson	0	1	0
Tony Woodruff	0	1	0
Rich Strenger	0	1	0
Mike Freeman	0	1	0
Matt Suhey	0	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Force
Bill Simpson	1	0
Brian Ingram	0	2
Sean Jones	0	1
Lynn Madsen	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Saxon	7	302	43.1	34.4	47	3

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luke Prestridge	10	442	44.2	40.1	64	4

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morten Andersen	2/2	1/1	1/1	51	2/2

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

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Doug Jones	4	31	7.8	0
John Floyd	1	10	10.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bill Simpson	3	21	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Doug Jones	2	47	23.5	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Grandberry	1	34	34.0	0
Bill Simpson	1	10	10.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Kirk Collins	7	0	0.0	16	27
S Greg Bright	6	3	0.0	15	27
OLB Lawrence Taylor	6	1	0.0	20	28
ILB Cliff Odom	4	5	0.0	22	27
DE Mike Calhoun	3	0	2.0	10	18
DE Elvis Franks	2	2	0.0	19	24
DT Ray Yakavonis	2	1	0.0	13	9
OLB Fred Robinson	2	0	0.0	5	1
S Rod Kush	1	2	0.0	15	25
S Doug Jones	1	1	0.0	17	16
DE Doug McDougald	1	1	0.0	16	24
CB Jo Jo Heath	1	0	0.0	18	19
WR Art Monk	1	0	---	---	---
FB Matt Suhey	1	0	---	---	---
TE Walt Easley	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Mel Kaufman	1	0	0.0	4	5
CB Gill Byrd	1	0	0.0	16	29
S Jimmy Turner	1	0	0.0	8	19
OLB Chip Banks	0	2	0.0	8	7
DT Stafford Mays	0	1	0.0	10	17
DT Phil Murphy	0	1	0.0	15	19

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB John Rade	11	2	0.5	25	20
ILB Skip Wilcox	7	2	1.0	23	17
CB Jackie Derlange	5	4	0.0	29	21
ILB Terry Beeson	4	0	0.0	10	11
ILB Jack LeVeck	3	1	0.0	23	14
CB Dwayne Woodruff	3	1	0.0	31	24
ILB Brian Ingram	3	1	0.0	26	22
DE Sean Jones	3	1	0.0	35	28
S Bill Simpson	3	0	0.0	25	20
DE Barry Bennett	3	0	0.0	28	21
DT Lynn Madsen	2	3	1.5	14	18
DE Walt Bowyer	2	3	0.0	22	18
S Dave Waymer	2	0	0.0	20	22
S Carlton Williamson	1	3	0.0	26	17
OLB Guy Frazier	1	2	0.0	5	8
CB Harvey Clayton	1	0	0.0	26	26

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Mike Calhoun	2.0	0	0	18
DE Doug McDougald	0.0	1	1	24
DT Stafford Mays	0.0	1	0	17
ILB Cliff Odom	0.0	0	1	27

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Lynn Madsen	1.5	0	0	18
ILB Skip Wilcox	1.0	0	0	17
OLB John Rade	0.5	1	1	20
DE George Martin	0.0	1	0	8
DE Walt Bowyer	0.0	0	1	18

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Kirk Collins	4	0	27
OLB Lawrence Taylor	3	0	28
S Greg Bright	2	0	27
ILB Cliff Odom	1	2	27
S Doug Jones	1	1	16
CB Gill Byrd	1	1	29
OLB Mel Kaufman	1	0	5
S Jimmy Turner	1	0	19
OLB Fred Robinson	0	1	1

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Jackie Derlange	3	1	0	21
ILB Brian Ingram	3	1	0	22
ILB Skip Wilcox	2	0	2	17
S Bill Simpson	2	0	0	20
ILB Jack LeVeck	1	0	1	14
CB Dwayne Woodruff	1	0	0	24
OLB Guy Frazier	1	0	0	8
OLB John Rade	1	0	0	20
DE Sean Jones	1	0	0	28
CB Harvey Clayton	0	1	1	26
S Glen Edwards	0	1	0	18
S Dave Waymer	0	1	0	22

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Edwin Bailey	4	7	33	1	27
Don Greco	3	5	31	0	27
Rich Strenger	2	5	31	0	26
Steve Wilson	1	7	30	0	29
Michael Obrovac	1	4	29	1	24
Mike Freeman	1	1	13	0	6
Karl Swanke	0	3	14	1	9
Walt Arnold	0	1	17	0	18
Matt Suhey	0	1	15	0	6
Walt Easley	0	1	18	0	12

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Baab	2	5	0	21	0	32
Ben Akbar	2	3	0	10	1	16
Keith Uecker	1	4	0	19	0	28
Dan Nugent	1	3	0	17	0	24
Bob Kuziel	1	1	1	18	0	19
Noah Jackson	1	1	0	19	1	23
Marsharne Graves	0	4	0	16	0	23
Toussaint Tyler	0	1	0	13	0	20

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Larry Heater	2	26
Matt Suhey	1	13
Billy Jackson	1	10
Tremain Rogers	1	9

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Brian Ingram	4	14
John Sawyer	1	19
Keith Uecker	1	12
David Hill	1	11
Perry Williams	1	6

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kirk Collins	---	---	16	27	28	71
Warren Moon	38	31	---	---	---	69
Edwin Bailey	33	27	---	---	9	69
Steve Wilson	30	29	---	---	5	64
Don Greco	31	27	---	---	---	58
Rich Strenger	31	26	---	---	---	57
Rod Kush	---	---	15	25	15	55
Art Monk	29	25	---	---	---	54
Michael Obrovac	29	24	---	---	---	53
Cliff Odom	---	---	22	27	3	52
Walt Arnold	17	18	---	---	16	51
Lawrence Taylor	---	---	20	28	2	50
Larry Heater	12	11	---	---	26	49
Bill Johnson	26	20	---	---	2	48
Gill Byrd	---	---	16	29	2	47
Doug Jones	---	---	17	16	13	46
Elvis Franks	---	---	19	24	3	46
Walt Easley	18	12	---	---	15	45
Greg Bright	---	---	15	27	2	44
Doug McDougald	---	---	16	24	2	42
John Floyd	18	19	---	---	3	40
Phil Murphy	---	---	15	19	6	40
Jo Jo Heath	---	---	18	19	1	38
Otis Grant	24	14	---	---	---	38
Billy Jackson	16	11	---	---	10	37
Matt Suhey	15	6	---	---	13	34
Karl Swanke	14	9	---	---	9	32
Stafford Mays	---	---	10	17	4	31
Jimmy Turner	---	---	8	19	4	31
Mel Kaufman	---	---	4	5	21	30
Mike Calhoun	---	---	10	18	1	29
Mike Freeman	13	6	---	---	8	27
Bob Kohrs	---	---	8	9	9	26
Tremain Rogers	9	7	---	---	9	25
Bobby Leopold	---	---	7	12	5	24
Ray Yakavonis	---	---	13	9	2	24
Kris Haines	5	6	---	---	12	23
Carl Roaches	10	12	---	---	---	22
Tony Woodruff	0	1	---	---	17	18
Chip Banks	---	---	8	7	1	16
Fred Robinson	---	---	5	1	7	13
Brian Kelley	---	---	2	1	7	10
Morten Andersen	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mike Saxon	0	0	---	---	7	7
Steve Joachim	0	0	---	---	2	2
Ed Burns	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sean Jones	---	---	35	28	9	72
Harvey Clayton	---	---	26	26	18	70
Jackie Derlange	---	---	29	21	12	62
Brian Ingram	---	---	26	22	14	62
Bill Simpson	---	---	25	20	16	61
Mike Baab	21	32	---	---	6	59
Keith Uecker	19	28	---	---	12	59
Barry Bennett	---	---	28	21	9	58
Bill Kenney	24	33	---	---	---	57
Dwayne Woodruff	---	---	31	24	2	57
Noah Jackson	19	23	---	---	11	53
Trey Junkin	20	24	---	---	8	52
Greg Hawthorne	12	13	---	---	26	51
Bob Kuziel	18	19	---	---	12	49
Dan Nugent	17	24	---	---	8	49
Skip Wilcox	---	---	23	17	8	48
John Rade	---	---	25	20	3	48
David Hill	18	18	---	---	11	47
Carlton Williamson	---	---	26	17	1	44
Jack LeVeck	---	---	23	14	6	43
Dave Waymer	---	---	20	22	1	43
Glen Edwards	---	---	20	18	2	40
Terry Beeson	---	---	10	11	19	40
Toussaint Tyler	13	20	---	---	7	40
Walt Bowyer	---	---	22	18	---	40
John Sawyer	9	11	---	---	19	39
Marsharne Graves	16	23	---	---	---	39
Ben Akbar	10	16	---	---	11	37
Carlos Carson	10	13	---	---	13	36
Lynn Madsen	---	---	14	18	1	33
Herman Heard	12	20	---	---	---	32
Dave Preston	12	16	---	---	3	31
George Martin	---	---	16	8	1	25
Drew Pearson	8	16	---	---	---	24
Daryl Turner	6	12	---	---	3	21
Perry Williams	---	---	7	4	6	17
Jackie Shipp	---	---	7	4	4	15
Guy Frazier	---	---	5	8	1	14
Ken Grandberry	0	2	---	---	9	11
Luke Prestridge	0	0	---	---	10	10
Don Cockroft	0	0	---	---	4	4
John Witkowski	0	0	---	---	2	2
Geoff Reece	0	0	---	---	---	0
Randy Dean	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	73	6.1
Middle	14	33	2.4
Right	12	47	3.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	48	4.8
Middle	8	28	3.5
Right	5	33	6.6
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Warren Moon	28	15	2	0	0	5	2	0	4

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Kenney	31	14	1	1	5	5	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	13	13.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	13	165	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	1	16	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	9	46	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	4	48	4.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	22	22.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Art Monk	13	6	120	2	25
WR John Floyd	3	0	0	0	19
WR Carl Roaches	2	1	7	0	12
FB Billy Jackson	2	2	17	0	11
WR Otis Grant	2	2	21	0	14
RB Bill Johnson	2	2	13	0	20
WR Kris Haines	1	0	0	0	6
TE Walt Arnold	1	1	3	0	18
RB Larry Heater	1	1	13	0	11
TE Walt Easley	1	0	0	0	12

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE David Hill	6	2	1	25	1	18
WR Drew Pearson	5	1	1	4	0	16
WR Dave Preston	5	2	2	6	0	16
WR Carlos Carson	3	1	0	15	0	13
WR Daryl Turner	3	3	0	33	0	12
RB Greg Hawthorne	2	2	0	21	0	13
TE Trey Junkin	2	1	0	10	0	24
WR Ken Grandberry	1	0	1	0	0	2
TE John Sawyer	1	1	0	-1	0	11
FB Toussaint Tyler	1	1	0	3	0	20

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bill Johnson	2	0	0.00	3.88
Larry Heater	1	2	2.00	4.55

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Warren Moon	2	1	11	5.50	6.93

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR John Floyd	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Bill Johnson	1	1	11	11.00	6.50

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Bill Johnson	6	2
Larry Heater	2	1
Warren Moon	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Greg Hawthorne	3	1
Herman Heard	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Warren Moon	8	3	3

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Kenney	12	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Art Monk	3	1	1
WR Kris Haines	1	0	0
RB Larry Heater	1	1	1
WR Carl Roaches	1	0	0
TE Walt Easley	1	0	0
WR Otis Grant	1	1	1

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE David Hill	3	1	0
WR Carlos Carson	3	1	1
WR Ken Grandberry	1	0	0
WR Drew Pearson	1	0	0
WR Dave Preston	1	0	0
RB Greg Hawthorne	1	1	0
WR Daryl Turner	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,600 (21,400)
End Zone 14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,600 (21,400)
End Zone	14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)