Week 17, 1987

played in Carolina, NC

43 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

New Orleans Saints143100-27
Carolina Panthers01007-17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:26 NOS - Greg Bright 13 fumble return (Morten Andersen extra point)
1Q: 00:34 NOS - Bill Johnson 49 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
2Q: 09:40 CAR - Carlos Carson 5 pass from Jeff Kemp (John Lee extra point)
2Q: 06:41 NOS - Morten Andersen 48 field goal
2Q: 02:55 CAR - John Lee 38 field goal
3Q: 07:58 NOS - Morten Andersen 35 field goal
3Q: 03:00 NOS - Ernest Givins 9 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 08:37 CAR - Carlos Carson 3 pass from Jeff Kemp (John Lee extra point)

Team StatisticsNOSCAR
Record8-810-6
First Downs1816
- by Rushing96
- by Passing710
- by Penalty20
Total Net Yards335313
- Offensive Plays6572
- Yards per Play5.154.35
Net Rushing Yards184124
- Rushing Attempts3829
- Yards per Rush4.844.28
Net Passing Yards151189
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt25 - 14 - 041 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards162202
- Sacks/Yards Lost2/112/13
- Yards per Pass Play5.594.40
Fumbles/Lost1/13/1
3rd Down Conversions5/157/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down6.56.8
4th Down Conversions1/12/3
Penalties/Yards6/3910/78
Punt Returns/Yards2/153/11
Kick Returns/Yards1/206/121
Interception Ret./Yards1/00/0
2pt Conversions0/00/0
Red Zone Visits22
- Red Zone TDs/FGs1/12/0
Avg. Drive StartOWN 32OWN 26
Time of Possession32:3327:27

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
113:423:16OWN 38825Punt
15:491:39OWN 3335Punt
13:031:25OWN 413-3Punt
10:340:17OPP 49149Touchdown
213:301:30OWN 3149Fumble
29:343:00OWN 24745Field Goal
22:472:08OWN 10551Punt
315:007:08OWN 201562Field Goal
36:123:22OWN 24876Touchdown
30:261:30OWN 2034Punt
48:294:42OWN 20622Punt
42:450:36OPP 4430Punt
40:130:13OPP 441-2Game
Carolina Panthers
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
115:001:18OWN 2634Punt
110:260:08OWN 1013Fumble
110:184:29OWN 41833Missed FG
14:101:07OWN 1735Punt
11:381:04OWN 1333Punt
10:171:47OWN 2133Punt
212:002:26OPP 23623Touchdown
26:343:47OWN 261053Field Goal
20:390:39OWN 2025Half
37:521:40OWN 2039Punt
32:502:24OWN 30531Punt
413:565:27OWN 291071Touchdown
43:471:02OWN 20510Interception
42:091:56OWN 141030Downs

Game MVP: Bill Johnson, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New OrleansAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
Bill Johnson221285.824931
Larry Heater8374.631910
Randall Cunningham382.67600
Dropkick Murphy3103.33900
Hubert Oliver100.00000
Odessa Turner111.00100
CarolinaAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
Herman Heard15463.07900
Lorenzo Hampton8506.251310
Napoleon McCallum3237.671110
Carlos Carson273.50700
Jeff Kemp1-2-2.00-200

Passing Statistics

New OrleansAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Randall Cunningham25141622/11131089.1
CarolinaAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Jeff Kemp41192022/13246167.3

Receiving Statistics

New OrleansCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Rick Parros6107312.179230
WR Odessa Turner344715.6721310
RB Bill Johnson23178.505130
WR Danny Pittman1244.00040
TE Ethan Horton111212.000120
WR Ernest Givins1199.00091
WR John Floyd0100.00000
TE Joe Rose0100.00000
FB Hubert Oliver0100.00000
FB Dropkick Murphy0100.00000
CarolinaCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Carlos Carson7139713.8620462
WR Stephen Baker4105714.2518320
FB Ted Brown2373.50350
WR Dwight Collins282010.001140
TE Don Hasselbeck1177.00070
WR Byron Franklin1199.00090
RB Lorenzo Hampton1111.00010
RB Napoleon McCallum1244.00240
WR Cornell Burbage0100.00000

Interception Statistics

New OrleansIntsYardsAvgTD
CB Don Griffin100.000
CarolinaIntsYardsAvgTD

Fumble Statistics

New OrleansFumbRecovForceTD
Randall Cunningham1000
Greg Bright0101
Sylvester Hicks0010
Mike Jolly0010
Emanuel King0010
CarolinaFumbRecovForceTD
Carlton Williamson1100
Jeff Kemp1000
Lorenzo Hampton1000
Mark Studaway0100
Cornell Burbage0100
Gary Plummer0010

Punting Statistics

New OrleansPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Mike Saxon728941.336.9505
CarolinaPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Luke Prestridge624841.335.5500

Kicking Statistics

New OrleansFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Morten Andersen2/21/10/0483/3
CarolinaFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
John Lee1/20/10/0382/2

Punt Return Statistics

New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD
Bob Glazebrook2157.50
CarolinaRetYardsAvgTD
Carlton Williamson3113.70

Kick Return Statistics

New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD
Bob Glazebrook12020.00
CarolinaRetYardsAvgTD
Lorenzo Hampton511222.40
Carlton Williamson199.00

Defensive Statistics

New OrleansTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
CB Issiac Holt700.01935
CB Gill Byrd610.02430
OLB Lawrence Taylor420.02539
S Greg Bright410.02332
DE Tony Colorito410.01719
DT Curt Jarvis400.02017
S Mike Jolly311.0830
DE Doug McDougald320.01634
ILB Kurt Gouveia220.01626
DE Sylvester Hicks210.01316
S Bob Glazebrook200.02533
CB Don Griffin200.01630
CB Lorenzo Lynch200.01928
DT John Woodcock111.01224
DE Kevin Fagan110.02031
G John Tautolo10---------
ILB Alvin Toles040.01313
OLB Chip Banks010.089
CarolinaTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
S Carlton Williamson850.03524
ILB Craig Shaffer820.02919
OLB Gary Plummer732.03422
ILB Jackie Shipp500.02012
CB Perry Williams320.01914
DE Mark Studaway310.02217
DT Mark Shumate310.02719
CB Harvey Clayton300.02619
CB Darryl Hemphill200.01514
S Eric Williams200.02718
OLB David Grayson120.03015
S Lester Lyles110.0139
S Rich Miano110.034
DT Bob Nelson110.02718
OLB Bob Brudzinski100.098
WR Carlos Carson10---------
CB Lupe Sanchez100.084
OLB Tim Harris100.035
DE Greg Meisner030.02213
DE Fred Smerlas010.01614
CB Bobby Watkins010.02313
ILB Wayne Davis010.0611

Pass Rush Statistics

New OrleansSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
DT John Woodcock1.000024
S Mike Jolly1.000030
DE Kevin Fagan0.012131
DE Doug McDougald0.010034
DE Sylvester Hicks0.001016
ILB Kurt Gouveia0.001026
CarolinaSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
OLB Gary Plummer2.011522
DE Mark Studaway0.020017
OLB Howard Carson0.01005
DT Bob Nelson0.001018
DE Fred Smerlas0.000114

Pass Defense Statistics

New OrleansCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
CB Gill Byrd41030
CB Issiac Holt31035
S Mike Jolly22030
CB Don Griffin21130
S Greg Bright21032
OLB Lawrence Taylor20039
CB Lorenzo Lynch11028
S Bob Glazebrook10033
DE Sylvester Hicks10016
DE Tony Colorito10019
OLB Chip Banks0109
ILB Kurt Gouveia01026
CarolinaCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
ILB Craig Shaffer31019
S Carlton Williamson20024
CB Darryl Hemphill20014
S Eric Williams20018
CB Perry Williams20014
OLB Bob Brudzinski1008
CB Harvey Clayton10019
OLB Tim Harris1005
CB Bobby Watkins01013

Blocking Statistics

New OrleansKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
Jeff Dellenbach611034019
John Tautolo34033023
Ron Baker16019010
Ed Simmons15032023
Dan Fike12032224
Mike Kelley110408
Ron McNair04030024
Dropkick Murphy02022014
Joe Rose0101605
Ethan Horton01030020
CarolinaKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
Keith Uecker49027137
Karl Swanke23016021
Geoff Reece14023033
Dave Lutz14023023
Dan McQuaid1106020
Terry Tausch04022137
Greg Roberts03022035

Special Teams Tackles

New OrleansTacklesSTPlays
Larry Heater324
Emanuel King314
Hubert Oliver118
Dropkick Murphy114
John Floyd113
CarolinaTacklesSTPlays
Dwight Collins120
Steve Folsom117
Lupe Sanchez111

Participation

New OrleansRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Bob Glazebrook------25331169
Lawrence Taylor------2539266
John Tautolo3323------965
Randall Cunningham3827---------65
Don Griffin------16301763
Dan Fike3224------662
Ethan Horton3020------1161
Greg Bright------2332156
Gill Byrd------2430256
Issiac Holt------1935256
Ed Simmons3223---------55
Ron McNair3024---------54
Jeff Dellenbach3419---------53
Doug McDougald------1634252
Kevin Fagan------2031152
Mike Jolly------8301250
Dropkick Murphy2214------1450
Lorenzo Lynch------1928249
Larry Heater129------2445
Kurt Gouveia------1626345
Bill Johnson2618---------44
Odessa Turner2318---------41
Tony Colorito------1719440
Rick Parros1721------139
Joe Rose165------1839
John Woodcock------1224238
Ron Baker1910------938
Curt Jarvis------2017138
Hubert Oliver78------1833
Sylvester Hicks------1316332
Ernest Givins2110------132
Alvin Toles------1313531
Cleveland Elam------139628
Danny Pittman139------426
Chip Banks------89926
Fred Robinson------441725
Eric Wilson------612523
Tremain Rogers64------919
Mike Kelley48------719
John Floyd32------1318
Emanuel King------221418
Kris Haines01------1516
Morten Andersen00------88
Mike Saxon00------77
Steve Joachim00------22
Warren Moon00---------0
CarolinaRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Carlton Williamson------35241675
Jeff Kemp2943---------72
Greg Roberts2235------865
Keith Uecker2737---------64
Geoff Reece2333------763
Dwight Collins1527------2062
Steve Folsom2419------1760
Terry Tausch2237---------59
Gary Plummer------3422359
Harvey Clayton------26191257
David Grayson------30151257
Herman Heard1716------2255
Carlos Carson1935---------54
Bob Nelson------2718954
Craig Shaffer------2919351
Stephen Baker1833---------51
Mark Shumate------2719248
Eric Williams------2718247
Dave Lutz2323---------46
Karl Swanke1621------845
Lorenzo Hampton1017------1845
Mark Studaway------2217140
Wayne Davis------6112340
Bobby Watkins------2313339
Darryl Hemphill------1514938
Greg Meisner------2213237
Don Hasselbeck715------1436
Jackie Shipp------2012436
Perry Williams------1914336
Dan McQuaid620------834
Napoleon McCallum1615------132
Fred Smerlas------1614---30
Byron Franklin1016------430
Ted Brown915------327
Ben Akbar69------823
Lupe Sanchez------841123
Lester Lyles------139---22
Cornell Burbage07------1219
Bob Brudzinski------98118
Tim Harris------35816
Howard Carson------45514
Rich Miano------34411
Luke Prestridge00------1010
Tim Gray00------22
John Lee00------22
Bill Kenney00---------0

Directional Rushing Statistics

DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left151026.8
Middle11191.7
Right11655.9
None1-2-2.0
DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left11524.7
Middle7355.0
Right10393.9
None1-2-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New OrleansAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Randall Cunningham25143302260
CarolinaAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Jeff Kemp41193239411

Directional Passing Statistics

DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen1000.0
Short (0-8 Yds)159654.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)547515.0
Long (19+ Yds)41225.5
DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen63111.8
Short (0-8 Yds)98353.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)2071105.5
Long (19+ Yds)51469.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New OrleansTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Rick Parros106073221
WR Odessa Turner43047118
RB Bill Johnson32017018
WR Danny Pittman210409
WR John Floyd100002
TE Joe Rose100005
FB Hubert Oliver100008
TE Ethan Horton11012020
WR Ernest Givins1109010
FB Dropkick Murphy1000014
CarolinaTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Carlos Carson137197235
WR Stephen Baker104157133
WR Dwight Collins82020027
FB Ted Brown3217015
RB Napoleon McCallum2104015
TE Don Hasselbeck1107015
WR Byron Franklin1109016
RB Lorenzo Hampton1101017
WR Cornell Burbage100007

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New OrleansAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
Larry Heater133.004.63
CarolinaAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
Herman Heard362.003.07
Lorenzo Hampton284.006.25
Napoleon McCallum155.007.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New OrleansAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Randall Cunningham2194.506.48
CarolinaAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Jeff Kemp64152.504.93

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New OrleansTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
WR Rick Parros1000.007.30
WR Ernest Givins1199.009.00
CarolinaTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
WR Carlos Carson54153.007.46
WR Stephen Baker1000.005.70

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New OrleansRushesConversions
Bill Johnson42
Larry Heater10
Hubert Oliver10
Dropkick Murphy11
CarolinaRushesConversions
Napoleon McCallum32
Herman Heard21
Lorenzo Hampton11

Third Down Passing Statistics

New OrleansAttCompConversions
Randall Cunningham832
CarolinaAttCompConversions
Jeff Kemp1243

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New OrleansTargCatchConversions
WR Rick Parros211
RB Bill Johnson211
WR Odessa Turner210
WR John Floyd100
FB Hubert Oliver100
CarolinaTargCatchConversions
WR Carlos Carson522
WR Dwight Collins300
WR Stephen Baker211
FB Ted Brown110
RB Napoleon McCallum100

SectionAttendance
Stadium64,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck19,500 (21,300)
End Zone14,000 (15,300)
Mezzanine8,000 (8,800)
Sideline Seats12,400 (13,500)
Club Seats6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes3,400 (3,700)