Week 8, 2037

played in Carolina, NC

67 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	6	14	0	11	-	31
Carolina Panthers	0	7	7	3	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:29 NOS - Wally Banks 29 field goal
1Q: 01:13 NOS - Wally Banks 40 field goal
2Q: 08:28 NOS - Mercury Trainor 64 run (Wally Banks extra point)
2Q: 04:14 CAR - Malachi Biccum 6 pass from Jamal Nelson (Leo Salmon extra point)
2Q: 01:10 NOS - Mercury Trainor 71 run (Wally Banks extra point)
3Q: 09:12 CAR - Austin Harding 29 pass from Jamal Nelson (Leo Salmon extra point)
4Q: 08:21 CAR - Leo Salmon 25 field goal
4Q: 04:23 NOS - Wally Banks 43 field goal
4Q: 01:55 NOS - Mercury Trainor 6 run (Trevor Lawrence pass to Miguel Gerhardt for conversion)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:29 NOS - Wally Banks 29 field goal
1Q: 01:13 NOS - Wally Banks 40 field goal
2Q: 08:28 NOS - Mercury Trainor 64 run (Wally Banks extra point)
2Q: 04:14 CAR - Malachi Biccum 6 pass from Jamal Nelson (Leo Salmon extra point)
2Q: 01:10 NOS - Mercury Trainor 71 run (Wally Banks extra point)
3Q: 09:12 CAR - Austin Harding 29 pass from Jamal Nelson (Leo Salmon extra point)
4Q: 08:21 CAR - Leo Salmon 25 field goal
4Q: 04:23 NOS - Wally Banks 43 field goal
4Q: 01:55 NOS - Mercury Trainor 6 run (Trevor Lawrence pass to Miguel Gerhardt for conversion)

Team Statistics NOS CAR
Record 3-4 2-6
First Downs 22 15
- by Rushing 17 5
- by Passing 4 10
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 442 335
- Offensive Plays 66 62
- Yards per Play 6.70 5.40
Net Rushing Yards 315 125
- Rushing Attempts 38 23
- Yards per Rush 8.29 5.43
Net Passing Yards 127 210
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 18 - 1 36 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 127 224
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/14
- Yards per Pass Play 4.54 5.38
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/11 7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.4 8.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 7/35 12/99
Punt Returns/Yards 3/15 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 2/43 2/32
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 1/1 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 23
Time of Possession 33:03 26:57

Team Statistics	NOS	CAR
Record	3-4	2-6
First Downs	22	15
- by Rushing	17	5
- by Passing	4	10
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	442	335
- Offensive Plays	66	62
- Yards per Play	6.70	5.40
Net Rushing Yards	315	125
- Rushing Attempts	38	23
- Yards per Rush	8.29	5.43
Net Passing Yards	127	210
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 18 - 1	36 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	127	224
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/14
- Yards per Pass Play	4.54	5.38
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/11	7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.4	8.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	7/35	12/99
Punt Returns/Yards	3/15	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	2/43	2/32
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 23
Time of Possession	33:03	26:57

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:57	5:34	OWN 23	11	65	Field Goal
1	6:09	5:02	OWN 42	9	35	Field Goal
1	0:01	1:37	OWN 29	5	18	Interception
2	10:47	2:38	OWN 4	5	96	Touchdown
2	4:07	3:32	OWN 11	6	89	Touchdown
3	15:00	2:13	OWN 25	5	19	Punt
3	9:01	5:11	OWN 25	8	40	Missed FG
3	1:17	1:25	OWN 20	5	15	Punt
4	8:14	3:59	OWN 37	7	37	Field Goal
4	3:07	1:19	OPP 29	5	29	Touchdown
4	0:33	0:33	OPP 39	1	-1	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:03	OWN 15	3	6	Punt
1	7:23	1:14	OWN 25	3	-5	Punt
1	1:07	1:06	OWN 25	3	-8	Punt
2	13:24	2:37	OWN 38	5	16	Punt
2	8:09	4:02	OWN 25	11	75	Touchdown
2	0:35	0:35	OWN 11	1	7	Half
3	12:47	3:46	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
3	3:50	2:33	OWN 42	6	16	Punt
4	14:52	6:38	OWN 26	13	66	Field Goal
4	4:15	1:08	OWN 21	4	8	Downs
4	1:48	1:15	OWN 10	6	29	Downs

Game MVP: Mercury Trainor, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Mercury Trainor	18	204	11.33	71	3	3
RB Ezekiel Forsberg	16	79	4.94	17	3	0
QB Trevor Lawrence	4	32	8.00	13	2	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Rick Peters	18	99	5.50	25	1
QB Jamal Nelson	3	21	7.00	8	0
RB Claude Atkins	2	5	2.50	3	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Trevor Lawrence	28	18	127	0/0	0	21	1	59.6

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jamal Nelson	36	20	224	3/14	2	29	0	92.8

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Ja'Marr Chase	6	8	43	7.17	7	10
WR Miguel Gerhardt	4	6	21	5.25	8	14
RB Mercury Trainor	3	5	11	3.67	0	6
TE Broderick Peterman	3	6	40	13.33	16	21
RB Ezekiel Forsberg	2	2	12	6.00	0	7
WR Darrin Godfrey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Malachi Biccum	6	13	87	14.50	22	28	1
RB Rick Peters	4	4	27	6.75	25	22	0
WR Douglas Gardner	3	4	36	12.00	27	26	0
WR Austin Harding	3	6	37	12.33	21	29	1
WR Roy Wu	2	3	23	11.50	6	14	0
TE Eli Pape	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Tony Cook	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Wendell Lindsay	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Marquis Bryant	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luther Perzul	2	95	47.5	37.5	56	0

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joe Lindsay	5	247	49.4	42.4	67	2

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wally Banks	3/4	2/3	0/1	43	2/2

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Leo Salmon	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darrin Godfrey	3	15	5.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Denzel Carrico	1	17	17.0	0
Duane Magnotta	1	26	26.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Raul Sera	2	32	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Tyler Foster	8	1	1.0	21	31
S Josiah Shepherd	8	2	0.0	19	28
OLB Sean Helfenstein	6	2	2.0	17	17
CB Carson Stephens	6	0	0.0	22	35
S Sean Ogden	3	1	0.0	21	30
CB Ed Robinson	3	0	0.0	22	36
DE Tyrus Parker	3	0	0.0	15	21
CB Duane Magnotta	2	0	0.0	5	16
DT Alexander Karras	1	1	0.0	21	32
OLB Adam Dorsey	1	1	0.0	21	32
DE Jerome Kerr	1	0	0.0	18	24
ILB Drake Wynn	1	0	0.0	3	12
RB Mercury Trainor	1	0	---	---	---
OLB David Jordan	1	0	0.0	5	17
S JT Woods	0	1	0.0	6	20
CB Kent Dahlquist	0	1	0.0	9	19

Carolina	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Brandon Smith	14	3	36	28
OLB Mike Brady	7	1	35	27
CB Troy Gardner	7	1	38	28
CB Raul Sera	4	0	24	20
OLB Darren Mussi	3	1	15	7
S Cody Finch	3	1	37	26
DT Marquis Culhane	3	0	28	24
S Marquis Bryant	2	2	36	18
DT Kim Tate	2	2	27	24
CB Ross Lee	2	1	16	15
DE Alejandro Siler	2	0	32	28
CB Salvador Gerber	2	0	21	12
S Reggie Allen	1	0	0	1
DT Elijah Lewis	0	1	16	8
DT Dale Irwin	0	1	5	0
DE Aaron Wynn	0	1	32	24

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Sean Helfenstein	2.0	0	17
ILB Tyler Foster	1.0	0	31
DT Alexander Karras	0.0	3	32
DE Rodney Tatum	0.0	2	17
DT Rex Trabosh	0.0	1	7
OLB David Jordan	0.0	1	17

Carolina	Hurry	PPlay
DT Marquis Culhane	2	24
DE Aaron Wynn	2	24
DE Alejandro Siler	1	28

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Carson Stephens	5	0	35
S Josiah Shepherd	4	0	28
ILB Tyler Foster	4	0	31
S Sean Ogden	2	0	30
OLB Sean Helfenstein	1	1	17
S JT Woods	1	0	20
CB Duane Magnotta	1	0	16
CB Ed Robinson	1	0	36
ILB Malachi Aviles	1	0	1
OLB Adam Dorsey	0	2	32
OLB David Jordan	0	1	17

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Troy Gardner	4	0	0	28
CB Raul Sera	3	1	0	20
ILB Brandon Smith	3	0	0	28
OLB Mike Brady	2	1	0	27
CB Ross Lee	2	0	0	15
CB Salvador Gerber	1	0	0	12
S Reggie Allen	1	0	0	1
DT Kim Tate	1	0	0	24
DT Marquis Culhane	1	0	0	24
S Marquis Bryant	0	0	1	18

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
G Sammy Pham	6	8	1	38	28
G Max Elliot	6	8	0	38	28
C Cam Jurgens	5	9	1	38	28
T Eli Broadhurst	2	6	1	38	28
FB Quinn Cella	1	1	0	6	0
T Caiden Maloney	0	2	0	38	28

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Burt Madison	4	5	23	1	39
G Darien Strickland	4	5	23	0	39
G Charles Cross	1	5	23	0	39
C Ron Fulmer	0	3	23	0	39
T Chance McClover	0	2	23	1	39
TE Tony Cook	0	0	21	1	35

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Steven Berry	1	20
Josiah Shepherd	1	9

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Austin Harding	3	19
Alejandro Siler	1	21
Chance McClover	1	6

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Max Elliot	38	28	---	---	6	72
T Eli Broadhurst	38	28	---	---	6	72
G Sammy Pham	38	28	---	---	6	72
T Caiden Maloney	38	28	---	---	6	72
DT Alexander Karras	---	---	21	32	15	68
QB Trevor Lawrence	38	28	---	---	---	66
C Cam Jurgens	38	28	---	---	---	66
WR Ja'Marr Chase	23	24	---	---	16	63
WR Miguel Gerhardt	33	27	---	---	---	60
CB Ed Robinson	---	---	22	36	1	59
CB Carson Stephens	---	---	22	35	1	58
TE Broderick Peterman	33	23	---	---	---	56
S Josiah Shepherd	---	---	19	28	9	56
OLB Adam Dorsey	---	---	21	32	1	54
RB Mercury Trainor	21	15	---	---	17	53
ILB Tyler Foster	---	---	21	31	1	53
S Sean Ogden	---	---	21	30	1	52
WR Darrin Godfrey	14	9	---	---	20	43
S JT Woods	---	---	6	20	17	43
DE Jerome Kerr	---	---	18	24	---	42
CB Duane Magnotta	---	---	5	16	17	38
CB Kent Dahlquist	---	---	9	19	9	37
DE Tyrus Parker	---	---	15	21	---	36
WR Denzel Carrico	16	15	---	---	4	35
OLB Sean Helfenstein	---	---	17	17	---	34
TE Steven Berry	11	3	---	---	20	34
ILB Drake Wynn	---	---	3	12	18	33
RB Ezekiel Forsberg	18	13	---	---	---	31
TE Geoff Weese	15	11	---	---	2	28
DE Rodney Tatum	---	---	4	17	6	27
DE Kevin Mahoney	---	---	9	16	1	26
FB Quinn Cella	6	0	---	---	20	26
OLB David Jordan	---	---	5	17	1	23
ILB Alejandro Bullock	---	---	7	5	9	21
CB Andre Cisco	---	---	6	13	---	19
K Wally Banks	0	0	---	---	11	11
DT Rex Trabosh	---	---	2	7	---	9
C Frankie Gayle	0	0	---	---	6	6
P Luther Perzul	0	0	---	---	6	6
ILB Malachi Aviles	---	---	0	1	---	1
WR Mario McConnell	0	0	---	---	---	0
S Maurice Kerr	---	---	0	0	---	0
T Timothy Newton	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Ivan McKenzie	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Jace Turnbull	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Jeffrey Crawford	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
DE Alejandro Siler	---	---	32	28	21	81
CB Troy Gardner	---	---	38	28	13	79
G Charles Cross	23	39	---	---	6	68
ILB Brandon Smith	---	---	36	28	4	68
T Burt Madison	23	39	---	---	6	68
T Chance McClover	23	39	---	---	6	68
G Darien Strickland	23	39	---	---	6	68
WR Austin Harding	18	30	---	---	19	67
OLB Mike Brady	---	---	35	27	4	66
S Cody Finch	---	---	37	26	3	66
C Ron Fulmer	23	39	---	---	---	62
QB Jamal Nelson	23	39	---	---	---	62
DE Aaron Wynn	---	---	32	24	6	62
CB Raul Sera	---	---	24	20	16	60
RB Rick Peters	21	35	---	---	3	59
TE Tony Cook	21	35	---	---	---	56
DT Marquis Culhane	---	---	28	24	4	56
S Marquis Bryant	---	---	36	18	1	55
DT Kim Tate	---	---	27	24	4	55
WR Roy Wu	13	27	---	---	11	51
WR Malachi Biccum	15	33	---	---	---	48
TE Eli Pape	9	11	---	---	19	39
OLB Jorge Vinatieri	---	---	12	4	19	35
CB Ross Lee	---	---	16	15	4	35
CB Salvador Gerber	---	---	21	12	---	33
S Noah Patterson	---	---	2	8	16	26
DT Elijah Lewis	---	---	16	8	---	24
OLB Darren Mussi	---	---	15	7	1	23
RB Claude Atkins	2	1	---	---	19	22
WR Wendell Lindsay	6	5	---	---	7	18
WR Douglas Gardner	5	13	---	---	---	18
RB Alfredo Craft	1	3	---	---	11	15
TE Marcos Hayes	3	2	---	---	4	9
OLB Donnie Rausche	---	---	5	2	---	7
C Larry Schwartz	0	0	---	---	6	6
S Bruce Crockett	---	---	1	4	1	6
K Leo Salmon	0	0	---	---	5	5
P Joe Lindsay	0	0	---	---	5	5
DT Dale Irwin	---	---	5	0	---	5
S Reggie Allen	---	---	0	1	2	3
QB Gilbert Tubbs	0	0	---	---	1	1
WR Melvin Engleberger	1	0	---	---	---	1
G Harvey Elliott	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Levi Myers	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Kenneth Crnish	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Reginald Garner	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	20	4.0
Middle	22	256	11.6
Right	10	40	4.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	40	10.0
Middle	14	74	5.3
Right	5	11	2.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Trevor Lawrence	28	18	1	0	2	2	5	0	1

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jamal Nelson	36	20	4	2	2	4	7	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	13	2.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	10	74	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	40	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	7	49	4.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	6	70	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	58	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	47	11.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ja'Marr Chase	8	6	0	43	0	24
TE Broderick Peterman	6	3	1	40	1	23
WR Miguel Gerhardt	6	4	1	21	0	27
RB Mercury Trainor	5	3	0	11	0	15
RB Ezekiel Forsberg	2	2	0	12	0	13
WR Darrin Godfrey	1	0	0	0	0	9

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Malachi Biccum	13	6	1	87	1	33
WR Austin Harding	6	3	1	37	1	30
WR Douglas Gardner	4	3	0	36	1	13
RB Rick Peters	4	4	0	27	1	35
WR Roy Wu	3	2	0	23	0	27
TE Eli Pape	2	1	0	3	0	11
TE Tony Cook	2	1	0	11	0	35
WR Wendell Lindsay	1	0	0	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Mercury Trainor	4	19	4.75	11.33

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Rick Peters	1	2	2.00	5.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Trevor Lawrence	2	1	5	2.50	4.54

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jamal Nelson	4	3	10	2.50	6.22

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Miguel Gerhardt	1	0	0	0.00	3.50
RB Ezekiel Forsberg	1	1	5	5.00	6.00

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Rick Peters	2	2	4	2.00	6.75
WR Malachi Biccum	1	1	6	6.00	6.69
WR Austin Harding	1	0	0	0.00	6.17

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
QB Trevor Lawrence	1	1
RB Mercury Trainor	1	1

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
QB Jamal Nelson	2	1
RB Rick Peters	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Trevor Lawrence	9	4	2

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jamal Nelson	12	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ja'Marr Chase	3	2	1
RB Mercury Trainor	2	1	0
TE Broderick Peterman	2	1	1
WR Darrin Godfrey	1	0	0
WR Miguel Gerhardt	1	0	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Malachi Biccum	6	3	3
WR Austin Harding	3	1	1
RB Rick Peters	1	1	0
TE Tony Cook	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 66,200 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,300 (23,600)
End Zone 14,100 (17,000)
Mezzanine 8,100 (9,800)
Sideline Seats 12,300 (15,000)
Club Seats 7,100 (8,400)
Luxury Boxes 5,300 (6,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	66,200 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,300 (23,600)
End Zone	14,100 (17,000)
Mezzanine	8,100 (9,800)
Sideline Seats	12,300 (15,000)
Club Seats	7,100 (8,400)
Luxury Boxes	5,300 (6,200)