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Week 1: Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints

September 02, 2012
70°
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 57,727 (79%)
Panthers 17 3 6 10 - 36
Saints 7 3 0 0 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Panthers: 4-1-NOS 34 (12:51) 3-Henry Mucci 52 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 0 CAR 3
(Qtr 1) Panthers: 1-10-NOS 22 (12:43) 7-Adolfo Napier sacked at NOS 11 for -10 yards (77-Joseph Hanson). Sack allowed by 50-Zachary Puentes. 7-Adolfo Napier FUMBLES (77-Joseph Hanson) recovered by CAR-77-Joseph Hanson for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Henry Mucci. NOS 0 CAR 10
(Qtr 1) Panthers: 3-9-NOS 20 (9:26) 14-Edward Chee pass complete to 12-Fred Bradley for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Henry Mucci. NOS 0 CAR 17
(Qtr 1) Saints: 3-3-CAR 3 (0:48) 7-Adolfo Napier pass complete to 37-William Daugherty to CAR 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Robert Duchene. NOS 7 CAR 17
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 4-10-NOS 10 (7:42) 3-Henry Mucci 28 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 7 CAR 20
(Qtr 2) Saints: 4-2-CAR 17 (1:23) 16-Robert Duchene 35 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 10 CAR 20
(Qtr 3) Panthers: 4-4-NOS 4 (7:35) 3-Henry Mucci 23 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 10 CAR 23
(Qtr 3) Panthers: 4-7-NOS 10 (1:07) 3-Henry Mucci 28 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 10 CAR 26
(Qtr 4) Panthers: 4-12-NOS 12 (2:29) 3-Henry Mucci 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 10 CAR 29
(Qtr 4) Panthers: 2-9-NOS 4 (0:43) 7-Adolfo Napier sacked at NOS -4 for -8 yards (97-Aaron Jordan). Sack allowed by 79-Kevin Barnes. 7-Adolfo Napier FUMBLES (97-Aaron Jordan) recovered by CAR-77-Joseph Hanson for -8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Henry Mucci. NOS 10 CAR 36

Team Statistics

Saints Panthers
First Downs 17 10
- Rushing 7 5
- Passing 7 2
- Penalty 3 3
Total Net Yards 210 227
- Offensive Plays 74 60
- Yards Per Play 2.84 3.78
Net Rushing Yards 133 137
- Rushing Attempts 29 39
- Yards Per Rush 4.59 3.51
Net Passing Yards 77 90
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 20 / 2 20 / 11 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 144 95
- Sacks/Yards Lost 8 / 67 1 / 5
- Yards Per Pass Play 1.71 4.29
- Yards Per Completion 7.20 8.64
Fumbles/Lost 7 / 6 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 12 2 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.7 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 45 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 24
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 93 3 / 55
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 22
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 4
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 48
Time of Possession 26:54 33:07

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:43 OWN 25 2 7 Fumble
1 12:47 0:09 OWN 22 1 0 Punt
1 9:21 8:37 OWN 25 15 75 Touchdown
2 14:50 2:07 OWN 35 3 7 Punt
2 9:51 0:09 OWN 21 2 -5 Fumble
2 7:39 6:19 OWN 28 12 55 Field Goal
2 0:05 0:05 OWN 6 1 0 Fumble
3 7:32 2:50 OWN 25 5 21 Interception
3 1:05 1:43 OWN 25 12 57 Interception
4 12:22 0:55 OWN 35 3 -5 Punt
4 8:14 1:00 OWN 11 4 1 Punt
4 5:08 0:55 OWN 4 4 4 Downs
4 2:26 1:00 OWN 25 3 -11 Punt
4 1:01 0:22 OWN 3 2 1 Punt

Carolina Panthers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:17 1:30 OPP 43 3 9 Field Goal
1 12:38 0:53 OPP 23 2 -1 Fumble
1 11:45 2:23 OPP 31 6 31 Touchdown
1 0:44 0:54 OWN 16 3 9 Punt
2 12:44 2:53 OWN 11 4 19 Punt
2 9:43 2:03 OPP 7 3 -3 Field Goal
2 1:20 1:15 OWN 22 7 32 Punt
3 15:00 7:28 OWN 22 11 74 Field Goal
3 4:42 3:37 OPP 37 6 28 Field Goal
4 14:22 2:00 OWN 5 3 8 Punt
4 11:27 3:13 OWN 29 5 22 Punt
4 7:14 2:06 OWN 43 3 9 Punt
4 4:14 1:48 OPP 7 3 -5 Field Goal
4 1:26 0:25 OWN 45 3 9 Punt
4 0:39 0:39 OPP 25 3 -21 Game

Rushing Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Daugherty 20 99 4.95 11 3 0
Andres Powers 8 31 3.88 10 1 0
Erin Hernandez 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

Carolina Panthers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Javier Philson 23 70 3.04 16 2 0
Timothy McDonald 14 47 3.36 13 1 0
Walter Carter 2 20 10.00 19 1 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Adolfo Napier 37 20 144 8 / 67 1 24 2 49.83

Carolina Panthers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Edward Chee 20 11 95 1 / 5 1 20 0 84.38

Receiving Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Eric Pierce 3 37 12.33 16 0
Thomas Boggs 3 36 12.00 24 0
William Daugherty 6 35 5.83 11 1
Zachary McNeel 2 15 7.50 11 0
Erin Hernandez 2 10 5.00 5 0
Donald Senior 2 7 3.50 6 0
Andres Powers 2 4 2.00 2 0

Carolina Panthers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brandon Ferland 4 33 8.25 13 0
Fred Bradley 2 22 11.00 20 1
Leon Hinojosa 2 20 10.00 19 0
Randall Dye 1 9 9.00 9 0
Kelly Carr 1 6 6.00 6 0
Walter Carter 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kevin Barnes 51 30 4 3
Zachary Puentes 40 35 1 3
Travis Mason 44 40 1 7
Zachary McNeel 34 33 1 1
Louis Ross 49 30 0 0
Marcus Tucker 0 5 0 0
Michael Fry 0 1 0 0
Steve Lilly 0 1 0 0
Keith Bernard 7 0 0 0
Robert Hughley 3 0 0 0
Donald Senior 0 16 0 0
Eric Pierce 0 19 0 0
Robert Waggoner 3 3 0 0
David Hansen 0 5 0 0
Val Smith 0 4 0 1
Andres Powers 4 3 0 1
Kenneth Kelly 6 4 0 0
William Daugherty 8 1 0 0
Francis Watson 0 4 0 0
William James 0 3 0 1
Craig Rodriguez 0 3 0 0
Thomas Boggs 29 34 0 0
Erin Hernandez 7 20 0 0
Paul Adams 3 13 0 1
Kent Boyd 45 33 0 0
Floyd Hooker 0 1 0 0

Carolina Panthers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Leonard 33 35 1 1
Aaron Jordan 0 8 0 4
John Obrien 0 6 0 0
Joseph Hanson 0 6 0 0
Timothy Haynes 0 2 0 0
Leonard Brown 2 16 0 1
Fred Bradley 0 15 0 1
Joseph Reimann 5 5 0 0
Randall Dye 0 6 0 0
John Miller 0 5 0 1
Thomas Franks 0 1 0 0
Herbert Nguyen 0 2 0 0
Fermin Johnson 0 2 0 1
Brandon Ferland 0 7 0 0
Joshua Hudson 1 7 0 0
Lindsey Follett 1 1 0 0
Edward Jackson 0 4 0 0
Bryon Ybarra 0 9 0 0
Dwight Sutton 0 4 0 2
Spencer Cheng 0 7 0 0
Charles Vargas 0 7 0 0
Charles Eckman 0 6 0 0
Omar Martinez 0 5 0 1
Kelly Carr 13 23 0 0
Valentin Allison 15 0 0 0
William Ellsworth 15 0 0 0
Javier Philson 10 5 0 0
Walter Carter 18 34 0 2
Leon Hinojosa 9 29 0 2
Justin Ballard 36 41 0 1
Wiley Simpson 35 40 0 0
Andy Adams 36 44 0 3
John Babcock 29 42 0 0
Juan Hummel 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans Saints

Carolina Panthers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fermin Johnson 1 22 22.00 0
Spencer Cheng 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
William Daugherty 3 0 0 0
Adolfo Napier 3 0 0 0
Eric Pierce 1 0 0 0
William James 0 1 0 0

Carolina Panthers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Spencer Cheng 0 1 0 0
Bryon Ybarra 0 0 1 0
Joseph Hanson 0 3 1 2
Fermin Johnson 0 1 0 0
Charles Vargas 0 1 1 0
Omar Martinez 0 0 1 0
Timothy Haynes 0 0 1 0
Aaron Jordan 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Orleans Saints

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Michael Henry 4 198 49.50 44.25 53 1

Carolina Panthers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Elmer Brock 7 312 44.57 43.29 52 4

Kicking

New Orleans Saints

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Duchene 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 1 / 1

Carolina Panthers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Henry Mucci 5 / 5 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 3 / 3

Punt Return

New Orleans Saints

Carolina Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Javier Philson 3 24 8.0 10 0

Kick Return

New Orleans Saints

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Daugherty 3 93 31.0 0

Carolina Panthers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Timothy McDonald 3 55 18.3 0

Defensive Stats