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National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 33, New Orleans 31
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 28, 2008
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jerome Boger
Attendance: 69999
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 6177333
New Orleans 01002131
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:06
Carolina FG New Orleans 0 - Carolina 3
John Kasay 45 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:21
Carolina FG New Orleans 0 - Carolina 6
John Kasay 26 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 12:39
New Orleans FG New Orleans 3 - Carolina 6
Garrett Hartley 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 7:00
Carolina FG New Orleans 3 - Carolina 9
John Kasay 34 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 3:13
Carolina TD New Orleans 3 - Carolina 16
Muhsin Muhammad 8 yd. pass from Jake Delhomme (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:09
Carolina TD New Orleans 3 - Carolina 23
Dante Wesley 12 yd. fumble recovery (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:47
New Orleans TD New Orleans 10 - Carolina 23
Marques Colston 26 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:07
Carolina TD New Orleans 10 - Carolina 30
Jonathan Stewart 2 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 14:54
New Orleans TD New Orleans 17 - Carolina 30
Robert Meachem 7 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 5:38
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Carolina 30
Lance Moore 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 3:16
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Carolina 30
Lance Moore 13 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 0:01
Carolina FG New Orleans 31 - Carolina 33
John Kasay 42 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina New Orleans
1st Downs 23 22
Rushing 12 4
Passing 10 18
Penalty 1 0
3rd Down Conversions 6-12 7-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 2-24.0 3-54.7
Return Yards 141 73
Punts-Returns 2-13 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 5-112 3-73
Int-Returns 1-16 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-30 7-48
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Time of Possession 36:55 23:05
Total Net Yards 478 417
Total Plays 63 62
Average Gain 7.6 6.7
Net Yards Rushing 234 50
Rushes 42 11
Average/Rush 5.6 4.5
Net Yards Passing 244 367
Comp-Att 14-20 30-49
Yards/Pass 11.6 7.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 2-19
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 4
Other 1 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 4-5 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Delhomme 14/20 250 1 0
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 30/49 386 4 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Williams 25 178 7.1 0 30
J. Stewart 17 56 3.3 1 16
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. McAllister 8 40 5.0 0 11
M. Bell 3 10 3.3 0 5
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Smith 5 134 26.8 0 54
M. Muhammad 7 79 11.3 1 28
D. Hackett 2 37 18.5 0 30
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 7 123 17.6 1 26
L. Moore 8 91 11.4 2 20
B. Miller 3 56 18.7 0 21
D. McAllister 5 41 8.2 0 20
R. Meachem 3 36 12.0 1 15
D. Henderson 2 29 14.5 0 19
M. Karney 1 7 7.0 0 7
B. Ortega 1 3 3.0 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Harris 1 16 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
R. Marshall 1.0 10.0
J. Peppers 1.0 9.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
S. Shanle 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  TK AST
K. Lucas 6 1
C. Gamble 5 0
T. Davis 5 0
C. Harris 4 0
C. Godfrey 3 0
T. Brayton 3 0
R. Marshall 2 0
J. Peppers 2 1
J. Anderson 1 0
N. Salley 1 0
N. Diggs 1 0
J. Beason 1 0
N. Hayden 1 1
D. Walker 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
R. Harper 9 0
J. Vilma 9 1
R. Gay 7 0
J. Bullocks 4 2
S. Fujita 4 2
J. David 3 0
S. Shanle 3 1
U. Young 2 0
C. Reis 2 0
J. Charleston 2 1
H. Thomas 1 1
B. McCray 1 1
R. Ayodele 1 1
S. Ellis 1 2
W. Smith 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Green 1