Week 1, 2034

played in Carolina, NC

86 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	7	10	0	0	-	17
Carolina Panthers	7	3	3	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:18 CAR - Baby Hightower 16 pass from Griffin McInerney (Frederick Fly extra point)
1Q: 03:32 NOS - Max Holliday 2 pass from Gavin Ozga (Claude Sjogren extra point)
2Q: 09:41 CAR - Frederick Fly 25 field goal
2Q: 02:02 NOS - Claude Sjogren 49 field goal
2Q: 00:43 NOS - Andy Mahoney 59 pass from Gavin Ozga (Claude Sjogren extra point)
3Q: 01:28 CAR - Frederick Fly 39 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:18 CAR - Baby Hightower 16 pass from Griffin McInerney (Frederick Fly extra point)
1Q: 03:32 NOS - Max Holliday 2 pass from Gavin Ozga (Claude Sjogren extra point)
2Q: 09:41 CAR - Frederick Fly 25 field goal
2Q: 02:02 NOS - Claude Sjogren 49 field goal
2Q: 00:43 NOS - Andy Mahoney 59 pass from Gavin Ozga (Claude Sjogren extra point)
3Q: 01:28 CAR - Frederick Fly 39 field goal

Team Statistics NOS CAR
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 19 13
- by Rushing 11 6
- by Passing 8 7
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 340 229
- Offensive Plays 66 52
- Yards per Play 5.15 4.40
Net Rushing Yards 146 85
- Rushing Attempts 36 21
- Yards per Rush 4.06 4.05
Net Passing Yards 194 144
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 16 - 0 29 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 210 154
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/16 2/10
- Yards per Pass Play 6.47 4.65
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/36 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 3/64 1/-2
Kick Returns/Yards 3/61 1/25
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 24
Time of Possession 32:51 27:09

Team Statistics	NOS	CAR
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	19	13
- by Rushing	11	6
- by Passing	8	7
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	340	229
- Offensive Plays	66	52
- Yards per Play	5.15	4.40
Net Rushing Yards	146	85
- Rushing Attempts	36	21
- Yards per Rush	4.06	4.05
Net Passing Yards	194	144
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 16 - 0	29 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	210	154
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/16	2/10
- Yards per Pass Play	6.47	4.65
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	7.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/36	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	3/64	1/-2
Kick Returns/Yards	3/61	1/25
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 24
Time of Possession	32:51	27:09

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:09	6:44	OWN 25	14	75	Touchdown
1	2:36	2:01	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
2	9:34	3:24	OWN 39	5	18	Punt
2	4:29	2:36	OWN 44	5	24	Field Goal
2	0:57	0:23	OWN 9	3	91	Touchdown
3	15:00	6:24	OWN 14	10	56	Missed FG
3	6:39	1:52	OPP 45	4	14	Missed FG
3	1:22	1:31	OWN 29	3	6	Punt
4	12:49	1:18	OWN 44	3	-2	Punt
4	9:12	2:51	OPP 37	6	20	Missed FG
4	4:44	4:44	OWN 6	10	46	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:51	OWN 26	9	74	Touchdown
1	3:25	0:49	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
1	0:35	6:01	OWN 35	11	57	Field Goal
2	6:10	1:41	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	1:53	0:56	OWN 25	3	3	Punt
2	0:34	0:34	OWN 25	1	-2	Half
3	8:36	1:57	OWN 37	4	8	Fumble
3	4:47	3:25	OWN 38	5	40	Field Goal
4	14:51	2:02	OWN 2	3	-1	Punt
4	11:31	2:19	OWN 13	6	11	Punt
4	6:21	1:37	OWN 24	4	16	Punt

Game MVP: Gavin Ozga, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Craig Nelson	21	80	3.81	13	2
RB Jimmy Jorgensen	8	25	3.13	13	1
RB Nolan Archer	4	17	4.25	7	0
QB Gavin Ozga	3	24	8.00	17	1

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Todd Patterson	9	51	5.67	22	2
RB Collin Hartwig	4	28	7.00	13	2
QB Griffin McInerney	4	11	2.75	7	0
RB Martin Alston	3	-3	-1.00	1	0
WR Daryl Rodgers	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gavin Ozga	26	16	210	4/16	2	59	0	112.6

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Griffin McInerney	29	21	154	2/10	1	22	0	96.0

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Silas Upshaw	3	3	31	10.33	13	19	0
WR Max Holliday	3	4	16	5.33	14	9	1
TE Terry Foreman	2	2	23	11.50	0	15	0
WR Andy Mahoney	2	5	75	37.50	52	59	1
RB Craig Nelson	2	2	11	5.50	5	10	0
WR Mitchell Green	1	6	5	5.00	3	5	0
WR Sammie Blades	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Spencer Rottinghaus	1	1	32	32.00	27	32	0
RB Nolan Archer	1	1	14	14.00	4	14	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Baby Hightower	5	8	41	8.20	11	16	1
WR Daryl Rodgers	4	4	42	10.50	24	22	0
RB Todd Patterson	4	5	18	4.50	9	8	0
WR Jon Logan	3	3	25	8.33	0	14	0
RB Martin Alston	3	3	15	5.00	11	9	0
RB Collin Hartwig	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
FB Emmanuel Shoate	1	1	15	15.00	13	15	0
WR Tim Shahade	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Craig Nelson	1	0	0
OLB Aidan Saucedo	0	1	0
T Aidan McDougal	0	1	0
DE Jalen Heatherly	0	0	1
CB C.J. Osiecki	0	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Collin Hartwig	1	0	0
QB Griffin McInerney	1	0	0
WR Jon Logan	0	1	0
OLB Tom Freitag	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Matt Rasmussen	4	197	49.3	44.8	63	2

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Emmanuel Quinn	6	316	52.7	42.0	63	4

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Claude Sjogren	1/4	1/3	0/0	49	2/2

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Frederick Fly	2/2	0/0	0/0	39	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donald Fain	3	64	21.3	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Myles McCargo	1	-2	-2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sammie Blades	3	61	20.3	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dwight Whiting	1	25	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Parker Kramer	9	1	0.0	21	27
S Zachery Oroumieh	7	2	0.0	21	27
S Giovanni Sanders	6	1	0.0	21	31
OLB Aidan Saucedo	4	1	0.0	21	27
CB C.J. Osiecki	4	1	0.0	19	27
CB Jamal Summers	3	2	0.0	21	31
ILB Gus Kurzeja	3	1	0.0	7	21
CB Garrett Shon	2	0	0.0	14	14
DE Jalen Heatherly	1	2	1.0	18	24
DE Wayne Krock	1	0	1.0	21	31
CB Bryan Sutton	1	0	0.0	2	4
S Bill Stargell	1	0	0.0	0	4
DE Mario Mizrahi	0	1	0.0	3	7
OLB Preston Fleming	0	1	0.0	21	27

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dwight Whiting	8	1	0.0	33	21
ILB Dale Jorgenson	8	1	0.0	33	29
OLB Tom Freitag	6	1	1.0	32	25
OLB Sammie Libin	5	1	0.5	22	13
S Barry Green	4	2	0.0	33	29
CB Dominique Marian	4	1	0.0	36	30
DE Steven Burnett	3	2	1.5	33	25
CB Devan Erhardt	3	1	0.0	27	17
CB Blake Macias	3	0	0.0	7	10
DT Joseph Bell	2	1	0.0	20	18
DE Rodolfo Bergman	2	0	0.0	32	26
CB Harry Franklin	2	0	0.0	12	15
DE Jace Russell	1	0	1.0	21	17
DT Brett Lucas	1	1	0.0	34	24
S Myles McCargo	1	0	0.0	6	9

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Wayne Krock	1.0	0	2	3	31
DE Jalen Heatherly	1.0	0	0	0	24
OLB Preston Fleming	0.0	1	0	0	27

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Steven Burnett	1.5	0	2	1	25
DE Jace Russell	1.0	0	2	1	17
OLB Tom Freitag	1.0	0	0	0	25
OLB Sammie Libin	0.5	0	0	0	13
DE Korey Buckley	0.0	1	1	0	8
DE Rodolfo Bergman	0.0	1	0	0	26

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Parker Kramer	5	1	27
CB C.J. Osiecki	4	0	27
CB Jamal Summers	2	1	31
ILB Gus Kurzeja	2	1	21
S Zachery Oroumieh	2	0	27
S Giovanni Sanders	2	0	31
OLB Aidan Saucedo	1	1	27
CB Bryan Sutton	1	0	4
CB Garrett Shon	1	0	14
S Bill Stargell	1	0	4

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Dwight Whiting	5	0	21
ILB Dale Jorgenson	3	2	29
CB Blake Macias	2	0	10
OLB Sammie Libin	2	0	13
OLB Tom Freitag	2	0	25
CB Devan Erhardt	1	0	17
CB Harry Franklin	1	0	15
CB Dominique Marian	0	1	30

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Carl Mueller	4	6	0	36	1	30
G Sammie Dawson	3	9	0	36	0	30
T Kristopher Webb	3	6	0	36	1	30
T Aidan McDougal	3	4	0	36	1	30
C Randal Sizemore	2	7	0	36	1	30
TE Spencer Rottinghaus	1	1	1	16	0	8
FB Isaiah Lyle	1	1	0	6	0	6

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Deion Meechan	3	5	21	1	31
C Chase Jenkins	2	6	21	0	31
G Raymond Fusco	2	2	21	0	31
G Maxwell Walsh	1	4	21	0	31
TE Baby Hightower	0	1	19	0	29
T Marlon Moya	0	0	21	1	31

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Carl Mueller	1	8
Craig Nelson	1	8

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Myles McCargo	2	14
Baby Hightower	2	10
Collin Hartwig	1	16
Tyrone Rader	1	8

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Aidan McDougal	36	30	---	---	8	74
G Carl Mueller	36	30	---	---	8	74
G Sammie Dawson	36	30	---	---	8	74
T Kristopher Webb	36	30	---	---	8	74
QB Gavin Ozga	36	30	---	---	---	66
WR Sammie Blades	34	28	---	---	4	66
C Randal Sizemore	36	30	---	---	---	66
TE Silas Upshaw	32	25	---	---	---	57
DE Wayne Krock	---	---	21	31	2	54
CB Jamal Summers	---	---	21	31	2	54
S Giovanni Sanders	---	---	21	31	2	54
WR Andy Mahoney	25	14	---	---	14	53
OLB Preston Fleming	---	---	21	27	1	49
S Zachery Oroumieh	---	---	21	27	1	49
OLB Aidan Saucedo	---	---	21	27	---	48
ILB Parker Kramer	---	---	21	27	---	48
RB Craig Nelson	23	17	---	---	8	48
CB C.J. Osiecki	---	---	19	27	2	48
DT Tyrell Ballard	---	---	19	24	---	43
DE Jalen Heatherly	---	---	18	24	---	42
ILB Gus Kurzeja	---	---	7	21	12	40
WR Mitchell Green	16	19	---	---	4	39
CB Garrett Shon	---	---	14	14	3	31
FB Isaiah Lyle	6	6	---	---	18	30
RB Jimmy Jorgensen	9	4	---	---	16	29
WR Max Holliday	12	16	---	---	---	28
TE Terry Foreman	2	2	---	---	22	26
TE Spencer Rottinghaus	16	8	---	---	---	24
CB Bryan Sutton	---	---	2	4	18	24
WR Donald Fain	0	4	---	---	18	22
S Bill Stargell	---	---	0	4	15	19
DE Mario Mizrahi	---	---	3	7	8	18
DT Garrett Allamon	---	---	2	7	8	17
OLB Don Scukanec	---	---	0	0	17	17
RB Nolan Archer	5	7	---	---	---	12
CB Collin Ihler	---	---	0	0	9	9
P Matt Rasmussen	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Giovanni Reid	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Claude Sjogren	0	0	---	---	8	8
OLB A.J. Lerner	---	---	0	4	2	6
OLB Harrison Lemke	---	---	0	4	2	6
T Jim Jochumsen	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Jimmie Euerle	---	---	0	0	---	0
G Tony Buchanan	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Cristian Landrieu	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Don Tan	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Dominique Marian	---	---	36	30	8	74
S Barry Green	---	---	33	29	8	70
ILB Dale Jorgenson	---	---	33	29	4	66
DE Rodolfo Bergman	---	---	32	26	3	61
DT Brett Lucas	---	---	34	24	3	61
DE Steven Burnett	---	---	33	25	3	61
S Dwight Whiting	---	---	33	21	6	60
T Deion Meechan	21	31	---	---	8	60
OLB Tom Freitag	---	---	32	25	3	60
TE Baby Hightower	19	29	---	---	10	58
T Marlon Moya	21	31	---	---	---	52
C Chase Jenkins	21	31	---	---	---	52
QB Griffin McInerney	21	31	---	---	---	52
G Raymond Fusco	21	31	---	---	---	52
G Maxwell Walsh	21	31	---	---	---	52
WR Jon Logan	18	18	---	---	11	47
DT Joseph Bell	---	---	20	18	7	45
CB Devan Erhardt	---	---	27	17	1	45
TE Ezra Hudson	6	18	---	---	20	44
WR Tim Shahade	18	24	---	---	---	42
DE Jace Russell	---	---	21	17	3	41
OLB Sammie Libin	---	---	22	13	2	37
WR Daryl Rodgers	16	15	---	---	1	32
FB Emmanuel Shoate	4	14	---	---	14	32
S Myles McCargo	---	---	6	9	14	29
CB Ty Griffin	---	---	5	9	14	28
OLB Devan Batteson	---	---	5	4	19	28
CB Harry Franklin	---	---	12	15	1	28
RB Collin Hartwig	6	5	---	---	16	27
RB Todd Patterson	10	15	---	---	---	25
CB Blake Macias	---	---	7	10	7	24
RB Martin Alston	5	10	---	---	---	15
DE Korey Buckley	---	---	2	8	4	14
WR Harvey Hanna	0	0	---	---	13	13
ILB Rodney Kasper	---	---	3	1	8	12
TE Paul Owens	3	7	---	---	---	10
P Emmanuel Quinn	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Eric Reilly	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Jonathan Mathews	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Camden Ramsey	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Tyrone Rader	0	0	---	---	8	8
WR Caleb Villa	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Frederick Fly	0	0	---	---	6	6
C Mitch Mazor	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Caden Randle	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Heath Wiggins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	49	4.9
Middle	21	82	3.9
Right	4	16	4.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	0	0.0
Middle	12	58	4.8
Right	4	29	7.3
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gavin Ozga	26	16	2	0	0	3	5	2	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Griffin McInerney	29	21	1	1	0	4	2	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	15	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	92	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	103	12.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	22	2.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	11	96	8.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	3	36	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mitchell Green	6	1	5	0	19
WR Andy Mahoney	5	2	75	1	14
WR Max Holliday	4	3	16	0	16
TE Silas Upshaw	3	3	31	0	25
WR Sammie Blades	2	1	3	0	28
TE Terry Foreman	2	2	23	0	2
RB Craig Nelson	2	2	11	0	17
TE Spencer Rottinghaus	1	1	32	1	8
RB Nolan Archer	1	1	14	0	7

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Baby Hightower	8	5	41	0	29
RB Todd Patterson	5	4	18	0	15
WR Tim Shahade	4	0	0	0	24
WR Daryl Rodgers	4	4	42	1	15
WR Jon Logan	3	3	25	0	18
RB Martin Alston	3	3	15	0	10
RB Collin Hartwig	1	1	-2	0	5
FB Emmanuel Shoate	1	1	15	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Craig Nelson	1	-1	-1.00	3.81

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gavin Ozga	6	3	16	2.67	8.08

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Griffin McInerney	2	2	25	12.50	5.31

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Max Holliday	3	3	16	5.33	4.00
WR Mitchell Green	2	0	0	0.00	0.83
WR Andy Mahoney	1	0	0	0.00	15.00

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Baby Hightower	2	2	25	12.50	5.13

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Craig Nelson	2	2
QB Gavin Ozga	1	1
RB Jimmy Jorgensen	1	1

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
WR Daryl Rodgers	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gavin Ozga	8	4	1

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Griffin McInerney	10	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Sammie Blades	2	1	0
WR Mitchell Green	1	0	0
TE Silas Upshaw	1	1	1
TE Terry Foreman	1	1	0
WR Andy Mahoney	1	0	0
RB Craig Nelson	1	1	0
WR Max Holliday	1	0	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Baby Hightower	5	3	1
RB Todd Patterson	2	2	1
WR Tim Shahade	1	0	0
WR Daryl Rodgers	1	1	1
FB Emmanuel Shoate	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,300 (70,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,500 (19,500)
End Zone 13,900 (13,900)
Mezzanine 8,000 (8,000)
Sideline Seats 12,300 (12,300)
Club Seats 12,800 (12,800)
Luxury Boxes 3,800 (3,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,300 (70,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,500 (19,500)
End Zone	13,900 (13,900)
Mezzanine	8,000 (8,000)
Sideline Seats	12,300 (12,300)
Club Seats	12,800 (12,800)
Luxury Boxes	3,800 (3,800)