2005 · Week 1
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Sep 11, 2005 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints held off Carolina Panthers 23–20. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Saints had just a 39% chance going in. Saints improve to 1-0; Panthers fall to 0-1. Aaron Brooks paced the offense with 192 passing yards; 32 rushing yards. Panthers turned it over 2 times to Saints's 0.
Team stats
| NO | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | First downs | 15 |
| 293 | Total yards | 353 |
| 192 | Passing yards | 212 |
| 101 | Rushing yards | 141 |
| 18/24 | Comp / Att | 19/31 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
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Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 18/24 | 192 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 26 | 64 | 2 |
| Aaron Stecker | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deuce McAllister | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Delhomme | 19/31 | 212 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Delhomme | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Stephen Davis | 13 | 81 | 1 |
| DeShaun Foster | 9 | 41 | 0 |
| Nick Goings | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeShaun Foster | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Nick Goings | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |