2011 · Week 5
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Oct 9, 2011 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints held off Carolina Panthers 30–27. ScoutIndex had favored Saints (71%) going in. Saints improve to 4-1; Panthers fall to 1-4. Drew Brees paced the offense with 359 passing yards and 2 TDs.
Team stats
| NO | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | First downs | 16 |
| 460 | Total yards | 386 |
| 359 | Passing yards | 224 |
| 101 | Rushing yards | 162 |
| 32/45 | Comp / Att | 16/31 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
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Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 32/45 | 359 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Sproles | 11 | 51 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 9 | 32 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 7 | 18 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Graham | 8 | 12 | 129 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 5 | 6 | 69 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 7 | 40 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 4 | 5 | 38 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 3 | 6 | 30 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 3 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Gilmore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 16/31 | 224 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 7 | 27 | 1 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 9 | 115 | 1 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 6 | 20 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Smith | 3 | 7 | 79 | 1 |
| Legedu Naanee | 4 | 8 | 63 | 0 |
| Jeremy Shockey | 3 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
| Greg Olsen | 3 | 5 | 21 | 1 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Brandon LaFell | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |