2012 · Week 2
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Sep 16, 2012 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Carolina Panthers topped New Orleans Saints 35–27. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Panthers had just a 41% chance going in. Panthers improve to 1-1; Saints fall to 0-2. Cam Newton was the story of the game with 253 passing yards and 1 TD; 71 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD.
Team stats
| NO | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | First downs | 22 |
| 488 | Total yards | 472 |
| 325 | Passing yards | 253 |
| 163 | Rushing yards | 219 |
| 31/49 | Comp / Att | 14/20 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 31/49 | 325 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 9 | 110 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 16 | 53 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Sproles | 13 | 14 | 128 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 4 | 6 | 33 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 7 | 13 | 71 | 1 |
| Marques Colston | 3 | 4 | 49 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 2 | 5 | 30 | 0 |
| Courtney Roby | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Joseph Morgan | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| David Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 14/20 | 253 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 13 | 71 | 1 |
| Brandon LaFell | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 14 | 69 | 1 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 11 | 51 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Smith | 3 | 4 | 104 | 0 |
| Brandon LaFell | 6 | 8 | 90 | 0 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Mike Tolbert | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| Greg Olsen | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Kealoha Pilares | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |