2018 · Week 15
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Dec 17, 2018 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints escaped with a 12–9 win over Carolina Panthers. ScoutIndex had favored Saints (71%) going in. Saints improve to 12-2; Panthers fall to 6-8. Drew Brees was the story of the game with 203 passing yards.
Team stats
| NO | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 12 |
| 358 | Total yards | 279 |
| 203 | Passing yards | 181 |
| 155 | Rushing yards | 98 |
| 23/35 | Comp / Att | 17/30 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 23/35 | 203 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Alvin Kamara | 14 | 67 | 1 |
| Mark Ingram | 12 | 63 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Zach Line | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Kamara | 7 | 9 | 36 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 7 | 9 | 49 | 0 |
| Keith Kirkwood | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Benjamin Watson | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| Josh Hill | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'Quan Smith | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Dan Arnold | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 16/29 | 131 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 1/1 | 50 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 15 | 53 | 0 |
| DJ Moore | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Curtis Samuel | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey | 8 | 11 | 67 | 0 |
| Chris Manhertz | 1 | 2 | 50 | 1 |
| DJ Moore | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Jarius Wright | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 |
| Curtis Samuel | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| Ian Thomas | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Devin Funchess | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |