2020 · Week 17
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Jan 3, 2021 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints blew out Carolina Panthers 33–7. ScoutIndex had favored Saints (76%) going in. Saints improve to 12-4; Panthers fall to 5-11. Drew Brees paced the offense with 201 passing yards and 3 TDs. Panthers turned it over 5 times to Saints's 0.
Team stats
| NO | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | First downs | 16 |
| 357 | Total yards | 345 |
| 201 | Passing yards | 271 |
| 156 | Rushing yards | 74 |
| 22/32 | Comp / Att | 18/37 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
- Q1(9:09) (Shotgun) 9-D.Brees pass deep right to 87-J.Cook for 18 yards, TOUCHDOWN [95-D.Brown].
- Q13-W.Lutz extra point is GOOD, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-6-T.Morstead.
- Q1(1:44) 35-R.Smith left tackle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q14-J.Slye extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-3-J.Charlton.
- Q2(8:17) 9-D.Brees pass short middle to 17-E.Sanders for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q23-W.Lutz extra point is No Good, Wide Left, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-6-T.Morstead.
- Q2(:05) 3-W.Lutz 33 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-6-T.Morstead.
- Q3(11:54) 3-W.Lutz 48 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-6-T.Morstead.
- Q3(5:00) (Shotgun) 7-T.Hill right tackle for 3 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q33-W.Lutz extra point is GOOD, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-6-T.Morstead.
- Q4(15:00) 9-D.Brees pass short middle to 80-A.Carr for 11 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q43-W.Lutz extra point is GOOD, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-6-T.Morstead.
Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 22/32 | 201 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Montgomery | 18 | 105 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 7 | 41 | 1 |
| Tony Jones | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Jameis Winston | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Montgomery | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 9 | 13 | 63 | 1 |
| Marquez Callaway | 3 | 4 | 51 | 0 |
| Jared Cook | 4 | 5 | 43 | 1 |
| Taysom Hill | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Lil'Jordan Humphrey | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Austin Carr | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Adam Trautman | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Juwan Johnson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Bridgewater | 13/23 | 176 | 0 | 2 |
| PJ Walker | 5/14 | 95 | 0 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Bridgewater | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Curtis Samuel | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Rodney Smith | 10 | 40 | 1 |
| Tommy Stevens | 4 | 24 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Samuel | 7 | 11 | 118 | 0 |
| DJ Moore | 5 | 11 | 101 | 0 |
| Robbie Chosen | 3 | 7 | 40 | 0 |
| Rodney Smith | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Pharoh Cooper | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Alex Armah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Thomas | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0 |