2023 · Week 2
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Sep 18, 2023 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors
Recap
New Orleans Saints held off Carolina Panthers 20–17. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Saints had just a 49% chance going in. Saints improve to 2-0; Panthers fall to 0-2. Derek Carr paced the offense with 228 passing yards.
Team stats
| NO | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 12 |
| 370 | Total yards | 253 |
| 236 | Passing yards | 153 |
| 134 | Rushing yards | 100 |
| 22/37 | Comp / Att | 22/33 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
- Q1(7:10) 4-E.Pineiro 52 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-10-J.Hekker.
- Q1(:39) 19-B.Grupe 28 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-39-L.Hedley.
- Q2(9:55) 19-B.Grupe 23 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-39-L.Hedley.
- Q3(9:15) 4-E.Pineiro 54 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-10-J.Hekker.
- Q3(3:03) 34-T.Jones right guard for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q319-B.Grupe extra point is GOOD, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-39-L.Hedley.
- Q4(5:34) 4-E.Pineiro 36 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-10-J.Hekker.
- Q4(4:01) (Shotgun) 4-D.Carr pass short left to 12-C.Olave for 16 yards, TOUCHDOWN. The Replay Official reviewed the runner was inbounds ruling, and the play was REVERSED. (Shotgun) 4-D.Carr pass short left to 12-C.Olave pushed ob at CAR 7 for 9 yards (25-X.Woods).
- Q4(3:18) 34-T.Jones up the middle for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q419-B.Grupe extra point is GOOD, Center-49-Z.Wood, Holder-39-L.Hedley.
- Q4(1:21) (Shotgun) 9-B.Young pass short right to 19-A.Thielen for 3 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Carr | 21/36 | 228 | 0 | 1 |
| Taysom Hill | 1/1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Carr | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 9 | 75 | 0 |
| Tony Jones | 12 | 34 | 2 |
| Jamaal Williams | 9 | 29 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Olave | 6 | 11 | 86 | 0 |
| Taysom Hill | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Rashid Shaheed | 4 | 4 | 63 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 7 | 9 | 55 | 0 |
| Tony Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Foster Moreau | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Juwan Johnson | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Keith Kirkwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Young | 22/33 | 153 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Young | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| Miles Sanders | 14 | 43 | 0 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Laviska Shenault Jr. | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Thielen | 7 | 9 | 54 | 1 |
| Miles Sanders | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 5 | 5 | 34 | 0 |
| Jonathan Mingo | 3 | 8 | 26 | 0 |
| Hayden Hurst | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| DJ Chark | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |