Panthers 10-6 Saints (29 Dec, 2002) Box Score

Carolina Panthers

7-9, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CAR	0	7	3	0	10
NO	3	0	3	0	6

New Orleans Saints

9-7, 4-4 home

Carolina Passing


Rodney Peete
Chris Weinke
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
19/30	203	6.8	1	2	2-13	66.4
1/2	0	0.0	0	0	1-2	56.3
20/32	188	6.3	1	2	3-15	65.0

New Orleans Passing


Aaron Brooks
Deuce McAllister
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/31	145	4.7	2	3-18	26.9
0/0	0	0.0	0	1-8	0.0
12/31	119	4.7	2	4-26	26.9

Carolina Rushing


Nick Goings
Brad Hoover
Rod Smart
Rodney Peete
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
18	70	3.9	15
5	12	2.4	4
1	2	2.0	2
2	1	0.5	2
26	85	3.3	15

New Orleans Rushing


Deuce McAllister
Aaron Brooks
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
28	117	4.2	21
2	8	4.0	8
30	125	4.2	21

Carolina Receiving


Muhsin Muhammad
Steve Smith Sr.
Jermaine Wiggins
Brad Hoover
Kris Mangum
Nick Goings
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	95	13.6	0	31
3	37	12.3	0	29
4	37	9.3	0	17
2	23	11.5	1	15
1	6	6.0	0	6
3	5	1.7	0	7
20	203	10.2	1	31

New Orleans Receiving


Donte' Stallworth
Joe Horn
Jake Reed
Deuce McAllister
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	60	15.0	28
4	43	10.8	20
2	32	16.0	16
2	10	5.0	8
12	145	12.1	28

Carolina Fumbles


Nick Goings
Rodney Peete
Terry Cousin
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
3	1	1

New Orleans Fumbles


Jake Reed
Aaron Brooks
Keyuo Craver
Grady Jackson
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
3	1	1

Carolina Defense



Mark Fields
Terry Cousin
Deon Grant
Reggie Howard
Brian Allen
Al Wallace
Mike Rucker
Kris Jenkins
Dante Wesley
Mike Minter
Will Witherspoon
Brentson Buckner
Kevin Donnalley
Todd Sauerbrun
Jason Kyle
Muhsin Muhammad
Emmanuel McDaniel
Shane Burton
Kris Mangum
Jermaine Wiggins
Brad Hoover
Nick Goings
Rod Smart
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	1	0	0	0	0
6	6	1	0	4	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
62	56	4	0	8	0	0

New Orleans Defense



Sammy Knight
Sedrick Hodge
Ken Irvin
Fred Thomas
Jay Bellamy
Charlie Clemons
Roger Knight
Grady Jackson
James Allen
Keyuo Craver
Willie Whitehead
Darren Howard
Kevin Houser
Mel Mitchell
Norman Hand
Charles Grant
Kyle Turley
Michael L. Lewis
Donte' Stallworth
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	0	0	2	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	2	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
69	57	3	0	4	0	0

Carolina Interceptions


Terry Cousin
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	4	0
2	4	0

New Orleans Interceptions


Sammy Knight
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	13	0
2	13	0

Carolina Kick Returns


Isaac Byrd
Steve Smith Sr.
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	36	18.0	20
1	19	19.0	19
3	55	18.3	20

New Orleans Kick Returns


Michael L. Lewis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	62	20.7	30	0
3	62	20.7	30	0

Carolina Punt Returns


Steve Smith Sr.
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	54	13.5	23	0
4	54	13.5	23	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Michael L. Lewis
Keyuo Craver
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	139	27.8	61
1	0	0.0	0
6	139	23.2	61

Carolina Kicking


Shayne Graham
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	50	1/1	4
1/1	100.0	50	1/1	4

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	38	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	38	0/0	6

Carolina Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	351	43.9	0	1	64
8	351	43.9	0	1	64

New Orleans Punting


Toby Gowin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	305	43.6	1	2	57
7	305	43.6	1	2	57

6:00 PM, 29 December 2002

Attendance: 66,946

Referees:
Ed Hochuli

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

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