| Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 29, 2002 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 66946 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina PanthersCAR | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CAR | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Carney 30 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Brad Hoover 15 pass from Rodney Peete (Shayne Graham kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Carney 38 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Shayne Graham 50 FG | 10 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Muhsin Muhammad |
| 75 | LOT | Todd Steussie |
| 63 | LOG | Jamar Nesbit |
| 60 | C | Jeff Mitchell |
| 65 | ROG | Kevin Donnalley |
| 73 | ROT | Melvin Tuten |
| 86 | TE | Kris Mangum |
| 84 | TE | Jermaine Wiggins |
| 9 | QB | Rodney Peete |
| 37 | RB | Nick Goings |
| 45 | FB | Brad Hoover |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Al Wallace |
| 99 | LDT | Brentson Buckner |
| 77 | RDT | Kris Jenkins |
| 93 | RDE | Mike Rucker |
| 58 | SLB | Mark Fields |
| 54 | MLB | Will Witherspoon |
| 52 | WLB | Brian Allen |
| 21 | LCB | Terry Cousin |
| 30 | SS | Mike Minter |
| 27 | FS | Deon Grant |
| 23 | RCB | Reggie Howard |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Joe Horn |
| 83 | WR | Donte' Stallworth |
| 68 | LOT | Kyle Turley |
| 64 | LOG | Kendyl Jacox |
| 62 | C | Jerry Fontenot |
| 65 | ROG | Lecharles Bentley |
| 71 | ROT | Spencer Folau |
| 88 | TE | David Sloan |
| 2 | QB | Aaron Brooks |
| 26 | RB | Deuce McAllister |
| 44 | FB | Terrelle Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Willie Whitehead |
| 99 | LDT | Norman Hand |
| 91 | RDT | Grady Jackson |
| 93 | RDE | Darren Howard |
| 50 | SLB | James Allen |
| 56 | MLB | Charlie Clemons |
| 52 | WLB | Sedrick Hodge |
| 21 | LCB | Dale Carter |
| 29 | SS | Sammy Knight |
| 20 | FS | Jay Bellamy |
| 22 | RCB | Fred Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Nick Goings | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Rod Smart | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rodney Peete | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Deuce McAllister | 28 | 117 | 4.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Aaron Brooks | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||
| Rodney Peete | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 2 | 203 | 6.8 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 66.4 |
| Chris Weinke | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 56.2 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Aaron Brooks | 31 | 12 | 38.7 | 2 | 145 | 4.7 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 26.9 |
| Deuce McAllister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Muhsin Muhammad | 8 | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 6 | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 5 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Nick Goings | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15t | 1 |
| Kris Mangum | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Isaac Byrd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Donte' Stallworth | 6 | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Horn | 9 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Jake Reed | 9 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Michael Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Terry Cousin | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Sammy Knight | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 8 | 351 | 43.9 | 64 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Toby Gowin | 7 | 305 | 43.6 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Steve Smith | 4 | 1 | 54 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Michael Lewis | 5 | 0 | 139 | 27.8 | 61 | 0 |
| Keyuo Craver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||
| Shayne Graham | 2 | 133 | 66.5 | 0 |
| Todd Sauerbrun | 1 | 61 | 61.0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Toby Gowin | 3 | 189 | 63.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Isaac Byrd | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Michael Lewis | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Mark Fields | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Terry Cousin | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Al Wallace | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Mike Rucker | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Mark Fields | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Deon Grant | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Cousin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Howard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Allen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wallace | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Rucker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Jenkins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Wesley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Minter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Witherspoon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brentson Buckner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Burton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Goings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Kyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Mangum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel McDaniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Sauerbrun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Smart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Donnalley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muhsin Muhammad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
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