| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 1-yard pass from Drew Brees to Jimmy Graham. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 9:39 Time Remaining. (11 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 5:21). |
| Carolina Touchdown - 9-yard interception return by Charles Godfrey. (Justin Medlock extra point is good). 5:33 Time Remaining. |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 22-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 1:26 Time Remaining. (10 plays, 76 yards. Time of Drive: 4:07). |
| 2nd Quarter |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 53-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 7:08 Time Remaining. (11 plays, 57 yards. Time of Drive: 4:36). |
| Carolina Touchdown - 17-yard pass from Cam Newton to Jonathan Stewart. (Justin Medlock extra point is good). 3:33 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 74 yards. Time of Drive: 3:35). |
| Carolina Touchdown - 2-yard run by Mike Tolbert. (Justin Medlock extra point is good). 0:11 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 58 yards. Time of Drive: 2:20). |
| 3rd Quarter |
| Carolina Touchdown - 3-yard run by DeAngelo Williams. (Justin Medlock extra point is good). 8:17 Time Remaining. (6 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 3:04). |
| 4th Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 1-yard run by Mark Ingram. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 12:53 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 68 yards. Time of Drive: 3:35). |
| Carolina Touchdown - 5-yard run by Cam Newton. (Justin Medlock extra point is good). 9:55 Time Remaining. (6 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 2:58). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 1-yard run by Drew Brees. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 1:55 Time Remaining. (12 plays, 81 yards. Time of Drive: 2:54). |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | New Orleans | Carolina |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 27 | 23 |
| By Rushing | 8 | 12 |
| By Passing | 19 | 10 |
| By Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 7-13-54 | 6-12-50 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 486 | 463 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 77 | 62 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 6.3 | 7.5 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 163 | 219 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 27 | 41 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 323 | 244 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 1-2 | 1-9 |
| Gross yards passing | 325 | 253 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 49-31-2 | 20-14-0 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 6.5 | 11.6 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 3-49.3 | 5-45.8 |
| Net Punting Average | 38.0 | 35.8 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 30 | 25 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 2-30 | 1-14 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 3-54 | 3-72 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 0-0 | 2-11 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 2-23 | 4-34 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 3 | 5 |
| Rushing | 2 | 3 |
| Passing | 1 | 1 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 3-3 | 5-5 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 27 | 35 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 30:24 | 29:36 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| New Orleans | Carolina |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| D.Brees | 49 | 31 | 325 | 1/2 | 1 | 29 | 2 | | Total | 49 | 31 | 325 | 1/2 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| C.Newton | 20 | 14 | 253 | 1/9 | 1 | 66 | 0 | | Total | 20 | 14 | 253 | 1/9 | 1 | 66 | 0 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | | | | | | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| T.Morstead | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 1 | 1 | 65 | | Total | 3 | 148 | 49.3 | 1 | 1 | 65 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| B.Nortman | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 1 | 2 | 58 | | Total | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 1 | 2 | 58 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| D.Sproles | 2 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | DOWNED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 4 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| J.Adams | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | | DOWNED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
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| | KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| J.Adams | 3 | 0 | 72 | 24 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Total | 5 | 0 | 72 | 24 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| G.Hartley | 2/2 | 100.0 | 53 | 3/3 | 9 | | Total | 2/2 | 100.0 | 53 | 3/3 | 9 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| | | | | | | | Total | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
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