Carolina Field Goal - 20-yarder by Graham Gano. 5:41 Time Remaining. (15 plays, 76 yards. Time of Drive: 7:06).
2nd Quarter
Carolina Touchdown - 1-yard run by Mike Tolbert. (Graham Gano extra point is good). 8:18 Time Remaining. (3 plays, 82 yards. Time of Drive: 1:12).
New Orleans Touchdown - 7-yard pass from Drew Brees to Marques Colston. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 5:14 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 76 yards. Time of Drive: 3:04).
New Orleans Touchdown - 18-yard interception return by Jonathan Vilma. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 4:31 Time Remaining.
Carolina Field Goal - 31-yarder by Graham Gano. 0:39 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 60 yards. Time of Drive: 3:52).
New Orleans Field Goal - 53-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 0:00 Time Remaining. (5 plays, 47 yards. Time of Drive: 0:39).
3rd Quarter
New Orleans Touchdown - 19-yard pass from Drew Brees to Jimmy Graham. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 10:45 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 4:15).
Carolina Touchdown - 54-yard run by DeAngelo Williams. (Graham Gano extra point is good). 8:48 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 1:57).
Carolina Touchdown - 1-yard run by Mike Tolbert. (Graham Gano extra point is good). 2:29 Time Remaining. (3 plays, 36 yards. Time of Drive: 1:18).
4th Quarter
Carolina Touchdown - 1-yard run by Mike Tolbert. (Graham Gano extra point is good). 10:16 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 4:36).
Carolina Touchdown - 12-yard run by DeAngelo Williams. (Graham Gano extra point is good). 8:23 Time Remaining. (1 plays, 12 yards. Time of Drive: 0:06).
New Orleans Touchdown - 9-yard pass from Drew Brees to Marques Colston. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 5:10 Time Remaining. (10 plays, 81 yards. Time of Drive: 3:13).
Carolina Field Goal - 42-yarder by Graham Gano. 4:08 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 5 yards. Time of Drive: 1:02).
New Orleans Touchdown - 33-yard pass from Drew Brees to Darren Sproles. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 2:52 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 1:16).
Officials
Referee: Alberto Riveron
Umpire:Paul King
Line Judge: Julian Mapp
Side Judge:Jimmy DeBell
Head Linesman: Jim Mello
Back Judge:Richard Reels
Field Judge: Steve Zimmer
Attendance/Time
Attendance: 73124
Time:3:24
Final Team Statistics
Carolina
New Orleans
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS
28
22
By Rushing
12
3
By Passing
13
18
By Penalty
3
1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY
10-16-63
4-12-33
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY
0-0-0
2-2-100
TOTAL NET YARDS
530
441
Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing)
74
63
Avg. gain per offensive play
7.2
7.0
NET YARDS RUSHING
273
63
Total Rushing Plays
39
18
Avg. gain per rushing play
7.0
3.5
NET YARDS PASSING
257
378
Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass
1-3
2-18
Gross yards passing
260
396
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED
34-17-1
43-29-1
Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing)
7.3
8.4
PUNTS Number and average
2-50.5
6-46.0
Net Punting Average
41.0
29.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs)
77
17
No. and Yards Punt Returns
2-77
1--1
No. and Yards Kickoff Returns
1-25
4-95
No. and Yards Interception Returns
1-0
1-18
PENALTIES No. and Yards
4-36
5-55
FUMBLES No. and Lost
0-0
0-0
TOUCHDOWNS
5
5
Rushing
5
0
Passing
0
4
EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts
5-5
5-5
FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts
3-4
1-1
SAFETIES
0
0
FINAL SCORE
44
38
TIME OF POSSESSION
33:55
26:05
Final Individual Statistics
Carolina
New Orleans
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
D.Williams
21
210
10.0
65
2
C.Newton
7
34
4.9
16
0
M.Tolbert
10
25
2.5
5
3
B.LaFell
1
4
4.0
4
0
Total
39
273
7.0
65
5
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
M.Ingram
10
39
3.9
17
0
C.Ivory
4
22
5.5
11
0
D.Sproles
3
1
0.3
5
0
J.Morgan
1
1
1.0
1
0
Total
18
63
3.5
17
0
PASSING
ATT
CP
YDS
SK/YD
TD
LG
IN
C.Newton
33
16
248
1/3
0
34
1
D.Anderson
1
1
12
0/0
0
12
0
Total
34
17
260
1/3
0
34
1
PASSING
ATT
CP
YDS
SK/YD
TD
LG
IN
D.Brees
43
29
396
2/18
4
51
1
Total
43
29
396
2/18
4
51
1
RECEIVING
ATT
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
B.LaFell
5
62
12.4
19
0
G.Olsen
4
43
10.8
16
0
S.Smith
3
73
24.3
31
0
L.Murphy
3
57
19.0
34
0
M.Tolbert
1
22
22.0
22
0
D.Williams
1
3
3.0
3
0
R.Brockel
0
0
0.0
0
0
Total
17
260
15.3
34
0
RECEIVING
ATT
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
J.Graham
9
115
12.8
27
1
D.Sproles
8
79
9.9
33
1
M.Colston
5
52
10.4
18
2
L.Moore
4
121
30.3
51
0
D.Henderson
1
16
16.0
16
0
J.Morgan
1
8
8.0
8
0
J.Collins
1
5
5.0
5
0
M.Ingram
0
0
0.0
0
0
Total
29
396
13.7
51
4
INTERCEPTIONS
ATT
YDS
LG
TD
C.Godfrey
1
0
0
0
Total
1
0
0
0
INTERCEPTIONS
ATT
YDS
LG
TD
J.Vilma
1
18
18
1
Total
1
18
18
1
PUNTING
NO
YDS
AVG
TB
IN20
LG
B.Nortman
2
101
50.5
1
0
54
Total
2
101
50.5
1
0
54
PUNTING
NO
YDS
AVG
TB
IN20
LG
T.Morstead
6
276
46.0
1
2
61
Total
6
276
46.0
1
2
61
PUNT RETURNS
NO
FC
YDS
LG
TD
A.Edwards
2
1
77
69
0
DOWNED
1
0
0
0
0
TOUCHBACK
1
0
0
0
0
OUT OF BOUNDS
1
0
0
0
0
Total
5
1
77
69
0
PUNT RETURNS
NO
FC
YDS
LG
TD
TOUCHBACK
1
0
0
0
0
D.Sproles
1
0
-1
-1
0
Total
2
0
-1
0
0
KICKOFF RETURNS
NO
FC
YDS
LG
TD
A.Smith
1
0
25
25
0
TOUCHBACK
3
0
0
0
0
OUT OF BOUNDS
1
0
0
0
0
Total
5
0
25
25
0
KICKOFF RETURNS
NO
FC
YDS
LG
TD
D.Sproles
3
0
66
27
0
T.Cadet
1
0
29
29
0
TOUCHBACK
5
0
0
0
0
Total
9
0
95
29
0
KICKING
FG
PCT
LG
XP
PTS
G.Gano
3/4
75.0
42
5/5
14
Total
3/4
75.0
42
5/5
14
KICKING
FG
PCT
LG
XP
PTS
G.Hartley
1/1
100.0
53
5/5
8
Total
1/1
100.0
53
5/5
8
Carolina
FUMBLES
FUM
LOST
OWN-REC
YDS
TD
FORCED
OPP-REC
YDS
TD
None
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
New Orleans
FUMBLES
FUM
LOST
OWN-REC
YDS
TD
FORCED
OPP-REC
YDS
TD
None
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Final Defensive Statistics
Carolina
TKL
AST
COM
SAC
YDS
IN
PD
FF
FR
L.Kuechly
10
3
13
0.0
0.0
0
2
0
0
C.Munnerlyn
7
0
7
0.0
0.0
0
2
0
0
J.Dockery
4
2
6
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
C.Godfrey
3
1
4
0.0
0.0
1
1
0
0
T.Davis
3
1
4
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
J.Thomas
2
2
4
0.0
0.0
0
2
0
0
D.Campbell
2
2
4
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
C.Johnson
2
0
2
2.0
18.0
0
0
0
0
J.Phillips
2
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
F.Kearse
1
1
2
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
F.Alexander
1
2
3
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
D.Edwards
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
S.Fua
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Total
37
16
53
2.0
18.0
1
7
0
0
New Orleans
TKL
AST
COM
SAC
YDS
IN
PD
FF
FR
R.Harper
6
0
6
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
J.Patrick
5
0
5
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
I.Abdul-Quddus
4
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
2
0
0
J.Vilma
4
4
8
0.0
0.0
1
1
0
0
B.Bunkley
3
2
5
1.0
3.0
0
0
0
0
C.Lofton
3
2
5
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
C.Jordan
3
2
5
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
R.Bush
3
0
3
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
P.Robinson
2
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
D.Hawthorne
2
2
4
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
W.Smith
1
3
4
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
T.Johnson
1
1
2
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
E.Mack
1
1
2
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
S.Ellis
1
1
2
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
T.McBride
1
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
J.Galette
1
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Total
41
18
59
1.0
3.0
1
8
0
0
Carolina (7-9) at New Orleans (7-9) Sunday, December 30, 2012 1:00 PM ET Location - Mercedes-Benz Superdome Field - Turf, Indoor