Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints

September 12, 1999

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Carolina Panthers	0	10	0	0	10
New Orleans Saints	7	3	9	0	19

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
0:12	NO	TD	Tyronne Drakeford 20 fumble return (Doug Brien Kick)	NO 7, Car 0
2nd Quarter
2:08	NO	FG	FG Doug Brien 46	NO 10, Car 0
5:38	Car	TD	Wesley Walls 5 pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Kasay Kick)	NO 10, Car 7
13:21	Car	FG	FG John Kasay 52	NO 10, Car 10
3rd Quarter
8:46	NO	FG	FG Doug Brien 21	NO 13, Car 10
10:46	NO	TD	Keith Poole 67 pass from Billy Joe Hobert (Kick failed)	NO 19, Car 10

Missed Field Goals: Car - John Kasay 53

Attendance: 58,166

Team Statistics

Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints

First downs 12 13

Rushes - yards 16 - 85 41 - 147

Passing 161 108

Punt returns 6 - 22 5 - 31

Kickoff returns 5 - 87 2 - 51

Interception returns 0 - 0 1 - 18

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 16 - 32 - 1 11 - 22 - 0

Sacked - yards lost 7 - 46 4 - 24

Punts 8 - 44.4 10 - 36.2

Fumbles - lost 2 - 2 2 - 0

Penalties - yards 6 - 40 4 - 26

Time of possession 27:08 32:52

Passing

Carolina Panthers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Steve Beuerlein 32 16 207 6.47 1 1 38 7 46 68.1

New Orleans Saints Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Billy Joe Hobert 22 11 132 6.00 1 0 67t 4 24 83.9

Rushing

Carolina Panthers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Tim Biakabutuka 8 45 5.6 25 0

Fred Lane 6 30 5.0 24 0

Steve Beuerlein 1 8 8.0 8 0

William Floyd 1 2 2.0 2 0

New Orleans Saints Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Lamar Smith 13 66 5.1 24 0

Ricky Williams 10 40 4.0 8 0

Troy Davis 9 18 2.0 7 0

Aaron Craver 5 16 3.2 6 0

Billy Joe Hobert 4 7 1.8 7 0

Receiving

Carolina Panthers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Rae Carruth 5 63 12.6 38 0

Muhsin Muhammad 4 64 16.0 26 0

Wesley Walls 3 37 12.3 25 1

Fred Lane 2 36 18.0 23 0

Tim Biakabutuka 1 5 5.0 5 0

Michael Bates 1 2 2.0 2 0

New Orleans Saints Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Aaron Craver 4 23 5.8 14 0

Keith Poole 3 89 29.7 67t 1

Eddie Kennison 2 11 5.5 6 0

Andre Hastings 1 12 12.0 12 0

Lamar Smith 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0

Kickoff Returns

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Michael Bates 4 73 18.3 0 24 0

Brian Kinchen 1 14 14.0 0 14 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Dino Philyaw 2 51 25.5 0 27 0

Punt Returns

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Eric Metcalf 6 22 3.7 4 9 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Eddie Kennison 5 31 6.2 2 15 0

Punting

Carolina Panthers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Ken Walter 8 355 44.4 51 0 1 0 40.5 5 31

New Orleans Saints Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Tommy Barnhardt 10 362 36.2 45 0 1 0 34.0 6 22

Defense

Carolina Panthers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Jason Peter 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.5 8.5

Kevin Greene 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.5 7.5

Damien Richardson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 8.0

New Orleans Saints Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Keith Mitchell 1 18 18.0 18 0 0.0 0.0

La'Roi Glover 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.5 9.5

Wayne Martin 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.5 5.5

Brady Smith 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.5 18.5

William Whitehead 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 1.5

Austin Robbins 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 11.0

1999 NFL Scoreboard
Week 1

Sun, Sep 12, 1999

Arizona
Philadelphia 25
24 Final

Baltimore
St. Louis 10
27 Final

Buffalo
Indianapolis 14
31 Final

Carolina
New Orleans 10
19 Final

Cincinnati
Tennessee 35
36 Final

Dallas
Washington 41
35 F/OT

Kansas City
Chicago 17
20 Final

New England
NY Jets 30
28 Final

Oakland
Green Bay 24
28 Final

Detroit
Seattle 28
20 Final

Minnesota
Atlanta 17
14 Final

NY Giants
Tampa Bay 17
13 Final

San Francisco
Jacksonville 3
41 Final

Pittsburgh
Cleveland 43
0 Final

Mon, Sep 13, 1999

Miami
Denver 38
21 Final

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