Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints

December 31, 2006

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Carolina Panthers	7	7	14	3	31
New Orleans Saints	7	7	7	0	21

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
3:51	NO	TD	Reggie Bush 1 run (John Carney Kick)	NO 7, Car 0
9:07	Car	TD	Steve Smith 22 pass from Jake Delhomme (John Kasay Kick)	NO 7, Car 7
2nd Quarter
2:59	NO	TD	Jamaal Branch 7 pass from Jamie Martin (John Carney Kick)	NO 14, Car 7
13:58	Car	TD	DeShaun Foster 2 run (John Kasay Kick)	NO 14, Car 14
3rd Quarter
4:27	Car	TD	Chris Gamble 18 interception return (John Kasay Kick)	Car 21, NO 14
10:08	Car	TD	Steve Smith 15 pass from Jake Delhomme (John Kasay Kick)	Car 28, NO 14
15:00	NO	TD	Fred McAfee 6 run (John Carney Kick)	Car 28, NO 21
4th Quarter
5:07	Car	FG	FG John Kasay 19	Car 31, NO 21

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 69,569

Team Statistics

Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints

First downs 20 13

Rushes - yards 33 - 106 17 - 61

Passing 207 236

Punt returns 2 - 11 4 - 13

Kickoff returns 4 - 84 5 - 153

Interception returns 1 - 18 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 23 - 27 - 0 20 - 29 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 0 - 0 5 - 18

Punts 5 - 49.8 5 - 44.8

Fumbles - lost 0 - 0 4 - 1

Penalties - yards 2 - 19 4 - 38

Time of possession 34:39 25:21

Passing

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

Jake Delhomme 27 23 207 7.67 2 0 22t 0 0 123.3

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

Jamie Martin 24 16 208 8.67 1 1 65 5 18 90.3

Drew Brees 5 4 46 9.20 0 0 25 0 0 105.0

Rushing

Carolina Panthers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

DeShaun Foster 19 79 4.2 17 1

Steve Smith 1 21 21.0 21 0

DeAngelo Williams 9 7 0.8 11 0

Brad Hoover 1 2 2.0 2 0

Jake Delhomme 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0

New Orleans Saints Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Jamaal Branch 10 29 2.9 9 0

Reggie Bush 3 20 6.7 12 1

Fred McAfee 3 12 4.0 6t 1

Drew Brees 1 0 0.0 0 0

Receiving

Carolina Panthers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Steve Smith 7 85 12.1 22t 2

DeAngelo Williams 6 52 8.7 18 0

Keyshawn Johnson 3 24 8.0 11 0

Brad Hoover 3 22 7.3 11 0

DeShaun Foster 3 12 4.0 8 0

Michael Gaines 1 12 12.0 12 0

New Orleans Saints Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Jamaal Branch 5 14 2.8 7t 1

Jamal Jones 3 69 23.0 41 0

John Owens 3 40 13.3 25 0

Billy Miller 3 33 11.0 22 0

Devery Henderson 2 71 35.5 65 0

Mike Karney 2 14 7.0 8 0

Reggie Bush 2 13 6.5 7 0

Kickoff Returns

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

DeAngelo Williams 4 84 21.0 0 31 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Michael Lewis 5 153 30.6 0 51 0

Punt Returns

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Chris Gamble 2 11 5.5 1 11 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Michael Lewis 4 13 3.3 0 7 0

Punting

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

Jason Baker 5 249 49.8 52 0 1 0 47.2 4 13

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

Steve Weatherford 5 224 44.8 55 0 4 0 42.6 2 11

Defense

Carolina Panthers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Chris Gamble 1 18 18.0 18t 1 0.0 0.0

Chris Draft 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 6.0

Richard Marshall 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 4.0

James Anderson 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 7.0

Al Wallace 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 0.5

Kris Jenkins 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 0.5

2006 NFL Scoreboard
Week 17

Sat, Dec 30, 2006

NY Giants
Washington 34
28 Final

Sun, Dec 31, 2006

Carolina
New Orleans 31
21 Final

Cleveland
Houston 6
14 Final

Detroit
Dallas 39
31 Final

Jacksonville
Kansas City 30
35 Final

New England
Tennessee 40
23 Final

Oakland
NY Jets 3
23 Final

Pittsburgh
Cincinnati 23
17 F/OT

Seattle
Tampa Bay 23
7 Final

St. Louis
Minnesota 41
21 Final

Atlanta
Philadelphia 17
24 Final

Buffalo
Baltimore 7
19 Final

Miami
Indianapolis 22
27 Final

Arizona
San Diego 20
27 Final

San Francisco
Denver 26
23 F/OT

Green Bay
Chicago 26
7 Final

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