New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Carolina Panthers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 26 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 12:00 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Brandon Zylstra 20 Yd pass from Sam Darnold (Zane Gonzalez Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:11 | Carolina Panthers field goal. Zane Gonzalez 20 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:55 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. DJ Moore 2 Yd pass from Sam Darnold (Zane Gonzalez Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 14:37 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Jameis Winston 8 Yd Run (Aldrick Rosas Kick) |
| 5:53 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Christian McCaffrey 11 Yd Run (Zane Gonzalez PAT failed) |
| 3:26 | Carolina Panthers field goal. Zane Gonzalez 42 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | New Orleans Saints | Carolina Panthers |
| Total first downs | 6 | 28 |
| First downs from rushing | 2 | 4 |
| First downs from passing | 3 | 18 |
| First downs from penalties | 1 | 6 |
| Third down | New Orleans Saints | Carolina Panthers |
| Third downs attempted | 11 | 15 |
| Third downs converted | 2 | 8 |
| Third down percentage | 18 % | 53 % |
| Fourth down | New Orleans Saints | Carolina Panthers |
| Fourth downs attempted | 2 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | New Orleans Saints | Carolina Panthers |
| Total yards | 128 | 383 |
| Total rushing yards | 48 | 89 |
| Total passing yards | 80 | 294 |
| Total offensive plays | 43 | 73 |
| Average yards per play | 12 | 12 |
| Time of possession | 21:28 | 38:32 |
| Rushing | New Orleans Saints | Carolina Panthers |
| Total rushing plays | 17 | 33 |
| Total rushing yards | 48 | 89 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Passing | New Orleans Saints | Carolina Panthers |
| Passes attempted | 22 | 38 |
| Passes completed | 11 | 26 |
| Average yards per completion | 3.1 | 7.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties | New Orleans Saints | Carolina Panthers |
| Penalties committed | 11 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 115 | 49 |
| Turnovers | New Orleans Saints | Carolina Panthers |
| Passes intercepted | 2 | 1 |
| Interception returns | 2 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jameis Winston | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Taysom Hill | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Tony Jones Jr. | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Alvin Kamara | 8 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Deonte Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Christian McCaffrey | 24 | 72 | 3.0 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Chuba Hubbard | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Sam Darnold | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jameis Winston | 22 | 11 | 50 % | 111 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 4-31 | 21.6 |
| Carolina Panthers | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Sam Darnold | 38 | 26 | 68 % | 305 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 2-11 | 78.1 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Lil'Jordan Humphrey | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Alvin Kamara | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Juwan Johnson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Chris Hogan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Deonte Harris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Marquez Callaway | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ty Montgomery | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| DJ Moore | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Christian McCaffrey | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | 32 | ||||
| Dan Arnold | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Brandon Zylstra | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Robby Anderson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Terrace Marshall Jr. | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Ian Thomas | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Sam Darnold | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Malcolm Roach | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Juston Burris | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Jaycee Horn | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Demario Davis | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Williams | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paulson Adebo | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zack Baun | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron Jordan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Payton Turner | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Granderson | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ty Montgomery | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P.J. Williams | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Ringo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bradley Roby | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Desmond Trufant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Roach | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Huggins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shy Tuttle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terron Armstead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jameis Winston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jalyn Holmes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Taysom Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kaden Elliss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carolina Panthers | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Juston Burris | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Burns | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shaq Thompson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Chinn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Chandler | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donte Jackson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DaQuan Jones | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haason Reddick | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julian Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rashaan Melvin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morgan Fox | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stantley Thomas-Oliver III | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frankie Luvu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Giovanni Ricci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bravvion Roy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brady Christensen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Paradis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jermaine Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clay Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Daley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yetur Gross-Matos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandon Zylstra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaycee Horn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Deonte Harris | 5 | 156 | 31.2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Armah | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Alex Erickson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Aldrick Rosas | 0/0 | 55 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Carolina Panthers | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Zane Gonzalez | 2/3 | 42 | 2/3 | 8 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Blake Gillikin | 6 | 294 | 49.0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | |||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Joseph Charlton | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | |||
Last updated on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 11:13 PM.