| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
No Scoring | | 2nd Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 4-yard pass from Drew Brees to Lance Moore. (John Carney extra point is good). 14:55 Time Remaining. (6 plays, 76 yards. Time of Drive: 2:27). |
| Carolina Touchdown - 55-yard pass from Jimmy Clausen to Jonathan Stewart. (John Kasay extra point is good). 12:15 Time Remaining. (5 plays, 72 yards. Time of Drive: 2:40). |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 32-yarder by John Carney. 1:13 Time Remaining. (13 plays, 63 yards. Time of Drive: 4:32). |
| 3rd Quarter |
| Carolina Touchdown - 39-yard run by DeAngelo Williams. (John Kasay extra point is good). 9:42 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 2:55). |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 32-yarder by John Carney. 4:36 Time Remaining. (5 plays, 15 yards. Time of Drive: 2:49). |
| 4th Quarter |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 25-yarder by John Carney. 3:55 Time Remaining. (18 plays, 86 yards. Time of Drive: 9:25). |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | Carolina | New Orleans |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 10 | 27 |
| By Rushing | 3 | 9 |
| By Passing | 7 | 16 |
| By Penalty | 0 | 2 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4-12-33 | 8-14-57 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 1-2-50 | 0-0-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 251 | 383 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 47 | 79 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 118 | 121 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 23 | 29 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 133 | 262 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 3-13 | 2-13 |
| Gross yards passing | 146 | 275 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 21-11-0 | 48-33-0 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 6-43.5 | 3-53.3 |
| Net Punting Average | 40.8 | 40.3 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 19 | 16 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 2-19 | 4-16 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 5-142 | 2-51 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 4-66 | 4-36 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 1-1 | 3-2 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 2 | 1 |
| Rushing | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | 1 | 1 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 14 | 16 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 21:38 | 38:22 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| Carolina | New Orleans |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| J.Clausen | 21 | 11 | 146 | 3/13 | 1 | 55 | 0 | | Total | 21 | 11 | 146 | 3/13 | 1 | 55 | 0 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| D.Brees | 48 | 33 | 275 | 2/13 | 1 | 20 | 0 | | Total | 48 | 33 | 275 | 2/13 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 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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| J.Baker | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 0 | 3 | 50 | | Total | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 0 | 3 | 50 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| T.Morstead | 3 | 160 | 53.3 | 1 | 0 | 57 | | Total | 3 | 160 | 53.3 | 1 | 0 | 57 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| C.Munnerlyn | 2 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Total | 3 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| L.Moore | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | | T.Porter | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | | DOWNED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 |
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| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| M.Goodson | 5 | 0 | 142 | 46 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Total | 5 | 0 | 142 | 46 | 0 |
| | KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| C.Roby | 2 | 0 | 51 | 29 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 3 | 0 | 51 | 29 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| J.Kasay | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | | Total | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| | | | | | | | Total | 3/3 | 100.0 | 32 | 1/1 | 10 |
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