1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
New Orleans	0	0	0	13	13
Carolina	10	7	14	14	45

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CAR		FG		RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 27 YD, 2:58. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:43. Key plays: Wells 1-yard interception to New Orleans 27; Beuerlein 9-yard pass to Biakabutuka to New Orleans 14. CAROLINA 3-0
CAR		TD		MUHSIN MUHAMMAD 7 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 12:58. Drive: 3 plays, 37 yards in 1:39. Key plays: Minter 44-yard interception return to New Orleans 37; Jeffers 23-yard run to New Orleans 14. CAROLINA 10-0
2ND QUARTER
CAR		TD		WESLEY WALLS 37 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 3:03. Drive: 5 plays, 68 yards in 2:53. Key plays: Lane 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 45; Beuerlein 18-yard pass to Muhammad to New Orleans 37. CAROLINA 17-0
3RD QUARTER
CAR		TD		WESLEY WALLS 15 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 2:54. Drive: 5 plays, 64 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Beuerlein 11-yard pass to Jeffers to Carolina 47; Beuerlein 33-yard pass to Jeffers on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 15. CAROLINA 24-0
CAR		TD		PATRICK JEFFERS 40 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 14:06. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards in 2:18. Key plays: Beuerlein 24-yard pass to Jeffers to Carolina 49. CAROLINA 31-0
4TH QUARTER
NOR		TD		EDDIE KENNISON 3 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 2:00. Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Delhomme 17-yard pass to Poole to Carolina 44; Delhomme 14-yard pass to Hastings to Carolina 30; Delhomme 27-yard run to Carolina 3. CAROLINA 31-7
CAR		TD		MICHAEL BATES 95 YD KICKOFF RETURN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 2:21. CAROLINA 38-7
CAR		TD		PATRICK JEFFERS 32 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 7:36. Drive: 5 plays, 48 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Carolina takes over on downs at New Orleans 48; Beuerlein 19-yard pass to Walls to New Orleans 29; Biakabatuka 8-yard run to New Orleans 21. CAROLINA 45-7
NOR		TD		JAKE DELHOMME 9 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 14:42. Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards in 1:19. Key plays: New Orleans takes over on downs at Carolina 39; Delhomme 18-yard pass to Poole to Carolina 21: Delhomme 8-yard pass to Franklin to Carolina 9. CAROLINA 45-13

TEAM STATISTICS

	NOR	CAR
FIRST DOWNS Passing 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY TOTAL NET YARDS Total plays Average gain NET YARDS RUSHING Rushes Average per rush NET YARDS PASSING Completed-attempted Yards per pass Sacked-yards lost PUNTS-AVERAGE RETURN YARDAGE Punts-returns Kickoffs-returns Interceptions-returns PENALTIES-YARDS FUMBLES-LOST TIME OF POSSESSION	22 13 4-14 1-3 335 77 4.4 105 25 4.2 230 26-49 4.4 3-13 7-42.9 126 2-19 7-107 0-0 6-54 0-0 34:15	18 15 2-13 1-2 355 61 5.8 67 14 4.8 288 22-41 6.1 6-34 6-42.5 236 4-40 3-132 4-64 9-75 1-1 25:45

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
New Orleans rushing
Jake Delhomme 8-78, Keith Poole 1-14, Ricky Williams 14-7, Aaron Craver 1-3, Wilmont Perry 1-3.
Carolina rushing
Tim Biakabutuka 8-24, Patrick Jeffers 1-23, Fred Lane 4-16, Steve Beuerlein 1-4.
New Orleans passing
Jake Delhomme 26-49 for 243 yards, 4 INT, 1 TD.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 22-41 for 322 yards, 0 INT, 5 TD.
New Orleans receiving
Keith Poole 6-104, Eddie Kennison 6-44, Lawrence Dawsey 5-32, Ricky Williams 5-5, Andre Hastings 3-50, Pj Franklin 1-8.
Carolina receiving
Patrick Jeffers 7-165, Muhsin Muhammad 6-45, Wesley Walls 4-88, Tim Biakabutuka 4-21, William Floyd 1-3.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Phil Clarke 6-2-0, Brady Smith 5-1-1, Keith Mitchell 4-2-2, William Whitehead 4-0-1, Rob Kelly 3-1-0, La'roi Glover 2-2-1, Mark Fields 1-3-1, Sammy Knight 2-1-0, Ashley Ambrose 2-1-0, Wayne Martin 1-0-0, Alex Molden 1-0-0, Fred Weary 1-0-0, Willie Clay 1-0-0.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mike Minter 6-3-0, Brent Alexander 6-2-0, Roderick Mullen 5-2-0, Eric Davis 4-3-0, Dean Wells 3-4-0, Michael Barrow 4-2-0, Kevin Greene 5-0-2, Jason Peter 2-1-1, Doug Evans 2-1-0, Damien Richardson 2-0-0, Mike Rucker 1-1-0, Sean Gilbert 1-1-0, Tim Morabito 1-0-0, Steve Tovar 1-0-0, Antonio Edwards 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Carolina (Brent Alexander 1 for 18 yards, Mike Minter 1 for 44 yards, Doug Evans 1 for 1 yards, Dean Wells 1 for 1 yards).
Fumbles lost
Carolina (Steve Beuerlein).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New Orleans (Brady Smith).
Officials
Referee-Gerry Austin, Umpire-Jim Duke, Head linesman-John Schleyer, Line judge-Ron Baynes, Field judge-Kevin Mack, Side judge-Rick Patterson, Back judge-Jack Vaughan.
A: 56,929; T: 3:18.