1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
New Orleans	0	7	7	6	20
Carolina	0	3	0	7	10

Scoring
2ND QUARTER
NOR		TD		JOE HORN 43 YD PASS FROM JEFF BLAKE (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 5:41. Drive: 1 play, 43 yards in 0:07. Key plays: Morton 11-yard punt return to Carolina 43. NEW ORLEANS 7-0
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 38 YD, 8:50. Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 3:09. Key plays: Bates 46-yard kickoff return to New Orleans 45; Beuerlein 22-yard pass to Muhammed to New Orleans 22. NEW ORLEANS 7-3
3RD QUARTER
NOR		TD		KEITH MITCHELL 90 YD FUMBLE RETURN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 11:27. NEW ORLEANS 14-3
4TH QUARTER
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 40 YD, 0:38. Drive: 5 plays, 14 yards in 2:39. Key plays: Mitchell recovery of Beuerlein fumble at Carolina 35; Blake 19-yard pass to Horn to Carolina 16; Blake 20-yard run to Carolina 21. NEW ORLEANS 17-3
CAR		TD		MUHSIN MUHAMMAD 13 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 6:16. Drive: 12 plays, 82 yards in 5:38. Key plays: Beuerlein 8-yard pass to Muhammad on 3rd-and-5 to Carolina 43; 28-yard pass interference penalty on Saints' Weary to New Orleans 29; Beuerlein 14-yard pass to Hankton on 4th-and-10 to New Orleans 15. NEW ORLEANS 17-10
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 42 YD, 11:37. Drive: 9 plays, 47 yards in 5:21. Key plays: Williams 19-yard run to New Orleans 48; Blake 13-yard pass to Jackson to Carolina 39; Morton 9-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Carolina 24. NEW ORLEANS 20-10

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 PENALTIES-YARDS FUMBLES-LOST TIME OF POSSESSION	16 8 4-12 1-1 322 56 5.8 157 31 5.1 165 14-23 6.6 2-14 2-35.0 116 1-11 2-59 8-99 4-1 28:37	21 15 8-14 1-1 311 67 4.6 53 17 3.1 258 24-42 5.2 8-37 3-41.3 110 0-0 5-115 3-22 4-3 31:23

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New Orleans (Doug Brien 33).
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 16-93, Chad Morton 6-33, Jeff Blake 6-20, Terrelle Smith 2-9, Jerald Moore 1-2.
Carolina rushing
Steve Beuerlein 4-31, Tim Biakabutuka 13-22.
New Orleans passing
Jeff Blake 14-23 for 179 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 24-42 for 295 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
New Orleans receiving
Joe Horn 5-89, Willie Jackson 3-30, Ricky Williams 2-28, Terrelle Smith 2-10, Keith Poole 1-18, Chad Morton 1-4.
Carolina receiving
Donald Hayes 7-78, Muhsin Muhammad 5-99, Issac Byrd 4-47, Tim Biakabutuka 3-40, Chris Hetherington 2-12, Karl Hankton 1-14, Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 1-7, William Floyd 1-minus 2.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Kevin Mathis 8-1-0, Norman Hand 5-0-1, Fred Weary 5-0-0, Keith Mitchell 4-1-1, Darrin Smith 4-1-0, Joe Johnson 4-0-3, Sammy Knight 4-0-1, Darren Howard 1-3-0, La'roi Glover 3-0-1, Michael Hawthorne 3-0-0, Alex Molden 2-1-0, Darren Perry 1-1-0, William Whitehead 1-0-1.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Eugene Robinson 7-1-0, Mike Minter 5-3-1, Lee Woodall 5-0-0, Lester Towns 3-1-0, Eric Davis 3-0-0, Doug Evans 3-0-0, Sean Gilbert 3-0-1, Dean Wells 3-0-0, Al Lucas 3-0-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 2-0-0, Tim Morabito 2-0-0, Hannibal Navies 1-0-0, Jay Williams 1-0-0, Reggie White 1-0-0, Mike Rucker 1-0-0.
Interceptions
New Orleans (Darren Howard 1 for 46 yards, Darren Perry 1 for 0 yards); Carolina (Eric Davis 1 for minus 5 yards).
Fumbles lost
New Orleans (Darren Howard); Carolina (Steve Beuerlein 3).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New Orleans (Keith Mitchell 2, Joe Johnson); Carolina (Muhsin Muhammad).
Officials
Referee-Ron Blum, Umpire-James Wilson, Head linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Charles Stewart, Field judge-Al Jury, Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Back judge-Kirk Dornan.
A: 72,981; T: 3:00.