Week 8, 2026

played in Carolina, NC

53 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	10	3	20	0	-	33
Carolina Panthers	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:17 NOS - Burt McCalla 38 field goal
1Q: 02:16 NOS - Stephen Granberry 25 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
2Q: 01:48 NOS - Burt McCalla 47 field goal
3Q: 12:04 NOS - Burt McCalla 23 field goal
3Q: 09:04 NOS - Bobby Irwin 7 run (Burt McCalla extra point)
3Q: 01:00 NOS - Burt McCalla 48 field goal
3Q: 00:30 NOS - Ty Covington 29 fumble return (Burt McCalla extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:17 NOS - Burt McCalla 38 field goal
1Q: 02:16 NOS - Stephen Granberry 25 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
2Q: 01:48 NOS - Burt McCalla 47 field goal
3Q: 12:04 NOS - Burt McCalla 23 field goal
3Q: 09:04 NOS - Bobby Irwin 7 run (Burt McCalla extra point)
3Q: 01:00 NOS - Burt McCalla 48 field goal
3Q: 00:30 NOS - Ty Covington 29 fumble return (Burt McCalla extra point)

Team Statistics NOS CAR
Record 7-1 1-7
First Downs 17 10
- by Rushing 8 2
- by Passing 8 8
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 386 234
- Offensive Plays 63 56
- Yards per Play 6.13 4.18
Net Rushing Yards 188 67
- Rushing Attempts 39 15
- Yards per Rush 4.82 4.47
Net Passing Yards 198 167
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 15 - 1 41 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 198 167
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 8.25 4.07
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 2/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/50 6/38
Punt Returns/Yards 7/53 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/24 4/66
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 16
Time of Possession 37:21 22:39

Team Statistics	NOS	CAR
Record	7-1	1-7
First Downs	17	10
- by Rushing	8	2
- by Passing	8	8
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	386	234
- Offensive Plays	63	56
- Yards per Play	6.13	4.18
Net Rushing Yards	188	67
- Rushing Attempts	39	15
- Yards per Rush	4.82	4.47
Net Passing Yards	198	167
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 15 - 1	41 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	198	167
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	8.25	4.07
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	2/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	6.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/50	6/38
Punt Returns/Yards	7/53	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/24	4/66
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 16
Time of Possession	37:21	22:39

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:55	1:47	OWN 31	3	6	Punt
1	10:55	3:45	OWN 40	7	39	Field Goal
1	6:08	4:05	OWN 37	7	63	Touchdown
2	14:13	5:54	OWN 15	9	39	Punt
2	6:34	1:55	OWN 33	3	9	Punt
2	2:34	0:53	OWN 41	4	29	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:04	OWN 26	7	68	Field Goal
3	10:57	1:59	OPP 45	4	45	Touchdown
3	5:32	4:37	OWN 29	7	40	Field Goal
4	12:57	3:43	OWN 41	7	28	Interception
4	8:23	2:06	OWN 42	3	0	Punt
4	4:45	2:37	OWN 38	3	-1	Punt

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:05	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	12:08	1:13	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
1	7:10	1:02	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	2:03	2:50	OWN 24	5	25	Punt
2	8:19	1:45	OWN 8	4	16	Punt
2	4:39	2:05	OWN 2	4	19	Punt
2	1:41	1:41	OWN 16	6	49	Half
3	11:56	0:59	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
3	8:58	3:26	OWN 20	8	30	Punt
3	0:55	0:31	OWN 27	1	2	Fumble
3	0:24	2:27	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
4	9:14	0:51	OWN 13	3	6	Punt
4	6:17	1:32	OWN 20	4	11	Punt
4	2:08	2:08	OWN 6	6	31	Game

Game MVP: Bobby Irwin, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bobby Irwin	27	144	5.33	36	5	1
Alan Poole	5	31	6.20	12	1	0
Rex Dunn	4	5	1.25	4	0	0
Mack Mathews	2	0	0.00	2	0	0
Phillip Newman	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Billy Joe Wardzala	9	45	5.00	11	2
Winfred Niklos	3	6	2.00	4	0
Daniel Billodeaux	3	16	5.33	6	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alan Poole	24	15	198	0/0	1	35	1	85.1

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Daniel Billodeaux	39	21	164	0/0	0	26	0	64.5
Julio Frederick	2	1	3	0/0	0	3	0	56.3

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Phillip Newman	4	8	43	10.75	11	14	0
WR Nolan Walters	3	4	45	15.00	28	35	0
RB Bobby Irwin	3	3	46	15.33	37	29	0
WR Stephen Granberry	2	3	44	22.00	0	25	1
TE Mitchell Emmons	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
FB Junior Blair	1	2	13	13.00	15	13	0
WR Terrell Hicks	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Leo Sweeney	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Lenny Shields	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Steven Hardy	6	9	51	8.50	0	26
WR Orlando Brown	5	9	39	7.80	6	15
RB Winfred Niklos	3	4	17	5.67	5	14
FB Pat Ellison	2	4	0	0.00	0	0
WR Darren Madison	2	7	32	16.00	7	19
RB Billy Joe Wardzala	2	2	16	8.00	7	14
TE Dexter Sobien	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
WR Dixon Horner	1	1	6	6.00	4	6
WR Dale Sherman	0	3	0	0.00	0	0
WR Byron Brummitt	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Luke Bickford	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ty Covington	0	1	0	1
Willie Rexin	0	0	1	0

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Billy Joe Wardzala	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Darnell Briggs	5	266	53.2	45.2	63	3

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lincoln Alexander	11	417	37.9	33.1	48	1

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Burt McCalla	4/4	2/2	0/0	48	3/3

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Timothy Hiller	7	53	7.6	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bobby Irwin	1	24	24.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Orlando Brown	4	66	16.5	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Duane Sterritt	7	0	0.0	15	39
ILB Earl Moulton	4	0	0.0	6	15
S Jorge Cloude	3	2	0.0	11	33
DE Warren Lynn	3	1	0.0	13	31
S Rickey Bridges	3	1	0.0	8	23
CB Bob Heath	3	0	0.0	13	37
OLB Willie Rexin	2	2	0.0	12	27
OLB Lamar Bailey	2	1	0.0	5	11
CB Timothy Hiller	2	1	0.0	6	15
CB Sammie Rutter	1	1	0.0	9	26
DT Junior Reeves	1	1	0.0	12	27
CB Ty Covington	1	1	0.0	10	28
TE Leo Sweeney	1	0	---	---	---
DT Eddie Bloomer	1	0	0.0	7	17
ILB Jose Barfield	1	0	0.0	8	24
OLB Otis Wallis	1	0	0.0	2	12
DE Brent Robbins	1	0	0.0	10	19

Carolina	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Earl Riley	8	0	31	20
CB Luke Bickford	6	2	26	17
S Rondell Gitlin	6	1	25	18
DT Adrian Ellis	5	1	31	17
CB Hunter Russell	5	1	20	16
ILB Jerome Page	4	3	11	5
OLB Riddick Prescott	4	0	35	18
DT Tito Harkness	2	2	9	11
CB Mario Lyle	2	0	27	10
OLB Donald Abrams	2	0	5	4
S Shane Ciurciu	2	0	14	6
ILB Max Marian	1	5	28	19
DE Lester Kappers	1	1	21	16
ILB Lionel Richardson	1	0	4	6
CB Robbie Lawless	1	0	25	14
DT Dwayne Middleton	1	0	8	7
DT Chuck England	1	0	13	8
DT Justin Bradley	0	3	27	11
DE Rex Bartley	0	1	16	12

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Warren Lynn	1	0	0	31
DT Johnny Rasmussen	0	6	0	18
DT Junior Reeves	0	1	0	27
OLB Lamar Bailey	0	1	0	11
DE Max Tank	0	1	0	25
DE Brent Robbins	0	0	1	19

Carolina	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Rex Bartley	1	1	12
DT Tito Harkness	1	0	11
DE Lester Kappers	0	1	16

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Duane Sterritt	4	1	39
CB Bob Heath	3	2	37
S Rickey Bridges	3	0	23
S Jorge Cloude	2	1	33
ILB Earl Moulton	2	0	15
CB Timothy Hiller	2	0	15
ILB Jose Barfield	1	2	24
CB Sammie Rutter	1	0	26
DT Eddie Bloomer	1	0	17
DE Warren Lynn	1	0	31
OLB Willie Rexin	1	0	27
OLB Otis Wallis	1	0	12

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Rondell Gitlin	6	1	0	18
CB Luke Bickford	2	0	1	17
CB Hunter Russell	2	0	0	16
OLB Riddick Prescott	1	1	0	18
ILB Max Marian	1	0	0	19
ILB Lionel Richardson	1	0	0	6
DT Tito Harkness	1	0	0	11
S Shane Ciurciu	1	0	0	6
OLB Cris Sanders	0	1	0	9
ILB Jerome Page	0	1	0	5

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Neil Delgado	3	5	0	35	20
Marlon Finley	2	6	0	33	21
Cedric Flournoy	2	5	0	28	16
Rex Dunn	2	2	1	21	9
Joseph Sherman	1	1	0	34	21
Curtis Olivarez	0	8	0	39	24
Alex Priestley	0	4	0	11	8
Lenny Shields	0	2	0	29	20
Leo Sweeney	0	1	0	12	5
Mitchell Emmons	0	1	0	16	7
Donnell Pritchett	0	1	0	4	4

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Lionel Banks	1	4	0	11	37
Ty Farmer	1	3	0	12	30
Steven Hardy	1	1	1	12	31
Leon Green	0	2	0	10	24
Jamie Stanberry	0	1	0	13	38
Tommie Sanford	0	1	0	14	29

Special Teams Statistics

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Bobby Irwin	1	22
Rex Dunn	1	19
Leo Sweeney	1	18
Sammie Rutter	1	9
Timothy Hiller	0	29
Junior Blair	0	25
Otis Wallis	0	23
Terrell Hicks	0	18
Stephen Granberry	0	14
Burt McCalla	0	12
Warren Lynn	0	11
Rickey Bridges	0	11
Mack Mathews	0	11
Earl Moulton	0	9
D.J. Matthews	0	9
Marlon Finley	0	9
Alex Priestley	0	9
Mel Galiardo	0	8
Cedric Flournoy	0	7
Lamar Bailey	0	6
Willie Rexin	0	6
Darnell Briggs	0	5
Billy Joe Beckett	0	4
Brent Robbins	0	4
Johnny Rasmussen	0	3
Donnell Pritchett	0	3
Burt Tamaarkin	0	3
Duane Burgess	0	2
Phillip Newman	0	2
Duane Sterritt	0	2
Darnell Carr	0	2
Nolan Walters	0	1
Junior Reeves	0	1
Mitchell Emmons	0	1
Lenny Shields	0	1

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Byron Brummitt	4	19
Winfred Niklos	2	20
Dixon Horner	1	19
Jeffrey Burns	1	15
Pat Ellison	0	19
Dexter Sobien	0	19
Neil Hawley	0	11
Dale Sherman	0	11
Ty Farmer	0	11
Harry Beauchamp	0	11
Hunter Russell	0	11
Orlando Brown	0	11
Lincoln Alexander	0	11
Desmond Sanders	0	10
Cris Sanders	0	9
Luke Bickford	0	9
Lionel Banks	0	9
Lionel Richardson	0	9
Steven Hardy	0	8
Jerome Page	0	8
Calvin Fox	0	7
Riddick Prescott	0	6
Chuck England	0	6
Earl Riley	0	5
Adrian Ellis	0	5
Max Marian	0	5
Robbie Lawless	0	5
Donald Abrams	0	5
Rondell Gitlin	0	4
Justin Bradley	0	4
Justin Roger	0	4
Lester Kappers	0	3
Tito Harkness	0	3
Darren Madison	0	1
Mario Lyle	0	1
Billy Joe Wardzala	0	1
Tommie Sanford	0	1
Terry Glenn	0	1
Rex Bartley	0	1
Dwayne Middleton	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	49	3.8
Middle	12	89	7.4
Right	14	50	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	14	4.7
Middle	6	22	3.7
Right	6	31	5.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alan Poole	24	15	3	0	0	4	2	0	1

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Daniel Billodeaux	39	21	1	2	1	6	8	1	0
Julio Frederick	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	53	13.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	7	48	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	53	7.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	44	8.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	26	16	75	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	4	50	5.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	42	10.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Phillip Newman	8	4	43	0	22
WR Nolan Walters	4	3	45	1	16
RB Bobby Irwin	3	3	46	1	22
WR Stephen Granberry	3	2	44	1	5
FB Junior Blair	2	1	13	0	10
TE Leo Sweeney	1	0	0	0	5
TE Mitchell Emmons	1	1	4	0	7
WR Terrell Hicks	1	1	3	0	2
TE Lenny Shields	1	0	0	0	20

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Steven Hardy	9	6	0	51	1	31
WR Orlando Brown	9	5	1	39	0	35
WR Darren Madison	7	2	0	32	0	29
RB Winfred Niklos	4	3	0	17	0	25
FB Pat Ellison	4	2	0	0	0	17
WR Dale Sherman	3	0	0	0	0	16
RB Billy Joe Wardzala	2	2	0	16	0	16
TE Dexter Sobien	1	1	0	6	0	13
WR Dixon Horner	1	1	0	6	0	13
WR Byron Brummitt	1	0	0	0	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bobby Irwin	2	19	9.50	5.33
Rex Dunn	1	-4	-4.00	1.25

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alan Poole	2	1	3	1.50	8.25

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Phillip Newman	1	0	0	0.00	5.38
WR Terrell Hicks	1	1	3	3.00	3.00

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Bobby Irwin	5	2
Alan Poole	1	0
Rex Dunn	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Winfred Niklos	1	0
Daniel Billodeaux	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alan Poole	7	4	2

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Daniel Billodeaux	11	5	2
Julio Frederick	1	1	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Phillip Newman	3	2	0
WR Stephen Granberry	2	1	1
TE Leo Sweeney	1	0	0
FB Junior Blair	1	1	1

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Steven Hardy	4	3	2
WR Darren Madison	3	0	0
WR Dale Sherman	2	0	0
WR Orlando Brown	2	2	0
RB Winfred Niklos	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 31,600 (73,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 10,000 (21,400)
End Zone 6,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 4,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 5,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,100 (10,100)
Luxury Boxes 1,600 (3,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	31,600 (73,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	10,000 (21,400)
End Zone	6,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	4,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	5,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,100 (10,100)
Luxury Boxes	1,600 (3,900)