Sunday, September 8, 1996
Carolina Panthers 22, New Orleans Saints 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers (2-0-0) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| New Orleans Saints (0-2-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| CAR | NOR | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NOR | Torrance Small 9 yard pass from Jim Everett (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| CAR | Winslow Oliver 84 yard punt return (John Kasay kick) | 7 | 7 |
| NOR | Haywood Jeffires 27 yard pass from Jim Everett (Doug Brien kick) | 7 | 14 |
| CAR | John Kasay 51 yard field goal | 10 | 14 |
| CAR | John Kasay 22 yard field goal | 13 | 14 |
| CAR | John Kasay 29 yard field goal | 16 | 14 |
| NOR | Doug Brien 48 yard field goal | 16 | 17 |
| CAR | John Kasay 51 yard field goal | 19 | 17 |
| NOR | Doug Brien 43 yard field goal | 19 | 20 |
| CAR | John Kasay 27 yard field goal | 22 | 20 |
| CAR | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-83-0 | 20-94-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-21-171-0-1 | 22-32-255-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 2-11 |
| Net pass yards | 142 | 244 |
| Total yards | 225 | 338 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-60 | 10-85 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Muhsin Muhammad | CAR | 6 | 96 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kerry Collins | CAR | 13 | 21 | 171 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tim Biakabutuka | CAR | 21 | 74 | 0 | ||||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mark Carrier | CAR | 3 | 32 | 0 | ||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 7 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie Green | CAR | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Beuerlein | CAR | 3 | -10 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Jim Everett | NOR | 22 | 32 | 255 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Michael Haynes | NOR | 2 | 82 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mario Bates | NOR | 15 | 69 | 0 | ||||||||
| Haywood Jeffires | NOR | 4 | 70 | 1 | ||||||||
| Derek D. Brown | NOR | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
| Torrance Small | NOR | 2 | 21 | 1 | ||||||||
| Irv Smith | NOR | 5 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||
| Henry Lusk | NOR | 3 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||