1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
Carolina	0	6	0	0	6
New Orleans	0	10	0	14	24

Scoring
2ND QUARTER
NOR		TD		RICKY WILLIAMS 2 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 0:47. Drive: 9 plays, 58 yards in 3:53. Key plays: Blake 21-yard pass to Horn on 3rd-and-8 to Carolina 35; Williams 18-yard run to Carolina 15; Williams 8-yard run to Carolina 4. NEW ORLEANS 7-0
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 52 YD, 10:42. Drive: 6 plays, 14 yards in 2:33. Key plays: Beuerlein 6-yard pass to Walls to New Orleans 42; Beuerlein 10-yard pass to Floyd to New Orleans 32. NEW ORLEANS 7-3
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 29 YD, 14:47. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards in 4:05. Key plays: Blake 12-yard pass to Williams to New Orleans 31; Williams 10-yard run to New Orleans 41; Blake 35-yard pass to Horn to Carolina 23; Blake 9-yard pass to Glover to Carolina 12. NEW ORLEANS 10-3
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 46 YD, 15:00. Drive: 2 plays, 24 yards in 0:13. Key plays: Beuerlein 24-yard pass to Hayes to New Orleans 28. NEW ORLEANS 10-6
4TH QUARTER
NOR		TD		RICKY WILLIAMS 1 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 9:44. Drive: 10 plays, 74 yards in 4:34. Key plays: McAfee 40-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Carolina 25; Blake 19-yard pass to Williams to Carolina 6. NEW ORLEANS 17-6
NOR		TD		JOE HORN 29 YD PASS FROM JEFF BLAKE (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 11:50. Drive: 3 plays, 31 yards in 1:00. Key plays: Morton 11-yard punt return to Carolina 31. NEW ORLEANS 24-6

TEAM STATISTICS

	CAR	NOR
FIRST DOWNS Rushing 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	8 0 3-14 0-1 141 51 2.8 10 12 0.8 131 15-31 3.4 8-41 9-33.2 107 1-12 5-95 0-0 7-45 1-1 24:02	21 13 8-16 1-1 397 72 5.5 215 47 4.6 182 12-24 7.3 1-13 5-37.2 67 4-27 2-40 1-0 8-59 4-3 35:58

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New Orleans (Doug Brien 51).
Carolina rushing
Tim Biakabutuka 10-5, William Floyd 1-3, Steve Beuerlein 1-2.
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 38-144, Fred Mcafee 1-40, Terrelle Smith 4-22, Jeff Blake 4-9.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 15-28 for 172 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD, Jeff Lewis 0-3 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New Orleans passing
Jeff Blake 11-23 for 161 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD, Ricky Williams 1-1 for 34 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Carolina receiving
Donald Hayes 5-67, Wesley Walls 4-53, Muhsin Muhammad 2-27, William Floyd 2-12, Brian Kinchen 1-7, Tim Biakabutuka 1-6.
New Orleans receiving
Joe Horn 5-97, Ricky Williams 3-35, Andrew Glover 2-29, Keith Poole 1-34, Chad Morton 1-0.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mike Minter 8-5-0, Lee Woodall 6-7-0, Dean Wells 10-0-0, Eugene Robinson 6-1-0, Lester Towns 5-2-0, Doug Evans 4-1-0, Mike Rucker 3-2-0, Eric Davis 2-2-0, Jay Williams 2-2-1, Sean Gilbert 1-3-0, Tim Morabito 3-0-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 2-1-0, Rashard Anderson 2-0-0, Reggie White 1-0-0, Eric Swann 1-0-0, Al Lucas 0-1-0, Kory Minor 0-1-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Keith Mitchell 6-3-2, Darrin Smith 5-4-0, Mark Fields 2-4-0, Darren Howard 4-1-2, La'roi Glover 4-0-3, Norman Hand 4-0-0, Darren Perry 4-0-0, Fred Weary 1-2-0, Kevin Mathis 2-0-0, Sammy Knight 2-0-0, Joe Johnson 1-0-1, Jared Tomich 0-1-0.
Interceptions
New Orleans (Kevin Mathis 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
Carolina (Michael Bates); New Orleans (Jeff Blake 3).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Carolina (Mike Minter, Tim Morabito, Brad Hoover); New Orleans (Fred Mcafee).
Officials
Referee-Mike Carey, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head linesman-Dale Williams, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Field judge-David Warden, Side judge-Doug Toole, Back judge-Keith Ferguson.
A: 50,015; T: 3:06.