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2005 Week 15 · Sun, Dec 18, 2005 · Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Carolina PanthersWinner

27

New Orleans Saints

10

CAR -7 ✓U 40.5 ✓

Carolina Panthers 27–10 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · NO

Todd BoumanQB

17/34, 193 yds, 1 TD, 4 INT

-15.1 expected points added

Passing · CAR

Jake DelhommeQB

13/21, 176 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

2.3 expected points added

Rushing · CAR

DeShaun FosterRB

21 att, 75 yds, 0 TD

-3.0 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NO

Aaron SteckerRB

9 att, 59 yds, 0 TD

1.4 expected points added on the ground

Full stat lines

Box score

Carolina Panthers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Jake Delhomme13/211761112.3

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
DeShaun Foster21753.60-3.0
Nick Goings16523.30-4.3
Steve Smith12020.012.6
Brad Hoover4123.001.2
Jake Delhomme122.011.3

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Ken Lucas700.011
Thomas Davis410.000
Mike Minter230.012
Brandon Short220.000
Dan Morgan310.000
Kindal Moorehead300.000
Jordan Carstens210.000
Chris Gamble300.011
Marlon McCree200.000
Will Witherspoon200.002

New Orleans Saints

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Todd Bouman17/34193141-15.1

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Aaron Stecker9596.601.4
Antowain Smith10252.50-3.0
Todd Bouman3103.30-0.3

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Charles Grant540.000
Ronald McKinnon620.000
Colby Bockwoldt430.000
Fred Thomas330.000
Will Smith220.000
Josh Bullocks400.000
Jason Craft401.001
Steve Gleason300.000
Dwight Smith210.000
Johnathan Sullivan210.000

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread
CAR -7
Closing total
40.5
CAR moneyline
NO moneyline

Panthers closed -7 and covered, winning by 17.

Total closed 40.5; the game landed 37 — under by 3.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue
Tiger Stadium (LSU)
Roof / surface
outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather
55°F, wind 8 mph
Referee
Tony Corrente
Rest
CAR 7 days · NO 6 days
Coaches
John Fox vs Jim Haslett

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.