2010 Week 9 · Sun, Nov 7, 2010 · Bank of America Stadium

New Orleans SaintsWinner

Carolina Panthers

NO -5.5 ✓U 40 ✓Saints closed -5.5 and covered, winning by 31.

New Orleans Saints 34–3 — 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

Drew BreesQB

27/43, 253 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

-0.9 expected points added · +8.8% completion over expected

Passing · CAR

Jimmy ClausenQB

8/18, 47 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT

-17.8 expected points added · -19.4% completion over expected

Rushing · NO

Julius JonesRB

6 att, 68 yds, 0 TD

2.8 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NO

Chris IvoryRB

12 att, 50 yds, 0 TD

0.9 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NO

Lance MooreWR

6/8 for 77 yds, 0 TD

20% of team targets · 3.2 expected points added

Receiving · NO

Marques ColstonWR

8/9 for 65 yds, 0 TD

22% of team targets · 4.1 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Drew Brees	27/43	253	2	1	1	-0.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Julius Jones	6	68	11.3	0	2.8
Chris Ivory	12	50	4.2	0	0.9
Ladell Betts	13	31	2.4	1	-3.8
Chase Daniel	1	16	16.0	0	1.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Lance Moore	6	8	77	0	20%	3.2
Marques Colston	8	9	65	0	22%	4.1
Jimmy Graham	3	4	49	1	10%	6.0
David Thomas	4	6	45	0	15%	3.2
Robert Meachem	2	5	15	0	12%	-9.5
Jeremy Shockey	1	2	7	1	5%	1.5
Ladell Betts	1	2	1	0	5%	-2.4
Devery Henderson	0	2	0	0	5%	-1.5
Julius Jones	2	3	-6	0	7%	-2.2

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Roman Harper	9	0	1.0	0	2
Jonathan Vilma	5	2	0.0	0	0
Tracy Porter	4	0	0.0	0	0
Alex Brown	2	2	0.0	0	0
Scott Shanle	3	1	0.0	0	0
Danny Clark	2	1	0.0	0	0
Jabari Greer	2	1	0.0	1	2
Leigh Torrence	3	0	1.0	0	0
Usama Young	1	1	0.0	0	0
Anthony Waters	1	1	0.0	0	0

Carolina Panthers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	INT	Sacked	EPA
Jimmy Clausen	8/18	47	1	2	-17.8
Tony Pike	6/12	47	0	1	-5.9
Matt Moore	3/6	13	0	1	-5.7

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Tyrell Sutton	7	41	5.9	1.3
Jonathan Stewart	5	30	6.0	-3.7
Mike Goodson	9	29	3.2	-1.5
Jimmy Clausen	1	11	11.0	0.3
Tony Fiammetta	1	11	11.0	0.6
Jordan Senn	1	5	5.0	2.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
David Gettis	2	5	22	14%	-1.5
Mike Goodson	3	4	18	11%	-1.2
Jeff King	3	5	17	14%	0.5
Tyrell Sutton	3	3	15	9%	-0.2
Brandon LaFell	2	3	14	9%	0.2
Dante Rosario	2	5	10	14%	-10.8
Steve Smith	1	6	9	17%	-4.9
Tony Fiammetta	1	2	2	6%	-1.2
Gary Barnidge	0	2	0	6%	-1.1

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Jon Beason	7	2	0.0	0	0
Richard Marshall	7	1	0.0	1	1
James Anderson	8	0	0.0	0	0
Sherrod Martin	6	1	0.0	0	0
Nic Harris	4	2	0.5	0	0
Chris Gamble	4	1	0.0	0	1
Charles Godfrey	3	1	0.0	0	0
Charles Johnson	2	2	0.5	0	0
Derek Landri	2	0	0.0	0	0
Nick Hayden	2	0	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: NO -5.5
Closing total: 40
NO moneyline: -245
CAR moneyline: +218

Saints closed -5.5 and covered, winning by 31.

Total closed 40; the game landed 37 — under by 3.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Bank of America Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 50°F, wind 7 mph
Referee: Ed Hochuli
Rest: NO 7 days · CAR 7 days
Coaches: Sean Payton vs John Fox

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