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2013 Week 14 · Sun, Dec 8, 2013 · Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Carolina Panthers

13

New Orleans SaintsWinner

31

NO -3 ✓U 47 ✓Dome

New Orleans Saints 31–13 — 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

30/42, 313 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT

13.5 expected points added · +7.5% completion over expected

Passing · CAR

Cam NewtonQB

22/34, 160 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

-7.1 expected points added · -3.0% completion over expected

Rushing · CAR

DeAngelo WilliamsRB

13 att, 52 yds, 0 TD

-1.2 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · CAR

Cam NewtonQB

6 att, 48 yds, 0 TD

5.0 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NO

Marques ColstonWR

9/13 for 125 yds, 2 TD

31% of team targets · 9.5 expected points added

Receiving · NO

Jimmy GrahamTE

6/11 for 58 yds, 2 TD

26% of team targets · 2.8 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Carolina Panthers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Cam Newton22/34160105-7.1

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
DeAngelo Williams13524.00-1.2
Cam Newton6488.005.0
Jonathan Stewart11616.001.5
Mike Tolbert3124.000.5

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Steve Smith6849124%5.2
Greg Olsen81240035%-3.4
Brandon LaFell2422012%0.9
Mike Tolbert221706%-0.2
Jonathan Stewart111603%1.2
DeAngelo Williams121106%0.3
Ted Ginn255015%-2.7

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Luke Kuechly1010.000
Quintin Mikell701.001
Mike Mitchell510.001
Thomas Davis500.000
Melvin White400.000
Mario Addison210.500
Charles Johnson210.500
Star Lotulelei200.000
J.J. Jansen100.000
Captain Munnerlyn100.001

New Orleans Saints

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Drew Brees30/4231340213.5

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Darren Sproles13838.002.3
Pierre Thomas7142.00-2.0
Khiry Robinson166.000.8
Robert Meachem144.00-0.2
Mark Ingram341.30-1.2
Drew Brees331.00-0.2
Jed Collins100.00-0.3

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Marques Colston913125231%9.5
Jimmy Graham61158226%2.8
Lance Moore3440010%2.7
Darren Sproles332307%0.6
Kenny Stills222205%2.0
Benjamin Watson112002%1.3
Pierre Thomas4414010%-1.9
Robert Meachem13707%-1.0
Jed Collins11402%-0.2

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Curtis Lofton640.000
Malcolm Jenkins630.000
Kenny Vaccaro610.000
David Hawthorne330.000
Junior Galette423.000
Keenan Lewis400.000
John Jenkins220.000
Cameron Jordan302.000
Corey White120.001
Parys Haralson200.000

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread
NO -3
Closing total
47
CAR moneyline
+156
NO moneyline
-173

Saints closed -3 and covered, winning by 18.

Total closed 47; the game landed 44 — under by 3.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Roof / surface
dome · sportturf
Kickoff weather
Indoors — weather neutralized
Referee
Walt Anderson
Rest
CAR 7 days · NO 6 days
Coaches
Ron Rivera vs Sean Payton

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