2017 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 24, 2017 · Bank of America Stadium

New Orleans SaintsWinner

Carolina Panthers

CAR -5.5 upsetO 46.5 ✓Panthers closed -5.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

New Orleans Saints 34–13 — 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

22/29, 220 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT

12.9 expected points added · +11.9% completion over expected

Passing · CAR

Cam NewtonQB

17/26, 167 yds, 0 TD, 3 INT

-15.6 expected points added · -1.5% completion over expected

Rushing · CAR

Jonathan StewartRB

12 att, 57 yds, 0 TD

1.4 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NO

Mark IngramRB

14 att, 56 yds, 0 TD

-0.9 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · CAR

Christian McCaffreyRB

9/11 for 101 yds, 0 TD

33% of team targets · 1.6 expected points added

Receiving · NO

Michael ThomasWR

7/8 for 87 yds, 1 TD

28% of team targets · 9.4 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Drew Brees	22/29	220	3	0	1	12.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Mark Ingram	14	56	4.0	0	-0.9
Alvin Kamara	2	37	18.5	1	4.1
Adrian Peterson	9	33	3.7	0	-2.0
Ted Ginn	1	15	15.0	0	1.5
Tommylee Lewis	1	8	8.0	0	0.5

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Michael Thomas	7	8	87	1	28%	9.4
Ted Ginn	2	3	44	1	10%	3.5
Mark Ingram	2	4	30	0	14%	1.2
Coby Fleener	1	1	21	0	3%	2.8
Tommylee Lewis	3	3	15	0	10%	-0.7
Brandon Coleman	1	1	11	1	3%	2.0
Alvin Kamara	3	5	5	0	17%	-1.8
Adrian Peterson	2	2	4	0	7%	-0.9
Josh Hill	1	1	3	0	3%	-0.3
Michael Hoomanawanui	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Ken Crawley	7	1	0.0	0	2
Alex Anzalone	4	3	0.0	0	0
Cameron Jordan	3	4	1.0	0	0
A.J. Klein	2	4	0.0	0	0
Kenny Vaccaro	4	2	0.0	1	2
Manti Te'o	2	3	0.0	0	0
Alex Okafor	3	2	1.0	0	0
Vonn Bell	2	2	0.0	0	0
P.J. Williams	2	1	0.0	1	1
Marcus Williams	0	2	0.0	1	1

Carolina Panthers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Cam Newton	17/26	167	0	3	4	-15.6
Derek Anderson	2/7	17	0	0	0	-2.8

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Jonathan Stewart	12	57	4.8	0	1.4
Curtis Samuel	1	31	31.0	0	1.8
Cam Newton	3	16	5.3	1	3.1
Christian McCaffrey	4	16	4.0	0	0.8
Fozzy Whittaker	2	12	6.0	0	0.1

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Christian McCaffrey	9	11	101	33%	1.6
Devin Funchess	4	10	58	30%	-8.8
Kelvin Benjamin	2	2	8	6%	0.8
Ed Dickson	1	1	8	3%	-0.1
Curtis Samuel	2	5	5	15%	-3.5
Jonathan Stewart	1	2	4	6%	-0.8
Russell Shepard	0	1	0	3%	-0.6
Damiere Byrd	0	1	0	3%	-0.7

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Kurt Coleman	6	3	0.0	0
Luke Kuechly	4	4	0.0	1
Shaq Thompson	5	2	0.0	0
Daryl Worley	4	3	0.0	0
Thomas Davis	5	2	0.0	0
Mario Addison	2	4	1.0	0
James Bradberry	3	1	0.0	0
Mike Adams	1	2	0.0	0
Captain Munnerlyn	1	2	0.0	0
Curtis Samuel	1	1	0.0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: CAR -5.5
Closing total: 46.5
NO moneyline: +216
CAR moneyline: -242

Panthers closed -5.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 46.5; the game landed 47 — over by 0.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Bank of America Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 82°F, wind 6 mph
Referee: Bill Vinovich
Rest: NO 7 days · CAR 7 days
Coaches: Sean Payton vs Ron Rivera

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