TV: CBS (1:00 PM ET): Tom McCarthy, Jay Feely, Amanda Balionis (field reporter)
All-Time Series History Regular Season: NO leads series, 31-28 (won past 3) Postseason: NO leads series, 1-0
The Last Time… Regular Season: 9/8/24: CAR 10 at NO 47 Postseason: NFC-WC 1/7/18: CAR 26 at NO 31
HEAD COACHES
Dennis Allen vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 3-3 Reg. Season: 26-52 (.333) Postseason: —
Dave Canales vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 0-1 Reg. Season: 1-7 (.125) Postseason: —
SAINTS NOTES
• QB DEREK CARR is 5-0 in 5 career starts vs. Car. with 8 TDs vs. 3 INTs for 99.1 rating, incl. 3 TDs & 142.5 rating in Week 1 meeting. Has 40,089 pass yards & became 7th player ever with 40,000+ pass yards in 1st 11 career seasons. Has 2+ TD passes in 4 of his past 5 on road. • RB ALVIN KAMARA had 6 catches & 122 scrimmage yards (67 rush, 55 rec.) in Week 8, his 22nd-career game with 50+ rush yards & 50+ rec. yards, 5thmost such games in NFL history. Has 545 career catches & can surpass HOFer Marshall Faulk (548) for most catches by RB in 1st 8 career seasons. Can become 1st RB since 2019 (Christian McCaffrey) with 5+ catches in 6 straight games. Had 5 catches, 110 scrimmage yards (83 rush, 27 rec.) & rush TD in Week 1 meeting & aims for his 3rd in row vs. Car. with rush TD. • WR CHRIS OLAVE led team with 8 catches & season-high 107 rec. yards last week, his 9th-career game with 100+ rec. yards. Has 80+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 4 on road. Aims for his 3rd in row at Car. with 6+ catches & 85+ rec. yards. • TE FOSTER MOREAU & TE JUWAN JOHNSON each had rec. TD in Week 1 meeting. • LB DEMARIO DAVIS had 9 tackles last week & aims for his 7th in row with 6+ tackles. Has sack in 4 of his past 5 vs. Car. & aims for his 3rd in row at Car. with sack. • LB PETE WERNER had season-high 9 tackles & his 3rd-career game with 2 TFL last week. Aims for his 5th in row with 5+ tackles. • DE CHASE YOUNG has TFL in 4 of his past 5 & aims for his 4th in row on road with TFL. • DT KHALEN SAUNDERS had 1st sack of season last week. • CB ALONTAE TAYLOR had career-high 3 sacks in Week 1 meeting. Aims for his 4th in row vs. Car. & 4th in row overall with PD. Has PD in 5 of his past 6. • S TYRANN MATHIEU had FF & FR in Week 1 meeting.
PANTHERS NOTES
• QB ANDY DALTON aims for his 3rd start in row at home with 25+ completions & 2+ TD passes. Had 2,871 pass yards & 18 TD passes with 95.2 rating in 14 starts with NO in 2022. • QB BRYCE YOUNG had season-high 224 pass yards & 2 TD passes in Week 8, his 3rd-career game with 2+ TD passes. Had TD pass vs. 0 INTs in last home meeting. • RB CHUBA HUBBARD had 71 scrimmage yards (56 rush, 15 rec.) in Week 8. Has 21 games with 50+ scrimmage yards since 2023, tied 2nd-most among RBs & aims for his 15th in row at home with 50+ scrimmage yards. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his past 4 vs. NO. • RB MILES SANDERS had career-high 7 catches last week. • WR JALEN COKER (rookie) led team with career-high 78 rec. yards & had 1stcareer TD catch in Week 8. • WR XAVIER LEGETTE (rookie) had 3rd rec. TD of season last week. • LB JOSEY JEWELL had 10 tackles & 1st TFL of season last week & has 5+ tackles in each of his 5 games in 2024. • LB JADEVEON CLOWNEY had season-high 7 tackles in Week 8. Aims for his 3rd in row with TFL. • DE A’SHAWN ROBINSON had career-high 2 sacks last week, his 1st 2 sacks of season. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NO with 8+ tackles. • DT SHY TUTTLE had career-high 2 FRs & 2nd-career FF last week. • CB JAYCEE HORN has career-high 9 PD in 2024 & aims for his 6th in row with PD. • CB MIKE JACKSON had career-high 10 tackles in Week 8. • S DEMANI RICHARDSON (rookie) led team with career-high 11 tackles last week. • S XAVIER WOODS had 5 tackles last week & aims for his 6th in row with 5+ tackles. Has 56 tackles in 2024, 1 of 4 DBs with 50+ tackles in each of past 7 seasons.
