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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
| Sunday, January 1, 2012 | |||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score |
| Carolina | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| New Orleans | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| Wrap | |||||
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 35-yard run by Chris Ivory. (John Kasay extra point is good). |
| Carolina Touchdown - 12-yard pass from Cam Newton to Steve Smith. (Olindo Mare extra point is good). |
| Second Quarter |
| Carolina Field Goal - 41-yarder by Olindo Mare. |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 43-yarder by John Kasay. |
| Third Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 19-yard pass from Drew Brees to Jimmy Graham. (John Kasay extra point is good). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 1-yard pass from Drew Brees to Jed Collins. (John Kasay extra point is good). |
| Fourth Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 9-yard pass from Drew Brees to Darren Sproles. (John Kasay extra point is good). |
| Final Team Statistics | ||
| Statistics | Carolina | New Orleans |
| First Downs | 21 | 33 |
| Rushes-yards | 24-164 | 35-208 |
| Passing yards | 158 | 409 |
| Return yards | 137 | 409 |
| Passing (Att-Comp-Int) | 25-15-1 | 38-31-1 |
| Punts-Average | 4-45.8 | 1-44.0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 1-5 | 6-60 |
| Time of Possession | 25:26 | 34:34 |
| Individual Statistics | |
| Rushing | |
| Carolina | Jonathan Stewart 9-79, DeAngelo Williams 7-53, Cam Newton 6-32, Steve Smith 1-1, Derek Anderson 1--1 |
| New Orleans | Chris Ivory 19-127, Darren Sproles 6-40, Pierre Thomas 5-30, Devery Henderson 1-9, Drew Brees 1-5, Chase Daniel 3--3 |
| Passing | |
| Carolina | Cam Newton (15-25), Yards: 158, Sacked: 2, TD: 1 |
| New Orleans | Drew Brees (28-35), Yards: 389, Sacked: 0, TD: 5, Chase Daniel (3-3), Yards: 20, Sacked: 0, TD: 0 |
| Receiving | |
| Carolina | Steve Smith 6-86, Jeremy Shockey 3-18, Brandon LaFell 2-27, DeAngelo Williams 2-20, Jonathan Stewart 2-7, Seyi Ajirotutu 0-0, Greg Olsen 0-0 |
| New Orleans | Jimmy Graham 8-97, Marques Colston 7-145, Darren Sproles 5-29, Pierre Thomas 3-36, Devery Henderson 2-48, Robert Meachem 2-30, Jed Collins 2-3, Adrian Arrington 1-17, Michael Higgins 1-4 |
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