Brontekst bekijken van Panthers hold off Saints rally for 23-20 triumph

Carolina's Cam Newton threw a touchdown pass and Graham Gano kicked three goals while the Panthers' defenders silenced a late New Orleans rally for a 23-20 NFL triumph.<br><br>The results left both clubs on 4-6 this season, two games behind NFC South division leader Atlanta with six games remaining.<br><br>New Orleans scored the final 17 points in the fourth quarter but Carolina, which had not managed a first down in three prior possessions, ran the clock down to only 14 seconds before giving the ball back to the Saints.<br><br>Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers throws a pass against the New Orleans Saints in the third quarter in Charlotte, North Carolina �Grant Halverson (Getty/AFP)<br><br>Drew Brees made three completions to the Carolina 44-yard line before time expired, but it was too little and too late.<br><br>"We put ourselves in a bad situation when we got a big lead but we did a great job as a football team of finishing the game," said Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis.<br><br>Gano kicked a 32-yard field goal in the first quarter, but Saints kicker Will Lutz answered from 27 yards to pull New Orleans level after the first quarter.<br><br>Jonathan Stewart's one-yard touchdown run capped an [http://Www.bing.com/search?q=eight-play%20drive&form=MSNNWS&mkt=en-us&pq=eight-play%20drive eight-play drive] set up by Kurt Coleman's interception of a Brees pass to put Carolina ahead, and Gano added a 49-yard field goal to give the Panthers a 13-3 edge.<br><br>After a penalty wiped out a Carolina touchdown on a blocked field goal runback, the Panthers scored on the next play when Newton connected with Ted Ginn Jr on a 40-yard touchdown pass to give Carolina a 20-3 half-time advantage.<br><br>Gano added a 40-yard field goal in the third quarter, and Lutz answered again from 30 yards to begin the fourth quarter and pull the Saints within 23-6.<br><br>New Orleans finally reached the end zone with 11:22 to play when Brees connected with Brandon Coleman on a 9-yard touchdown pass to lift the Saints within 23-13.<br><br>The Saints drove 76 yards in 13 plays for another score, Brees flipping an eight-yard touchdown pass to Coby Fleener with 2:52 remaining to create the final margin.<br><br>If you liked this posting and you would like to get extra information regarding [http://probongda.net/nhan-dinh-soi-keo soi keo hom nay] kindly visit our own web-page.