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New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 14 · Bank of America Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New Orleans Saints—Away
Carolina Panthers—Home

Matchup preview

New Orleans Saints 1–4 · Road 1–1 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 26 · 7 days of rest
Carolina Panthers 2–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 13 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NO 5 games, CAR 4 games
MetricNOCAR
Points per game23.615th30.34th
Points allowed per game30.231st27.327th
Total yards per game322.020th405.83rd
Passing yards per game259.89th317.01st
Rushing yards per game81.829th104.518th
Turnovers per game2.230th1.09th
Sacks allowed per game2.622nd2.521st
Penalty yards per game42.83rd67.522nd

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 13–23 vs MIN Week 5
  2. L 24–45 vs ATL Week 4
  3. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  4. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  5. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET Week 1

Carolina Panthers: recent results

  1. W 32–26 vs DET Week 4
  2. L 18–21 @ CLE Week 3
  3. W 34–3 @ ATL Week 2
  4. L 37–59 vs CHI Week 1

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,299 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Travis Etienne Jr. 128 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Chris Olave 537 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Carl Granderson 1.5 · 3 g

Carolina Panthers: season leaders

Passing
Bryce Young 1,268 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Chuba Hubbard 306 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Tetairoa McMillan 385 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Princely Umanmielen 3.0 · 3 g

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Mike Reid LCB
  • Out Nathan Shepherd NT
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Out Vernon Broughton RDE

1 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Carolina Panthers: injury report

  • Out Ikem Ekwonu LT
  • Out Taylor Moton RT
  • Out Tershawn Wharton RDE
  • Questionable Cam Jackson NT
  • Questionable Damien Lewis LG
  • Questionable Jaelan Phillips SLB
  • Questionable Jalen Coker
  • Questionable Monroe Freeling RT

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 6. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NO 31 · CAR 24 in 55 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 15 CAR 17, NO 20
  2. 2025 · Week 10 NO 17, CAR 7
  3. 2024 · Week 9 NO 22, CAR 23
  4. 2024 · Week 1 CAR 10, NO 47
  5. 2023 · Week 14 CAR 6, NO 28

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NO 48.8% · CAR 50.8%

Matchup quality 33.2 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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