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QBREES9 11-09-2009 09:00 AM

New Orleans Saints quick hits from the Carolina Panthers game
 
New Orleans Saints quick hits from the Carolina Panthers game

The New Orleans Saints beat the Carolina Panthers 30-20 on Sunday to improve to 8-0 for the season.Here are some quick hits from that game:
The 8-0 start might be the best start in team history, but it's not the longest winning streak in team history. That streak is nine games and it happened two different times: from Nov. 1-Dec. 27, 1987 and from Dec. 23, 1990-Oct. 20, 1991.
Sunday's box score
With is 330 yards passing against Carolina, Drew Brees moved into 40th place in career passing yardage in NFL history. He moved ahead of former LSU great and Pro Football Hall of Famer Y.A. Tittle. Brees hs 28,594 yards passing.
Brees extended his record of 300-yard passing games. It was his 27th.
Jeremy Shockey caught a pass for the 103rd consecutive game, the second-longest active streak among tight ends behind Tony Gonzalez of Atlanta who has 140. Shockey has 5,113 career receving yards, which moved into 23rd place in NFL career list, passing Mickey Shuler and Charlie Young.
Scott Threlkeld/The Times-Picayune
New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove scored on a fumble recovery in the closing minutes to preserve the Saints 30-20 win against Caroina.
Roman Harper had 12 tackles against Carolina, a career high. His previous high was 11 against Green Bay on Sept. 17, 2006.
Anthony Hargrove's fumble return for a touchdown with 2,00 remaining in the game was the seventh touchdown scored by the Saints defense this season, and the third consecutive game.
Coming into the game, the Saints had two pass plays of 50 yards or more. Against Caroina, they had two of those in the third quarter alone. Brees hit Devery Henderson on a 63-yarder on the first drive of the quarter and later hit Robert Meachem for 54 yards.
Tracy Porter had no forced fumbles coming into the game. Against Carolina, he had two.

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