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All Times Central
Sept. 9 Washington 40, New Orleans 32
Sept. 16 Carolina 35, New Orleans 27
Sept. 23 Kansas City 27, New Orleans 24
Sept. 30 Green Bay 28, New Orleans 27
Sunday San Diego 7:20 p.m. NBC
Oct. 14 Open date
Oct. 21 at Tampa Bay Noon Fox
Oct. 28 at Denver 7:20 p.m. NBC
Nov. 5 Philadelphia 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Nov. 11 Atlanta Noon Fox
Nov. 18 at Oakland 3:05 p.m. Fox
Nov. 25 S. Francisco 3:25 p.m. Fox
Nov. 29 at Atlanta 7:20 p.m. NFLN
Dec. 9 at N.Y. Giants 3:25 p.m. Fox
Dec. 16 Tampa Bay Noon Fox
Dec. 23 at Dallas Noon Fox
Dec. 30 Carolina Noon Fox
TEAM STATS
N.O. Opp.
FIRST DOWNS 90 102
Rushing 13 34
Passing 71 60
Penalty 6 8
3rd down pct. 42.6 39.6
4th down pct. 75.0 80.0
POSSESSION AVG. 26:00 34:00
TOTAL NET YARDS 1606 1853
Avg. per game 401.5 463.3
Total plays 275 291
Avg. per play 5.8 6.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 323 747
Avg. per game 80.8 186.8
Total rushes 75 154
Avg. per rush 4.3 4.9
NET YARDS PASSING 1283 1106
Avg. per game 320.8 276.5
Sacks-yards lost 9-67 6-4
Gross yards passing 1350 1140
Attempts-Completions 191-110 131-90
Completion pct. 57.6 68.7
Had intercepted 5 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 17-51.1 16-41.1
NET PUNTING AVG. 43.6 35.5
PENALTIES-YARDS 28-247 29-244
FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 7-4
TOUCHDOWNS 13 14
Rushing 2 6
Passing 10 7
Returns 1 1
Score by quarters
Saints 31 20 27 32 0 - 110
Opponents 27 41 24 35 0 - 130
INDIVIDUAL STATS
Rushing
Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD
P. Thomas 28 152 5.4 48 0
Ingram 32 90 2.8 12 1
Sproles 12 82 6.8 47 0
Brees 3 -1 -0.3 1 1
TEAM 75 323 4.3 48 2
OPP. 154 747 4.9 91 6
Receiving
Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD
J. Graham 24 248 10.3 24 3
Sproles 23 207 9.0 25 2
Colston 19 313 16.5 29 1
Moore 19 287 15.1 34 2
P. Thomas 11 99 9.0 27 0
Henderson 6 74 12.3 36 0
Morgan 2 85 42.5 80 1
TEAM 110 1350 12.3 80 10
OPP. 90 1140 12.7 88 7
Passing
Player Att. Cmp. Yds. Pct. TD Int.
Brees 191 110 1350 57.6 10 5
TEAM 191 110 1350 57.6 10 5
OPP. 110 90 1140 68.7 7 2
Interceptions
Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD
Greer 1 28 28.0 28 0
Robinson 1 0 0.0 0 0
TEAM 2 28 14.0 28 0
OPP. 5 93 18.6 49 1
Punting
Player No. Yds. Avg. Net LG
Morstead 17 869 51.1 43.6 70
TEAM 17 869 51.1 43.6 70
OPP. 16 658 41.1 35.5 58
Punt returns
Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD
Sproles 6 50 8.3 16 0
TEAM 6 50 8.3 16 0
OPP. 8 88 11.0 24 0
Kickoff returns
Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD
Sproles 12 353 29.4 48 0
TEAM 14 355 25.4 48 0
OPP. 13 304 23.4 34 0
Field goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hartley 0-0 4-4 0-1 1-2 1-1
TEAM 0-0 4-4 0-1 1-2 1-1
OPP. 0-0 1-1 5-5 4-4 0-0
Scoring
Player TD XP FG S Pts.
Hartley 0 12 6 0 30
J. Graham 3 0 0 0 18
Sproles 2 2 0 0 14
Moore 2 0 0 0 12
Brees 1 0 0 0 6
Collins 1 0 0 0 6
Colston 1 0 0 0 6
Ingram 1 0 0 0 6
Morgan 1 0 0 0 6
Roby 1 0 0 0 6
TEAM 13 14 6 0 110
OPP. 14 14 10 1 130
2-point conversions: Saints 1-1 (Sproles 1), Opp. 0-0
Sacks
Saints: 6 (Galette 2, Jordan 1, Robinson 1, Smith 1, Bunkley 1/2, Shanle 1/2). Opponents: 9.
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