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Sun, Aug 25

Final 1 2 3 4 T
New Orleans 0 17 7 7 31
Houston 7 9 7 0 23

Reliant Stadium - Houston, Texas

New Orleans Saints (4-0-0)
31
Houston Texans (2-2-0)
23

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

Scoring Summary
Time Team Scoring Detail NO HOU
5:51 HOU Ben Tate 1 yd run (Randy Bullock kick) 0 7

2nd Quarter

Scoring Summary
Time Team Scoring Detail NO HOU
13:41 HOU Randy Bullock 48 yd FG 0 10
12:07 NO Pierre Thomas 51 yd pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) 7 10
8:26 HOU Randy Bullock 55 yd FG 7 13
3:44 NO Garrett Hartley 51 yd FG 10 13
1:14 NO Kenny Stills 14 yd pass from Luke McCown (Garrett Hartley kick) 17 13
0:00 HOU Randy Bullock 21 yd FG 17 16

3rd Quarter

Scoring Summary
Time Team Scoring Detail NO HOU
14:08 NO Andy Tanner 8 yd pass from Luke McCown (Garrett Hartley kick) 24 16
1:12 HOU Alec Lemon 11 yd pass from T.J. Yates (Randy Bullock kick) 24 23

4th Quarter

Scoring Summary
Time Team Scoring Detail NO HOU
10:58 NO Andy Tanner 15 yd pass from Ryan Griffin (Garrett Hartley kick) 31 23

Team Statistics

Team Stats
NO   HOU
19-2-16-1 First Downs (Total-Rush-Pass-Penalty) 30-10-19-1
55-380-6.9 Game Totals (Plays-Yards-Avg) 78-496-6.4
22-33-0-302-8.9-1 Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Yards-Avg-Sacks) 32-49-0-355-7-2
21-78-3.7 Rushing (Att-Yards-Avg) 27-141-5.2
4-200-50 Punting (Punts-Yards-Avg) 3-147-49
1-0 Punt (Returns-Yards) 2-6
1-52 Kick (Returns-Yards) 3-84
5-24 Penalties (Penalties-Yards) 4-60
0-0 Fumbles (Fumbles-Lost) 3-0
25:34 Time Of Possession 34:26

Player Statistics

Legend

Stats Legend

Com
Completions
Att
Attempts
Int
Interceptions
Yds
Yards
YPP
Yards per pass
Lng
Longest
TD
Touchdowns
Rec
Receptions
Ret
Kick returns
Close

Passing

New Orleans Com Att Int Yds YPP Lng TD
L. McCown, QB 10 14 0 118 8.4 40 2
D. Brees, QB 4 6 0 104 17.3 51 1
R. Griffin, QB 8 13 0 86 6.6 25 1
Houston Com Att Int Yds YPP Lng TD
M. Schaub, QB 15 26 0 213 8.2 39 0
C. Keenum, QB 10 14 0 79 5.6 16 0
T. Yates, QB 7 9 0 73 8.1 19 1

Rushing

New Orleans Att Yds YPC Lng TD
M. Ingram, RB 4 24 6.0 23 0
P. Thomas, RB 4 19 4.8 9 0
T. Cadet, RB 4 16 4.0 5 0
K. Robinson, RB 5 11 2.2 4 0
P. Parker, WR 1 9 9.0 9 0
A. Johnson, RB 1 1 1.0 1 0
R. Griffin, QB 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0
Houston Att Yds YPC Lng TD
B. Tate, RB 11 74 6.7 39 1
D. Johnson, RB 5 31 6.2 9 0
D. Karim, RB 6 20 3.3 7 0
C. Keenum, QB 2 12 6.0 11 0
C. Wood, RB 1 5 5.0 5 0
K. Martin, WR 1 2 2.0 2 0
R. Graham, RB 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0

Receiving

New Orleans Rec Yds YPR Lng TD
K. Stills, WR 2 54 27.0 40 1
P. Thomas, RB 1 51 51.0 51 1
T. Cadet, RB 3 37 12.3 25 0
A. Tanner, WR 3 33 11.0 15 2
M. Ingram, RB 2 28 14.0 29 0
D. Sproles, RB 2 17 8.5 11 0
L. Moore, WR 1 15 15.0 15 0
A. Johnson, RB 2 15 7.5 9 0
B. Watson, TE 1 13 13.0 13 0
N. Toon, WR 1 11 11.0 11 0
J. Graham, TE 1 10 10.0 10 0
K. Robinson, RB 1 10 10.0 10 0
P. Parker, WR 1 8 8.0 8 0
C. Roby, WR 1 6 6.0 6 0
Houston Rec Yds YPR Lng TD
A. Johnson, WR 7 131 18.7 39 0
A. Lemon, WR 5 51 10.2 16 1
O. Daniels, TE 4 47 11.8 21 0
L. Jean, WR 2 36 18.0 19 0
G. Graham, TE 3 27 9.0 11 0
R. Griffin, TE 2 17 8.5 13 0
A. Schiltz, TE 2 15 7.5 12 0
K. Martin, WR 2 10 5.0 8 0
A. Cruse, WR 1 9 9.0 9 0
E. Nwachukwu, WR 1 7 7.0 7 0
C. Wood, RB 1 6 6.0 6 0
D. Johnson, RB 1 6 6.0 6 0
J. Byrne, TE 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kicking

New Orleans FGM FGA Lng Blk Sgl
G. Hartley, K 1 1 51 0 0
Houston FGM FGA Lng Blk Sgl
R. Bullock, K 3 3 55 0 0

Interceptions

New Orleans Int Yds Lng TD
- - - - -
Houston Int Yds Lng TD
- - - - -

Kick Returns

New Orleans Ret Yds Lng TD
P. Parker, WR 1 52 52 0
Houston Ret Yds Lng TD
D. Johnson, RB 2 57 30 0
D. Karim, RB 1 27 27 0

Punt Returns

New Orleans Ret Yds Lng TD
T. Cadet, RB 1 0 0 0
Houston Ret Yds Lng TD
K. Martin, WR 1 1 1 0
D. Johnson, RB 1 5 5 0

Punting

New Orleans Ret Yds Lng
T. Morstead, P 4 200 56
New Orleans Ret Yds Lng
S. Lechler, P 2 104 60
A. Shapiro, P 1 43 43

Game Information

Attendance: 71,611
Referee: Walt Anderson
Umpire: Jeff Rice
Head-linesman: Mark Pellis
Line-judge: Steve Selljes
Field-judge: Buddy Horton
Side-judge: Michael Banks
Back-judge: Alex Kemp
Replay-official: Mike Wimmer
Arena: Reliant Stadium
Location: Houston, Texas
Data provided by STATS LLC.

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