New Orleans 22, Atlanta 16
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  1 2 3 4 Total
Atlanta 3 10 0 3 16  Final 
New Orleans 7 0 7 8 22   
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  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary ATL - NO 
  1st Quarter
 7:16  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Devery Henderson down the middle for 37 yard gain (Olindo Mare made PAT) 0 - 7 
 
 2:26  ATL FG Morten Andersen kicked a 38-yard field goal 3 - 7 
 
  2nd Quarter
 10:21  ATL FG Morten Andersen kicked a 33-yard field goal 6 - 7 
 
 3:31  ATL TD Byron Leftwich passed to Roddy White to the left for 9 yard gain (Morten Andersen made PAT) 13 - 7 
 
  3rd Quarter
 10:15  NO TD Pierre Thomas rushed up the middle for 24 yard gain (Olindo Mare made PAT) 13 - 14 
 
  4th Quarter
 10:19  ATL FG Morten Andersen kicked a 21-yard field goal 16 - 14 
 
 5:04  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Reggie Bush to the right for 4 yard gain (2pt attempt converted, Reggie Bush run to the right) 16 - 22 
 
 
 Team Statistics
  ATL NO 
  First Downs 18 14 
    Passing 13 9 
    Rushing 5 5 
    Penalty 0 0 
  Third Down Efficiency 9-18 4-12 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0 1-3 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 334 310 
    Total Plays 68 56 
    Average Gain Per Play 4.9 5.5 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 75 91 
    Rushes 24 22 
    Average Per Rush 3.1 4.1 
  NET YARDS PASSING 259 219 
    Completions-Attempts 27-41 22-34 
    Yards Per Pass Play 5.9 6.4 
    Times Sacked 3 0 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 14 0 
    Had Intercepted 0 1 
  PUNTS 6 5 
    Average Punt 44.2 38.8 
  PENALTIES 9 6 
    Penalty Yards 52 49 
  FUMBLES 3 0 
    Fumbles Lost 0 0 
  TIME OF POSSESSION 35:27 24:33 
 Passing                  
 Atlanta Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 B. Leftwich 15 23 145 65.2 6.3 1 7 1 0 
 J. Harrington 12 18 128 66.7 7.1 2 7 0 0 
 New Orleans Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 D. Brees 22 34 219 64.7 6.4 0 0 2 1 
 Rushing            
 Atlanta Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Norwood 6 38 6.3 30 0 0 
 W. Dunn 13 28 2.2 12 0 0 
 B. Leftwich 3 6 2.0 7 0 0 
 O. Mughelli 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 
 J. Harrington 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 New Orleans Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 R. Bush 17 54 3.2 9 0 0 
 P. Thomas 2 28 14.0 24 1 0 
 D. Brees 2 8 4.0 9 0 0 
 A. Stecker 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Atlanta Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 R. White 8 110 13.8 32 1 0 
 M. Jenkins 6 69 11.5 20 0 0 
 L. Robinson 3 53 17.7 25 0 0 
 J. Horn 3 25 8.3 12 0 0 
 M. Milner 2 10 5.0 8 0 0 
 D. Blakley 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 
 J. Norwood 3 1 0.3 3 0 0 
 W. Dunn 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 
 New Orleans Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 E. Johnson 5 54 10.8 21 0 0 
 M. Colston 3 45 15.0 33 0 0 
 D. Henderson 1 37 37.0 37 1 0 
 D. Patten 2 29 14.5 18 0 0 
 R. Bush 5 19 3.8 8 1 0 
 A. Stecker 2 11 5.5 6 0 0 
 L. Moore 1 10 10.0 10 0 0 
 B. Miller 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 
 M. Karney 2 7 3.5 5 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Atlanta XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 M. Andersen 1 1 3 3 38 100.0 10 
 New Orleans XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 O. Mare 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 2 
 Punting          
 Atlanta Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 M. Koenen 6 44.2 0 3 0 
 New Orleans Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 S. Weatherford 5 38.8 0 1 0 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Atlanta KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 J. Norwood 2 38 19.0 20 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 A. Jennings 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 37 9.3 15 0 
 New Orleans KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 L. Moore 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 55 27.5 48 0 
 P. Thomas 3 78 26.0 32 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 J. Craft 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 
 Defense
 Atlanta Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 K. Brooking 8 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Boley 7 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Hall 5 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 7 0 
 D. Williams 4 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 1 -5 0 
 C. Houston 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 T. Williams 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 O. Mughelli 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Crocker 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Anderson 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Stone 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Davis 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 R. Coleman 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Irons 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Williams 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 L. Sanders 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 L. Milloy 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Lewis 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Abraham 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 G. Jackson 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 New Orleans Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 R. Harper 6 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Simoneau 5 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Grant 5 0 1.0 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
 U. Young 5 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Shanle 4 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Fujita 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 H. Thomas 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. McKenzie 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Craft 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 W. Smith 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Bullocks 3 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 B. Young 3 0 1.0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 F. Thomas 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Clancy 1 1 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Kaesviharn 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Reis 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Houser 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Stinchcomb 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Cooper 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Evans 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Updated on Wednesday, Oct 24, 2007 4:56 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Atlanta
R. White R. White WR
8 Rec, 110 yds
1 TD
 New Orleans
D. Brees D. Brees QB
22-34, 219 yds
2 TDs, 1 INT