New Orleans 45, Detroit 27
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  1 2 3 4 Total
Detroit 3 7 17 0 27  Final 
New Orleans 14 14 10 7 45   
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  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary DET - NO 
  1st Quarter
 12:11  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Marques Colston to the right for 9 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 0 - 7 
 
 9:34  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Robert Meachem to the left for 39 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 0 - 14 
 
 5:12  DET FG Jason Hanson kicked a 47-yard field goal 3 - 14 
 
  2nd Quarter
 14:06  DET TD Kevin Smith rushed to the left for 4 yard gain (Jason Hanson made PAT) 10 - 14 
 
 3:45  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Jeremy Shockey to the right for 1 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 10 - 21 
 
 1:10  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Jeremy Shockey down the middle for 15 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 10 - 28 
 
  3rd Quarter
 11:47  DET TD Matthew Stafford rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Jason Hanson made PAT) 17 - 28 
 
 6:11  NO FG John Carney kicked a 39-yard field goal 17 - 31 
 
 3:22  DET FG Jason Hanson kicked a 24-yard field goal 20 - 31 
 
 3:03  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Devery Henderson to the right for 58 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 20 - 38 
 
 1:43  DET TD Mike Bell rushed to the left for 2 yard loss. Mike Bell fumbled. Louis Delmas recovered fumble and returned for 65 yards (Jason Hanson made PAT) 27 - 38 
 
  4th Quarter
 8:29  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Heath Evans to the right for 13 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 27 - 45 
 
 
 Team Statistics
  DET NO 
  First Downs 14 28 
    Passing 7 16 
    Rushing 5 10 
    Penalty 2 2 
  Third Down Efficiency 3-14 9-13 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 2-2 0-0 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 231 515 
    Total Plays 58 69 
    Average Gain Per Play 4.0 7.5 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 33 157 
    Rushes 20 35 
    Average Per Rush 1.7 4.5 
  NET YARDS PASSING 198 358 
    Completions-Attempts 16-37 26-34 
    Yards Per Pass Play 5.2 10.5 
    Times Sacked 1 0 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 7 0 
    Had Intercepted 3 1 
  PUNTS 5 2 
    Average Punt 41.6 48.0 
  PENALTIES 8 7 
    Penalty Yards 80 36 
  FUMBLES 0 3 
    Fumbles Lost 0 2 
  TIME OF POSSESSION 23:30 36:30 
 Passing                    
 Detroit Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating 
 M. Stafford 16 37 205 43.2 5.5 1 7 0 3 27.4 
 New Orleans Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating 
 D. Brees 26 34 358 76.5 10.5 0 0 6 1 137.0 
 Rushing            
 Detroit Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 K. Smith 15 20 1.3 6 1 0 
 A. Brown 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 
 J. Felton 2 4 2.0 4 0 0 
 M. Stafford 2 0 0.0 1 1 0 
 New Orleans Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 M. Bell 28 143 5.1 22 0 1 
 R. Bush 7 14 2.0 10 0 1 
 Receiving            
 Detroit Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 C. Johnson 3 90 30.0 64 0 0 
 K. Smith 7 52 7.4 12 0 0 
 B. Johnson 4 45 11.3 19 0 0 
 C. FitzSimmons 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 
 Y. Figurs 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 
 New Orleans Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 D. Henderson 5 103 20.6 58 1 0 
 R. Bush 5 55 11.0 26 0 1 
 R. Meachem 2 51 25.5 39 1 0 
 L. Moore 2 38 19.0 20 0 0 
 H. Evans 4 35 8.8 13 1 0 
 J. Shockey 4 31 7.8 15 2 0 
 M. Colston 3 30 10.0 14 1 0 
 D. Thomas 1 15 15.0 15 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Detroit XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 J. Hanson 3 3 2 2 47 100.0 9 
 New Orleans XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 J. Carney 6 6 1 2 39 50.0 9 
 Punting          
 Detroit Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 N. Harris 5 41.6 0 2 0 
 New Orleans Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 T. Morstead 2 48.0 0 0 0 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Detroit KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 A. Brown 5 180 36.0 87 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 D. Northcutt 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 55 27.5 43 0 
 New Orleans KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 R. Meachem 6 148 24.7 42 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 R. Bush 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 11 3.7 11 0 
 Defense
 Detroit Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 A. Henry 10 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 1 26 0 
 L. Foote 9 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 M. Manuel 7 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 L. Delmas 6 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 
 E. Sims 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 E. King 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 J. Hunter 3 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Dizon 3 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 W. James 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 A. Fluellen 2 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Pearson 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Levy 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 L. Cohen 2 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Hill 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Peterson 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Bing 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
 G. Jackson 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 Y. Figurs 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Avril 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Peterman 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Smith 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Loper 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Muhlbach 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. White 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 New Orleans Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 T. Porter 6 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Fujita 5 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 R. Harper 5 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Shanle 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 1 13 0 
 J. Vilma 4 0 1.0 7.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 
 P. Prioleau 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 L. Torrence 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Greer 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 
 W. Smith 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Hargrove 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Sharper 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 2 79 0 
 M. Mitchell 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 D. Henderson 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 
 C. Grant 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Jenkins 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Ellis 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 J. Charleston 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Clancy 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 R. Gay 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 B. Ortega 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Updated on Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 1:39 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Detroit
K. Smith Kevin Smith RB
15 Rush, 20 yds
1 TD
 New Orleans
D. Brees Drew Brees QB
26-34, 358 yds
6 TDs, 1 INT