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New Orleans 38, New England 17
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(7-4)
  1 2 3 4 Total
New England 7 3 7 0 17  Final 
New Orleans 3 21 7 7 38   
(11-0)
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary NE - NO 
  1st Quarter
 11:14  NO FG John Carney kicked a 30-yard field goal 0 - 3 
 
 3:34  NE TD Laurence Maroney rushed to the right for 4 yard gain (Stephen Gostkowski made PAT) 7 - 3 
 
  2nd Quarter
 12:55  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Pierre Thomas to the right for 18 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 7 - 10 
 
 9:53  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Devery Henderson to the right for 75 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 7 - 17 
 
 4:14  NE FG Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 36-yard field goal 10 - 17 
 
 1:50  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Robert Meachem down the middle for 38 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 10 - 24 
 
  3rd Quarter
 10:24  NE TD Laurence Maroney rushed to the left for 2 yard gain (Stephen Gostkowski made PAT) 17 - 24 
 
 9:02  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Darnell Dinkins to the right for 2 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 17 - 31 
 
  4th Quarter
 7:49  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Marques Colston down the middle for 20 yard gain (John Carney made PAT) 17 - 38 
 
 
 Team Statistics
  NE NO 
  First Downs 23 18 
    Passing 12 14 
    Rushing 8
    Penalty 3
  Third Down Efficiency 4-13 4-10 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 2-3 1-1 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 366 480 
    Total Plays 70 50 
    Average Gain Per Play 5.2 9.6 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 122 113 
    Rushes 28 26 
    Average Per Rush 4.4 4.3 
  NET YARDS PASSING 244 367 
    Completions-Attempts 23-40 18-23 
    Yards Per Pass Play 5.8 15.3 
    Times Sacked 2
    Yards Lost to Sacks 12
    Had Intercepted 2
  PUNTS 3 3 
    Average Punt 46.0 43.3 
  PENALTIES 0 4 
    Penalty Yards 0 36 
  FUMBLES 2 1 
    Fumbles Lost 1
  TIME OF POSSESSION 33:16 26:44 
 Passing                    
 New England Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating 
 T. Brady 21 36 237 58.3 6.6 1 4 0 2 55.0 
 B. Hoyer 2 4 19 50.0 4.8 1 8 0 0 63.5 
 New Orleans Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating 
 D. Brees 18 23 371 78.3 16.1 1 4 5 0 158.3 
 Rushing            
 New England Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 L. Maroney 15 64 4.3 22 2
 K. Faulk 3 22 7.3 14 0
 S. Morris 5 18 3.6 6 0
 W. Welker 2 14 7.0 11 0
 T. Brady 1 2 2.0 2 0
 B. Green-Ellis 2 2 1.0 1 0
 New Orleans Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 P. Thomas 11 64 5.8 26 0
 M. Bell 13 50 3.8 6 0
 D. Henderson 1 0 0.0 0 0
 D. Brees 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
 Receiving            
 New England Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 S. Aiken 7 90 12.9 33 0
 R. Moss 3 67 22.3 47 0
 W. Welker 6 32 5.3 10 0
 K. Faulk 2 30 15.0 19 0
 L. Maroney 3 23 7.7 9 0
 B. Watson 2 14 7.0 11 0
 New Orleans Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 M. Colston 4 121 30.3 68 1
 D. Henderson 3 116 38.7 75 1
 R. Meachem 5 69 13.8 38 1
 D. Thomas 1 25 25.0 25 0
 P. Thomas 3 23 7.7 18 1
 J. Shockey 1 15 15.0 15 0
 D. Dinkins 1 2 2.0 2 1
 Kicking              
 New England XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 S. Gostkowski 2 2 1 2 36 50.0
 New Orleans XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 J. Carney 5 5 1 2 30 50.0
 Punting          
 New England Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 C. Hanson 3 46.0 0 0
 New Orleans Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 T. Morstead 3 43.3 0 1
 Kick/Punt Returns
 New England KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 W. Welker 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 41 41.0 41
 M. Slater 3 80 26.7 30 0 0 0 0.0 0
 New Orleans KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 C. Roby 4 95 23.8 28 0 0 0 0.0 0
 D. Henderson 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 6 3.0 11
 Defense
 New England Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 B. Meriweather 6 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 J. Mayo 6 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 G. Guyton 6 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 V. Wilfork 4 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 B. McGowan 2 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 T. Banta-Cain 2 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 J. Wilhite 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 P. Woods 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 L. Bodden 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
 T. Warren 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 R. Ninkovich 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 D. Butler 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 P. Chung 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 J. Sanders 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 A. Thomas 1 0 1.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
 W. Welker 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0
 M. Wright 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 K. Faulk 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 E. Alexander 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 L. Maroney 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 J. Green 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 M. Pryor 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 D. Burgess 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 New Orleans Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 J. Vilma 8 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 M. Jenkins 8 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
 S. Fujita 7 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
 R. Harper 6 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 D. Sharper 4 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 1 38
 W. Smith 4 0 1.5 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
 S. Ellis 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0
 M. McKenzie 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 3 1 8
 S. Shanle 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 R. Gay 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 A. Hargrove 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
 J. Charleston 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 C. Roby 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 T. Evans 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 C. McAlister 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 L. Hamilton 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 C. Grant 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
 B. McCray 0 1 0.5 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
 P. Prioleau 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0

Updated on Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 3:37 am ET

 
 Top Performers
 New England
L. Maroney Laurence Maroney RB
15 Rush, 64 yds
2 TDs
 New Orleans
D. Brees Drew Brees QB
18-23, 371 yds
5 TDs