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National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 23, New Orleans 10
When: 1:02 PM ET, Sunday, November 18, 2007
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Mike Carey
Attendance: 70780
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 370010
Houston 7100623
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:09
New Orleans FG Houston 0 - New Orleans 3
Olindo Mare 52 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 10:44
Houston TD Houston 7 - New Orleans 3
Andre Johnson 73 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:39
New Orleans TD Houston 7 - New Orleans 10
Devery Henderson 6 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Olindo Mare kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:10
Houston TD Houston 14 - New Orleans 10
Joel Dreessen 10 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:08
Houston FG Houston 17 - New Orleans 10
Kris Brown 36 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:22
Houston FG Houston 20 - New Orleans 10
Kris Brown 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 1:57
Houston FG Houston 23 - New Orleans 10
Kris Brown 23 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Houston
1st Downs 20 19
Rushing 4 8
Passing 15 11
Penalty 1 0
3rd Down Conversions 8-15 3-11
4th Down Conversions 0-2 1-2
Punts-Average 3-48.0 3-46.3
Return Yards 144 107
Punts-Returns 1-9 3-31
Kickoffs-Returns 6-135 3-65
Int-Returns 0-0 2-11
Penalties-Yards 4-30 3-22
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2
Time of Possession 31:57 28:03
Total Net Yards 327 390
Total Plays 69 59
Average Gain 4.7 6.6
Net Yards Rushing 47 103
Rushes 19 25
Average/Rush 2.5 4.1
Net Yards Passing 280 287
Comp-Att 33-49 21-33
Yards/Pass 5.6 8.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-10 1-6
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 1 2
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 1-1 2-2
Field Goals 1-1 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-3-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 33/49 290 1 2
Houston Texans (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 21/33 293 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Bush 15 34 2.3 0 11
P. Thomas 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Brees 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Karney 1 1 1.0 0 1
L. Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Dayne 21 89 4.2 0 20
M. Schaub 2 7 3.5 0 4
K. Walter 1 5 5.0 0 5
A. Echemandu 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 9 118 13.1 0 32
R. Bush 12 70 5.8 0 11
D. Patten 2 29 14.5 0 21
B. Miller 3 25 8.3 0 14
E. Johnson 2 17 8.5 0 12
M. Karney 1 11 11.0 0 11
A. Stecker 2 9 4.5 0 7
D. Henderson 1 6 6.0 1 6
T. Copper 1 5 5.0 0 5
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 6 120 20.0 1 73
O. Daniels 5 74 14.8 0 24
K. Walter 3 31 10.3 0 13
A. Davis 2 30 15.0 0 21
R. Dayne 3 26 8.7 0 17
J. Dreessen 1 10 10.0 1 10
V. Leach 1 2 2.0 0 2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
V. Hutchins 1 8 0
M. Greenwood 1 3 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
W. Smith 1.0 6.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
M. Williams 1.0 10.0
Tackles
  TK AST
S. Fujita 6 3
J. Bullocks 5 0
M. Boykin 4 1
S. Shanle 4 1
J. David 4 1
J. Cooper 3 0
R. Harper 3 0
M. McKenzie 3 0
H. Thomas 3 1
M. Simoneau 3 3
R. Wynn 2 0
W. Smith 2 1
K. Kaesviharn 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Brown 7 0
M. Greenwood 7 2
V. Hutchins 7 2
D. Ryans 6 4
W. Demps 4 0
D. Clark 3 0
T. Johnson 3 1
M. Williams 3 3
A. Weaver 2 0
D. Faggins 2 0
F. Bennett 2 0
E. Cochran 2 0
N. Kalu 1 1
J. Zgonina 1 1
D. Wynn 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Bush 2
D. Brees 1
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Echemandu 1
V. Leach 1
O. Daniels 1