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National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 31, New Orleans 27
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, August 16, 2008
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 70009
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 7107731
New Orleans 6147027
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:44
New Orleans FG New Orleans 3 - Houston 0
Martin Gramatica 25 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 5:30
Houston TD New Orleans 3 - Houston 7
Kevin Walter 26 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
1st Quarter - 2:50
New Orleans FG New Orleans 6 - Houston 7
Martin Gramatica 33 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 12:39
Houston TD New Orleans 6 - Houston 14
Vonta Leach 1 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:39
New Orleans TD New Orleans 13 - Houston 14
Reggie Bush 12 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:36
Houston FG New Orleans 13 - Houston 17
Kris Brown 45 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:59
New Orleans TD New Orleans 20 - Houston 17
Marques Colston 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:06
Houston TD New Orleans 20 - Houston 24
Chris Taylor 1 yd. run (Kris Brown kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:46
New Orleans TD New Orleans 27 - Houston 24
Kevin Dudley 1 yd. pass from Mark Brunell (Taylor Mehlhaff kick)
4th Quarter - 12:01
Houston TD New Orleans 27 - Houston 31
Steve Slaton 10 yd. run (Kris Brown kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston New Orleans
1st Downs 42 37
Rushing 21 20
Passing 6 4
Penalty 15 13
3rd Down Conversions 10-14 3-9
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 2-47.5 3-53.0
Return Yards 138 135
Punts-Returns 2-18 1--3
Kickoffs-Returns 6-120 6-138
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-41 7-45
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Time of Possession 35:24 24:36
Total Net Yards 405 331
Total Plays 61 50
Average Gain 6.6 6.6
Net Yards Rushing 116 87
Rushes 36 19
Average/Rush 3.2 4.6
Net Yards Passing 289 244
Comp-Att 21-25 19-30
Yards/Pass 11.6 7.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-3
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 4 3
Rushing 2 0
Passing 2 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 3-3
Field Goals 1-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 3-5-60%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-3-67%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 14/16 187 2 0
S. Rosenfels 6/8 94 0 0
A. Brink 1/1 8 0 0
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 12/17 147 2 0
M. Brunell 5/8 84 1 0
T. Palko 2/5 16 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Slaton 13 57 4.4 1 12
C. Taylor 12 34 2.8 1 7
C. Brown 8 19 2.4 0 5
A. Brink 3 6 2.0 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Stecker 6 29 4.8 0 8
R. Bush 7 24 3.4 0 7
D. McAllister 4 16 4.0 0 5
D. Henderson 1 9 9.0 0 9
P. Thomas 1 9 9.0 0 9
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Walter 6 100 16.7 1 27
D. Anderson 3 61 20.3 0 43
O. Daniels 2 37 18.5 0 21
A. Davis 3 37 12.3 0 14
M. Simmons 2 21 10.5 0 7
J. Jones 1 20 20.0 0 20
V. Leach 2 8 4.0 1 7
S. Slaton 1 3 3.0 0 3
J. Cook 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
L. Moore 3 65 21.7 0 42
D. Patten 2 52 26.0 0 39
M. Campbell 1 38 38.0 0 38
M. Colston 4 22 5.5 1 11
T. Copper 1 17 17.0 0 17
D. Henderson 2 13 6.5 0 7
R. Bush 1 12 12.0 1 12
R. Meachem 1 11 11.0 0 11
D. McAllister 2 10 5.0 0 6
P. Thomas 1 6 6.0 0 6
K. Dudley 1 1 1.0 1 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
T. Bulman 1.0 3.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
W. Demps 5 0
J. Reeves 4 0
M. Greenwood 3 0
K. Bentley 3 0
A. Molden 3 0
Z. Diles 2 0
F. Bennett 2 0
D. Ryans 2 0
K. Coley 2 1
N. Ferguson 1 0
E. Cochran 1 0
D. Faggins 1 0
T. Johnson 1 0
J. Fletcher 1 0
C. Thompson 1 0
T. Bulman 1 0
C. Brown 1 0
M. Williams 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
O. Harris 6 0
T. Porter 5 1
J. David 4 0
C. Reis 4 0
R. Harper 4 0
S. Shanle 4 1
M. Mitchell 3 0
J. Dunbar 3 1
J. Vilma 2 0
K. Clancy 2 0
J. Craft 2 1
W. Kershaw 2 1
C. Grant 2 2
A. Lake 1 0
A. Glenn 1 0
K. Kaesviharn 1 0
R. Gay 1 0
S. Ellis 1 0
W. Smith 1 1
M. Pittman 1 1
S. Fujita 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Brink 1
J. Jones 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles