BOXSCORE
Houston 31,
New Orleans 27
Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:00 PM
Location - Louisiana Superdome
Temperature -
Dome
Head Official -
Carl Cheffers
Attendance -
70009
Final Scoring Summary
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
Interceptions |
|
NO. |
YDS |
TD |
No interceptions |
Interceptions |
|
NO. |
YDS |
TD |
No interceptions |