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National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 38, Houston 14
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, August 22, 2009
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Bill Leavy
Attendance: 70107
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 71071438
Houston 707014
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:55
Houston TD Houston 7 - New Orleans 0
David Anderson 8 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Kris Brown kick)
1st Quarter - 3:31
New Orleans TD Houston 7 - New Orleans 7
Pierre Thomas 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:22
New Orleans TD Houston 7 - New Orleans 14
Mike Bell 46 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:02
New Orleans FG Houston 7 - New Orleans 17
Garrett Hartley 22 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:25
Houston TD Houston 14 - New Orleans 17
Andre Davis 23 yd. pass from Dan Orlovsky (Kris Brown kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:14
New Orleans TD Houston 14 - New Orleans 24
Rod Harper 79 yd. punt return (John Carney kick)
4th Quarter - 7:30
New Orleans TD Houston 14 - New Orleans 31
Herb Donaldson 14 yd. run (John Carney kick)
4th Quarter - 4:05
New Orleans TD Houston 14 - New Orleans 38
P.J. Hill 1 yd. run (John Carney kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Houston
1st Downs 28 21
Rushing 12 4
Passing 13 14
Penalty 3 3
3rd Down Conversions 5-10 6-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 3-42.3 5-45.6
Return Yards 178 124
Punts-Returns 3-80 1-0
Kickoffs-Returns 3-75 6-124
Int-Returns 2-23 0-0
Penalties-Yards 11-120 10-85
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1
Time of Possession 26:42 33:18
Total Net Yards 420 325
Total Plays 64 67
Average Gain 6.6 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 173 70
Rushes 27 25
Average/Rush 6.4 2.8
Net Yards Passing 247 255
Comp-Att 22-35 27-41
Yards/Pass 6.7 6.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-5 1-16
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 5 2
Rushing 3 0
Passing 1 2
Other 1 0
Extra Points 5-5 2-2
Field Goals 1-2 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 3-5-60% 1-3-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-4-50% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (2-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Brunell 5/6 96 0 0
D. Brees 9/14 87 1 0
J. Harrington 8/15 69 0 0
Houston Texans (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Orlovsky 11/17 136 1 1
M. Schaub 11/16 97 1 0
A. Brink 5/8 38 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Bell 10 100 10.0 1 46
P. Hill 8 26 3.2 1 15
P. Thomas 4 20 5.0 0 9
H. Donaldson 2 16 8.0 1 14
J. Harrington 1 10 10.0 0 10
O. Sobomehin 1 2 2.0 0 2
M. Brunell 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Slaton 6 30 5.0 0 9
R. Moats 9 25 2.8 0 9
A. Foster 4 8 2.0 0 5
C. Brown 4 5 1.2 0 2
A. Brink 1 1 1.0 0 1
A. Hall 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Arrington 3 3 77 25.7 0 47
M. Colston 6 6 66 11.0 0 17
R. Meachem 4 2 29 14.5 0 17
P. Thomas 3 3 27 9.0 1 10
D. Henderson 2 1 14 14.0 0 14
H. Donaldson 4 2 12 6.0 0 9
M. Milner 3 1 10 10.0 0 10
J. Shockey 2 1 7 7.0 0 7
O. Sobomehin 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
M. Bell 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
B. Ortega 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
P. Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Martinez 6 4 45 11.2 0 16
A. Johnson 8 4 38 9.5 0 15
J. Dreessen 2 2 33 16.5 0 21
J. Casey 5 2 28 14.0 0 21
J. Jones 6 3 24 8.0 0 18
A. Davis 2 1 23 23.0 1 23
K. Walter 2 2 23 11.5 0 12
D. Anderson 3 2 16 8.0 1 8
S. Slaton 2 2 13 6.5 0 7
A. Hill 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
A. Hall 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
A. Foster 2 2 7 3.5 0 4
O. Daniels 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Greer 1 23 0
R. Gay 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
A. Waters 1.0 16.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
C. Barwin 1.0 5.0
J. Zgonina 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Porter 5 2
T. Evans 4 0
C. Reis 4 1
J. Greer 3 0
R. Gay 3 2
J. Casillas 2 0
S. Shanle 2 0
A. Waters 2 0
D. Gorrer 2 0
M. Mitchell 2 1
L. Torrence 2 1
D. Pressley 2 2
R. Harper 2 2
J. Vilma 2 3
J. Charleston 1 1
U. Young 1 1
P. Spicer 1 1
R. Ayodele 1 1
W. Smith 1 1
A. Hargrove 1 2
M. Jenkins 1 2
J. Dunbar 1 3
Tackles
  TK AST
K. Bentley 5 0
G. Quin 3 1
M. Williams 3 1
D. Pittman 2 0
D. O'Neal 2 0
J. Zgonina 2 0
X. Adibi 2 0
B. Davis 2 1
Z. Diles 2 1
F. Bennett 2 1
C. Barwin 2 1
J. Busing 2 1
E. Wilson 2 2
D. Ryans 2 4
M. Richardson 1 0
D. Robinson 1 0
B. McCain 1 1
S. Cody 1 1
K. Campbell 1 1
D. Barber 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Jones 1
A. Johnson 1
D. Orlovsky 1