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National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 40, Houston 33
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 25, 2011
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 73002
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 10631433
New Orleans 01072340
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:13
Houston TD New Orleans 0 - Houston 7
Owen Daniels 14 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Neil Rackers kick)
1st Quarter - 3:17
Houston FG New Orleans 0 - Houston 10
Neil Rackers 22 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:23
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Houston 10
Darren Sproles 30 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:20
Houston FG New Orleans 7 - Houston 13
Neil Rackers 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 3:53
Houston FG New Orleans 7 - Houston 16
Neil Rackers 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:35
New Orleans FG New Orleans 10 - Houston 16
John Kasay 35 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:34
New Orleans TD New Orleans 17 - Houston 16
Robert Meachem 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:08
Houston FG New Orleans 17 - Houston 19
Neil Rackers 36 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:54
Houston TD New Orleans 17 - Houston 26
James Casey 26 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Neil Rackers kick)
4th Quarter - 9:30
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Houston 26
Jimmy Graham 27 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 7:10
New Orleans TD New Orleans 32 - Houston 26
Lance Moore 16 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Lance Moore pass from Drew Brees)
4th Quarter - 4:13
Houston TD New Orleans 32 - Houston 33
Kevin Walter 20 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Neil Rackers kick)
4th Quarter - 2:42
New Orleans TD New Orleans 40 - Houston 33
Mark Ingram 13 yd. run (Lance Moore pass from Drew Brees)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston New Orleans
1st Downs 21 27
Rushing 4 5
Passing 17 20
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 6-14 8-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 2-37.0 3-49.3
Return Yards 114 110
Punts-Returns 2-5 1-5
Kickoffs-Returns 3-83 4-103
Int-Returns 2-26 1-2
Penalties-Yards 7-56 4-26
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 30:06 29:54
Total Net Yards 473 454
Total Plays 66 68
Average Gain 7.2 6.7
Net Yards Rushing 109 100
Rushes 25 22
Average/Rush 4.4 4.5
Net Yards Passing 364 354
Comp-Att 22-39 31-44
Yards/Pass 8.9 7.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 2-16
Had Intercepted 1 2
Touchdowns 3 5
Rushing 0 2
Passing 3 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 5-5
Field Goals 4-4 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-5-20% 3-5-60%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 22/39 373 3 1
New Orleans Saints (2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 31/44 370 3 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
B. Tate 19 82 4.3 0 19
J. Casey 1 11 11.0 0 11
A. Johnson 1 8 8.0 0 8
S. Slaton 4 8 2.0 0 6
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram 9 38 4.2 1 17
D. Sproles 2 35 17.5 1 30
P. Thomas 7 28 4.0 0 9
D. Brees 4 -1 -0.2 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 12 7 128 18.3 0 48
J. Casey 7 5 126 25.2 1 62
O. Daniels 9 5 76 15.2 1 23
K. Walter 3 3 35 11.7 1 20
B. Tate 4 1 8 8.0 0 8
J. Jones 2 1 0 0.0 0 0
J. Dreessen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Graham 8 4 100 25.0 1 32
L. Moore 9 9 88 9.8 1 16
D. Henderson 4 3 62 20.7 0 44
R. Meachem 8 5 51 10.2 1 16
D. Sproles 9 6 50 8.3 0 15
P. Thomas 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
D. Thomas 2 1 7 7.0 0 7
M. Ingram 2 2 -3 -1.5 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Manning 1 22 0
J. Joseph 1 4 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Greer 1 2 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Watt 1.0 9.0
A. Smith 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
L. Torrence 1.0 6.0
T. McBride 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
K. Jackson 7 1
D. Ryans 6 0
G. Quin 6 2
T. Nolan 5 0
J. Watt 4 0
B. Cushing 4 1
J. Joseph 3 0
J. Allen 3 0
C. Barwin 2 0
A. Smith 2 0
D. Manning 2 1
M. Williams 1 0
B. Reed 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Dunbar 6 4
R. Harper 5 2
M. Jenkins 4 1
W. Smith 4 2
P. Robinson 3 1
S. Rogers 2 1
L. Torrence 2 1
J. Greer 2 1
C. Jordan 2 1
S. Ellis 2 2
J. Galette 1 0
T. McBride 1 0
S. Shanle 1 4
J. Casillas 0 1
M. Wilson 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
A. Smith 2.0
J. Watt 2.0
D. Ryans 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
L. Torrence 1.0
W. Smith 1.0
T. McBride 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles