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National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 34, Houston 27
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, August 25, 2012
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Donald King
Attendance: 72082
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 14100327
New Orleans 14103734
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:03
Houston TD New Orleans 0 - Houston 7
Ben Tate 1 yd. run (Randy Bullock kick)
1st Quarter - 7:11
Houston TD New Orleans 0 - Houston 14
Keshawn Martin 10 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Randy Bullock kick)
1st Quarter - 4:03
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Houston 14
Lance Moore 20 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
1st Quarter - 3:54
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Houston 14
Junior Galette 16 yd. fumble recovery (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:24
New Orleans FG New Orleans 17 - Houston 14
Garrett Hartley 22 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:55
Houston TD New Orleans 17 - Houston 21
Arian Foster 6 yd. run (Randy Bullock kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:08
Houston FG New Orleans 17 - Houston 24
Randy Bullock 33 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:15
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Houston 24
Jimmy Graham 8 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:17
New Orleans FG New Orleans 27 - Houston 24
Garrett Hartley 24 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 10:43
Houston FG New Orleans 27 - Houston 27
Shayne Graham 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:38
New Orleans TD New Orleans 34 - Houston 27
Joseph Morgan 4 yd. pass from Chase Daniel (Garrett Hartley kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston New Orleans
1st Downs 20 27
Rushing 5 8
Passing 13 16
Penalty 2 3
3rd Down Conversions 1-9 7-15
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 4-45.0 3-34.7
Return Yards 97 152
Punts-Returns 1-2 1-8
Kickoffs-Returns 3-95 6-144
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-74 8-57
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 2-2
Time of Possession 28:48 31:12
Total Net Yards 309 412
Total Plays 57 76
Average Gain 5.4 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 83 151
Rushes 22 31
Average/Rush 3.8 4.9
Net Yards Passing 226 261
Comp-Att 21-29 29-44
Yards/Pass 6.5 5.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-40 1-8
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 2 0
Passing 1 3
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 2-2 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 15/18 194 1 0
T. Yates 6/11 72 0 0
New Orleans Saints (2-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 17/25 179 2 0
C. Daniel 11/17 88 1 0
S. Canfield 1/2 2 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Foster 8 32 4.0 1 18
J. Grimes 4 22 5.5 0 10
J. Forsett 4 20 5.0 0 7
B. Tate 4 10 2.5 1 8
K. Martin 1 0 0.0 0 0
M. Schaub 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ivory 8 57 7.1 0 20
J. Banyard 7 25 3.6 0 6
T. Cadet 5 20 4.0 0 8
M. Ingram 6 19 3.2 0 8
C. Daniel 2 18 9.0 0 14
D. Brees 1 10 10.0 0 10
K. Hall 1 3 3.0 0 3
S. Canfield 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Graham 4 4 97 24.2 0 44
A. Johnson 5 2 30 15.0 0 19
O. Daniels 2 2 26 13.0 0 16
J. Forsett 2 2 24 12.0 0 13
J. Casey 3 3 23 7.7 0 15
L. Jean 1 1 19 19.0 0 19
J. Grimes 3 2 18 9.0 0 12
K. Martin 2 2 12 6.0 1 10
B. Tate 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
J. Iglesias 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
A. Foster 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
L. Brock 1 0 0 0 0 0
B. Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Graham 6 3 48 16.0 1 29
L. Moore 4 3 38 12.7 1 20
P. Thomas 5 4 35 8.8 0 16
T. Cadet 6 3 31 10.3 0 16
J. Morgan 5 4 29 7.2 1 20
M. Colston 3 2 28 14.0 0 18
D. Henderson 3 2 21 10.5 0 14
M. Higgins 2 2 16 8.0 0 11
G. Camarillo 3 2 15 7.5 0 8
K. Hall 2 2 7 3.5 0 5
J. Collins 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
C. Roby 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Banyard 3 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. McBride 1.0 9.0
A. Hicks 1.0 8.0
K. Anderson 1.0 7.0
C. Parks 1.0 7.0
C. Jordan 1.0 7.0
T. Walker 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Nading 5 1
T. Nolan 3 0
S. Loiseau 3 0
J. Joseph 3 0
Q. Demps 3 0
M. Alexander 3 0
G. Quin 3 0
E. Pleasant 3 0
K. Jackson 3 1
T. Dobbins 3 2
B. McCain 2 0
W. Mercilus 2 0
M. King 2 1
T. Jamison 1 0
C. Barwin 1 0
B. James 1 0
O. Gaither 1 0
B. Reed 1 0
J. Crick 1 1
D. Manning 1 1
H. Fangupo 1 1
A. Smith 1 1
E. Mitchell 1 1
R. Carmichael 1 2
S. Keo 1 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
P. Robinson 4 1
J. Patrick 3 0
C. Jordan 3 2
J. Amaya 2 0
C. White 2 0
C. Parks 2 0
A. Hicks 2 0
B. Ruud 2 1
J. Casillas 2 2
M. Jenkins 2 2
A. Daniels 1 0
B. Broughton 1 0
L. Wilson 1 0
B. Bunkley 1 0
T. Walker 1 0
M. Wilson 1 0
D. Robinson 1 0
S. Shanle 1 1
T. McBride 1 1
E. Butler 1 1
K. Anderson 1 2
W. Herring 0 1
S. Ellis 0 1
I. Abdul-Quddus 0 2
R. Harper 0 5
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
A. Smith 1.0
W. Mercilus 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Jordan 2.0
S. Shanle 1.0
B. Bunkley 1.0
T. Walker 1.0
M. Wilson 1.0
K. Anderson 1.0
C. Parks 1.0
A. Hicks 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Martin 2
T. Holliday 2
T. Yates 1
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Ivory 1
J. Morgan 1