All Times Central

Sept. 7 New Orleans 24, Tampa Bay 20

Sept. 14 Washington 29, New Orleans 24

Sept. 21 Denver 34, New Orleans 32

Sept. 28 New Orleans 31, San Francisco 17

Oct. 6 Minnesota 30, New Orleans 27

Oct. 12 New Orleans 34, Oakland 3

Oct. 19 Carolina 30, New Orleans 7

Oct. 26 New Orleans 37, San Diego 32

Nov. 2 Open date

Nov. 9 Atlanta 34, New Orleans 20

Nov. 16 New Orleans 30, Kansas City 20

Monday GREEN BAY 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Nov. 30 at Tampa Bay Noon Fox

Dec. 7 ATLANTA Noon Fox

Dec. 11 at Chicago 7:15 p.m. NFLN

Dec. 21 at Detroit Noon Fox

Dec. 28 CAROLINA Noon Fox

TEAM STATS

N.O. Opp.

FIRST DOWNS 215 190

Rushing 58 50

Passing 142 125

Penalty 15 15

3rd down pct. 47.2 37.3

4th down pct. 45.5 62.5

POSSESSION AVG. 30:46 29:15

TOTAL NET YARDS 4115 3462

Avg. per game 411.5 346.2

Total plays 657 621

Avg. per play 6.3 5.6

NET YARDS RUSHING 918 1110

Avg. per game 91.8 111.0

Total rushes 251 261

Avg. per rush 3.7 4.3

NET YARDS PASSING 3197 2352

Avg. per game 319.7 235.2

Sacks-yards lost 8-54 18-115

Gross yards passing 3251 2467

Att.-Comp. 398-266 342-194

Completion pct. 66.8 56.7

Had intercepted 11 7

PUNTS-AVERAGE 34-43.0 41-42.8

NET PUNTING AVG. 34.8 33.4

PENALTIES-YARDS 61-555 60-489

FUMBLES-LOST 15-6 8-5

TOUCHDOWNS 32 25

Rushing 11 5

Passing 18 16

Returns 3 4

Score by quarters

Saints 29 97 73 67 0 - 266

Opponents 60 69 45 75 0 - 249

INDIVIDUAL STATS

Rushing

Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD

McAllister 81 299 3.7 12 3

Bush 87 294 3.4 29 2

P. Thomas 52 238 4.6 18 4

Stecker 8 43 5.4 12 0

Henderson 3 36 12.0 30 0

Karney 4 7 1.8 3 2

Brees 16 1 0.1 9 0

TEAM 251 918 3.7 30 11

OPP. 261 1110 4.3 46 5

Receiving

Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD

Moore 52 609 11.7 47 5

Bush 42 366 8.7 42 3

Shockey 30 262 8.7 26 0

Miller 28 388 13.9 41 0

Henderson 22 554 25.2 84 3

P. Thomas 16 138 8.6 24 0

Colston 15 252 16.8 49 0

Campbell 12 121 10.1 29 2

Patten 11 162 14.7 39 1

McAllister 10 76 7.6 15 1

Stecker 9 52 5.8 12 1

Meachem 8 244 30.5 74 2

Karney 7 12 1.7 4 0

Sobomehin 2 8 4.0 10 0

Ryan 2 7 3.5 5 0

TEAM 266 3251 12.2 84 18

OPP. 194 2467 12.7 67 16

Passing

Player Att. Cmp. Yds. Pct. TD Int.

Brees 398 266 3251 66.8 18 11

TEAM 398 266 3251 66.8 18 11

OPP. 342 194 2467 56.7 16 7

Interceptions

Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD

Porter 1 25 25.0 25 0

David 1 18 18.0 18 0

McKenzie 1 14 14.0 14 0

Kaesviharn 1 13 13.0 13 0

Vilma 1 8 8.0 8 0

U. Young 1 3 3.0 3 0

Fujita 1 2 2.0 2 0

TEAM 7 83 11.9 25 0

OPP. 11 197 17.9 95 2

Punting

Player No. Yds. Avg. Net LG

Pakulak 5 242 48.4 38.0 56

Weatherford 26 1094 42.1 34.2 61

Graham 3 126 42.0 35.3 44

TEAM 34 1462 43.0 34.8 61

OPP. 41 1756 42.8 33.4 65

Punt returns

Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD

Bush 13 285 25.2 71 3

Moore 2 21 10.5 11 0

TEAM 15 306 20.4 71 3

OPP. 20 218 10.9 35 0

Kickoff returns

Player No. Yds. Avg. LG TD

P. Thomas 27 642 23.8 56 0

Roby 9 239 26.6 55 0

Moore 1 36 36.0 36 0

Copper 2 35 17.5 18 0

Stecker 2 10 5.0 10 0

Ortega 1 8 8.0 8 0

Campbell 1 0 0.0 0 0

TEAM 43 970 22.6 56 0

OPP. 44 1053 23.9 55 0

Field goals

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+

Gramatica 0-0 0-0 3-3 2-5 1-2

Mehlhaff 0-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-0

Hartley 0-0 2-2 2-2 1-1 0-0

TEAM 0-0 3-3 6-7 4-7 1-2

OPP. 0-0 9-9 11-12 3-4 1-3

Scoring

Player TD XP FG S Pts.

Bush 8 0 0 0 48

Gramatica 0 16 6 0 34

Moore 5 0 0 0 30

McAllister 4 0 0 0 24

P. Thomas 4 0 0 0 24

Hartley 0 5 5 0 20

Henderson 3 0 0 0 18

Mehlhaff 0 9 3 0 18

Campbell 2 0 0 0 12

Karney 2 0 0 0 12

Meachem 2 0 0 0 12

Patten 1 0 0 0 6

Stecker 1 0 0 0 6

Grant 0 0 0 1 2

TEAM 32 30 14 1 266

OPP. 25 25* 24 1 249

*includes one 2-point conversion

2-point conversions: Saints 0-1, Opp. 1-2

Sacks

Saints: 18 (McCray 4, Grant 3, Smith 3, Charleston 2, Clancy 2, Ellis 1, Porter 1, Reis 1, B. Young 1), Opponents: 8.