National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 38, New England 17
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, November 30, 2009
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Peter Morelli
Attendance: 70768
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 737017
New Orleans 3217738
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:14
New Orleans FG New Orleans 3 - New England 0
John Carney 30 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 3:34
New England TD New Orleans 3 - New England 7
Laurence Maroney 4 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:55
New Orleans TD New Orleans 10 - New England 7
Pierre Thomas 18 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:53
New Orleans TD New Orleans 17 - New England 7
Devery Henderson 75 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:14
New England FG New Orleans 17 - New England 10
Stephen Gostkowski 36 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:50
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - New England 10
Robert Meachem 38 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:24
New England TD New Orleans 24 - New England 17
Laurence Maroney 2 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:20
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - New England 17
Darnell Dinkins 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick)
4th Quarter - 7:49
New Orleans TD New Orleans 38 - New England 17
Marques Colston 20 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England New Orleans
1st Downs 23 18
Rushing 8 4
Passing 12 14
Penalty 3 0
3rd Down Conversions 4-13 4-10
4th Down Conversions 2-3 1-1
Punts-Average 3-46.0 3-43.3
Return Yards 121 147
Punts-Returns 1-41 2-6
Kickoffs-Returns 3-80 4-95
Int-Returns 0-0 2-46
Penalties-Yards 0-0 4-36
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Time of Possession 33:16 26:44
Total Net Yards 366 480
Total Plays 70 50
Average Gain 5.2 9.6
Net Yards Rushing 122 113
Rushes 28 26
Average/Rush 4.4 4.3
Net Yards Passing 244 367
Comp-Att 23-40 18-23
Yards/Pass 5.8 15.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-12 1-4
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 2 5
Rushing 2 0
Passing 0 5
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 5-5
Field Goals 1-2 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (7-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 21/36 237 0 2
B. Hoyer 2/4 19 0 0
New Orleans Saints (11-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 18/23 371 5 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Maroney 15 64 4.3 2 22
K. Faulk 3 22 7.3 0 14
S. Morris 5 18 3.6 0 6
W. Welker 2 14 7.0 0 11
B. Green-Ellis 2 2 1.0 0 1
T. Brady 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 11 64 5.8 0 26
M. Bell 13 50 3.8 0 6
D. Henderson 1 0 0.0 0 0
D. Brees 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Aiken 10 7 90 12.9 0 33
R. Moss 6 3 67 22.3 0 47
W. Welker 9 6 32 5.3 0 10
K. Faulk 2 2 30 15.0 0 19
L. Maroney 3 3 23 7.7 0 9
B. Watson 4 2 14 7.0 0 11
I. Stanback 3 0 0 0 0 0
S. Morris 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 0 4 121 30.2 1 68
D. Henderson 0 3 116 38.7 1 75
R. Meachem 0 5 69 13.8 1 38
D. Thomas 0 1 25 25.0 0 25
P. Thomas 0 3 23 7.7 1 18
J. Shockey 0 1 15 15.0 0 15
D. Dinkins 0 1 2 2.0 1 2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Sharper 1 38 0
M. McKenzie 1 8 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
A. Thomas 1.0 4.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
W. Smith 1.5 10.0
B. McCray 0.5 2.0
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Mayo 6 1
G. Guyton 6 1
B. Meriweather 6 2
V. Wilfork 4 2
T. Warren 2 0
L. Bodden 2 0
D. Butler 2 0
J. Wilhite 2 1
T. Banta-Cain 2 2
M. Wright 1 0
M. Pryor 1 0
J. Green 1 0
A. Thomas 1 0
J. Sanders 1 1
P. Woods 1 1
B. McGowan 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
M. Jenkins 8 0
J. Vilma 8 1
S. Fujita 7 0
R. Harper 5 4
W. Smith 4 0
S. Ellis 4 0
D. Sharper 4 2
S. Shanle 3 0
M. McKenzie 3 0
R. Gay 2 0
C. McAlister 1 0
A. Hargrove 1 1
J. Charleston 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Moss 1
L. Maroney 1
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Ellis 1