8:00 PM ET, August 22, 2009
Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | NO | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 08:55 | David Anderson 8 Yd Pass From Matt Schaub (Kris Brown Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| TD | 03:31 | Pierre Thomas 9 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | NO | HOU | |||
| TD | 03:22 | Mike Bell 46 Yd Run (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| FG | 00:02 | Garrett Hartley 22 Yd | 17 | 7 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | NO | HOU | |||
| TD | 09:25 | Andre Davis 23 Yd Pass From Dan Orlovsky (Kris Brown Kick) | 17 | 14 | |
| TD | 07:14 | Rod Harper 79 Yd Punt Return (John Carney Kick) | 24 | 14 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | NO | HOU | |||
| TD | 07:30 | Herb Donaldson 14 Yd Run (John Carney Kick) | 31 | 14 | |
| TD | 04:05 | P.J. Hill 1 Yd Run (John Carney Kick) | 38 | 14 | |
Team Stat Comparison
NO | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 28 | 21 |
Passing 1st downs | 13 | 14 |
Rushing 1st downs | 12 | 4 |
1st downs from Penalties | 3 | 3 |
3rd down efficiency | 5-10 | 6-13 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Total Plays | 64 | 67 |
| Total Yards | 420 | 325 |
| Yards per play | 6.6 | 4.9 |
| Total Drives | 14 | 12 |
| Passing | 247 | 255 |
Comp - Att | 22-35 | 27-41 |
Yards per pass | 7.1 | 6.2 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 2 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 2-5 | 1-16 |
| Rushing | 173 | 70 |
Rushing Attempts | 27 | 25 |
Yards per rush | 6.4 | 2.8 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-5 | 1-3 |
| Penalties | 11-120 | 10-85 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 2 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 26:42 | 33:18 |
| New Orleans Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG | ||
| M. Brunell | 5/6 | 96 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 118.8 | |
| D. Brees | 9/14 | 87 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 105.4 | |
| J. Harrington | 8/15 | 69 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 65.7 | |
| Team | 22/35 | 247 | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 2-5 | -- | |
| Houston Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG | ||
| D. Orlovsky | 11/17 | 136 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1-16 | 84.4 | |
| M. Schaub | 11/16 | 97 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 105.5 | |
| A. Brink | 5/8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 34.4 | |
| Team | 27/41 | 255 | 6.2 | 2 | 2 | 1-16 | -- | |
| New Orleans Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| M. Bell | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 1 | 46 | |
| P. Hill | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 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 | 0 | |
| Team | 27 | 173 | 6.4 | 3 | 46 | |
| New Orleans Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Arrington | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | 47 | 3 | |
| M. Colston | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |
| R. Meachem | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |
| P. Thomas | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| D. Henderson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| H. Donaldson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |
| M. Milner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| J. Shockey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| O. Sobomehin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| M. Bell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| B. Ortega | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 22 | 252 | 11.5 | 1 | 47 | 30 | |
| Houston Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| G. Martinez | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |
| A. Johnson | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | |
| J. Dreessen | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| J. Casey | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |
| J. Jones | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | |
| K. Walter | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| A. Davis | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | |
| D. Anderson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| S. Slaton | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| A. Hall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| A. Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| A. Foster | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| O. Daniels | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Team | 27 | 271 | 10.0 | 2 | 23 | 41 | |
| New Orleans Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| A. Waters | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Houston Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| D. Orlovsky | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| New Orleans Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| T. Porter | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Reis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Charleston | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Gay | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Vilma | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Dunbar | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Harper | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Evans | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Pressley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Greer | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Casillas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Mitchell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Torrence | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Jenkins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Hargrove | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Clancy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Waters | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Shanle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Gorrer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ayodele | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Spicer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| U. Young | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Ellis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Donaldson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Henderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Arrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 87 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| K. Bentley | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Ryans | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Quin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Williams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| E. Wilson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Davis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Barwin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Bennett | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Diles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Campbell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Busing | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Barber | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Okam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Zgonina | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Martinez | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. O'Neal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| X. Adibi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Pittman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Cody | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. McCain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Richardson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Orlovsky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Simmons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Casey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Brisiel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Verdell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Okoye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 74 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| C. Roby | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 28 | 0 |
| R. Meachem | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Houston Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| M. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| G. Hartley | 1/2 | 50.0 | 22 | 2/2 | 5 |
| J. Carney | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 3/3 | 3 |
| Team | 1/2 | 50.0 | 22 | 5/5 | 8 |
| Houston Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| K. Brown | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 2/2 | 2 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 2/2 | 2 |
| New Orleans Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| T. Morstead | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| G. Pakulak | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Team | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Houston Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| M. Turk | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| Team | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
Attendance: 70,107


