Coverage: CBS
8:00 PM ET, August 27, 2010
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | SD | NO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 08:22 | Jacob Hester 6 Yd Run (Nate Kaeding Kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| TD | 00:05 | Devery Henderson 46 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | SD | NO | |||
| TD | 09:30 | Robert Meachem 15 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| TD | 03:48 | Malcom Floyd 9 Yd Pass From Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding Kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| FG | 00:37 | Garrett Hartley 40 Yd | 14 | 17 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | SD | NO | |||
| FG | 00:50 | Garrett Hartley 27 Yd | 14 | 20 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | SD | NO | |||
| TD | 07:18 | Chris Ivory 76 Yd Pass From Patrick Ramsey (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) | 14 | 26 | |
| TD | 05:44 | Billy Volek 1 Yd Run (Nate Kaeding Kick) | 21 | 26 | |
| FG | 01:47 | Garrett Hartley 35 Yd | 21 | 29 | |
| TD | 00:07 | Leigh Torrence 87 Yd Interception Return (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 21 | 36 | |
Team Stat Comparison
SD | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 20 | 25 |
Passing 1st downs | 14 | 17 |
Rushing 1st downs | 5 | 7 |
1st downs from Penalties | 1 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 6-15 | 7-16 |
4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 69 | 74 |
| Total Yards | 323 | 552 |
| Yards per play | 4.7 | 7.5 |
| Total Drives | 14 | 14 |
| Passing | 255 | 423 |
Comp - Att | 25-48 | 28-45 |
Yards per pass | 5.3 | 9.4 |
Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 1-9 | 1-8 |
| Rushing | 68 | 129 |
Rushing Attempts | 20 | 28 |
Yards per rush | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-3 | 1-3 |
| Penalties | 3-25 | 11-90 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 28:45 | 31:15 |
| San Diego Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| R. Mathews | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| B. Volek | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 10 | |
| J. Hester | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| D. Sproles | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| C. Brinkley | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| M. Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 2 | 16 | |
| San Diego Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Gates | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | |
| M. Floyd | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 1 | 20 | 8 | |
| B. Davis | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |
| L. Naanee | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |
| S. Ajirotutu | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
| S. McNeal | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |
| D. Sproles | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| R. Mathews | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| J. Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| B. Latsko | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| C. Brinkley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| J. Hester | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| K. Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| J. Reed | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 25 | 264 | 10.6 | 1 | 29 | 44 | |
| New Orleans Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| C. Ivory | 1 | 76 | 76.0 | 1 | 76 | 1 | |
| R. Bush | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 0 | 38 | 8 | |
| M. Colston | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 27 | 7 | |
| D. Henderson | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 1 | 46 | 2 | |
| C. Roby | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
| T. Lorenzen | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| R. Meachem | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | |
| J. Shockey | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| P. Thomas | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| M. Billings | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| T. Humphrey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| A. Arrington | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| L. Betts | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| D. Thomas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| L. Moore | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team | 28 | 431 | 15.4 | 3 | 76 | 42 | |
| New Orleans Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| D. Brees | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| N. Vasher | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| L. Torrence | 1 | 87 | 1 |
| U. Young | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 87 | 1 |
| San Diego Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| Q. Jammer | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Burnett | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Weddle | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Cooper | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Cason | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Siler | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Beckwith | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Hughes | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Strickland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Vasher | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Martin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Oliver | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Stuckey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Applewhite | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Castillo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Phillips | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Gregory | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. English | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Garay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Holt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Cesaire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Spillman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hester | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Simmons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Kaeding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 77 | 62 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Vilma | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Shanle | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Torrence | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Vaughn | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Casillas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Harper | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Dunbar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U. Young | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Greer | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Robinson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wilkerson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Jenkins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Gay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Charleston | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Ayodele | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wynn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Billings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Hartley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Reis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Keasey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Roby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Kyle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Pressley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. McCray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 65 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| San Diego Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| S. McNeal | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 47 | 0 |
| D. Sproles | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 47 | 0 |
| New Orleans Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| P. Robinson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| C. Roby | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| M. Billings | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 20 | 0 |
| San Diego Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Sproles | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| J. Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| New Orleans Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| A. Arrington | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| San Diego Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| N. Kaeding | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 3/3 | 3 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 3/3 | 3 |
| New Orleans Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| G. Hartley | 3/3 | 100.0 | 40 | 3/3 | 12 |
| Team | 3/3 | 100.0 | 40 | 3/3 | 12 |
| San Diego Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| M. Scifres | 8 | 366 | 45.8 | 1 | 5 | 65 |
| Team | 8 | 366 | 45.8 | 1 | 5 | 65 |
| New Orleans Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| T. Morstead | 6 | 302 | 50.3 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
| Team | 6 | 302 | 50.3 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
Attendance: 70,031


