National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 24, Arizona 10
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, August 7, 2008
Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 63109
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 7010724
Arizona 0100010
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:15
New Orleans TD Arizona 0 - New Orleans 7
David Patten 7 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:06
Arizona TD Arizona 7 - New Orleans 7
Timothy Hightower 1 yd. run (Neil Rackers kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:38
Arizona FG Arizona 10 - New Orleans 7
Neil Rackers 30 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:42
New Orleans TD Arizona 10 - New Orleans 14
Aaron Stecker 1 yd. run (Taylor Mehlhaff kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:46
New Orleans FG Arizona 10 - New Orleans 17
Taylor Mehlhaff 33 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 10:36
New Orleans TD Arizona 10 - New Orleans 24
Robert Meachem 60 yd. pass from Tyler Palko (Taylor Mehlhaff kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Arizona
1st Downs 22 13
Rushing 6 4
Passing 13 8
Penalty 3 1
3rd Down Conversions 9-14 2-11
4th Down Conversions 0-2 1-1
Punts-Average 2-50.5 7-44.3
Return Yards 105 116
Punts-Returns 4-47 2-5
Kickoffs-Returns 1-58 5-111
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-52 8-70
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Time of Possession 34:11 25:49
Total Net Yards 383 228
Total Plays 67 52
Average Gain 5.7 4.4
Net Yards Rushing 98 63
Rushes 35 15
Average/Rush 2.8 4.2
Net Yards Passing 285 165
Comp-Att 22-30 21-32
Yards/Pass 8.9 4.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-18 5-23
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 1
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 1-1
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-4-50% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Palko 6/11 144 1 0
M. Brunell 10/12 119 0 0
D. Brees 6/7 40 1 0
Arizona Cardinals (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Leinart 7/8 91 0 0
B. St. Pierre 12/18 84 0 0
A. Morelli 2/6 13 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Stecker 7 39 5.6 1 19
R. Bush 7 22 3.1 0 11
L. Hamilton 5 16 3.2 0 9
P. Thomas 9 9 1.0 0 3
L. Moore 1 5 5.0 0 5
T. Palko 4 5 1.2 0 5
J. Allen 2 2 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Hightower 5 23 4.6 1 9
B. St. Pierre 2 15 7.5 0 9
S. Baylark 3 11 3.7 0 7
J. Arrington 2 8 4.0 0 6
E. James 2 5 2.5 0 4
T. Smith 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Meachem 4 129 32.2 1 60
A. Arrington 2 46 23.0 0 33
M. Campbell 4 42 10.5 0 15
S. Green 1 21 21.0 0 21
P. Thomas 2 20 10.0 0 15
D. Patten 4 18 4.5 1 7
L. Hamilton 1 10 10.0 0 10
T. Copper 1 10 10.0 0 10
O. Sobomehin 1 5 5.0 0 5
B. Miller 1 3 3.0 0 3
R. Bush 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Breaston 3 50 16.7 0 34
J. Rector 4 34 8.5 0 23
J. Urban 4 32 8.0 0 10
B. Patrick 1 16 16.0 0 16
T. Smith 1 15 15.0 0 15
T. Hightower 2 11 5.5 0 8
T. Castille 1 10 10.0 0 10
L. Fitzgerald 1 6 6.0 0 6
S. Morey 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. Arrington 1 5 5.0 0 5
S. Baylark 1 3 3.0 0 3
L. Pope 1 1 1.0 0 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
O. Harris 1.0 6.0
W. Kershaw 1.0 4.0
M. Simoneau 1.0 4.0
M. Pittman 1.0 1.0
J. Reed 0.5 4.0
M. Mitchell 0.5 4.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Tafoya 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  TK AST
O. Harris 5 0
U. Young 5 0
S. Shanle 3 0
C. Reis 3 0
M. Mitchell 3 0
M. Simoneau 3 1
R. Gay 2 0
J. Dunbar 2 1
A. Glenn 2 1
M. Pittman 1 0
W. Kershaw 1 0
K. Kaesviharn 1 0
W. Smith 1 0
A. Lake 1 0
J. David 1 0
C. Cox 1 0
H. Thomas 1 0
O. Dada 1 0
J. Reed 1 1
S. Fujita 1 1
R. Harper 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
A. Highsmith 6 0
A. Francisco 5 0
J. Tafoya 4 0
K. Dansby 3 0
C. Harrington 3 0
C. Campbell 3 1
M. Ware 3 1
A. Rolle 2 0
K. Iwebema 2 0
D. Keyes 2 0
A. Branch 2 0
D. Rodgers-Cromartie 2 0
R. Hood 2 0
O. Celestin 2 2
R. Brown 1 0
D. Minter 1 0
A. Wilson 1 0
B. Berry 1 0
E. Green 1 0
K. Dykes 1 0
J. Banks 1 0
B. Robinson 1 0
D. Dockett 1 0
M. Brown 1 0
C. Haggans 1 1
C. Okeafor 1 1
G. Hayes 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Stecker 1
T. Palko 1
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Rolle 1