National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 29, New Orleans 24
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 14, 2008
Where: FedEx Field, Hyattsville, Maryland
Temperature: 90°
Head Official: Bill Carollo
Attendance: 88246
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 01014024
Washington 3661429
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 1:27
Washington FG Washington 3 - New Orleans 0
Shaun Suisham 22 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:24
Washington FG Washington 6 - New Orleans 0
Shaun Suisham 36 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:34
New Orleans TD Washington 6 - New Orleans 7
Pierre Thomas 1 yd. run (Martin Gramatica kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:04
Washington FG Washington 9 - New Orleans 7
Shaun Suisham 35 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
New Orleans FG Washington 9 - New Orleans 10
Martin Gramatica 49 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:47
New Orleans TD Washington 9 - New Orleans 17
Robert Meachem 19 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:01
Washington TD Washington 15 - New Orleans 17
Clinton Portis 9 yd. run (kick failed)
3rd Quarter - 0:02
New Orleans TD Washington 15 - New Orleans 24
Reggie Bush 55 yd. punt return (Martin Gramatica kick)
4th Quarter - 5:59
Washington TD Washington 22 - New Orleans 24
Clinton Portis 8 yd. run (Shaun Suisham kick)
4th Quarter - 3:29
Washington TD Washington 29 - New Orleans 24
Santana Moss 67 yd. pass from Jason Campbell (Shaun Suisham kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Washington
1st Downs 16 25
Rushing 3 8
Passing 11 15
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 3-10 3-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 5-44.6 2-33.0
Return Yards 148 109
Punts-Returns 1-55 4-23
Kickoffs-Returns 4-93 3-76
Int-Returns 0-0 2-10
Penalties-Yards 5-55 4-26
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Time of Possession 25:46 34:14
Total Net Yards 250 455
Total Plays 54 69
Average Gain 4.6 6.6
Net Yards Rushing 55 149
Rushes 19 31
Average/Rush 2.9 4.8
Net Yards Passing 195 306
Comp-Att 22-33 24-36
Yards/Pass 5.6 8.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-21 2-15
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 1 2
Passing 1 1
Other 1 0
Extra Points 3-3 2-3
Field Goals 1-1 3-5
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-6-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 22/33 216 1 2
Washington Redskins (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Campbell 24/36 321 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Bush 10 28 2.8 0 9
D. McAllister 2 10 5.0 0 5
D. Brees 1 9 9.0 0 9
P. Thomas 6 8 1.3 1 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Portis 21 96 4.6 2 13
S. Moss 1 27 27.0 0 27
L. Betts 6 25 4.2 0 14
J. Campbell 3 1 0.3 0 3
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Bush 7 63 9.0 0 14
D. Patten 5 55 11.0 0 22
P. Thomas 2 29 14.5 0 18
J. Shockey 2 22 11.0 0 14
R. Meachem 1 19 19.0 1 19
M. Campbell 1 12 12.0 0 12
L. Moore 1 7 7.0 0 7
D. Henderson 2 6 3.0 0 5
M. Karney 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Moss 7 164 23.4 1 67
C. Cooley 5 72 14.4 0 27
A. Randle El 4 53 13.2 0 17
L. Betts 2 8 4.0 0 8
J. Thrash 1 8 8.0 0 8
F. Davis 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Kelly 1 6 6.0 0 6
C. Portis 2 3 1.5 0 4
M. Sellers 1 1 1.0 0 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Horton 2 10 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
W. Smith 1.0 12.0
C. Reis 1.0 3.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Taylor 1.0 12.0
C. Griffin 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Vilma 10 6
T. Porter 8 1
K. Kaesviharn 6 1
K. Clancy 4 2
S. Ellis 3 1
W. Smith 3 1
S. Shanle 3 2
J. Dunbar 3 3
J. Bullocks 2 0
J. Craft 2 4
C. Reis 1 1
U. Young 1 2
C. Grant 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
H. Blades 4 2
S. Springs 4 2
L. Fletcher 4 3
C. Griffin 3 0
C. Rogers 3 0
K. Golston 3 1
R. McIntosh 3 1
F. Smoot 3 1
L. Alexander 2 0
D. Evans 2 0
L. Landry 2 1
C. Horton 2 1
J. Taylor 2 2
A. Carter 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Shockey 1
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Randle El 1