National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 36, L.A. Chargers 21
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, August 27, 2010
Where: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 70031
Final Scoring Summary
 
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L.A. Chargers 770721
New Orleans 71031636
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:22
L.A. Chargers TD New Orleans 0 - L.A. Chargers 7
Jacob Hester 6 yd. run (Nate Kaeding kick)
1st Quarter - 0:05
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - L.A. Chargers 7
Devery Henderson 46 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:30
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - L.A. Chargers 7
Robert Meachem 15 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:48
L.A. Chargers TD New Orleans 14 - L.A. Chargers 14
Malcom Floyd 9 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:37
New Orleans FG New Orleans 17 - L.A. Chargers 14
Garrett Hartley 40 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:50
New Orleans FG New Orleans 20 - L.A. Chargers 14
Garrett Hartley 27 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 7:18
New Orleans TD New Orleans 26 - L.A. Chargers 14
Chris Ivory 76 yd. pass from Patrick Ramsey (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 5:44
L.A. Chargers TD New Orleans 26 - L.A. Chargers 21
Billy Volek 1 yd. run (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 1:47
New Orleans FG New Orleans 29 - L.A. Chargers 21
Garrett Hartley 35 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:07
New Orleans TD New Orleans 36 - L.A. Chargers 21
Leigh Torrence 87 yd. interception return (Garrett Hartley kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  L.A. Chargers New Orleans
1st Downs 20 25
Rushing 5 7
Passing 14 17
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 6-15 7-16
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 8-45.8 6-50.3
Return Yards 173 144
Punts-Returns 4-32 3-11
Kickoffs-Returns 6-136 4-46
Int - Returns 1-5 2-87
Penalties-Yards 3-25 11-90
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 28:45 31:15
Total Net Yards 323 552
Total Plays 69 74
Average Gain 4.7 7.5
Net Yards Rushing 68 129
Rushes 20 28
Average/Rush 3.4 4.6
Net Yards Passing 255 423
Comp-Att 25-48 28-45
Yards/Pass 5.2 9.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-9 1-8
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 2 0
Passing 1 3
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 3-4
Field Goals 0-0 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 1-3-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Los Angeles Chargers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 16/27 167 1 0
B. Volek 9/21 97 0 2
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 18/27 240 2 0
P. Ramsey 10/18 191 1 1
Rushing
  ATT 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
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ivory 11 45 4.1 0 16
P. Thomas 7 41 5.9 0 16
R. Bush 3 16 5.3 0 12
L. Betts 2 15 7.5 0 8
D. Wynn 2 7 3.5 0 4
C. Roby 1 4 4.0 0 4
D. Brees 1 2 2.0 0 2
P. Ramsey 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Gates 7 5 66 13.2 0 29
M. Floyd 8 4 51 12.8 1 20
C. Davis 5 3 41 13.7 0 21
L. Naanee 4 2 24 12.0 0 15
S. Ajirotutu 3 1 21 21.0 0 21
S. McNeal 5 2 14 7.0 0 13
D. Sproles 2 2 13 6.5 0 9
R. Mathews 2 2 9 4.5 0 6
J. Williams 2 1 9 9.0 0 9
B. Latsko 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
C. Brinkley 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. Hester 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
K. Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0
J. Reed 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ivory 1 1 76 76.0 1 76
R. Bush 8 7 70 10.0 0 38
M. Colston 7 4 55 13.8 0 27
D. Henderson 2 1 46 46.0 1 46
C. Roby 5 2 45 22.5 0 33
T. Lorenzen 2 2 33 16.5 0 24
R. Meachem 3 2 28 14.0 1 15
J. Shockey 1 1 21 21.0 0 21
P. Thomas 2 2 17 8.5 0 10
M. Billings 3 2 14 7.0 0 9
T. Humphrey 1 1 11 11.0 0 11
A. Arrington 2 1 9 9.0 0 9
D. Thomas 2 1 3 3.0 0 3
L. Betts 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
L. Moore 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
N. Vasher 1 5 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Torrence 1 87 1
U. Young 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Weddle 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Charleston 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Burnett 5 1
Q. Jammer 5 1
D. Beckwith 4 0
S. Cooper 4 1
E. Weddle 4 2
V. Martin 3 0
N. Vasher 3 0
A. Cason 3 2
B. Siler 3 2
D. Strickland 2 0
A. Applewhite 2 0
P. Oliver 2 0
S. Phillips 2 0
L. Castillo 2 0
B. Hughes 2 1
T. Simmons 1 0
J. Cesaire 1 0
A. Garay 1 0
T. Johnson 1 1
D. Stuckey 1 1
S. Gregory 1 1
L. English 1 1
M. Tolbert 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Vilma 7 0
L. Torrence 5 0
S. Shanle 4 2
J. Dunbar 3 0
J. Casillas 3 1
R. Harper 3 1
M. Jenkins 2 0
R. Gay 2 0
C. Vaughn 2 0
U. Young 2 0
J. Greer 2 1
P. Robinson 2 1
J. Wilkerson 2 1
A. Brown 1 0
C. Reis 1 0
R. Ayodele 1 1
J. Charleston 1 1
M. Mitchell 0 1
D. Pressley 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
S. Phillips 2.0
L. Castillo 2.0
S. Cooper 1.0
Q. Jammer 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Charleston 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1