National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 31, San Diego 24
When: 8:20 PM ET, Sunday, October 7, 2012
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 73109
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Diego 7107024
New Orleans 7771031
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 6:56
San Diego TD New Orleans 0 - San Diego 7
Robert Meachem 15 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick)
1st Quarter - 2:58
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - San Diego 7
Devery Henderson 40 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:58
San Diego FG New Orleans 7 - San Diego 10
Nick Novak 20 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 7:19
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - San Diego 10
Marques Colston 19 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:36
San Diego TD New Orleans 14 - San Diego 17
Robert Meachem 44 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:27
San Diego TD New Orleans 14 - San Diego 24
Ryan Mathews 13 yd. run (Nick Novak kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:11
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - San Diego 24
Marques Colston 16 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 8:50
New Orleans TD New Orleans 28 - San Diego 24
Marques Colston 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 2:56
New Orleans FG New Orleans 31 - San Diego 24
Garrett Hartley 26 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  San Diego New Orleans
1st Downs 27 21
Rushing 6 1
Passing 18 19
Penalty 3 1
3rd Down Conversions 4-12 9-16
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 4-45.5 4-51.8
Return Yards 152 92
Punts-Returns 2-16 2-2
Kickoffs-Returns 5-127 2-49
Int - Returns 1-9 1-41
Penalties-Yards 7-56 10-99
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Time of Possession 30:34 29:26
Total Net Yards 427 404
Total Plays 65 69
Average Gain 6.6 5.9
Net Yards Rushing 117 53
Rushes 18 21
Average/Rush 6.5 2.5
Net Yards Passing 310 351
Comp-Att 27-42 29-45
Yards/Pass 6.6 7.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-44 3-19
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 4
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 1-2 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
San Diego Chargers (3-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 27/42 354 2 1
New Orleans Saints (1-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 29/45 370 4 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Mathews 12 80 6.7 1 18
R. Brown 2 27 13.5 0 21
J. Battle 4 10 2.5 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 9 30 3.3 0 8
M. Ingram 5 16 3.2 0 6
D. Sproles 5 9 1.8 0 5
D. Brees 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Floyd 8 5 108 21.6 0 39
R. Meachem 4 3 67 22.3 2 44
R. Mathews 8 6 59 9.8 0 14
R. Brown 5 5 47 9.4 0 11
E. Royal 5 2 31 15.5 0 20
A. Gates 7 3 19 6.3 0 13
D. Rosario 1 1 16 16.0 0 16
J. Battle 2 2 7 3.5 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 18 9 131 14.6 3 40
D. Henderson 10 8 123 15.4 1 41
G. Camarillo 5 4 44 11.0 0 13
P. Thomas 2 2 40 20.0 0 36
D. Sproles 7 5 28 5.6 0 14
J. Graham 2 1 4 4.0 0 4
J. Morgan 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
Q. Jammer 1 9 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Harper 1 41 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Liuget 1.0 13.0
S. Phillips 1.0 6.0
E. Weddle 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Lofton 1.0 12.0
M. Wilson 1.0 9.0
W. Smith 1.0 8.0
J. Galette 1.0 8.0
C. Jordan 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
A. Cason 7 1
E. Weddle 6 1
M. Gilchrist 4 0
T. Spikes 4 0
Q. Jammer 4 2
C. Lynch 3 0
J. Johnson 3 0
S. Phillips 3 1
A. Bigby 2 0
D. Williams 2 0
D. Butler 1 1
C. Liuget 1 1
A. Franklin 1 2
L. English 0 2
V. Martin 0 3
Tackles
  TK Ast
C. Lofton 9 1
P. Robinson 6 1
R. Harper 5 1
S. Shanle 4 1
J. Galette 2 0
S. Ellis 2 0
C. White 2 1
C. Jordan 2 1
J. Patrick 2 1
M. Wilson 1 0
A. Hicks 1 0
T. Johnson 1 1
B. Bunkley 1 1
W. Smith 1 1
M. Jenkins 1 3
I. Abdul-Quddus 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
S. Phillips 1.0
C. Lynch 1.0
M. Gilchrist 1.0
C. Liuget 1.0
J. Johnson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Lofton 1.0
C. Jordan 1.0
R. Harper 1.0
W. Smith 1.0
J. Galette 1.0
S. Ellis 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Rivers 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Henderson 1
D. Brees 1