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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP

Houston 27, New Orleans 13

When: 4:00 PM ET, Sunday, August 30, 2015
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Peter Morelli
Attendance: 72998

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Houston	10	3	7	7	27
New Orleans	3	3	7	0	13

SCORING

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 10:16
New Orleans	FG	New Orleans 3 - Houston 0 Zach Hocker 28 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:36
Houston	TD	New Orleans 3 - Houston 7 Alfred Blue 1 yd. run (Randy Bullock kick)
1st Quarter - 1:34
Houston	FG	New Orleans 3 - Houston 10 Randy Bullock 49 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:42
Houston	FG	New Orleans 3 - Houston 13 Randy Bullock 29 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
New Orleans	FG	New Orleans 6 - Houston 13 Zach Hocker 53 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 7:33
Houston	TD	New Orleans 6 - Houston 20 Jaelen Strong 6 yd. pass from Ryan Mallett (Randy Bullock kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:22
New Orleans	TD	New Orleans 13 - Houston 20 Edwin Baker 45 yd. run (Dustin Hopkins kick)
4th Quarter - 10:18
Houston	TD	New Orleans 13 - Houston 27 Chandler Worthy 6 yd. pass from Tom Savage (Randy Bullock kick)

TEAMS

Team Stats

	Houston	New Orleans
1st Downs	25	23
Rushing	6	5
Passing	13	13
Penalty	6	5
3rd Down Conversions	8-16	3-11
4th Down Conversions	1-1	1-4
Punts-Average	5-44.2	3-37.3
Return Yards	8	163
Punts-Returns	1-8	1-11
Kickoffs-Returns	0-0	6-152
Int - Returns	1-0	0-0
Penalties-Yards	9-94	11-148
Fumbles-Lost	1-0	1-1
Time of Possession	34:11	25:49
Total Net Yards	297	393
Total Plays	72	63
Average Gain	4.1	6.2
Net Yards Rushing	82	140
Rushes	36	22
Average/Rush	2.3	6.4
Net Yards Passing	215	253
Comp-Att	21-35	20-39
Yards/Pass	6.0	6.2
Sacked-Yards Lost	1-2	2-12
Had Intercepted	0	1
Touchdowns	3	1
Rushing	1	1
Passing	2	0
Other	0	0
Extra Points	3-3	1-1
Field Goals	2-2	2-2
Red Zone Efficiency	3-4-75%	0-3-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency	2-2-100%	0-1-0%
Safeties	0	0

PLAYER STATS

Houston Texans (2-1)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
B. Hoyer	7/11	82	0	0
R. Mallett	9/17	77	1	0
T. Savage	5/7	58	1	0

New Orleans Saints (0-3)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
L. McCown	8/14	117	0	0
G. Grayson	7/16	96	0	0
D. Brees	4/6	40	0	0
R. Griffin	1/3	12	0	1

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
K. Hilliard	10	25	2.5	0	8
C. Polk	11	22	2.0	0	6
J. Grimes	3	14	4.7	0	10
A. Blue	4	12	3.0	1	8
J. Prosch	2	5	2.5	0	3
R. Mallett	1	4	4.0	0	4
T. Savage	2	0	0.0	0	1
C. James	3	0	0.0	0	3

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
E. Baker	2	49	24.5	1	45
M. Murphy	8	43	5.4	0	14
T. Hightower	6	24	4.0	0	7
M. Ingram	4	13	3.2	0	5
L. McCown	2	11	5.5	0	6

Receiving
	TAR	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
J. Strong	7	5	40	8.0	1	14
D. Hopkins	1	1	29	29.0	0	29
K. Hilliard	2	2	28	14.0	0	21
K. Martin	7	3	26	8.7	0	13
K. Mumphery	4	2	24	12.0	0	12
A. Denham	1	1	17	17.0	0	17
K. Lee	1	1	17	17.0	0	17
C. Shorts	1	1	12	12.0	0	12
D. Johnson	1	1	7	7.0	0	7
R. Griffin	3	1	6	6.0	0	6
C. Worthy	1	1	6	6.0	1	6
N. Washington	1	1	4	4.0	0	4
A. Blue	1	1	1	1.0	0	1
C. Fiedorowicz	1	0	0	0	0	0
J. Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0
U. Nwachukwu	1	0	0	0	0	0
C. Polk	1	0	0	0	0	0

Receiving
	TAR	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
M. Murphy	3	3	67	22.3	0	41
W. Snead	6	4	56	14.0	0	23
B. Coleman	3	1	27	27.0	0	27
J. Morgan	5	1	26	26.0	0	26
B. Cooks	2	2	19	9.5	0	13
J. Morgan	4	3	17	5.7	0	14
M. Ingram	1	1	12	12.0	0	12
J. Saunders	1	1	12	12.0	0	12
S. Jones	3	1	10	10.0	0	10
B. Watson	1	1	9	9.0	0	9
O. Charles	1	1	5	5.0	0	5
J. Hill	2	1	5	5.0	0	5
M. Colston	1	0	0	0	0	0
L. Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0
E. Baker	2	0	0	0	0	0
A. Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
R. Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
J. Rolle	1	0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
No interceptions

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
A. Dent	1.0	10.0
T. Washington	1.0	2.0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
T. Barnes	0.5	1.0
T. Davison	0.5	1.0

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
D. Morris	5	1
J. Simon	3	0
A. Dent	3	0
C. Covington	3	1
E. Pleasant	2	0
K. Johnson	2	0
J. Pagan	2	1
C. James	2	3
A. Hal	2	4
R. Moore	1	0
L. Ballentine	1	0
J. Ankrah	1	0
T. Washington	1	0
M. Bullough	1	0
K. Jackson	1	0
A. Bouye	1	1
M. Mohamed	1	1
L. Nix III	1	1
L. Trail	0	1
K. Brown	0	1
B. Cushing	0	2
J. Tuggle	0	3

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
K. Phillips	6	2
K. Wilson	4	1
A. Mabry	4	1
H. Coley	3	2
K. Edebali	3	3
B. Richardson	2	0
P. Warren	2	0
K. Eulls	2	0
K. Lewis	2	0
D. Breaux	2	0
H. Kikaha	2	0
D. Hawthorne	2	0
S. Anthony	2	0
T. Davison	2	1
J. Franklin	2	2
D. Tull	1	0
M. Pierce-Brewster	1	0
J. Jenkins	1	0
D. Swann	1	0
A. Hicks	1	1
T. Barnes	1	2
C. Jordan	0	1

Tackles For Loss
	NO.
D. Morris	1.0
A. Dent	1.0

Tackles For Loss
	NO.
A. Mabry	2.0
B. Richardson	1.0

Fumbles
	NO.
J. Rolle	1

Fumbles
	NO.
L. McCown	1