National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 42, Detroit 7
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 21, 2008
Where: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Alberto Riveron
Attendance: 49309
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 141414042
Detroit 07007
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:23
New Orleans TD Detroit 0 - New Orleans 7
Robert Meachem 20 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
1st Quarter - 1:07
New Orleans TD Detroit 0 - New Orleans 14
Deuce McAllister 2 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:45
Detroit TD Detroit 7 - New Orleans 14
Kevin Smith 4 yd. run (Jason Hanson kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:40
New Orleans TD Detroit 7 - New Orleans 21
Mike Bell 1 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:47
New Orleans TD Detroit 7 - New Orleans 28
Pierre Thomas 2 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:33
New Orleans TD Detroit 7 - New Orleans 35
Marques Colston 94 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:04
New Orleans TD Detroit 7 - New Orleans 42
Marques Colston 3 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Detroit
1st Downs 32 15
Rushing 13 6
Passing 19 8
Penalty 0 1
3rd Down Conversions 11-12 5-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 0-0.0 4-36.5
Return Yards 66 72
Punts-Returns 2-6 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 1-60 3-72
Int-Returns 2-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-12 6-35
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Time of Possession 34:29 25:31
Total Net Yards 532 255
Total Plays 70 55
Average Gain 7.6 4.6
Net Yards Rushing 181 129
Rushes 30 27
Average/Rush 6.0 4.8
Net Yards Passing 351 126
Comp-Att 30-40 11-26
Yards/Pass 8.8 4.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-11
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 6 1
Rushing 4 1
Passing 2 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 6-6 1-1
Field Goals 0-0 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 5-5-100% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 5-5-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 30/40 351 2 0
Detroit Lions (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Orlovsky 10/23 125 0 2
D. Stanton 1/3 12 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 13 77 5.9 1 29
D. McAllister 9 61 6.8 1 19
M. Bell 4 26 6.5 1 15
R. Meachem 1 20 20.0 1 20
D. Brees 3 -3 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Smith 24 111 4.6 1 19
D. Stanton 2 16 8.0 0 15
A. Cason 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 9 99 11.0 2 30
D. Henderson 2 96 48.0 0 64
B. Miller 4 38 9.5 0 21
J. Shockey 5 37 7.4 0 10
L. Moore 4 36 9.0 0 17
P. Thomas 3 26 8.7 0 11
M. Bell 1 14 14.0 0 14
D. McAllister 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Karney 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Johnson 4 64 16.0 0 28
J. Standeford 3 46 15.3 0 20
K. Colbert 1 12 12.0 0 12
J. Owens 1 7 7.0 0 7
J. Felton 1 5 5.0 0 5
M. Norris 1 3 3.0 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. David 1 0 0
U. Young 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Charleston 1.0 9.0
S. Ellis 1.0 2.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Bullocks 8 2
S. Fujita 6 1
J. Vilma 4 4
R. Harper 3 1
H. Thomas 2 0
U. Young 2 1
S. Ellis 2 1
J. David 1 0
A. Lake 1 0
W. Smith 1 0
J. Charleston 1 0
S. Shanle 1 3
Tackles
  TK AST
P. Lenon 6 3
E. Sims 6 3
K. Pearson 5 0
L. Bodden 4 2
D. Bullocks 4 3
C. Darby 3 0
R. Robinson 2 1
T. Fisher 2 1
R. Nece 2 2
J. Dizon 2 2
S. Schweigert 1 0
C. Avril 1 1
I. Alama-Francis 1 1
A. Cannon 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
L. Moore 1
P. Thomas 1
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Smith 1