Saints 19-7 Bills (2 Oct, 2005) Box Score

Buffalo Bills

1-3, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BUF	7	0	0	0	7
NO	0	13	0	6	19

New Orleans Saints

2-2, 1-1 home

Buffalo Passing


J.P. Losman
Kelly Holcomb
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
7/15	75	5.0	1	3-30	34.0
3/6	28	4.7	0	1-6	63.2
10/21	67	4.9	1	4-36	42.4

New Orleans Passing


Aaron Brooks
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
15/26	172	6.6	0	0	1-6	77.7
15/26	166	6.6	0	0	1-6	77.7

Buffalo Rushing


Willis McGahee
J.P. Losman
Shaud Williams
Kelly Holcomb
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	84	5.3	1	27
4	38	9.5	0	14
2	19	9.5	0	12
1	0	0.0	0	0
23	141	6.1	1	27

New Orleans Rushing


Deuce McAllister
Aaron Brooks
Mike Karney
Antowain Smith
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
27	130	4.8	0	26
7	33	4.7	1	9
3	6	2.0	0	2
4	-2	-0.5	0	5
41	167	4.1	1	26

Buffalo Receiving


Jonathan Smith
Lee Evans
Willis McGahee
Josh Reed
Eric Moulds
Shaud Williams
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	30	15.0	19
2	27	13.5	15
2	17	8.5	12
1	14	14.0	14
2	14	7.0	11
1	1	1.0	1
10	103	10.3	19

New Orleans Receiving


Donte' Stallworth
Deuce McAllister
Lamont Hall
Devery Henderson
Ernie Conwell
Mike Karney
Antowain Smith
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
8	129	16.1	26
2	16	8.0	11
1	8	8.0	8
1	7	7.0	7
1	5	5.0	5
1	4	4.0	4
1	3	3.0	3
15	172	11.5	26

Buffalo Fumbles


Kelly Holcomb
J.P. Losman
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	0	0
3	1	0

New Orleans Fumbles


Tony Bryant
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Buffalo Defense



Lawyer Milloy
London Fletcher
Nate Clements
Angelo Crowell
Troy Vincent
Aaron Schobel
Tim Anderson
Jabari Greer
Terrence McGee
Jeff Posey
Justin Bannan
Ryan Denney
Sam Adams
Kelly Holcomb
Joe Burns
Chris Kelsay
Sam Aiken
Lee Evans
Rashad Baker
Eric King
George Wilson
Liam Ezekiel
Daimon Shelton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	5	1	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	59	1	0	6	0	0

New Orleans Defense



Charles Grant
Fred Thomas
Josh Bullocks
Mike McKenzie
Dwight Smith
Courtney Watson
Jason Craft
Colby Bockwoldt
Darren Howard
Will Smith
Fred McAfee
Tony Bryant
Willie Whitehead
Brian Young
Nate Poole
Fred Booker
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	1	0	1	0	0
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	2	0	1	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
50	43	4	0	6	0	0

Buffalo Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Buffalo Interceptions

New Orleans Interceptions


Jason Craft
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	39	0
1	39	0

Buffalo Kick Returns


Terrence McGee
Jonathan Smith
Joe Burns
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	159	39.8	82
1	44	44.0	44
1	13	13.0	13
6	216	36.0	82

New Orleans Kick Returns


Fred McAfee
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	45	22.5	25	0
2	45	22.5	25	0

Buffalo Punt Returns


Jonathan Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	8	8.0	8	0
1	8	8.0	8	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Az-Zahir Hakim
Donte' Stallworth
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	13	6.5	8
2	12	6.0	11
4	25	6.3	11

Buffalo Kicking


Rian Lindell
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/5	80.0	40	1/1	13
4/5	80.0	40	1/1	13

Buffalo Punting


Brian Moorman
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	267	53.4	0	2	59
5	267	53.4	0	2	59

New Orleans Punting


Mitch Berger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	160	40.0	0	3	54
4	160	40.0	0	3	54

6:00 PM, 2 October 2005

Attendance: 58,688

Referees:
Bill Vinovich

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

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