Saints 38-17 Patriots (1 Dec, 2009) Box Score

New England Patriots

7-4, 1-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	7	3	7	0	17
NO	3	21	7	7	38

New Orleans Saints

11-0, 6-0 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
Brian Hoyer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
21/36	237	6.6	2	1-4	67.7	55.0
2/4	19	4.8	0	1-8	21.3	63.5
23/40	244	6.4	2	2-12	--	55.8

New Orleans Passing


Drew Brees
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
18/23	371	16.1	5	0	1-4	99.1	158.3
18/23	367	16.1	5	0	1-4	--	158.3

New England Rushing


Laurence Maroney
Kevin Faulk
Sammy Morris
Wes Welker
Tom Brady
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	64	4.3	2	22
3	22	7.3	0	14
5	18	3.6	0	6
2	14	7.0	0	11
1	2	2.0	0	2
2	2	1.0	0	1
28	122	4.4	2	22

New Orleans Rushing


Pierre Thomas
Mike Bell
Devery Henderson
Drew Brees
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
11	64	5.8	26
13	50	3.8	6
1	0	0.0	0
1	-1	-1.0	-1
26	113	4.3	26

New England Receiving


Sam Aiken
Randy Moss
Wes Welker
Kevin Faulk
Laurence Maroney
Ben Watson
Sammy Morris
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
7	90	12.9	33	10
3	67	22.3	47	7
6	32	5.3	10	9
2	30	15.0	19	2
3	23	7.7	9	3
2	14	7.0	11	4
0	0	0.0	0	1
23	256	11.1	47	36

New Orleans Receiving


Marques Colston
Devery Henderson
Robert Meachem
David Thomas
Pierre Thomas
Jeremy Shockey
Darnell Dinkins
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
4	121	30.3	1	68	5
3	116	38.7	1	75	5
5	69	13.8	1	38	6
1	25	25.0	0	25	2
3	23	7.7	1	18	3
1	15	15.0	0	15	1
1	2	2.0	1	2	1
18	371	20.6	5	75	23

New England Fumbles


Laurence Maroney
Randy Moss
Wes Welker
team

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

New Orleans Fumbles


Sedrick Ellis
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	1
1	1	1

New England Defense



Brandon Meriweather
Jerod Mayo
Gary Guyton
Vince Wilfork
Tully Banta-Cain
Brandon McGowan
Pierre Woods
Jonathan Wilhite
Ty Warren
Leigh Bodden
Rob Ninkovich
Darius Butler
James Sanders
Patrick Chung
Derrick Burgess
Adalius Thomas
Kevin Faulk
Jarvis Green
Wes Welker
Eric Alexander
Mike Wright
Laurence Maroney
Myron Pryor
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
64	48	1	0	1	0	0

New Orleans Defense



Roman Harper
Jonathan Vilma
Malcolm Jenkins
Scott Fujita
Darren Sharper
Sedrick Ellis
Will Smith
Mike McKenzie
Scott Shanle
Randall Gay
Anthony Hargrove
Jeff Charleston
Charles Grant
Chris McAlister
Troy Evans
Courtney Roby
Lynell Hamilton
Bobby McCray
Pierson Prioleau
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	6	0	0	0	0	0
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	0	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1.5	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	3	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	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	0.5	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
67	54	2	0	7	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

New Orleans Interceptions


Darren Sharper
Mike McKenzie
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	38	0
1	8	0
2	46	0

New England Kick Returns


Matthew Slater
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	80	26.7	30	0
3	80	26.7	30	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Courtney Roby
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	95	23.8	28	0
4	95	23.8	28	0

New England Punt Returns


Wes Welker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	41	41.0	41	0
1	41	41.0	41	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Devery Henderson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	6	3.0	11	0
2	6	3.0	11	0

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	36	2/2	5
1/2	50.0	36	2/2	5

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	30	5/5	8
1/2	50.0	30	5/5	8

New England Punting


Chris Hanson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	138	46.0	0	0	50
3	138	46.0	0	0	50

New Orleans Punting


Thomas Morstead
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	130	43.3	0	1	50
3	130	43.3	0	1	50

Caesars Superdome

1:30 AM, 1 December 2009

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 70,768

Referees:
Pete Morelli

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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CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	64	4.3	2	22
3	22	7.3	0	14
5	18	3.6	0	6
2	14	7.0	0	11
1	2	2.0	0	2
2	2	1.0	0	1
28	122	4.4	2	22

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	64	4.3	2	22
3	22	7.3	0	14
5	18	3.6	0	6
2	14	7.0	0	11
1	2	2.0	0	2
2	2	1.0	0	1
28	122	4.4	2	22

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	64	4.3	2	22
3	22	7.3	0	14
5	18	3.6	0	6
2	14	7.0	0	11
1	2	2.0	0	2
2	2	1.0	0	1
28	122	4.4	2	22