National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 40, Houston 33
Sunday, September 25, 2011 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 25, 2011
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 73002
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 10631433
New Orleans 01072340
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:13
Houston TD New Orleans 0 - Houston 7
Owen Daniels 14 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Neil Rackers kick)
1st Quarter - 3:17
Houston FG New Orleans 0 - Houston 10
Neil Rackers 22 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:23
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Houston 10
Darren Sproles 30 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:20
Houston FG New Orleans 7 - Houston 13
Neil Rackers 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 3:53
Houston FG New Orleans 7 - Houston 16
Neil Rackers 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:35
New Orleans FG New Orleans 10 - Houston 16
John Kasay 35 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:34
New Orleans TD New Orleans 17 - Houston 16
Robert Meachem 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:08
Houston FG New Orleans 17 - Houston 19
Neil Rackers 36 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:54
Houston TD New Orleans 17 - Houston 26
James Casey 26 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Neil Rackers kick)
4th Quarter - 9:30
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Houston 26
Jimmy Graham 27 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 7:10
New Orleans TD New Orleans 32 - Houston 26
Lance Moore 16 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Lance Moore pass from Drew Brees)
4th Quarter - 4:13
Houston TD New Orleans 32 - Houston 33
Kevin Walter 20 yd. pass from Matt Schaub (Neil Rackers kick)
4th Quarter - 2:42
New Orleans TD New Orleans 40 - Houston 33
Mark Ingram 13 yd. run (Lance Moore pass from Drew Brees)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston New Orleans
1st Downs 21 27
Rushing 4 5
Passing 17 20
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 6-14 8-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 2-37.0 3-49.3
Return Yards 114 110
Punts-Returns 2-5 1-5
Kickoffs-Returns 3-83 4-103
Int-Returns 2-26 1-2
Penalties-Yards 7-56 4-26
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 30:06 29:54
Total Net Yards 473 454
Total Plays 66 68
Average Gain 7.2 6.7
Net Yards Rushing 109 100
Rushes 25 22
Average/Rush 4.4 4.5
Net Yards Passing 364 354
Comp-Att 22-39 31-44
Yards/Pass 8.9 7.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 2-16
Had Intercepted 1 2
Touchdowns 3 5
Rushing 0 2
Passing 3 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 5-5
Field Goals 4-4 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-5-20% 3-5-60%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 22/39 373 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
B. Tate 19 82 4.3 0 19
J. Casey 1 11 11.0 0 11
A. Johnson 1 8 8.0 0 8
S. Slaton 4 8 2.0 0 6
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 12 7 128 18.3 0 48
J. Casey 7 5 126 25.2 1 62
O. Daniels 9 5 76 15.2 1 23
K. Walter 3 3 35 11.7 1 20
B. Tate 4 1 8 8.0 0 8
J. Jones 2 1 0 0.0 0 0
J. Dreessen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Manning 1 22 0
J. Joseph 1 4 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Watt 1.0 9.0
A. Smith 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
K. Jackson 7 1
D. Ryans 6 0
G. Quin 6 2
T. Nolan 5 0
J. Watt 4 0
B. Cushing 4 1
J. Joseph 3 0
J. Allen 3 0
C. Barwin 2 0
A. Smith 2 0
D. Manning 2 1
M. Williams 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
New Orleans Saints (2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 31/44 370 3 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram 9 38 4.2 1 17
D. Sproles 2 35 17.5 1 30
P. Thomas 7 28 4.0 0 9
D. Brees 4 -1 -0.2 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Graham 8 4 100 25.0 1 32
L. Moore 9 9 88 9.8 1 16
D. Henderson 4 3 62 20.7 0 44
R. Meachem 8 5 51 10.2 1 16
D. Sproles 9 6 50 8.3 0 15
P. Thomas 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
D. Thomas 2 1 7 7.0 0 7
M. Ingram 2 2 -3 -1.5 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Greer 1 2 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
L. Torrence 1.0 6.0
T. McBride 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Dunbar 6 4
R. Harper 5 2
M. Jenkins 4 1
W. Smith 4 2
P. Robinson 3 1
S. Rogers 2 1
L. Torrence 2 1
J. Greer 2 1
C. Jordan 2 1
S. Ellis 2 2
J. Galette 1 0
T. McBride 1 0
S. Shanle 1 4
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles