Coverage: FOX
1:00 PM ET, September 13, 2009
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Top Performers
Passing: D. Brees (NO) - 358 YDS, 6 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: M. Bell (NO) - 28 CAR, 143 YDS
Receiving: D. Henderson (NO) - 5 REC, 103 YDS, 1 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | DET | NO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 12:11 | Marques Colston 9 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Carney Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| TD | 09:34 | Robert Meachem 39 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Carney Kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| FG | 05:12 | Jason Hanson 47 Yd | 3 | 14 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | DET | NO | |||
| TD | 14:06 | Kevin Smith 4 Yd Run (Jason Hanson Kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| TD | 03:45 | Jeremy Shockey 1 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Carney Kick) | 10 | 21 | |
| TD | 01:10 | Jeremy Shockey 15 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Carney Kick) | 10 | 28 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | DET | NO | |||
| TD | 11:47 | Matthew Stafford 1 Yd Run (Jason Hanson Kick) | 17 | 28 | |
| FG | 06:11 | John Carney 39 Yd | 17 | 31 | |
| FG | 03:22 | Jason Hanson 24 Yd | 20 | 31 | |
| TD | 03:03 | Devery Henderson 58 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Carney Kick) | 20 | 38 | |
| TD | 01:29 | Louis Delmas 65 Yd Fumble Return (Jason Hanson Kick) | 27 | 38 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | DET | NO | |||
| TD | 08:29 | Heath Evans 13 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Carney Kick) | 27 | 45 | |
Team Stat Comparison
DET | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 14 | 28 |
Passing 1st downs | 7 | 16 |
Rushing 1st downs | 5 | 10 |
1st downs from Penalties | 2 | 2 |
3rd down efficiency | 3-14 | 9-13 |
4th down efficiency | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 58 | 69 |
| Total Yards | 231 | 515 |
| Yards per play | 4.0 | 7.5 |
| Total Drives | 12 | 13 |
| Passing | 198 | 358 |
Comp - Att | 16-37 | 26-34 |
Yards per pass | 5.4 | 10.5 |
Interceptions thrown | 3 | 1 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 1-7 | 0-0 |
| Rushing | 33 | 157 |
Rushing Attempts | 20 | 35 |
Yards per rush | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-4 | 4-6 |
| Penalties | 8-80 | 7-36 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 2 |
Interceptions thrown | 3 | 1 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 23:30 | 36:30 |
| Detroit Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| M. Stafford | 16/37 | 205 | 5.5 | 0 | 3 | 1-7 | 7.6 | 27.4 |
| Team | 16/37 | 198 | 5.4 | 0 | 3 | 1-7 | -- | -- |
| New Orleans Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| D. Brees | 26/34 | 358 | 10.5 | 6 | 1 | 0-0 | 96.9 | 137.0 |
| Team | 26/34 | 358 | 10.5 | 6 | 1 | 0-0 | -- | -- |
| Detroit Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| K. Smith | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 1 | 6 | |
| A. Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| J. Felton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| M. Stafford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Team | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Detroit Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| C. Johnson | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 0 | 64 | 13 | |
| K. Smith | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | |
| B. Johnson | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | |
| C. FitzSimmons | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Y. Figurs | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Team | 16 | 205 | 12.8 | 0 | 64 | 33 | |
| New Orleans Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| D. Henderson | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | 58 | 8 | |
| R. Bush | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
| R. Meachem | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 1 | 39 | 2 | |
| L. Moore | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| H. Evans | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
| J. Shockey | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 2 | 15 | 4 | |
| M. Colston | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |
| D. Thomas | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Team | 26 | 358 | 13.8 | 6 | 58 | 34 | |
| Detroit Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| A. Henry | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| New Orleans Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| D. Sharper | 2 | 79 | 0 |
| S. Shanle | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 92 | 0 |
| Detroit Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| A. Henry | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Foote | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Manuel | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Delmas | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Sims | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. King | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Dizon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hunter | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Fluellen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. James | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Pearson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Levy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Cohen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Peterson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Loper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Muhlbach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Peterman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Y. Figurs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Avril | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Bing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 77 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| New Orleans Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| T. Porter | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Fujita | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Harper | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Shanle | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Vilma | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| W. Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| P. Prioleau | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Torrence | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Greer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Hargrove | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Sharper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Grant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Charleston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Ortega | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Henderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Gay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Clancy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Reis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Ellis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 51 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| A. Brown | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 87 | 0 |
| Team | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 87 | 0 |
| New Orleans Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| R. Meachem | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Team | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Detroit Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Northcutt | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 43 | 0 |
| New Orleans Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| R. Bush | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| J. Hanson | 2/2 | 100.0 | 47 | 3/3 | 9 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 47 | 3/3 | 9 |
| New Orleans Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| J. Carney | 1/2 | 50.0 | 39 | 6/6 | 9 |
| Team | 1/2 | 50.0 | 39 | 6/6 | 9 |
| Detroit Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| N. Harris | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | 2 | 55 |
| Team | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | 2 | 55 |
| New Orleans Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| T. Morstead | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Team | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
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