Coverage: CBS
8:00 PM ET, August 25, 2012
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | HOU | NO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 11:03 | Ben Tate 1 Yd Run (Randy Bullock Kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| TD | 07:11 | Keshawn Martin 10 Yd Pass From Matt Schaub (Randy Bullock Kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| TD | 04:03 | Lance Moore 20 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| TD | 03:54 | Junior Galette 16 Yd Fumble Return (John Kasay Kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | HOU | NO | |||
| FG | 11:24 | Garrett Hartley 22 Yd | 14 | 17 | |
| TD | 08:55 | Arian Foster 6 Yd Run (Randy Bullock Kick) | 21 | 17 | |
| FG | 02:08 | Randy Bullock 33 Yd | 24 | 17 | |
| TD | 00:15 | Jimmy Graham 8 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 24 | 24 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | HOU | NO | |||
| FG | 09:17 | Garrett Hartley 24 Yd | 24 | 27 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | HOU | NO | |||
| FG | 10:43 | Shayne Graham 53 Yd | 27 | 27 | |
| TD | 03:38 | Joseph Morgan 4 Yd Pass From Chase Daniel (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 27 | 34 | |
Team Stat Comparison
HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 20 | 27 |
Passing 1st downs | 13 | 16 |
Rushing 1st downs | 5 | 8 |
1st downs from Penalties | 2 | 3 |
3rd down efficiency | 1-9 | 7-15 |
4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Total Plays | 57 | 76 |
| Total Yards | 309 | 412 |
| Yards per play | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Total Drives | 13 | 13 |
| Passing | 226 | 261 |
Comp - Att | 21-29 | 29-44 |
Yards per pass | 7.8 | 5.9 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 6-40 | 1-8 |
| Rushing | 83 | 151 |
Rushing Attempts | 22 | 31 |
Yards per rush | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-4 | 2-4 |
| Penalties | 5-74 | 8-57 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
Fumbles lost | 3 | 2 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 28:48 | 31:12 |
| New Orleans Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG | ||
| D. Brees | 17/25 | 179 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 115.2 | |
| C. Daniel | 11/17 | 88 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 1-8 | 97.2 | |
| S. Canfield | 1/2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 56.2 | |
| Team | 29/44 | 261 | 5.9 | 3 | 0 | 1-8 | -- | |
| New Orleans Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| C. Ivory | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 0 | 20 | |
| J. Banyard | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| T. Cadet | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| M. Ingram | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| C. Daniel | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| D. Brees | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| K. Hall | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| S. Canfield | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 31 | 151 | 4.9 | 0 | 20 | |
| Houston Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| G. Graham | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 | 44 | 4 | |
| A. Johnson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| O. Daniels | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| J. Forsett | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| J. Casey | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
| L. Jean | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| J. Grimes | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
| K. Martin | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
| B. Tate | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| J. Iglesias | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| A. Foster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| L. Brock | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| B. Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 21 | 266 | 12.7 | 1 | 44 | 28 | |
| New Orleans Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| J. Graham | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 1 | 29 | 6 | |
| L. Moore | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | 20 | 4 | |
| P. Thomas | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |
| T. Cadet | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |
| J. Morgan | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | |
| M. Colston | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
| D. Henderson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| M. Higgins | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| G. Camarillo | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| K. Hall | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| J. Collins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| C. Roby | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| J. Banyard | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team | 29 | 269 | 9.3 | 3 | 29 | 44 | |
| Houston Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| K. Martin | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Holliday | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Yates | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Manning | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Quin | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| New Orleans Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| J. Morgan | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Ivory | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Ellis | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| W. Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Galette | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Houston Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Nading | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Dobbins | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Pleasant | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Demps | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Jackson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Keo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Alexander | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Nolan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Loiseau | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Quin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Joseph | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. King | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Carmichael | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Mercilus | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B. McCain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Grimes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Crick | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Manning | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Fangupo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Jamison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. James | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. McManis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Butler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Supernaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Reed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Barwin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Gaither | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 73 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| P. Robinson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Jordan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Harper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Casillas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Jenkins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Patrick | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Ruud | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Anderson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Abdul-Quddus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Hicks | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Parks | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Wilson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Amaya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. White | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McBride | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Butler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Shanle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Bunkley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Daniels | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bushrod | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Broughton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Galette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Evans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Herring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Mack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Hixson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 62 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Houston Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| T. Holliday | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 62 | 0 |
| D. Hunter | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 62 | 0 |
| Houston Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| T. Holliday | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| G. Camarillo | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| R. Bullock | 1/1 | 100.0 | 33 | 3/3 | 6 |
| S. Graham | 1/1 | 100.0 | 53 | 0/0 | 3 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 53 | 3/3 | 9 |
| New Orleans Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| G. Hartley | 2/3 | 66.7 | 24 | 3/3 | 9 |
| J. Kasay | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 1/1 | 1 |
| Team | 2/3 | 66.7 | 24 | 4/4 | 10 |
| Houston Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| D. Jones | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
| Team | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
| New Orleans Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| T. Morstead | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| Team | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
Attendance: 72,082


