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33 - 40

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Houston Texans	10	6	3	14	33
New Orleans Saints	0	10	7	23	40

- Location:
  
  Louisiana Superdome
  New Orleans, Louisiana
- Attendance:
  
  73,002

1st quarter

Team	Time	Play	Hou	NO
	10:13	Owen Daniels 14 yd pass from Matt Schaub (Neil Rackers kick)	7	0
	03:17	Neil Rackers 22 yd FG	10	0

2nd quarter

Team	Time	Play	Hou	NO
	08:23	Darren Sproles 30 yd run (John Kasay kick)	10	7
	06:20	Neil Rackers 27 yd FG	13	7
	03:53	Neil Rackers 27 yd FG	16	7
	00:35	John Kasay 35 yd FG	16	10

3rd quarter

Team	Time	Play	Hou	NO
	10:34	Robert Meachem 2 yd pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)	16	17
	05:08	Neil Rackers 36 yd FG	19	17

4th quarter

Team	Time	Play	Hou	NO
	14:54	James Casey 26 yd pass from Matt Schaub (Neil Rackers kick)	26	17
	09:30	Jimmy Graham 27 yd pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)	26	24
	07:10	Lance Moore 16 yd pass from Drew Brees (Lance Moore 2pt Pass from Drew Brees)	26	32
	04:13	Kevin Walter 20 yd pass from Matt Schaub (Neil Rackers kick)	33	32
	02:42	Mark Ingram 13 yd run (Lance Moore 2pt Pass from Drew Brees)	33	40

Team Stats

	Houston	New Orleans
1st Downs	21	27
Total Yards	473	454
Passing	364	354
Passing Completions/Attempts	22/39	31/44
Yards/Pass	8.9	7.7
Rushing	109	100
Rushing Attempts	25	22
Yards/Rush	4.4	4.5
Turnovers	1	2
Fumbles lost	0	0
Interceptions Thrown	1	2
Possession	30:06	29:54

Houston Passing

Player	COM	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Matt Schaub	22	39	373	9.6	3	1

New Orleans Passing

Player	COM	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Drew Brees	31	44	370	8.4	3	2

Houston Rushing

Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Ben Tate	19	82	4.3	0	19
James Casey	1	11	11.0	0	11
Steve Slaton	4	8	2.0	0	6
Andre Johnson	1	8	8.0	0	8

New Orleans Rushing

Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Mark Ingram	9	38	4.2	1	17
Darren Sproles	2	35	17.5	1	30
Pierre Thomas	7	28	4.0	0	9
Drew Brees	4	-1	-0.2	0	4

Houston Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Andre Johnson	7	128	18.3	0	48
James Casey	5	126	25.2	1	62
Owen Daniels	5	76	15.2	1	23
Kevin Walter	3	35	11.7	1	20
Ben Tate	1	8	8.0	0	8
Jacoby Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0

New Orleans Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Lance Moore	9	88	9.8	1	16
Darren Sproles	6	50	8.3	0	15
Robert Meachem	5	51	10.2	1	16
Jimmy Graham	4	100	25.0	1	32
Devery Henderson	3	62	20.7	0	44
Mark Ingram	2	-3	-1.5	0	0
David Thomas	1	7	7.0	0	7
Pierre Thomas	1	15	15.0	0	15

Houston Interceptions

Player	INT	INTYDS	INTTD
Danieal Manning	1	22	0
Johnathan Joseph	1	4	0

New Orleans Interceptions

Player	INT	INTYDS	INTTD
Jabari Greer	1	2	0

Houston Tackles

Player	TAK	SACKS	AST	TOT
Kareem Jackson	7	0.0	1	8
DeMeco Ryans	6	0.0	0	6
Glover Quin	6	0.0	2	8
Troy Nolan	5	0.0	0	5
J.J. Watt	4	1.0	0	4
Brian Cushing	4	0.0	1	5
Johnathan Joseph	3	0.0	0	3
Jason Allen	3	0.0	0	3
Danieal Manning	2	0.0	1	3
Connor Barwin	2	0.0	0	2
Antonio Smith	2	1.0	0	2
Mario Williams	1	0.0	0	1

New Orleans Tackles

Player	TAK	SACKS	AST	TOT
Jo-Lonn Dunbar	6	0.0	4	10
Roman Harper	5	0.0	2	7
Will Smith	4	0.0	2	6
Malcolm Jenkins	4	0.0	1	5
Patrick Robinson	3	0.0	1	4
Cameron Jordan	2	0.0	1	3
Sedrick Ellis	2	0.0	2	4
Shaun Rogers	2	0.0	1	3
Jabari Greer	2	0.0	1	3
Leigh Torrence	2	1.0	1	3
Junior Galette	1	0.0	0	1
Turk McBride	1	1.0	0	1
Scott Shanle	1	0.0	4	5

Houston Kick Returning

Player	KRET	KRYDS	AVG	KRTD
Danieal Manning	3	83	27.7	0

New Orleans Kick Returning

Player	KRET	KRYDS	AVG	KRTD
Darren Sproles	4	103	25.8	0

Houston Punt Returning

Player	PRET	PRYDS	AVG	PRTD
Jacoby Jones	2	5	2.5	0

New Orleans Punt Returning

Player	PRET	PRYDS	AVG	PRTD
Darren Sproles	1	5	5.0	0

Houston Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS	LNG
Brett Hartmann	2	74	40

New Orleans Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS	LNG
Thomas Morstead	3	148	54

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