| New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 2008 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: INVESCO Field Attendance: 75713 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 75 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Nate Jackson 1 pass from Jay Cutler (Matt Prater kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Martin Gramatica 43 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Brandon Marshall 35 pass from Jay Cutler (Matt Prater kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Nate Webster 34 opponents fumble recovery (Matt Prater kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Pierre Thomas 5 run (Martin Gramatica kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Reggie Bush 23 run (Martin Gramatica kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 27 FG | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Safety, Andre Hall tackled in end zone by Charles Grant | 19 | 24 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Michael Pittman 2 run (Matt Prater kick) | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Reggie Bush 6 pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick) | 26 | 31 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 34 FG | 26 | 34 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Pierre Thomas 10 run (Drew Brees pass failed) | 32 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 81 | WR | David Patten |
| 70 | LOT | Jammal Brown |
| 67 | LOG | Jamar Nesbit |
| 76 | C | Jonathan Goodwin |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 78 | ROT | Jon Stinchcomb |
| 83 | TE | Billy Miller |
| 88 | TE | Jeremy Shockey |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 25 | RB | Reggie Bush |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Charles Grant |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 71 | NT | Kendrick Clancy |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 56 | SLB | Jo-Lonn Dunbar |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 20 | LCB | Randall Gay |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 43 | FS | Kevin Kaesviharn |
| 22 | RCB | Tracy Porter |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Brandon Marshall |
| 19 | WR | Eddie Royal |
| 78 | LOT | Ryan Clady |
| 50 | LOG | Ben Hamilton |
| 62 | C | Casey Wiegmann |
| 73 | ROG | Chris Kuper |
| 74 | ROT | Ryan Harris |
| 89 | TE | Daniel Graham |
| 6 | QB | Jay Cutler |
| 35 | RB | Selvin Young |
| 22 | FB | Peyton Hillis |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | John Engelberger |
| 63 | LDT | Dewayne Robertson |
| 79 | RDT | Marcus Thomas |
| 92 | RDE | Elvis Dumervil |
| 97 | SLB | Boss Bailey |
| 58 | MLB | Nate Webster |
| 55 | WLB | D.J. Williams |
| 24 | LCB | Champ Bailey |
| 33 | SS | Marquand Manuel |
| 20 | FS | Marlon McCree |
| 32 | RCB | Dre' Bly |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Reggie Bush | 18 | 73 | 4.1 | 23t | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 10t | 2 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Selvin Young | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Andre Hall | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Jay Cutler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 2t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 48 | 39 | 81.3 | 0 | 421 | 8.8 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 110.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Jay Cutler | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 1 | 264 | 7.8 | 35t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 93.3 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 14 | 11 | 75 | 6.8 | 23 | 1 |
| Jeremy Shockey | 11 | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 7 | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 2 | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 74 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 4 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Miller | 2 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 |
| David Patten | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Brandon Marshall | 11 | 6 | 155 | 25.8 | 35t | 1 |
| Tony Scheffler | 5 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Brandon Stokley | 4 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Selvin Young | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Nate Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Cliff Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike McKenzie | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve Weatherford | 2 | 114 | 57.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Brett Kern | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 2 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Eddie Royal | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Martin Gramatica | 6 | 396 | 66.0 | 2 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Matt Prater | 7 | 488 | 69.7 | 4 |
| Brett Kern | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Pierre Thomas | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Andre Hall | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Peyton Hillis | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Ebenezer Ekuban | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tracy Porter | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Kaesviharn | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Grant | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McKenzie | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason David | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Ortega | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Savage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Usama Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Clancy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| D.J. Williams | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Webster | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boss Bailey | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Winborn | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre' Bly | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquand Manuel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Engelberger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ebenezer Ekuban | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlon McCree | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne Robertson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Koutouvides | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Paymah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Moss | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Dumervil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Larsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Wiegmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Peterson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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