away Houston
Texans (-)
8:00 PM EDT
August 25, 2012
27-34
home New Orleans
Saints (-)
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Texans 14 10 0 3 27
Saints 14 10 3 7 34
Game Tracker


Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
TD 11:03 Ben Tate 1 Yd run (Randy Bullock kick)
TD 7:11 Keshawn Martin 10 Yd pass from Matt Schaub (Randy Bullock kick)
TD 4:03 Lance Moore 20 Yd pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
TD 3:54 Junior Galette 0 Yd opp fumble return (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter
FG 11:24 Garrett Hartley 22 Yd
TD 8:55 Arian Foster 6 Yd run (Randy Bullock kick)
FG 2:08 Randy Bullock 33 Yd
TD 0:15 Jimmy Graham 8 Yd pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
3rd Quarter
FG 9:17 Garrett Hartley 24 Yd
4th Quarter
FG 10:43 Shayne Graham 53 Yd
TD 3:38 Joseph Morgan 4 Yd pass from Chase Daniel (Garrett Hartley kick)
Passing Statistics
Houston
Player Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack Yds/L TD Int QBRat
Matt Schaub 15 18 194 83.3 10.8 1 7 1 0 130.1
T.J. Yates 6 11 72 54.5 6.5 5 33 0 0 74.8
New Orleans
Player Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack Yds/L TD Int QBRat
Drew Brees 17 25 179 68.0 7.2 0 0 2 0 115.3
Chase Daniel 11 17 88 64.7 5.2 1 8 1 0 97.2
Sean Canfield 1 2 2 50.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 56.3
Rushing Statistics
New Orleans
Player Rush Yds Avg Lng TD Fuml
Chris Ivory 8 57 7.1 20 0 1
Joe Banyard 7 25 3.6 6 0 0
Travaris Cadet 5 20 4.0 8 0 0
Mark Ingram 6 19 3.2 8 0 0
Chase Daniel 2 18 9.0 14 0 0
Drew Brees 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
Korey Hall 1 3 3.0 3 0 0
Sean Canfield 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0
Houston
Player Rush Yds Avg Lng TD Fuml
Arian Foster 8 32 4.0 18 1 0
Jonathan Grimes 4 22 5.5 10 0 0
Justin Forsett 4 20 5.0 7 0 0
Ben Tate 4 10 2.5 8 1 0
Keshawn Martin 1 0 0.0 0 0 2
Matt Schaub 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0
Receiving Statistics
Houston
Player Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Fuml
Garrett Graham 4 97 24.2 44 0 0
Andre Johnson 2 30 15.0 19 0 0
Owen Daniels 2 26 13.0 16 0 0
Justin Forsett 2 24 12.0 13 0 0
James Casey 3 23 7.7 15 0 0
Lestar Jean 1 19 19.0 19 0 0
Jonathan Grimes 2 18 9.0 12 0 0
Keshawn Martin 2 12 6.0 10 1 2
Ben Tate 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Juaquin Iglesias 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
Arian Foster 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
New Orleans
Player Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Fuml
Jimmy Graham 3 48 16.0 29 1 0
Lance Moore 3 38 12.7 20 1 0
Pierre Thomas 4 35 8.8 16 0 0
Travaris Cadet 3 31 10.3 16 0 0
Joseph Morgan 4 29 7.2 20 1 1
Marques Colston 2 28 14.0 18 0 0
Devery Henderson 2 21 10.5 14 0 0
Michael Higgins 2 16 8.0 11 0 0
Greg Camarillo 2 15 7.5 8 0 0
Korey Hall 2 7 3.5 5 0 0
Jed Collins 1 3 3.0 3 0 0
Joe Banyard 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 0
Kicking Statistics
New Orleans
Player XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
Garrett Hartley 3 3 2 3 24 0 9
Houston
Player XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
Randy Bullock 3 3 1 1 33 1 6
Shayne Graham 0 0 1 1 53 1 3
Kick Returns
Houston
Player KR Yds Avg Lng TD
Trindon Holliday 2 85 42.5 62 0
David Hunter 1 10 10.0 10 0
New Orleans
Player KR Yds Avg Lng TD
Travaris Cadet 4 83 20.8 25 0
Courtney Roby 1 33 33.0 33 0
Cord Parks 1 28 28.0 28 0
Punting Statistics
Houston
Player Punts Yds Avg Lng Blk In20 TB
Donnie Jones 4 180 45.0 62 0 1 1
New Orleans
Player Punts Yds Avg Lng Blk In20 TB
Thomas Morstead 3 104 34.7 40 0 1 0
Punt Returns
New Orleans
Player PR Yds Avg Lng TD
Greg Camarillo 1 8 8.0 8 0
Houston
Player PR Yds Avg Lng TD
Trindon Holliday 1 2 2.0 2 0
Defense Statistics
Houston
Player Tack Ast Sack Int FFum FumR PD
Jesse Nading 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
Troy Nolan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnathan Joseph 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shawn Loiseau 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glover Quin 3 0 0 0 1 0 2
Eddie Pleasant 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mister Alexander 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kareem Jackson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Quintin Demps 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Dobbins 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Brice McCain 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitch King 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Whitney Mercilus 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jared Crick 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hebron Fangupo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Roc Carmichael 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Omar Gaither 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danieal Manning 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
Brooks Reed 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Mitchell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Antonio Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Barwin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Jamison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bradie James 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Shiloh Keo 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jonathan Grimes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sherrick McManis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rashad Butler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wade Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phillip Supernaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Orleans
Player Tack Ast Sack Int FFum FumR PD
Patrick Robinson 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cameron Jordan 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Casillas 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Patrick 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathon Amaya 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barrett Ruud 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Akiem Hicks 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Cord Parks 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Malcolm Jenkins 2 2 0 0 1 0 1
Corey White 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Martez Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ezra Butler 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kadarron Anderson 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
Scott Shanle 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tyrunn Walker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Alex Daniels 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Braylon Broughton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turk McBride 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
Brodrick Bunkley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roman Harper 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Ivory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jahri Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Hixson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Elbert Mack 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Isa Abdul-Quddus 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Junior Galette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sedrick Ellis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jermon Bushrod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Will Herring 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Team Statistics
New Orleans Houston
First Downs 27 20
Passing 16 13
Rushing 8 5
Penalty 3 2
Third Down Efficiency 7-15 1-9
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-1 0-1
Total Net Yards 412 309
Total Plays 76 57
Average Gain Per Play 5.4 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 4.9 3.8
Rushes 31 22
Average Per Rush 4.9 3.8
Net Yards Passing 261 226
Completions-Attempts 44 29
Yards Per Pass Play 5.8 6.5
Times Sacked 1 6
Yards Lost to Sacks 8 40
Had Intercepted 0 0
Punts 3 4
Average Punt 34.7 45.0
Penalties 8 5
Penalty Yards 57 74
Fumbles 2 5
Fumbles Lost 2 3