8:00 PM ET, August 21, 2010
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | HOU | NO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 09:02 | Reggie Bush 9 Yd Run (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| TD | 03:12 | Drew Brees 1 Yd Run (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | HOU | NO | |||
| TD | 14:57 | Arian Foster 10 Yd Run (Neil Rackers Kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| TD | 06:34 | Pierre Thomas 31 Yd Pass From Chase Daniel (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| FG | 03:44 | Neil Rackers 52 Yd | 10 | 21 | |
| TD | 00:00 | Zak Keasey 1 Yd Pass From Chase Daniel (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 10 | 28 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | HOU | NO | |||
| FG | 05:50 | Kris Brown 43 Yd | 13 | 28 | |
| TD | 01:28 | Adrian Arrington 18 Yd Pass From Chase Daniel (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 13 | 35 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | HOU | NO | |||
| TD | 14:11 | Garrett Graham 10 Yd Pass From Dan Orlovsky (Kris Brown Kick) | 20 | 35 | |
| FG | 04:03 | Garrett Hartley 35 Yd | 20 | 38 | |
Team Stat Comparison
HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 15 | 27 |
Passing 1st downs | 10 | 11 |
Rushing 1st downs | 2 | 15 |
1st downs from Penalties | 3 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 1-8 | 8-16 |
4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| Total Plays | 45 | 78 |
| Total Yards | 291 | 409 |
| Yards per play | 6.5 | 5.2 |
| Total Drives | 9 | 11 |
| Passing | 243 | 211 |
Comp - Att | 20-29 | 20-31 |
Yards per pass | 8.4 | 6.8 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 2-14 | 1-7 |
| Rushing | 48 | 198 |
Rushing Attempts | 14 | 46 |
Yards per rush | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-3 | 4-5 |
| Penalties | 5-56 | 9-97 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 20:00 | 40:00 |
| Houston Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG | ||
| D. Orlovsky | 12/19 | 140 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 | 1-7 | 103.0 | |
| M. Schaub | 8/10 | 117 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 1-7 | 115.4 | |
| Team | 20/29 | 243 | 8.4 | 1 | 0 | 2-14 | -- | |
| Houston Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| A. Foster | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 | 10 | |
| S. Slaton | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 16 | |
| J. Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| D. Orlovsky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 1 | 16 | |
| Houston Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| D. Anderson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 39 | 5 | |
| J. Dreessen | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| G. Graham | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | 12 | 4 | |
| K. Walter | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| J. Jones | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
| A. Foster | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| A. Johnson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| V. Leach | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| J. Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| J. Casey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| S. Slaton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 20 | 257 | 12.9 | 1 | 39 | 29 | |
| New Orleans Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| A. Arrington | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 1 | 48 | 4 | |
| M. Colston | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | |
| P. Thomas | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 1 | 31 | 2 | |
| T. Humphrey | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| P. Hill | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |
| D. Henderson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| C. Roby | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| L. Moore | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| D. Thomas | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| J. Shockey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Z. Keasey | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| R. Bush | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 20 | 218 | 10.9 | 3 | 48 | 28 | |
| Houston Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| T. Holliday | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Foster | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Orlovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| P. Prioleau | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Ellis | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Houston Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| D. Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| E. Wilson | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Pollard | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Quin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Cushing | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Bentley | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Nolan | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Greenhouse | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Okam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Barwin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Nading | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Barber | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Sheppard | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Diles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Ryans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Rackers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. McManis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Okoye | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Studdard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Sharpton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Bennett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Holliday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Cody | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. McCain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 85 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Dunbar | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Prioleau | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Evans | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Porter | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Gay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Waters | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Greer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wilkerson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Vaughn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Shanle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Ellis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Roby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Hargrove | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Torrence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Charleston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Humphrey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Casillas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Vilma | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ayodele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 49 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| S. Slaton | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 63 | 0 |
| J. Johnson | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| T. Holliday | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| S. McManis | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Team | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 63 | 0 |
| Houston Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| T. Holliday | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| N. Rackers | 1/1 | 100.0 | 52 | 1/1 | 4 |
| K. Brown | 1/1 | 100.0 | 43 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 52 | 2/2 | 8 |
| New Orleans Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| G. Hartley | 1/1 | 100.0 | 35 | 5/5 | 8 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 35 | 5/5 | 8 |
| Houston Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| M. Turk | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| Team | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| New Orleans Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| T. Morstead | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| Team | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
Attendance: 70,025


