Week 2, 2017

played in New England, MA

56 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	0	14	7	24	-	45
New England Patriots	3	0	10	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:30 NED - Charlie Flannery 53 field goal
2Q: 14:19 NOS - Arnie Pearson 16 run (Artie Farias extra point)
2Q: 07:31 NOS - Graham King 12 pass from Philip Rivers (Artie Farias extra point)
3Q: 08:59 NED - Charlie Flannery 24 field goal
3Q: 05:24 NOS - Curtis Weber 26 pass from Philip Rivers (Artie Farias extra point)
3Q: 02:46 NED - Bernard Escalante 8 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 13:20 NOS - Artie Farias 40 field goal
4Q: 08:39 NOS - A.J. Coffey 14 fumble return (Artie Farias extra point)
4Q: 02:17 NOS - Arnie Pearson 5 run (Artie Farias extra point)
4Q: 01:28 NOS - Sammie Rutter 70 interception return (Artie Farias extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:30 NED - Charlie Flannery 53 field goal
2Q: 14:19 NOS - Arnie Pearson 16 run (Artie Farias extra point)
2Q: 07:31 NOS - Graham King 12 pass from Philip Rivers (Artie Farias extra point)
3Q: 08:59 NED - Charlie Flannery 24 field goal
3Q: 05:24 NOS - Curtis Weber 26 pass from Philip Rivers (Artie Farias extra point)
3Q: 02:46 NED - Bernard Escalante 8 run (Charlie Flannery extra point)
4Q: 13:20 NOS - Artie Farias 40 field goal
4Q: 08:39 NOS - A.J. Coffey 14 fumble return (Artie Farias extra point)
4Q: 02:17 NOS - Arnie Pearson 5 run (Artie Farias extra point)
4Q: 01:28 NOS - Sammie Rutter 70 interception return (Artie Farias extra point)

Team Statistics NOS NED
Record 2-0 1-1
First Downs 26 26
- by Rushing 10 11
- by Passing 16 13
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 520 433
- Offensive Plays 57 74
- Yards per Play 9.12 5.85
Net Rushing Yards 162 198
- Rushing Attempts 23 33
- Yards per Rush 7.04 6.00
Net Passing Yards 358 235
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 24 - 2 39 - 28 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 358 248
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 10.53 5.73
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/8 8/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.6 5.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/51 7/76
Punt Returns/Yards 3/26 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 2/45 5/106
Interception Ret./Yards 3/82 2/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 26
Time of Possession 27:25 32:35

Team Statistics	NOS	NED
Record	2-0	1-1
First Downs	26	26
- by Rushing	10	11
- by Passing	16	13
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	520	433
- Offensive Plays	57	74
- Yards per Play	9.12	5.85
Net Rushing Yards	162	198
- Rushing Attempts	23	33
- Yards per Rush	7.04	6.00
Net Passing Yards	358	235
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 24 - 2	39 - 28 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	358	248
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	10.53	5.73
Fumbles/Lost	2/2	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/8	8/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.6	5.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/51	7/76
Punt Returns/Yards	3/26	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	2/45	5/106
Interception Ret./Yards	3/82	2/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 26
Time of Possession	27:25	32:35

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:29	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
1	12:45	1:00	OWN 39	3	8	Punt
1	8:04	2:30	OWN 26	5	44	Fumble
1	1:24	2:20	OWN 35	5	65	Touchdown
2	10:15	2:50	OWN 11	6	89	Touchdown
2	3:25	1:53	OWN 34	6	39	Fumble
3	8:54	3:41	OWN 3	7	97	Touchdown
3	2:37	4:23	OWN 20	11	57	Field Goal
4	9:57	1:15	OWN 45	3	32	Interception
4	7:39	5:29	OWN 36	10	64	Touchdown

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:31	1:46	OPP 39	3	7	Missed FG
1	11:45	3:41	OWN 24	6	12	Punt
1	5:34	4:10	OWN 30	7	34	Field Goal
2	14:04	3:49	OWN 33	8	14	Punt
2	7:25	4:00	OWN 7	9	34	Punt
2	1:32	1:32	OWN 27	9	50	Half
3	15:00	6:06	OWN 22	14	71	Field Goal
3	5:13	2:36	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
4	13:14	3:17	OWN 18	5	31	Interception
4	8:42	0:16	OWN 20	2	-6	Fumble
4	8:26	0:47	OWN 24	4	38	Interception
4	2:10	0:55	OWN 45	3	10	Interception
4	1:15	1:15	OWN 10	3	21	Game

Game MVP: Sammie Rutter, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Arnie Pearson	15	96	6.40	16	3	2
Joel Garrison	7	58	8.29	17	4	0
Philip Rivers	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Edwin Blair	14	63	4.50	13	3	0
Byron Lewis	13	105	8.08	52	3	0
Bernard Escalante	6	30	5.00	8	0	1

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Philip Rivers	34	24	358	0/0	2	45	2	99.8

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernard Escalante	39	28	248	2/13	0	23	3	56.3

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Irving Robasky	8	11	139	17.38	53	30	0
WR Kent Austin	7	8	84	12.00	6	37	0
WR Curtis Weber	4	6	92	23.00	0	45	1
FB Tony Brumley	2	3	11	5.50	7	8	0
TE Graham King	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	1
RB Joel Garrison	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Deron Lyle	1	2	15	15.00	1	15	0
WR George Newkirk	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Charles Cortez	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Darren McKnight	5	5	47	9.40	14	12
WR Roger Daniels	5	8	37	7.40	3	13
WR Luke Gross	5	7	63	12.60	7	23
RB Byron Lewis	4	5	19	4.75	7	10
WR Nathan Osborne	4	6	39	9.75	11	17
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	3	4	32	10.67	1	20
FB Amos Duncan	1	1	2	2.00	1	2
WR Wesley Walker	1	1	9	9.00	0	9
FB Lewis Gredzinski	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Edwin Blair	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Sammie Rutter	2	80	40.00	1
CB Terry Peterson	1	2	2.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Zach Anderson	2	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Tony Brumley	1	0	0	0
Joel Garrison	1	0	0	0
A.J. Coffey	0	1	1	1
Jared Ballard	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bernard Escalante	2	0	0
Fernando Gildon	0	1	0
Leonard Lytle	0	1	0
Kelly Franz	0	1	0
Heath Hitchcock	0	0	1
Wally Moore	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Artie Souza	1	29	29.0	29.0	29	0

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Robbie Burgess	3	131	43.7	35.0	48	2

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Artie Farias	1/1	1/1	0/0	40	6/6

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	2/3	1/2	1/1	53	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Curtis Weber	3	26	8.7	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Arnie Pearson	1	29	29.0	0
Tommy Cranwell	1	16	16.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mo Morton	3	76	25.3	0
Edwin Blair	2	30	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jared Ballard	10	3	1.0	33	41
CB Terry Peterson	8	1	0.0	32	41
S Tyrone Weber	7	4	0.0	30	40
CB Tommy Cranwell	6	2	0.0	28	38
DE Tyrus Hazelwood	4	2	0.0	32	41
S Norm Nichols	4	0	0.0	29	40
CB Sammie Rutter	4	0	0.0	30	39
ILB Gary Thompson	3	2	0.0	27	34
S Kelvin Arntt	3	1	0.0	8	22
DT A.J. Coffey	2	1	1.0	31	41
DT Oliver Coffey	2	2	0.0	23	17
DE Tracy Homer	2	1	0.0	28	36
QB Philip Rivers	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Donovan Mussatti	1	0	0.0	6	5
WR Kent Austin	1	0	---	---	---
DE Sammy Kolodzik	1	0	0.0	4	1
DE Harris Herron	0	1	0.0	5	5
S Austin Koch	0	1	0.0	3	1
ILB Duane Burgess	0	1	0.0	5	4

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Kelly Franz	6	0	0.0	18	22
ILB Luke Wayne	5	3	0.0	23	33
CB Gene Levine	5	2	0.0	18	31
S Heath Hitchcock	5	0	0.0	12	26
DE Kendrick Fox	4	0	0.0	19	33
CB Dominic Goodwin	4	0	0.0	21	29
OLB Warren Pharms	3	2	0.0	10	14
OLB Christian Howe	2	2	0.0	21	32
S Mo Morton	2	2	0.0	13	7
S Zach Anderson	1	1	0.0	12	34
CB Fernando Gildon	1	1	0.0	10	5
DE Kelvin Harbert	1	1	0.0	20	32
WR Luke Gross	1	0	---	---	---
DT Vernon Garrett	1	0	0.0	23	34
RB Byron Lewis	1	0	---	---	---
DT Wally Moore	1	0	0.0	17	24

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT A.J. Coffey	1.0	1	1	1	41
OLB Jared Ballard	1.0	0	0	0	41
DE Tyrus Hazelwood	0.0	1	0	1	41
DE Harris Herron	0.0	0	1	0	5
DT Oliver Coffey	0.0	0	0	1	17

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kelvin Harbert	0.0	0	1	3	32
DE Kendrick Fox	0.0	0	0	1	33

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Tyrone Weber	5	1	0	40
CB Terry Peterson	5	0	1	41
OLB Jared Ballard	5	0	0	41
CB Tommy Cranwell	5	0	0	38
S Kelvin Arntt	4	0	0	22
S Norm Nichols	2	0	0	40
DE Tracy Homer	1	0	0	36
ILB Gary Thompson	1	0	0	34
CB Sammie Rutter	0	0	2	39

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kelly Franz	4	1	0	22
ILB Luke Wayne	4	0	0	33
CB Dominic Goodwin	4	0	0	29
S Heath Hitchcock	3	0	0	26
CB Gene Levine	2	2	0	31
OLB Christian Howe	2	1	0	32
S Zach Anderson	1	0	2	34
ILB Byron Crist	1	0	0	1
OLB Warren Pharms	1	0	0	14
DT Wally Moore	1	0	0	24
S Mo Morton	1	0	0	7
DE Kelvin Harbert	0	1	0	32

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Leon Schroeder	3	4	1	22	33
Travis Tusch	2	5	0	15	25
Larry Andersen	2	3	1	18	32
Donald Matthews	2	2	1	14	26
Marlon Prill	2	2	0	9	8
Wesley Hickman	1	2	0	14	22
Tony Brumley	1	1	0	15	23
Henry Freeman	1	1	0	8	9
Graham King	0	1	0	13	18
Jimmy Lumpkin	0	1	0	10	13

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leonard Lytle	4	6	1	31	1	35
Otis Porter	2	3	0	25	1	30
Jeremy Hibdon	2	3	0	26	0	31
Lewis Gredzinski	2	3	0	23	0	19
Van Perry	1	4	0	32	0	39
Lenny Spindler	1	2	0	28	0	34
Lee Attico	1	1	0	6	0	8
Ross Shannon	1	1	0	11	0	14
Gerald VanEck	0	3	0	8	0	12
Damon Beede	0	1	0	7	0	10

Special Teams Statistics

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Joel Garrison	4	8
Daniel Bellas	1	19
Norm Sapia	0	17
Winfred Niklos	0	17
George Newkirk	0	15
Kelvin Arntt	0	14
Tony Brumley	0	14
Nathan Wannamaker	0	14
Tommy Cranwell	0	14
Charles Cortez	0	12
Artie Farias	0	9
Graham King	0	6
Gary Thompson	0	6
Curtis Weber	0	4
Arnie Pearson	0	4
Jared Ballard	0	4
Sammy Kolodzik	0	4
A.J. Coffey	0	3
Tyrus Hazelwood	0	3
Norm Nichols	0	3
Oliver Coffey	0	3
Sammie Rutter	0	3
Terry Peterson	0	3
Tyrone Weber	0	3
Tracy Homer	0	2
Jimmy Lumpkin	0	2
Marlon Prill	0	2
Henry Freeman	0	2
Duane Burgess	0	2
Harris Herron	0	1
Tyrone Curtis	0	1
Donovan Mussatti	0	1
Travis Tusch	0	1
Larry Andersen	0	1
Artie Souza	0	1
Bobby McMichael	0	1
Devin Medlock	0	1

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Will Jessup	2	15
Edwin Blair	1	19
Wesley Walker	1	18
Gerald VanEck	1	6
Elton Kinney	0	18
Fernando Gildon	0	14
Amos Duncan	0	14
Darren McKnight	0	13
Byron Crist	0	11
Mo Morton	0	11
Lewis Gredzinski	0	10
Kelly Franz	0	8
Nathan Osborne	0	6
Lee Attico	0	6
Wade Robbins	0	6
Damon Beede	0	6
Lenny Spindler	0	4
Mo George	0	4
Juan Getson	0	3
Robbie Burgess	0	3
Charlie Flannery	0	3
Tracy Raymond	0	3
Zach Anderson	0	2
Christian Howe	0	2
Otis Porter	0	2
Wally Moore	0	2
Gene Levine	0	2
Teddy Rottinghaus	0	1
Vernon Garrett	0	1
Heath Hitchcock	0	1
Kendrick Fox	0	1
Luke Wayne	0	1
Ross Shannon	0	1
Kelvin Harbert	0	1
Dominic Goodwin	0	1
Alan Woodard	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	66	6.0
Middle	10	72	7.2
Right	2	24	12.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	48	6.9
Middle	19	128	6.7
Right	7	22	3.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Philip Rivers	34	24	6	0	2	5	1	4	2

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernard Escalante	39	28	2	1	2	1	2	3	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	12	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	9	102	11.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	9	114	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	8	4	130	16.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	22	5.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	15	91	5.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	8	92	7.1
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	43	7.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Irving Robasky	11	8	1	139	3	27
WR Kent Austin	8	7	0	84	1	23
WR Curtis Weber	6	4	0	92	2	22
FB Tony Brumley	3	2	0	11	0	23
WR Deron Lyle	2	1	0	15	0	11
TE Graham King	1	1	0	12	0	18
WR George Newkirk	1	0	0	0	0	2
TE Charles Cortez	1	0	1	0	0	11
RB Joel Garrison	1	1	0	5	0	11

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roger Daniels	8	5	1	37	0	28
WR Luke Gross	7	5	0	63	1	30
WR Nathan Osborne	6	4	0	39	0	23
WR Darren McKnight	5	5	0	47	0	16
RB Byron Lewis	5	4	0	19	0	26
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	4	3	0	32	1	23
FB Amos Duncan	1	1	0	2	0	10
WR Wesley Walker	1	1	0	9	0	1
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	0	0	0	0	19
RB Edwin Blair	1	0	1	0	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Arnie Pearson	3	27	9.00	6.40
Joel Garrison	1	2	2.00	8.29

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bernard Escalante	2	11	5.50	5.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Philip Rivers	2	1	12	6.00	10.53

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernard Escalante	3	3	12	4.00	6.36

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Graham King	1	1	12	12.00	12.00
TE Charles Cortez	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Roger Daniels	1	1	3	3.00	4.63
RB Byron Lewis	1	1	1	1.00	3.80
WR Nathan Osborne	1	1	8	8.00	6.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Philip Rivers	1	0
Arnie Pearson	1	1
Joel Garrison	1	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Byron Lewis	2	1
Edwin Blair	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Philip Rivers	5	4	3

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernard Escalante	11	10	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Irving Robasky	2	2	2
FB Tony Brumley	1	1	0
WR Kent Austin	1	1	1
WR George Newkirk	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Luke Gross	4	4	3
WR Darren McKnight	2	2	2
WR Nathan Osborne	2	2	0
TE Teddy Rottinghaus	1	1	1
RB Byron Lewis	1	1	0
FB Lewis Gredzinski	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,600 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,300 (21,600)
End Zone 13,800 (15,600)
Mezzanine 8,500 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,200 (13,800)
Club Seats 6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,800 (2,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,600 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,300 (21,600)
End Zone	13,800 (15,600)
Mezzanine	8,500 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,200 (13,800)
Club Seats	6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,800 (2,000)