Week 3, 2032

played in New Orleans, LA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Dallas Cowboys	3	7	3	3	-	16
New Orleans Saints	7	10	0	3	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:04 NOS - Preston Stevenson 11 pass from Bryan Harding (Bernard Richard extra point)
1Q: 02:09 DAL - Lamar Borg 29 field goal
2Q: 13:41 DAL - Craig O'Donnell 42 pass from Peter Brinsfield (Lamar Borg extra point)
2Q: 08:35 NOS - Bernard Richard 41 field goal
2Q: 05:07 NOS - Bryan Harding 33 run (Bernard Richard extra point)
3Q: 01:47 DAL - Lamar Borg 36 field goal
4Q: 06:37 DAL - Lamar Borg 43 field goal
4Q: 01:55 NOS - Bernard Richard 21 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:04 NOS - Preston Stevenson 11 pass from Bryan Harding (Bernard Richard extra point)
1Q: 02:09 DAL - Lamar Borg 29 field goal
2Q: 13:41 DAL - Craig O'Donnell 42 pass from Peter Brinsfield (Lamar Borg extra point)
2Q: 08:35 NOS - Bernard Richard 41 field goal
2Q: 05:07 NOS - Bryan Harding 33 run (Bernard Richard extra point)
3Q: 01:47 DAL - Lamar Borg 36 field goal
4Q: 06:37 DAL - Lamar Borg 43 field goal
4Q: 01:55 NOS - Bernard Richard 21 field goal

Team Statistics DAL NOS
Record 1-2 3-0
First Downs 21 15
- by Rushing 6 6
- by Passing 14 8
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 376 258
- Offensive Plays 77 56
- Yards per Play 4.88 4.61
Net Rushing Yards 107 134
- Rushing Attempts 29 27
- Yards per Rush 3.69 4.96
Net Passing Yards 269 124
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 45 - 23 - 1 28 - 11 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 283 130
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/14 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 5.60 4.28
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 10/19 6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.7 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/33 4/40
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-2 1/6
Kick Returns/Yards 3/48 3/102
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/2
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 30
Time of Possession 34:58 25:02

Team Statistics	DAL	NOS
Record	1-2	3-0
First Downs	21	15
- by Rushing	6	6
- by Passing	14	8
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	376	258
- Offensive Plays	77	56
- Yards per Play	4.88	4.61
Net Rushing Yards	107	134
- Rushing Attempts	29	27
- Yards per Rush	3.69	4.96
Net Passing Yards	269	124
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	45 - 23 - 1	28 - 11 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	283	130
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/14	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	5.60	4.28
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	10/19	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.7	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/33	4/40
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-2	1/6
Kick Returns/Yards	3/48	3/102
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/2
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 30
Time of Possession	34:58	25:02

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:56	2:58	OWN 11	7	27	Punt
1	4:55	2:54	OPP 30	6	18	Field Goal
1	0:39	2:16	OWN 34	6	66	Touchdown
2	8:27	2:05	OWN 20	5	27	Punt
2	6:12	1:05	OWN 31	3	14	Fumble
2	4:57	4:10	OWN 20	10	37	Punt
3	15:00	1:49	OWN 18	5	27	Punt
3	12:35	2:37	OWN 38	5	25	Punt
3	8:48	7:07	OWN 9	15	72	Field Goal
4	13:08	6:37	OWN 20	12	54	Field Goal
4	1:47	1:02	OWN 23	4	25	Interception

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:04	OWN 48	8	52	Touchdown
1	7:58	3:03	OWN 25	6	37	Missed FG
1	2:01	1:22	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
2	13:23	4:56	OWN 20	12	56	Field Goal
2	6:22	0:10	OWN 23	1	0	Interception
2	5:07	0:10	OPP 33	1	33	Touchdown
2	0:47	0:47	OWN 20	2	0	Half
3	13:11	0:36	OWN 6	3	0	Punt
3	9:58	1:10	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
3	1:41	3:33	OWN 42	6	16	Punt
4	6:31	4:44	OWN 45	12	51	Field Goal
4	0:45	0:45	OWN 27	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Max Tank, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lonnie Nichols	21	68	3.24	14	2
Thurman Hopkinson	7	37	5.29	27	1
Peter Brinsfield	1	2	2.00	2	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jeffrey Cote	12	67	5.58	17	3	0
Grant Guthrie	11	26	2.36	5	0	0
Bryan Harding	3	38	12.67	33	1	1
Ed McCarthy	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Peter Brinsfield	45	23	283	3/14	1	42	1	69.0

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bryan Harding	28	11	130	1/6	1	29	1	51.2

Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Craig O'Donnell	8	14	117	14.63	17	42	1
RB Lonnie Nichols	5	7	56	11.20	19	24	0
WR Fred Finch	4	7	48	12.00	7	14	0
WR Jackie Talley	2	3	33	16.50	18	17	0
TE Hunter Carpenter	2	3	15	7.50	0	11	0
WR Bubba Hernandez	1	6	12	12.00	8	12	0
RB Thurman Hopkinson	1	4	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Joseph Halvorson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Preston Stevenson	3	8	52	17.33	27	29	1
RB Jeffrey Cote	2	4	24	12.00	19	19	0
WR Phillip Newman	1	4	7	7.00	4	7	0
TE Mitchell Emmons	1	1	18	18.00	0	18	0
FB Rex Dunn	1	1	3	3.00	2	3	0
WR Rick Collins	1	6	8	8.00	0	8	0
RB Ed McCarthy	1	1	12	12.00	14	12	0
TE Jimmy Roberts	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Roger Hayes	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Xavier Gilmartin	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Roderick Iadevaia	1	2	2.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Dallas	Fumb	Recov
Thurman Hopkinson	1	0
Lonnie Nichols	1	0
Aaron Webb	0	1

New Orleans	Recov	Force
Karl Tucker	1	0
Burt Tamaarkin	0	1
Lamar McCarthy	0	1

Punting Statistics

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Terrell Blades	5	202	40.4	31.2	49	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Darnell Briggs	4	190	47.5	43.0	57	1

Kicking Statistics

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lamar Borg	3/3	1/1	0/0	43	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bernard Richard	2/3	1/2	0/1	41	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Joseph Halvorson	1	-2	-2.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roger Hayes	1	6	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Juan Marshall	3	48	16.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marlon Cox	3	102	34.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Chad Sullivan	6	2	0.0	20	26
CB Bobby Shedd	4	1	0.0	24	23
ILB Broderick Heath	3	3	0.0	25	22
DE Arnold Jennings	3	1	0.0	12	20
OLB Lorenzo Frederick	3	1	0.0	25	27
DE Curtis Rand	2	0	1.0	15	9
ILB Reggie Milburn	2	3	0.0	7	5
DT J.C. Manning	2	2	0.0	18	24
OLB B.J. Bernard	2	0	0.0	16	21
DT Glen Poole	2	0	0.0	9	5
CB Billy Hardy	2	0	0.0	16	20
S Juan Marshall	1	3	0.0	24	24
DE Patrick Scott	1	1	0.0	21	21
T Gene Berk	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Emmitt Rickman	1	0	0.0	7	7
CB Quentin Pitcher	1	0	0.0	14	15
RB Lonnie Nichols	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Marc Bauer	1	0	0.0	11	10
S Xavier Gilmartin	0	1	0.0	10	12
CB Martin Bjorlin	0	1	0.0	17	20

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dale Landolt	7	0	0.0	13	8
S Karl Tucker	5	3	0.0	19	41
ILB Lamar McCarthy	5	1	0.0	17	40
DT Burt Tamaarkin	4	1	1.0	17	33
DE Brent Robbins	4	2	0.5	23	34
S Justin Borders	4	3	0.0	12	33
DT Jorge Templeton	4	2	0.0	20	38
DE Max Tank	3	3	1.5	22	35
CB Ty Covington	3	2	0.0	16	29
OLB Byron Bennett	3	2	0.0	27	46
CB Bubba Reese	3	0	0.0	4	12
S Duane Sterritt	2	2	0.0	27	38
OLB Rodney Whalen	2	2	0.0	13	14
CB Roderick Iadevaia	2	1	0.0	25	36
DT Junior Reeves	1	0	0.0	18	22
CB Norbert Dawson	1	0	0.0	15	22
WR Preston Stevenson	1	0	---	---	---
S Marlon Cox	1	0	0.0	1	6
DE Rich Banks	0	1	0.0	16	30
OLB Preston Ramsey	0	1	0.0	4	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Dallas	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Curtis Rand	1.0	0	0	9
OLB B.J. Bernard	0.0	4	2	21
DE Patrick Scott	0.0	1	1	21
DE Arnold Jennings	0.0	1	0	20

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Max Tank	1.5	2	1	1	35
DT Burt Tamaarkin	1.0	0	0	0	33
DE Brent Robbins	0.5	0	3	2	34
DT Jorge Templeton	0.0	0	3	2	38
DE Rich Banks	0.0	0	1	3	30
DT Junior Reeves	0.0	0	0	1	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Broderick Heath	2	1	0	22
CB Billy Hardy	1	2	0	20
S Chad Sullivan	1	2	0	26
OLB Marc Bauer	1	1	0	10
DT J.C. Manning	1	0	0	24
S Juan Marshall	1	0	0	24
ILB Reggie Milburn	1	0	0	5
CB Bobby Shedd	1	0	0	23
OLB Lorenzo Frederick	1	0	0	27
CB Martin Bjorlin	1	0	0	20
S Xavier Gilmartin	0	1	1	12
CB Quentin Pitcher	0	1	0	15

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Dale Landolt	4	0	0	8
S Justin Borders	4	0	0	33
S Karl Tucker	3	0	0	41
CB Ty Covington	2	0	0	29
CB Bubba Reese	2	0	0	12
ILB Lamar McCarthy	1	3	0	40
OLB Byron Bennett	1	1	0	46
CB Roderick Iadevaia	1	0	1	36
CB Norbert Dawson	1	0	0	22
DE Brent Robbins	1	0	0	34
DT Jorge Templeton	1	0	0	38
OLB Rodney Whalen	1	0	0	14
S Marlon Cox	1	0	0	6
S Duane Sterritt	0	1	0	38
S Steve Ziel	0	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gene Berk	2	8	26	0	48
Adrian Holcombe	2	6	22	0	40
Howie Ramsey	2	4	28	0	48
Zach Cobb	1	2	25	1	40
Claude Manning	0	4	27	0	39
Alvin McEachern	0	3	10	1	16
Carl Frankel	0	1	7	1	8

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Marvin Buckner	2	5	26	0	29
Mike Emerson	2	3	13	0	13
Kris Lebiedzinski	1	2	13	0	10
Dwayne Peyton	1	1	19	0	21
Rex Dunn	0	4	17	0	8
Vernon Huffman	0	3	19	0	26
Trent Sinclair	0	2	5	0	3
Shawn Fadiman	0	2	22	0	27
Joseph Sherman	0	1	17	1	16
Cris Scott	0	1	1	0	0

Special Teams Statistics

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Charlie Sanford	2	17
Pat Collier	1	12
B.J. Bernard	1	2
Gerald Yantis	0	22
Quentin Pitcher	0	22
Aaron Webb	0	17
Jackie Talley	0	17
Marc Bauer	0	14
Bobby Shedd	0	13
Bubba Hernandez	0	12
Emmitt Rickman	0	11
Jerome Snee	0	10
Joseph Halvorson	0	9
Darren Horton	0	8
Carl Frankel	0	8
Alvin McEachern	0	8
Lamar Borg	0	8
Juan Marshall	0	7
Adrian Holcombe	0	7
Xavier Gilmartin	0	6
Terrell Blades	0	5
J.B. Shotwell	0	5
Wendell Cochrane	0	5
Curtis Rand	0	4
J.C. Manning	0	3
Arnold Jennings	0	3
Lorenzo Frederick	0	3
Broderick Heath	0	3
Raymond Fields	0	3
Chad Sullivan	0	3
Craig O'Donnell	0	2
Patrick Scott	0	2
Martin Bjorlin	0	2
Fred Finch	0	1
Gene Berk	0	1

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Ed McCarthy	1	22
Lamar McCarthy	1	21
Justin Borders	1	15
Roderick Iadevaia	1	11
Rex Dunn	0	17
Preston Stevenson	0	15
Dusty Tobias	0	15
Rick Collins	0	13
Norbert Dawson	0	12
Marlon Cox	0	10
Mitchell Emmons	0	9
Bernard Richard	0	8
Darnell Briggs	0	7
Mike Emerson	0	7
Bubba Reese	0	7
Kris Lebiedzinski	0	7
Rich Banks	0	7
Burt Tamaarkin	0	6
Rodney Whalen	0	6
Marvin Buckner	0	6
Ty Covington	0	5
Byron Bennett	0	5
Trent Sinclair	0	5
Cornelius Hughes	0	5
Duane Sterritt	0	4
Roger Hayes	0	4
Preston Ramsey	0	4
Junior Reeves	0	3
Joseph Sherman	0	3
Brent Robbins	0	2
Max Tank	0	2
Karl Tucker	0	2
Jimmy Roberts	0	2
Vernon Huffman	0	2
Jorge Templeton	0	2
Shawn Fadiman	0	2
Dale Landolt	0	1
Steve Ziel	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	61	5.1
Middle	8	11	1.4
Right	9	35	3.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	40	4.0
Middle	5	48	9.6
Right	11	47	4.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Peter Brinsfield	45	23	3	2	3	6	8	9	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bryan Harding	28	11	1	2	0	8	6	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	7	2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	14	130	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	7	104	6.9
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	42	7.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	5	46	5.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	2	37	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	47	6.7
Long (19+ Yds)	6	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Craig O'Donnell	14	8	2	117	2	37
WR Fred Finch	7	4	0	48	0	33
RB Lonnie Nichols	7	5	0	56	1	28
WR Bubba Hernandez	6	1	0	12	0	19
RB Thurman Hopkinson	4	1	0	2	0	20
WR Jackie Talley	3	2	1	33	0	5
TE Hunter Carpenter	3	2	0	15	0	31
WR Joseph Halvorson	1	0	0	0	0	26

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Preston Stevenson	8	3	52	1	29
WR Rick Collins	6	1	8	0	15
WR Phillip Newman	4	1	7	0	20
RB Jeffrey Cote	4	2	24	0	14
WR Roger Hayes	2	0	0	0	10
TE Mitchell Emmons	1	1	18	0	7
FB Rex Dunn	1	1	3	0	8
RB Ed McCarthy	1	1	12	0	2
TE Jimmy Roberts	1	1	6	0	18

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Thurman Hopkinson	1	1	1.00	5.29

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jeffrey Cote	2	12	6.00	5.58
Grant Guthrie	1	0	0.00	2.36

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Peter Brinsfield	5	0	0	0.00	6.29

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bryan Harding	5	1	11	2.20	4.64

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Target	Overall Avg
WR Craig O'Donnell	2	8.36
WR Fred Finch	1	6.86
WR Jackie Talley	1	11.00
TE Hunter Carpenter	1	5.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Phillip Newman	1	0	0	0.00	1.75
WR Rick Collins	1	0	0	0.00	1.33
RB Jeffrey Cote	1	0	0	0.00	6.00
WR Preston Stevenson	1	1	11	11.00	6.50
WR Roger Hayes	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Lonnie Nichols	2	2
Thurman Hopkinson	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Grant Guthrie	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Peter Brinsfield	15	8	7

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bryan Harding	11	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Fred Finch	4	3	3
WR Craig O'Donnell	3	1	0
WR Jackie Talley	3	2	2
RB Lonnie Nichols	2	2	2
WR Bubba Hernandez	1	0	0
RB Thurman Hopkinson	1	0	0
WR Joseph Halvorson	1	0	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Preston Stevenson	3	1	1
WR Phillip Newman	2	0	0
WR Rick Collins	2	1	1
TE Mitchell Emmons	1	1	1
RB Ed McCarthy	1	1	1
RB Jeffrey Cote	1	1	1
TE Jimmy Roberts	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 76,100 (80,200 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,500 (20,400)
End Zone 13,600 (14,700)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,500)
Sideline Seats 12,600 (13,000)
Club Seats 19,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 2,700 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	76,100 (80,200 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,500 (20,400)
End Zone	13,600 (14,700)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,500)
Sideline Seats	12,600 (13,000)
Club Seats	19,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	2,700 (3,700)