National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Denver 34, New Orleans 32
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 21, 2008
Where: Invesco Field, Denver, Colorado
Temperature: 75°
Head Official: Ron Winter
Attendance: 75713
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 3167632
Denver 141010034
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:01
Denver TD Denver 7 - New Orleans 0
Nate Jackson 1 yd. pass from Jay Cutler (Matt Prater kick)
1st Quarter - 2:07
New Orleans FG Denver 7 - New Orleans 3
Martin Gramatica 43 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 0:27
Denver TD Denver 14 - New Orleans 3
Brandon Marshall 35 yd. pass from Jay Cutler (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:11
Denver TD Denver 21 - New Orleans 3
Nate Webster 34 yd. fumble recovery (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:16
New Orleans TD Denver 21 - New Orleans 10
Pierre Thomas 5 yd. run (Martin Gramatica kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:51
New Orleans TD Denver 21 - New Orleans 17
Reggie Bush 23 yd. run (Martin Gramatica kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:55
Denver FG Denver 24 - New Orleans 17
Matt Prater 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:23
New Orleans S Denver 24 - New Orleans 19
Andre Hall tackled in end zone by Charles Grant for a safety
3rd Quarter - 7:37
Denver TD Denver 31 - New Orleans 19
Michael Pittman 2 yd. run (Matt Prater kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:02
New Orleans TD Denver 31 - New Orleans 26
Reggie Bush 6 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:20
Denver FG Denver 34 - New Orleans 26
Matt Prater 34 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 10:00
New Orleans TD Denver 34 - New Orleans 32
Pierre Thomas 10 yd. run (pass failed)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Denver
1st Downs 27 20
Rushing 7 7
Passing 20 11
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 8-14 6-10
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 2-57.0 2-52.5
Return Yards 104 119
Punts-Returns 2-30 1-22
Kickoffs-Returns 3-60 4-97
Int-Returns 1-14 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-51 3-20
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Time of Possession 32:48 27:12
Total Net Yards 502 369
Total Plays 74 58
Average Gain 6.8 6.4
Net Yards Rushing 88 105
Rushes 25 24
Average/Rush 3.5 4.4
Net Yards Passing 414 264
Comp-Att 39-48 21-34
Yards/Pass 8.4 7.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 0-0
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 4 4
Rushing 3 1
Passing 1 2
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-4 4-4
Field Goals 1-3 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 2-5-40%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-3-67% 2-3-67%
Safeties 1 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 39/48 421 1 0
Denver Broncos (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Cutler 21/34 264 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Bush 18 73 4.1 1 23
P. Thomas 6 15 2.5 2 10
D. Brees 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Young 11 65 5.9 0 19
A. Hall 6 25 4.2 0 14
J. Cutler 1 7 7.0 0 7
E. Royal 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Pittman 5 2 0.4 1 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Meachem 2 86 43.0 0 74
L. Moore 7 78 11.1 0 18
J. Shockey 8 75 9.4 0 16
R. Bush 11 75 6.8 1 23
D. Henderson 2 42 21.0 0 23
B. Miller 2 41 20.5 0 28
D. Patten 2 12 6.0 0 8
P. Thomas 3 8 2.7 0 4
M. Karney 2 4 2.0 0 3
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Marshall 6 155 25.8 1 35
T. Scheffler 4 32 8.0 0 11
B. Stokley 3 29 9.7 0 17
D. Graham 1 21 21.0 0 21
E. Royal 4 11 2.8 0 5
M. Pittman 1 8 8.0 0 8
S. Young 1 7 7.0 0 7
N. Jackson 1 1 1.0 1 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. McKenzie 1 14 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sks
  NO. YDS
E. Ekuban 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Porter 7 0
C. Grant 6 0
R. Harper 6 0
K. Kaesviharn 5 1
M. McKenzie 4 0
S. Shanle 3 1
W. Smith 3 2
J. David 2 0
J. Dunbar 1 0
K. Clancy 1 0
S. Ellis 1 1
J. Savage 1 1
J. Vilma 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
D. Williams 14 2
N. Webster 7 4
D. Bly 5 1
B. Bailey 5 4
J. Engelberger 4 0
M. Manuel 4 2
E. Ekuban 3 0
J. Winborn 3 2
D. Robertson 2 0
E. Dumervil 1 0
J. Moss 1 0
K. Paymah 1 1
M. McCree 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Bush 1
D. Brees 1
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Scheffler 1