Exhibition Week 2, 2007

played in New England, MA

62 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	0	7	0	0	-	7
New England Patriots	7	7	0	17	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:35 NED - Laurence Maroney 2 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 09:32 NOS - Aaron Stecker 1 run (Olindo Mare extra point)
2Q: 06:44 NED - Ben Watson 50 pass from Damon Huard (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 10:10 NED - Kevin Faulk 3 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 03:39 NED - Laurence Maroney 4 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 01:12 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 31 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:35 NED - Laurence Maroney 2 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 09:32 NOS - Aaron Stecker 1 run (Olindo Mare extra point)
2Q: 06:44 NED - Ben Watson 50 pass from Damon Huard (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 10:10 NED - Kevin Faulk 3 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 03:39 NED - Laurence Maroney 4 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 01:12 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 31 field goal

Team Statistics NOS NED
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 12 21
- by Rushing 2 9
- by Passing 8 12
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 169 348
- Offensive Plays 52 70
- Yards per Play 3.25 4.97
Net Rushing Yards 39 140
- Rushing Attempts 14 37
- Yards per Rush 2.79 3.78
Net Passing Yards 130 208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 17 - 2 30 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 174 220
- Sacks/Yards Lost 7/44 3/12
- Yards per Pass Play 3.42 6.30
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 2/11 8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 12.3 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/15 9/51
Punt Returns/Yards 4/13 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 6/123 2/38
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 37
Time of Possession 23:42 36:18

Team Statistics	NOS	NED
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	12	21
- by Rushing	2	9
- by Passing	8	12
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	169	348
- Offensive Plays	52	70
- Yards per Play	3.25	4.97
Net Rushing Yards	39	140
- Rushing Attempts	14	37
- Yards per Rush	2.79	3.78
Net Passing Yards	130	208
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 17 - 2	30 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	174	220
- Sacks/Yards Lost	7/44	3/12
- Yards per Pass Play	3.42	6.30
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	2/11	8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	12.3	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/15	9/51
Punt Returns/Yards	4/13	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	6/123	2/38
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 37
Time of Possession	23:42	36:18

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:09	OWN 36	5	19	Punt
1	3:29	3:19	OWN 31	6	57	Fumble
2	14:10	4:45	OWN 30	8	70	Touchdown
2	6:25	4:36	OWN 16	9	46	Punt
3	10:44	1:59	OPP 48	3	-3	Punt
3	5:23	1:51	OWN 46	3	6	Punt
3	0:57	0:12	OWN 49	1	0	Interception
4	13:51	0:46	OWN 25	2	5	Interception
4	10:04	1:43	OWN 28	3	-3	Punt
4	6:06	0:57	OWN 18	4	-13	Downs
4	3:31	0:49	OWN 30	4	0	Downs
4	1:04	1:03	OWN 26	4	-10	Downs

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:51	8:22	OWN 20	16	80	Touchdown
1	0:10	1:00	OWN 18	3	9	Punt
2	9:25	3:00	OWN 29	4	71	Touchdown
2	1:49	1:49	OWN 20	4	19	Punt
3	15:00	4:16	OWN 28	8	26	Fumble
3	8:45	3:22	OWN 3	6	8	Punt
3	3:32	2:35	OWN 3	5	7	Punt
3	0:45	1:54	OWN 21	5	24	Punt
4	13:05	3:01	OPP 48	6	48	Touchdown
4	8:21	2:15	OWN 39	3	5	Punt
4	5:09	1:38	OPP 5	3	5	Touchdown
4	2:42	1:38	OPP 30	6	16	Field Goal
4	0:01	0:01	OPP 16	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Richard Seymour, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Aaron Stecker	8	17	2.13	6	1
DeShawn Wynn	4	16	4.00	7	0
Will Proctor	2	6	3.00	4	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Kevin Faulk	20	67	3.35	11	3	1
Laurence Maroney	13	46	3.54	14	2	2
Damon Huard	4	27	6.75	24	1	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Will Proctor	18	5	31	7/44	0	20	2	0.0
Drew Brees	13	12	143	0/0	0	22	0	112.5

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	16	13	116	0/0	0	19	0	96.9
Damon Huard	14	8	104	3/12	1	50	0	104.4

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Marques Colston	4	12	55	13.75	6	22
WR Jeff Samardzija	4	5	46	11.50	0	21
WR Joe Horn	3	6	49	16.33	6	20
WR Mike Hass	3	4	15	5.00	5	10
RB Aaron Stecker	1	1	3	3.00	3	3
WR Michael Lewis	1	2	1	1.00	0	1
RB DeShawn Wynn	1	1	5	5.00	0	5

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Doug Gabriel	9	12	75	8.33	4	11	0
TE Ben Watson	4	4	75	18.75	51	50	1
RB Laurence Maroney	4	5	27	6.75	23	10	0
WR Chad Jackson	2	3	26	13.00	5	19	0
WR Miles Austin	1	3	10	10.00	0	10	0
FB Garrett Mills	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Kevin Faulk	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S James Sanders	1	0	0.00	0
CB Willie Andrews	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mike Hass	1	0	0
Will Proctor	1	0	0
Jeff Samardzija	1	0	0
Rob Ninkovich	0	1	0
Terrance Meadows	0	1	0
Curtis Forbes	0	1	0
Mark Simoneau	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Kevin Faulk	1	0	0
Tebucky Jones	0	1	0
Mike Vrabel	0	0	1
Richard Seymour	0	0	1
Eugene Wilson	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	5	212	42.4	34.4	48	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Daniel Sepulveda	6	248	41.3	39.2	47	2

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Olindo Mare	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roman Harper	4	13	3.3	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Joe Horn	4	84	21.0	0
Roman Harper	2	39	19.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eugene Wilson	1	22	22.0	0
Ellis Hobbs	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Willie Whitehead	6	0	1.0	19	18
DE Will Smith	5	2	0.0	21	21
ILB Morris Gatski	5	1	0.0	17	13
OLB Jeff Posey	4	1	0.0	18	13
ILB Andra Davis	4	1	0.0	20	20
CB Jason Craft	4	0	0.0	8	11
OLB Tommy Polley	4	0	0.0	14	16
DT Dominic Lee	3	0	1.0	22	19
S Bryan Scott	3	2	0.0	24	15
CB Fred Thomas	3	1	0.0	20	21
OLB Mark Simoneau	3	1	0.0	23	18
CB Curtis Deloatch	3	1	0.0	28	17
OLB Scott Fujita	3	0	0.0	14	15
DE Lawrence Jackson	2	0	1.0	28	29
S Tony Parrish	1	2	0.0	21	20
S Roman Harper	1	2	0.0	18	13
CB Bernard Lay	1	1	0.0	17	20
DT Brian Young	1	0	0.0	20	17
WR Michael Lewis	1	0	---	---	---
WR Marques Colston	1	0	---	---	---
T Curtis Forbes	1	0	---	---	---

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Eugene Wilson	5	1	1.0	11	29
DE Richard Seymour	4	1	2.0	9	25
DT Vince Wilfork	3	1	1.0	12	30
S Rodney Harrison	3	1	0.0	12	29
ILB Tedy Bruschi	3	0	0.0	8	25
OLB Rosevelt Colvin	3	0	0.0	10	20
CB Ade Jimoh	3	0	0.0	3	8
DE Ty Warren	2	1	1.0	9	29
CB Willie Andrews	2	1	0.5	7	28
ILB Mike Vrabel	2	0	0.0	9	32
OLB B.J. Gower	2	0	0.0	7	12
ILB Rick Singleton	1	1	1.0	3	7
ILB Dana Hall	1	1	0.0	6	13
CB Ellis Hobbs	1	0	0.0	11	30
T Ryan O'Callaghan	1	0	---	---	---
DT Le Kevin Smith	1	0	0.0	3	8
DE Jarvis Green	0	2	0.5	5	9
S Tebucky Jones	0	3	0.0	8	28
S James Sanders	0	1	0.0	5	10
OLB Brock Middleton	0	1	0.0	5	6

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Lawrence Jackson	1.0	1	0	29
DT Willie Whitehead	1.0	0	1	18
DT Dominic Lee	1.0	0	0	19
DT Brian Young	0.0	1	0	17
DE Will Smith	0.0	0	1	21

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Richard Seymour	2.0	1	1	2	25
DE Ty Warren	1.0	0	2	0	29
CB Eugene Wilson	1.0	0	0	0	29
DT Vince Wilfork	1.0	0	0	0	30
ILB Rick Singleton	1.0	0	0	0	7
DE Jarvis Green	0.5	0	0	0	9
CB Willie Andrews	0.5	0	0	0	28
ILB Mike Vrabel	0.0	1	0	0	32
DE Marquise Hill	0.0	0	1	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Jason Craft	3	1	11
CB Curtis Deloatch	3	0	17
ILB Morris Gatski	3	0	13
OLB Tommy Polley	2	0	16
ILB Andra Davis	2	0	20
OLB Scott Fujita	2	0	15
DE Will Smith	2	0	21
CB Fred Thomas	1	0	21
OLB Jeff Posey	1	0	13
DT Willie Whitehead	1	0	18
OLB Mark Simoneau	1	0	18
S Tony Parrish	0	1	20
S Bryan Scott	0	1	15

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Mike Vrabel	3	0	0	32
OLB Rosevelt Colvin	3	0	0	20
CB Eugene Wilson	2	2	0	29
CB Willie Andrews	2	1	1	28
ILB Tedy Bruschi	2	0	0	25
CB Ade Jimoh	2	0	0	8
CB Ellis Hobbs	1	1	0	30
S Rodney Harrison	1	0	0	29
OLB B.J. Gower	1	0	0	12
S James Sanders	0	0	1	10

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jermane Mayberry	1	3	12	2	25
Jamar Nesbit	1	2	5	1	32
Jeff Faine	0	2	9	1	32
Jonathan Goodwin	0	2	12	0	29
Jammal Brown	0	1	11	1	19
Jahri Evans	0	1	7	1	15
Terrance Meadows	0	1	8	0	16
Arron Sears	0	0	9	1	20

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Matt Light	3	6	2	22	0	22
Logan Mankins	3	6	1	30	0	25
Ike Branton	2	5	0	26	1	22
Cory Hilliard	2	5	0	28	0	18
Ryan Pontbriand	1	2	1	9	1	15
Kasey Studdard	0	3	0	18	0	19
Ben Watson	0	2	0	32	0	28
Garrett Mills	0	2	0	12	0	8
Wesley Britt	0	1	0	23	1	22
Scott Kooistra	0	1	0	15	0	11

Special Teams Statistics

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Jason Craft	1	14
Mike Hass	1	8
Aaron Stecker	0	19
Mark Simoneau	0	18
Roman Harper	0	15
Michael Lewis	0	14
Tony Parrish	0	13
Walter Nickel	0	12
Mike Karney	0	9
Jeff Posey	0	8
Joe Horn	0	7
Rob Ninkovich	0	7
Curtis Deloatch	0	6
Terrance Meadows	0	6
Mitch Berger	0	5
Jamar Nesbit	0	5
Deuce McAllister	0	5
Jonathan Goodwin	0	5
Curtis Forbes	0	5
Jermane Mayberry	0	4
Andra Davis	0	4
Jeff Faine	0	4
Alfred Fincher	0	3
Morris Gatski	0	3
Dominic Lee	0	3
Olindo Mare	0	2
Willie Whitehead	0	2
Scott Fujita	0	2
Jahri Evans	0	2
Vickiel Vaughn	0	2
Fred Thomas	0	1
Marcellus Wiley	0	1
Brian Young	0	1
Tommy Polley	0	1
Bryan Scott	0	1
Will Smith	0	1
Bernard Lay	0	1
Lawrence Jackson	0	1

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Dave Thomas	2	15
Chad Jackson	2	12
Ben Watson	2	11
Kevin Faulk	1	19
Daniel Graham	1	15
Ryan O'Callaghan	1	7
Doug Gabriel	1	6
Ade Jimoh	0	13
Dallas Baker	0	12
Keith Lewis	0	10
Garrett Mills	0	10
Mike Wright	0	8
Scott Kooistra	0	7
Ryan Pontbriand	0	7
Stephen Gostkowski	0	7
Rick Singleton	0	7
Daniel Sepulveda	0	7
Jarvis Green	0	5
Marquise Hill	0	4
Ike Branton	0	4
B.J. Gower	0	4
Brock Middleton	0	4
Cory Hilliard	0	4
Eugene Wilson	0	3
Logan Mankins	0	3
Kasey Studdard	0	3
Rodney Harrison	0	2
Ellis Hobbs	0	2
Miles Austin	0	2
Dana Hall	0	2
Tedy Bruschi	0	1
Mike Vrabel	0	1
Tebucky Jones	0	1
Ty Warren	0	1
Vince Wilfork	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	11	3.7
Middle	6	7	1.2
Right	5	21	4.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	16	51	3.2
Middle	16	84	5.3
Right	4	6	1.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Will Proctor	18	5	1	2	0	4	3	2	2
Drew Brees	13	12	3	0	0	0	1	0	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	16	13	0	1	0	1	1	2	0
Damon Huard	14	8	1	3	0	2	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	8	2.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	5	19	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	64	7.1
Long (19+ Yds)	13	4	83	6.4

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	22	5.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	49	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	10	149	11.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Marques Colston	12	4	55	1	33
WR Joe Horn	6	3	49	1	23
WR Jeff Samardzija	5	4	46	2	19
WR Mike Hass	4	3	15	0	10
WR Michael Lewis	2	1	1	0	26
RB Aaron Stecker	1	1	3	0	26
RB DeShawn Wynn	1	1	5	0	11

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Doug Gabriel	12	9	75	0	27
RB Laurence Maroney	5	4	27	0	25
TE Ben Watson	4	4	75	1	28
WR Miles Austin	3	1	10	0	16
WR Chad Jackson	3	2	26	0	19
RB Kevin Faulk	2	0	0	0	11
FB Garrett Mills	1	1	7	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Aaron Stecker	1	1	1.00	2.13

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kevin Faulk	6	3	0.50	3.35
Laurence Maroney	3	7	2.33	3.54
Damon Huard	1	-1	-1.00	6.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Drew Brees	2	2	11	5.50	11.00

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Damon Huard	2	2	18	9.00	7.43
Tom Brady	2	2	16	8.00	7.25

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Marques Colston	1	1	7	7.00	4.58
WR Mike Hass	1	1	4	4.00	3.75

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Doug Gabriel	2	2	18	9.00	6.25
TE Ben Watson	1	1	11	11.00	18.75
RB Laurence Maroney	1	1	5	5.00	5.40

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Aaron Stecker	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conv