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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 391 points (24.4/g), 8th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 259 points (16.2/g), 5th.
Differential of 132 points (8.2/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 11.6-4.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.0/g), 3rd.
Coached by John Fox (11-5-0)
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2005 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 11 | box | L | 0-1 | New Orleans Saints | 20 | 23 | 20 | 350 | 209 | 141 | 4 | 21 | 291 | 190 | 101 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 18 | box | W | 1-1 | New England Patriots | 27 | 17 | 17 | 250 | 146 | 104 | 1 | 14 | 288 | 249 | 39 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 25 | box | L | 1-2 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 24 | 27 | 23 | 299 | 238 | 61 | 3 | 16 | 315 | 171 | 144 | 1 |
| 4 | Mon | October 3 | box | W | 2-2 | Green Bay Packers | 32 | 29 | 17 | 286 | 196 | 90 | 1 | 22 | 352 | 294 | 58 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 9 | box | W | 3-2 | @ | Arizona Cardinals | 24 | 20 | 15 | 330 | 243 | 87 | 2 | 19 | 468 | 396 | 72 | 4 |
| 6 | Sun | October 16 | box | W | 4-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 21 | 20 | 14 | 317 | 263 | 54 | 4 | 11 | 209 | 157 | 52 | 4 |
| 7 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | October 30 | box | W | 5-2 | Minnesota Vikings | 38 | 13 | 27 | 449 | 338 | 111 | 14 | 253 | 171 | 82 | |||
| 9 | Sun | November 6 | box | W | 6-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 34 | 14 | 15 | 287 | 210 | 77 | 18 | 270 | 226 | 44 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 13 | box | W | 7-2 | New York Jets | 30 | 3 | 15 | 220 | 119 | 101 | 2 | 15 | 214 | 77 | 137 | 6 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 20 | box | L | 7-3 | @ | Chicago Bears | 3 | 13 | 13 | 238 | 183 | 55 | 2 | 15 | 258 | 136 | 122 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | November 27 | box | W | 8-3 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 13 | 9 | 19 | 295 | 182 | 113 | 1 | 14 | 216 | 161 | 55 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | December 4 | box | W | 9-3 | Atlanta Falcons | 24 | 6 | 14 | 306 | 164 | 142 | 1 | 14 | 259 | 148 | 111 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 11 | box | L | 9-4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 20 | 14 | 276 | 194 | 82 | 1 | 17 | 247 | 133 | 114 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 18 | box | W | 10-4 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 27 | 10 | 19 | 326 | 165 | 161 | 2 | 15 | 277 | 183 | 94 | 6 |
| 16 | Sat | December 24 | box | L | 10-5 | Dallas Cowboys | 20 | 24 | 13 | 318 | 247 | 71 | 2 | 22 | 394 | 180 | 214 | 2 | |
| 17 | Sun | January 1 | box | W | 11-5 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 44 | 11 | 23 | 403 | 174 | 229 | 15 | 211 | 185 | 26 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 8 | box | W | 12-5 | @ | New York Giants | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Division | Sun | January 15 | box | W | 13-5 | @ | Chicago Bears | 29 | 21 | ||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 22 | box | L | 13-6 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 14 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 391 | 4950 | 964 | 5.1 | 278 | 269 | 449 | 3271 | 25 | 16 | 6.9 | 157 | 487 | 1679 | 17 | 3.4 | 82 | 26 | 10 | 39 |
| Team Defense | 259 | 4522 | 981 | 4.6 | 452 | 305 | 528 | 3057 | 15 | 23 | 5.3 | 160 | 408 | 1465 | 9 | 3.6 | 262 | 42 | 19 | 30 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 29 | 13 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Delhomme* | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 262 | 435 | 60.2 | 3421 | 24 | 5.5 | 16 | 3.7 | 80 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 13.1 | 213.8 | 88.1 | 28 | 214 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Chris Weinke | 33 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 64 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 9.1 | 21.3 | 93.1 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 0.0 | |
| DeShaun Foster | 25 | RB | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 269 | 449 | 59.9 | 3485 | 25 | 5.6 | 16 | 3.6 | 80 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 13.0 | 217.8 | 88.1 | 28 | 214 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 305 | 528 | 57.8 | 3057 | 15 | 2.8 | 23 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 10.0 | 191.1 | 65.7 | 45 | 294 | 5.3 | 3.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| DeShaun Foster | 25 | RB | 15 | 5 | 205 | 879 | 2 | 70 | 4.3 | 58.6 | 13.7 | 34 | 372 | 10.9 | 1 | 47 | 2.3 | 24.8 | 1251 | 3 | 2 |
| Stephen Davis | 31 | rb | 13 | 11 | 180 | 549 | 12 | 39 | 3.1 | 42.2 | 13.8 | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 21 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 594 | 12 | 2 |
| Nick Goings | 27 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 133 | 0 | 17 | 3.6 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 14 | 151 | 10.8 | 0 | 30 | 0.9 | 9.4 | 284 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jake Delhomme* | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 24 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 31 | 1 | 12 | |||||||
| Jamal Robertson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 11 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 41 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Brad Hoover | 29 | FB | 15 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 0 | 12 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 109 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Weinke | 33 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 1 | -0.6 | -1.7 | 2.7 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Smith*+ | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 103 | 1563 | 15.2 | 12 | 80 | 6.4 | 97.7 | 1588 | 13 | 2 |
| Rod Smart | 28 | RET | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Keary Colbert | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 25 | 282 | 11.3 | 2 | 42 | 1.6 | 17.6 | 288 | 2 | 1 |
| Ricky Proehl | 37 | 16 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 | -0.5 | 0.1 | 25 | 441 | 17.6 | 4 | 69 | 1.6 | 27.6 | 433 | 4 | 0 | |
| Kris Mangum | 32 | TE | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 202 | 8.8 | 2 | 24 | 1.6 | 14.4 | 202 | 2 | 0 | |
| Michael Gaines | 25 | te | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 155 | 12.9 | 2 | 38 | 1.1 | 14.1 | 155 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rod Gardner | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 1 | 15 | 0.9 | 8.4 | 84 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Drew Carter | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | 40 | 1.7 | 34.3 | 103 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 487 | 1679 | 17 | 70 | 3.4 | 104.9 | 30.4 | 269 | 3485 | 13.0 | 25 | 80 | 16.8 | 217.8 | 5164 | 42 | 23 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 408 | 1465 | 9 | 3.6 | 91.6 | 25.5 | 305 | 3057 | 10.0 | 15 | 19.1 | 191.1 | 4522 | 24 | 25 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Steve Smith*+ | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 27 | 286 | 0 | 44 | 10.6 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 33 | 20.3 | 1935 |
| Rod Smart | 28 | RET | 12 | 0 | 29 | 615 | 0 | 60 | 21.2 | 621 | |||||
| Jamal Robertson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 343 | 0 | 42 | 21.4 | 384 | ||||||
| Chris Gamble | 22 | RCB | 15 | 15 | 14 | 158 | 0 | 76 | 11.3 | 158 | |||||
| Michael Gaines | 25 | te | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 12.0 | 179 | |||||
| Nick Goings | 27 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 305 | ||||||
| Brad Hoover | 29 | FB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 119 | |||||
| Kris Mangum | 32 | TE | 14 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 211 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 41 | 444 | 0 | 76 | 10.8 | 53 | 1083 | 0 | 60 | 20.4 | 6691 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 36 | 0 | 80 | 1702 | 0 | 21.3 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| John Kasay | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 26 | 76.5% | 44 | 43 | 97.7% | 1 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 36.0 |
| Jason Baker | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 72 | 3118 | 59 | 0 | 43.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 26 | 76.5% | 44 | 43 | 97.7% | 73 | 3154 | 59 | 0 | 43.2 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 27 | 23 | 85.2% | 22 | 22 | 100.0% | 79 | 3563 | 45.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Jake Delhomme* | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | -4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Julius Peppers* | 25 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 12 | |
| Mike Rucker | 30 | RDE | 15 | 14 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 10 | |
| Chris Gamble | 22 | RCB | 15 | 15 | 7 | 157 | 1 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 10 | ||
| Al Wallace | 31 | 16 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
| Ken Lucas | 26 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 62 | 7 | ||
| Kindal Moorehead | 27 | 15 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | ||
| Ricky Manning | 25 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 34 | 8 | |||
| Will Witherspoon | 25 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 2.5 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 66 | 15 | ||||||
| Jordan Carstens | 24 | RDT | 16 | 15 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | |
| Chris Draft | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9 | ||
| Marlon McCree | 28 | SS | 16 | 15 | 3 | 73 | 0 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 14 | ||
| Dan Morgan | 27 | MLB | 13 | 13 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 18 | |
| Steve Smith*+ | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jordan Gross | 25 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Minter | 31 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1.5 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 22 | |
| Brentson Buckner | 34 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | |
| Stephen Davis | 31 | rb | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| DeShaun Foster | 25 | RB | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Davis | 22 | 16 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | |||||||
| Keary Colbert | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nick Goings | 27 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Karl Hankton | 35 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Brad Hoover | 29 | FB | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kemp Rasmussen | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |||
| Jamal Robertson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Seidman | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rod Smart | 28 | RET | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sean Tufts | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
| Mike Wahle* | 28 | LG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dante Wesley | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Brandon Short | 28 | LLB | 16 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 18 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 44.0 | 23 | 440 | 2 | 61 | 95 | 17 | 23 | 30 | 78 | 1 | 752 | 196 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 25 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kasay | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 43 | 26 | 121 | |||||||||
| Steve Smith*+ | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 78 | |||||||||
| Stephen Davis | 31 | rb | 13 | 11 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Proehl | 37 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| DeShaun Foster | 25 | RB | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Keary Colbert | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Michael Gaines | 25 | te | 11 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Kris Mangum | 32 | TE | 14 | 9 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Drew Carter | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jake Delhomme* | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Chris Gamble | 22 | RCB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Rod Gardner | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ricky Manning | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jamal Robertson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Will Witherspoon | 25 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 26 | 391 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 259 |