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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 270 points (16.9/g), 27th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 305 points (19.1/g), 8th.
Differential of -35 points (-2.2/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 23rd.
Coached by John Fox (8-8-0)
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2006 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 10 | box | L | 0-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 20 | 15 | 215 | 150 | 65 | 2 | 24 | 385 | 133 | 252 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 17 | box | L | 0-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 16 | 14 | 271 | 164 | 107 | 1 | 17 | 365 | 225 | 140 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | September 24 | box | W | 1-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 26 | 24 | 22 | 350 | 249 | 101 | 3 | 13 | 209 | 145 | 64 | 2 |
| 4 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 2-2 | New Orleans Saints | 21 | 18 | 20 | 324 | 157 | 167 | 22 | 407 | 344 | 63 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 8 | box | W | 3-2 | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 12 | 15 | 288 | 169 | 119 | 17 | 248 | 157 | 91 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 15 | box | W | 4-2 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 23 | 21 | 20 | 414 | 356 | 58 | 3 | 16 | 292 | 212 | 80 | 3 |
| 7 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 4-3 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 17 | 17 | 277 | 217 | 60 | 1 | 22 | 342 | 230 | 112 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 4-4 | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 35 | 16 | 204 | 128 | 76 | 3 | 27 | 414 | 258 | 156 | 1 | |
| 9 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Mon | November 13 | box | W | 5-4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24 | 10 | 17 | 318 | 240 | 78 | 2 | 13 | 222 | 153 | 69 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 19 | box | W | 6-4 | St. Louis Rams | 15 | 0 | 20 | 411 | 169 | 242 | 3 | 8 | 111 | 80 | 31 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 6-5 | @ | Washington Redskins | 13 | 17 | 15 | 264 | 163 | 101 | 2 | 14 | 253 | 110 | 143 | 1 |
| 13 | Mon | December 4 | box | L | 6-6 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 24 | 27 | 18 | 377 | 269 | 108 | 2 | 18 | 402 | 304 | 98 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 10 | box | L | 6-7 | New York Giants | 13 | 27 | 22 | 463 | 418 | 45 | 3 | 15 | 307 | 172 | 135 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 17 | box | L | 6-8 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 37 | 12 | 240 | 197 | 43 | 2 | 20 | 306 | 147 | 159 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 24 | box | W | 7-8 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 3 | 15 | 194 | 11 | 183 | 8 | 177 | 94 | 83 | 2 | |
| 17 | Sun | December 31 | box | W | 8-8 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 31 | 21 | 20 | 313 | 207 | 106 | 13 | 297 | 236 | 61 | 2 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 270 | 4923 | 994 | 5.0 | 278 | 325 | 539 | 3264 | 19 | 17 | 5.7 | 158 | 423 | 1659 | 7 | 3.9 | 100 | 27 | 10 | 20 |
| Team Defense | 305 | 4737 | 990 | 4.8 | 438 | 291 | 500 | 3000 | 22 | 14 | 5.5 | 149 | 449 | 1737 | 10 | 3.9 | 267 | 22 | 8 | 22 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 27 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Delhomme | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 7-6-0 | 263 | 431 | 61.0 | 2805 | 17 | 3.9 | 11 | 2.6 | 72 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 10.7 | 215.8 | 82.6 | 22 | 167 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| Chris Weinke | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1-2-0 | 56 | 96 | 58.3 | 625 | 2 | 2.1 | 4 | 4.2 | 38 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 11.2 | 208.3 | 67.4 | 10 | 55 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 9.4 | |
| Brett Basanez | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 18 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 9.3 | 56.0 | 30.9 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Keyshawn Johnson | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 8-8-0 | 325 | 539 | 60.3 | 3486 | 19 | 3.5 | 17 | 3.2 | 72 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 10.7 | 217.9 | 77.9 | 32 | 222 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.6 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 291 | 500 | 58.2 | 3000 | 22 | 4.4 | 14 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 187.5 | 78.6 | 41 | 265 | 5.5 | 4.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| DeShaun Foster | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 897 | 3 | 43 | 4.0 | 64.1 | 16.2 | 32 | 159 | 5.0 | 0 | 14 | 2.3 | 11.4 | 1056 | 3 | 4 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 23 | RET | 13 | 2 | 121 | 501 | 1 | 31 | 4.1 | 38.5 | 9.3 | 33 | 313 | 9.5 | 1 | 41 | 2.5 | 24.1 | 814 | 2 | 1 |
| Brad Hoover | 30 | FB | 16 | 12 | 22 | 73 | 1 | 17 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 20 | 122 | 6.1 | 0 | 16 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 195 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Delhomme | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Nick Goings | 28 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 28 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 10 | 107 | 10.7 | 1 | 23 | 0.9 | 9.7 | 159 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith* | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 8 | 61 | 1 | 24 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 83 | 1166 | 14.0 | 8 | 72 | 5.9 | 83.3 | 1227 | 9 | 2 |
| Eric Shelton | 23 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Weinke | 34 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Drew Carter | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 28 | 357 | 12.8 | 3 | 42 | 2.0 | 25.5 | 375 | 3 | 0 | |
| Keyshawn Johnson | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 70 | 815 | 11.6 | 4 | 40 | 4.4 | 50.9 | 819 | 5 | 1 |
| Brett Basanez | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kris Mangum | 33 | te | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 170 | 8.1 | 1 | 19 | 1.4 | 11.3 | 170 | 1 | 0 | |
| Michael Gaines | 26 | TE | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 146 | 9.7 | 0 | 19 | 0.9 | 9.1 | 146 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keary Colbert | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | 16 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taye Biddle | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 22 | 1.5 | 18.5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Karl Hankton | 36 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 18 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff King | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 423 | 1659 | 7 | 43 | 3.9 | 103.7 | 26.4 | 325 | 3486 | 10.7 | 19 | 72 | 20.3 | 217.9 | 5145 | 26 | 21 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 449 | 1737 | 10 | 3.9 | 108.6 | 28.1 | 291 | 3000 | 10.3 | 22 | 18.2 | 187.5 | 4737 | 32 | 22 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Chris Gamble | 23 | LCB | 15 | 13 | 36 | 185 | 0 | 24 | 5.1 | 185 | |||||
| DeAngelo Williams | 23 | RET | 13 | 2 | 32 | 623 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 1437 | |||||
| Richard Marshall | 22 | rcb | 16 | 8 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | 14 | 291 | 0 | 26 | 20.8 | 290 |
| Steve Smith* | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 3.3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | -0.5 | 1256 |
| Nick Goings | 28 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 218 | 0 | 33 | 24.2 | 377 | ||||||
| Brad Hoover | 30 | FB | 16 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 12.3 | 232 | |||||
| Taye Biddle | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 48 | ||||||
| Michael Gaines | 26 | TE | 16 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 16.0 | 178 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 49 | 225 | 0 | 24 | 4.6 | 62 | 1200 | 0 | 39 | 19.4 | 6570 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 61 | 1 | 59 | 1302 | 0 | 22.1 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Jason Baker | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 98 | 4483 | 70 | 1 | 45.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Kasay | 37 | K | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 88.9% | 28 | 28 | 100.0% | 1 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 88.9% | 28 | 28 | 100.0% | 99 | 4508 | 70 | 1 | 45.5 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 30 | 24 | 80.0% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 98 | 4292 | 43.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Julius Peppers*+ | 26 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 9 | |
| Richard Marshall | 22 | rcb | 16 | 8 | 1.0 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 70 | 13 | |
| Chris Draft | 30 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 83 | 26 | |
| Chris Gamble | 23 | LCB | 15 | 13 | 1.0 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 13 | |
| Jake Delhomme | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| DeShaun Foster | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Rucker | 31 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 1 | |||||
| Damione Lewis | 28 | 16 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Brad Hoover | 30 | FB | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kris Jenkins* | 27 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 | ||||||
| Ken Lucas | 27 | RCB/lcb | 13 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 14 | |||||||
| Al Wallace | 32 | 16 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | |||||||
| Chris Weinke | 34 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Anderson | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
| Mike Minter | 32 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 24 | ||
| Steve Smith* | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| DeAngelo Williams | 23 | RET | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Shaun Williams | 30 | SS | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 13 | ||
| Thomas Davis | 23 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 19 | |
| Colin Branch | 26 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||
| Jordan Gross | 26 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Karl Hankton | 36 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Keyshawn Johnson | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Christian Morton | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
| Kindal Moorehead | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0.5 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 40.0 | 14 | 115 | 2 | 30 | 77 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 755 | 219 | 1 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 32 | 22 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kasay | 37 | K | 16 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 100 | |||||||||
| Steve Smith* | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 54 | |||||||||
| Keyshawn Johnson | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 30 | |||||||||
| Drew Carter | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| DeShaun Foster | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| DeAngelo Williams | 23 | RET | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Chris Gamble | 23 | LCB | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Nick Goings | 28 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Brad Hoover | 30 | FB | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jeff King | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Kris Mangum | 33 | te | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Richard Marshall | 22 | rcb | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mike Rucker | 31 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 270 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 24 | 305 |