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2009 New Orleans Saints

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 510 points (31.9/g), 1st of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 341 points (21.3/g), 20th.
 Differential of 169 points (10.6/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 11.6-4.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 3rd.

Simple Rating System: Total 10.8, Offense: 11.2, Defense: -0.5, SoS: 0.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Sean Payton (13-3-0)

2009 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 box W 1-0 Detroit Lions 45 27 28 515 358 157 3 14 231 198 33 3
2 Sun September 20 box W 2-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 48 22 23 421 288 133 1 23 463 384 79 4
3 Sun September 27 box W 3-0 @ Buffalo Bills 27 7 21 378 156 222 1 13 243 154 89 2
4 Sun October 4 box W 4-0 New York Jets 24 10 18 343 190 153 1 14 244 112 132 4
5 Bye Week
6 Sun October 18 box W 5-0 New York Giants 48 27 28 493 369 124 17 325 241 84 2
7 Sun October 25 box W 6-0 @ Miami Dolphins 46 34 22 414 276 138 4 17 334 197 137 3
8 Mon November 2 box W 7-0 Atlanta Falcons 35 27 23 437 291 146 4 21 442 281 161 3
9 Sun November 8 box W 8-0 Carolina Panthers 30 20 18 414 330 84 2 21 371 189 182 3
10 Sun November 15 box W 9-0 @ St. Louis Rams 28 23 19 420 217 203 3 23 434 293 141 1
11 Sun November 22 box W 10-0 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 7 21 370 187 183 14 219 100 119 4
12 Mon November 30 box W 11-0 New England Patriots 38 17 18 480 367 113 1 23 366 244 122 3
13 Sun December 6 box W 12-0 @ Washington Redskins 33 30 25 463 408 55 1 28 455 367 88 4
14 Sun December 13 box W 13-0 @ Atlanta Falcons 26 23 24 391 296 95 19 392 303 89 1
15 Sat December 19 box L 13-1 Dallas Cowboys 17 24 23 336 271 65 3 24 439 294 145
16 Sun December 27 box L 13-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 20 23 373 249 124 1 24 439 263 176 2
17 Sun January 3 box L 13-3 @ Carolina Panthers 10 23 14 213 102 111 3 15 327 149 178
Playoffs
Division Sat January 16 box W 14-3 Arizona Cardinals 45 14 27 418 247 171 15 359 258 101 2
ConfChamp Sun January 24 box W 15-3 Minnesota Vikings 31 28 15 257 189 68 1 31 475 310 165 5
SuperBowl Sun February 7 box W 16-3 N Indianapolis Colts 31 17 20 332 281 51 23 432 333 99 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 510 6461 1032 6.3 348 378 544 4355 34 12 7.7 215 468 2106 21 4.5 115 28 16 18
Team Defense 341 5724 1044 5.5 310 330 574 3769 15 26 6.2 175 435 1955 19 4.5 111 39 13 24
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 2 15 4 1 6 2 7 6 3 7 16 29
Lg Rank Defense 20 25 22 27 26 5 3 20 17 21 28 26 2 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
9 Drew Brees* 30 15 363 514 70.6 4388 34 6.6 11 2.1 75 8.5 8.9 12.1 292.5 109.6 20 135 8.0 8.3 3.7
11 Mark Brunell 39 4 15 30 50.0 102 0 0.0 1 3.3 18 3.4 1.9 6.8 25.5 44.0 0 0 3.4 1.9 0.0
Team Total 27.6 16 378 544 69.5 4490 34 6.3 12 2.2 75 8.3 8.5 11.9 280.6 106.0 20 135 7.7 8.0 3.5
Opp Total 16 330 574 57.5 3961 15 2.6 26 4.5 6.9 5.4 12.0 247.6 68.6 35 192 6.2 4.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
21 Mike Bell 26 13 172 654 5 35 3.8 50.3 13.2 4 12 3.0 0 9 0.3 0.9 666 5 2
23 Pierre Thomas 25 14 147 793 6 34 5.4 56.6 10.5 39 302 7.7 2 36 2.8 21.6 1095 8 2
25 Reggie Bush 24 14 70 390 5 55 5.6 27.9 5.0 47 335 7.1 3 29 3.4 23.9 725 8 4
30 Lynell Hamilton 24 8 35 125 2 19 3.6 15.6 4.4 5 48 9.6 0 16 0.6 6.0 173 2 0
9 Drew Brees* 30 15 22 33 2 10 1.5 2.2 1.5 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 0.1 -0.3 29 2 10
17 Robert Meachem 25 14 6 82 0 41 13.7 5.9 0.4 45 722 16.0 9 54 3.2 51.6 804 9 2
44 Heath Evans 31 5 5 16 1 6 3.2 3.2 1.0 10 70 7.0 2 13 2.0 14.0 86 3 0
19 Devery Henderson 27 16 4 13 0 13 3.3 0.8 0.3 51 804 15.8 2 75 3.2 50.3 817 2 0
11 Mark Brunell 39 4 4 -12 0 -1 -3.0 -3.0 1.0 -12 0 0
36 Kyle Eckel 28 3 2 6 0 7 3.0 2.0 0.7 2 14 7.0 0 8 0.7 4.7 20 0 0
12 Marques Colston 26 16 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 70 1074 15.3 9 68 4.4 67.1 1080 9 2
88 Jeremy Shockey 29 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 48 569 11.9 3 66 3.7 43.8 569 3 0
85 David Thomas 26 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 356 10.2 1 37 2.9 29.7 356 1 0
16 Lance Moore 26 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 153 10.9 2 22 2.3 25.5 153 2 0
80 Darnell Dinkins 32 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 22 4.4 1 8 2.5 11.0 22 1 0
84 Tory Humphrey 26 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 1.0 7.0 7 0 0
15 Courtney Roby 26 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.4 6 0 2
Team Total 27.6 16 468 2106 21 55 4.5 131.6 29.3 378 4490 11.9 34 75 23.6 280.6 6596 55 25
Opp Total 16 435 1955 19 4.5 122.2 27.2 330 3769 11.4 15 20.6 235.6 5724 34 18

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
15 Courtney Roby 26 15 42 1154 1 97 27.5 1160
25 Reggie Bush 24 14 27 130 0 23 4.8 855
17 Robert Meachem 25 14 6 148 0 42 24.7 952
19 Devery Henderson 27 16 4 16 0 11 4.0 833
30 Lynell Hamilton 24 8 3 15 0 15 5.0 188
21 Mike Bell 26 13 2 45 0 28 22.5 711
97 Jeff Charleston 26 9 2 11 0 11 5.5 11
80 Darnell Dinkins 32 2 1 1 0 1 1.0 23
16 Lance Moore 26 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 153
42 Darren Sharper* 34 14 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
23 Pierre Thomas 25 14 1 19 0 19 19.0 1114
Team Total 27.6 16 33 152 0 23 4.6 57 1393 1 97 24.4 8141
Opp Total 16 25 1 74 1813 0 24.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
3 John Carney 45 K 11 6 6 8 5 3 2 17 13 76.5% 52 50 96.2%
6 Thomas Morstead 23 P 16 58 2528 60 0 43.6
5 Garrett Hartley 23 5 1 1 3 3 6 5 1 11 9 81.8% 11 10 90.9%
Team Total 27.6 16 1 1 9 9 14 10 3 2 1 28 22 78.6% 63 60 95.2% 58 2528 60 0 43.6
Opp Total 16 32 27 84.4% 36 36 100.0% 71 305 4.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
51 Jonathan Vilma* 27 15 2.0 3 25 0 11 8 87 23
41 Roman Harper 27 14 1.5 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 81 18
58 Scott Shanle 30 14 2 16 0 13 4 0 0 2 12 0 62 13
42 Darren Sharper* 34 14 0.5 9 376 3 99 16 0 0 1 13 0 52 21
22 Tracy Porter 23 12 4 72 1 54 13 2 0 0 0 0 53 9
55 Scott Fujita 30 11 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 45 15
91 Will Smith 28 16 13.0 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 38 12
32 Jabari Greer 27 9 2 59 1 48 14 43 3
27 Malcolm Jenkins 22 11 1 14 0 14 4 2 0 1 0 0 41 6
20 Randall Gay 27 13 1.0 1 25 0 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 39 5
94 Charles Grant 31 16 5.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 31 13
69 Anthony Hargrove 26 15 5.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 1 31 10
98 Sedrick Ellis 24 10 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 7 0 27 8
92 Remi Ayodele 26 13 1.5 0 0 1 0 1 18 12
50 Marvin Mitchell 25 10 17 5
54 Troy Evans 32 10 0 0 0 0 1 17 4
90 DeMario Pressley 24 6 16 0
52 Jonathan Casillas 22 4 8 10
31 Pierson Prioleau 32 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 3
93 Bobby McCray 28 11 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 10 4
56 Jo-Lonn Dunbar 24 6 7 7
34 Mike McKenzie 33 5 1 8 0 8 4 8 3
28 Usama Young 24 5 1 24 0 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 2
24 Leigh Torrence 27 3 0.5 7 1
9 Drew Brees* 30 15 0 10 2 0 0
97 Jeff Charleston 26 9 5 2
39 Chris Reis 26 9 1 33 0 33 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3
29 Chris McAlister 32 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
25 Reggie Bush 24 14 0 4 2 0 0 1 0
17 Robert Meachem 25 14 1 2 1 44 1 2 0
73 Jahri Evans*+ 26 2 3 0
19 Devery Henderson 27 16 3 0
21 Mike Bell 26 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
12 Marques Colston 26 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
13 Rod Harper 24 2 2 0
71 Kendrick Clancy 31 2 1 1
57 Jason Kyle 37 3 1 1
88 Jeremy Shockey 29 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
95 Rodney Leisle 28 1 1 0
16 Lance Moore 26 6 1 0
15 Courtney Roby 26 15 2 0 0 0
64 Zach Strief 26 1 1 0
85 David Thomas 26 12 1 0
23 Pierre Thomas 25 14 0 2 0 0 0
76 Jonathan Goodwin 31 1 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.6 16 35.0 26 652 5 99 93 16 25 20 77 3 788 215
Opp Total 16 20 18 5 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 John Carney 45 K 11 50 13 89
17 Robert Meachem 25 14 9 1 10 60
12 Marques Colston 26 16 9 9 54
25 Reggie Bush 24 14 5 3 8 48
23 Pierre Thomas 25 14 6 2 8 48
5 Garrett Hartley 23 5 10 9 37
21 Mike Bell 26 13 5 5 30
44 Heath Evans 31 5 1 2 3 18
42 Darren Sharper* 34 14 3 3 18
88 Jeremy Shockey 29 13 3 3 18
9 Drew Brees* 30 15 2 2 12
30 Lynell Hamilton 24 8 2 2 12
19 Devery Henderson 27 16 2 2 12
16 Lance Moore 26 6 2 2 12
92 Remi Ayodele 26 13 1 1 6
80 Darnell Dinkins 32 2 1 1 6
32 Jabari Greer 27 9 1 1 6
69 Anthony Hargrove 26 15 1 1 6
22 Tracy Porter 23 12 1 1 6
15 Courtney Roby 26 15 1 1 6
85 David Thomas 26 12 1 1 6
Team Total 27.6 16 21 34 1 3 5 64 60 22 510
Opp Total 16 19 15 1 36 27 1 341