Franchise Index: Previous Season
Record: 9-0-0, Currently 1st place in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 331 points (36.8/g), 1st of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 197 points (21.9/g), 17th.
Differential of 134 points (14.9/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 7.0-2.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.7/g), 5th.
Coached by Sean Payton (9-0-0)
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2009 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| 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 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Mon | November 30 | New England Patriots | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Sun | December 6 | @ | Washington Redskins | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Sun | December 13 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Sat | December 19 | Dallas Cowboys | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Sun | December 27 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Sun | January 3 | @ | Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 331 | 3835 | 592 | 6.5 | 200 | 199 | 291 | 2475 | 19 | 9 | 8.1 | 116 | 288 | 1360 | 16 | 4.7 | 74 | 19 | 10 | 10 |
| Team Defense | 197 | 3087 | 589 | 5.2 | 163 | 180 | 337 | 2049 | 8 | 17 | 5.7 | 91 | 231 | 1038 | 12 | 4.5 | 60 | 25 | 8 | 12 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 30 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 17 | 21 | 14 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Drew Brees | 30 | 9 | 199 | 291 | 68.4 | 2559 | 19 | 6.5 | 9 | 3.1 | 66 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 12.9 | 284.3 | 104.6 | 13 | 84 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 4.3 | |||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 9 | 199 | 291 | 68.4 | 2559 | 19 | 6.5 | 9 | 3.1 | 66 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 12.9 | 284.3 | 104.6 | 13 | 84 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 4.3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 9 | 180 | 337 | 53.4 | 2164 | 8 | 2.4 | 17 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 12.0 | 240.4 | 60.2 | 21 | 115 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 21 | Mike Bell | 26 | 7 | 102 | 439 | 2 | 35 | 4.3 | 62.7 | 14.6 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 448 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Pierre Thomas | 25 | 8 | 94 | 492 | 5 | 34 | 5.2 | 61.5 | 11.8 | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 1 | 36 | 1.8 | 12.6 | 593 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 25 | Reggie Bush | 24 | 9 | 55 | 277 | 5 | 55 | 5.0 | 30.8 | 6.1 | 29 | 207 | 7.1 | 1 | 29 | 3.2 | 23.0 | 484 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Drew Brees | 30 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 28 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||
| 30 | Lynell Hamilton | 24 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 4.8 | 24.0 | 5.0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Robert Meachem | 25 | 7 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 41 | 17.8 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 14 | 323 | 23.1 | 4 | 54 | 2.0 | 46.1 | 394 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Devery Henderson | 27 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 30 | 523 | 17.4 | 1 | 63 | 3.3 | 58.1 | 533 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Kyle Eckel | 28 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Marques Colston | 26 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 39 | 613 | 15.7 | 6 | 45 | 4.3 | 68.1 | 619 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Mark Brunell | 39 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | -9.0 | -9.0 | 1.0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 88 | Jeremy Shockey | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37 | 444 | 12.0 | 3 | 66 | 4.1 | 49.3 | 444 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Lance Moore | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 146 | 11.2 | 1 | 22 | 2.6 | 29.2 | 146 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 85 | David Thomas | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 123 | 10.3 | 0 | 18 | 2.0 | 20.5 | 123 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 9 | 288 | 1360 | 16 | 55 | 4.7 | 151.1 | 32.0 | 199 | 2559 | 12.9 | 19 | 66 | 22.1 | 284.3 | 3919 | 35 | 17 | |||
| Opp Total | 9 | 231 | 1038 | 12 | 4.5 | 115.3 | 25.7 | 180 | 2049 | 11.4 | 8 | 20.0 | 227.7 | 3087 | 20 | 11 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 15 | Courtney Roby | 26 | 8 | 23 | 670 | 1 | 97 | 29.1 | 670 | |||||||
| 25 | Reggie Bush | 24 | 9 | 21 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 3.8 | 564 | |||||||
| 17 | Robert Meachem | 25 | 7 | 6 | 148 | 0 | 42 | 24.7 | 542 | |||||||
| 97 | Jeff Charleston | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||
| 23 | Pierre Thomas | 25 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 612 | |||||||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 9 | 21 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 3.8 | 31 | 837 | 1 | 97 | 27.0 | 4836 | |||
| Opp Total | 9 | 14 | 0 | 47 | 1159 | 0 | 24.7 | |||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 3 | John Carney | 45 | K | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 78.6% | 42 | 40 | 95.2% | ||||||||||
| 6 | Thomas Morstead | 23 | P | 9 | 30 | 1289 | 60 | 0 | 43.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 78.6% | 42 | 40 | 95.2% | 30 | 1289 | 60 | 0 | 43.0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 9 | 16 | 14 | 87.5% | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | 45 | 194 | 4.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 41 | Roman Harper | 27 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 11 | |||
| 51 | Jonathan Vilma | 27 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 17 | ||||||||
| 58 | Scott Shanle | 30 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 11 | ||||
| 22 | Tracy Porter | 23 | 9 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | ||||
| 32 | Jabari Greer | 27 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 48 | 13 | 35 | 3 | |||||||||
| 42 | Darren Sharper | 34 | 8 | 0.5 | 7 | 317 | 3 | 99 | 12 | 25 | 10 | ||||||||
| 69 | Anthony Hargrove | 26 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | |||
| 94 | Charles Grant | 31 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | ||||||||
| 91 | Will Smith | 28 | 9 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 55 | Scott Fujita | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | |||||||||
| 20 | Randall Gay | 27 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 4 | |||||||||
| 98 | Sedrick Ellis | 24 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||
| 50 | Marvin Mitchell | 25 | 7 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 92 | Remi Ayodele | 26 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||
| 56 | Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 93 | Bobby McCray | 28 | 7 | 1.0 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 90 | DeMario Pressley | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Drew Brees | 30 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 28 | Usama Young | 24 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 | Pierson Prioleau | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 54 | Troy Evans | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Leigh Torrence | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | Malcolm Jenkins | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Reggie Bush | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 97 | Jeff Charleston | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Mike Bell | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Devery Henderson | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 71 | Kendrick Clancy | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 39 | Chris Reis | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 88 | Jeremy Shockey | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 73 | Jahri Evans | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Lance Moore | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 85 | David Thomas | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Pierre Thomas | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 52 | Jonathan Casillas | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Marques Colston | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 76 | Jonathan Goodwin | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 57 | Jason Kyle | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Robert Meachem | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 9 | 21.0 | 17 | 513 | 5 | 99 | 56 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 401 | 123 | ||||
| Opp Total | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 9 | 40 | 11 | 73 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Reggie Bush | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Marques Colston | 26 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Pierre Thomas | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Robert Meachem | 25 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| 44 | Heath Evans | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 42 | Darren Sharper | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 88 | Jeremy Shockey | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Mike Bell | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Drew Brees | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 92 | Remi Ayodele | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 32 | Jabari Greer | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Lynell Hamilton | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 69 | Anthony Hargrove | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Devery Henderson | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Lance Moore | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Tracy Porter | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Courtney Roby | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.7 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 40 | 11 | 331 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 9 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 197 |