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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 547 points (34.2/g), 2nd of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 339 points (21.2/g), 13th.
Differential of 208 points (13.0/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.1-3.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 19th.
Simple Rating System: Total 11.4, Offense: 10.6, Defense: 0.8, SoS: -1.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Sean Payton
Offensive Coordinator: Pete Carmichael
Defensive Coordinator: Gregg Williams
Training Camp: Saints' Training Facility (Metairie, Louisiana)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | Average Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | TO | FL | 1stPy | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | #Dr | Sc% | TO% | Start | Time | Plays | Yds | Pts | |||
| Team Offense | 547 | 7474 | 1117 | 6.7 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 416 | 472 | 662 | 5347 | 46 | 14 | 7.8 | 280 | 431 | 2127 | 16 | 4.9 | 116 | 175 | 51.4 | 10.9 | Own 28.8 | 2:55 | 6.6 | 42.6 | 3.0 |
| Team Defense | 339 | 5895 | 1010 | 5.8 | 16 | 7 | 38 | 326 | 362 | 626 | 4157 | 24 | 9 | 6.3 | 196 | 351 | 1738 | 11 | 5.0 | 92 | 182 | 34.1 | 10.4 | Own 25.8 | 2:30 | 5.7 | 32.4 | 1.8 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 13 | 24 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 20 | |||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Thu | September 8 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 34 | 42 | 27 | 477 | 396 | 81 | 1 | 27 | 399 | 296 | 103 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 18 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | Chicago Bears | 30 | 13 | 16 | 382 | 264 | 118 | 1 | 18 | 246 | 186 | 60 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 25 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | Houston Texans | 40 | 33 | 27 | 454 | 354 | 100 | 2 | 21 | 473 | 364 | 109 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 2 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 23 | 10 | 30 | 503 | 326 | 177 | 2 | 15 | 274 | 170 | 104 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 9 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 30 | 27 | 27 | 444 | 343 | 101 | 1 | 20 | 381 | 219 | 162 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 16 | boxscore | L | 4-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20 | 26 | 20 | 453 | 383 | 70 | 4 | 21 | 420 | 303 | 117 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 23 | boxscore | W | 5-2 | Indianapolis Colts | 62 | 7 | 36 | 557 | 321 | 236 | 11 | 252 | 97 | 155 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Sun | October 30 | boxscore | L | 5-3 | @ | St. Louis Rams | 21 | 31 | 8 | 283 | 227 | 56 | 2 | 21 | 323 | 140 | 183 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 6 | boxscore | W | 6-3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27 | 16 | 25 | 453 | 258 | 195 | 1 | 18 | 365 | 281 | 84 | |||
| 10 | Sun | November 13 | boxscore | W | OT | 7-3 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 26 | 23 | 18 | 363 | 322 | 41 | 30 | 481 | 343 | 138 | 1 | |
| 11 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Mon | November 28 | boxscore | W | 8-3 | New York Giants | 49 | 24 | 31 | 577 | 372 | 205 | 29 | 465 | 392 | 73 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 4 | boxscore | W | 9-3 | Detroit Lions | 31 | 17 | 21 | 438 | 338 | 100 | 25 | 466 | 379 | 87 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Sun | December 11 | boxscore | W | 10-3 | @ | Tennessee Titans | 22 | 17 | 24 | 437 | 323 | 114 | 17 | 373 | 314 | 59 | |||
| 15 | Sun | December 18 | boxscore | W | 11-3 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 42 | 20 | 36 | 573 | 412 | 161 | 2 | 12 | 207 | 102 | 105 | 1 | |
| 16 | Mon | December 26 | boxscore | W | 12-3 | Atlanta Falcons | 45 | 16 | 26 | 463 | 299 | 164 | 2 | 23 | 469 | 434 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Sun | January 1 | boxscore | W | 13-3 | Carolina Panthers | 45 | 17 | 33 | 617 | 409 | 208 | 1 | 21 | 301 | 137 | 164 | 2 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sat | January 7 | boxscore | W | 14-3 | Detroit Lions | 45 | 28 | 34 | 626 | 459 | 167 | 2 | 22 | 412 | 380 | 32 | 2 | ||
| Division | Sat | January 14 | boxscore | L | 14-4 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 32 | 36 | 26 | 472 | 435 | 37 | 5 | 17 | 407 | 264 | 143 | 1 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Drew Brees* | 32 | QB | 16 | 16 | 13-3-0 | 468 | 657 | 71.2 | 5476 | 46 | 7.0 | 14 | 2.1 | 79 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 342.3 | 110.6 | 84.01 | 24 | 158 | 7.81 | 8.23 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Chase Daniel | 25 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 90.8 | 21.51 | 0 | 0 | 5.80 | 5.80 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 13-3-0 | 472 | 662 | 71.3 | 5505 | 46 | 6.9 | 14 | 2.1 | 79 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 344.1 | 110.5 | 24 | 158 | 7.79 | 8.22 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 362 | 626 | 57.8 | 4413 | 24 | 3.8 | 9 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 7.17 | 12.2 | 275.8 | 86.4 | 33 | 256 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 28 | Mark Ingram | 22 | rb | 10 | 4 | 122 | 474 | 5 | 35 | 3.9 | 47.4 | 12.2 | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 0 | 9 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 520 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | Pierre Thomas | 27 | rb | 16 | 7 | 110 | 562 | 5 | 33 | 5.1 | 35.1 | 6.9 | 50 | 425 | 8.5 | 1 | 57 | 3.1 | 26.6 | 987 | 6 | 2 |
| 43 | Darren Sproles | 28 | rb | 16 | 4 | 87 | 603 | 2 | 36 | 6.9 | 37.7 | 5.4 | 86 | 710 | 8.3 | 7 | 39 | 5.4 | 44.4 | 1313 | 9 | 1 |
| 29 | Chris Ivory | 23 | rb | 6 | 2 | 79 | 374 | 1 | 35 | 4.7 | 62.3 | 13.2 | 374 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 9 | Drew Brees* | 32 | QB | 16 | 16 | 21 | 86 | 1 | 20 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 17 | Robert Meachem | 27 | wr | 16 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 40 | 620 | 15.5 | 6 | 67 | 2.5 | 38.8 | 638 | 6 | 0 |
| 45 | Jed Collins | 25 | FB | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 2 | 14 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 54 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Chase Daniel | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 19 | Devery Henderson | 29 | WR | 16 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 32 | 503 | 15.7 | 2 | 79 | 2.0 | 31.4 | 512 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | Jimmy Graham* | 26 | TE | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 99 | 1310 | 13.2 | 11 | 59 | 6.2 | 81.9 | 1310 | 11 | 1 | |
| 12 | Marques Colston | 28 | wr | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 80 | 1143 | 14.3 | 8 | 50 | 5.7 | 81.6 | 1143 | 8 | 1 | |
| 16 | Lance Moore | 28 | wr | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 52 | 627 | 12.1 | 8 | 47 | 3.7 | 44.8 | 627 | 8 | 0 | |
| 85 | David Thomas | 28 | te | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 8 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | John Gilmore | 32 | te | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | 9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | |
| 87 | Adrian Arrington | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 17 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 81 | Michael Higgins | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 431 | 2127 | 16 | 36 | 4.9 | 132.9 | 26.9 | 472 | 5505 | 11.7 | 46 | 79 | 29.5 | 344.1 | 7632 | 62 | 9 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 351 | 1738 | 11 | 5.0 | 108.6 | 21.9 | 362 | 4157 | 11.5 | 24 | 22.6 | 259.8 | 5895 | 35 | 20 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 43 | Darren Sproles | 28 | rb | 16 | 4 | 29 | 294 | 1 | 72 | 10.1 | 40 | 1089 | 0 | 92 | 27.2 | 2696 |
| 45 | Jed Collins | 25 | FB | 16 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 61 | |||||
| 23 | Pierre Thomas | 27 | rb | 16 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1002 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 29 | 294 | 1 | 72 | 10.1 | 42 | 1111 | 0 | 92 | 26.5 | 9037 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 19 | 0 | 36 | 927 | 1 | 25.8 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2 | John Kasay | 42 | k | 16 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 28 | 82.4% | 63 | 63 | 100.0% | |||||||
| 6 | Thomas Morstead | 25 | p | 16 | 0 | 46 | 2224 | 64 | 1 | 48.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 28 | 82.4% | 63 | 63 | 100.0% | 46 | 2224 | 64 | 1 | 48.3 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 32 | 27 | 84.4% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 29 | S | 16 | 16 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 24 | |
| 27 | Malcolm Jenkins | 24 | S | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 70 | 14 | |
| 56 | Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 26 | LB | 16 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 22 | |
| 33 | Jabari Greer | 29 | CB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 62 | 11 | |||||||
| 58 | Scott Shanle | 32 | LB | 16 | 15 | 1.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 28 | |
| 22 | Tracy Porter | 25 | CB | 14 | 11 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | ||
| 51 | Jonathan Vilma | 29 | LB | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 18 | ||
| 21 | Patrick Robinson | 24 | cb | 15 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 42 | 9 | |||||||
| 52 | Jonathan Casillas | 24 | lb/mlb | 13 | 5 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 13 | ||||||
| 91 | Will Smith | 30 | DE | 14 | 14 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | |
| 94 | Cameron Jordan | 22 | DE/lde | 16 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | |
| 98 | Sedrick Ellis | 26 | DT | 15 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | ||||||
| 90 | Shaun Rogers | 32 | dt | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||||||
| 93 | Junior Galette | 23 | de | 16 | 1 | 4.5 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 99 | Aubrayo Franklin | 31 | NT | 16 | 9 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 54 | Ramon Humber | 24 | dt/lb | 13 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | ||||||
| 24 | Leigh Torrence | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 12 | 3 | |||||||
| 72 | Tom Johnson | 27 | 13 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 20 | Isa Abdul-Quddus | 22 | s | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 97 | Jeff Charleston | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 95 | Martez Wilson | 22 | lb | 13 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| 40 | Jonathan Amaya | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 53 | Will Herring | 28 | lb | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 90 | Turk McBride | 26 | de | 8 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 32 | Johnny Patrick | 23 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Pierre Thomas | 27 | rb | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 19 | Devery Henderson | 29 | WR | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 17 | Robert Meachem | 27 | wr | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Drew Brees* | 32 | QB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 45 | Jed Collins | 25 | FB | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 75 | Mitch King | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Marques Colston | 28 | wr | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 28 | Mark Ingram | 22 | rb | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 43 | Darren Sproles | 28 | rb | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 74 | Jermon Bushrod* | 27 | LT/t | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 73 | Jahri Evans*+ | 28 | RG | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Courtney Roby | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 80 | Jimmy Graham* | 26 | TE | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Korey Hall | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 33.0 | 9 | 80 | 1 | 42 | 97 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 647 | 254 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | John Kasay | 42 | k | 16 | 0 | 63 | 28 | 147 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Jimmy Graham* | 26 | TE | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Darren Sproles | 28 | rb | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 62 | |||||||
| 16 | Lance Moore | 28 | wr | 14 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 52 | |||||||||
| 12 | Marques Colston | 28 | wr | 14 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Robert Meachem | 27 | wr | 16 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Pierre Thomas | 27 | rb | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 28 | Mark Ingram | 22 | rb | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Jed Collins | 25 | FB | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 9 | Drew Brees* | 32 | QB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||
| 19 | Devery Henderson | 29 | WR | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 89 | John Gilmore | 32 | te | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Chris Ivory | 23 | rb | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Malcolm Jenkins | 24 | S | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Leigh Torrence | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 51 | Jonathan Vilma | 29 | LB | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 16 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 6 | 63 | 28 | 555 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 36 | 27 | 339 |