FINAL
New Orleans 21, Arizona 10
 
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  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
New Orleans 7 0 7 7 21
Arizona 7 3 0 0 10

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NOR   TD   LAMONT HALL 1 YD PASS FROM JEFF BLAKE (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 12:29. Drive: 12 plays, 68 yards in 5:29. Key plays: Horn 16-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Arizona 45; Blake 10-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-7 to Arizona 32; Blake 10-yard pass to Williams to Arizona 12; Blake 11-yard run plus 2-yard illegal contact on Cardinal's Sanyika to Arizona 1. NEW ORLEANS 7-0
ARI   TD   TERRY HARDY 3 YD PASS FROM JAKE PLUMMER (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 14:48. Drive: 5 plays, 64 yards in 2:19. Key plays: Pittman 4-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Saint's Glover to New Orleans 45; Plummer 40-yard pass to Sanders to New Orleans 4. NEW ORLEANS 7, ARIZONA 7
2ND QUARTER
ARI   FG   CARY BLANCHARD 34 YD, 9:37. Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards in 7:21. Key plays: Jones 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 33; Pittman 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 45; Plummer 18-yard pass to Mitchell to New Orleans 37; Plummer 14-yard pass to Jones to New Orleans 21. ARIZONA 10-7
3RD QUARTER
NOR   TD   KEITH MITCHELL 40 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 9:53. NEW ORLEANS 14-10
4TH QUARTER
NOR   TD   RICKY WILLIAMS 1 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 4:28. Drive: 2 plays, 16 yards in 0:39. Key plays: Hawthorne recovery of Cody fumbled punt at Arizona 16; Blake 15-yard pass to Williams to Arizona 1. NEW ORLEANS 21-10

TEAM STATISTICS
  NOR ARI
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
17
8
6-14
0-0
247
57
4.3
89
29
3.1
158
16-26
5.6
2-9
5-46.8
109
2-12
3-57
2-40
5-55
0-0
26:41
24
14
10-18
1-1
394
77
5.1
125
27
4.6
269
26-47
5.4
3-20
2-46.0
106
2-9
4-97
1-0
4-27
2-2
33:19

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New Orleans (Doug Brien 45); Arizona (Cary Blanchard 42, 30).
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 21-54, Joe Horn 1-16, Jeff Blake 6-16, Terrelle Smith 1-3.
Arizona rushing
Michael Pittman 20-86, Thomas Jones 6-26, Jake Plummer 1-13.
New Orleans passing
Jeff Blake 16-26 for 167 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Arizona passing
Jake Plummer 26-47 for 289 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
New Orleans receiving
Ricky Williams 9-92, Willie Jackson 2-19, Joe Horn 2-10, Andrew Glover 1-24, Chad Morton 1-21, Lamont Hall 1-1.
Arizona receiving
Terry Hardy 7-45, David Boston 5-49, Michael Pittman 3-40, Thomas Jones 3-19, Frank Sanders 2-54, Mac Cody 2-24, Mar Tay Jenkins 1-31, Joel Makovicka 1-5, Jay Tant 1-4, Tywan Mitchell 1-18.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mark Fields 7-2-0, Sammy Knight 7-2-0, Keith Mitchell 5-4-0, La'roi Glover 7-1-2, Darrin Smith 7-1-0, Fred Weary 5-1-0, Alex Molden 3-0-0, Darren Perry 3-0-0, Kevin Mathis 2-1-0, Joe Johnson 2-0-1, Norman Hand 1-1-0, Rob Kelly 1-0-0, Martin Chase 1-0-0, Darren Howard 1-0-0, William Whitehead 1-0-0, Corey Terry 0-1-0, Chad Morton 0-1-0.
Arizona tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Pat Tillman 7-4-1, Ronald Mckinnon 7-3-1, Zack Walz 4-3-0, Russell Davis 4-1-0, Aeneas Williams 4-0-0, Tom Knight 4-0-0, Mark Smith 2-1-0, Raynoch Thompson 1-2-0, Justin Lucas 2-0-0, Brad Ottis 1-1-0, Simeon Rice 1-0-0, Johnny Rutledge 1-0-0, Corey Chavous 1-0-0, Mao Tosi 1-0-0, Kwamie Lassiter 1-0-0, Corey Sears 0-1-0, Sekou Sanyika 0-1-0.
Interceptions
New Orleans (Keith Mitchell 1 for 40 yards, Sammy Knight 1 for 0 yards); Arizona (Corey Chavous 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
Arizona (Mac Cody, Jake Plummer).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New Orleans (Darren Howard, Michael Hawthorne).
Officials
Referee-Larry Nemmers, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Mike Spanier, Field judge-Tom Sifferman, Side judge-Carl Cheffers, Back judge-Bill Leavy.
A: 35,286; T: 3:02.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

New Orleans Clubhouse

Arizona Clubhouse