2009 Saints 30 - 2003 Patriots 23

Three lost fumbles, two from Antowain Smith in the First Quarter, did in the Patriots, The Saints excel at forcing turnovers, but apart from that the defense is not especially good - in fact, the Pats contolled time of possesion and amassed 32 First Downs.. The Saints took advantage of the early mistakes, raced out to a lead, and limited big plays however. On top of that Drew Brees was outstanding in his own right, hitting deep passes to Robert Meachem and Devery Henderson, and was clutch on third downs.

2003 New England 23, 2009 New Orleans 30
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2003 New England	3	3	7	10	0	23
2009 New Orleans	13	7	10	0	0	30

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:44	2009 New Orleans	G.Hartley 28 yd. field goal	3-0 NON
1	7:48	2003 New England	A.Vinatieri 33 yd. field goal	3-3 NON
1	4:39	2009 New Orleans	D.Henderson 12 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	10-3 NON
1	0:00	2009 New Orleans	G.Hartley 30 yd. field goal	13-3 NON
2	8:46	2009 New Orleans	J.Shockey 4 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	20-3 NON
2	0:08	2003 New England	A.Vinatieri 45 yd. field goal	20-6 NON
3	7:44	2009 New Orleans	M.Bell 10 yd. run (G.Hartley kick)	27-6 NON
3	5:07	2003 New England	K.Faulk 11 yd. pass from T.Brady (A.Vinatieri kick)	27-13 NON
3	1:22	2009 New Orleans	G.Hartley 45 yd. field goal	30-13 NON
4	12:12	2003 New England	A.Vinatieri 47 yd. field goal	30-16 NON
4	0:52	2003 New England	C.Fauria 1 yd. pass from T.Brady (A.Vinatieri kick)	30-23 NON

Team Statistics
	2003 New England	2009 New Orleans
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	14-18-0-32	3-14-2-19
Third Down Efficiency	9-17-53%	4-10-40%
Fourth Down Efficiency	4-4-100%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	17-28-61%	27-35-77%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	439-91-4.8	369-56-6.6
Total Net Yards Rushing	216	82
Total Rushes	49	24
Average Per Rush	4.4	3.4
Passes Completed/Attempted	24/41 (58.5%)	19/29 (65.5%)
Net Yards Passing	223	287
Avg Yards Per Pass	5.6	10.7
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/7	3/22
Punts/Average	2/33.5	3/44.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	0/0	1/46
Kickoffs/Returns	6/175	5/105
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/29	6/35
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	8/3	1/0
Time of Possession	34 mins 35 secs	25 mins 33 secs
Average Drive Start	NEA 29	NON 31

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2003 New England
Tom Brady	41	24	230	58.5	5.6	2	4.9	0	0	30	1/7	90.5
2009 New Orleans
Drew Brees	29	19	309	65.5	10.7	2	6.9	0	0	53	3/22	124.1

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2003 New England
Kevin Faulk	22	114	5.2	14	0	0	4/1
Antowain Smith	17	75	4.4	23	0	0	2/2
Mike Cloud	4	15	3.8	7	0	0	0/0
Tom Brady	3	8	2.7	4	0	0	0/0
Larry Centers	3	4	1.3	3	0	0	1/0
2009 New Orleans
Mike Bell	8	38	4.8	15	1	0	0/0
Pierre Thomas	7	27	3.9	9	0	0	1/0
Reggie Bush	4	15	3.8	14	0	0	0/0
Drew Brees	3	-3	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
Lynell Hamilton	2	5	2.5	3	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2003 New England
Kevin Faulk	6	46	7.7	12	1	0
Christian Fauria	4	43	10.8	16	1	0
Troy Brown	4	28	7.0	10	0	0
David Givens	3	21	7.0	10	0	0
Daniel Graham	3	36	12.0	13	0	0
Larry Centers	2	28	14.0	18	0	0
Antowain Smith	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0	0
Deion Branch	1	30	30.0	30	0	0
2009 New Orleans
Jeremy Shockey	6	55	9.2	12	1	0
Marques Colston	3	85	28.3	50	0	0
Robert Meachem	2	65	32.5	53	0	0
Lance Moore	2	16	8.0	10	0	0
David Thomas	2	20	10.0	13	0	0
Reggie Bush	2	43	21.5	30	0	0
Pierre Thomas	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Devery Henderson	1	12	12.0	12	1	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2003 New England
Adam Vinatieri	0/0	0/0	1/1	2/2	0/0	3/3	100
2009 New Orleans
Garrett Hartley	0/0	1/1	1/1	1/1	0/0	3/3	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2003 New England
Ken Walter	2	33.5	10.5	0	1	37	0
2009 New Orleans
Thomas Morstead	3	44.0	44.0	0	2	46	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2003 New England
Bethel Johnson	6	175	29.2	30	0
2009 New Orleans
Courtney Roby	5	105	21.0	24	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2003 New England
Kevin Faulk	0	1	0		0	0
2009 New Orleans
Reggie Bush	1	1	46	46.0	46	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2003 New England
Willie McGinest	6	1	0
Ted Washington Jr.	6	0	0
Ty Law	6	0	0
Rodney Harrison	4	1	0
Mike Vrabel	4	1	0
Asante Samuel	4	0	0
Roman Phifer	3	0	0
Tyrone Poole	3	0	0
Eugene Wilson	2	0	0
Jarvis Green	1	0	0
Tedy Bruschi	1	0	0
Damien Woody	0	0	1
Matt Light	0	0	1
Troy Brown	0	0	1
Russ Hochstein	0	0	2
2009 New Orleans
Jonathan Vilma	18	0	0
Scott Shanle	11	0	2
Will Smith	8	1	0
Charles Grant	7	0	0
Tracy Porter	5	0	0
Roman Harper	5	0	0
Jo-Lonn Dunbar	4	0	0
Darren Sharper	4	0	0
Sedrick Ellis	4	0	0
Jabari Greer	3	0	0
Malcolm Jenkins	2	0	0
Remi Ayodele	1	0	0
Marques Colston	0	0	1
Anthony Hargrove	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2003 New England
2009 New Orleans

Game Story

Drew Brees was the star of the game as New Orleans bested New England by the score of 30 to 23. Brees threw for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns. New Orleans won the air battle out-passing New England 309 to 230 yards. The crowd was treated to a pass to Robert Meachem that went for 53 yards with 9:06 left in the 3rd quarter. New Orleans took the early lead outscoring New England 13 to 3 in the first quarter. They took the lead into the locker room at the half 20 to 6. New Orleans led after three quarters 30 to 13. Kevin Faulk rushed the ball 22 times gaining 114 yards for New England .

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