2009 Saints 45 - 2006 Chargers 33

Another offensive slugfest, in which Drew Brees' destruction of the Chargers pass defense overshadowed the remarkable 233 yard rushing output for San Diego. Philip Rivers was just a little erratic, and the Chargers were stopped often enough for the Saints to prevail. Pierre Thomas of the Saints was almost as explosive as Brees and the passing attack, and they kept the pressure on San Diego all game long. These are two remarkably powerful offensive teams, and a good match for each other. Both are balanced attacks, with the Chargers run heavy and the Saints pass heavy, but both able to attack all areas of the field.

2006 San Diego 33, 2009 New Orleans 45
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2006 San Diego	7	6	7	13	0	33
2009 New Orleans	10	21	7	7	0	45

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:47	2009 New Orleans	G.Hartley 44 yd. field goal	3-0 NON
1	6:51	2009 New Orleans	J.Shockey 8 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	10-0 NON
1	2:09	2006 San Diego	B.Manumaleuna 9 yd. pass from P.Rivers (N.Kaeding kick)	10-7 NON
2	13:14	2009 New Orleans	L.Hamilton 3 yd. run (G.Hartley kick)	17-7 NON
2	9:43	2009 New Orleans	M.Bell 1 yd. run (G.Hartley kick)	24-7 NON
2	5:50	2006 San Diego	N.Kaeding 47 yd. field goal	24-10 NON
2	0:45	2009 New Orleans	J.Shockey 8 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	31-10 NON
2	0:01	2006 San Diego	N.Kaeding 28 yd. field goal	31-13 NON
3	3:14	2006 San Diego	E.Parker 26 yd. pass from P.Rivers (N.Kaeding kick)	31-20 NON
3	2:38	2009 New Orleans	J.Shockey 60 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	38-20 NON
4	11:59	2006 San Diego	E.Parker 7 yd. pass from P.Rivers (N.Kaeding kick)	38-27 NON
4	7:11	2009 New Orleans	R.Bush 10 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	45-27 NON
4	3:14	2006 San Diego	L.Tomlinson 3 yd. run (Run failed)	45-33 NON

Team Statistics
	2006 San Diego	2009 New Orleans
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	9-9-1-19	11-18-2-31
Third Down Efficiency	4-12-33%	1-10-10%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	24-28-86%	35-42-83%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	374-58-6.4	533-70-7.6
Total Net Yards Rushing	233	188
Total Rushes	31	34
Average Per Rush	7.5	5.5
Passes Completed/Attempted	12/25 (48.0%)	21/34 (61.8%)
Net Yards Passing	141	345
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.2	10.3
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/13	2/5
Punts/Average	6/43.5	4/41.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/41	1/8
Kickoffs/Returns	7/183	5/111
Interceptions/Returns	1/35	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/55	6/43
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/0	1/0
Time of Possession	28 mins 15 secs	31 mins 45 secs
Average Drive Start	SDA 34	NON 30

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2006 San Diego
Philip Rivers	25	12	154	48.0	6.2	3	12.0	0	0	33	2/13	107.3
2009 New Orleans
Drew Brees	32	20	330	62.5	10.3	4	12.5	1	3.1	60	1/0	123.7
Mark Brunell	2	1	20	50.0	10.0	0	0	0	0	20	1/5	85.4

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2006 San Diego
LaDainian Tomlinson	21	143	6.8	51	1	0	0/0
Michael Turner	8	82	10.3	22	0	0	0/0
Philip Rivers	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0/0
Lorenzo Neal	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	1/0
2009 New Orleans
Pierre Thomas	11	117	10.6	30	0	0	0/0
Mike Bell	10	56	5.6	19	1	0	0/0
Reggie Bush	6	11	1.8	8	0	0	1/0
Drew Brees	4	2	0.5	5	0	0	0/0
Lynell Hamilton	3	2	0.7	3	1	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2006 San Diego
Eric Parker	4	56	14.0	26	2	0
Antonio Gates	2	25	12.5	13	0	0
LaDainian Tomlinson	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
Lorenzo Neal	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
Malcom Floyd	1	33	33.0	33	0	0
Brandon Manumaleuna	1	9	9.0	9	1	0
Keenan McCardell	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Vincent Jackson	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
2009 New Orleans
Jeremy Shockey	8	147	18.4	60	3	0
Marques Colston	6	139	23.2	34	0	0
Reggie Bush	4	30	7.5	10	1	0
Robert Meachem	2	19	9.5	15	0	0
Devery Henderson	1	15	15.0	15	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2006 San Diego
Nate Kaeding	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/2	0/0	2/3	66.7
2009 New Orleans
Garrett Hartley	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2006 San Diego
Mike Scifres	6	43.5	42.2	0	2	47	0
2009 New Orleans
Thomas Morstead	4	41.3	31.0	0	2	46	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2006 San Diego
Michael Turner	5	132	26.4	31	0
Antonio Cromartie	2	51	25.5	27	0
2009 New Orleans
Courtney Roby	5	111	22.2	30	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2006 San Diego
Eric Parker	3	0	41	13.7	23	0
2009 New Orleans
Reggie Bush	1	3	8	8.0	8	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2006 San Diego
Marlon McCree	10	0	0
Randall Godfrey	8	0	0
Quentin Jammer	6	0	0
Terrence Kiel	5	0	0
Donnie Edwards	5	2	0
Shaun Phillips	4	0	0
Drayton Florence	3	0	0
Jamal Williams	3	0	0
Jacques Cesaire	2	0	0
Shawne Merriman	1	0	0
Igor Olshansky	1	0	0
Michael Turner	0	0	1
2009 New Orleans
Jonathan Vilma	10	0	0
Tracy Porter	6	0	0
Malcolm Jenkins	4	0	0
Sedrick Ellis	4	0	0
Will Smith	4	1	0
Darren Sharper	4	0	0
Scott Shanle	3	0	0
Anthony Hargrove	2	1	0
Scott Fujita	1	0	0
Pierson Prioleau	1	0	0
Chris Reis	1	0	0
Charles Grant	1	0	0
Jeremy Shockey	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2006 San Diego
Quentin Jammer	1	35	35.0	35	0
2009 New Orleans

Game Story

Jeremy Shockey had a huge game as New Orleans defeated San Diego by the score of 45 to 33. Shockey grabbed 8 passes for 147 receiving yards and grabbed 3 touchdown tosses. Drew Brees threw 32 times for 330 yards and 4 touchdowns. New Orleans won the air battle out-passing San Diego 350 to 154 yards. The fans were brought to their feet by a touchdown pass to Jeremy Shockey that went for 60 yards with 2:38 left in the 3rd quarter. New Orleans got out to an early lead outscoring San Diego 10 to 7 in the first quarter. They led at halftime 31 to 13. New Orleans led after three quarters 38 to 20. LaDainian Tomlinson ran the ball 21 times gaining 143 yards and added a touchdown for San Diego , but it wasn't enough.

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