Sunday, August 25, 2002
Saints-Bengals Stats
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Statistics from Saturday night's game:
NFLX FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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NEW ORLEANS 7 14 10 0 31
CINCINNATI 3 6 7 7 23 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NOR - TD, DEUCE MCALLISTER 16 YD PASS FROM
AARON BROOKS (JOHN CARNEY KICK),
4:29. NEW ORLEANS 7-0
CIN - FG, NEIL RACKERS 18 YD, 8:57. NEW
ORLEANS 7-3
2ND QUARTER: CIN - FG, TRAVIS DORSCH 36 YD, 1:29. NEW
ORLEANS 7-6
NOR - TD, MICHAEL LEWIS 81 YD PUNT RETURN
(JOHN CARNEY KICK), 7:18. NEW
ORLEANS 14-6
CIN - FG, NEIL RACKERS 44 YD, 10:43. NEW
ORLEANS 14-9
NOR - TD, DEUCE MCALLISTER 1 YD RUN (JOHN
CARNEY KICK), 14:45. NEW ORLEANS
21-9
3RD QUARTER: NOR - FG, JEFF REED 28 YD, 5:28. NEW ORLEANS
24-9
NOR - TD, MICHAEL LEWIS 38 YD PASS FROM JAKE
DELHOMME (JEFF REED KICK), 5:45.
NEW ORLEANS 31-9
CIN - TD, DANNY FARMER 11 YD PASS FROM GUS
FREROTTE (NEIL RACKERS KICK),
13:40. NEW ORLEANS 31-16
4TH QUARTER: CIN - TD, CHAD JOHNSON 11 YD PASS FROM AKILI
SMITH (TRAVIS DORSCH KICK), 12:36.
NEW ORLEANS 31-23
NEW ORLEANS - CINCINNATI Final Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS
NOR CIN
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FIRST DOWNS 22 31
Rushing 7 9
Passing 11 20
Penalty 4 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-10 8-18
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 2-3
TOTAL NET YARDS 337 552
Total plays 59 87
Average gain 5.7 6.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 115 157
Rushes 25 27
Average per rush 4.6 5.8
NET YARDS PASSING 222 395
Completed-attempted 17-33 31-60
Yards per pass 6.7 6.6
Sacked-yards lost 1-4 0-0
Had intercepted 0 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-51.2 2-44
RETURN YARDAGE 179 134
Punts-returns 2-88 3-29
Kickoffs-returns 5-93 6-105
Interceptions-returns 2--2 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 9-70 10-80
FUMBLES-LOST 3-0 3-2
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:33 31:27
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
NEW ORLEANS rushing: Deuce McAllister 13-84, Ricky Williams 6-19, Jake
Delhomme 1-6, Aaron Brooks 2-4, James Fenderson 2-1, Moran Norris
1-1.
CINCINNATI rushing: Akili Smith 7-64, Corey Dillon 8-45, Curtis Keaton
4-33, Brandon Bennett 4-20, Jon Kitna 1-0, Gus Frerotte 1-MINUS 1,
Rudi Johnson 2-MINUS 4.
NEW ORLEANS passing: Aaron Brooks 12-24 for 154 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Jake Delhomme 5-9 for 72 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
CINCINNATI passing: Gus Frerotte 12-18 for 157 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Akili Smith 14-28 for 137 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD. Jon Kitna 5-14 for 101
yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
NEW ORLEANS receiving: Michael Lewis 2-52, Jerome Pathon 4-44, James
Fenderson 1-33, David Sloan 2-26, Donte' Stallworth 2-23, Deuce
McAllister 2-22, Boo Williams 1-17, Ricky Williams 2-10, Onome Ojo
1-MINUS 1.
CINCINNATI receiving: Ron Dugans 7-100, T.J. Houshmandzadeh 3-64,
Danny Farmer 5-51, Chad Johnson 4-45, Brandon Bennett 4-36, Peter
Warrick 1-28, Darcey Levy 2-27, Rudi Johnson 3-26, Chris Edmonds 1-13,
Curtis Keaton 1-5.
NEW ORLEANS tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jerry Wilson 8-0-0,
Keyuo Craver 6-0-0, Michael Hawthorne 4-0-0, Travis Carroll 4-1-0, Ken
Irvin 3-2-0, Bryan Cox 2-0-0, Fred Thomas 2-0-0, Charlie Clemons
2-2-0, Sammy Knight 2-0-0, James Allen 2-0-0, Kevin House 2-1-0, Grady
Jackson 1-2-0, Willie Whitehead 1-0-0, Steve Gleason 1-0-0, Mel
Mitchell 1-0-0, Darren Howard 1-0-0, Richard Seals 1-0-0, Darrin Smith
1-3-0, Derrius Monroe 0-1-0, Martin Chase 0-1-0, Norman Hand 0-1-0,
Sedrick Hodge 0-1-0.
CINCINNATI tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Artrell Hawkins 5-0-0,
Kevin Kaesviharn 3-0-0, Cory Hall 3-1-0, Tony Williams 3-3-0, Bernard
Whittington 2-0-1, Marquand Manuel 2-0-0, Dwayne Levels 2-0-0, Mark
Roman 2-2-0, Vaughn Booker 2-0-0, Oliver Gibson 1-0-0, Adrian Ross
1-2-0, Jojuan Armour 1-1-0, Tito Rodriguez 1-0-0, Joey Evans 1-0-0,
Riall Johnson 1-0-0, Justin Smith 1-0-0, Robert Bean 1-1-0, Rodney
Heath 1-0-0, Glen Steele 1-0-0, Lamont Thompson 0-1-0, Armegis
Spearman 0-1-0, Canute Curtis 0-1-0.
Interceptions: NEW ORLEANS (Kevin House 1 for 0 yards, Keyuo Craver 1
for MINUS 2 yards).
Fumbles lost: CINCINNATI (Curtis Keaton, Rudi Johnson).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: NEW ORLEANS (Kenny Smith).
Officials:.
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