| San Diego Chargers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73109 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Robert Meachem 15 pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Devery Henderson 40 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Nick Novak 20 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Marques Colston 19 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Robert Meachem 44 pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Ryan Mathews 13 run (Nick Novak kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Marques Colston 16 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Marques Colston 5 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 24 | 28 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Garrett Hartley 26 FG | 24 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Malcom Floyd |
| 12 | WR | Robert Meachem |
| 78 | LOT | Jared Gaither |
| 69 | LOG | Tyronne Green |
| 61 | C | Nick Hardwick |
| 65 | ROG | Louis Vasquez |
| 66 | ROT | Jeromey Clary |
| 85 | TE | Antonio Gates |
| 81 | TE | Randy McMichael |
| 17 | QB | Philip Rivers |
| 44 | RB | Jackie Battle |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Vaughn Martin |
| 94 | RDE | Corey Liuget |
| 95 | LOLB | Shaun Phillips |
| 51 | LILB | Takeo Spikes |
| 56 | RILB | Donald Butler |
| 96 | ROLB | Jarret Johnson |
| 23 | LCB | Quentin Jammer |
| 26 | SS | Atari Bigby |
| 32 | FS | Eric Weddle |
| 20 | RCB | Antoine Cason |
| 38 | DB | Marcus Gilchrist |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 66 | LOG | Ben Grubbs |
| 60 | C | Brian De La Puente |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 80 | TE | Jimmy Graham |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 43 | RB | Darren Sproles |
| 45 | FB | Jed Collins |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 77 | LDT | Brodrick Bunkley |
| 98 | RDT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 58 | SLB | Scott Shanle |
| 50 | MLB | Curtis Lofton |
| 33 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 27 | FS | Malcolm Jenkins |
| 21 | RCB | Patrick Robinson |
| 24 | DB | Corey White |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ryan Mathews | 12 | 80 | 6.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Ronnie Brown | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Jackie Battle | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Pierre Thomas | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Philip Rivers | 42 | 27 | 64.3 | 1 | 354 | 8.4 | 44t | 2 | 5 | 44 | 96.7 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 45 | 29 | 64.4 | 1 | 370 | 8.2 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 110.4 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ryan Mathews | 8 | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Malcom Floyd | 8 | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Ronnie Brown | 5 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 4 | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 44t | 2 |
| Antonio Gates | 7 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 5 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Jackie Battle | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Dante Rosario | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Marques Colston | 18 | 9 | 131 | 14.6 | 40 | 3 |
| Devery Henderson | 10 | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 41 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 7 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Camarillo | 5 | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Quentin Jammer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Roman Harper | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Scifres | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 61 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 4 | 207 | 51.8 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Eddie Royal | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||
| Nick Novak | 5 | 321 | 64.2 | 3 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 6 | 424 | 70.7 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Richard Goodman | 5 | 0 | 127 | 25.4 | 38 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 0 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Corey Liuget | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| Shaun Phillips | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Eric Weddle | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Curtis Lofton | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Martez Wilson | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Junior Galette | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Will Smith | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Antoine Cason | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Weddle | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Quentin Jammer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Gilchrist | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeo Spikes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Lynch | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Phillips | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarret Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubrayo Franklin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaughn Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atari Bigby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demorrio Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Liuget | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry English | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Stuckey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Windt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Rivers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Vasquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Barnes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendall Reyes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Curtis Lofton | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Humber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey White | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Patrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Courtney Roby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martez Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Akiem Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quiddus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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