National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
New England 36,
New Orleans 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 17, 2017
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 73168
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 73168
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New England | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 |
| New Orleans | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 10:31 | ||
| New England | TD |
New Orleans 0 - New England 6 Rex Burkhead 19 yd. pass from Tom Brady (kick failed) |
| 1st Quarter - 7:38 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
New Orleans 3 - New England 6 Wil Lutz 46 yd. field goal |
| 1st Quarter - 5:29 | ||
| New England | TD |
New Orleans 3 - New England 13 Rob Gronkowski 53 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 0:16 | ||
| New England | TD |
New Orleans 3 - New England 20 Chris Hogan 13 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 11:52 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 10 - New England 20 Brandon Coleman 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 8:18 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
New Orleans 13 - New England 20 Wil Lutz 35 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 4:47 | ||
| New England | TD |
New Orleans 13 - New England 27 Mike Gillislee 2 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:00 | ||
| New England | FG |
New Orleans 13 - New England 30 Stephen Gostkowski 28 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 0:40 | ||
| New England | FG |
New Orleans 13 - New England 33 Stephen Gostkowski 24 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 8:49 | ||
| New England | FG |
New Orleans 13 - New England 36 Stephen Gostkowski 27 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 5:04 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 20 - New England 36 Coby Fleener 4 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| New England | New Orleans | |
| 1st Downs | 29 | 20 |
| Rushing | 8 | 5 |
| Passing | 19 | 15 |
| Penalty | 2 | 0 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 6-12 | 4-12 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Punts-Average | 3-37.0 | 3-40.3 |
| Return Yards | 0 | 130 |
| Punts-Returns | 1-0 | 1-16 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 0-0 | 5-114 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 9-66 | 5-35 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Time of Possession | 35:06 | 24:54 |
| Total Net Yards | 555 | 429 |
| Total Plays | 72 | 63 |
| Average Gain | 7.7 | 6.8 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 119 | 81 |
| Rushes | 31 | 17 |
| Average/Rush | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| Net Yards Passing | 436 | 348 |
| Comp-Att | 30-39 | 27-45 |
| Yards/Pass | 10.6 | 7.6 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 2-11 | 1-8 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 2 |
| Rushing | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | 3 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 3-4 | 2-2 |
| Field Goals | 3-3 | 2-3 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 3-7-43% | 2-3-67% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 1-2-50% | 1-1-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots
(1-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| T. Brady | 30/39 | 447 | 3 | 0 |
New Orleans Saints
(0-2)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Brees | 27/45 | 356 | 2 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Gillislee | 18 | 69 | 3.8 | 1 | 13 |
| D. Lewis | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 13 |
| J. White | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 |
| T. Brady | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 |
| P. Dorsett | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Cooks | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 13 |
| R. Burkhead | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Ingram | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 0 | 28 |
| A. Peterson | 8 | 26 | 3.2 | 0 | 6 |
| A. Kamara | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| R. Gronkowski | 9 | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 1 | 53 |
| J. White | 8 | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 0 | 24 |
| C. Hogan | 6 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 1 | 27 |
| P. Dorsett | 3 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 38 |
| R. Burkhead | 4 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 1 | 19 |
| B. Cooks | 4 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 22 |
| D. Lewis | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| J. Develin | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Hollister | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Thomas | 10 | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 0 | 33 |
| B. Coleman | 6 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 1 | 42 |
| A. Kamara | 7 | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 38 |
| C. Fleener | 4 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | 20 |
| J. Hill | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 13 |
| M. Ingram | 5 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 14 |
| T. Ginn Jr. | 6 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 |
| T. Lewis | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| M. Hoomanawanui | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| D. Wise | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| H. Kikaha | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| A. Anzalone | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| E. Roberts | 7 | 1 |
| P. Chung | 7 | 1 |
| D. McCourty | 4 | 1 |
| E. Rowe | 3 | 0 |
| K. Van Noy | 3 | 1 |
| S. Gilmore | 2 | 0 |
| J. Richards | 2 | 0 |
| M. Butler | 2 | 0 |
| D. Wise | 2 | 0 |
| J. Jones | 2 | 0 |
| L. Guy | 2 | 1 |
| D. Harmon | 2 | 1 |
| T. Flowers | 1 | 1 |
| M. Brown | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| P. Williams | 8 | 2 |
| M. Lattimore | 6 | 1 |
| K. Vaccaro | 5 | 0 |
| A. Okafor | 4 | 0 |
| D. Harris | 4 | 0 |
| A. Anzalone | 4 | 1 |
| S. Moore | 3 | 0 |
| C. Jordan | 3 | 1 |
| T. Davison | 3 | 1 |
| V. Bell | 3 | 2 |
| M. Williams | 3 | 2 |
| M. Te'o | 2 | 1 |
| R. Bush | 1 | 0 |
| H. Kikaha | 1 | 0 |
| A. Klein | 1 | 1 |
| T. Hendrickson | 1 | 2 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| D. Wise | 2.0 |
| K. Van Noy | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| C. Jordan | 1.0 |
| A. Okafor | 1.0 |
| A. Anzalone | 1.0 |
| H. Kikaha | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| No fumbles | |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| D. Brees | 1 |