National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 30, Houston 28
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, September 9, 2019
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Hussey
Attendance: 73039
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 0147728
New Orleans 03141330
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 14:13
Houston TD New Orleans 0 - Houston 7
Deshaun Watson 21 yd. run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:22
New Orleans FG New Orleans 3 - Houston 7
Wil Lutz 32 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:47
Houston TD New Orleans 3 - Houston 14
DeAndre Hopkins 2 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:51
New Orleans TD New Orleans 10 - Houston 14
Latavius Murray 30 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:20
Houston TD New Orleans 10 - Houston 21
DeAndre Hopkins 16 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:39
New Orleans TD New Orleans 17 - Houston 21
Taysom Hill 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 14:55
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Houston 21
Tre'quan Smith 14 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 0:50
New Orleans FG New Orleans 27 - Houston 21
Wil Lutz 47 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:37
Houston TD New Orleans 27 - Houston 28
Kenny Stills 37 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
4th Quarter - 0:00
New Orleans FG New Orleans 30 - Houston 28
Wil Lutz 58 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston New Orleans
1st Downs 22 25
Rushing 8 6
Passing 12 19
Penalty 2 0
3rd Down Conversions 7-13 7-11
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 4-43.0 2-44.0
Return Yards 14 56
Punts-Returns 0-0 3-20
Kickoffs-Returns 1-12 2-36
Int - Returns 1-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards 8-69 7-48
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 29:47 30:13
Total Net Yards 414 510
Total Plays 59 65
Average Gain 7.0 7.8
Net Yards Rushing 180 148
Rushes 23 21
Average/Rush 7.8 7.0
Net Yards Passing 234 362
Comp-Att 20-30 32-43
Yards/Pass 6.5 8.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-34 1-8
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 4 3
Rushing 1 1
Passing 3 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 3-3
Field Goals 0-0 3-4
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Watson 20/30 268 3 1
New Orleans Saints (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 32/43 370 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Hyde 10 83 8.3 0 20
D. Johnson Jr. 9 57 6.3 0 32
D. Watson 4 40 10.0 1 21
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Kamara 13 97 7.5 0 28
L. Murray 6 43 7.2 1 30
T. Hill 2 8 4.0 0 6
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Hopkins 13 8 111 13.9 2 38
W. Fuller V 3 2 69 34.5 0 54
K. Stills 3 3 37 12.3 1 37
D. Johnson Jr. 5 4 33 8.2 0 13
J. Akins 2 1 17 17.0 0 17
C. Hyde 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
D. Fells 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Carter 1 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 13 10 123 12.3 0 24
T. Ginn Jr. 7 7 101 14.4 0 41
A. Kamara 8 7 72 10.3 0 41
J. Cook 3 2 37 18.5 0 31
T. Smith 2 2 26 13.0 1 14
T. Hill 2 1 9 9.0 1 9
L. Murray 3 2 4 2.0 0 3
J. Hill 1 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
W. Mercilus 1 2 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Williams 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Hendrickson 2.0 17.0
A. Anzalone 1.0 6.0
C. Jordan 1.0 5.0
M. Brown 1.0 5.0
P. Williams 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
B. Roby 8 1
J. Reid 8 2
J. Joseph 6 1
A. Colvin 4 1
W. Mercilus 4 1
B. McKinney 4 2
Z. Cunningham 3 2
J. Addae 2 0
D. Reader 1 0
A. Blackson 1 1
T. Gipson Sr. 1 2
D. Cole 0 1
J. Martin 0 1
K. Crossen 0 1
C. Watkins 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
A. Anzalone 5 0
V. Bell 5 2
M. Lattimore 4 0
D. Davis 4 1
E. Apple 3 0
A. Klein 3 0
T. Hendrickson 3 0
C. Jordan 3 3
M. Loewen 2 0
M. Davenport 2 0
P. Williams 2 2
M. Brown 2 2
M. Williams 1 1
T. Stallworth 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
B. McKinney 1.0
Z. Cunningham 1.0
W. Mercilus 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Hendrickson 2.0
M. Lattimore 1.0
A. Anzalone 1.0
V. Bell 1.0
P. Williams 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Kamara 1