National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
New Orleans 48,
Arizona 41
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, December 18, 2016
Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 65072
Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 65072
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 10 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 48 |
| Arizona | 7 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 12:27 | ||
| Arizona | TD |
Arizona 7 - New Orleans 0 Kerwynn Williams 49 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 5:27 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
Arizona 7 - New Orleans 3 Wil Lutz 37 yd. field goal |
| 1st Quarter - 1:33 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Arizona 7 - New Orleans 10 Travaris Cadet 10 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 7:08 | ||
| Arizona | TD |
Arizona 13 - New Orleans 10 Calais Campbell 53 yd. fumble recovery (kick failed) |
| 2nd Quarter - 6:11 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Arizona 13 - New Orleans 17 Brandin Cooks 65 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 1:51 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Arizona 13 - New Orleans 24 Brandin Cooks 45 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:40 | ||
| Arizona | TD |
Arizona 20 - New Orleans 24 J.J. Nelson 10 yd. pass from Carson Palmer (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 6:06 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
Arizona 20 - New Orleans 27 Wil Lutz 39 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 3:19 | ||
| Arizona | TD |
Arizona 27 - New Orleans 27 David Johnson 2 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 12:59 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Arizona 27 - New Orleans 34 Tim Hightower 3 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 8:57 | ||
| Arizona | TD |
Arizona 34 - New Orleans 34 David Johnson 7 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 5:33 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Arizona 34 - New Orleans 41 Michael Thomas 4 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 3:27 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Arizona 34 - New Orleans 48 Tim Hightower 2 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 2:19 | ||
| Arizona | TD |
Arizona 41 - New Orleans 48 John Brown 30 yd. pass from Carson Palmer (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| New Orleans | Arizona | |
| 1st Downs | 33 | 26 |
| Rushing | 10 | 7 |
| Passing | 20 | 17 |
| Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 9-14 | 5-10 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Punts-Average | 1-30.0 | 2-34.0 |
| Return Yards | 40 | 143 |
| Punts-Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 2-40 | 6-143 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-46 | 7-52 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Time of Possession | 37:13 | 22:47 |
| Total Net Yards | 488 | 425 |
| Total Plays | 83 | 56 |
| Average Gain | 5.9 | 7.6 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 130 | 116 |
| Rushes | 32 | 15 |
| Average/Rush | 4.1 | 7.7 |
| Net Yards Passing | 358 | 309 |
| Comp-Att | 37-48 | 28-40 |
| Yards/Pass | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 3-31 | 1-9 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 6 |
| Rushing | 2 | 3 |
| Passing | 4 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
| Extra Points | 6-6 | 5-6 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 4-5-80% | 3-3-100% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 4-4-100% | 1-1-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints
(6-8)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Brees | 37/48 | 389 | 4 | 0 |
Arizona Cardinals
(5-8-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| C. Palmer | 28/40 | 318 | 2 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Ingram | 17 | 78 | 4.6 | 0 | 14 |
| T. Hightower | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 2 | 9 |
| T. Cadet | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| J. Kuhn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Brees | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| K. Williams | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 1 | 49 |
| D. Johnson | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 2 | 13 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| B. Cooks | 8 | 7 | 186 | 26.6 | 2 | 65 |
| W. Snead IV | 11 | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 0 | 19 |
| M. Thomas | 10 | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 1 | 12 |
| T. Cadet | 5 | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 1 | 10 |
| M. Ingram | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 17 |
| T. Hightower | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Fleener | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Phillips | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Kuhn | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| J. Brown | 6 | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 1 | 30 |
| L. Fitzgerald | 9 | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 0 | 13 |
| D. Johnson | 5 | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 25 |
| J. Gresham | 5 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 23 |
| J. Nelson | 11 | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 1 | 11 |
| B. Golden | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 19 |
| D. Fells | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| A. Ellington | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| C. Jordan | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| C. Campbell | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| M. Golden | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| V. Bell | 7 | 2 |
| B. Webb | 4 | 0 |
| J. Byrd | 4 | 1 |
| S. Moore | 4 | 2 |
| C. Jordan | 3 | 0 |
| R. Harper | 3 | 0 |
| N. Fairley | 2 | 0 |
| P. Kruger | 2 | 0 |
| S. Rankins | 2 | 0 |
| K. Crawley | 2 | 0 |
| C. Robertson | 2 | 2 |
| D. Tapp | 1 | 0 |
| N. Stupar | 1 | 0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| S. Moore | 11 | 0 |
| K. Minter | 10 | 1 |
| M. Cooper | 7 | 0 |
| B. Williams | 6 | 0 |
| T. Mathieu | 5 | 1 |
| C. Campbell | 4 | 0 |
| P. Peterson | 4 | 0 |
| C. Jones | 4 | 0 |
| T. Jefferson | 4 | 2 |
| D. Swearinger | 3 | 0 |
| M. Golden | 2 | 0 |
| J. Mauro | 2 | 0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| C. Jordan | 2.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| C. Campbell | 2.0 |
| C. Jones | 1.0 |
| S. Moore | 1.0 |
| D. Swearinger | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| D. Brees | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| L. Fitzgerald | 1 |
| B. Golden | 1 |