National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 34, Dallas 31
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 23, 2012
Where: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Coleman
Attendance: 92570
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 71077334
Dallas 014314031
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:25
New Orleans TD Dallas 0 - New Orleans 7
Mark Ingram 9 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:47
Dallas TD Dallas 7 - New Orleans 7
Dez Bryant 58 yd. pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:43
Dallas TD Dallas 14 - New Orleans 7
Dez Bryant 58 yd. pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:11
New Orleans TD Dallas 14 - New Orleans 14
Lance Moore 6 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
New Orleans FG Dallas 14 - New Orleans 17
Garrett Hartley 37 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:26
Dallas FG Dallas 17 - New Orleans 17
Dan Bailey 47 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 4:03
New Orleans TD Dallas 17 - New Orleans 24
Pierre Thomas 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 11:10
New Orleans TD Dallas 17 - New Orleans 31
David Thomas 3 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 3:35
Dallas TD Dallas 24 - New Orleans 31
Dwayne Harris 16 yd. pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick)
4th Quarter - 0:15
Dallas TD Dallas 31 - New Orleans 31
Miles Austin 19 yd. pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick)
Overtime - 10:33
New Orleans FG Dallas 31 - New Orleans 34
Garrett Hartley 20 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Dallas
1st Downs 33 18
Rushing 5 2
Passing 25 16
Penalty 3 0
3rd Down Conversions 11-19 2-10
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 5-52.6 6-51.2
Return Yards 70 68
Punts-Returns 2-10 2-39
Kickoffs-Returns 4-60 2-29
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-42 5-32
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1
Time of Possession 41:59 22:28
Total Net Yards 562 446
Total Plays 91 56
Average Gain 6.2 8.0
Net Yards Rushing 116 40
Rushes 38 11
Average/Rush 3.1 3.6
Net Yards Passing 446 406
Comp-Att 37-53 26-43
Yards/Pass 8.4 9.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-10
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 4 4
Rushing 1 0
Passing 3 4
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 4-4
Field Goals 2-3 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 4-7-57% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 4-5-80% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (7-8)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 37/53 446 3 0
Dallas Cowboys (8-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Romo 26/43 416 4 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram 21 53 2.5 1 9
D. Sproles 9 48 5.3 0 17
P. Thomas 7 16 2.3 0 7
D. Brees 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Murray 11 40 3.6 0 9
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 13 10 153 15.3 0 60
D. Sproles 10 7 104 14.9 0 44
J. Graham 11 7 88 12.6 0 26
P. Thomas 9 7 61 8.7 1 16
L. Moore 5 4 30 7.5 1 11
M. Ingram 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
D. Thomas 1 1 3 3.0 1 3
D. Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Bryant 12 9 224 24.9 2 58
J. Witten 8 6 60 10.0 0 19
D. Murray 6 4 51 12.8 0 22
M. Austin 8 4 45 11.2 1 19
D. Harris 3 1 16 16.0 1 16
K. Ogletree 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
J. Hanna 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
J. Phillips 1 0 0 0 0 0
F. Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Johnson 1.0 8.0
J. Galette 1.0 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
P. Robinson 7 1
C. Lofton 5 0
D. Hawthorne 3 0
I. Abdul-Quddus 3 2
C. Jordan 2 0
T. Johnson 2 0
J. Patrick 2 1
J. Casillas 2 1
J. Galette 1 0
J. Vilma 1 0
M. Wilson 1 0
J. Greer 1 0
R. Harper 1 1
R. Bush 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
M. Claiborne 9 1
D. Connor 7 5
J. Hatcher 5 1
B. Carr 5 1
V. Butler 4 1
G. Sensabaugh 4 1
A. Spencer 4 3
C. Peprah 3 1
E. Sims 2 0
E. Frampton 2 0
S. Moore 2 0
T. Crawford 2 0
M. Jenkins 2 0
A. Albright 2 1
B. Poppinga 2 2
M. Coe 1 0
D. Ware 1 0
B. Schaefering 1 1
M. Spears 1 2
S. Lissemore 1 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Galette 1.0
C. Jordan 1.0
T. Johnson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
V. Butler 1.0
A. Spencer 1.0
D. Connor 1.0
J. Hatcher 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Colston 2
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Murray 1