Spokesman-Review
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
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 101432148
Arizona 71371441
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