Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 21, Cleveland 18
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 16, 2018
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ron Torbert
Attendance: 73086
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Cleveland 336618
New Orleans 3001821
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:29
Cleveland FG New Orleans 0 - Cleveland 3
Zane Gonzalez 39 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:47
New Orleans FG New Orleans 3 - Cleveland 3
Wil Lutz 31 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:55
Cleveland FG New Orleans 3 - Cleveland 6
Zane Gonzalez 39 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:43
Cleveland TD New Orleans 3 - Cleveland 12
Carlos Hyde 1 yd. run (kick failed)
4th Quarter - 8:41
New Orleans TD New Orleans 10 - Cleveland 12
Michael Thomas 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 2:40
New Orleans TD New Orleans 18 - Cleveland 12
Michael Thomas 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Alvin Kamara run)
4th Quarter - 1:16
Cleveland TD New Orleans 18 - Cleveland 18
Antonio Callaway 47 yd. pass from Tyrod Taylor (kick failed)
4th Quarter - 0:21
New Orleans FG New Orleans 21 - Cleveland 18
Wil Lutz 44 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Cleveland New Orleans
1st Downs 16 18
Rushing 4 4
Passing 10 11
Penalty 2 3
3rd Down Conversions 4-12 3-12
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-0
Punts-Average 3-39.3 4-44.8
Return Yards 82 69
Punts-Returns 1-0 1-0
Kickoffs-Returns 3-82 1-47
Int - Returns 0-0 1-22
Penalties-Yards 4-43 4-53
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-2
Time of Possession 27:19 32:41
Total Net Yards 327 275
Total Plays 60 61
Average Gain 5.4 4.5
Net Yards Rushing 93 62
Rushes 27 23
Average/Rush 3.4 2.7
Net Yards Passing 234 213
Comp-Att 22-30 28-35
Yards/Pass 7.1 5.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-12 3-30
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 0-2 2-2
Field Goals 2-4 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 1-1-100% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 2-3-67%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Taylor 22/30 246 1 1
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 28/35 243 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Hyde 16 43 2.7 1 10
T. Taylor 4 26 6.5 0 8
N. Chubb 2 14 7.0 0 8
A. Callaway 2 7 3.5 0 15
D. Johnson Jr. 3 3 1.0 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Kamara 13 46 3.5 0 18
M. Gillislee 8 18 2.2 0 4
D. Brees 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
J. Williams 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Callaway 4 3 81 27.0 1 47
J. Landry 7 5 69 13.8 0 25
R. Higgins 7 5 47 9.4 0 23
D. Njoku 7 4 20 5.0 0 8
D. Fells 2 2 15 7.5 0 9
C. Hyde 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
D. Johnson Jr. 2 2 7 3.5 0 6
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 13 12 89 7.4 2 25
T. Ginn Jr. 7 4 55 13.8 0 42
A. Kamara 6 6 53 8.8 0 14
B. Watson 5 3 19 6.3 0 8
T. Smith 1 1 18 18.0 0 18
J. Hill 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
Z. Line 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
A. Carr 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Williams 1 22 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
L. Ogunjobi 2.0 21.0
T. Carrie 1.0 9.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Jordan 2.0 11.0
S. Rankins 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Carrie 6 2
T. Mitchell 5 0
D. Ward 5 2
D. Randall 4 1
J. Collins Sr. 4 2
L. Ogunjobi 3 0
J. Peppers 3 2
J. Schobert 3 5
J. Burgess 2 1
C. Smith 2 2
B. Boddy-Calhoun 1 0
M. Garrett 1 0
G. Avery 1 0
T. Coley 1 2
C. Davis 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
L. Ogunjobi 2.0
T. Carrie 1.0
J. Collins Sr. 1.0
J. Peppers 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Jordan 2.0
M. Lattimore 1.0
S. Rankins 1.0
K. Crawley 1.0
D. Davis 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Taylor 2
R. Higgins 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Thomas 1
T. Ginn Jr. 1