2003 · Week 1
New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks
Sep 7, 2003 · Seahawks Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
Seattle Seahawks beat New Orleans Saints 27–10. ScoutIndex had favored Seahawks (59%) going in. Seahawks improve to 1-0; Saints fall to 0-1. Shaun Alexander led the way with 108 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 2 catches for 16 yards and 1 TD. Saints turned it over 3 times to Seahawks's 0.
Team stats
| NO | SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 16 |
| 377 | Total yards | 288 |
| 274 | Passing yards | 137 |
| 103 | Rushing yards | 151 |
| 29/47 | Comp / Att | 12/23 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 29/47 | 274 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 22 | 99 | 0 |
| Michael L. Lewis | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deuce McAllister | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
SEA
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Hasselbeck | 12/23 | 137 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Hasselbeck | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Shaun Alexander | 24 | 108 | 1 |
| Mack Strong | 5 | 32 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Alexander | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Mack Strong | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |