2006 · Week 14
New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys
Dec 10, 2006 · Texas Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
It wasn't close — New Orleans Saints beat Dallas Cowboys 42–17. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Saints had just a 31% chance going in. Saints improve to 9-4; Cowboys fall to 8-5. Drew Brees was the story of the game with 384 passing yards and 5 TDs. Saints out-gained the opponent 543–365 in total yards. Cowboys turned it over 2 times to Saints's 0.
Team stats
| NO | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | First downs | 14 |
| 543 | Total yards | 365 |
| 384 | Passing yards | 249 |
| 159 | Rushing yards | 116 |
| 26/38 | Comp / Att | 16/33 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 26/38 | 384 | 5 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 6 | 37 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 21 | 111 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 3 | 14 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Bush | 6 | 0 | 125 | 1 |
| Deuce McAllister | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 2 | 0 | 92 | 1 |
| Mike Karney | 5 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
DAL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 16/33 | 249 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Julius Jones | 10 | 116 | 1 |
| Marion Barber | 2 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Jones | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |