2008 · Week 2
New Orleans Saints at Washington Commanders
Sep 14, 2008 · Jack Kent Cooke Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Washington Commanders defeated New Orleans Saints 29–24. ScoutIndex had favored Commanders (60%) going in. Commanders improve to 1-1; Saints fall to 1-1. Jason Campbell paced the offense with 321 passing yards and 1 TD; 1 rushing yard. Commanders out-gained the opponent 470–271 in total yards. Saints turned it over 3 times to Commanders's 0.
Team stats
| NO | WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 23 |
| 271 | Total yards | 470 |
| 216 | Passing yards | 321 |
| 55 | Rushing yards | 149 |
| 22/33 | Comp / Att | 24/36 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 22/33 | 216 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 10 | 28 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Deuce McAllister | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Bush | 7 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
WAS
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Campbell | 24/36 | 321 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Campbell | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Santana Moss | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Clinton Portis | 21 | 96 | 2 |
| Ladell Betts | 6 | 25 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santana Moss | 7 | 0 | 164 | 1 |
| Clinton Portis | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ladell Betts | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |