2008 · Week 3
New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos
Sep 21, 2008 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos escaped with a 34–32 win over New Orleans Saints. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Broncos (63%). Broncos improve to 3-0; Saints fall to 1-2. Jay Cutler was the story of the game with 264 passing yards and 2 TDs; 7 rushing yards. Saints out-gained the opponent 509–369 in total yards.
Team stats
| NO | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | First downs | 18 |
| 509 | Total yards | 369 |
| 421 | Passing yards | 264 |
| 88 | Rushing yards | 105 |
| 39/48 | Comp / Att | 21/34 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
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Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 39/48 | 421 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 18 | 73 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 6 | 15 | 2 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Bush | 11 | 0 | 75 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Cutler | 21/34 | 264 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Cutler | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Selvin Young | 11 | 65 | 0 |
| Andre Hall | 6 | 25 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selvin Young | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Eddie Royal | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |