2009 · Week 3
New Orleans Saints at Buffalo Bills
Sep 27, 2009 · Ralph Wilson Stadium · outdoors · astroplay
Recap
New Orleans Saints beat Buffalo Bills 27–7. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Saints (57%). Saints improve to 3-0; Bills fall to 1-2. Pierre Thomas led the way with 126 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs. Saints out-gained the opponent 394–270 in total yards.
Team stats
| NO | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 10 |
| 394 | Total yards | 270 |
| 172 | Passing yards | 181 |
| 222 | Rushing yards | 89 |
| 16/29 | Comp / Att | 21/36 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 16/29 | 172 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 14 | 126 | 2 |
| Reggie Bush | 13 | 64 | 0 |
| Lynell Hamilton | 5 | 24 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marques Colston | 4 | 7 | 67 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 3 | 7 | 17 | 0 |
| Jeremy Shockey | 6 | 8 | 48 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 3 | 5 | 40 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
BUF
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Edwards | 20/35 | 156 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Moorman | 1/1 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Edwards | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Fred Jackson | 18 | 71 | 0 |
| Xavier Omon | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Jackson | 4 | 5 | 26 | 0 |
| Josh Reed | 6 | 6 | 60 | 0 |
| Derek Fine | 5 | 9 | 34 | 0 |
| Lee Evans | 4 | 6 | 31 | 0 |
| Ryan Denney | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Roscoe Parrish | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jonathan Stupar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Owens | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |