2010 · Week 12
New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys
Nov 25, 2010 · Cowboys Stadium · closed · matrixturf
Recap
New Orleans Saints escaped with a 30–27 win over Dallas Cowboys. ScoutIndex had favored Saints (60%) going in. Saints improve to 8-3; Cowboys fall to 3-8. Drew Brees was the story of the game with 352 passing yards and 1 TD. Cowboys turned it over 3 times to Saints's 1.
Team stats
| NO | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 23 |
| 433 | Total yards | 457 |
| 352 | Passing yards | 313 |
| 81 | Rushing yards | 144 |
| 23/39 | Comp / Att | 30/42 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 23/39 | 352 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Julius Jones | 10 | 45 | 0 |
| Chris Ivory | 7 | 38 | 2 |
| Reggie Bush | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marques Colston | 6 | 9 | 105 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 4 | 5 | 97 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 1 | 1 | 55 | 0 |
| Julius Jones | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 5 | 7 | 39 | 1 |
| Jimmy Graham | 3 | 7 | 23 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| David Thomas | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
DAL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 30/42 | 313 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| Felix Jones | 13 | 44 | 0 |
| Miles Austin | 1 | 60 | 1 |
| Marion Barber | 10 | 19 | 1 |
| Tashard Choice | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mat McBriar | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dez Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Witten | 10 | 10 | 99 | 0 |
| Roy Williams | 5 | 8 | 83 | 0 |
| Felix Jones | 7 | 7 | 69 | 0 |
| Miles Austin | 3 | 5 | 25 | 0 |
| Marion Barber | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Martellus Bennett | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Sam Hurd | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Dez Bryant | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |