2011 · Week 1
New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers
Sep 8, 2011 · Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass
Recap
Green Bay Packers topped New Orleans Saints 42–34. ScoutIndex had favored Packers (70%) going in. Packers improve to 1-0; Saints fall to 0-1. Aaron Rodgers was the story of the game with 312 passing yards and 3 TDs; 1 rushing yard.
Team stats
| NO | GB | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | First downs | 24 |
| 500 | Total yards | 415 |
| 419 | Passing yards | 312 |
| 81 | Rushing yards | 103 |
| 32/49 | Comp / Att | 27/35 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 3 | 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 | 32/49 | 419 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 13 | 40 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 5 | 31 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devery Henderson | 6 | 9 | 100 | 1 |
| Marques Colston | 6 | 9 | 81 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 7 | 9 | 75 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 5 | 8 | 70 | 1 |
| Jimmy Graham | 4 | 7 | 56 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 4 | 5 | 37 | 0 |
| David Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
GB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rodgers | 27/35 | 312 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rodgers | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| James Starks | 12 | 57 | 1 |
| Ryan Grant | 9 | 40 | 0 |
| John Kuhn | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Jennings | 7 | 8 | 89 | 1 |
| Jordy Nelson | 6 | 8 | 77 | 1 |
| James Starks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermichael Finley | 3 | 4 | 53 | 0 |
| Donald Driver | 4 | 7 | 41 | 0 |
| Ryan Grant | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Randall Cobb | 2 | 2 | 35 | 1 |
| John Kuhn | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Crabtree | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| James Jones | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |