2012 · Week 8
New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos
Oct 28, 2012 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos beat New Orleans Saints 34–14. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Broncos (53%). Broncos improve to 4-3; Saints fall to 2-5. Peyton Manning led the way with 305 passing yards and 3 TDs; 4 rushing yards. Broncos out-gained the opponent 530–264 in total yards.
Team stats
| NO | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 27 |
| 264 | Total yards | 530 |
| 213 | Passing yards | 305 |
| 51 | Rushing yards | 225 |
| 22/42 | Comp / Att | 22/30 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 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 | 22/42 | 213 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 8 | 43 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marques Colston | 5 | 10 | 63 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 5 | 10 | 63 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 7 | 9 | 56 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 3 | 6 | 25 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Courtney Roby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 22/30 | 305 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Willis McGahee | 23 | 122 | 1 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 14 | 86 | 0 |
| Lance Ball | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Brock Osweiler | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demaryius Thomas | 7 | 9 | 137 | 1 |
| Willis McGahee | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Virgil Green | 3 | 3 | 44 | 0 |
| Eric Decker | 4 | 6 | 43 | 2 |
| Jacob Tamme | 3 | 4 | 33 | 0 |
| Brandon Stokley | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Joel Dreessen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Willis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |