2012 · Week 16
New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys
Dec 23, 2012 · Cowboys Stadium · closed · matrixturf
Recap
New Orleans Saints escaped with a 34–31 win over Dallas Cowboys. ScoutIndex's model didn't see it coming, giving Saints only a 49% shot beforehand. Saints improve to 7-8; Cowboys fall to 8-7. Drew Brees was the story of the game with 446 passing yards and 3 TDs.
Team stats
| NO | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | First downs | 18 |
| 562 | Total yards | 456 |
| 446 | Passing yards | 416 |
| 116 | Rushing yards | 40 |
| 37/53 | Comp / Att | 26/43 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
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Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 37/53 | 446 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 9 | 48 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 7 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 21 | 53 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marques Colston | 10 | 13 | 153 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 7 | 10 | 104 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 7 | 11 | 88 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 7 | 9 | 61 | 1 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 4 | 5 | 30 | 1 |
| David Thomas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Devery Henderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DAL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 26/43 | 416 | 4 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeMarco Murray | 11 | 40 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dez Bryant | 9 | 12 | 224 | 2 |
| Jason Witten | 6 | 8 | 60 | 0 |
| DeMarco Murray | 4 | 6 | 51 | 0 |
| Miles Austin | 4 | 8 | 45 | 1 |
| Dwayne Harris | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
| Kevin Ogletree | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| James Hanna | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Felix Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Phillips | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |