2016 New Orleans 42, 2016 Minnesota 46

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
2016 New Orleans

7

14

21

0

0

42
2016 Minnesota

7

17

8

14

0

46
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 9:54 2016 Minnesota C.Patterson 20 yd. pass from S.Bradford (K.Forbath kick) 7-0 MIN
1 4:48 2016 New Orleans B.Cooks 9 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) 7-7 MIN
2 13:12 2016 Minnesota M.Sherels 72 yd. return (kick failed) 13-7 MIN
2 10:30 2016 New Orleans B.Cooks 60 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) 14-13 NON
2 3:54 2016 Minnesota K.Forbath 44 yd. field goal 16-14 MIN
2 2:00 2016 New Orleans C.Fleener 52 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) 21-16 NON
2 0:08 2016 Minnesota S.Diggs 33 yd. pass from S.Bradford (M.Asiata Run) 24-21 MIN
3 9:18 2016 New Orleans D.Brees 2 yd. run (W.Lutz kick) 28-24 NON
3 7:12 2016 New Orleans M.Thomas 5 yd. pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick) 35-24 NON
3 4:30 2016 Minnesota K.Rudolph 20 yd. pass from S.Bradford (M.Asiata Pass) 35-32 NON
3 0:00 2016 New Orleans M.Ingram 5 yd. run (W.Lutz kick) 42-32 NON
4 9:18 2016 Minnesota C.Patterson 14 yd. pass from S.Bradford (K.Forbath kick) 42-39 NON
4 1:22 2016 Minnesota S.Diggs 22 yd. pass from S.Bradford (K.Forbath kick) 46-42 MIN

Team Statistics
2016 New Orleans 2016 Minnesota
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 8-22-0-30 4-16-0-20
Third Down Efficiency 4-9-44% 9-14-64%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 28-35-80% 14-14-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 527-63-8.4 382-60-6.4
Total Net Yards Rushing 123 102
Total Rushes 20 19
Average Per Rush 6.2 5.4
Passes Completed/Attempted 29/41 (70.7%) 27/40 (67.5%)
Net Yards Passing 404 280
Avg Yards Per Pass 10.0 7.2
Sacked/Yards Lost 2/6 1/8
Punts/Average 2/36.5 3/44.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage 2/17 1/72
Kickoffs/Returns 4/108 5/136
Interceptions/Returns 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 0/0 0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 2/1 1/1
Time of Possession 31 mins 0 secs 29 mins 0 secs
Average Drive Start NON 32 MIN 26

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
2016 New Orleans
Drew Brees 41 29 410 70.7 10.0 4 9.8 0 0 60 2/6 135.2
2016 Minnesota
Sam Bradford 40 27 288 67.5 7.2 5 12.5 0 0 33 1/8 127.9

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
2016 New Orleans
Mark Ingram 18 116 6.4 15 1 0 0/0
Drew Brees 2 7 3.5 5 1 0 1/0
2016 Minnesota
Jerick McKinnon 11 49 4.5 16 0 0 0/0
Matt Asiata 8 53 6.6 21 0 1 1/1

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
2016 New Orleans
Brandin Cooks 9 160 17.8 60 2 0
Coby Fleener 8 130 16.3 52 1 0
Mark Ingram 6 70 11.7 19 0 0
Michael Thomas 3 28 9.3 16 1 0
John Kuhn 2 12 6.0 7 0 0
Travaris Cadet 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
2016 Minnesota
Kyle Rudolph 6 47 7.8 20 1 0
Adam Thielen 6 51 8.5 16 0 0
Jerick McKinnon 5 43 8.6 16 0 0
Stefon Diggs 4 75 18.8 33 2 0
Cordarrelle Patterson 3 40 13.3 20 2 0
Matt Asiata 3 32 10.7 13 0 1

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
2016 New Orleans
Wil Lutz 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0.0
2016 Minnesota
Kai Forbath 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/1 100

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
2016 New Orleans
Thomas Morstead 2 36.5 0.5 0 0 47 0
2016 Minnesota
Jeff Locke 3 44.3 38.7 0 1 45 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
2016 New Orleans
Tommylee Lewis 2 50 25.0 32 0
Travaris Cadet 2 58 29.0 43 0
2016 Minnesota
Cordarrelle Patterson 5 136 27.2 30 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
2016 New Orleans
Tommylee Lewis 1 0 21 21.0 21 0
Marcus Murphy 1 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0
2016 Minnesota
Marcus Sherels 1 0 72 72.0 72 1

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
2016 New Orleans
Craig Robertson 6 0 1
B.W. Webb 6 0 0
Kenny Vaccaro 6 0 0
Jairus Byrd 5 0 0
Nate Stupar 5 0 0
Nick Fairley 3 0 0
Vonn Bell 3 0 0
Dannell Ellerbe 3 0 0
Cameron Jordan 3 1 0
Sterling Moore 2 0 0
Michael Thomas 0 0 1
2016 Minnesota
Anthony Barr 9 0 0
Xavier Rhodes 8 0 0
Eric Kendricks 8 0 0
Harrison Smith 6 0 0
Andrew Sendejo 3 0 0
Terence Newman 3 0 0
Captain Munnerlyn 3 0 0
Chad Greenway 2 0 0
Danielle Hunter 2 1 0
Everson Griffen 1 1 0
Matt Asiata 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
2016 New Orleans
2016 Minnesota

Game Story
In a back-and-forth affair that featured a crowd-pleasing fourth quarter comeback Minnesota defeated New Orleans by the score of 46 to 42. Minnesota won the matchups on third down, converting on 9 of 14 opportunities. The game saw 7 lead changes before Minnesota finally prevailed. Minnesota led at halftime 24 to 21. New Orleans led after three quarters 42 to 32. Drew Brees threw 41 times for 410 yards and 4 touchdowns for New Orleans.