San Diego 14 13 6 3--36 New Orleans 0 7 7 8--22
SD--Means 8 run (Carney kick), 14:37. Drive: 72 yards, 8 plays.
Key plays: Humphries 31 pass to Young; Humphries 15 pass to Martin.
San Diego 14, New Orleans 0.
SD--Means 1 run (Carney kick), 4:14. Drive: 28 yards, 2 plays.
Key plays: Hendrickson fumble recovery at Saints' 28; 21-yard pass interefence penalty on C.Lee.
San Diego 24, New Orleans 0.
NO--Early 18 pass from Everett (Andersen kick), 6:50. Drive 80 yards, 5 plays.
Key plays: 8-yard and 27-yard pass interference penalties on Harper; Everett 12 pass to Haynes.
San Diego 24, New Orleans 7.
SD--FG Carney 31, 14:00. Drive 78 yards, 15 plays.
Key plays: Harmon 15 run; Humphries 13 pass to Martin; Humphries 10 pass to Means.
San Diego 27, New Orleans 7.
NO--Smith 1 pass from Everett (Andersen kick), 4:35. Drive: 75 yards, 7 plays.
Key plays: Haynes 15 run; D.Brown 16 run; Everett 25 pass to Small.
San Diego 30, New Orleans 14.
SD--FG Carney 29, 12:29. Drive: 60 yards, 15 plays.
Key plays: Humphries 16 pass to Pupunu; Humphries 10 pass to Harmon.
San Diego 33, New Orleans 14.
SD--FG Carney 28, 11:21. Drive: 2 yards, 4 plays.
Key plays: Gordon recovery of Brown fumble and 13 return to Saints 12.
San Diego 36, New Orleans 22.
A--50,565. No-shows--5,830.
SD NO FIRST DOWNS 25 24 Rushing 13 9 Passing 10 10 Penalty 2 5 THIRD DOWN EFF 7-14 1-7 FOURTH DOWN EFF 0-0 0-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 378 280 Total Plays 70 56 Avg Gain 5.4 5.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 198 104 Rushes 40 18 Avg per rush 5.0 5.8 NET YARDS PASSING 180 176 Completed-Att. 17-29 24-35 Yards-Pass Play 6.0 4.6 Sacked-Yds lost 1-6 3-30 Had Intercepted 0 0 PUNTS-Avg. 2-44 3-45 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 111 197 Punts Returns 2-8 1-1 Kickoffs Returns 4-103 8-196 Interceptions 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES-Yds 8-92 4-77 FUMBLES-Lost 0-0 2-2 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:06 25:54
New Orleans--Mills 7-4-0, Buck 6-1-0, Williams 6-1-0, Johnson 6-0-0, Tubbs 5-1-0, Hughes 5-0-0, Lumpkin 4-3-0, C.Lee 4-1-0, W.Martin 3-1-1, Henderson 2-0-0, Spencer 2-0-0, Turnbull 2-0-0, Connor 1-1-0, Dixon 1-0-0, Warren 1-0-0, McCleskey 1-0-0, Ned 1-0-0, Winston 1-0-0, Miller 0-1-0.
Time: 2:57.