Week 8, 2015

played in New Orleans, LA

68 degrees, fair, calm

New York Giants	3	3	10	6	-	22
New Orleans Saints	7	7	0	10	-	24

Scoring Summary
1Q: 15:00 NOS - Keenan Lewis 24 interception return (Kai Forbath extra point)
1Q: 02:00 NYK - Josh Brown 25 field goal
2Q: 14:03 NYK - Josh Brown 28 field goal
2Q: 04:00 NOS - Mark Ingram 7 pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath extra point)
3Q: 09:53 NYK - Odell Beckham 57 pass from Eli Manning (Josh Brown extra point)
3Q: 03:24 NYK - Josh Brown 54 field goal
4Q: 12:02 NOS - Kai Forbath 32 field goal
4Q: 09:36 NOS - Mark Ingram 3 run (Kai Forbath extra point)
4Q: 05:19 NYK - Odell Beckham 5 pass from G.J. Kinne (G.J. Kinne pass for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 15:00 NOS - Keenan Lewis 24 interception return (Kai Forbath extra point)
1Q: 02:00 NYK - Josh Brown 25 field goal
2Q: 14:03 NYK - Josh Brown 28 field goal
2Q: 04:00 NOS - Mark Ingram 7 pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath extra point)
3Q: 09:53 NYK - Odell Beckham 57 pass from Eli Manning (Josh Brown extra point)
3Q: 03:24 NYK - Josh Brown 54 field goal
4Q: 12:02 NOS - Kai Forbath 32 field goal
4Q: 09:36 NOS - Mark Ingram 3 run (Kai Forbath extra point)
4Q: 05:19 NYK - Odell Beckham 5 pass from G.J. Kinne (G.J. Kinne pass for conversion failed)

Team Statistics NYK NOS
Record 4-4 5-3
First Downs 21 23
- by Rushing 4 8
- by Passing 17 11
- by Penalty 0 4
Total Net Yards 485 366
- Offensive Plays 64 69
- Yards per Play 7.58 5.30
Net Rushing Yards 57 135
- Rushing Attempts 16 31
- Yards per Rush 3.56 4.35
Net Passing Yards 428 231
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 47 - 31 - 4 37 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 432 238
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 8.92 6.08
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/12 8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 8.6
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/53 3/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/23 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 3/70 2/32
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 4/35
2pt Conversions 1/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 30
Time of Possession 26:39 33:21

Team Statistics	NYK	NOS
Record	4-4	5-3
First Downs	21	23
- by Rushing	4	8
- by Passing	17	11
- by Penalty	0	4
Total Net Yards	485	366
- Offensive Plays	64	69
- Yards per Play	7.58	5.30
Net Rushing Yards	57	135
- Rushing Attempts	16	31
- Yards per Rush	3.56	4.35
Net Passing Yards	428	231
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	47 - 31 - 4	37 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	432	238
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	8.92	6.08
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/12	8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	8.6
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/53	3/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/23	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	3/70	2/32
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	4/35
2pt Conversions	1/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 30
Time of Possession	26:39	33:21

Drive Charts

New York Giants
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:08	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
1	14:52	5:02	OWN 18	9	53	Interception
1	6:37	4:42	OWN 20	9	72	Field Goal
1	1:02	2:04	OWN 39	5	50	Field Goal
2	12:22	2:21	OWN 35	5	25	Punt
2	3:49	1:46	OWN 39	3	28	Interception
2	0:40	0:40	OWN 20	2	4	Half
3	10:46	1:07	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
3	5:47	2:30	OWN 18	5	45	Field Goal
4	11:55	1:13	OWN 20	3	0	Interception
4	9:30	4:19	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
4	1:47	1:35	OWN 20	10	25	Downs

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:50	3:13	OWN 26	6	39	Punt
1	1:55	0:53	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	13:58	1:36	OWN 20	4	45	Fumble
2	10:01	6:12	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
2	2:03	1:23	OWN 20	5	36	Punt
3	15:00	4:14	OWN 17	9	48	Punt
3	9:39	3:52	OWN 20	7	17	Punt
3	3:17	6:22	OWN 20	12	65	Field Goal
4	10:42	1:12	OPP 15	4	15	Touchdown
4	5:11	3:24	OWN 31	6	24	Punt
4	0:12	0:12	OPP 45	1	-2	Game

Game MVP: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Rashad Jennings	10	35	3.50	20	1	0
Andre Williams	6	22	3.67	14	2	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Mark Ingram	24	125	5.21	21	4	1
C.J. Spiller	5	16	3.20	5	0	0
Drew Brees	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0
Marcus Murphy	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0	0

Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Eli Manning	33	21	356	1/4	1	57	3	72.2
G.J. Kinne	10	7	48	0/0	1	17	0	113.8
Ryan Nassib	4	3	28	0/0	0	20	1	54.2

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Drew Brees	37	26	238	1/7	1	38	0	96.4

Receiving Statistics

New York	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Odell Beckham	12	17	212	17.67	107	57	2
WR Geremy Davis	6	8	115	19.17	83	50	0
WR Victor Cruz	5	7	32	6.40	1	12	0
WR Rueben Randle	4	7	37	9.25	11	24	0
TE Larry Donnell	3	5	12	4.00	0	9	0
RB Andre Williams	1	1	24	24.00	24	24	0
TE Emmitt Hickey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Mark Ingram	7	8	36	5.14	25	21	1
WR Willie Snead	7	8	76	10.86	27	32	0
WR T.J. Graham	3	8	61	20.33	31	38	0
WR Brandin Cooks	3	5	36	12.00	23	23	0
FB Toben Opurum	3	4	22	7.33	0	9	0
WR Marques Colston	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB C.J. Spiller	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Josh Hill	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0

Interception Statistics

New York	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Keenan Lewis	2	35	17.50	1
CB Brian Dixon	1	0	0.00	0
ILB Stephone Anthony	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New York	Fumb	Recov	Force
Andre Williams	1	0	0
Jon Beason	0	1	1
Will Beatty	0	1	0

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Mark Ingram	1	0	0	0
Jairus Byrd	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

New York	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brad Wing	1	40	40.0	20.0	40	0

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Thomas Morstead	6	264	44.0	26.8	53	1

Kicking Statistics

New York	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Josh Brown	3/3	1/1	1/1	54	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kai Forbath	1/1	0/0	0/0	32	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rashad Jennings	2	23	11.5	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg
Hakeem Nicks	1	25	25.0
Jayron Hosley	1	21	21.0
Leon McFadden	1	24	24.0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marques Colston	1	17	17.0	0
Brandon Coleman	1	15	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New York	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Brandon Meriweather	9	1	0.0	31	38
ILB Nick Rivers	5	5	0.0	24	26
CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie5	5	1	0.0	31	38
CB Trumaine McBride	5	0	0.0	19	25
DT Cullen Jenkins	4	1	0.0	21	25
DE Robert Ayers	3	2	1.0	22	31
OLB Devon Kennard	3	2	0.0	22	24
DE Jason Pierre-Paul	3	0	0.0	26	32
DT Louis Nix	3	0	0.0	10	13
S Landon Collins	3	0	0.0	31	37
OLB Jonathan Casillas	2	2	0.0	14	16
CB Jayron Hosley	2	1	0.0	24	34
ILB Jon Beason	2	0	0.0	7	12
WR Rueben Randle	2	0	---	---	---
DT Markus Kuhn	1	2	0.0	8	12
DT Johnathan Hankins	1	1	0.0	19	22
DE Damontre Moore	1	1	0.0	9	7
QB Eli Manning	1	0	---	---	---
CB Leon McFadden	1	0	0.0	8	6

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Stephone Anthony	8	3	0.0	13	32
S Jairus Byrd	6	4	0.0	16	48
S Taurean Nixon	5	2	0.0	14	45
CB Keenan Lewis	4	1	0.0	15	48
CB Brian Dixon	4	1	0.0	16	48
OLB Dannell Ellerbe	4	0	0.0	10	32
OLB Caden Tucker	3	0	0.0	8	19
CB Kristopher Cooley	3	0	0.0	10	32
S Jamarca Sanford	2	0	0.0	3	14
DT John Jenkins	2	0	0.0	14	39
DE Kasim Edebali	1	0	1.0	10	33
DE Bobby Richardson	1	1	0.0	12	31
DT Kevin Williams	1	0	0.0	11	32
DT Tyeler Davison	1	0	0.0	10	25
ILB James Anderson	0	1	0.0	3	14
OLB Davis Tull	0	1	0.0	4	11

Pass Rush Statistics

New York	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Robert Ayers	1.0	0	0	31
DT Markus Kuhn	0.0	1	0	12
DE Jason Pierre-Paul	0.0	0	2	32
CB Jayron Hosley	0.0	0	1	34
DT Louis Nix	0.0	0	1	13

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Kasim Edebali	1.0	1	1	33
DE Tavaris Barnes	0.0	1	0	17
S Taurean Nixon	0.0	0	1	45

Pass Defense Statistics

New York	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie5	5	0	38
S Brandon Meriweather	4	0	38
S Landon Collins	3	2	37
ILB Nick Rivers	3	0	26
ILB Jon Beason	2	0	12
CB Trumaine McBride	2	0	25
CB Jayron Hosley	2	0	34
OLB Devon Kennard	2	0	24
DT Cullen Jenkins	1	0	25
OLB Jonathan Casillas	1	0	16
CB Leon McFadden	1	0	6

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Stephone Anthony	5	0	1	32
OLB Dannell Ellerbe	5	0	0	32
CB Keenan Lewis	4	1	2	48
CB Brian Dixon	3	0	1	48
OLB Caden Tucker	3	0	0	19
S Jairus Byrd	2	1	0	48
S Jamarca Sanford	2	0	0	14
S Taurean Nixon	2	0	0	45
CB Kristopher Cooley	2	0	0	32
DT John Jenkins	1	0	0	39
DT Tyeler Davison	1	0	0	25
OLB Davis Tull	1	0	0	11

Blocking Statistics

New York	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Geoff Schwartz	1	5	16	0	48
Will Beatty	1	4	16	1	48
Senio Kelemete	1	2	16	0	48
Ereck Flowers	1	2	16	0	48
Daniel Francis	0	2	11	0	25
Justin Pugh	0	1	16	0	48

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jahri Evans	5	13	1	31	1	38
Tim Lelito	2	6	0	31	0	38
Max Unger	2	4	1	31	0	38
Toben Opurum	2	3	0	14	0	20
Tony Hills	1	1	0	31	0	38
Zach Strief	0	3	0	31	0	38

Special Teams Tackles

New York	Tackles	STPlays
Leon McFadden	1	24
Nick Rivers	1	10

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Marques Colston	2	17
C.J. Spiller	1	19
Brandon Coleman	1	18
Brian Dixon	1	14

Participation

New York	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brandon Meriweather	---	---	31	38	1	70
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	---	---	31	38	1	70
Landon Collins	---	---	31	37	1	69
Geoff Schwartz	16	48	---	---	4	68
Will Beatty	16	48	---	---	---	64
Jayron Hosley	---	---	24	34	6	64
Senio Kelemete	16	48	---	---	---	64
Justin Pugh	16	48	---	---	---	64
Ereck Flowers	16	48	---	---	---	64
Victor Cruz	13	35	---	---	13	61
Odell Beckham	15	46	---	---	---	61
Nick Rivers	---	---	24	26	10	60
Jason Pierre-Paul	---	---	26	32	1	59
Robert Ayers	---	---	22	31	2	55
Larry Donnell	13	31	---	---	11	55
Daniel Francis	11	25	---	---	15	51
Cullen Jenkins	---	---	21	25	2	48
Eli Manning	14	34	---	---	---	48
Devon Kennard	---	---	22	24	2	48
Rashad Jennings	10	31	---	---	6	47
Trumaine McBride	---	---	19	25	1	45
Johnathan Hankins	---	---	19	22	4	45
Andre Williams	6	16	---	---	21	43
Jonathan Casillas	---	---	14	16	8	38
Leon McFadden	---	---	8	6	24	38
Geremy Davis	5	18	---	---	15	38
Rueben Randle	6	27	---	---	---	33
Louis Nix	---	---	10	13	4	27
Jon Beason	---	---	7	12	5	24
Emmitt Hickey	1	10	---	---	13	24
Mykkele Thompson	---	---	4	5	14	23
Mark Herzlich	---	---	6	9	7	22
Markus Kuhn	---	---	8	12	1	21
Kerry Wynn	---	---	5	6	7	18
Damontre Moore	---	---	9	7	---	16
Quintin Demps	---	---	0	0	11	11
G.J. Kinne	0	10	---	---	---	10
Josh Brown	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ryan Nassib	2	4	---	---	---	6
Zak DeOssie	0	0	---	---	4	4
John Jerry	0	0	---	---	4	4
Marshall Newhouse	0	0	---	---	4	4
Brad Wing	0	0	---	---	4	4
Bobby Hart	0	0	---	---	4	4
Hakeem Nicks	0	0	---	---	2	2
Orleans Darkwa	0	1	---	---	1	2

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brian Dixon	---	---	16	48	14	78
Tim Lelito	31	38	---	---	7	76
Willie Snead	25	33	---	---	12	70
Drew Brees	31	38	---	---	---	69
Jahri Evans	31	38	---	---	---	69
Zach Strief	31	38	---	---	---	69
Tony Hills	31	38	---	---	---	69
Max Unger	31	38	---	---	---	69
Jairus Byrd	---	---	16	48	4	68
T.J. Graham	27	30	---	---	11	68
Keenan Lewis	---	---	15	48	3	66
Taurean Nixon	---	---	14	45	3	62
John Jenkins	---	---	14	39	3	56
Mark Ingram	26	25	---	---	---	51
Stephone Anthony	---	---	13	32	4	49
Josh Hill	19	23	---	---	6	48
Dannell Ellerbe	---	---	10	32	5	47
Kristopher Cooley	---	---	10	32	5	47
Kevin Williams	---	---	11	32	3	46
Kasim Edebali	---	---	10	33	2	45
Bobby Richardson	---	---	12	31	---	43
Toben Opurum	14	20	---	---	8	42
Brandin Cooks	13	26	---	---	---	39
Marques Colston	8	12	---	---	17	37
Tyeler Davison	---	---	10	25	1	36
Caden Tucker	---	---	8	19	6	33
C.J. Spiller	5	6	---	---	19	30
Brandon Coleman	2	6	---	---	18	26
Davis Tull	---	---	4	11	10	25
Tavaris Barnes	---	---	4	17	3	24
Gustavo Walters	---	---	3	8	11	22
Jamarca Sanford	---	---	3	14	3	20
Rickey Krueger	1	0	---	---	18	19
James Anderson	---	---	3	14	---	17
Marcus Murphy	9	3	---	---	1	13
Michael Hoomanawanui	6	5	---	---	1	12
Mike McGlynn	0	0	---	---	7	7
Thomas Morstead	0	0	---	---	7	7
Justin Drescher	0	0	---	---	7	7
Andrus Peat	0	0	---	---	7	7
Daryl Oukac	0	0	---	---	7	7
Kai Forbath	0	0	---	---	6	6
Tim Hightower	0	1	---	---	3	4
Luke McCown	0	0	---	---	---	0
Garrett Grayson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tommy Beyer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	30	5.0
Middle	8	28	3.5
Right	2	-1	-0.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	44	6.3
Middle	21	81	3.9
Right	2	12	6.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Intc
Eli Manning	33	21	7	2	2	1	2	3
G.J. Kinne	10	7	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ryan Nassib	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Drew Brees	37	26	4	2	2	2	4	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	37	7.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	15	202	9.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	10	136	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	57	14.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	7	42	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	14	150	9.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	46	4.2
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New York	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Odell Beckham	17	12	0	212	4	46
WR Geremy Davis	8	6	0	115	2	18
WR Victor Cruz	7	5	1	32	0	35
WR Rueben Randle	7	4	0	37	1	27
TE Larry Donnell	5	3	1	12	0	31
RB Andre Williams	1	1	0	24	1	16
TE Emmitt Hickey	1	0	0	0	0	10

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Mark Ingram	8	7	0	36	1	25
WR T.J. Graham	8	3	0	61	1	30
WR Willie Snead	8	7	0	76	1	33
WR Brandin Cooks	5	3	2	36	1	26
FB Toben Opurum	4	3	0	22	0	20
WR Marques Colston	2	1	0	7	0	12
RB C.J. Spiller	1	1	0	1	0	6
TE Josh Hill	1	1	0	-1	0	23

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rashad Jennings	1	1	1.00	3.50
Andre Williams	1	0	0.00	3.67

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mark Ingram	5	10	2.00	5.21
C.J. Spiller	1	2	2.00	3.20

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Eli Manning	8	3	16	2.00	10.79
G.J. Kinne	1	1	5	5.00	4.80

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Drew Brees	4	2	16	4.00	6.43

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New York	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Odell Beckham	3	2	12	4.00	12.47
WR Rueben Randle	2	0	0	0.00	5.29
TE Larry Donnell	2	1	4	2.00	2.40
WR Victor Cruz	1	1	5	5.00	4.57
TE Emmitt Hickey	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Mark Ingram	1	1	7	7.00	4.50
WR Brandin Cooks	1	0	0	0.00	7.20
FB Toben Opurum	1	0	0	0.00	5.50
WR Willie Snead	1	1	9	9.00	9.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New York	Rushes	Conversions
Rashad Jennings	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Mark Ingram	5	2
C.J. Spiller	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Comp	Conversions
Eli Manning	7	4	2
G.J. Kinne	3	2	2
Ryan Nassib	1	1	1

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Drew Brees	10	7	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New York	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Victor Cruz	3	2	2
WR Rueben Randle	3	3	1
WR Odell Beckham	3	2	2
TE Larry Donnell	1	0	0
WR Geremy Davis	1	0	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Willie Snead	4	3	2
RB Mark Ingram	3	2	1
WR T.J. Graham	2	1	1
FB Toben Opurum	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 73,200 (73,200 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,500 (19,500)
End Zone 14,100 (14,100)
Mezzanine 8,100 (8,100)
Sideline Seats 12,500 (12,500)
Club Seats 15,600 (15,600)
Luxury Boxes 3,400 (3,400)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	73,200 (73,200 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,500 (19,500)
End Zone	14,100 (14,100)
Mezzanine	8,100 (8,100)
Sideline Seats	12,500 (12,500)
Club Seats	15,600 (15,600)
Luxury Boxes	3,400 (3,400)