Wild Card Playoff Games, 2015

played in New Orleans, LA

51 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

St. Louis Rams	0	0	0	3	-	3
New Orleans Saints	7	0	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:02 NOS - Josh Hill 24 pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath extra point)
4Q: 06:10 STL - Greg Zuerlein 19 field goal
4Q: 01:17 NOS - Mark Ingram 2 run (Kai Forbath extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:02 NOS - Josh Hill 24 pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath extra point)
4Q: 06:10 STL - Greg Zuerlein 19 field goal
4Q: 01:17 NOS - Mark Ingram 2 run (Kai Forbath extra point)

Team Statistics STL NOS
Record 9-8 12-5
First Downs 18 14
- by Rushing 10 9
- by Passing 7 3
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 381 249
- Offensive Plays 72 58
- Yards per Play 5.29 4.29
Net Rushing Yards 203 151
- Rushing Attempts 39 32
- Yards per Rush 5.21 4.72
Net Passing Yards 178 98
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 14 - 1 22 - 6 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 192 120
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 4/22
- Yards per Pass Play 5.39 3.77
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/17 3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 7.8
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 10/78 6/50
Punt Returns/Yards 4/41 2/22
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 1/21
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 25
Time of Possession 34:07 25:53

Team Statistics	STL	NOS
Record	9-8	12-5
First Downs	18	14
- by Rushing	10	9
- by Passing	7	3
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	381	249
- Offensive Plays	72	58
- Yards per Play	5.29	4.29
Net Rushing Yards	203	151
- Rushing Attempts	39	32
- Yards per Rush	5.21	4.72
Net Passing Yards	178	98
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 14 - 1	22 - 6 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	192	120
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	4/22
- Yards per Pass Play	5.39	3.77
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/17	3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	7.8
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	10/78	6/50
Punt Returns/Yards	4/41	2/22
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	1/21
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 25
Time of Possession	34:07	25:53

Drive Charts

St. Louis Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:51	4:23	OWN 29	9	58	Interception
1	5:44	2:30	OWN 23	5	27	Punt
1	2:10	1:46	OWN 49	3	-6	Punt
2	14:12	1:33	OWN 39	3	2	Punt
2	8:54	4:09	OWN 20	6	28	Punt
2	3:44	1:16	OWN 48	4	21	Missed FG
2	1:41	0:43	OWN 28	3	7	Punt
2	0:03	0:03	OWN 38	1	9	Half
3	15:00	4:15	OWN 8	8	50	Punt
3	6:49	4:29	OWN 25	8	46	Missed FG
3	1:22	2:41	OWN 20	5	22	Punt
4	10:34	4:32	OWN 34	8	64	Field Goal
4	2:39	0:51	OWN 11	5	21	Downs
4	1:08	1:08	OWN 20	5	32	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:09	OWN 35	5	65	Touchdown
1	7:28	1:44	OWN 20	4	9	Punt
1	3:14	1:04	OWN 12	3	3	Punt
1	0:24	1:12	OWN 10	3	9	Punt
2	12:39	3:45	OWN 29	8	32	Punt
2	4:45	1:01	OWN 17	3	3	Punt
2	2:28	0:47	OWN 38	3	-6	Punt
2	0:58	0:55	OWN 18	3	3	Punt
3	10:45	3:56	OWN 3	8	25	Punt
3	2:20	0:58	OWN 36	3	8	Punt
4	13:41	3:07	OWN 29	6	44	Missed FG
4	6:02	3:23	OWN 10	6	32	Punt
4	1:48	0:40	OPP 32	4	32	Touchdown

Game MVP: Mark Ingram, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Benny Cunningham	24	108	4.50	29	3
Tre Mason	9	27	3.00	21	1
Cam Newton	6	68	11.33	20	3

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Mark Ingram	27	125	4.63	27	4	1
C.J. Spiller	5	26	5.20	19	1	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	31	14	192	2/14	0	25	1	52.1

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Drew Brees	22	6	120	4/22	1	37	0	64.9

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Kenny Britt	5	12	62	12.40	23	19
TE Lance Kendricks	2	2	36	18.00	7	25
WR Brian Quick	2	5	27	13.50	8	18
WR Tavon Austin	2	7	14	7.00	0	8
WR Wes Welker	1	1	25	25.00	12	25
FB Jerome Felton	1	1	5	5.00	0	5
TE Jared Cook	1	1	23	23.00	15	23
RB Benny Cunningham	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Josh Hill	3	5	39	13.00	5	24	1
WR Brandin Cooks	2	6	44	22.00	30	32	0
WR Willie Snead	1	4	37	37.00	27	37	0
TE Michael Hoomanawanui	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Mark Ingram	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR T.J. Graham	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Arturo Everett	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Kyle Wilson	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Cam Newton	1	0	0	0
Rodger Saffold	0	1	0	0

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Tyeler Davison	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Johnny Hekker	7	287	41.0	37.9	47	6

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Thomas Morstead	10	461	46.1	38.0	56	1

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Greg Zuerlein	1/3	0/2	0/0	19	0/0

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kai Forbath	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kenny Britt	3	27	9.0	0
Wes Welker	1	14	14.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marques Colston	1	9	9.0	0
Mark Ingram	1	13	13.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tavon Austin	1	22	22.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mark Ingram	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Janoris Jenkins	7	1	0.0	31	25
ILB James Laurinaitis	6	4	1.0	31	26
S Rodney McLeod	6	2	1.0	29	25
S T.J. McDonald	4	0	0.0	32	26
DT Aaron Donald	3	1	0.5	28	19
CB Patrick Robinson	3	1	0.0	13	12
DT Michael Brockers	3	1	0.0	21	18
OLB Akeem Ayers	2	0	1.0	7	7
DE Robert Quinn	1	2	0.5	27	25
CB Lamarcus Joyner	1	2	0.0	26	23
DE Chris Long	1	0	0.0	24	16
QB Cam Newton	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Alec Ogletree	1	0	0.0	16	7
DE Matt Longacre	1	0	0.0	11	11
ILB Braxton Craig	1	0	0.0	1	0
OLB Bruce Irvin	0	1	0.0	28	25

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kyle Wilson	8	3	0.0	39	33
OLB Stephone Anthony	8	2	0.0	38	30
S Jairus Byrd	7	5	0.5	39	33
DT Tyeler Davison	7	0	1.0	30	28
OLB Hau'oli Kikaha	4	5	0.5	37	30
CB Keenan Lewis	4	0	0.0	37	33
CB Delvin Breaux	3	0	0.0	17	27
DE Nick Foreman	3	0	0.0	13	13
DE Cameron Jordan	2	3	0.0	35	25
ILB Dannell Ellerbe	2	1	0.0	13	5
OLB Liam Barton	2	0	0.0	2	3
DT John Jenkins	1	2	0.0	17	9
OLB David Hawthorne	1	0	0.0	9	0
S Kenny Vaccaro	1	0	0.0	9	21
DE Bobby Richardson	1	0	0.0	26	20
CB Glenn Gelat	1	0	0.0	7	8
DT Kevin Williams	0	1	0.0	21	7

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
ILB James Laurinaitis	1.0	0	2	26
OLB Akeem Ayers	1.0	0	0	7
S Rodney McLeod	1.0	0	0	25
DE Robert Quinn	0.5	0	1	25
DT Aaron Donald	0.5	0	0	19
DT Cristian Golson	0.0	1	1	9
DT Michael Brockers	0.0	0	2	18
DE Chris Long	0.0	0	1	16
DE Matt Longacre	0.0	0	1	11

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Tyeler Davison	1.0	0	1	1	28
S Jairus Byrd	0.5	0	0	0	33
OLB Hau'oli Kikaha	0.5	0	0	0	30
DE Bobby Richardson	0.0	2	1	1	20
DE Nick Foreman	0.0	0	2	0	13
DE Cameron Jordan	0.0	0	1	2	25
DE Kasim Edebali	0.0	0	1	0	9

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Janoris Jenkins	2	2	25
CB Patrick Robinson	1	0	12
OLB Akeem Ayers	1	0	7
S T.J. McDonald	1	0	26
CB Curtis Banks	1	0	5
DE Chris Long	0	1	16
ILB James Laurinaitis	0	1	26
S Mark Barron	0	1	7
CB Lamarcus Joyner	0	1	23

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Keenan Lewis	3	1	0	33
S Jairus Byrd	2	1	0	33
OLB Stephone Anthony	2	0	0	30
CB Delvin Breaux	2	0	0	27
S Kyle Wilson	1	1	1	33
OLB Hau'oli Kikaha	1	1	0	30
S Kenny Vaccaro	1	0	0	21
DT Tyeler Davison	1	0	0	28
OLB Liam Barton	1	0	0	3

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rodger Saffold	4	13	39	0	33
Tim Barnes	2	8	39	0	33
Rob Havenstein	2	5	39	0	33
Jamon Brown	2	4	39	0	33
Lance Kendricks	1	2	28	0	23
Jerome Felton	1	1	22	0	16
Garrett Reynolds	0	2	39	2	33

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Hills	4	11	0	32	1	26
Zach Strief	3	8	0	32	0	26
Max Unger	3	5	0	32	1	26
Jahri Evans	3	4	0	32	0	26
Ron Gerhardt	2	3	0	32	2	26
Josh Hill	1	1	1	23	0	17

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Wes Welker	2	22
Kenny Britt	1	13

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
C.J. Spiller	1	16
Kenny Vaccaro	1	16
Delvin Breaux	1	15
Mike McGlynn	1	11
Andrus Peat	1	11

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jamon Brown	39	33	---	---	10	82
Kenny Britt	37	31	---	---	13	81
T.J. McDonald	---	---	32	26	21	79
Bruce Irvin	---	---	28	25	22	75
Garrett Reynolds	39	33	---	---	---	72
Rodger Saffold	39	33	---	---	---	72
Cam Newton	39	33	---	---	---	72
Tim Barnes	39	33	---	---	---	72
Rob Havenstein	39	33	---	---	---	72
Jerome Felton	22	16	---	---	25	63
Tavon Austin	32	29	---	---	2	63
Janoris Jenkins	---	---	31	25	4	60
Rodney McLeod	---	---	29	25	6	60
James Laurinaitis	---	---	31	26	2	59
Lance Kendricks	28	23	---	---	6	57
Robert Quinn	---	---	27	25	1	53
Lamarcus Joyner	---	---	26	23	1	50
Benny Cunningham	29	18	---	---	2	49
Aaron Donald	---	---	28	19	1	48
Chris Long	---	---	24	16	2	42
Michael Brockers	---	---	21	18	1	40
Brian Quick	21	19	---	---	---	40
Jared Cook	10	11	---	---	13	34
Cristian Golson	---	---	16	9	9	34
Matt Longacre	---	---	11	11	10	32
Wes Welker	5	2	---	---	22	29
Alec Ogletree	---	---	16	7	3	26
Patrick Robinson	---	---	13	12	---	25
Tre Mason	10	15	---	---	---	25
Mark Barron	---	---	5	7	9	21
Akeem Ayers	---	---	7	7	4	18
Stedman Bailey	0	0	---	---	14	14
Cory Harkey	1	1	---	---	11	13
Chase Reynolds	0	0	---	---	11	11
Curtis Banks	---	---	6	5	---	11
Andrew Donnal	0	0	---	---	10	10
Cody Wichmann	0	0	---	---	10	10
Corbin Freeman	0	0	---	---	10	10
Nicholas Nagi	0	0	---	---	10	10
Johnny Hekker	0	0	---	---	7	7
Braxton Craig	---	---	1	0	6	7
Greg Zuerlein	0	0	---	---	5	5
Sean Mannion	0	0	---	---	3	3
Matt Wells	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jerome Stevenson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jairus Byrd	---	---	39	33	11	83
Keenan Lewis	---	---	37	33	7	77
Kyle Wilson	---	---	39	33	2	74
Stephone Anthony	---	---	38	30	3	71
Hau'oli Kikaha	---	---	37	30	3	70
Ron Gerhardt	32	26	---	---	11	69
Brandon Browner	---	---	35	29	3	67
Cameron Jordan	---	---	35	25	3	63
Delvin Breaux	---	---	17	27	15	59
Tyeler Davison	---	---	30	28	1	59
Drew Brees	32	26	---	---	---	58
Jahri Evans	32	26	---	---	---	58
Zach Strief	32	26	---	---	---	58
Tony Hills	32	26	---	---	---	58
Max Unger	32	26	---	---	---	58
Willie Snead	31	26	---	---	---	57
Mark Ingram	27	18	---	---	8	53
Bobby Richardson	---	---	26	20	3	49
Josh Hill	23	17	---	---	7	47
Brandin Cooks	27	20	---	---	---	47
Kenny Vaccaro	---	---	9	21	16	46
Austin Johnson	15	9	---	---	11	35
Kevin Williams	---	---	21	7	6	34
T.J. Graham	15	17	---	---	---	32
Glenn Gelat	---	---	7	8	17	32
Nick Foreman	---	---	13	13	5	31
C.J. Spiller	5	8	---	---	16	29
John Jenkins	---	---	17	9	2	28
Kasim Edebali	---	---	5	9	8	22
Dannell Ellerbe	---	---	13	5	3	21
Arturo Everett	1	5	---	---	15	21
Michael Hoomanawanui	6	4	---	---	8	18
Harrison Rhodes	8	4	---	---	5	17
Liam Barton	---	---	2	3	12	17
David Hawthorne	---	---	9	0	5	14
Seantavius Jones	0	0	---	---	12	12
Mike McGlynn	0	0	---	---	11	11
Justin Drescher	0	0	---	---	11	11
Terron Armstead	0	0	---	---	11	11
Andrus Peat	0	0	---	---	11	11
Thomas Morstead	0	0	---	---	10	10
Marques Colston	2	2	---	---	3	7
Brandon Coleman	0	0	---	---	6	6
Kai Forbath	0	0	---	---	4	4
Luke McCown	0	0	---	---	1	1
Garrett Grayson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	57	4.8
Middle	14	73	5.2
Right	13	73	5.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	97	6.9
Middle	9	27	3.0
Right	9	27	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	31	14	3	1	2	4	6	4	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Drew Brees	22	6	3	0	1	6	8	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	19	9.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	8	82	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	4	66	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	25	5.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	5	96	7.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	0	0	0.0
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	24	4.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kenny Britt	12	5	1	62	0	31
WR Tavon Austin	7	2	0	14	0	29
WR Brian Quick	5	2	1	27	0	19
TE Lance Kendricks	2	2	0	36	1	23
WR Wes Welker	1	1	0	25	1	2
FB Jerome Felton	1	1	0	5	0	16
TE Jared Cook	1	1	0	23	1	11
RB Benny Cunningham	1	0	0	0	0	18

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brandin Cooks	6	2	0	44	1	20
TE Josh Hill	5	3	1	39	1	17
WR Willie Snead	4	1	0	37	1	26
WR T.J. Graham	3	0	0	0	0	17
TE Arturo Everett	2	0	0	0	0	5
TE Michael Hoomanawanui	1	0	0	0	0	4
RB Mark Ingram	1	0	0	0	0	18

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Benny Cunningham	5	9	1.80	4.50
Tre Mason	1	5	5.00	3.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mark Ingram	2	3	1.50	4.63

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	2	1	8	4.00	6.19

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Brian Quick	1	0	0	0.00	5.40
WR Tavon Austin	1	1	8	8.00	2.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Benny Cunningham	5	2
Tre Mason	2	1
Cam Newton	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Mark Ingram	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	8	3	2

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Drew Brees	10	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kenny Britt	3	2	1
WR Tavon Austin	2	0	0
FB Jerome Felton	1	1	1
WR Brian Quick	1	0	0
RB Benny Cunningham	1	0	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Brandin Cooks	3	1	1
WR Willie Snead	3	1	1
TE Arturo Everett	2	0	0
TE Michael Hoomanawanui	1	0	0
WR T.J. Graham	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)