| New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 2012 Location: Arlington, TX |
| Venue: Cowboys Stadium Attendance: 92570 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mark Ingram 9 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dez Bryant 58 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dez Bryant 58 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Lance Moore 6 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 37 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Bailey 47 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Pierre Thomas 5 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Thomas 3 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dwayne Harris 16 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick) | 31 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Miles Austin 19 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick) | 31 | 31 |
| 5 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 20 FG | 34 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 16 | WR | Lance Moore |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 66 | LOG | Ben Grubbs |
| 60 | C | Brian De La Puente |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 69 | TE | Eric Olsen |
| 85 | TE | Dave Thomas |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 43 | RB | Darren Sproles |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 77 | LDT | Brodrick Bunkley |
| 98 | RDT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 57 | SLB | David Hawthorne |
| 50 | MLB | Curtis Lofton |
| 51 | WLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 33 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 42 | FS | Isa Abdul-Quiddus |
| 21 | RCB | Patrick Robinson |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Miles Austin |
| 88 | WR | Dez Bryant |
| 77 | LOT | Tyron Smith |
| 71 | LOG | Nate Livings |
| 63 | C | Ryan Cook |
| 73 | ROG | Mackenzy Bernadeau |
| 68 | ROT | Doug Free |
| 89 | TE | John Phillips |
| 82 | TE | Jason Witten |
| 9 | QB | Tony Romo |
| 29 | RB | DeMarco Murray |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Marcus Spears |
| 95 | NT | Sean Lissemore |
| 97 | RDE | Jason Hatcher |
| 93 | SLB | Anthony Spencer |
| 94 | JLB | DeMarcus Ware |
| 52 | MLB | Dan Connor |
| 59 | WLB | Ernie Sims |
| 39 | LCB | Brandon Carr |
| 27 | SS | Eric Frampton |
| 43 | FS | Gerald Sensabaugh |
| 24 | RCB | Morris Claiborne |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Ingram | 21 | 53 | 2.5 | 9t | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| DeMarco Murray | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 53 | 37 | 69.8 | 0 | 446 | 8.4 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114.2 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Tony Romo | 43 | 26 | 60.5 | 0 | 416 | 9.7 | 58t | 4 | 2 | 10 | 123.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Marques Colston | 13 | 10 | 153 | 15.3 | 60 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 10 | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 44 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 11 | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 9 | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Lance Moore | 5 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Thomas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dez Bryant | 12 | 9 | 224 | 24.9 | 58t | 2 |
| Jason Witten | 8 | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DeMarco Murray | 6 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Miles Austin | 8 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 19t | 1 |
| Dwayne Harris | 3 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Kevin Ogletree | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| James Hanna | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Felix Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 5 | 263 | 52.6 | 63 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Brian Moorman | 6 | 307 | 51.2 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dwayne Harris | 2 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 38 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 6 | 382 | 63.7 | 4 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||
| Dan Bailey | 6 | 381 | 63.5 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dwayne Harris | 2 | 0 | 29 | 14.5 | 29 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Tom Johnson | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Junior Galette | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Patrick Robinson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lofton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quiddus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hawthorne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Patrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Casillas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martez Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Herring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Humber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dan Connor | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris Claiborne | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Spencer | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hatcher | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Carr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Butler | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Sensabaugh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Albright | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Poppinga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Peprah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Frampton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Sims | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Lissemore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Spears | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Crawford | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sterling Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jenkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Schaefering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Ware | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Coe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Dunbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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