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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>← <a href="/wiki/2011_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2011 New Orleans Saints season">2011</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Orleans_Saints_seasons" title="List of New Orleans Saints seasons">Saints seasons</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2013 New Orleans Saints season">2013</a> →</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_season" title="2012 NFL season">2012 season</a> was the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a>' 46th in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) and their 37th playing home games at the <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Superdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz Superdome">Superdome</a>. The Saints <a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Orleans_Saints_head_coaches" title="List of New Orleans Saints head coaches">head coach</a> was <a href="/wiki/Sean_Payton" title="Sean Payton">Sean Payton</a>, but he was suspended by the NFL for the entire season as part of the punishment for the team's <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints_bounty_scandal" title="New Orleans Saints bounty scandal">bounty scandal</a>. On April 12, 2012, linebackers coach <a href="/wiki/Joe_Vitt" title="Joe Vitt">Joe Vitt</a> was named interim head coach to replace Payton while he was suspended.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 22, 2012, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Kromer" title="Aaron Kromer">Aaron Kromer</a> would take over while Vitt himself served a six-game suspension to start the regular season.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Saints attempted to make history as the first host team to play the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVII" title="Super Bowl XLVII">Super Bowl</a> on their own home field, but they were eliminated from post-season contention for the first time since 2008 in Week 16. The Saints set an NFL record for most yards given up by a defense, 7,042 yards, surpassing the <a href="/wiki/1981_Baltimore_Colts_season" title="1981 Baltimore Colts season">1981 Baltimore Colts</a> record of 6,793 yards. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel_changes">Personnel changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personnel changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his contract expired, defensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Williams" title="Gregg Williams">Gregg Williams</a> was hired by the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Rams" title="St. Louis Rams">St. Louis Rams</a> to the same position on January 16, 2012. Former Rams' head coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Spagnuolo" title="Steve Spagnuolo">Steve Spagnuolo</a> replaced Williams. Williams was later handed an indefinite suspension from the NFL for his role in the bounty scandal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roster_changes">Roster changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Roster changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Signings">Signings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Signings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>All signings were to active roster, except where otherwise noted.</i></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos.</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Date<br /><sup id="cite_ref-2012_NFL_Enterprises_LLC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012_NFL_Enterprises_LLC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-New_Orleans_Saints_–_Transactions_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Orleans_Saints_–_Transactions-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Tanner" title="Andy Tanner">Andy Tanner</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kamaal_McIlwain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kamaal McIlwain (page does not exist)">Kamaal McIlwain</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td>Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)#Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">OT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Trautwein" title="Phil Trautwein">Phil Trautwein</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td>Released May 15, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">OG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Howell_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Howell (football coach)">Nick Howell</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td>Released May 15, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Canfield" title="Sean Canfield">Sean Canfield</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Victorian" title="Josh Victorian">Josh Victorian</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td>Released May 15, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cord_Parks" title="Cord Parks">Cord Parks</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td>Released July 31, 2012. Re-signed August 2, 2012. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)#Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">OT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fenuki_Tupou" title="Fenuki Tupou">Fenuki Tupou</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td>Placed on injured reserve August 20, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Chris Taylor (American football)">Chris Taylor</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td>Released June 8, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitch_King" title="Mitch King">Mitch King</a> </td> <td>January 18, 2012 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swanson_Miller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swanson Miller (page does not exist)">Swanson Miller</a> </td> <td>January 19, 2012 </td> <td>Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">OG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Grubbs" title="Ben Grubbs">Ben Grubbs</a> </td> <td>March 15, 2012 </td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brodrick_Bunkley" title="Brodrick Bunkley">Brodrick Bunkley</a> </td> <td>March 21, 2012 </td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td>Chris Chamberlain </td> <td>March 23, 2012 </td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Rams" title="St. Louis Rams">St. Louis Rams</a>. Placed on injured reserve August 20, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td>Curtis Lofton </td> <td>March 24, 2012 </td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td>David Hawthorne </td> <td>April 3, 2012 </td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks" title="Seattle Seahawks">Seattle Seahawks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> </td> <td>Courtney Roby </td> <td>April 16, 2012 </td> <td>Re-signed </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> </td> <td>Jabari Greer </td> <td>April 20, 2012 </td> <td>Re-signed </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td>Jonathan Casillas </td> <td>April 24, 2012 </td> <td>Re-signed </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a> </td> <td>John Kasay </td> <td>April 26, 2012 </td> <td>Re-signed </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a> </td> <td>Remi Ayodele </td> <td>May 7, 2012 </td> <td>Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marquis_Johnson" title="Marquis Johnson">Marquis Johnson</a> </td> <td>May 11, 2012 </td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Rams" title="St. Louis Rams">St. Louis Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)#Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">OT</a> </td> <td>Hutch Eckerson </td> <td>May 14, 2012 </td> <td>Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td>Lawrence Wilson </td> <td>May 15, 2012 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elbert_Mack" title="Elbert Mack">Elbert Mack</a> </td> <td>June 5, 2012 </td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_McCown" title="Luke McCown">Luke McCown</a> </td> <td>June 7, 2012 </td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a>. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a> </td> <td>Drew Brees </td> <td>July 13, 2012 </td> <td>Re-signed </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Schouman" title="Derek Schouman">Derek Schouman</a> </td> <td>July 24, 2012 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">DE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Daniels" title="Alex Daniels">Alex Daniels</a> </td> <td>July 31, 2012 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramon_Humber" title="Ramon Humber">Ramon Humber</a> </td> <td>August 6, 2012 </td> <td>Re-signed </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">OG</a> </td> <td>Paul Fenaroli </td> <td>August 11, 2012 </td> <td>Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Graham" title="Daniel Graham">Daniel Graham</a> </td> <td>August 11, 2012 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Camarillo" title="Greg Camarillo">Greg Camarillo</a> </td> <td>August 20, 2012 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barrett_Ruud" title="Barrett Ruud">Barrett Ruud</a> </td> <td>August 20, 2012 </td> <td>From the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks" title="Seattle Seahawks">Seattle Seahawks</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Draft">Draft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_draft" title="2012 NFL draft">2012 NFL draft</a></div> <p>The Saints did not have a first- or second-round selection.<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Patriots_trade"><a href="#endnote_Patriots_trade">[a]</a></sup><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Bounty_scandal"><a href="#endnote_Bounty_scandal">[b]</a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="6" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>2012 New Orleans Saints draft</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Round </th> <th>Pick </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Position </th> <th>College </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#d9e9f9"> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">3 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">89 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em; background:#faecc8;"><a href="/wiki/Akiem_Hicks" title="Akiem Hicks">Akiem Hicks</a> *<span style="padding-left:0.1em;"> </span> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Regina" title="University of Regina">Regina</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.75em;"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#d9e9f9"> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">4 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">122 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Toon" title="Nick Toon">Nick Toon</a><span style="padding-left:0.1em;"> </span> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.75em;"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#d9e9f9"> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">5 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">162 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Corey_White_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corey White (American football)">Corey White</a><span style="padding-left:0.1em;"> </span> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_and_Canadian_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American and Canadian football position)">S</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Samford_Bulldogs_football" title="Samford Bulldogs football">Samford</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.75em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">6 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">179 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Tiller" title="Andrew Tiller">Andrew Tiller</a><span style="padding-left:0.1em;"> </span> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Offensive_guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive guard">OG</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Syracuse_Orange_football_team" title="2011 Syracuse Orange football team">Syracuse</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.75em;">Pick from MIA<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Dolphins_trade"><a href="#endnote_Dolphins_trade">[c]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#d9e9f9"> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">7 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;">234 </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Jones" title="Marcel Jones">Marcel Jones</a><span style="padding-left:0.1em;"> </span> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="2011 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.75em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#d9e9f9; color:black;">     </span> Made roster  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFCC00; color:black;">  †  </span> <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#faecc8; color:black;">  *  </span> Made at least one <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> during career</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>NOTES</dt> <dd><sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Patriots_trade"><b><a href="#ref_Patriots_trade">^[a]</a></b></span> </sup> The team traded its 2012 first-round selection and a 2011 second-round selection to the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> in exchange for the Patriots' 2011 first-round selection.</dd> <dd><sup><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Bounty_scandal"><b><a href="#ref_Bounty_scandal">^[b]</a></b></span> </sup> The team forfeited their second-round selections in 2012 and <a href="/wiki/2013_NFL_draft" title="2013 NFL draft">2013</a> as part of the punishment for the team's <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints_bounty_scandal" title="New Orleans Saints bounty scandal">bounty scandal</a>.</dd> <dd><sup><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Dolphins_trade"><b><a href="#ref_Dolphins_trade">^[c]</a></b></span> </sup> The team swapped picks in the sixth round with the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Bush" title="Reggie Bush">Reggie Bush</a> trade.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Undrafted_free_agents">Undrafted free agents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Undrafted free agents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All undrafted free agents were signed just after the <a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_draft" title="2012 NFL draft">2012 NFL draft</a> concluded on April 28.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position</th> <th>Player</th> <th>College</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadarron_Anderson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kadarron Anderson (page does not exist)">Kadarron Anderson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Furman_University#Football" title="Furman University">Furman</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malcolm_Beyah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malcolm Beyah (page does not exist)">Malcolm Beyah</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee_Blue_Raiders#Football" title="Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders">Middle Tennessee State</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Released June 13, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">DE</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Braylon_Broughton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Braylon Broughton (page does not exist)">Braylon Broughton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs_football" title="TCU Horned Frogs football">TCU</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jake_Byrne" title="Jake Byrne">Jake Byrne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Travaris_Cadet" title="Travaris Cadet">Travaris Cadet</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_Mountaineers_football" title="Appalachian State Mountaineers football">Appalachian State</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._Davis_(cornerback,_born_1989)" title="A. J. Davis (cornerback, born 1989)">A.J. Davis</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_State_Gamecocks_football" title="Jacksonville State Gamecocks football">Jacksonville State</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Placed on injured reserve August 11, 2012. Released August 18, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center (American football)">C</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Folkerts" title="Brian Folkerts">Brian Folkerts</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washburn_Ichabods#Football" title="Washburn Ichabods">Washburn</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Givens_(wide_receiver,_born_1989)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris Givens (wide receiver, born 1989) (page does not exist)">Chris Givens</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_RedHawks_football" title="Miami RedHawks football">Miami (OH)</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Placed on injured reserve August 2, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_and_Canadian_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American and Canadian football position)">S</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jose_Gumbs" title="Jose Gumbs">Jose Gumbs</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Hawks#Athletics" title="Monmouth Hawks">Monmouth</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/MOS:BROKENSECTIONLINKS" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:BROKENSECTIONLINKS"><span title=" (2024-06-19)">broken anchor</span></a></i>]</sup></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Hardy_(wide_receiver)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin Hardy (wide receiver) (page does not exist)">Kevin Hardy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Citadel_Bulldogs_football" title="The Citadel Bulldogs football">The Citadel</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Released July 24, 2012. Re-signed August 6, 2012. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)#Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">OT</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Hoch_(offensive_tackle)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dan Hoch (offensive tackle) (page does not exist)">Dan Hoch</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">Missouri</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Released May 15, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Johnson_(linebacker)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephen Johnson (linebacker) (page does not exist)">Stephen Johnson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls_football" title="Temple Owls football">Temple</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Released May 15, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_and_Canadian_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American and Canadian football position)">S</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerico_Nelson" title="Jerico Nelson">Jerico Nelson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Razorbacks_football" title="Arkansas Razorbacks football">Arkansas</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Return_specialist" title="Return specialist">RS</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laron_Scott" title="Laron Scott">Laron Scott</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles_football" title="Georgia Southern Eagles football">Georgia Southern</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Releases August 6, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)#Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">OT</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aderious_Simmons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aderious Simmons (page does not exist)">Aderious Simmons</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_football" title="Arizona State Sun Devils football">Arizona State</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaron_Tevis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aaron Tevis (page does not exist)">Aaron Tevis</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boise_State_Broncos_football" title="Boise State Broncos football">Boise State</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_and_Canadian_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American and Canadian football position)">S</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Thomas_(safety)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johnny Thomas (safety) (page does not exist)">Johnny Thomas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_football" title="Oklahoma State Cowboys football">Oklahoma State</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">DE</a>/<a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyrunn_Walker" title="Tyrunn Walker">Tyrunn Walker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football" title="Tulsa Golden Hurricane football">Tulsa</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on April 30, will participate in rookie mini-camp </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">OG</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeOn%27tae_Pannell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DeOn'tae Pannell (page does not exist)">DeOn'tae Pannell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on May 15 after participating in rookie mini-camp </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nick_Hixson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nick Hixson (page does not exist)">Nick Hixson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hillsdale_College" title="Hillsdale College">Hillsdale</a></td> <td>Added to the team roster on May 15 after participating in rookie mini-camp. Released June 8, 2012. Re-signed August 11, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">OG</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Winnewisser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott Winnewisser (page does not exist)">Scott Winnewisser</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Vulcans#Football" title="California Vulcans">California (PA)</a></td> <td>Signed May 29, 2012. Placed on injured reserve August 6, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Banyard" title="Joe Banyard">Joe Banyard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/UTEP_Miners_football" title="UTEP Miners football">UTEP</a></td> <td>Signed June 7, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Moye" title="Derek Moye">Derek Moye</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State</a></td> <td>Claimed off waivers from the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> on June 13, 2012. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donavan_Robinson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donavan Robinson (page does not exist)">Donavan Robinson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackson_State_Tigers_football" title="Jackson State Tigers football">Jackson State</a></td> <td>Signed June 22, 2012. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marques_Clark&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marques Clark (page does not exist)">Marques Clark</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henderson_State_Reddies_football" title="Henderson State Reddies football">Henderson State</a></td> <td>Signed July 24, 2012. Released August 27, 2012. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Staff">Staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours"> <caption style="background: #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #D3BC8D"><b>2012 New Orleans Saints staff</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Front office</b> </p> <ul><li>Owner/president – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Benson" title="Tom Benson">Tom Benson</a></li> <li>Owner/executive vice president – <a href="/wiki/Rita_Benson_LeBlanc" title="Rita Benson LeBlanc">Rita Benson LeBlanc</a></li> <li>Executive vice president/general manager – <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Loomis" title="Mickey Loomis">Mickey Loomis</a></li> <li>Director of football administration – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Khai_Harley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khai Harley (page does not exist)">Khai Harley</a></li> <li>Director of pro scouting – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Pace" title="Ryan Pace">Ryan Pace</a></li> <li>Director of college scouting – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rick_Reiprish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rick Reiprish (page does not exist)">Rick Reiprish</a></li> <li>Assistant director of college scouting – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Adams_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Adams (American football) (page does not exist)">Brian Adams</a></li></ul> <p><b>Head coaches</b> </p> <ul><li>Head coach – <a href="/wiki/Sean_Payton" title="Sean Payton">Sean Payton</a>†</li> <li>Interim head coach (games 7-16)/assistant head coach/linebackers – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Vitt" title="Joe Vitt">Joe Vitt</a></li> <li>Interim head coach (games 1-6)/offensive line/running game – <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Kromer" title="Aaron Kromer">Aaron Kromer</a></li></ul> <p><b>Offensive coaches</b> </p> <ul><li>Offensive coordinator – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Carmichael,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Pete Carmichael, Jr.">Pete Carmichael, Jr.</a></li> <li>Quarterbacks – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lombardi_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Lombardi (American football)">Joe Lombardi</a></li> <li>Running backs – <a href="/wiki/Bret_Ingalls" title="Bret Ingalls">Bret Ingalls</a></li> <li>Wide receivers – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ellard" title="Henry Ellard">Henry Ellard</a></li> <li>Tight ends – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Malone" title="Terry Malone">Terry Malone</a></li> <li>Offensive assistant – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_Sheridan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carter Sheridan (page does not exist)">Carter Sheridan</a></li> <li>Offensive assistant – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Smith_(American_football)" title="Frank Smith (American football)">Frank Smith</a></li></ul> <p><br /> <small>† – suspended for the entire <a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_season" title="2012 NFL season">2012</a> season<br /> (<i>see</i> <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints_bounty_scandal" title="New Orleans Saints bounty scandal">New Orleans Saints bounty scandal</a>)</small> </p> </td> <td width="35"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><b>Defensive coaches</b> <ul><li>Defensive coordinator – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Spagnuolo" title="Steve Spagnuolo">Steve Spagnuolo</a></li> <li>Defensive line – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Johnson (American football coach)">Bill Johnson</a></li> <li>Assistant defensive line – <a href="/wiki/Travis_Jones_(American_football_coach)" title="Travis Jones (American football coach)">Travis Jones</a></li> <li>Secondary – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Flajole" title="Ken Flajole">Ken Flajole</a></li> <li>Assistant secondary – <a href="/wiki/Andre_Curtis" title="Andre Curtis">Andre Curtis</a></li> <li>Defensive assistant – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marcus_Ungaro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marcus Ungaro (page does not exist)">Marcus Ungaro</a></li> <li>Defensive assistant – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Young_(American_football,_born_1977)" title="Brian Young (American football, born 1977)">Brian Young</a></li></ul> <p><b>Special teams coaches</b> </p> <ul><li>Special teams coordinator – <a href="/wiki/Greg_McMahon" title="Greg McMahon">Greg McMahon</a></li> <li>Assistant special teams – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mallory" title="Mike Mallory">Mike Mallory</a></li></ul> <p><b>Strength and conditioning</b> </p> <ul><li>Head strength and conditioning – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Dalrymple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dan Dalrymple (page does not exist)">Dan Dalrymple</a></li> <li>Assistant strength and conditioning – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Byrd_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Byrd (American football) (page does not exist)">Charles Byrd</a></li> <li>Weight room assistant – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Wenning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Wenning (page does not exist)">Robert Wenning</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_roster">Final roster</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Final roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours"> <caption style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;; text-align: center;"><b>2012 New Orleans Saints roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><b><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">Quarterbacks</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(QB)</span></b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;"> 9</span> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">10</span> <a href="/wiki/Chase_Daniel" title="Chase Daniel">Chase Daniel</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">Running backs</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(RB)</span></b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">39</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Travaris_Cadet" title="Travaris Cadet">Travaris Cadet</a></i></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">45</span> <a href="/wiki/Jed_Collins" title="Jed Collins">Jed Collins</a> <abbr title="Fullback"><span style="font-size:90%;">FB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">28</span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram_II" title="Mark Ingram II">Mark Ingram</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">29</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ivory" title="Chris Ivory">Chris Ivory</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">43</span> <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> <abbr title="Return specialist"><span style="font-size:90%;">RS</span></abbr></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">Wide receivers</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(WR)</span></b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">12</span> <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">18</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Saalim_Hakim" title="Saalim Hakim">Saalim Hakim</a></i></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Devery_Henderson" title="Devery Henderson">Devery Henderson</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">16</span> <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">13</span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan_(American_football)" title="Joe Morgan (American football)">Joe Morgan</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">15</span> <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Roby" title="Courtney Roby">Courtney Roby</a> <abbr title="Kick returner"><span style="font-size:90%;">KR</span></abbr></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">Tight ends</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(TE)</span></b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">80</span> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">81</span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Higgins_(American_football)" title="Michael Higgins (American football)">Michael Higgins</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">85</span> <a href="/wiki/David_Thomas_(American_football)" title="David Thomas (American football)">David Thomas</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="width: 25px;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><b><a href="/wiki/Offensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive line">Offensive linemen</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(OL)</span></b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">74</span> <a href="/wiki/Jermon_Bushrod" title="Jermon Bushrod">Jermon Bushrod</a> <abbr title="Offensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">T</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">60</span> <a href="/wiki/Brian_de_la_Puente" title="Brian de la Puente">Brian de la Puente</a> <abbr title="Center"><span style="font-size:90%;">C</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">73</span> <a href="/wiki/Jahri_Evans" title="Jahri Evans">Jahri Evans</a> <abbr title="Offensive guard"><span style="font-size:90%;">G</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">66</span> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Grubbs" title="Ben Grubbs">Ben Grubbs</a> <abbr title="Offensive guard"><span style="font-size:90%;">G</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">65</span> <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Henry" title="Ricky Henry">Ricky Henry</a> <abbr title="Offensive guard"><span style="font-size:90%;">G</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">69</span> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Olsen_(American_football)" title="Eric Olsen (American football)">Eric Olsen</a> <abbr title="Center / offensive guard"><span style="font-size:90%;">C/G</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">68</span> <a href="/wiki/William_Robinson_(American_football)" title="William Robinson (American football)">William Robinson</a> <abbr title="Offensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">T</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">64</span> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Strief" title="Zach Strief">Zach Strief</a> <abbr title="Offensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">T</span></abbr></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Defensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive line">Defensive linemen</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(DL)</span></b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">77</span> <a href="/wiki/Brodrick_Bunkley" title="Brodrick Bunkley">Brodrick Bunkley</a> <abbr title="Defensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">DT</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">98</span> <a href="/wiki/Sedrick_Ellis" title="Sedrick Ellis">Sedrick Ellis</a> <abbr title="Defensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">DT</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">93</span> <a href="/wiki/Junior_Galette" title="Junior Galette">Junior Galette</a> <abbr title="Defensive end"><span style="font-size:90%;">DE</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">76</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Akiem_Hicks" title="Akiem Hicks">Akiem Hicks</a></i> <abbr title="Defensive end"><span style="font-size:90%;">DE</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">96</span> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Johnson_(defensive_tackle,_born_1984)" title="Tom Johnson (defensive tackle, born 1984)">Tom Johnson</a> <abbr title="Defensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">DT</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">94</span> <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Jordan" title="Cameron Jordan">Cameron Jordan</a> <abbr title="Defensive end"><span style="font-size:90%;">DE</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">90</span> <a href="/wiki/Turk_McBride" title="Turk McBride">Turk McBride</a> <abbr title="Defensive end"><span style="font-size:90%;">DE</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">91</span> <a href="/wiki/Will_Smith_(defensive_end)" title="Will Smith (defensive end)">Will Smith</a> <abbr title="Defensive end"><span style="font-size:90%;">DE</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">75</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Tyrunn_Walker" title="Tyrunn Walker">Tyrunn Walker</a></i> <abbr title="Defensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">DT</span></abbr></li></ul> </td> <td style="width: 25px;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><b><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">Linebackers</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(LB)</span></b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">52</span> <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Casillas" title="Jonathan Casillas">Jonathan Casillas</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker"><span style="font-size:90%;">OLB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">57</span> <a href="/wiki/David_Hawthorne" title="David Hawthorne">David Hawthorne</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker"><span style="font-size:90%;">OLB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">54</span> <a href="/wiki/Will_Herring" title="Will Herring">Will Herring</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker"><span style="font-size:90%;">OLB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">53</span> <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Humber" title="Ramon Humber">Ramon Humber</a> <abbr title="Middle linebacker"><span style="font-size:90%;">MLB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">50</span> <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Lofton" title="Curtis Lofton">Curtis Lofton</a> <abbr title="Middle linebacker"><span style="font-size:90%;">MLB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">58</span> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Shanle" title="Scott Shanle">Scott Shanle</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker"><span style="font-size:90%;">OLB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">51</span> <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Vilma" title="Jonathan Vilma">Jonathan Vilma</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker"><span style="font-size:90%;">OLB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">95</span> <a href="/wiki/Martez_Wilson" title="Martez Wilson">Martez Wilson</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker"><span style="font-size:90%;">OLB</span></abbr></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">Defensive backs</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(DB)</span></b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">42</span> <a href="/wiki/Isa_Abdul-Quddus" title="Isa Abdul-Quddus">Isa Abdul-Quddus</a> <abbr title="Free safety"><span style="font-size:90%;">FS</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">25</span> <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Bush" title="Rafael Bush">Rafael Bush</a> <abbr title="Strong safety"><span style="font-size:90%;">SS</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">20</span> <i><a href="/wiki/A._J._Davis_(cornerback,_born_1989)" title="A. J. Davis (cornerback, born 1989)">A. J. Davis</a></i> <abbr title="Cornerback"><span style="font-size:90%;">CB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">33</span> <a href="/wiki/Jabari_Greer" title="Jabari Greer">Jabari Greer</a> <abbr title="Cornerback"><span style="font-size:90%;">CB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">41</span> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Harper" title="Roman Harper">Roman Harper</a> <abbr title="Strong safety"><span style="font-size:90%;">SS</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">44</span> <a href="/wiki/Elbert_Mack" title="Elbert Mack">Elbert Mack</a> <abbr title="Cornerback"><span style="font-size:90%;">CB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">37</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Jerico_Nelson" title="Jerico Nelson">Jerico Nelson</a></i> <abbr title="Free safety"><span style="font-size:90%;">FS</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">32</span> <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Patrick" title="Johnny Patrick">Johnny Patrick</a> <abbr title="Cornerback"><span style="font-size:90%;">CB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">21</span> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Robinson_(cornerback)" title="Patrick Robinson (cornerback)">Patrick Robinson</a> <abbr title="Cornerback"><span style="font-size:90%;">CB</span></abbr></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Special_teams" class="mw-redirect" title="Special teams">Special teams</a></b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">47</span> <a href="/wiki/Justin_Drescher" title="Justin Drescher">Justin Drescher</a> <abbr title="Long snapper"><span style="font-size:90%;">LS</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;"> 5</span> <a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> <abbr title="Kicker"><span style="font-size:90%;">K</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;"> 6</span> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Morstead" title="Thomas Morstead">Thomas Morstead</a> <abbr title="Punter"><span style="font-size:90%;">P</span></abbr></li></ul> </td> <td style="width: 12px;"> </td> <td style="width: 1px; background-color: #D3BC8D"> </td> <td style="width: 12px;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><b><a href="/wiki/Practice_squad" title="Practice squad">Practice squad</a></b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">62</span> <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Braylon_Broughton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Braylon Broughton (page does not exist)">Braylon Broughton</a></i> <abbr title="Defensive end"><span style="font-size:90%;">DE</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">86</span> <a href="/wiki/Jarred_Fayson" title="Jarred Fayson">Jarred Fayson</a> <abbr title="Wide receiver"><span style="font-size:90%;">WR</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">61</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Jermarcus_Hardrick" title="Jermarcus Hardrick">Jermarcus Hardrick</a></i> <abbr title="Offensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">T</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">63</span> <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryan_Lee_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryan Lee (American football) (page does not exist)">Ryan Lee</a></i> <abbr title="Offensive guard"><span style="font-size:90%;">G</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">30</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Steed" title="Ryan Steed">Ryan Steed</a></i> <abbr title="Cornerback"><span style="font-size:90%;">CB</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">14</span> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Tanner" title="Andy Tanner">Andy Tanner</a> <abbr title="Wide receiver"><span style="font-size:90%;">WR</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">31</span> <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phillip_Thomas_(safety,_born_1990)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phillip Thomas (safety, born 1990) (page does not exist)">Phillip Thomas</a></i> <abbr title="Safety"><span style="font-size:90%;">S</span></abbr></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">78</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Tribue" title="Wayne Tribue">Wayne Tribue</a></i> <abbr title="Offensive guard"><span style="font-size:90%;">G</span></abbr></li></ul> <p><b>Reserve</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">71</span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Brown_(offensive_lineman)" title="Charles Brown (offensive lineman)">Charles Brown</a> <abbr title="Offensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">T</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">56</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Chamberlain" title="Chris Chamberlain">Chris Chamberlain</a> <abbr title="Outside linebacker"><span style="font-size:90%;">OLB</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">17</span> <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Givens_(wide_receiver,_born_1989)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris Givens (wide receiver, born 1989) (page does not exist)">Chris Givens</a></i> <abbr title="Wide receiver"><span style="font-size:90%;">WR</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">79</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Bryce_Harris" title="Bryce Harris">Bryce Harris</a></i> <abbr title="Offensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">T</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">27</span> <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Jenkins" title="Malcolm Jenkins">Malcolm Jenkins</a> <abbr title="Free safety"><span style="font-size:90%;">FS</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">70</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Jones" title="Marcel Jones">Marcel Jones</a></i> <abbr title="Offensive tackle"><span style="font-size:90%;">T</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">99</span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Romeus" title="Greg Romeus">Greg Romeus</a> <abbr title="Defensive end"><span style="font-size:90%;">DE</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">23</span> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Pierre Thomas (American football)">Pierre Thomas</a> <abbr title="Running back"><span style="font-size:90%;">RB</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">67</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Tiller" title="Andrew Tiller">Andrew Tiller</a></i> <abbr title="Offensive guard"><span style="font-size:90%;">G</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">88</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Nick_Toon" title="Nick Toon">Nick Toon</a></i> <abbr title="Wide receiver"><span style="font-size:90%;">WR</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Octin Sports','Octin College','Octin Stencil','Octin Vintage','Octin Prison', 'Courier New','Courier', monospace;">24</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Corey_White" title="Corey White">Corey White</a></i> <abbr title="Cornerback"><span style="font-size:90%;">CB</span></abbr> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/23px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/30px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Injured_reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Injured reserve">IR</a>)</span></li></ul> <div style="font-size:90%;"><i>Rookies in italics</i><br /> 53 active, 12 reserve, 7 practice squad</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preseason">Preseason</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Preseason"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Week </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Date </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Opponent </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Result </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Record </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Venue </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Recap </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_Game" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame Game">HOF</a> </th> <td>August 5 </td> <td>vs. <a href="/wiki/2012_Arizona_Cardinals_season" title="2012 Arizona Cardinals season">Arizona Cardinals</a> </td> <td><b>W</b> 17–10 </td> <td>1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fawcett_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Fawcett Stadium">Fawcett Stadium</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Canton,_Ohio" title="Canton, Ohio">Canton, Ohio</a>)</span> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012080551/2012/PRE0/cardinals@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>1 </th> <td>August 9 </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/2012_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2012 New England Patriots season">New England Patriots</a> </td> <td><b>L</b> 6–7 </td> <td>1–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gillette_Stadium" title="Gillette Stadium">Gillette Stadium</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012080953/2012/PRE1/saints@patriots">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>2 </th> <td>August 17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Jacksonville_Jaguars_season" title="2012 Jacksonville Jaguars season">Jacksonville Jaguars</a> </td> <td><b>L</b> 24–27 </td> <td>1–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Superdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz Superdome">Mercedes-Benz Superdome</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012081755/2012/PRE2/jaguars@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"> <th>3 </th> <td>August 25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Houston_Texans_season" title="2012 Houston Texans season">Houston Texans</a> </td> <td><b>W</b> 34–27 </td> <td>2–2 </td> <td>Mercedes-Benz Superdome </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012082554/2012/PRE3/texans@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>4 </th> <td>August 30 </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/2012_Tennessee_Titans_season" title="2012 Tennessee Titans season">Tennessee Titans</a> </td> <td><b>L</b> 6–10 </td> <td>2–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LP_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="LP Field">LP Field</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012083057/2012/PRE4/saints@titans">Recap</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Week </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Date </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Opponent </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Result </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Record </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Venue </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;">Recap </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>1 </th> <td>September 9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington_Redskins_season" title="2012 Washington Redskins season">Washington Redskins</a> </td> <td><b>L</b> 32–40 </td> <td>0–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Superdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz Superdome">Mercedes-Benz Superdome</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012090906/2012/REG1/redskins@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>2 </th> <td>September 16 </td> <td>at <b><a href="/wiki/2012_Carolina_Panthers_season" title="2012 Carolina Panthers season">Carolina Panthers</a></b> </td> <td><b>L</b> 27–35 </td> <td>0–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America_Stadium" title="Bank of America Stadium">Bank of America Stadium</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012091601/2012/REG2/saints@panthers">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>3 </th> <td>September 23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="2012 Kansas City Chiefs season">Kansas City Chiefs</a> </td> <td><b>L</b> 24–27 <span style="font-size:85%;">(OT)</span> </td> <td>0–3 </td> <td>Mercedes-Benz Superdome </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012092305/2012/REG3/chiefs@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>4 </th> <td>September 30 </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/2012_Green_Bay_Packers_season" title="2012 Green Bay Packers season">Green Bay Packers</a> </td> <td><b>L</b> 27–28 </td> <td>0–4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lambeau_Field" title="Lambeau Field">Lambeau Field</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012093010/2012/REG4/saints@packers">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"> <th>5 </th> <td>October 7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2012 San Diego Chargers season">San Diego Chargers</a> </td> <td><b>W</b> 31–24 </td> <td>1–4 </td> <td>Mercedes-Benz Superdome </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012100711/2012/REG5/chargers@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><i><a href="/wiki/Bye_(sports)" title="Bye (sports)">Bye</a></i> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"> <th>7 </th> <td>October 21 </td> <td>at <b><a href="/wiki/2012_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="2012 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a></b> </td> <td><b>W</b> 35–28 </td> <td>2–4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raymond_James_Stadium" title="Raymond James Stadium">Raymond James Stadium</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012102103/2012/REG7/saints@buccaneers">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>8 </th> <td>October 28 </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/2012_Denver_Broncos_season" title="2012 Denver Broncos season">Denver Broncos</a> </td> <td><b>L</b> 14–34 </td> <td>2–5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sports_Authority_Field_at_Mile_High" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports Authority Field at Mile High">Sports Authority Field at Mile High</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012102811/2012/REG8/saints@broncos">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"> <th>9 </th> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Monday">November 5</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2012 Philadelphia Eagles season">Philadelphia Eagles</a> </td> <td><b>W</b> 28–13 </td> <td>3–5 </td> <td>Mercedes-Benz Superdome </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012110500/2012/REG9/eagles@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"> <th>10 </th> <td>November 11 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2012_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2012 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a></b> </td> <td><b>W</b> 31–27 </td> <td>4–5 </td> <td>Mercedes-Benz Superdome </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012111106/2012/REG10/falcons@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"> <th>11 </th> <td>November 18 </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/2012_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="2012 Oakland Raiders season">Oakland Raiders</a> </td> <td><b>W</b> 38–17 </td> <td>5–5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/O.co_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="O.co Coliseum">O.co Coliseum</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012111809/2012/REG11/saints@raiders">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>12 </th> <td>November 25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="2012 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco 49ers</a> </td> <td><b>L</b> 21–31 </td> <td>5–6 </td> <td>Mercedes-Benz Superdome </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012112509/2012/REG12/49ers@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>13 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Thursday">November 29</span> </td> <td>at <b><a href="/wiki/2012_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2012 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a></b> </td> <td><b>L</b> 13–23 </td> <td>5–7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Dome" title="Georgia Dome">Georgia Dome</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012112900/2012/REG13/saints@falcons">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>14 </th> <td>December 9 </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/2012_New_York_Giants_season" title="2012 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a> </td> <td><b>L</b> 27–52 </td> <td>5–8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MetLife_Stadium" title="MetLife Stadium">MetLife Stadium</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012120911/2012/REG14/saints@giants">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"> <th>15 </th> <td>December 16 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2012_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="2012 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a></b> </td> <td><b>W</b> 41–0 </td> <td>6–8 </td> <td>Mercedes-Benz Superdome </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012121602/2012/REG15/buccaneers@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"> <th>16 </th> <td>December 23 </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/2012_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="2012 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a> </td> <td><b>W</b> 34–31 <span style="font-size:85%;">(OT)</span> </td> <td>7–8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cowboys_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowboys Stadium">Cowboys Stadium</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012122306/2012/REG16/saints@cowboys">Recap</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"> <th>17 </th> <td>December 30 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2012_Carolina_Panthers_season" title="2012 Carolina Panthers season">Carolina Panthers</a></b> </td> <td><b>L</b> 38–44 </td> <td>7–9 </td> <td>Mercedes-Benz Superdome </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012123011/2012/REG17/panthers@saints">Recap</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><b>Note:</b> Intra-division opponents are in <b>bold</b> text.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_summaries">Game summaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Game summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_1:_vs._Washington_Redskins">Week 1: vs. Washington Redskins</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Week 1: vs. Washington Redskins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week One: Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Redskins</b></td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td><td>10</td><td><b>40</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Saints</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td><td>15</td><td><b>32</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Superdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz Superdome">Mercedes-Benz Superdome</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: September 9</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 12:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CDT</a></li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (dome stadium)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 72,180</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Scott_(American_football_official)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Scott (American football official) (page does not exist)">David Scott</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Fox" title="NFL on Fox">Fox</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Albert" title="Kenny Albert">Kenny Albert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Johnston" title="Daryl Johnston">Daryl Johnston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Siragusa" title="Tony Siragusa">Tony Siragusa</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>WAS – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cundiff" title="Billy Cundiff">Billy Cundiff</a> 37-yard field goal, 7:05. <i>Redskins 3–0. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 49 yards, 7:29.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> 20-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 3:49. <i>Saints 7–3. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 3:16.</b></i></li> <li>WAS – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gar%C3%A7on" title="Pierre Garçon">Pierre Garçon</a> 88-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffin_III" title="Robert Griffin III">Robert Griffin III</a> (Billy Cundiff kick), 3:28. <i>Redskins 10–7. <b>Drive: 1 play, 88 yards, 0:21.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>WAS – <a href="/wiki/Aldrick_Robinson" title="Aldrick Robinson">Aldrick Robinson</a> 5-yard pass from Robert Griffin III (Billy Cundiff kick), 11:33. <i>Redskins 17–7. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 57 yards, 6:20.</b></i></li> <li>WAS – Billy Cundiff 41-yard field goal, 6:08. <i>Redskins 20–7. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 3:05.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Roby" title="Courtney Roby">Courtney Roby</a> 4-yard return of blocked punt (Garrett Hartley kick), 0:40. <i>Redskins 20–14.</i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>WAS – <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Morris_(American_football)" title="Alfred Morris (American football)">Alfred Morris</a> 1-yard run (Billy Cundiff kick), 11:24. <i>Redskins 27–14. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 77 yards, 3:36.</b></i></li> <li>WAS – Billy Cundiff 37-yard field goal, 7:10. <i>Redskins 30–14. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 45 yards, 3:40.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Garrett Hartley 21-yard field goal, 1:50. <i>Redskins 30–17. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 5:20.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>WAS – Billy Cundiff 45-yard field goal, 10:59. <i>Redskins 33–17. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 53 yards, 5:51.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a> 33-yard pass from Drew Brees (<a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> run), 6:19. <i>Redskins 33–25. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards, 1:04.</b></i></li> <li>WAS – Alfred Morris 3-yard run (Billy Cundiff kick), 3:18. <i>Redskins 40–25. <b>Drive: 1 play, 3 yards, 0:05.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Darren Sproles 2-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 2:25. <i>Redskins 40–32. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 0:53.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>WAS – Robert Griffin III – 19/26, 320 yards, 2 TD</li> <li>NO – Drew Brees – 24/52, 339 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>WAS – Alfred Morris – 28 rushes, 96 yards, 2 TD</li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Pierre Thomas (American football)">Pierre Thomas</a> – 4 rushes, 17 yards</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>WAS – Pierre Garçon – 4 receptions, 109 yards, TD</li> <li>NO – Lance Moore – 6 receptions, 120 yards, TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>With the loss, the Saints started their season 0–1. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_2:_at_Carolina_Panthers">Week 2: at Carolina Panthers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Week 2: at Carolina Panthers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Two: New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Saints</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td><td>14</td><td><b>27</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Panthers</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td><td>7</td><td><b>35</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America_Stadium" title="Bank of America Stadium">Bank of America Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: September 16</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 1:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/North_American_Eastern_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>/12:00 p.m. CDT</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: 71 °F (22 °C), cloudy</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 72,879</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerald_Wright_(American_football_referee)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerald Wright (American football referee) (page does not exist)">Gerald Wright</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Pitts" title="Ron Pitts">Ron Pitts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Martz" title="Mike Martz">Mike Martz</a> and Kristina Pink</li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> 1-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 9:39. <i>Saints 7–0. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 5:21.</b></i></li> <li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Godfrey_(American_football)" title="Charles Godfrey (American football)">Charles Godfrey</a> 9-yard interception return (<a href="/wiki/Justin_Medlock" title="Justin Medlock">Justin Medlock</a> kick), 5:33. <i>Tied 7–7.</i></li> <li>NO – Garrett Hartley 22-yard field goal, 1:26. <i>Saints 10–7. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards, 4:07.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 53-yard field goal, 7:08. <i>Saints 13–7. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards, 4:36.</b></i></li> <li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Stewart" title="Jonathan Stewart">Jonathan Stewart</a> 17-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Cam Newton</a> (Justin Medlock kick), 3:33. <i>Panthers 14–13. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards, 3:35.</b></i></li> <li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tolbert" title="Mike Tolbert">Mike Tolbert</a> 2-yard run (Justin Medlock kick), 0:11. <i>Panthers 21–13. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards, 2:20.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/DeAngelo_Williams" title="DeAngelo Williams">DeAngelo Williams</a> 3-yard run (Justin Medlock kick), 8:17. <i>Panthers 28–13. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 3:04.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Ingram">Mark Ingram</a> 1-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick), 12:53. <i>Panthers 28–20. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 68 yards, 3:35.</b></i></li> <li>CAR – Cam Newton 5-yard run (Justin Medlock kick), 9:55. <i>Panthers 35–20. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:58.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Drew Brees 1-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick), 1:55. <i>Panthers 35–27. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 81 yards, 2:54.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Drew Brees – 31/49, 325 yards, TD, 2 INT</li> <li>CAR – Cam Newton – 14/20, 253 yards, TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Pierre Thomas (American football)">Pierre Thomas</a> – 9 rushes, 110 yards</li> <li>CAR – Cam Newton – 13 rushes, 71 yards, TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> – 13 receptions, 128 yards</li> <li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_Sr." title="Steve Smith Sr.">Steve Smith Sr.</a> – 3 receptions, 104 yards</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>With the loss, the Saints fell to 0–2. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_3:_vs._Kansas_City_Chiefs">Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Week 3: vs. Kansas City Chiefs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Three: Kansas City Chiefs at New Orleans Saints – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">OT</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Chiefs</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td><td>11</td><td>3</td><td><b>27</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Saints</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>14</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td><b>24</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Superdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz Superdome">Mercedes-Benz Superdome</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: September 23</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 12:00 p.m. CDT</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (dome stadium)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 72,226</li><li><b>Referee</b>: Don King</li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">CBS</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Dierdorf" title="Dan Dierdorf">Dan Dierdorf</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a> 9-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 12:18. <i>Saints 7–0. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 83 yards, 2:42.</b></i></li> <li>KC – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Succop" title="Ryan Succop">Ryan Succop</a> 25-yard field goal, 4:51. <i>Saints 7–3. <b>Drive: 14 plays, 82 yards, 7:27.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 40-yard field goal, 14:55. <i>Saints 10–3. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 4:56.</b></i></li> <li>KC – Ryan Succop 45-yard field goal, 4:41. <i>Saints 10–6. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards, 1:34.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> 1-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 13:10. <i>Saints 17–6. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards, 1:41.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jed_Collins" title="Jed Collins">Jed Collins</a> 6-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 5:36. <i>Saints 24–6. <b>Drive: 2 plays, 7 yards, 0:45.</b></i></li> <li>KC – <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Charles" title="Jamaal Charles">Jamaal Charles</a> 91-yard run (Ryan Succop kick), 5:18. <i>Saints 24–13. <b>Drive: 1 play, 91 yards, 0:18.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>KC – Ryan Succop 34-yard field goal, 13:40. <i>Saints 24–16. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 52 yards, 3:48.</b></i></li> <li>KC – Ryan Succop 38-yard field goal, 9:11. <i>Saints 24–19. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 50 yards, 3:32.</b></i></li> <li>KC – Drew Brees sacked in endzone by <a href="/wiki/Justin_Houston" title="Justin Houston">Justin Houston</a> for safety, 5:40. <i>Saints 24–21.</i></li> <li>KC – Ryan Succop 43-yard field goal, 0:03. <i>Tied 24–24. <b>Drive: 13 plays, 37 yards, 5:30.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Overtime</b> </p> <ul><li>KC – Ryan Succop 31-yard field goal, 6:27. <i>Chiefs 27–24. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 40 yards, 5:19.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>KC – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Cassel" title="Matt Cassel">Matt Cassel</a> – 26/44, 248 yards, INT</li> <li>NO – Drew Brees – 20/36, 240 yards, 3 TD, INT</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>KC – Jamaal Charles – 33 rushes, 233 yards, TD</li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> – 7 rushes, 62 yards</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>KC – <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Bowe" title="Dwayne Bowe">Dwayne Bowe</a> – 7 receptions, 79 yards</li> <li>NO – Lance Moore – 4 receptions, 40 yards, TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>With the close loss, the Saints fell to 0–3. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_4:_at_Green_Bay_Packers">Week 4: at Green Bay Packers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Week 4: at Green Bay Packers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Four: New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Saints</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td><td>3</td><td><b>27</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Packers</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td><b>28</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Lambeau_Field" title="Lambeau Field">Lambeau Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay,_Wisconsin" title="Green Bay, Wisconsin">Green Bay, Wisconsin</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: September 30</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 3:25 p.m. CDT</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: 64 °F (18 °C), partly cloudy</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 70,571</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Triplette" title="Jeff Triplette">Jeff Triplette</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Buck" title="Joe Buck">Joe Buck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troy_Aikman" title="Troy Aikman">Troy Aikman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pam_Oliver" title="Pam Oliver">Pam Oliver</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>GB – <a href="/wiki/James_Jones_(wide_receiver)" title="James Jones (wide receiver)">James Jones</a> 12-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Aaron Rodgers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mason_Crosby" title="Mason Crosby">Mason Crosby</a> kick), 9:02. <i>Packers 7–0. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards, 2:04.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a> 20-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 3:33. <i>Tied 7–7. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 5:29.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>GB – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Jennings" title="Greg Jennings">Greg Jennings</a> 9-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Mason Crosby kick), 14:15. <i>Packers 14–7. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 4:18.</b></i></li> <li>GB – James Jones 14-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Mason Crosby kick), 4:50. <i>Packers 21–7. <b>Drive: 13 plays, 92 yards, 6:08.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> 6-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 0:27. <i>Packers 21–14. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards, 4:23.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 20-yard field goal, 9:41. <i>Packers 21–17. <b>Drive: 13 plays, 72 yards, 5:19.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Morgan_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Morgan (American football)">Joseph Morgan</a> 80-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 3:49. <i>Saints 24–21. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 92 yards, 1:21.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 27-yard field goal, 13:04. <i>Saints 27–21. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards, 4:31.</b></i></li> <li>GB – <a href="/wiki/Jordy_Nelson" title="Jordy Nelson">Jordy Nelson</a> 11-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Mason Crosby kick), 7:00. <i>Packers 28–27. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards, 3:25.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Drew Brees – 35/54, 446 yards, 3 TD</li> <li>GB – Aaron Rodgers – 31/41, 319 yards, 4 TD, INT</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Darren Sproles – 5 rushes, 20 yards</li> <li>GB – <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Benson" title="Cedric Benson">Cedric Benson</a> – 18 carries, 84 yards</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Marques Colston – 9 receptions, 153 yards, TD</li> <li>GB – Jordy Nelson – 8 receptions, 93 yards, TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>With the loss, the Saints faced their first 0–4 start since 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_5:_vs._San_Diego_Chargers">Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Five: San Diego Chargers at New Orleans Saints – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Chargers</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td><b>24</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Saints</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td><td>10</td><td><b>31</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana</i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: October 7</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 7:20 p.m. CDT</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (dome stadium)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 73,109</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Cheffers" title="Carl Cheffers">Carl Cheffers</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NBC_Sunday_Night_Football" title="NBC Sunday Night Football">NBC</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cris_Collinsworth" title="Cris Collinsworth">Cris Collinsworth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>SD – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Meachem" title="Robert Meachem">Robert Meachem</a> 15-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Philip_Rivers" title="Philip Rivers">Philip Rivers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nick_Novak" title="Nick Novak">Nick Novak</a> kick), 6:56. <i>Chargers 7–0. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 91 yards, 3:26.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Devery_Henderson" title="Devery Henderson">Devery Henderson</a> 40-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 2:58. <i>Tied 7–7. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:58.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>SD – Nick Novak 20-yard field goal, 9:58. <i>Chargers 10–7. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 63 yards, 4:08.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a> 19-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 7:19. <i>Saints 14-10. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 2:39.</b></i></li> <li>SD – Robert Meachem 44-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Nick Novak kick), 0:36. <i>Chargers 17–14. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 86 yards, 1:12.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>SD – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Mathews_(American_football)" title="Ryan Mathews (American football)">Ryan Mathews</a> 13-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 12:27. <i>Chargers 24–14. <b>Drive: 3 plays, 25 yards, 1:19.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Marques Colston 16-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 0:11. <i>Chargers 24–21. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 87 yards, 4:28.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Marques Colston 5-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 8:50. <i>Saints 28–24. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 90 yards, 5:49.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Garrett Hartley 26-yard field goal, 2:56. <i>Saints 31–24. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards, 2:49.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>SD – Philip Rivers – 27/42, 354 yards, 2 TD, INT</li> <li>NO – Drew Brees – 29/45, 370 yards, 4 TD, INT</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>SD – Ryan Mathews – 12 rushes, 80 yards, TD</li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Pierre Thomas (American football)">Pierre Thomas</a> – 9 carries, 30 yards</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>SD – <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Floyd" title="Malcolm Floyd">Malcolm Floyd</a> – 5 receptions, 108 yards</li> <li>NO – Marques Colston – 9 receptions, 131 yards, 3 TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p><a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> broke <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Johnny Unitas</a>' record of consecutive games with a touchdown in the first quarter. The record touchdown was witnessed by Unitas' son Joe. With the surprising win, the Saints go into their bye week at 1–4. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_7:_at_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers">Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Seven: New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Saints</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>21</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td><b>35</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Buccaneers</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td><b>28</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Raymond_James_Stadium" title="Raymond James Stadium">Raymond James Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: October 21</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 1:00 p.m. EDT/12:00 p.m. CDT</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: 77 °F (25 °C), sunny</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 58,906</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Boger" title="Jerome Boger">Jerome Boger</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(American_football)" title="John Lynch (American football)">John Lynch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hale_(sportscaster)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jennifer Hale (sportscaster)">Jennifer Hale</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>TB – <a href="/wiki/Tiquan_Underwood" title="Tiquan Underwood">Tiquan Underwood</a> 13-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Josh_Freeman" title="Josh Freeman">Josh Freeman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Connor_Barth" title="Connor Barth">Connor Barth</a> kick), 12:22. <i>Buccaneers 7–0. <b>Drive: 1 play, 13 yards, 0:05.</b></i></li> <li>TB – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Martin_(running_back)" title="Doug Martin (running back)">Doug Martin</a> 36-yard run (Connor Barth kick), 5:55. <i>Buccaneers 14–0. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards, 4:58.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a> 17-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 1:46. <i>Buccaneers 14–7. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:09.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>TB – <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Jackson" title="Vincent Jackson">Vincent Jackson</a> 17-yard pass from Josh Freeman (Connor Barth kick), 13:18. <i>Buccaneers 21–7. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 3:28.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> 9-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 9:24. <i>Buccaneers 21–14. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:54.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan_(American_football)" title="Joe Morgan (American football)">Joe Morgan</a> 48-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 4:35. <i>Tied 21–21. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 79 yards, 2:45.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/David_Thomas_(American_football)" title="David Thomas (American football)">David Thomas</a> 20-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 0:15. <i>Saints 28–21. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards, 1:38.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li><i>No scoring plays.</i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Pierre Thomas (American football)">Pierre Thomas</a> 5-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick), 13:23. <i>Saints 35–21. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 95 yards, 5:01.</b></i></li> <li>TB – <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Clark" title="Dallas Clark">Dallas Clark</a> 3-yard pass from Josh Freeman (Connor Barth kick), 4:10. <i>Saints 35–28. <b>Drive: 14 plays, 81 yards, 6:18.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Drew Brees – 27/37, 377 yards, 4 TD, INT</li> <li>TB – Josh Freeman – 24/42, 420 yards, 3 TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Pierre Thomas – 13 rushes, 32 yards, TD</li> <li>TB – Doug Martin – 16 rushes, 85 yards, TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a> – 9 receptions, 121 yards</li> <li>TB – Vincent Jackson – 7 receptions, 216 yards, TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>With the win, the Saints improved to 2–4. Also, QB Drew Brees increased his number of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 49. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_8:_at_Denver_Broncos">Week 8: at Denver Broncos</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Week 8: at Denver Broncos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Seven: New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Saints</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td><b>14</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Broncos</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td><td>10</td><td><b>34</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Sports_Authority_Field_at_Mile_High" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports Authority Field at Mile High">Sports Authority Field at Mile High</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver, Colorado</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: October 28</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 7:20 p.m. CDT/6:20 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">MDT</a></li><li><b>Game weather</b>: 59 °F (15 °C), partly cloudy</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 76,832</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Carey_(American_football_official)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Carey (American football official)">Mike Carey</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (NBC)</b>: Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya</li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>DEN – <a href="/wiki/Willis_McGahee" title="Willis McGahee">Willis McGahee</a> 1-yard run (<a href="/wiki/Matt_Prater" title="Matt Prater">Matt Prater</a> kick), 4:39. <i>Broncos 7–0. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 98 yards, 4:39.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> 29-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 14:53. <i>Tied 7–7. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 55 yards, 1:53.</b></i></li> <li>DEN – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Decker" title="Eric Decker">Eric Decker</a> 13-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a> (Matt Prater kick), 6:43. <i>Broncos 14–7. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards, 2:17.</b></i></li> <li>DEN – Matt Prater 33-yard field goal, 0:00. <i>Broncos 17–7. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 72 yards, 4:24.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>DEN – <a href="/wiki/Demaryius_Thomas" title="Demaryius Thomas">Demaryius Thomas</a> 1-yard pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick), 9:30. <i>Broncos 24–7. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 93 yards, 5:30.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>DEN – Eric Decker 2-yard pass from Peyton Manning (Matt Prater kick), 14:54. <i>Broncos 31–7. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 51 yards, 1:57.</b></i></li> <li>DEN – Matt Prater 33-yard field goal, 5:27. <i>Broncos 34–7. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards, 3:29.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> 18-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 2:03. <i>Broncos 34–14. <b>Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards, 4:24.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Drew Brees – 22/42, 213 yards, 2 TD, INT</li> <li>DEN – Peyton Manning – 22/30, 305 yards, 3 TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Pierre Thomas (American football)">Pierre Thomas</a> – 8 rushes, 43 yards</li> <li>DEN – Willis McGahee – 23 rushes, 122 yards, TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Jimmy Graham – 5 receptions, 73 yards, TD</li> <li>DEN – Demaryius Thomas – 7 receptions, 137 yards, TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>With the loss, the Saints fell to 2–5. However, despite the loss, QB Drew Brees increased his record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 50. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_9:_vs._Philadelphia_Eagles">Week 9: vs. Philadelphia Eagles</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Week 9: vs. Philadelphia Eagles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Nine: Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Eagles</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>10</td><td>0</td><td><b>13</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Saints</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td><b>28</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana</i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: November 5</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 7:30 p.m. CST</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (dome stadium)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 73,099</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Clete_Blakeman" title="Clete Blakeman">Clete Blakeman</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">ESPN</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Gruden" title="Jon Gruden">Jon Gruden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Salters" title="Lisa Salters">Lisa Salters</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Robinson_(cornerback)" title="Patrick Robinson (cornerback)">Patrick Robinson</a> 99-yard interception return (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 2:36. <i>Saints 7–0.</i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>PHI – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Henery" title="Alex Henery">Alex Henery</a> 22-yard field goal, 12:03. <i>Saints 7–3. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards, 5:33.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ivory" title="Chris Ivory">Chris Ivory</a> 22-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick), 8:33. <i>Saints 14–3. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards, 3:30.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a> 1-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (Garrett Hartley kick), 1:13. <i>Saints 21–3. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards, 3:46.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>PHI – <a href="/wiki/DeSean_Jackson" title="DeSean Jackson">DeSean Jackson</a> 77-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Michael_Vick" title="Michael Vick">Michael Vick</a> (Alex Henery kick), 8:42. <i>Saints 21–10. <b>Drive: 2 plays, 83 yards, 0:49.</b></i></li> <li>PHI – Alex Henery 37-yard field goal, 7:00. <i>Saints 21–13. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 3 yards, 1:34.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> 6-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 1:20. <i>Saints 28–13. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 70 yards, 5:40.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li><i>No scoring plays.</i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>PHI – Michael Vick – 22/41, 272 yards, TD, INT</li> <li>NO – Drew Brees – 21/27, 239 yards, 2 TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>PHI – <a href="/wiki/LeSean_McCoy" title="LeSean McCoy">LeSean McCoy</a> – 19 rushes, 119 yards</li> <li>NO – Chris Ivory – 10 rushes, 48 yards, TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>PHI – DeSean Jackson – 3 receptions, 100 yards, TD</li> <li>NO – Jimmy Graham – 8 receptions, 72 yards, TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>With the win, the Saints improved to 3–5. Also, QB Drew Brees increased his streak of games with at least one passing touchdown to 51. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_10:_vs._Atlanta_Falcons">Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Ten: Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Falcons</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td><td>10</td><td><b>27</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Saints</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td><td>3</td><td><b>31</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana</i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: November 11</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 12:00 p.m. CST</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (dome stadium)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 73,126</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Corrente" title="Tony Corrente">Tony Corrente</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa</li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>ATL – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson_(offensive_lineman)" title="Mike Johnson (offensive lineman)">Mike Johnson</a> 1-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Matt_Bryant" title="Matt Bryant">Matt Bryant</a> kick), 11:38. <i>Falcons 7–0. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 3:22.</b></i></li> <li>ATL – Matt Bryant 37-yard field goal, 9:19. <i>Falcons 10–0. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards, 2:07.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ivory" title="Chris Ivory">Chris Ivory</a> 56-yard run (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 6:49. <i>Falcons 10–7. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 78 yards, 2:30.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> 29-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (Garrett Hartley kick), 13:33. <i>Saints 14–10. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 90 yards, 5:23.</b></i></li> <li>ATL – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzalez" title="Tony Gonzalez">Tony Gonzalez</a> 2-yard pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick), 6:27. <i>Falcons 17–14. <b>Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards, 7:06.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Jimmy Graham 14-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 0:34. <i>Saints 21–17. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 1:43.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a> 7-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 9:23. <i>Saints 28–17. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 81 yards, 3:31.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>ATL – Tony Gonzalez 6-yard pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick), 13:27. <i>Saints 28–24. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 91 yards, 5:46.</b></i></li> <li>ATL – Matt Bryant 20-yard field goal, 9:08. <i>Saints 28–27. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards, 2:42.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Garrett Hartley 31-yard field goal, 5:54. <i>Saints 31–27. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 3:14.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>ATL – Matt Ryan – 34/52, 411 yards, 3 TD, INT</li> <li>NO – Drew Brees – 21/32, 298 yards, 3 TD, INT</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>ATL – <a href="/wiki/Jacquizz_Rodgers" title="Jacquizz Rodgers">Jacquizz Rodgers</a> – 3 rushes, 29 yards</li> <li>NO – Chris Ivory – 7 rushes, 72 yards, TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>ATL – Tony Gonzalez – 11 receptions, 122 yards, 2 TD</li> <li>NO – Jimmy Graham – 7 receptions, 146 yards, 2 TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>After their huge win over the Eagles, the Saints stayed home for a game against their heated rival Falcons. Sitting at 3–5, the Falcons came into this game at 8–0. The Saints surprisingly won their 4th-straight game against the Falcons and improved their record to 4–5 while the Falcons dropped to 8–1. Drew Brees brought his total of games with a passing touchdown to 52. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_11:_at_Oakland_Raiders">Week 11: at Oakland Raiders</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Week 11: at Oakland Raiders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Eleven: New Orleans Saints at Oakland Raiders – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Saints</b></td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td><td>3</td><td><b>38</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Raiders</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td><td>7</td><td><b>17</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/O.co_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="O.co Coliseum">O.co Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: November 18</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 3:05 p.m. CST/1:05 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PST</a></li><li><b>Game weather</b>: 61 °F (16 °C), partly cloudy</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 56,880</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Morelli" title="Pete Morelli">Pete Morelli</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: Dick Stockton, John Lynch and Jennifer Hale</li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> 1-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 7:53. <i>Saints 7–0. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 4:02.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Jenkins" title="Malcolm Jenkins">Malcolm Jenkins</a> 55-yard interception return (Garrett Hartley kick), 4:06. <i>Saints 14–0.</i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>OAK – <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Myers" title="Brandon Myers">Brandon Myers</a> 1-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Carson_Palmer" title="Carson Palmer">Carson Palmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Janikowski" title="Sebastian Janikowski">Sebastian Janikowski</a> kick), 4:10. <i>Saints 14–7. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 81 yards, 2:17.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a> 38-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 0:48. <i>Saints 21–7. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards, 3:22.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Ingram">Mark Ingram</a> 27-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick), 14:43. <i>Saints 28–7. <b>Drive: 1 play, 27 yards, 0:17.</b></i></li> <li>OAK – Sebastian Janikowski 40-yard field goal, 10:22. <i>Saints 28–10. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 54 yards, 4:21.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Lance Moore 15-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 3:26. <i>Saints 35–10. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards, 2:46.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 47-yard field goal, 10:28. <i>Saints 38–10. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 31 yards, 4:26.</b></i></li> <li>OAK – <a href="/wiki/Juron_Criner" title="Juron Criner">Juron Criner</a> 3-yard pass from Carson Palmer (Sebastian Janikowski kick), 4:00. <i>Saints 38–17. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 93 yards, 2:03.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Drew Brees – 20/27, 219 yards, 3 TD</li> <li>OAK – Carson Palmer – 22/40, 312 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Mark Ingram – 12 rushes, 67 yards, TD</li> <li>OAK – <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Reece" title="Marcel Reece">Marcel Reece</a> – 19 rushes, 103 yards</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a> – 4 receptions, 69 yards</li> <li>OAK – Marcel Reece – 4 receptions, 90 yards</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>After 2 straight dominant home wins, the Saints traveled to Oakland to take on the Raiders. The Saints again dominated this game after the Raiders took the first points of the game. The Saints would win and improve to 5–5 on the season keeping their playoff hopes alive. Also Drew Brees brought his streak of at least 1 passing touchdown in a single game to 53. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_12:_vs._San_Francisco_49ers">Week 12: vs. San Francisco 49ers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Week 12: vs. San Francisco 49ers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Twelve: San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>49ers</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td><td>3</td><td><b>31</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Saints</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td><b>21</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana</i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: November 25</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 3:25 p.m. CST</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (dome stadium)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 73,147</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/John_Parry_(American_football_official)" title="John Parry (American football official)">John Parry</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver</li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>SF – <a href="/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick" title="Colin Kaepernick">Colin Kaepernick</a> 7-yard run (<a href="/wiki/David_Akers" title="David Akers">David Akers</a> kick), 7:21. <i>49ers 7–0. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 62 yards, 2:06.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/David_Thomas_(American_football)" title="David Thomas (American football)">David Thomas</a> 6-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 1:45. <i>Tied 7–7. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 79 yards, 5:36.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a> 10-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 7:53. <i>Saints 14–7. <b>Drive: 2 plays, 11 yards, 0:48.</b></i></li> <li>SF – <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Brooks" title="Ahmad Brooks">Ahmad Brooks</a> 50-yard interception return (David Akers kick), 0:22. <i>Tied 14–14.</i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>SF – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gore" title="Frank Gore">Frank Gore</a> 6-yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick), 12:17. <i>49ers 21–14. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:43.</b></i></li> <li>SF – <a href="/wiki/Donte_Whitner" title="Donte Whitner">Donte Whitner</a> 42-yard interception return (David Akers kick), 11:30. <i>49ers 28–14.</i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jed_Collins" title="Jed Collins">Jed Collins</a> 2-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 7:19. <i>49ers 28–21. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:11.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>SF – David Akers 27-yard field goal, 7:50. <i>49ers 31–21. <b>Drive: 16 plays, 84 yards, 9:28.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>SF – Colin Kaepernick: 16/25, 231 yards, TD, INT</li> <li>NO – Drew Brees: 26/41, 267 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>SF – Frank Gore: 19 rushes, 83 yards</li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ivory" title="Chris Ivory">Chris Ivory</a>: 8 rushes, 34 yards</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>SF – <a href="/wiki/Delanie_Walker" title="Delanie Walker">Delanie Walker</a>: 3 receptions, 81 yards</li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a>: 7 receptions, 65 yards</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>The loss dropped the team to 5–6, but Brees's record of games with at least 1 passing touchdown stood at 54. This loss was brought up by the ejection of nose tackle Brodrick Bunkley. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_13:_at_Atlanta_Falcons">Week 13: at Atlanta Falcons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Week 13: at Atlanta Falcons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Thirteen: New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Saints</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td><td>0</td><td><b>13</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Falcons</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td><td>6</td><td><b>23</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Dome" title="Georgia Dome">Georgia Dome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: November 29</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 8:20 p.m. EST/7:20 p.m. CST</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (dome stadium)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 70,514</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Green_(American_football_official)" title="Scott Green (American football official)">Scott Green</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/Thursday_Night_Football" title="Thursday Night Football">NFLN</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Nessler" title="Brad Nessler">Brad Nessler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mayock" title="Mike Mayock">Mike Mayock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Flanagan" title="Alex Flanagan">Alex Flanagan</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>ATL – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Turner_(American_football)" title="Michael Turner (American football)">Michael Turner</a> 3-yard run (<a href="/wiki/Matt_Bryant" title="Matt Bryant">Matt Bryant</a> kick), 11:09. <i>Falcons 7–0. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 3:51.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>ATL – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzalez" title="Tony Gonzalez">Tony Gonzalez</a> 17-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> (Matt Bryant kick), 14:08. <i>Falcons 14–0. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards, 2:28.</b></i></li> <li>ATL – Matt Bryant 45-yard field goal, 8:53. <i>Falcons 17–0. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 0:51.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Ingram">Mark Ingram</a> 1-yard run (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 3:17. <i>Falcons 17–7. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 5:36.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 21-yard field goal, 8:24. <i>Falcons 17–10. <b>Drive: 15 plays, 83 yards, 6:36.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Garrett Hartley 52-yard field goal, 3:53. <i>Falcons 17–13. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 36 yards, 2:49.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>ATL – Matt Bryant 29-yard field goal, 14:48. <i>Falcons 20–13. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 2:50.</b></i></li> <li>ATL – Matt Bryant 55-yard field goal, 4:25. <i>Falcons 23–13. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards, 5:38.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> – 28/50, 341 yards, 5 INT</li> <li>ATL – Matt Ryan – 18/33, 165 yards, TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Pierre Thomas (American football)">Pierre Thomas</a> – 14 rushes, 84 yards</li> <li>ATL – Michael Turner – 12 rushes, 83 yards, TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a> – 7 receptions, 123 yards</li> <li>ATL – Tony Gonzalez – 4 receptions, 58 yards, TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>After the tough home loss to the Niners, the Saints traveled to take on the Falcons in a TNF matchup. The Saints' 4-game winning streak against the Falcons would be snapped as the team dropped to 5–7. Also, QB Drew Brees's streak of consecutive games with at least 1 passing touchdown would come to an end as he threw a career-high 5 interceptions in one game on the night. Regardless, his total passing touchdowns at this point was 31 bringing him his 5th straight season with 30+ passing touchdowns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_14:_at_New_York_Giants">Week 14: at New York Giants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Week 14: at New York Giants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Fourteen: New Orleans Saints at New York Giants – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Saints</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>14</td><td>0</td><td><b>27</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Giants</b></td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td><td>17</td><td><b>52</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/MetLife_Stadium" title="MetLife Stadium">MetLife Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: December 9</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 4:25 p.m. EST/3:25 p.m. CST</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: 42 °F (6 °C), rain</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 81,437</li><li><b>Referee</b>: Jeff Triplette</li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver</li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Elbert_Mack" title="Elbert Mack">Elbert Mack</a> 73-yard interception return (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 9:38. <i>Saints 7–0.</i></li> <li>NYG – <a href="/wiki/David_Wilson_(running_back)" title="David Wilson (running back)">David Wilson</a> 97-yard kickoff return (<a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Tynes" title="Lawrence Tynes">Lawrence Tynes</a> kick), 9:25. <i>Tied 7–7.</i></li> <li>NYG – <a href="/wiki/Martellus_Bennett" title="Martellus Bennett">Martellus Bennett</a> 6-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">Eli Manning</a> (Lawrence Tynes kick), 4:19. <i>Giants 14–7. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 35 yards, 2:24.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 32-yard field goal, 9:46. <i>Giants 14–10. <b>Drive: 14 plays, 81 yards, 5:44.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Garrett Hartley 25-yard field goal, 1:57. <i>Giants 14–13. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards, 4:06.</b></i></li> <li>NYG – <a href="/wiki/Domenik_Hixon" title="Domenik Hixon">Domenik Hixon</a> 5-yard pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick), 0:20. <i>Giants 21–13. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 69 yards, 1:37.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NYG – David Wilson 6-yard run (Lawrence Tynes kick), 13:04. <i>Giants 28–13. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 20 yards, 1:40.</b></i></li> <li>NYG – <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Nicks" title="Hakeem Nicks">Hakeem Nicks</a> 25-yard pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick), 8:13. <i>Giants 35–13. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards, 3:09.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> 13-yard run (Lawrence Tynes kick), 7:21. <i>Giants 35–20. <b>Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:52.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Darren Sproles 9-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (Garrett Hartley kick), 1:51. <i>Giants 35–27. <b>Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards, 3:09.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NYG – <a href="/wiki/Victor_Cruz_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Cruz (American football)">Victor Cruz</a> 10-yard pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick), 14:20. <i>Giants 42–27. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards, 2:31.</b></i></li> <li>NYG – Lawrence Tynes 39-yard field goal, 10:19. <i>Giants 45–27. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:31.</b></i></li> <li>NYG – David Wilson 52-yard run (Lawrence Tynes kick), 5:10. <i>Giants 52–27. <b>Drive: 1 play, 52 yards, 0:10.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Drew Brees – 26/43, 354 yards, TD, 2 INT</li> <li>NYG – Eli Manning – 22/35, 259 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Ingram">Mark Ingram</a> – 13 rushes, 68 yards</li> <li>NYG – David Wilson – 13 rushes, 100 yards, 2 TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan_(American_football)" title="Joe Morgan (American football)">Joe Morgan</a> – 2 receptions, 106 yards</li> <li>NYG – Victor Cruz – 8 receptions, 121 yards, TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><p>The Saints were dominated by the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants. They fell to 5-8 with the loss. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_15:_vs._Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers">Week 15: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Week 15: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Fifteen: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Buccaneers</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td><b>0</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Saints</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td><td>10</td><td><b>41</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana</i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: December 16</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 12:00 p.m. CST</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (dome stadium)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 73,096</li><li><b>Referee</b>: Mike Carey</li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick, and Laura Okmin</li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/David_Thomas_(American_football)" title="David Thomas (American football)">David Thomas</a> 9-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 11:12. <i>Saints 7–0. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards, 3:48.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 25-yard field goal, 13:23. <i>Saints 10–0. <b>Drive: 11 plays, 74 yards, 5:23.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> 2-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 4:57. <i>Saints 17–0. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 51 yards, 4:26.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a> 7-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 0:09. <i>Saints 24–0. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 38 yards, 0:55.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan_(American_football)" title="Joe Morgan (American football)">Joe Morgan</a> 34-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 9:05. <i>Saints 31–0. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 92 yards, 4:24.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 36-yard field goal, 8:09. <i>Saints 34–0. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 63 yards, 2:46.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Ingram">Mark Ingram</a> 11-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick), 4:54. <i>Saints 41–0. <b>Drive: 3 plays, 43 yards, 1:32.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>TB – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Freeman" title="Josh Freeman">Josh Freeman</a> – 26/47, 279 yards, 4 INT</li> <li>NO – Drew Brees – 26/39, 307 yards, 4 TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>TB – <a href="/wiki/LeGarrette_Blount" title="LeGarrette Blount">LeGarrette Blount</a> – 4 rushes, 25 yards</li> <li>NO – Mark Ingram – 14 rushes, 90 yards, TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>TB – <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Jackson" title="Vincent Jackson">Vincent Jackson</a> – 6 receptions, 81 yards</li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> – 5 receptions, 69 yards</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><p> With the win, the Saints improved to 6–8 and swept the Buccaneers for the first time since 2006 and posted their first shutout win since 1995 to the New York Jets 12–0. The Saints did not post another shutout until 2021, when they beat the Buccaneers 9-0. This is also the Saints' largest margin of victory over the Buccaneers in franchise history. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_16:_at_Dallas_Cowboys">Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Sixteen: New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">OT</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Saints</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td><b>34</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Cowboys</td> <td>0</td> <td>14</td> <td>3</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td><b>31</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Cowboys_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowboys Stadium">Cowboys Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Texas" title="Arlington, Texas">Arlington, Texas</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: December 23</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 12:00 p.m. CST</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (retractable roof closed)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 92,570</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Coleman" title="Walt Coleman">Walt Coleman</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa</li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Ingram">Mark Ingram</a> 9-yard run (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 10:25. <i>Saints 7–0. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 4:35.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>DAL – <a href="/wiki/Dez_Bryant" title="Dez Bryant">Dez Bryant</a> 58-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Tony_Romo" title="Tony Romo">Tony Romo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dan_Bailey_(American_football)" title="Dan Bailey (American football)">Dan Bailey</a> kick), 12:47. <i>Tied 7–7. <b>Drive: 3 plays, 74 yards, 1:28.</b></i></li> <li>DAL – Dez Bryant 58-yard pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick), 5:43. <i>Cowboys 14–7. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 3:23.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a> 6-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (Garrett Hartley kick), 1:11. <i>Tied 14–14. <b>Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards, 4:32.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Garrett Hartley 37-yard field goal, 0:00. <i>Saints 17–14. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 51 yards, 0:47.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>DAL – Dan Bailey 47-yard field goal, 10:26. <i>Tied 17–17. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 47 yards, 4:34.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Pierre Thomas (American football)">Pierre Thomas</a> 5-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 4:03. <i>Saints 24–17. <b>Drive: 3 plays, 5 yards, 0:14.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/David_Thomas_(American_football)" title="David Thomas (American football)">David Thomas</a> 3-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 11:10. <i>Saints 31–17. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 98 yards, 4:53.</b></i></li> <li>DAL – <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Harris" title="Dwayne Harris">Dwayne Harris</a> 16-yard pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick), 3:35. <i>Saints 31–24. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 1:10.</b></i></li> <li>DAL – <a href="/wiki/Miles_Austin" title="Miles Austin">Miles Austin</a> 19-yard pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey kick), 0:15. <i>Tied 31–31. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards, 1:14.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Overtime</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Garrett Hartley 20-yard field goal, 10:33. <i>Saints 34–31. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 3:00.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Drew Brees – 37/53, 446 yards, 3 TD</li> <li>DAL – Tony Romo – 26/43, 416 yards, 4 TD</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – Mark Ingram II – 21 rushes, 53 yards, TD</li> <li>DAL – <a href="/wiki/DeMarco_Murray" title="DeMarco Murray">DeMarco Murray</a> – 11 rushes, 40 yards</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a> – 11 receptions, 153 yards</li> <li>DAL – Dez Bryant – 9 receptions, 224 yards, 2 TD</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>With the win, the Saints improved to 7–8. However, the Saints were eliminated from postseason contention, thus rendering them unable to play <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVII" title="Super Bowl XLVII">Super Bowl XLVII</a> on their own home turf. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Week_17:_vs._Carolina_Panthers">Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #D3BC8D, inset -2px -2px 0 #D3BC8D;;text-align:center;"><b>Week Seventeen: Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Panthers</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>10</td> <td>14</td><td>17</td><td><b>44</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Saints</td> <td>0</td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td><td>14</td><td><b>38</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana</i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: December 30</li><li><b>Game time</b>: 12:00 p.m. CST</li><li><b>Game weather</b>: Played indoors (dome stadium)</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 73,124</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Riveron" title="Alberto Riveron">Alberto Riveron</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (Fox)</b>: Ron Pitts, Mike Martz and <a href="/wiki/Krista_Voda" title="Krista Voda">Krista Voda</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>First quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/Graham_Gano" title="Graham Gano">Graham Gano</a> 20-yard field goal, 5:41. <i>Panthers 7–0. <b>Drive: 15 plays, 76 yards, 7:06.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Second quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tolbert" title="Mike Tolbert">Mike Tolbert</a> 1-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 8:18. <i>Panthers 10–0. <b>Drive: 3 plays, 82 yards, 1:12.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a> 7-yard pass from <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hartley" title="Garrett Hartley">Garrett Hartley</a> kick), 5:14. <i>Panthers 10–7. <b>Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards, 3:04.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Vilma" title="Jonathan Vilma">Jonathan Vilma</a> 18-yard interception return (Garrett Hartley kick), 4:31. <i>Saints 14–10.</i></li> <li>CAR – Graham Gano 30-yard field goal, 0:39. <i>Saints 14–13. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards, 3:52.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Garrett Hartley 53-yard field goal, 0:00. <i>Saints 17–13. <b>Drive: 5 plays, 47 yards, 0:39.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Third quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> 19-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 10:45. <i>Saints 24–13. <b>Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:15.</b></i></li> <li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/DeAngelo_Williams" title="DeAngelo Williams">DeAngelo Williams</a> 54-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 8:48. <i>Saints 24–20. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:57.</b></i></li> <li>CAR – Mike Tolbert 1-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 2:29. <i>Panthers 27–24. <b>Drive: 3 plays, 36 yards, 1:18.</b></i></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth quarter</b> </p> <ul><li>CAR – Mike Tolbert 1-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 10:16. <i>Panthers 34–24. <b>Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:36.</b></i></li> <li>CAR – DeAngelo Williams 12-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 8:23. <i>Panthers 41–24. <b>Drive: 1 play, 12 yards, 0:06.</b></i></li> <li>NO – Marques Colston 19-yard pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick), 5:10. <i>Panthers 41–31. <b>Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards, 3:13.</b></i></li> <li>CAR – Graham Gano 42-yard field goal, 4:08. <i>Panthers 44–31. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 1:02.</b></i></li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> 33-yard pass from Drew Brees, 2:52. <i>Panthers 44–38. <b>Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:16.</b></i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p><b>Top passers</b> </p> <ul><li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Cam Newton</a> – 16/33, 248 yards, INT</li> <li>NO – Drew Brees – 29/43, 396 yards, 3 TD, INT</li></ul> <p><b>Top rushers</b> </p> <ul><li>CAR – DeAngelo Williams – 21 rushes, 210 yards, 2 TD</li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Ingram">Mark Ingram</a> – 10 carries, 39 yards</li></ul> <p><b>Top receivers</b> </p> <ul><li>CAR – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_Sr." title="Steve Smith Sr.">Steve Smith Sr.</a> – 3 receptions, 73 yards</li> <li>NO – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a> – 4 receptions, 121 yards</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>With the loss, the Saints finished with their first losing season since 2007 at 7–9. 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