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  FINAL
Tennessee 24, New Orleans 21
 
  BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Tennessee 0 0 7 17 24
New Orleans 3 7 3 8 21

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 24 YD, 14:51. Drive: 10 plays, 88 yards in 5:12. Key plays: 41-yard pass interference penalty on Tennessee's Rolle to New Orleans 48; Tolliver 12-yard pass to Poole to Tennessee 40; Tolliver 13-yard pass to Cleeland to Tennessee 28; Smith 11-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Tennessee 11. NEW ORLEANS 3-0
2ND QUARTER
NOR   TD   SCOTT SLUTZKER 10 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 10:33. Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards in 2:36. Key plays: Molden 2-yard interception return to Tennessee 19. NEW ORLEANS 10-0
3RD QUARTER
TEN   TD   LORENZO NEAL 4 YD PASS FROM NEIL ODONNELL (AL DEL GRECO KICK), 7:02. Drive: 11 plays, 74 yards in 7:02. Key plays: George 2-yard run to on 3rd-and-1 to Tennessee 35; George 15-yard run to New Orleans 48; George 16-yard run to New Orleans 32; O'Donnell 12-yard pass to George to New Orleans 16; O'Donnell 8-yard pass to Neal to New Orleans 5. NEW ORLEANS 10-7
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 42 YD, 13:04. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 0:59. Key plays: Kennison 15-yard punt return to Tennessee 29. NEW ORLEANS 13-7
4TH QUARTER
TEN   TD   KEVIN DYSON 11 YD PASS FROM NEIL ODONNELL (AL DEL GRECO KICK), 4:52. Drive: 11 plays, 74 yards in 6:48. Key plays: O'Donnell 8-yard pass to Sanders to Tennessee 34; O'Donnell 5-yard pass to Wycheck on 3rd-and-5 to Tennessee 48; George O'Donnell 13-yard pass to Dyson to New Orleans 39; George 15- yard run to New Orleans 16. TENNESSEE 14-13
TEN   FG   AL DEL GRECO 19 YD, 12:02. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Fiske 17-yard interception return plus 5-yard unsportsmalike conduct penalty on Saints' Slutzker to New Orleans 5. TENNESSEE 17-13
TEN   TD   DONALD MITCHELL 42 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (AL DEL GRECO KICK), 12:20. TENNESSEE 24-13
NOR   TD   LAMAR SMITH 4 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER (BILLY JOE TOLLIVER PASS TO BRETT BECH FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 14:15. Drive: 11 plays, 85 yards in 1:55. Key plays: Tolliver 17-yard pass to Kennison to New Orleans 32; Tolliver 10-yard pass to Kennison to New Orleans 47; Tolliver 15-yard pass to Bech to Tennessee 20; Tolliver 11-yard pass to Kennison on 3rd-and-5 to Tennessee 4. TENNESSEE 24-21

TEAM STATISTICS
  TEN NOR
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
15
8
4-15
0-0
278
61
4.6
165
35
4.7
113
12-25
4.3
1-11
5-48.2
126
1-6
4-61
2-59
8-75
1-1
30:00
22
16
5-12
0-0
409
66
6.2
55
21
2.6
354
28-45
7.9
0-0
5-38.0
167
4-40
5-119
2-8
13-103
4-2
30:00

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Tennessee (Al Del Greco 42).
Tennessee rushing
Eddie George 28-155, Neil Odonnell 5-4, Kevin Dyson 1-3, Rodney Thomas 1-3.
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 17-35, Lamar Smith 2-16, Billy Joe Tolliver 2-4.
Tennessee passing
Neil Odonnell 12-25 for 124 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
New Orleans passing
Billy Joe Tolliver 28-45 for 354 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
Tennessee receiving
Kevin Dyson 3-41, Lorenzo Neal 3-15, Chris Sanders 2-16, Derrick Mason 1-31, Eddie George 1-12, Frank Wycheck 1-5, Isaac Byrd 1-4.
New Orleans receiving
Eddie Kennison 7-94, Cameron Cleeland 7-84, Scott Slutzker 4-63, Aaron Craver 4-22, Keith Poole 2-25, Lamar Smith 2-9, Andre Hastings 1-42, Brett Bech 1-15.
Tennessee tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Perry Phenix 8-3-0, Marcus Robertson 8-2-0, Barron Wortham 8-2-0, Eddie Robinson 7-2-0, Samari Rolle 3-1-0, Jason Fisk 2-1-0, Denard Walker 2-0-0, Jevon Kearse 1-1-0, Terry Killens 0-2-0, Dainon Sidney 1-0-0, Kenny Holmes 1-0-0, John Thornton 0-1-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sammy Knight 9-1-0, Keith Mitchell 6-2-0, Chris Bordano 4-4-0, Ashley Ambrose 7-0-0, Fred Weary 6-1-0, Rob Kelly 1-4-0, Mark Fields 3-1-0, Willie Clay 3-0-0, Austin Robbins 2-0-0, Troy Wilson 2-0-1, La'roi Glover 0-1-0, Brady Smith 0-1-0, Wayne Martin 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Tennessee (Donald Mitchell 1 for 42 yards, Jason Fisk 1 for 17 yards); New Orleans (Ashley Ambrose 1 for 6 yards, Alex Molden 1 for 2 yards).
Fumbles lost
Tennessee (Neil Odonnell); New Orleans (Ricky Williams, Billy Joe Tolliver).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Tennessee (Joe Bowden, Eddie Robinson); New Orleans (La'roi Glover).
Officials
Referee-B Kukar, Umpire-C Paganelli, Head linesman-T Johnson, Line judge-W Anderson, Field judge-L Mcpeters, Side judge-D Wyant, Back judge-R Reels.
A: 51,875; T: 3:26.

 


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NFL Scoreboard

Tennessee Clubhouse

New Orleans Clubhouse