1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
New Orleans	7	6	6	9	28
San Diego	3	21	0	3	27

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
SDG		FG		JOHN CARNEY 42 YD, 8:21. Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards in 1:45. Key plays: Leaf 19-yard pass to McCrary to New Orleans 18. SAN DIEGO 3-0
NOR		TD		JOE HORN 6 YD PASS FROM JEFF BLAKE (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 13:00. Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards in 4:39. Key plays: Blake 17-yard pass to Reed to New Orleans 41; Blake 7-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-3 to San Diego 45; 29-yard pass interference penalty on Chargers' Lewis to San Diego 4. NEW ORLEANS 7-3
2ND QUARTER
SDG		TD		ROBERT CHANCEY 3 YD RUN (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 0:40. Drive: 5 plays, 48 yards in 2:40. Key plays: Jenkins 46-yard kickoff return to New Orleans 48; Conway 9-yard run to New Orleans 25; Leaf 19-yard pass to Jones to New Orleans 3. SAN DIEGO 10-7
SDG		TD		CURTIS CONWAY 20 YD PASS FROM RYAN LEAF (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 7:56. Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards in 3:12. Key plays: Ruff recovery of Blake fumble at midfield; 5-yard defensive holding penalty Saints' Mathis on 3rd-and-23 to New Orleans 37; Chancey 9-yard run to New Orleans 26. SAN DIEGO 17-7
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 20 YD, 13:06. Drive: 13 plays, 64 yards in 5:10. Key plays: Blake 12-yard pass to Horn on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 49; Blake 6-yard pass to Williams plus 13-yard unneccessary roughness penalty on Chargers' Harrison to San Diego 12. SAN DIEGO 17-10
SDG		TD		RONNEY JENKINS 93 YD KICKOFF RETURN (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 13:23. SAN DIEGO 24-10
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 20 YD, 15:00. Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards in 1:37. Key plays: Blake 10-yard pass to Jackson to New Orleans 44; Blake 11-yard pass to Morton to San Diego 42; Blake 13-yard pass to Horn to San Diego 24; Blake 6-yard pass to Morton plus 9-yard roughing-the passer penalty on Mohring to San Diego 9. SAN DIEGO 24-13
3RD QUARTER
NOR		TD		RICKY WILLIAMS 13 YD PASS FROM JEFF BLAKE (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 12:06. Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards in 5:17. Key plays: Weary 27-yard interception return to San Diego 41; Blake 18-yard pass to Horn on 3rd-and-15 to San Diego 28; Williams 5-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to San Diego 15. SAN DIEGO 24-19
4TH QUARTER
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 31 YD, 0:08. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:12. Key plays: Morton 51-yard punt return to San Diego 21. SAN DIEGO 24-22
SDG		FG		JOHN CARNEY 49 YD, 9:52. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 2:16. Key plays: Jacquette 17-yard punt return to New Orleans 35. SAN DIEGO 27-22
NOR		TD		JOE HORN 8 YD PASS FROM JEFF BLAKE (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 14:13. Drive: 10 plays, 90 yards in 4:21. Key plays: Blake 12-yard pass to Reed to New Orleans 22; 15-yard personal foul penalty on Chargers' Harrison to San Diego 40; Blake 11-yard pass to Glover to San Diego 24; Blake 7-yard pass to Horn to San Diego 8; Blake 8-for-9 for 60 yards. NEW ORLEANS 28-27

TEAM STATISTICS

	NOR	SDG
FIRST DOWNS 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	28 9-15 0-0 323 77 4.2 64 31 2.1 259 33-46 5.6 0-0 3-39.3 282 4-93 6-138 2-51 6-37 2-1 36:06	15 1-9 0-2 188 51 3.7 72 20 3.6 116 13-26 3.7 5-21 4-44.3 274 2-32 6-221 2-21 7-85 2-0 23:54

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 24-50, Jeff Blake 6-13, Chad Morton 1-1.
San Diego rushing
Robert Chancey 15-59, Kenny Bynum 3-9, Curtis Conway 1-9, Ryan Leaf 1-minus 5.
New Orleans passing
Jeff Blake 33-46 for 259 yards, 2 INT, 3 TD.
San Diego passing
Ryan Leaf 12-24 for 134 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD, Moses Moreno 1-1 for 3 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Robert Chancey 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New Orleans receiving
Joe Horn 12-116, Jake Reed 5-51, Ricky Williams 4-27, Andrew Glover 4-23, Terrelle Smith 3-14, Chad Morton 3-11, Willie Jackson 2-17.
San Diego receiving
Trevor Gaylor 4-21, Jeff Graham 3-46, Curtis Conway 3-31, Freddie Jones 1-19, Fred Mccrary 1-19, Ronney Jenkins 1-1.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Fred Weary 9-0-1, Sammy Knight 6-0-0, Darren Howard 4-1-2, La'roi Glover 4-0-2, Keith Mitchell 3-1-0, Mark Fields 2-0-0, Norman Hand 2-0-0, Darren Perry 2-0-0, Phil Clarke 1-1-0, Joe Johnson 1-1-0, Kevin Mathis 1-0-0, Darrin Smith 1-0-0.
San Diego tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Junior Seau 15-0-0, Rodney Harrison 5-5-0, Orlando Ruff 5-2-0, John Parrella 5-1-0, Jamal Williams 4-2-0, Scott Turner 5-0-0, Gerald Dixon 4-1-0, Michael Dumas 4-0-0, Darryll Lewis 2-1-0, Rogers Beckett 2-0-0, Deron Jenkins 2-0-0, Darren Mickell 2-0-0, Mike Mohring 2-0-0, Tony Darden 1-0-0.
Interceptions
New Orleans (Fred Weary 1 for 27 yards, Alex Molden 1 for 24 yards); San Diego (Orlando Ruff 1 for 18 yards, Darryll Lewis 1 for 3 yards).
Fumbles lost
New Orleans (Jeff Blake).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
San Diego (Orlando Ruff).
Officials
Referee-Dick Hantak, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Tom Stephan, Field judge-Paul Baetz, Side judge-Tom Fincken, Back judge-Don Dorkowski.
A: 51,300; T: 3:17.