Week 14, 2012

played in New Orleans, LA

68 degrees, fair, calm

San Diego Chargers	3	7	3	7	-	20
New Orleans Saints	7	0	3	7	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:12 SDO - Nate Kaeding 28 field goal
1Q: 00:46 NOS - Arnie Pearson 8 run (David Akers extra point)
2Q: 03:49 SDO - Henry Perry 2 run (Nate Kaeding extra point)
3Q: 09:55 SDO - Nate Kaeding 32 field goal
3Q: 05:12 NOS - David Akers 32 field goal
4Q: 13:24 SDO - Mark Coons 2 run (Nate Kaeding extra point)
4Q: 08:06 NOS - Arnie Pearson 4 run (David Akers extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:12 SDO - Nate Kaeding 28 field goal
1Q: 00:46 NOS - Arnie Pearson 8 run (David Akers extra point)
2Q: 03:49 SDO - Henry Perry 2 run (Nate Kaeding extra point)
3Q: 09:55 SDO - Nate Kaeding 32 field goal
3Q: 05:12 NOS - David Akers 32 field goal
4Q: 13:24 SDO - Mark Coons 2 run (Nate Kaeding extra point)
4Q: 08:06 NOS - Arnie Pearson 4 run (David Akers extra point)

Team Statistics SDO NOS
Record 6-7 9-4
First Downs 26 19
- by Rushing 12 6
- by Passing 13 11
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 352 310
- Offensive Plays 70 50
- Yards per Play 5.03 6.20
Net Rushing Yards 144 101
- Rushing Attempts 34 21
- Yards per Rush 4.24 4.81
Net Passing Yards 208 209
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 22 - 0 28 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 214 217
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 5.78 7.21
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/11 6/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 4.1 7.0
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/53 3/17
Punt Returns/Yards 1/5 1/2
Kick Returns/Yards 3/84 3/54
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 17
Time of Possession 34:28 25:32

Team Statistics	SDO	NOS
Record	6-7	9-4
First Downs	26	19
- by Rushing	12	6
- by Passing	13	11
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	352	310
- Offensive Plays	70	50
- Yards per Play	5.03	6.20
Net Rushing Yards	144	101
- Rushing Attempts	34	21
- Yards per Rush	4.24	4.81
Net Passing Yards	208	209
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 22 - 0	28 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	214	217
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	5.78	7.21
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/11	6/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	4.1	7.0
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/53	3/17
Punt Returns/Yards	1/5	1/2
Kick Returns/Yards	3/84	3/54
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 17
Time of Possession	34:28	25:32

Drive Charts

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:29	6:23	OWN 23	13	66	Field Goal
1	0:37	1:24	OWN 34	3	7	Punt
2	11:19	7:37	OWN 41	16	59	Touchdown
2	1:44	1:44	OWN 24	4	16	Half
3	15:00	5:10	OWN 32	8	53	Field Goal
3	5:06	6:49	OWN 20	14	80	Touchdown
4	7:56	3:19	OWN 40	6	23	Punt
4	2:25	2:25	OWN 20	7	25	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:31	OWN 26	3	7	Punt
1	7:06	6:29	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
2	14:13	2:54	OWN 11	9	55	Missed FG
2	3:42	1:58	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	9:50	4:44	OWN 30	9	55	Field Goal
4	13:17	5:21	OWN 16	9	84	Touchdown
4	4:37	2:12	OWN 1	5	34	Punt

Game MVP: Peyton Manning, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Mark Coons	16	71	4.44	10	2	1
Henry Perry	15	53	3.53	7	0	1
Peyton Manning	3	20	6.67	12	2	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Arnie Pearson	13	51	3.92	8	0	2
Darrell Irwin	5	32	6.40	10	1	0
Philip Rivers	3	18	6.00	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Peyton Manning	35	22	214	1/6	0	22	0	79.9

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Philip Rivers	28	17	217	1/8	0	22	0	85.0

Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jared Steinhorst	6	8	51	8.50	5	12
FB Ronnie Allen	4	4	7	1.75	2	4
WR Tony Lyons	3	10	50	16.67	3	22
TE Alge Crumpler	2	2	19	9.50	8	12
WR Bernard Berrian	2	5	31	15.50	7	18
WR Lance Murphy	2	2	16	8.00	6	9
TE Phillip Cunningham	2	3	25	12.50	5	21
RB Derek Monroe	1	1	15	15.00	0	15

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Graham King	6	7	86	14.33	17	21
RB Arnie Pearson	5	6	52	10.40	24	20
WR Devery Henderson	3	5	44	14.67	4	21
WR Taylor Jacobs	1	4	22	22.00	5	22
WR Ron Robinson	1	2	13	13.00	0	13
FB Tony Brumley	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB Mike Karney	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Irving Robasky	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Armegis Spearman	0	0	1	0

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Taylor Jacobs	1	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jason Baker	2	86	43.0	42.0	50	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Horace Ogden	3	162	54.0	45.7	65	1

Kicking Statistics

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Nate Kaeding	2/2	0/0	0/0	32	2/2

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Akers	1/2	0/1	0/1	32	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jared Steinhorst	1	5	5.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Drew Jordan	1	2	2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mark Coons	2	57	28.5	0
Nate Clements	1	27	27.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Taylor Jacobs	2	32	16.0	0
Arnie Pearson	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Lorenzo Cousin	11	1	0.0	21	29
DT Tommie Bernard	4	2	0.0	21	27
CB Dominic MacDonald	4	0	0.0	21	29
ILB Dustin Summers	3	3	0.0	18	26
S Anthony Floyd	3	0	0.0	19	27
DE Norm Walters	2	1	1.0	20	26
CB Gus Madison	2	4	0.0	14	22
S Nate Clements	2	1	0.0	18	29
DT Kenneth Lents	2	1	0.0	14	23
OLB Van Blick	2	0	0.0	5	5
DE Tim Stroup	1	0	0.0	20	28
ILB Raheem Orr	0	2	0.0	3	3
CB Burt Agree	0	1	0.0	2	2

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Dennis Weathersby	9	1	0.0	32	35
ILB Dontarrious Thomas	7	2	0.0	32	33
S Mike Doss	5	5	0.0	31	34
OLB Kendrick Samuels	5	4	0.0	27	32
DE Tim Apold	4	1	1.0	32	34
DT Billy Joe Roberson	4	2	0.0	33	33
S Michael Lewis	4	0	0.0	25	28
CB Heath Cooper	4	0	0.0	24	24
OLB Donovan Mussatti	3	1	0.0	12	11
CB Fernando Clayton	2	3	0.0	33	35
S Brenden Rasmussen	2	1	0.0	9	6
DE Harris Herron	2	0	0.0	31	35
DE Tyrus Hazelwood	2	0	0.0	29	33
DT A.J. Coffey	1	1	0.0	6	9
OLB Reggie Bailey	0	2	0.0	7	6

Pass Rush Statistics

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Norm Walters	1.0	0	2	0	26
DE Tim Stroup	0.0	1	0	0	28

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Tim Apold	1.0	0	1	34
DE Harris Herron	0.0	2	0	35
DE Tyrus Hazelwood	0.0	0	3	33
DT Billy Joe Roberson	0.0	0	2	33
OLB Kendrick Samuels	0.0	0	1	32

Pass Defense Statistics

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Lorenzo Cousin	6	2	29
CB Dominic MacDonald	4	2	29
S Anthony Floyd	2	0	27
ILB Dustin Summers	2	0	26
CB Gus Madison	1	1	22
S Nate Clements	1	0	29
DE Norm Walters	1	0	26
ILB Raheem Orr	0	1	3

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dennis Weathersby	4	1	35
CB Heath Cooper	4	1	24
ILB Dontarrious Thomas	4	0	33
S Michael Lewis	2	0	28
OLB Kendrick Samuels	2	0	32
S Mike Doss	1	0	34
DT Billy Joe Roberson	1	0	33
CB Fernando Clayton	1	0	35
DT A.J. Coffey	1	0	9
DE Tyrus Hazelwood	1	0	33
S Brenden Rasmussen	1	0	6

Blocking Statistics

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Archie Caldwell	5	8	32	0	31
Donny Summers	4	6	28	0	30
Dean Hickman	3	4	25	0	28
Roosevelt McDaniel	3	4	25	0	30
Ronnie Allen	1	3	13	0	15
Mario Rayburn	1	2	28	1	33
Mark Wilson	1	2	15	0	9
Nick Hardwick	1	1	6	0	6
Phillip Cunningham	0	1	11	0	17

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jon Stinchcomb	3	3	18	1	23
Jacob Rogers	2	3	16	0	21
Donald Matthews	2	2	21	0	29
Johnny King	1	2	7	0	5
Mike Karney	1	1	7	0	9
Lennie Friedman	1	1	14	0	24
Graham King	1	1	11	0	17
Leon Schroeder	0	4	18	0	23
Lamont Forbes	0	1	5	0	8

Special Teams Statistics

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Armegis Spearman	2	9
Ronnie Allen	1	12
Jamie Delvalle	1	11
Henry Perry	0	13
Alge Crumpler	0	12
Bernard Berrian	0	12
Stephen Cooper	0	12
Burt Agree	0	11
Bobby Gray	0	9
Nate Clements	0	8
Nate Kaeding	0	7
Derek Monroe	0	6
William Burnett	0	5
Jason Baker	0	4
Nick Hardwick	0	4
Mark Wilson	0	4
Milford Brown	0	4
Raheem Orr	0	4
Dean Hickman	0	4
Roosevelt McDaniel	0	4
Mark Coons	0	4
Phillip Cunningham	0	4
Lance Murphy	0	3
Van Blick	0	3
Jared Steinhorst	0	3
Kenneth Lents	0	3
Dominic MacDonald	0	3
Gus Madison	0	3
Anthony Floyd	0	2
Tim Stroup	0	2
Tommie Bernard	0	2
Norm Walters	0	2
Dustin Summers	0	2
Lorenzo Cousin	0	2
Alvin Meier	0	2
Mario Marshall	0	2
Sean Parisi	0	1

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Graham King	1	12
Devery Henderson	1	11
Tony Brumley	1	11
Jacob Rogers	1	5
Darrell Irwin	0	14
Drew Jordan	0	14
Mike Karney	0	12
Brenden Rasmussen	0	12
Taylor Jacobs	0	11
Courtney Watson	0	9
Dwight Mendez	0	7
David Akers	0	6
Arnie Bernard	0	6
Kendrick Samuels	0	6
Lamont Forbes	0	5
Bart Rivera	0	5
Ron Robinson	0	5
Arnie Pearson	0	5
Dennis Weathersby	0	4
Mike Doss	0	4
Johnny King	0	4
Reggie Bailey	0	4
Dontarrious Thomas	0	3
Horace Ogden	0	3
Michael Lewis	0	2
Xavier Blair	0	2
Billy Joe Roberson	0	2
Fernando Clayton	0	2
Heath Cooper	0	2
Brent Compton	0	2
Tim Apold	0	2
Harris Herron	0	2
Oliver Coffey	0	2
Tyrus Hazelwood	0	1
Travis Tusch	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	5	1.7
Middle	19	95	5.0
Right	11	46	4.2
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	24	4.0
Middle	12	54	4.5
Right	3	23	7.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Peyton Manning	35	22	2	0	2	2	7	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Philip Rivers	28	17	4	0	2	6	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	7	1.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	44	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	11	141	10.1
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	22	2.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	14	4.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	24	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	8	139	12.6
Long (19+ Yds)	7	2	40	5.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tony Lyons	10	3	2	50	1	23
WR Jared Steinhorst	8	6	0	51	0	26
WR Bernard Berrian	5	2	0	31	0	19
FB Ronnie Allen	4	4	0	7	0	15
TE Phillip Cunningham	3	2	0	25	1	17
TE Alge Crumpler	2	2	0	19	0	20
WR Lance Murphy	2	2	0	16	0	11
RB Derek Monroe	1	1	0	15	0	11

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Graham King	7	6	0	86	1	17
RB Arnie Pearson	6	5	1	52	1	22
WR Devery Henderson	5	3	1	44	1	17
WR Taylor Jacobs	4	1	0	22	1	25
WR Ron Robinson	2	1	0	13	0	17
WR Irving Robasky	2	0	0	0	0	16
FB Mike Karney	1	0	0	0	0	9
FB Tony Brumley	1	1	0	0	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mark Coons	5	7	1.40	4.44
Henry Perry	3	6	2.00	3.53

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Arnie Pearson	3	17	5.67	3.92
Darrell Irwin	2	6	3.00	6.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Peyton Manning	5	2	10	2.00	6.11

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Philip Rivers	4	1	4	1.00	7.75

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jared Steinhorst	2	1	10	5.00	6.38
WR Bernard Berrian	1	0	0	0.00	6.20
WR Tony Lyons	1	0	0	0.00	5.00
FB Ronnie Allen	1	1	0	0.00	1.75

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Taylor Jacobs	2	0	0	0.00	5.50
TE Graham King	2	1	4	2.00	12.29

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Henry Perry	4	3
Mark Coons	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Arnie Pearson	3	1
Philip Rivers	1	0
Darrell Irwin	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Peyton Manning	6	3	2

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Philip Rivers	6	6	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Lance Murphy	2	2	2
WR Tony Lyons	2	0	0
WR Jared Steinhorst	1	0	0
FB Ronnie Allen	1	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Arnie Pearson	3	3	2
TE Graham King	2	2	1
WR Devery Henderson	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 62,900 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,700 (20,400)
End Zone 12,400 (14,600)
Mezzanine 7,000 (8,400)
Sideline Seats 10,900 (12,900)
Club Seats 13,300 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,600 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	62,900 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,700 (20,400)
End Zone	12,400 (14,600)
Mezzanine	7,000 (8,400)
Sideline Seats	10,900 (12,900)
Club Seats	13,300 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,600 (3,700)