| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 1-yard run by Lynell Hamilton. (John Carney extra point is good). 10:04 Time Remaining. (10 plays, 82 yards. Time of Drive: 4:56). |
| 2nd Quarter |
| Buffalo Touchdown - 25-yard pass from Brian Moorman to Ryan Denney. (Rian Lindell extra point is good). 14:48 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 72 yards. Time of Drive: 3:26). |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 27-yarder by John Carney. 4:17 Time Remaining. (5 plays, 23 yards. Time of Drive: 1:55). |
| 3rd Quarter |
No Scoring | | 4th Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 34-yard run by Pierre Thomas. (John Carney extra point is good). 9:45 Time Remaining. (3 plays, 66 yards. Time of Drive: 1:16). |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 35-yarder by John Carney. 3:21 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 49 yards. Time of Drive: 4:01). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 19-yard run by Pierre Thomas. (John Carney extra point is good). 2:03 Time Remaining. (2 plays, 25 yards. Time of Drive: 0:12). |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | New Orleans | Buffalo |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 13 |
| By Rushing | 11 | 5 |
| By Passing | 8 | 5 |
| By Penalty | 2 | 3 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 5-15-33 | 2-14-14 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 1-2-50 | 1-2-50 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 378 | 243 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 69 | 61 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 222 | 89 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 38 | 21 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 156 | 154 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 2-16 | 4-27 |
| Gross yards passing | 172 | 181 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 29-16-0 | 36-21-1 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 5.0 | 3.9 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 5-42.6 | 9-46.6 |
| Net Punting Average | 42.8 | 40.2 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 17 | -1 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 4-17 | 3--1 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 2-16 | 5-111 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 9-97 | 12-116 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 3 | 1 |
| Rushing | 3 | 0 |
| Passing | 0 | 1 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 27 | 7 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 33:34 | 26:26 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| New Orleans | Buffalo |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| D.Brees | 29 | 16 | 172 | 2/16 | 0 | 32 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 29 | 16 | 172 | 2/16 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| T.Edwards | 35 | 20 | 156 | 4/27 | 0 | 18 | 1 | | B.Moorman | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0/0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | | Total | 36 | 21 | 181 | 4/27 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| W.Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| T.Morstead | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 0 | 1 | 49 | | Total | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| B.Moorman | 9 | 419 | 46.6 | 2 | 1 | 58 | | Total | 9 | 419 | 46.6 | 2 | 1 | 58 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| R.Bush | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | DOWNED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | OUT OF BOUNDS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 8 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| DOWNED | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | R.Parrish | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 5 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
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| | KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| R.Parrish | 5 | 0 | 111 | 30 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 6 | 0 | 111 | 30 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| | | | | | | | Total | 2/2 | 100.0 | 35 | 3/3 | 9 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| R.Lindell | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | | Total | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
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