New Orleans at San Diego Sep 10 (4:15 pm) Preview | Recap | Boxscore Team 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Total New Orleans 7 6 6 9 28 San Diego 3 21 0 3 27

Scoring Team Play San Diego 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 New Orleans 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 San Diego 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 San Diego 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 New Orleans 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 San Diego TD, RONNEY JENKINS 93 YD KICKOFF RETURN (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 13:23 SAN DIEGO 24-10 New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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 San Diego 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 New Orleans 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

Game Stats   New Orleans San Diego First Downs 28 15 Passing Yards 259 116 Passing (Comp-Att-Int) 33 - 46-2 13 - 26-2 Rushes-Yards 31 - 64 20 - 72 Sacked-Yards Lost 0 - 0 5 - 21 Fumbles-Lost 2 - 1 2 - 0 Return Yards 282 274 Punts-Average 3 - 39.3 4 - 44.3 Time of Possession 36:06 23:54 Penalties-Lost 6 - 37 7 - 85

Individual Statistics RUSHING New Orleans Jeff Blake 6-13, Chad Morton 1-1, Ricky Williams 24-50 San Diego Kenny Bynum 3-9, Robert Chancey 15-59, Curtis Conway 1-9, Ryan Leaf 1-(-5) PASSING New Orleans Jeff Blake 33-46-2-259 San Diego Robert Chancey 0-1-0-0, Ryan Leaf 12-24-2-134, Moses Moreno 1-1-0-3 RECEIVING New Orleans Andrew Glover 4-23, Joe Horn 12-116, Willie Jackson 2-17, Chad Morton 3-11, Ricky Williams 4-27, Jake Reed 5-51, Terrelle Smith 3-14 San Diego Curtis Conway 3-31, Freddie Jones 1-19, Trevor Gaylor 4-21, Jeff Graham 3-46, Ronney Jenkins 1-1, Fred McCrary 1-19