Week 2, 1985

played in New Orleans, LA

68 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New England Patriots	7	14	0	3	-	24
New Orleans Saints	0	3	0	8	-	11

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:34 NED - Walter Payton 6 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 13:12 NED - George Farmer 12 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 06:28 NED - Tony Nathan 1 run (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 03:50 NOS - Morten Andersen 20 field goal
4Q: 13:12 NOS - Roger Carr 30 pass from Randall Cunningham (Randall Cunningham pass to Kris Haines for conversion)
4Q: 04:53 NED - Bucky Wallace 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:34 NED - Walter Payton 6 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 13:12 NED - George Farmer 12 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 06:28 NED - Tony Nathan 1 run (Bucky Wallace extra point)
2Q: 03:50 NOS - Morten Andersen 20 field goal
4Q: 13:12 NOS - Roger Carr 30 pass from Randall Cunningham (Randall Cunningham pass to Kris Haines for conversion)
4Q: 04:53 NED - Bucky Wallace 38 field goal

Team Statistics NED NOS
Record 1-1 0-2
First Downs 20 13
- by Rushing 10 5
- by Passing 10 7
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 355 253
- Offensive Plays 70 51
- Yards per Play 5.07 4.96
Net Rushing Yards 201 109
- Rushing Attempts 49 22
- Yards per Rush 4.10 4.95
Net Passing Yards 154 144
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 15 - 0 29 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 165 144
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 7.33 4.97
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.5 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/35 5/25
Punt Returns/Yards 6/61 4/21
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 3/49
Interception Ret./Yards 1/13 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/1
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 21
Time of Possession 37:47 22:13

Team Statistics	NED	NOS
Record	1-1	0-2
First Downs	20	13
- by Rushing	10	5
- by Passing	10	7
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	355	253
- Offensive Plays	70	51
- Yards per Play	5.07	4.96
Net Rushing Yards	201	109
- Rushing Attempts	49	22
- Yards per Rush	4.10	4.95
Net Passing Yards	154	144
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 15 - 0	29 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	165	144
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	7.33	4.97
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.5	8.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/35	5/25
Punt Returns/Yards	6/61	4/21
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	3/49
Interception Ret./Yards	1/13	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/1
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 38	OWN 21
Time of Possession	37:47	22:13

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:22	0:56	OPP 19	2	19	Touchdown
1	11:34	3:20	OPP 42	6	21	Fumble
1	5:54	1:31	OWN 31	3	4	Punt
1	3:20	1:17	OWN 34	3	7	Punt
1	0:20	2:16	OPP 41	5	41	Touchdown
2	9:48	3:26	OWN 24	9	76	Touchdown
2	3:43	2:57	OWN 20	7	36	Punt
3	15:00	2:56	OWN 20	5	17	Punt
3	10:42	3:01	OWN 30	5	20	Punt
3	3:20	2:50	OWN 20	5	24	Punt
4	12:55	3:35	OWN 20	5	17	Punt
4	9:12	4:24	OPP 46	6	25	Field Goal
4	4:01	4:01	OWN 46	9	28	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:38	OWN 24	1	11	Fumble
1	13:26	1:52	OWN 15	3	-7	Punt
1	8:14	2:20	OWN 21	5	19	Punt
1	4:23	1:03	OWN 27	3	2	Punt
1	2:03	1:43	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
2	13:04	3:16	OWN 20	6	19	Punt
2	6:22	2:39	OWN 26	7	71	Field Goal
2	0:46	0:46	OWN 13	2	16	Half
3	12:04	1:22	OWN 21	3	4	Punt
3	7:41	4:21	OWN 20	8	26	Punt
3	0:30	2:35	OWN 26	6	74	Touchdown
4	9:20	0:08	OWN 26	1	0	Interception
4	4:48	0:47	OWN 20	3	2	Punt

Game MVP: Steve Bartkowski, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Tony Nathan	32	106	3.31	14	3	1
Walter Payton	12	65	5.42	10	1	0
Steve Bartkowski	3	3	1.00	2	0	0
Stan Edwards	2	27	13.50	17	2	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Bill Johnson	12	80	6.67	12	4
Larry Heater	6	10	1.67	4	0
Randall Cunningham	3	17	5.67	10	1
Roger Carr	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Bartkowski	19	15	165	2/11	2	25	0	137.9

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randall Cunningham	29	16	144	0/0	1	30	1	65.9

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Lynn Swann	3	4	21	7.00	4	14	0
WR Mike Wilson	3	4	38	12.67	16	18	0
RB Walter Payton	2	2	10	5.00	7	6	1
RB Tony Nathan	2	3	34	17.00	10	25	0
WR George Farmer	2	2	24	12.00	0	12	1
TE Lin Dawson	2	3	27	13.50	12	20	0
WR Benny Malone	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Roger Carr	6	12	69	11.50	15	30	1
WR Kris Haines	2	2	27	13.50	2	15	0
WR Carl Roaches	2	5	29	14.50	0	26	0
WR Tony Woodruff	2	4	9	4.50	0	5	0
RB Bill Johnson	2	2	6	3.00	0	3	0
FB Billy Jackson	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Ethan Horton	1	2	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Walt Arnold	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Shane Nelson	1	13	13.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Tony Nathan	1	0	0
Doug Greene	0	1	0
Jerry Blanton	0	0	1
Mark Murphy	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Larry Heater	1	0	0
Bill Johnson	1	0	0
Greg Bright	0	1	0
Hubert Oliver	0	1	0
Phil Murphy	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Engles	7	288	41.1	35.3	50	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Saxon	8	353	44.1	34.0	56	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bucky Wallace	1/1	0/0	0/0	38	3/3

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morten Andersen	1/1	0/0	0/0	20	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stanley Morgan	4	38	9.5	0
Lynn Swann	2	23	11.5	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roger Carr	4	21	5.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cleo Montgomery	2	34	17.0	0
Roger Carr	1	15	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Mike Davis	5	1	19	25
CB Rufus Bess	5	0	13	18
ILB Jerry Blanton	4	0	8	9
CB Herman Edwards	3	1	18	21
DE Al Harris	3	0	10	17
ILB John Anderson	2	2	16	20
OLB Dan Lloyd	2	1	15	20
CB Daryl Smith	2	0	13	15
DT Pete Koch	1	1	12	19
DT Ron Fernandes	1	0	10	10
OLB Sam Hunt	1	0	11	14
CB Louis Wright	1	0	4	3
ILB Shane Nelson	1	0	9	15
DE Jim Young	1	0	14	19
S Doug Greene	1	0	17	18
DE Bruce Clark	1	0	20	22
S Mark Murphy	1	0	6	14
OLB Greg Gaines	1	0	13	17
S Fred Bohannon	1	0	9	15
CB Garcia Lane	0	1	4	8

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Cliff Odom	12	3	0.0	45	21
DT Stafford Mays	6	1	1.0	30	12
S Greg Bright	5	1	0.0	44	19
CB Gill Byrd	4	1	0.0	40	16
S Rod Kush	4	0	0.0	35	20
DE Doug McDougald	3	0	1.0	28	16
S Carl Lews	3	3	0.0	34	19
DE Mike Calhoun	3	2	0.0	33	15
DE Elvis Franks	3	2	0.0	37	11
CB Issiac Holt	3	2	0.0	37	19
OLB Chip Banks	3	1	0.0	25	5
CB Jo Jo Heath	3	0	0.0	33	15
OLB Mel Kaufman	2	4	0.0	24	3
DT Phil Murphy	2	1	0.0	23	10
DT Ray Yakavonis	2	1	0.0	24	7
OLB Fred Robinson	2	1	0.0	15	2
OLB Lawrence Taylor	1	1	0.0	25	18
OLB Emanuel King	1	1	0.0	3	3
TE Walt Arnold	1	0	---	---	---
RB Bill Johnson	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Jim Young	1	2	19
DT Ron Fernandes	0	1	10
OLB Dan Lloyd	0	1	20
DE Bruce Clark	0	1	22

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT Stafford Mays	1.0	0	12
DE Doug McDougald	1.0	0	16
DT Phil Murphy	0.0	1	10
ILB Cliff Odom	0.0	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Rufus Bess	3	0	0	18
CB Herman Edwards	2	1	0	21
ILB Jerry Blanton	2	0	0	9
S Doug Greene	1	1	0	18
ILB Shane Nelson	1	0	1	15
CB Louis Wright	1	0	0	3
OLB Dan Lloyd	1	0	0	20
S Mike Davis	1	0	0	25
ILB John Anderson	1	0	0	20
OLB Greg Gaines	1	0	0	17
S Fred Bohannon	1	0	0	15
CB Daryl Smith	1	0	0	15

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Cliff Odom	3	0	21
OLB Mel Kaufman	2	0	3
CB Issiac Holt	2	0	19
S Carl Lews	2	0	19
CB Gill Byrd	1	1	16
S Rod Kush	1	0	20
OLB Lawrence Taylor	1	0	18
OLB Chip Banks	1	0	5
OLB Fred Robinson	1	0	2
OLB Emanuel King	1	0	3

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Larry Tearry	4	9	1	42	0	14
Bill Story	3	6	0	26	2	12
Wade Griffin	2	6	0	31	0	10
Ron Solt	2	4	1	34	0	18
Duval Love	2	3	0	32	0	14
Revie Sorey	1	7	0	17	0	9
Lin Dawson	1	2	0	37	0	15
Bob Rush	0	4	0	25	0	10
Don Maggs	0	3	0	38	0	18
Walter White	0	1	1	36	0	10
Stan Edwards	0	1	0	40	0	16

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Jeff Dellenbach	3	9	21	25
Billy Lindstrom	2	3	18	28
Edwin Bailey	1	4	22	25
Billy Jackson	1	2	8	15
Rich Strenger	1	1	19	20
Don Greco	0	1	20	25

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Sylvester Stamps	3	24
Walter White	1	16
Mark Murphy	1	13
Lynn Swann	1	11
Herman Edwards	1	3

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Larry Heater	3	24
Cleo Montgomery	1	14
Emanuel King	1	12
Don Greco	1	7

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Stan Edwards	40	16	---	---	20	76
Steve Bartkowski	49	21	---	---	---	70
Walter White	36	10	---	---	16	62
Larry Tearry	42	14	---	---	4	60
Lin Dawson	37	15	---	---	7	59
Ron Solt	34	18	---	---	7	59
Tony Nathan	35	11	---	---	12	58
Don Maggs	38	18	---	---	---	56
Sam Hunt	---	---	11	14	24	49
Benny Malone	24	9	---	---	16	49
Duval Love	32	14	---	---	3	49
Mike Davis	---	---	19	25	3	47
Bill Story	26	12	---	---	8	46
Rufus Bess	---	---	13	18	15	46
Bob Rush	25	10	---	---	8	43
Herman Edwards	---	---	18	21	3	42
Jim Young	---	---	14	19	9	42
Bruce Clark	---	---	20	22	---	42
Lynn Swann	17	13	---	---	11	41
Wade Griffin	31	10	---	---	---	41
Dan Lloyd	---	---	15	20	4	39
Doug Greene	---	---	17	18	3	38
John Anderson	---	---	16	20	1	37
Revie Sorey	17	9	---	---	7	33
Mark Murphy	---	---	6	14	13	33
Greg Gaines	---	---	13	17	3	33
Mike Wilson	18	14	---	---	---	32
Pete Koch	---	---	12	19	1	32
Stanley Morgan	19	5	---	---	6	30
Daryl Smith	---	---	13	15	1	29
Al Harris	---	---	10	17	1	28
Shane Nelson	---	---	9	15	3	27
Fred Bohannon	---	---	9	15	3	27
Sylvester Stamps	0	0	---	---	24	24
Walter Payton	14	9	---	---	---	23
Jerry Blanton	---	---	8	9	5	22
Ron Fernandes	---	---	10	10	1	21
George Farmer	5	3	---	---	9	17
Louis Wright	---	---	4	3	7	14
Garcia Lane	---	---	4	8	---	12
Rick Engles	0	0	---	---	7	7
Allan Leavitt	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jim Eliopulos	---	---	1	0	3	4
Larry Lawrence	0	0	---	---	1	1
Bucky Wallace	0	0	---	---	1	1
Bobby Hebert	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Greg Bright	---	---	44	19	10	73
Jo Jo Heath	---	---	33	15	22	70
Cliff Odom	---	---	45	21	1	67
Ethan Horton	18	27	---	---	13	58
Elvis Franks	---	---	37	11	8	56
Rod Kush	---	---	35	20	1	56
Gill Byrd	---	---	40	16	---	56
Issiac Holt	---	---	37	19	---	56
Roger Carr	17	21	---	---	16	54
Carl Lews	---	---	34	19	1	54
Don Greco	20	25	---	---	7	52
Randall Cunningham	22	29	---	---	---	51
Mike Calhoun	---	---	33	15	1	49
Billy Lindstrom	18	28	---	---	2	48
Jeff Dellenbach	21	25	---	---	2	48
Edwin Bailey	22	25	---	---	---	47
Mel Kaufman	---	---	24	3	20	47
Larry Heater	7	14	---	---	24	45
Stafford Mays	---	---	30	12	3	45
Doug McDougald	---	---	28	16	---	44
Lawrence Taylor	---	---	25	18	---	43
Rich Strenger	19	20	---	---	---	39
Phil Murphy	---	---	23	10	4	37
Tony Woodruff	10	13	---	---	12	35
Ray Yakavonis	---	---	24	7	2	33
Kris Haines	11	13	---	---	8	32
Walt Arnold	8	6	---	---	17	31
Billy Jackson	8	15	---	---	8	31
Chip Banks	---	---	25	5	1	31
Bill Johnson	15	15	---	---	---	30
Carl Roaches	10	17	---	---	1	28
Hubert Oliver	5	4	---	---	10	19
Fred Robinson	---	---	15	2	1	18
Emanuel King	---	---	3	3	12	18
Tyrell Sampson	2	4	---	---	9	15
Cleo Montgomery	1	0	---	---	14	15
Mike Kelley	1	4	---	---	9	14
Joe Walter	0	4	---	---	9	13
Kurt Allerman	---	---	4	0	8	12
Dan Fike	3	9	---	---	---	12
Mike Saxon	0	0	---	---	8	8
Eric Wilson	---	---	0	0	6	6
Tremain Rogers	4	1	---	---	---	5
Morten Andersen	0	0	---	---	4	4
Steve Joachim	0	0	---	---	1	1
Warren Moon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	64	4.6
Middle	20	80	4.0
Right	14	58	4.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	39	6.5
Middle	9	28	3.1
Right	7	42	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Bartkowski	19	15	2	0	1	1	2	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randall Cunningham	29	16	2	1	3	2	5	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	17	4.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	67	9.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	81	11.6
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	4	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	33	3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	3	33	4.1
Long (19+ Yds)	8	3	74	9.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Lynn Swann	4	3	1	21	0	13
WR Mike Wilson	4	3	0	38	0	14
RB Tony Nathan	3	2	0	34	1	11
TE Lin Dawson	3	2	0	27	1	15
RB Walter Payton	2	2	0	10	0	9
WR George Farmer	2	2	0	24	0	3
WR Benny Malone	1	1	0	11	0	9

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roger Carr	12	6	2	69	1	21
WR Carl Roaches	5	2	0	29	1	17
WR Tony Woodruff	4	2	0	9	0	13
WR Kris Haines	2	2	0	27	0	13
RB Bill Johnson	2	2	0	6	0	15
TE Ethan Horton	2	1	1	1	0	27
TE Walt Arnold	1	0	0	0	0	6
FB Billy Jackson	1	1	0	3	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Walter Payton	1	3	3.00	5.42
Tony Nathan	1	1	1.00	3.31

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Bartkowski	3	3	22	7.33	8.68

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randall Cunningham	3	2	9	3.00	4.97

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Walter Payton	2	2	10	5.00	5.00
WR George Farmer	1	1	12	12.00	12.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Roger Carr	1	1	6	6.00	5.75
TE Walt Arnold	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Carl Roaches	1	1	3	3.00	5.80

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Tony Nathan	5	1
Walter Payton	2	2
Steve Bartkowski	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Bartkowski	7	3	2

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randall Cunningham	11	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Lynn Swann	2	1	0
WR George Farmer	2	2	2
RB Tony Nathan	1	0	0
TE Lin Dawson	1	0	0
WR Mike Wilson	1	0	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roger Carr	6	2	0
WR Tony Woodruff	2	1	1
WR Carl Roaches	1	0	0
RB Bill Johnson	1	1	1
TE Ethan Horton	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 42,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,900 (21,400)
End Zone 9,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	42,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,900 (21,400)
End Zone	9,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,800 (3,300)