Week 7, 1996

played in Chicago, IL

45 degrees, rain, 11 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	0	7	7	3	-	17
Chicago Bears	0	7	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
2Q: 05:03 NOS - Lorenzo White 21 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
2Q: 02:19 CHI - Sterling Sharpe 12 pass from Andre Ware (Pete Stoyanovich extra point)
3Q: 09:09 NOS - Karl Williams 13 pass from Paul Walker (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 05:22 NOS - Morten Andersen 25 field goal
4Q: 02:54 CHI - Robert Smith 10 run (Pete Stoyanovich extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 05:03 NOS - Lorenzo White 21 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
2Q: 02:19 CHI - Sterling Sharpe 12 pass from Andre Ware (Pete Stoyanovich extra point)
3Q: 09:09 NOS - Karl Williams 13 pass from Paul Walker (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 05:22 NOS - Morten Andersen 25 field goal
4Q: 02:54 CHI - Robert Smith 10 run (Pete Stoyanovich extra point)

Team Statistics NOS CHI
Record 3-4 2-4
First Downs 17 22
- by Rushing 9 7
- by Passing 6 15
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 275 377
- Offensive Plays 58 62
- Yards per Play 4.74 6.08
Net Rushing Yards 164 100
- Rushing Attempts 31 30
- Yards per Rush 5.29 3.33
Net Passing Yards 111 277
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 19 - 0 27 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 127 311
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/16 5/34
- Yards per Pass Play 4.11 8.66
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 9.8
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/1
Penalties/Yards 2/20 7/50
Punt Returns/Yards 2/10 3/14
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 1/15
Interception Ret./Yards 1/9 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 23
Time of Possession 28:47 31:13

Team Statistics	NOS	CHI
Record	3-4	2-4
First Downs	17	22
- by Rushing	9	7
- by Passing	6	15
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	275	377
- Offensive Plays	58	62
- Yards per Play	4.74	6.08
Net Rushing Yards	164	100
- Rushing Attempts	31	30
- Yards per Rush	5.29	3.33
Net Passing Yards	111	277
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 19 - 0	27 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	127	311
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/16	5/34
- Yards per Pass Play	4.11	8.66
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	9.8
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/1
Penalties/Yards	2/20	7/50
Punt Returns/Yards	2/10	3/14
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	1/15
Interception Ret./Yards	1/9	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 23
Time of Possession	28:47	31:13

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:57	OWN 20	7	19	Punt
1	7:48	1:57	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
1	2:51	1:13	OWN 8	3	-6	Punt
2	13:09	1:10	OWN 36	3	4	Punt
2	7:43	2:57	OPP 45	5	45	Touchdown
2	2:11	1:24	OWN 20	5	24	Punt
3	12:36	3:36	OWN 46	7	54	Touchdown
3	5:12	0:53	OWN 10	3	5	Punt
3	2:29	3:10	OWN 7	7	50	Punt
4	9:58	4:41	OWN 34	9	58	Field Goal
4	2:46	2:27	OWN 20	6	7	Punt

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:03	2:15	OWN 11	3	4	Punt
1	5:51	3:00	OWN 17	5	34	Punt
1	1:38	3:29	OPP 49	8	28	Fumble
2	11:59	4:16	OWN 22	8	19	Interception
2	4:46	2:35	OWN 20	5	80	Touchdown
2	0:47	0:47	OWN 15	2	11	Half
3	15:00	2:24	OWN 20	6	34	Downs
3	9:00	3:48	OWN 24	6	17	Punt
3	4:19	1:50	OWN 33	3	4	Punt
4	14:19	4:21	OWN 14	7	20	Punt
4	5:17	2:31	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
4	0:19	0:19	OWN 32	1	16	Game

Game MVP: Paul Walker, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Lorenzo White	21	94	4.48	23	2	1
Richard Huntley	5	44	8.80	13	3	0
Ronald Humphrey	2	-2	-1.00	0	0	0
Paul Walker	2	23	11.50	14	1	0
Craig Heyward	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Robert Smith	21	41	1.95	15	2	1
Ma'ake Scott	5	21	4.20	10	1	0
Andre Ware	4	38	9.50	12	3	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Paul Walker	25	19	127	2/16	1	30	0	99.9

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Andre Ware	27	23	311	5/34	1	46	1	111.5

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR James McKnight	5	7	18	3.60	0	8	0
WR Jeff Graham	4	5	67	16.75	37	30	0
WR Karl Williams	3	3	30	10.00	4	13	1
FB Craig Heyward	2	3	-5	-2.50	0	-2	0
RB Richard Huntley	2	2	1	0.50	0	1	0
WR Ernest Givins	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Keith Jennings	1	2	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
WR Waylon Smithers	1	1	12	12.00	9	12	0

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Sterling Sharpe	7	7	114	16.29	19	22	1
WR Vincent Brisby	6	7	65	10.83	19	30	0
RB Robert Smith	3	3	66	22.00	62	46	0
FB Richie Anderson	3	3	8	2.67	6	5	0
FB Harold Green	1	1	11	11.00	11	11	0
TE Derrick Walker	1	1	32	32.00	3	32	0
WR Greg McMurtry	1	2	13	13.00	0	13	0
TE Hunter Goodwin	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Russell Copeland	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Dewayne Washington	1	9	9.00	0

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Lorenzo White	1	0	0
Kevin Fagan	0	1	0
Paul Walker	0	1	0
Dave Whitmore	0	0	1
Waylon Smithers	0	0	1
Dewayne Washington	0	0	1

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force
Gaston Green	1	0	0
Andre Ware	1	0	0
John Heeter	1	0	0
Brett Faryniarz	0	1	0
Daryl Hobbs	0	1	0
Terry Ray	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brian Hansen	8	351	43.9	42.1	53	4

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dave Finzer	5	242	48.4	46.4	57	3

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morten Andersen	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	2/2

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Pete Stoyanovich	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Karl Williams	2	10	5.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Heeter	2	8	4.0	0
Gaston Green	1	6	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gaston Green	1	15	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Deke McQuay	8	1	0.0	27	29
OLB Jessie Armstead	7	3	0.0	28	27
CB Dewayne Washington	5	1	1.0	29	32
S Brian Jordan	5	2	0.0	27	29
DT Walt Murphy	4	1	0.5	15	17
ILB Kyle Perkins	4	3	0.0	20	25
CB Lorenzo Lynch	4	1	0.0	19	25
OLB Barry Minter	4	0	0.0	8	6
DE Robert Harris	3	0	1.0	23	27
ILB Don Davis	3	0	0.0	10	7
CB Jim Lyles	2	2	0.0	29	30
OLB Brett Wallerstedt	2	0	0.0	5	6
DE Pierce Holt	1	1	1.0	7	5
DE Marvin Washington	1	0	1.0	4	10
S Dave Whitmore	1	1	0.0	7	13
S Bubba McDowell	1	0	0.0	5	3
DT J.R. Green	1	0	0.0	9	10
DE Kevin Fagan	0	1	0.5	26	22
DT Mike Lodish	0	2	0.0	22	22

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Brett Faryniarz	5	1	0.0	16	12
DT Bill Pickel	4	0	1.0	20	16
S Terry Ray	4	2	0.0	26	26
CB Richard Shelton	4	1	0.0	17	21
CB Malik Boyd	4	1	0.0	28	24
S John Heeter	4	1	0.0	13	13
ILB Alvin Mack	3	2	0.0	30	22
S Buddy Love	3	2	0.0	28	23
CB Ty Law	3	1	0.0	30	23
OLB Bryce Paup	3	0	0.0	15	15
DE Chad Thornton	3	0	0.0	27	22
DT Mack Richardson	2	2	1.0	17	16
DT Sam Adams	2	1	0.0	22	22
OLB Lewis Bush	2	0	0.0	12	4
DE Lester Archambeau	1	1	0.0	24	17
DE Chris Doleman	1	0	0.0	11	13
C Roman Fortin	1	0	---	---	---
WR Russell Copeland	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Dwayne Gordon	1	0	0.0	1	5
OLB Tim George	1	0	0.0	4	3

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Robert Harris	1.0	1	1	27
DE Pierce Holt	1.0	0	0	5
DE Marvin Washington	1.0	0	0	10
CB Dewayne Washington	1.0	0	0	32
DT Walt Murphy	0.5	1	0	17
DE Kevin Fagan	0.5	0	1	22

Chicago	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT Bill Pickel	1.0	1	16
DT Mack Richardson	1.0	0	16
DT Sam Adams	0.0	1	22

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Brian Jordan	5	0	0	29
OLB Jessie Armstead	4	0	0	27
CB Dewayne Washington	3	0	1	32
CB Lorenzo Lynch	3	0	0	25
S Deke McQuay	2	1	0	29
ILB Kyle Perkins	2	0	0	25
OLB Barry Minter	2	0	0	6
S Dave Whitmore	1	0	0	13
DT Walt Murphy	1	0	0	17

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Malik Boyd	3	0	24
CB Ty Law	3	0	23
OLB Brett Faryniarz	2	1	12
CB Richard Shelton	2	0	21
OLB Bryce Paup	2	0	15
ILB Alvin Mack	1	1	22
S Buddy Love	1	1	23
DE Chris Doleman	1	0	13
S Terry Ray	1	0	26
ILB Dwayne Gordon	1	0	5
OLB Tim George	1	0	3
S John Heeter	1	0	13

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeff Dellenbach	3	7	31	0	27
Marcus Spears	3	7	31	0	27
Ike Davis	2	5	31	0	27
Tony Jones	2	3	31	1	27
Bruce Wilkerson	1	6	31	1	27
Keith Jennings	1	1	22	0	21

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Roman Fortin	3	7	30	1	32
Mike Utley	2	6	30	0	32
Shaquille O'Neal	0	5	30	1	32
John Hunter	0	3	30	2	32
Randall McDaniel	0	3	30	0	32
Richie Anderson	0	1	15	1	18
Derrick Walker	0	1	26	0	20

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Lovett Purnell	1	16
Carl Bax	1	9
Waylon Smithers	1	8
Dave Whitmore	1	7

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Gaston Green	1	13
Mike Utley	1	5

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ike Davis	31	27	---	---	9	67
Dewayne Washington	---	---	29	32	4	65
Deke McQuay	---	---	27	29	8	64
Lorenzo Lynch	---	---	19	25	15	59
Jim Lyles	---	---	29	30	---	59
Jeff Dellenbach	31	27	---	---	---	58
Bruce Wilkerson	31	27	---	---	---	58
Tony Jones	31	27	---	---	---	58
Marcus Spears	31	27	---	---	---	58
Paul Walker	31	27	---	---	---	58
Brian Jordan	---	---	27	29	---	56
Jessie Armstead	---	---	28	27	---	55
Keith Jennings	22	21	---	---	10	53
Robert Harris	---	---	23	27	2	52
Jeff Graham	25	25	---	---	---	50
Kevin Fagan	---	---	26	22	1	49
Mike Lodish	---	---	22	22	2	46
Kyle Perkins	---	---	20	25	1	46
Ernest Givins	16	13	---	---	11	40
Craig Heyward	18	12	---	---	9	39
Lorenzo White	23	15	---	---	---	38
James McKnight	15	17	---	---	4	36
Walt Murphy	---	---	15	17	2	34
Ronald Humphrey	4	7	---	---	21	32
Dave Whitmore	---	---	7	13	7	27
Brett Wallerstedt	---	---	5	6	12	23
Tyrone Davis	8	4	---	---	11	23
Karl Williams	10	5	---	---	8	23
Gary Ferguson	---	---	10	7	4	21
Richard Huntley	8	12	---	---	---	20
J.R. Green	---	---	9	10	---	19
Marvin Washington	---	---	4	10	4	18
Bubba McDowell	---	---	5	3	10	18
Lovett Purnell	1	1	---	---	16	18
Don Davis	---	---	10	7	---	17
Waylon Smithers	5	3	---	---	8	16
Barry Minter	---	---	8	6	2	16
Pierce Holt	---	---	7	5	---	12
Brian Hansen	0	0	---	---	9	9
Carl Bax	0	0	---	---	9	9
Wang Weilin	0	0	---	---	9	9
Patrick Salonen	0	0	---	---	9	9
Frank Jordan	0	0	---	---	9	9
Morten Andersen	0	0	---	---	5	5
Peter Tom Willis	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ralph Story	0	0	---	---	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Buddy Love	---	---	28	23	17	68
Mike Utley	30	32	---	---	5	67
Randall McDaniel	30	32	---	---	---	62
John Hunter	30	32	---	---	---	62
Andre Ware	30	32	---	---	---	62
Roman Fortin	30	32	---	---	---	62
Shaquille O'Neal	30	32	---	---	---	62
Ty Law	---	---	30	23	9	62
Malik Boyd	---	---	28	24	5	57
Sterling Sharpe	27	28	---	---	---	55
Terry Ray	---	---	26	26	2	54
Derrick Walker	26	20	---	---	7	53
Alvin Mack	---	---	30	22	1	53
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	16	12	24	52
Chad Thornton	---	---	27	22	1	50
Vincent Brisby	22	27	---	---	---	49
Richard Shelton	---	---	17	21	8	46
Bill Pickel	---	---	20	16	9	45
Sam Adams	---	---	22	22	1	45
Robert Smith	24	19	---	---	1	44
Lester Archambeau	---	---	24	17	---	41
Richie Anderson	15	18	---	---	6	39
John Heeter	---	---	13	13	13	39
Greg McMurtry	10	13	---	---	15	38
Mack Richardson	---	---	17	16	1	34
Chris Doleman	---	---	11	13	8	32
Bryce Paup	---	---	15	15	---	30
Ma'ake Scott	6	13	---	---	11	30
Robert Tyler	2	6	---	---	12	20
Hunter Goodwin	8	4	---	---	8	20
Dwayne Gordon	---	---	1	5	12	18
Harold Green	6	4	---	---	7	17
Lewis Bush	---	---	12	4	---	16
Gaston Green	0	0	---	---	13	13
Russell Copeland	4	7	---	---	---	11
Daryl Hobbs	0	1	---	---	7	8
Tim George	---	---	4	3	---	7
Dave Finzer	0	0	---	---	5	5
Claxton Simpson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Pat Harlow	0	0	---	---	5	5
Gene Williams	0	0	---	---	5	5
Earnest Stafford	0	0	---	---	5	5
Pete Stoyanovich	0	0	---	---	3	3
H. Warren Moon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jay Fiedler	0	0	---	---	---	0
Lance Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	75	5.4
Middle	17	89	5.2
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	15	1.5
Middle	13	69	5.3
Right	7	16	2.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Paul Walker	25	19	1	1	0	3	2	0	0

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Andre Ware	27	23	5	0	0	1	2	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	7	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	80	7.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	40	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	8	85	10.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	4	4	48	12.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	9	125	10.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	53	17.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR James McKnight	7	5	18	0	17
WR Jeff Graham	5	4	67	1	25
FB Craig Heyward	3	2	-5	0	12
WR Karl Williams	3	3	30	0	5
WR Ernest Givins	2	1	6	0	13
TE Keith Jennings	2	1	-2	0	21
RB Richard Huntley	2	2	1	0	12
WR Waylon Smithers	1	1	12	0	3

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Sterling Sharpe	7	7	114	2	28
WR Vincent Brisby	7	6	65	1	27
RB Robert Smith	3	3	66	1	19
FB Richie Anderson	3	3	8	0	18
WR Greg McMurtry	2	1	13	0	13
WR Russell Copeland	2	0	0	0	7
FB Harold Green	1	1	11	0	4
TE Derrick Walker	1	1	32	1	20
TE Hunter Goodwin	1	1	2	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Lorenzo White	1	5	5.00	4.48

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Robert Smith	3	6	2.00	1.95
Ma'ake Scott	1	3	3.00	4.20

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Paul Walker	3	2	13	4.33	5.08

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Andre Ware	3	3	23	7.67	11.52

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR James McKnight	1	0	0	0.00	2.57
RB Richard Huntley	1	1	0	0.00	0.50
WR Karl Williams	1	1	13	13.00	10.00

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Sterling Sharpe	2	2	24	12.00	16.29
FB Richie Anderson	1	1	-1	-1.00	2.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Lorenzo White	2	1
Ronald Humphrey	2	0
Paul Walker	1	1

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Smith	3	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Paul Walker	8	5	1

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Andre Ware	5	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR James McKnight	3	2	0
FB Craig Heyward	2	1	0
WR Jeff Graham	1	0	0
RB Richard Huntley	1	1	0
WR Karl Williams	1	1	1

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Harold Green	1	1	0
FB Richie Anderson	1	1	1
WR Russell Copeland	1	0	0
WR Vincent Brisby	1	1	0
TE Hunter Goodwin	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 50,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,300 (21,400)
End Zone 10,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,400 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	50,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,300 (21,400)
End Zone	10,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,400 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)