Week 14, 2004

played in New Orleans, LA

50 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

San Diego Chargers	3	6	3	0	-	12
New Orleans Saints	6	3	0	3	-	12

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:40 NOS - Alexis Shepherd 5 run (David Akers extra point failed)
1Q: 08:35 SDO - David Kimball 49 field goal
2Q: 11:42 SDO - David Kimball 26 field goal
2Q: 03:54 SDO - David Kimball 47 field goal
2Q: 01:05 NOS - David Akers 42 field goal
3Q: 05:48 SDO - David Kimball 35 field goal
4Q: 00:02 NOS - David Akers 54 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:40 NOS - Alexis Shepherd 5 run (David Akers extra point failed)
1Q: 08:35 SDO - David Kimball 49 field goal
2Q: 11:42 SDO - David Kimball 26 field goal
2Q: 03:54 SDO - David Kimball 47 field goal
2Q: 01:05 NOS - David Akers 42 field goal
3Q: 05:48 SDO - David Kimball 35 field goal
4Q: 00:02 NOS - David Akers 54 field goal

Team Statistics SDO NOS
Record 4-8-1 5-7-1
First Downs 19 20
- by Rushing 4 3
- by Passing 14 16
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 363 419
- Offensive Plays 82 79
- Yards per Play 4.43 5.30
Net Rushing Yards 89 56
- Rushing Attempts 34 23
- Yards per Rush 2.62 2.43
Net Passing Yards 274 363
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 43 - 28 - 0 54 - 33 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 303 372
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/29 2/9
- Yards per Pass Play 5.71 6.48
Fumbles/Lost 5/3 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/19 5/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.0 8.1
4th Down Conversions 1/1 2/2
Penalties/Yards 5/30 13/85
Punt Returns/Yards 1/21 3/27
Kick Returns/Yards 2/53 2/47
Interception Ret./Yards 1/3 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 28
Time of Possession 39:36 35:24

Team Statistics	SDO	NOS
Record	4-8-1	5-7-1
First Downs	19	20
- by Rushing	4	3
- by Passing	14	16
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	363	419
- Offensive Plays	82	79
- Yards per Play	4.43	5.30
Net Rushing Yards	89	56
- Rushing Attempts	34	23
- Yards per Rush	2.62	2.43
Net Passing Yards	274	363
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	43 - 28 - 0	54 - 33 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	303	372
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/29	2/9
- Yards per Pass Play	5.71	6.48
Fumbles/Lost	5/3	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/19	5/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.0	8.1
4th Down Conversions	1/1	2/2
Penalties/Yards	5/30	13/85
Punt Returns/Yards	1/21	3/27
Kick Returns/Yards	2/53	2/47
Interception Ret./Yards	1/3	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 28
Time of Possession	39:36	35:24

Drive Charts

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:24	OWN 46	3	-7	Fumble
1	10:31	2:03	OWN 20	4	48	Field Goal
1	5:45	4:23	OWN 17	8	43	Punt
2	13:06	1:29	OPP 16	3	7	Field Goal
2	9:19	5:32	OWN 5	10	65	Field Goal
2	0:58	0:58	OWN 29	4	18	Half
3	13:02	7:19	OWN 20	13	62	Field Goal
3	3:48	1:41	OWN 20	4	22	Punt
4	13:50	2:46	OWN 3	6	9	Punt
4	9:28	4:03	OWN 20	8	25	Punt
4	1:55	0:36	OWN 23	3	6	Punt
OT1	12:14	1:18	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
OT1	9:01	1:03	OWN 1	3	2	Punt
OT1	6:51	3:12	OWN 42	7	40	Fumble
OT1	1:03	1:01	OWN 34	3	26	Fumble

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:36	2:05	OPP 33	6	33	Touchdown
1	8:28	2:43	OWN 20	6	17	Punt
1	1:22	3:16	OWN 20	6	13	Punt
2	11:37	2:18	OWN 20	4	21	Punt
2	3:47	2:49	OWN 18	7	57	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:58	OWN 20	4	39	Punt
3	5:43	1:55	OWN 20	4	35	Punt
3	2:07	3:17	OWN 20	6	20	Punt
4	11:04	1:36	OPP 48	3	5	Punt
4	5:25	3:30	OWN 19	9	46	Interception
4	1:19	1:19	OWN 35	6	28	Field Goal
OT1	15:00	2:46	OWN 43	5	16	Punt
OT1	10:56	1:55	OWN 42	3	9	Punt
OT1	7:58	1:07	OWN 49	3	9	Fumble
OT1	3:39	2:36	OWN 18	6	16	Punt
OT1	0:02	0:02	OWN 40	1	0	Game

Game MVP: Matt Hasselbeck, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Brent Ludwig	17	22	1.29	8	0
Tiki Barber	11	51	4.64	18	3
Dixon Donaldson	2	5	2.50	5	0
Marty Booker	1	4	4.00	4	0
Tony Romo	1	6	6.00	6	0
Devonte Fisk	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0
Larry Fitzgerald	1	2	2.00	2	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Alexis Shepherd	12	43	3.58	9	1
LaMont Jordan	9	11	1.22	6	0
Mike Cloud	1	0	0.00	0	0
Joel Makovicka	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Romo	43	28	303	5/29	0	43	0	85.7

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Hasselbeck	54	33	372	2/9	0	34	1	74.0

Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Marty Booker	14	20	151	10.79	45	32
WR Larry Fitzgerald	5	7	103	20.60	51	43
TE Tony Gonzalez	3	3	19	6.33	0	9
RB Tiki Barber	2	2	7	3.50	1	6
FB Dixon Donaldson	2	3	2	1.00	2	5
RB Brent Ludwig	1	1	12	12.00	5	12
TE Deion Porter	1	3	9	9.00	0	9
WR Isaac Bruce	0	4	0	0.00	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Joe Horn	7	13	105	15.00	22	28
RB LaMont Jordan	5	6	47	9.40	25	16
FB Joel Makovicka	4	5	24	6.00	4	10
WR Charles Rogers	4	5	53	13.25	1	18
WR Vinny Sutherland	3	7	21	7.00	2	14
TE Marcus Pollard	2	2	13	6.50	0	7
WR Karl Williams	2	5	32	16.00	10	20
RB Alexis Shepherd	2	2	45	22.50	47	34
TE Jim Hardy	2	5	17	8.50	0	9
RB Mike Cloud	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
WR Wayne McGarity	1	1	9	9.00	0	9

Interception Statistics

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Troy Polamalu	1	3	3.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force
Marty Booker	2	0	0
Tiki Barber	1	0	0
Tony Romo	1	0	0
Brent Ludwig	1	0	0
Pete Kendall	0	1	0
Brent Van Pelt	0	1	0
Jared Clauss	0	1	0
Caleb Miller	0	0	3

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Joel Makovicka	2	0	0
Alexis Shepherd	1	1	0
Marcus Pollard	0	1	0
Antoine Winfield	0	1	0
Carl Crawford	0	1	0
Antonio Smith	0	1	0
Phil Glover	0	0	1
Kelly Herndon	0	0	1
Dhani Jones	0	0	1
Jeremetrius Butler	0	0	1
Cullen Jenkins	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dave Zastudil	7	298	42.6	35.9	55	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Will Bryce	10	428	42.8	32.7	57	5

Kicking Statistics

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Kimball	4/4	2/2	0/0	49	0/0

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Akers	2/2	2/2	1/1	54	0/1

Punt Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brian Williams	1	21	21.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vinny Sutherland	3	27	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brian Williams	1	31	31.0	0
Brent Ludwig	1	22	22.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wayne McGarity	1	18	18.0	0
Greg Jones	1	29	29.0	0

Defensive Statistics

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Kirk Graham	9	2	0.0	11	41
S Troy Polamalu	9	1	0.0	23	56
ILB Caleb Miller	8	2	0.5	23	55
CB Brian Williams	5	0	0.0	22	55
OLB Mark Fields	4	4	1.0	21	29
CB Walt Harris	4	0	0.0	20	55
DT Alan Harper	3	0	0.0	9	6
S Charles Tillman	2	2	0.0	22	56
OLB Jessie Armstead	2	0	0.0	3	17
S Mark Roman	2	0	0.0	2	23
DT Jared Clauss	2	0	0.0	15	28
DT Larry Chester	1	3	0.5	18	43
DE Kyle Vanden Bosch	1	1	0.0	20	45
OLB James Harrison	1	1	0.0	11	13
TE Tony Gonzalez	1	0	---	---	---
DE Jon Harris	1	0	0.0	15	45
OLB Peter Boulware	1	0	0.0	2	14
DT Johnathan Sullivan	1	0	0.0	5	13

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Dexter Coakley	9	1	1.0	31	46
ILB Dhani Jones	8	2	0.0	19	24
S Buddy Love	6	2	0.0	34	48
DE Cullen Jenkins	5	2	1.5	24	33
CB Antoine Winfield	5	2	1.0	33	48
DE Antonio Smith	5	0	0.5	25	38
CB Kelly Herndon	5	2	0.0	34	48
CB Jeremetrius Butler	4	2	0.0	16	24
ILB Phil Glover	4	0	0.0	15	24
DT Cedric Woodard	3	3	0.0	24	27
OLB Steve Foley	3	0	0.0	14	18
S Carl Crawford	2	2	0.0	31	48
DE Grant Wistrom	2	1	0.0	17	20
DT William Carr	2	0	0.0	20	28
DT Jaylen Westbrook	1	0	1.0	11	23
S Damon Moore	1	0	0.0	6	7
WR Vinny Sutherland	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

San Diego	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Mark Fields	1.0	0	0	29
DT Larry Chester	0.5	1	0	43
ILB Caleb Miller	0.5	1	0	55
DE Kyle Vanden Bosch	0.0	2	0	45
DT Johnathan Sullivan	0.0	1	1	13
DE Byron Frisch	0.0	0	1	22

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Cullen Jenkins	1.5	0	1	0	33
OLB Dexter Coakley	1.0	0	0	0	46
CB Antoine Winfield	1.0	0	0	0	48
DT Jaylen Westbrook	1.0	0	0	0	23
DE Antonio Smith	0.5	1	1	0	38
DE Grant Wistrom	0.0	1	0	0	20
DT William Carr	0.0	0	0	1	28

Pass Defense Statistics

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kirk Graham	8	0	0	41
CB Brian Williams	5	2	0	55
S Troy Polamalu	4	3	1	56
CB Walt Harris	4	0	0	55
ILB Caleb Miller	4	0	0	55
OLB Jessie Armstead	2	0	0	17
S Mark Roman	2	0	0	23
OLB Mark Fields	1	0	0	29
OLB Peter Boulware	1	0	0	14
DT Johnathan Sullivan	1	0	0	13
S Charles Tillman	1	0	0	56

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Dexter Coakley	4	0	46
ILB Dhani Jones	4	0	24
CB Jeremetrius Butler	4	0	24
CB Kelly Herndon	3	3	48
CB Antoine Winfield	3	2	48
OLB Steve Foley	3	0	18
DE Antonio Smith	2	0	38
S Carl Crawford	1	1	48
S Buddy Love	1	0	48
DE Grant Wistrom	1	0	20
ILB Phil Glover	1	0	24
S Damon Moore	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Pete Kendall	3	6	32	0	47
Brent Van Pelt	2	7	34	1	48
Joaquin Gonzalez	1	6	34	1	48
Tim Mangum	1	4	34	2	48
Pete Campion	0	8	34	1	48
Jeff Saturday	0	1	2	0	1
Dixon Donaldson	0	1	21	0	24

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tyson Walter	3	5	23	0	56
Jason Peters	1	7	23	0	56
Travis Scott	1	6	23	0	56
Ben Claxton	0	4	23	1	56
Ephraim Salaam	0	1	23	1	56

Special Teams Tackles

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Damon Wayans Jr	2	19
Tiki Barber	1	20
Marty Booker	1	19
Pete Campion	1	11

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Cloud	2	21
Marcus Pollard	1	19

Participation

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brian Williams	---	---	22	55	21	98
Marty Booker	33	43	---	---	19	95
Brent Van Pelt	34	48	---	---	11	93
Pete Campion	34	48	---	---	11	93
Caleb Miller	---	---	23	55	15	93
Tony Gonzalez	33	47	---	---	11	91
Troy Polamalu	---	---	23	56	11	90
Tony Romo	34	48	---	---	4	86
Kirk Graham	---	---	11	41	31	83
Charles Tillman	---	---	22	56	5	83
Tim Mangum	34	48	---	---	---	82
Joaquin Gonzalez	34	48	---	---	---	82
Larry Fitzgerald	32	43	---	---	7	82
Pete Kendall	32	47	---	---	---	79
Walt Harris	---	---	20	55	2	77
Kyle Vanden Bosch	---	---	20	45	1	66
Jon Harris	---	---	15	45	5	65
Larry Chester	---	---	18	43	1	62
Dixon Donaldson	21	24	---	---	15	60
Tiki Barber	14	22	---	---	20	56
Mark Fields	---	---	21	29	4	54
Brent Ludwig	20	26	---	---	3	49
Jared Clauss	---	---	15	28	5	48
Byron Frisch	---	---	11	22	4	37
Peter Boulware	---	---	2	14	20	36
Jessie Armstead	---	---	3	17	10	30
Isaac Bruce	11	19	---	---	---	30
Devonte Fisk	4	9	---	---	15	28
Mark Roman	---	---	2	23	1	26
Deion Porter	2	5	---	---	19	26
James Harrison	---	---	11	13	---	24
Johnathan Sullivan	---	---	5	13	3	21
Damon Wayans Jr	0	0	---	---	19	19
Alan Harper	---	---	9	6	---	15
Booker Foxx	0	0	---	---	11	11
John Welbourn	0	0	---	---	11	11
Chad Bielby	0	0	---	---	11	11
David Kimball	0	0	---	---	10	10
Darrell Russell	---	---	0	0	9	9
Dave Zastudil	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jeff Saturday	2	1	---	---	---	3
Michael Turner	0	2	---	---	---	2
Heath Shuler	0	0	---	---	---	0
Randall Godfrey	---	---	0	0	---	0
Marc Bulger	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Antoine Winfield	---	---	33	48	13	94
Travis Scott	23	56	---	---	12	91
Buddy Love	---	---	34	48	4	86
Kelly Herndon	---	---	34	48	4	86
Carl Crawford	---	---	31	48	5	84
Dexter Coakley	---	---	31	46	5	82
Marcus Pollard	18	42	---	---	19	79
Matt Hasselbeck	23	56	---	---	---	79
Ephraim Salaam	23	56	---	---	---	79
Tyson Walter	23	56	---	---	---	79
Ben Claxton	23	56	---	---	---	79
Jason Peters	23	56	---	---	---	79
Antonio Smith	---	---	25	38	4	67
Cullen Jenkins	---	---	24	33	9	66
Vinny Sutherland	17	39	---	---	7	63
Joe Horn	17	43	---	---	1	61
Joel Makovicka	11	35	---	---	12	58
Cedric Woodard	---	---	24	27	6	57
Jeremetrius Butler	---	---	16	24	16	56
William Carr	---	---	20	28	4	52
Jim Hardy	13	22	---	---	14	49
LaMont Jordan	11	28	---	---	9	48
Dhani Jones	---	---	19	24	2	45
Grant Wistrom	---	---	17	20	4	41
Phil Glover	---	---	15	24	2	41
Brian Simmons	---	---	8	8	24	40
Steve Foley	---	---	14	18	6	38
Alexis Shepherd	12	23	---	---	---	35
Jaylen Westbrook	---	---	11	23	1	35
Mike Cloud	5	8	---	---	21	34
Karl Williams	5	13	---	---	15	33
Charles Rogers	6	20	---	---	6	32
Junior Ioane	---	---	11	16	2	29
Greg Jones	0	0	---	---	26	26
Damon Moore	---	---	6	7	7	20
Wayne McGarity	0	7	---	---	12	19
Gibril Wilson	---	---	1	0	15	16
Frank Jordan	0	0	---	---	12	12
Brent Smith	0	0	---	---	12	12
Bryan Anderson	0	0	---	---	12	12
Scott Kooistra	0	0	---	---	12	12
Will Bryce	0	0	---	---	10	10
David Akers	0	0	---	---	5	5
J.P. Losman	0	0	---	---	2	2
Steve McKinney	0	0	---	---	---	0
Michael Bishop	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	19	3.8
Middle	18	36	2.0
Right	11	34	3.1
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	20	2.2
Middle	9	22	2.4
Right	5	14	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Romo	43	28	4	2	3	6	2	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Hasselbeck	54	33	4	1	7	5	5	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	48	9.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	14	127	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	9	103	8.6
Long (19+ Yds)	9	1	25	2.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	8	83	10.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	90	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	24	12	154	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	45	9.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Marty Booker	20	14	2	151	2	43
WR Larry Fitzgerald	7	5	0	103	2	43
WR Isaac Bruce	4	0	1	0	0	19
TE Tony Gonzalez	3	3	0	19	0	47
FB Dixon Donaldson	3	2	0	2	0	24
TE Deion Porter	3	1	0	9	0	5
RB Tiki Barber	2	2	0	7	0	22
RB Brent Ludwig	1	1	0	12	0	26

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Joe Horn	13	7	2	105	2	43
WR Vinny Sutherland	7	3	1	21	0	39
RB LaMont Jordan	6	5	0	47	0	28
WR Karl Williams	5	2	2	32	1	13
FB Joel Makovicka	5	4	1	24	0	35
TE Jim Hardy	5	2	1	17	0	22
WR Charles Rogers	5	4	0	53	0	20
TE Marcus Pollard	2	2	0	13	0	42
RB Alexis Shepherd	2	2	0	45	1	23
RB Mike Cloud	1	1	0	6	0	8
WR Wayne McGarity	1	1	0	9	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tiki Barber	1	7	7.00	4.64
Brent Ludwig	1	-2	-2.00	1.29
Devonte Fisk	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00
Larry Fitzgerald	1	2	2.00	2.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Alexis Shepherd	1	5	5.00	3.58
LaMont Jordan	1	-1	-1.00	1.22

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Romo	1	1	1	1.00	7.05

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matt Hasselbeck	2	1	16	8.00	6.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Tiki Barber	1	1	1	1.00	3.50

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Joe Horn	1	0	0	0.00	8.08
RB LaMont Jordan	1	1	16	16.00	7.83

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Tiki Barber	3	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Alexis Shepherd	4	2
LaMont Jordan	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Romo	11	7	4

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Hasselbeck	14	8	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Marty Booker	4	3	1
WR Larry Fitzgerald	3	2	2
WR Isaac Bruce	2	0	0
RB Tiki Barber	2	2	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Joe Horn	4	1	1
FB Joel Makovicka	3	3	0
WR Vinny Sutherland	2	1	1
WR Karl Williams	1	0	0
RB LaMont Jordan	1	1	0
TE Jim Hardy	1	1	1
WR Charles Rogers	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,500 (21,400)
End Zone 10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,500 (21,400)
End Zone	10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)