New England Patriots @ New Orleans Saints: Game Preview

by Dave Cariello on Nov 25, 2009 6:00 AM CST

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-3) AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (10-0)

SERIES

	PATRIOTS	SAINTS
SERIES LEADER	8-3
STREAKS	Past 3
COACHES VS. OPP.	Belichick: 3-0	Payton: 0-0
LAST WEEK	W 31-14 vs. Jets	W 38-7 at Buccaneers
LAST GAME	11/20/05: Saints 17 at Patriots 24. New England QB Tom Brady passes for 3 TDs & Patriots S Eugene Wilson intercepts pass in end zone as time expires to preserve win.
LAST GAME AT SITE	10/4/98: Patriots 30, Saints 27. New England K Adam Vinatieri kicks game-winning 27-yard FG with 3 seconds remaining & Patriots QB Drew Bledsoe throws for 317 yards & 1 TD.
BROADCAST	ESPN (7:30 PM CT): Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, Jon Gruden. Westwood One Radio: Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason, Mark Malone (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 124 (WW1), 126 (NE), 125 (NO). XM: 124 (WW1), 103 (NE), 102 (NO).

STATS

PASSING	Brady: 261-393-3,049 (2L)-20 (2C)-6-100.4 (2C)	Brees: 218-320-2,746 (2C)-22 (1L)-9-105.8 (2L)
RUSHING	Maroney: 116-455-3.9-6	P. Thomas: 105-584-5.6-5
RECEIVING	Welker: 79 (1L)-854-10.8-4	Colston: 44-687-15.6-6
OFFENSE	416.1 (1C)	420.5 (1L)
TAKE/GIVE	+12 (1C)	+10 (3L)
DEFENSE	296.7 (3C)	330.6
SACKS	Banta-Cain: 5	Smith: 8.5 (T3C)
INTs	Bodden: 5 (T3L)	Sharper: 7 (1C)
PUNTING	Hanson: 39.7	Morstead (R): 43.6
KICKING	Gostkowski: 90 (1C) (30/30 PAT; 20/24 FG)	Carney: 81 (45/47 PAT; 12/15 FG)

NOTES

PATRIOTS: Aim for 7th consecutive win on MNF...Club has won 17 consecutive regular-season games vs. NFC, longest winning streak vs. opposite conference since 1970 merger...Team will make 1st visit to Superdome since SB XXXVI victory (2/3/02). Pats are 5-0 all-time at Superdome, incl. SB win...QB TOM BRADY (29,495) needs 163 passing yards to surpass DREW BLEDSOE (29,657) for most in NE history. Brady is 2-0 vs. NO & has 7 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 129.5 passer rating. Has posted 5 consecutive 300-yard passing games (career-long)...RB LAURENCE MARONEY aims for 6th game in row w/rush TD & needs 1 to surpass career-high (6 in '06 & '07)...WR RANDY MOSS aims for 4th consecutive game w/TD vs. NO. WR WES WELKER had career-high 15 rec. last week & aims for 6th consecutive game w/9 or more rec....CB LEIGH BODDEN tied Pats record w/3 INTs last week, incl. 53-yard INT-TD return...

SAINTS: Are 10-0 for 1st time in team history. Average 36.9 points per game, most in NFL...QB DREW BREES is 2-0 in career vs. NE with 118.4 rating. Aims for 5th in row on MNF with 300+ yards. Has 1,289 yards (322.3 yards per game) with 10 TDs vs. 3 INTs for 109.6 rating in past 4 on MNF. Since joining NO in 2006, leads NFL with 16,656 pass yards...RB-PR REGGIE BUSH has 5 TDs (3 rush, 2 PR) in 4 games on MNF. RB MIKE BELL rushed for 2 TDs last week. RB PIERRE THOMAS has 4 TDs (3 rush, 1 rec.) in past 2 MNF games...WR MARQUES COLSTON aims for 4th MNF game in row with TD (4 TDs). WR ROBERT MEACHEM aims for 4th in row with TD. Has 4 TDs in past 3...DE WILL SMITH has 6 sacks in past 4 & aims for 5th in row with sack. Had 1.5 sacks & FF in last meeting. S DARREN SHARPER had INT in last game vs. NE. Has 3 INTs (2 INT-TDs) in past 2 vs. AFC. LB JONATHAN VILMA had INT last week & has INT in all 6 NFL seasons.

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Pats are 5-0 all-time at Superdome, incl. SB win

Pats lost Superbowl 20 to Chicago in the superdome, so that stat can’t be right.

by sore_bluto on Nov 25, 2009 10:40 AM CST reply actions

maybe they mean belichick as Pat's head coach is 5-0 in dome

"In the end, the bread was in the pudding." -- Bobby McCray

Shop as usual, and avoid panic buying.

by HansDat on Nov 25, 2009 2:08 PM CST up reply actions

Hmmm

Didn’t Bret and the boys beat them there in SB XXXI

A SAINT in Panther country

by carolinasaintsfan on Nov 25, 2009 10:51 AM CST reply actions

Yeah, that’s right. Pats are 1-2 in the superbowl played in the dome.

by sore_bluto on Nov 25, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions

I DON'T CARE

YESTERDAY WINS MONDAY IS MONDAY NIGHT WHY WOULD ANY TEAM FILL LIKE THEY SHOULD LOSE ONE BECAUSE OF THE HYPE I SAY BEAT EVERYBODY UNTIL THEY BEAT YOU pats WENT 16-0 BEAT TEAMS AND BLOW SOME BY LARGE MARGINS MOSS TALKED PLENTY WHY WOULD YOU TELL THE SAINTS NOT TO DO THE SAME THING COLTS ARE 10-0 ANYBODY ASKING THEM TO LOSE

by baghead1 on Nov 25, 2009 1:10 PM CST reply actions