NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (10-3) AT ST. LOUIS RAMS (5-8)
SERIES
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SAINTS |
RAMS |
SERIES LEADER |
39-31 |
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STREAKS |
2 of past 3 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Payton: 2-2 |
Fisher: 4-0 |
LAST WEEK |
W 31-13 vs. Panthers |
L 30-10 at Cardinals |
LAST GAME |
10/30/11: Saints 21 at Rams 31. St. Louis RB Steven Jackson rushes for pair of 3-yard TDs & 159 yards. Rams S Darian Stewart returns 4th-quarter INT 27 yards for TD. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
10/30/11 |
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BROADCAST |
FOX (3:25 PM CT): Chris Myers, Tim Ryan, Jennifer Hale (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 158 (NO), 108 (StL). XM: 230 (StL). |
STATS
PASSING |
Brees: 353-519-4,107 (1C)-33 (1C)-8-106.5 |
Clemens: 91-172-1,200-5-5-72.8 |
RUSHING |
Thomas: 128-500-3.9-1 |
Stacy (R): 174-721-4.1-5 |
RECEIVING |
Graham (TE): 74-1,046-14.1-14 (1L) |
Cook (TE): 43-606-14.1-4 |
OFFENSE |
394.3 |
318.5 |
TAKE/GIVE |
+3 |
+7 |
DEFENSE |
313.6 |
357.6 |
SACKS |
Jordan: 11.5 (2C) |
R. Quinn: 13 (1C) |
INTs |
Lewis: 3 |
3 tied: 2 |
PUNTING |
Morstead: 46.9 |
Hekker: 46.4 |
KICKING |
Hartley: 103 (40/40 PAT; 21/27 FG) |
Zuerlein: 89 (29/29 PAT; 20/22 FG) |
SAINTS
QB DREW BREES passed for 313 yards and 4 TDs last week. He has 50,026 pass yards, 1 of 5 in NFL history with 50,000 and fastest to reach mark (183 games). Brees has 4,107 yards, his 8th consecutive 4,000-yard season. He has 33 TDs, his 6th 30-TD season in row. Since joining NO in 2006, Brees leads the NFL with 37,678 pass yards and 277 TDs...
RB PIERRE THOMAS had a rush TD in last meeting.
Since 2011, RB DARREN SPROLES leads NFL RBs with 219 catches, 1,895 receiving yards and 16 receiving TDs.
TE JIMMY GRAHAM has six 100-yard games, tied for most in a season by a TE in NFL history. He had 2 TDs last week. Since 2011 (including playoffs), Graham leads NFL TEs with 270 catches, 3,496 yards and 37 TDs.
Last week, WR MARQUES COLSTON had 9 catches for 125 yards and 2 TDs. In their 12/12/10 meeting, he had 2 TD catches.
WR LANCE MOORE aims for 3rd game in a row vs. Rams with TD.
DE CAMERON JORDAN has 11.5 sacks in his past 12 games, including 2 sacks last week.
S ROMAN HARPER aims for his third meeting in row with a sack.
In his past 2 meetings vs Rams, S MALCOLM JENKINS has 2 INTs, including a 96-yard TD, and a sack.
LB JUNIOR GALETTE had a career-high 3 sacks last week and has career-best 9 sacks in 2013.
RAMS
QB KELLEN CLEMENS has a 115.5 rating in two wins this season.
Rookie RB ZAC STACY has rushed for 507 yards (84.5 per game) and 5 TDs in the past six games. He had a rush TD last week.
Rookie WR-PR TAVON AUSTIN is the only player in NFL history with a 95+ yard PR-TD, 80+ yard reception TD and 65+ yard rush TD in a season. He had a 56-yard run last week, his second 50+ yard run this season.
TE JARED COOK has 43 catches and needs seven to reach 50 for first time in career.
WR CHRIS GIVENS has 3 career receiving TDs and averages 46 yards per TD.
DE ROBERT QUINN has 14 sacks in the past 14 games. He had a sack in the last meeting vs. Saints.
DE CHRIS LONG has 10.5 sacks in past 15 games. In last meeting, vs. Saints he had 3 sacks, tied for his most in a game.
CB JANORIS JENKINS has 4 career TDs (3 INT, 1 fumble recovery).
Since entering NFL in 2009, LB JAMES LAURINAITIS is one of two LBs with 10+ sacks (10.5) and 9+ INTs (9). He had 10 tackles and a sack in the last meeting vs. Saints.
S DARIAN STEWART had an INT-TD in the last game vs. NO.
Rookie LB ALEC OGLETREE had his first career sack last week. Ties Laurinaitis for team lead with 95 tackles.