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Saints @ Chiefs
Thursday, August 23, 2007
7:30 PM CT
Arrowhead Stadium; Kansas City, Mo.
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| Scoreboard |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
OT |
Total |
| Saints |
0 |
13 |
0 |
17 |
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30 |
| Chiefs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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7 |
Fast Fact
"We knew they were going to move the ball coming in. They had great rhythm in the first half offensively. They do a good job and that's why they are the number one offense in the league. The dealt the the ball throwing it and hit us on a couple of runs. They hit the one big pass play and had one big run. They kept us off balance offensively."--Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Herman Edwards
Player Profile
By The Number
10: Number of tackles that both LB Dhani Jones and CB Jason Craft have tallied this preseason. The ten tackles each has amassed are the most by any individual defensive player through three preseason games.
4: Pierre Thomas became the fourth Saints running back to tally a touchdown this preseason with his fourth-quarter plunge.
Key Play
Following a scoreless first quarter, Olindo Mare got the Saints on the board with a 28-yard field goal two minutes into the second period.
Mare doubled the Saints' lead with a 31-yard field goal to make the score 6-0.
Drew Brees threw his first TD pass of the preseason, connecting with David Patten on a 4-yard pass to push the lead to 13-0.
Mare booted his third field goal of the night, connecting on a 44-yard kick early in the fourth quarter.
Pierre Thomas capped a Saints drive with a 6-yard TD run to push the score to 23-0.
Thomas scored again, running the ball into the end zone from 19 yards out.
Kansas City RB Marcus O'Keith got the Chiefs on the board with a 2-yard run with less than two minutes to play.
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