Week 2, 2025

played in New England, MA

57 degrees, rain, 3 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	0	0	0	14	-	14
New England Patriots	5	6	3	3	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:58 NED - T.J. Rhyne 23 field goal
1Q: 02:57 NED - Safety: Cristian Gonzalez tackled ball carrier in end zone
2Q: 12:45 NED - T.J. Rhyne 20 field goal
2Q: 04:37 NED - T.J. Rhyne 27 field goal
3Q: 11:09 NED - T.J. Rhyne 48 field goal
4Q: 08:15 NOS - Renaldo McCarthy 7 pass from Roger Roiger (Jamal Rooney extra point)
4Q: 03:48 NED - T.J. Rhyne 28 field goal
4Q: 00:39 NOS - Drake Poston 3 run (Jamal Rooney extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:58 NED - T.J. Rhyne 23 field goal
1Q: 02:57 NED - Safety: Cristian Gonzalez tackled ball carrier in end zone
2Q: 12:45 NED - T.J. Rhyne 20 field goal
2Q: 04:37 NED - T.J. Rhyne 27 field goal
3Q: 11:09 NED - T.J. Rhyne 48 field goal
4Q: 08:15 NOS - Renaldo McCarthy 7 pass from Roger Roiger (Jamal Rooney extra point)
4Q: 03:48 NED - T.J. Rhyne 28 field goal
4Q: 00:39 NOS - Drake Poston 3 run (Jamal Rooney extra point)

Team Statistics NOS NED
Record 1-1 2-0
First Downs 15 24
- by Rushing 3 2
- by Passing 9 21
- by Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 225 463
- Offensive Plays 54 72
- Yards per Play 4.17 6.43
Net Rushing Yards 48 82
- Rushing Attempts 22 18
- Yards per Rush 2.18 4.56
Net Passing Yards 177 381
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 22 - 0 52 - 37 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 182 396
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/5 2/15
- Yards per Pass Play 5.53 7.06
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/35 10/65
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-2 5/62
Kick Returns/Yards 4/85 1/21
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 0/4
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 26
Time of Possession 22:46 37:14

Team Statistics	NOS	NED
Record	1-1	2-0
First Downs	15	24
- by Rushing	3	2
- by Passing	9	21
- by Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	225	463
- Offensive Plays	54	72
- Yards per Play	4.17	6.43
Net Rushing Yards	48	82
- Rushing Attempts	22	18
- Yards per Rush	2.18	4.56
Net Passing Yards	177	381
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 22 - 0	52 - 37 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	182	396
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/5	2/15
- Yards per Pass Play	5.53	7.06
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/35	10/65
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-2	5/62
Kick Returns/Yards	4/85	1/21
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	0/4
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 26
Time of Possession	22:46	37:14

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:52	OWN 25	4	19	Punt
1	6:52	0:43	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
1	3:34	0:43	OWN 1	2	-1	Safety
2	12:37	3:02	OWN 28	4	17	Punt
2	4:32	1:57	OWN 26	3	4	Punt
2	0:55	0:55	OWN 20	6	11	Half
3	11:01	1:57	OWN 44	3	8	Punt
3	6:22	1:42	OWN 36	3	-11	Punt
3	1:45	1:40	OWN 1	3	7	Punt
4	13:35	5:27	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
4	3:41	3:13	OWN 26	13	74	Touchdown

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:08	6:16	OWN 9	11	85	Field Goal
1	6:09	2:35	OWN 24	7	27	Punt
1	2:51	5:14	OWN 24	12	73	Field Goal
2	9:35	5:03	OWN 18	10	72	Field Goal
2	2:35	1:40	OWN 26	4	29	Punt
3	15:00	3:59	OWN 25	8	44	Field Goal
3	9:04	2:42	OWN 2	4	9	Punt
3	4:40	2:55	OWN 41	6	21	Punt
3	0:05	1:30	OWN 49	2	-1	Punt
4	8:08	4:27	OWN 18	8	71	Field Goal
4	0:28	0:28	OPP 44	1	-2	Game

Game MVP: Dakota Walburn, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Renaldo McCarthy	11	7	0.64	16	1	0
Drake Poston	8	39	4.88	8	0	1
Billy Crawford	2	5	2.50	3	0	0
Martin Schoeppner	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dakota Walburn	9	42	4.67	10	1
Abraham Small	5	32	6.40	9	0
Bobby Horenstein	4	8	2.00	6	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Roger Roiger	30	22	182	2/5	1	21	0	99.5

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dakota Walburn	52	37	396	2/15	0	29	0	93.1

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Emmitt Perreault	8	11	45	5.63	4	13	0
WR Martin Schoeppner	5	7	58	11.60	10	21	0
FB Renaldo McCarthy	4	5	36	9.00	17	21	1
WR Randal Clements	3	4	34	11.33	6	16	0
RB Drake Poston	2	3	9	4.50	2	8	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Elijah Redman	15	23	163	10.87	41	29
WR Amos Herrmann	11	14	118	10.73	67	23
WR Ethan Duncan	5	7	55	11.00	31	25
TE Derrick Hines	3	4	18	6.00	2	11
RB Abraham Small	3	4	42	14.00	28	27

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Nickolas McGee	7	362	51.7	42.9	62	5

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Herb Beverly	5	233	46.6	39.0	52	2

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jamal Rooney	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
T.J. Rhyne	5/5	1/1	0/0	48	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Corwin Torres	1	-2	-2.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marty Maple	5	62	12.4	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Daquan Norris	4	85	21.3	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Elias Eyrich	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Daquan Norris	10	1	0.0	18	54
OLB Christian Thornton	7	1	0.0	18	52
ILB J.J. Dreiser	6	5	0.0	18	54
OLB Tito Flynn	5	4	0.0	18	54
S Ricardo Goguen	5	2	0.0	9	27
S Scottie Willis	5	2	0.0	9	27
CB Jameson Mattison	4	0	0.0	9	25
DE Bradley Donovan	3	1	1.0	14	45
CB Warren Baker	2	2	0.0	7	26
DT Sawyer Boone	2	0	0.0	16	54
S Corwin Torres	2	0	0.0	11	31
DE Oliver Wilcox	1	1	0.5	12	34
DT Scottie Tanner	1	0	0.5	9	25
OLB Jeremy Dawson	1	0	0.0	9	27
S Braxton Small	1	0	0.0	9	27

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Cristian Gonzalez	8	2	0.0	22	32
S Elias Eyrich	7	1	0.0	12	16
CB Anthony Harmon	6	0	0.0	22	29
DE Brenden Rosas	3	1	0.5	8	17
DE Burt Worrall	3	0	0.5	22	32
OLB Carl Houston	3	1	0.0	16	23
DE Sammie Sherman	2	1	1.0	16	19
ILB Randall Bonk	2	4	0.0	17	32
OLB Geoff Kulik	2	1	0.0	7	7
OLB Warren Mitchell	2	0	0.0	9	9
DT Tre King	2	0	0.0	15	19
CB Jason Burns	2	0	0.0	16	25
CB Marty Maple	1	1	0.0	22	32
OLB Heath Cote	1	1	0.0	8	17
OLB Amari Rodriguez	0	1	0.0	5	7

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Bradley Donovan	1.0	0	2	45
DE Oliver Wilcox	0.5	0	1	34
DT Scottie Tanner	0.5	0	0	25
DT Sawyer Boone	0.0	1	2	54
OLB Christian Thornton	0.0	0	1	52

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Sammie Sherman	1.0	0	1	19
DE Burt Worrall	0.5	1	3	32
DE Brenden Rosas	0.5	0	1	17
OLB Geoff Kulik	0.0	1	0	7
OLB Warren Mitchell	0.0	1	0	9
OLB Marcos Preston	0.0	0	1	8

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Daquan Norris	9	2	54
ILB J.J. Dreiser	5	1	54
S Ricardo Goguen	4	0	27
OLB Christian Thornton	4	0	52
OLB Tito Flynn	3	1	54
S Scottie Willis	3	0	27
S Corwin Torres	2	0	31
CB Jameson Mattison	2	0	25
DT Sawyer Boone	1	1	54
OLB Jeremy Dawson	1	0	27
DE Oliver Wilcox	1	0	34
DE Bradley Donovan	1	0	45
CB Warren Baker	1	0	26

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Anthony Harmon	4	2	29
S Elias Eyrich	4	0	16
S Cristian Gonzalez	3	1	32
CB Marty Maple	2	0	32
OLB Carl Houston	2	0	23
CB Jason Burns	2	0	25
OLB Heath Cote	1	1	17
OLB Geoff Kulik	1	0	7
DE Brenden Rosas	1	0	17
OLB Warren Mitchell	1	0	9
ILB Randall Bonk	1	0	32

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Robert Farley	2	3	1	22	0	32
Abel Lucas	1	6	0	22	1	32
Korey Jenkins	1	6	0	22	0	32
Chase Gibson	1	4	0	22	1	32
Jonah Anderle	0	2	0	22	0	32
Billy Crawford	0	1	0	4	0	3

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brady Wheeler	3	4	16	0	48
Jose Berkebile	1	1	18	1	54
Cary Fleming	0	2	18	1	54
Elijah Redman	0	1	17	0	54
Frank Rodenhauser	0	1	18	0	54

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Corwin Torres	2	20
Oliver Wilcox	2	19
Korey Jenkins	1	7
Jonah Anderle	1	7

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Aidan Zimmerman	1	27
Derrick Hines	1	27
Abraham Small	1	27
Geoff Kulik	1	22
Rico Hoskins	1	10

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Daquan Norris	---	---	18	54	11	83
Tito Flynn	---	---	18	54	5	77
J.J. Dreiser	---	---	18	54	5	77
Sawyer Boone	---	---	16	54	5	75
Christian Thornton	---	---	18	52	5	75
Oliver Wilcox	---	---	12	34	19	65
Bradley Donovan	---	---	14	45	4	63
Corwin Torres	---	---	11	31	20	62
Abel Lucas	22	32	---	---	7	61
Korey Jenkins	22	32	---	---	7	61
Chase Gibson	22	32	---	---	7	61
Jonah Anderle	22	32	---	---	7	61
Braxton Small	---	---	9	27	18	54
Randal Clements	21	32	---	---	1	54
Robert Farley	22	32	---	---	---	54
Roger Roiger	22	32	---	---	---	54
Warren Baker	---	---	7	26	18	51
Martin Schoeppner	20	27	---	---	---	47
Jameson Mattison	---	---	9	25	13	47
Drake Poston	9	19	---	---	17	45
Scottie Tanner	---	---	9	25	7	41
Jeremy Dawson	---	---	9	27	4	40
Emmitt Perreault	13	25	---	---	1	39
Ricardo Goguen	---	---	9	27	2	38
Scottie Willis	---	---	9	27	2	38
Alejandro Ballard	15	20	---	---	1	36
Hayden Kinney	---	---	9	26	1	36
Renaldo McCarthy	13	16	---	---	---	29
C.J. Marek	2	5	---	---	15	22
Erik Emmons	0	0	---	---	21	21
James Florey	7	0	---	---	14	21
Gabriel Crawford	---	---	0	0	20	20
Mason Determann	5	13	---	---	---	18
Zack Constant	---	---	0	1	12	13
Ricky Greene	1	0	---	---	9	10
Scottie Humphrey	---	---	3	5	1	9
Nickolas McGee	0	0	---	---	7	7
Cornelius Thomason	0	0	---	---	7	7
Billy Crawford	4	3	---	---	---	7
Jamal Rooney	0	0	---	---	4	4
Axel Perkins	0	0	---	---	---	0
Devan Blackwell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Joe Rivera	0	0	---	---	---	0
Andre Irwin	0	0	---	---	---	0
Stan Keith	0	0	---	---	---	0
Vincent Galbraith	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Frank Rodenhauser	18	54	---	---	11	83
Colton Wheeler	18	54	---	---	10	82
Jose Berkebile	18	54	---	---	10	82
Cary Fleming	18	54	---	---	---	72
Dakota Walburn	18	54	---	---	---	72
Amos Herrmann	18	54	---	---	---	72
Brady Wheeler	16	48	---	---	8	72
Elijah Redman	17	54	---	---	---	71
Ethan Duncan	17	51	---	---	---	68
Abraham Small	7	31	---	---	27	65
Marty Maple	---	---	22	32	7	61
Burt Worrall	---	---	22	32	---	54
Cristian Gonzalez	---	---	22	32	---	54
Anthony Harmon	---	---	22	29	---	51
Randall Bonk	---	---	17	32	---	49
Jason Burns	---	---	16	25	7	48
Derrick Hines	7	13	---	---	27	47
Dana Ignasiak	8	23	---	---	10	41
Carl Houston	---	---	16	23	---	39
Bobby Horenstein	9	23	---	---	6	38
Geoff Kulik	---	---	7	7	22	36
Sammie Sherman	---	---	16	19	---	35
Tre King	---	---	15	19	---	34
Brenden Rosas	---	---	8	17	7	32
Elias Eyrich	---	---	12	16	4	32
Arnie Gillette	---	---	10	18	---	28
Aidan Zimmerman	0	0	---	---	27	27
Heath Cote	---	---	8	17	---	25
Marcos Preston	---	---	5	8	11	24
Kerry Smith	4	16	---	---	4	24
Johnathan Kennedy	---	---	5	1	17	23
Reggie Nielsen	1	5	---	---	15	21
Warren Mitchell	---	---	9	9	---	18
Leo Kloosterman	---	---	4	6	7	17
Jeremiah Van Dam	---	---	0	0	17	17
Amari Rodriguez	---	---	5	7	---	12
T.J. Rhyne	0	0	---	---	11	11
Johnathan Meier	0	0	---	---	10	10
Josue Mueller	2	6	---	---	2	10
Herb Beverly	0	0	---	---	10	10
Rico Hoskins	0	0	---	---	10	10
Norm Morton	---	---	1	3	---	4
Evan Hoard	2	0	---	---	---	2
Mel Staple	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jesse Kley	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tucker Allen	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	14	2.8
Middle	12	32	2.7
Right	5	2	0.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	6	6.0
Middle	14	78	5.6
Right	2	0	0.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Roger Roiger	30	22	2	0	1	4	3	6	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dakota Walburn	52	37	7	1	2	5	6	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	24	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	14	75	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	62	8.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	21	10.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	8	101	11.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	17	144	7.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	11	122	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	29	7.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Emmitt Perreault	11	8	0	45	0	25
WR Martin Schoeppner	7	5	1	58	1	27
FB Renaldo McCarthy	5	4	0	36	1	16
WR Randal Clements	4	3	0	34	0	32
RB Drake Poston	3	2	0	9	0	19

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Elijah Redman	23	15	2	163	2	54
WR Amos Herrmann	14	11	0	118	3	54
WR Ethan Duncan	7	5	0	55	1	51
TE Derrick Hines	4	3	0	18	0	13
RB Abraham Small	4	3	0	42	1	31

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Drake Poston	3	12	4.00	4.88
Renaldo McCarthy	2	0	0.00	0.64

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dakota Walburn	1	8	8.00	4.67
Bobby Horenstein	1	-5	-5.00	2.00
Abraham Small	1	7	7.00	6.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Roger Roiger	2	2	12	6.00	6.07

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dakota Walburn	11	5	24	2.18	7.62

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Renaldo McCarthy	2	2	12	6.00	7.20

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Elijah Redman	6	4	21	3.50	7.09
WR Ethan Duncan	2	1	3	1.50	7.86
WR Amos Herrmann	2	0	0	0.00	8.43
TE Derrick Hines	1	0	0	0.00	4.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Drake Poston	2	2

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Dakota Walburn	1	1
Bobby Horenstein	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Roger Roiger	10	7	3

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dakota Walburn	12	8	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Emmitt Perreault	4	3	1
WR Martin Schoeppner	3	3	1
WR Randal Clements	1	1	1
RB Drake Poston	1	0	0
FB Renaldo McCarthy	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Elijah Redman	6	5	2
WR Ethan Duncan	3	2	1
WR Amos Herrmann	2	0	0
TE Derrick Hines	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,300 (25,300)
End Zone 18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,300 (25,300)
End Zone	18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)