Week 16, 2026

played in Cincinnati, OH

35 degrees, fair, 12 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	3	10	0	0	-	13
Cincinnati Bengals	7	0	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:16 NOS - Alejandro Hoosier 23 field goal
1Q: 01:28 CIN - Scottie Neff 6 run (Clarence Summers extra point)
2Q: 06:12 NOS - Alejandro Hoosier 43 field goal
2Q: 03:57 NOS - Drake Poston 3 run (Alejandro Hoosier extra point)
4Q: 14:36 CIN - Adam Stargell 1 run (Clarence Summers extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:16 NOS - Alejandro Hoosier 23 field goal
1Q: 01:28 CIN - Scottie Neff 6 run (Clarence Summers extra point)
2Q: 06:12 NOS - Alejandro Hoosier 43 field goal
2Q: 03:57 NOS - Drake Poston 3 run (Alejandro Hoosier extra point)
4Q: 14:36 CIN - Adam Stargell 1 run (Clarence Summers extra point)

Team Statistics NOS CIN
Record 5-10 5-10
First Downs 18 15
- by Rushing 5 3
- by Passing 11 11
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 273 282
- Offensive Plays 73 55
- Yards per Play 3.74 5.13
Net Rushing Yards 107 65
- Rushing Attempts 24 24
- Yards per Rush 4.46 2.71
Net Passing Yards 166 217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 44 - 24 - 1 28 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 194 237
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/28 3/20
- Yards per Pass Play 3.39 7.00
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 7/17 4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.4 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/42 7/55
Punt Returns/Yards 3/4 2/5
Kick Returns/Yards 2/49 1/32
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/40
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 28
Time of Possession 32:12 27:48

Team Statistics	NOS	CIN
Record	5-10	5-10
First Downs	18	15
- by Rushing	5	3
- by Passing	11	11
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	273	282
- Offensive Plays	73	55
- Yards per Play	3.74	5.13
Net Rushing Yards	107	65
- Rushing Attempts	24	24
- Yards per Rush	4.46	2.71
Net Passing Yards	166	217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	44 - 24 - 1	28 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	194	237
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/28	3/20
- Yards per Pass Play	3.39	7.00
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/17	4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.4	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/42	7/55
Punt Returns/Yards	3/4	2/5
Kick Returns/Yards	2/49	1/32
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/40
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 28
Time of Possession	32:12	27:48

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:38	5:30	OWN 40	10	54	Field Goal
1	1:16	1:39	OWN 25	6	15	Punt
2	11:27	5:20	OWN 17	10	57	Field Goal
2	5:51	2:04	OPP 10	5	10	Touchdown
2	2:41	2:00	OWN 32	7	11	Punt
3	15:00	2:55	OWN 31	5	-8	Punt
3	11:31	0:51	OWN 45	3	0	Punt
3	8:42	2:07	OWN 17	3	0	Punt
3	5:23	2:53	OWN 20	8	31	Punt
4	14:30	3:02	OWN 33	4	24	Punt
4	6:47	2:43	OWN 18	5	17	Punt
4	2:09	1:27	OWN 6	7	42	Interception

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:22	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
1	8:08	6:52	OWN 25	13	75	Touchdown
2	14:37	3:10	OWN 20	5	18	Punt
2	6:07	0:16	OWN 25	1	-5	Fumble
2	3:47	1:06	OWN 35	2	29	Interception
2	0:41	0:41	OWN 16	2	5	Half
3	12:05	0:34	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
3	10:40	1:58	OWN 18	3	9	Punt
3	6:35	1:12	OWN 43	3	6	Punt
3	2:30	3:00	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
4	11:28	4:41	OWN 1	8	38	Punt
4	4:04	1:55	OWN 37	3	1	Punt
4	0:42	0:42	OPP 11	2	-4	Game

Game MVP: Dixon Thornburg, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Drake Poston	10	56	5.60	22	2	1
Russell Gunn	8	18	2.25	10	1	0
Marty Schultz	5	28	5.60	13	1	0
Billy Crawford	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Adam Stargell	13	39	3.00	12	1	1
Scottie Neff	5	11	2.20	6	0	1
Isaiah McKenzie	5	15	3.00	9	0	0
Horace McCreary	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Marty Schultz	44	24	194	5/28	0	27	1	56.4

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Scottie Neff	28	19	237	3/20	0	29	1	79.0

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Chance Clapp	9	10	40	4.44	6	12
RB Drake Poston	7	12	66	9.43	33	22
WR Martin Schoeppner	4	12	43	10.75	23	27
TE Mason Determann	2	3	38	19.00	18	22
TE Emmitt Perreault	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1
WR Alejandro Ballard	1	2	8	8.00	3	8
WR Randal Clements	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Donnell Bradford	6	8	81	13.50	52	24
TE Zack Schulz	5	5	67	13.40	47	29
WR Jonathan Finley	4	5	40	10.00	16	17
TE Sammy Cabacungan	2	5	27	13.50	4	15
RB Adam Stargell	1	3	11	11.00	3	11
RB Isaiah McKenzie	1	1	11	11.00	3	11
WR Monty Wallace	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Daquan Norris	1	0	0.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Allen Everett	1	40	40.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Marty Schultz	1	0	0
Chase Gibson	0	1	0
Joey Van Pelt	0	1	0
Quinn Radmore	0	0	1

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Scottie Neff	1	0	0	0
Lamar Barber	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Nickolas McGee	8	359	44.9	39.3	60	3

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dixon Burroughs	7	328	46.9	43.4	56	4

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Alejandro Hoosier	2/2	1/1	0/0	43	1/1

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Clarence Summers	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Russell Gunn	3	4	1.3	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Horace McCreary	2	5	2.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Daquan Norris	2	49	24.5	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Matthew Maloney	1	32	32.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB J.J. Dreiser	7	1	1.0	24	31
CB Daquan Norris	6	1	0.0	24	31
S Pat Fields	5	3	0.0	22	30
OLB Christian Thornton	4	1	0.0	23	26
OLB Maxwell Wolfe	3	0	0.5	10	16
DE Quinn Radmore	2	1	1.5	24	30
S Corwin Torres	2	2	0.0	22	26
DT Scottie Tanner	2	2	0.0	24	31
CB Ty Barber	2	1	0.0	11	12
DT Joey Van Pelt	2	0	0.0	24	31
DE Hector Mahnken	2	0	0.0	24	31
S Edward Monroe	2	0	0.0	1	4
CB Warren Baker	1	1	0.0	10	7
CB Hayden Kinney	1	0	0.0	1	4
WR Chance Clapp	1	0	---	---	---
CB B.J. Brooks	1	0	0.0	20	29

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Bo Whitfield	7	1	1.0	9	26
OLB Gus Ardrey	6	1	1.0	24	48
OLB Lamar Barber	6	1	1.0	24	42
S Calvin Kemp	6	0	0.0	23	41
CB Tyrus Coffey	5	1	0.0	22	41
DT Dashawn Detsch	4	3	0.0	21	43
DE Dixon Thornburg	3	3	2.0	24	48
ILB Pat Honaker	3	1	0.0	20	48
S R.J. McNeil	3	0	0.0	13	22
CB Luke Sedor	3	0	0.0	14	22
S Jason Boulware	3	0	0.0	12	35
CB Allen Everett	2	2	0.0	22	49
WR Jonathan Finley	1	0	---	---	---
WR Donnell Bradford	1	0	---	---	---
DE Eugene Tupa	1	0	0.0	8	15
CB Neil Williams	0	1	0.0	4	8

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Quinn Radmore	1.5	0	2	30
ILB J.J. Dreiser	1.0	0	0	31
OLB Maxwell Wolfe	0.5	0	0	16
OLB Christian Thornton	0.0	1	0	26
OLB Travis Lechler	0.0	0	1	2

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Dixon Thornburg	2.0	1	3	1	48
OLB Gus Ardrey	1.0	0	1	1	48
OLB Lamar Barber	1.0	0	0	0	42
ILB Bo Whitfield	1.0	0	0	0	26
DE Luther Fuld	0.0	1	0	0	34
DT Dashawn Detsch	0.0	0	1	1	43
ILB Pat Honaker	0.0	0	1	1	48

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Daquan Norris	4	1	1	31
CB Ty Barber	2	0	0	12
ILB J.J. Dreiser	2	0	0	31
S Pat Fields	2	0	0	30
CB B.J. Brooks	1	1	0	29
DT Joey Van Pelt	1	0	0	31
DE Hector Mahnken	1	0	0	31
OLB Christian Thornton	1	0	0	26
CB Warren Baker	1	0	0	7
CB Hayden Kinney	1	0	0	4
DE Quinn Radmore	1	0	0	30
OLB Maxwell Wolfe	1	0	0	16
S Edward Monroe	1	0	0	4

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Gus Ardrey	4	0	0	48
ILB Bo Whitfield	4	0	0	26
OLB Lamar Barber	3	1	0	42
S Jason Boulware	2	1	0	35
ILB Pat Honaker	2	0	0	48
CB Tyrus Coffey	2	0	0	41
S Calvin Kemp	2	0	0	41
CB Allen Everett	1	2	1	49
S R.J. McNeil	1	1	0	22
CB Luke Sedor	1	1	0	22
DE Dixon Thornburg	1	0	0	48
DE Eugene Tupa	1	0	0	15
CB Neil Williams	0	1	0	8

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jonah Anderle	3	4	24	1	49
Abel Lucas	2	7	24	0	49
Chase Gibson	1	2	24	0	49
Korey Jenkins	0	3	24	2	49
Robert Farley	0	3	24	0	49
Billy Crawford	0	2	8	1	21
Mason Determann	0	0	17	1	44

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mack Blanchard	2	4	24	1	31
Thomas Erickson	1	4	24	0	31
Al Jewell	1	3	24	1	31
Byron O'Neill	0	4	24	1	31
Jacob Mariotti	0	2	24	0	31
Sammy Cabacungan	0	1	21	0	29
Dashawn Cassidy	0	1	3	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Christian Thornton	1	22
C.J. Marek	1	16
Chase Gibson	1	10

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Francisco Huntley	2	21
Isaiah McKenzie	1	13
Javier Farrell	1	12
Al Jewell	1	7

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Abel Lucas	24	49	---	---	10	83
Korey Jenkins	24	49	---	---	10	83
Chase Gibson	24	49	---	---	10	83
Jonah Anderle	24	49	---	---	10	83
Robert Farley	24	49	---	---	---	73
Marty Schultz	24	49	---	---	---	73
Mason Determann	17	44	---	---	12	73
Drake Poston	11	44	---	---	17	72
Martin Schoeppner	21	49	---	---	1	71
Christian Thornton	---	---	23	26	22	71
Joey Van Pelt	---	---	24	31	7	62
Corwin Torres	---	---	22	26	12	60
Emmitt Perreault	7	27	---	---	24	58
Daquan Norris	---	---	24	31	3	58
Hector Mahnken	---	---	24	31	---	55
Scottie Tanner	---	---	24	31	---	55
J.J. Dreiser	---	---	24	31	---	55
Quinn Radmore	---	---	24	30	---	54
Chance Clapp	20	32	---	---	---	52
Pat Fields	---	---	22	30	---	52
B.J. Brooks	---	---	20	29	---	49
Alejandro Ballard	16	15	---	---	---	31
Warren Baker	---	---	10	7	14	31
Billy Crawford	8	21	---	---	---	29
Maxwell Wolfe	---	---	10	16	---	26
Randal Clements	4	5	---	---	16	25
Ty Barber	---	---	11	12	---	23
Russell Gunn	11	5	---	---	7	23
Edward Monroe	---	---	1	4	14	19
C.J. Marek	0	0	---	---	16	16
Hayden Kinney	---	---	1	4	10	15
Nickolas McGee	0	0	---	---	10	10
Cornelius Thomason	0	0	---	---	10	10
Zack Constant	---	---	0	0	10	10
Clyde Wright	2	0	---	---	6	8
Brendan Blank	---	---	0	0	7	7
Alejandro Hoosier	0	0	---	---	6	6
Daryl Kelley	2	3	---	---	---	5
Travis Lechler	---	---	0	2	---	2
Renaldo McCarthy	1	0	---	---	---	1
Axel Perkins	0	0	---	---	---	0
Brayden Lyttle	---	---	0	0	---	0
Bruce Jamison	0	0	---	---	---	0
Andre Irwin	0	0	---	---	---	0
Leonardo Austin	0	0	---	---	---	0
Deion Sachtleben	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Allen Everett	---	---	22	49	14	85
Gus Ardrey	---	---	24	48	4	76
Dixon Thornburg	---	---	24	48	2	74
Pat Honaker	---	---	20	48	3	71
Lamar Barber	---	---	24	42	1	67
Dashawn Detsch	---	---	21	43	2	66
Mack Blanchard	24	31	---	---	10	65
Calvin Kemp	---	---	23	41	1	65
Tyrus Coffey	---	---	22	41	1	64
Jason Boulware	---	---	12	35	16	63
Jacob Mariotti	24	31	---	---	7	62
Byron O'Neill	24	31	---	---	7	62
Al Jewell	24	31	---	---	7	62
Thomas Erickson	24	31	---	---	---	55
Scottie Neff	24	31	---	---	---	55
Luke Sedor	---	---	14	22	16	52
Monty Wallace	24	28	---	---	---	52
Sammy Cabacungan	21	29	---	---	---	50
Luther Fuld	---	---	15	34	1	50
Bo Whitfield	---	---	9	26	12	47
Matthew Maloney	12	14	---	---	15	41
Adam Stargell	15	24	---	---	1	40
R.J. McNeil	---	---	13	22	2	37
Arturo Reeves	---	---	4	9	21	34
Eugene Tupa	---	---	8	15	9	32
Jonathan Finley	8	16	---	---	7	31
Donnell Bradford	12	14	---	---	---	26
Francisco Huntley	3	2	---	---	21	26
Zack Schulz	10	12	---	---	1	23
Isaiah McKenzie	5	3	---	---	13	21
Javier Farrell	2	5	---	---	12	19
Reuben Sparkes	---	---	4	7	8	19
Willie Starks	2	0	---	---	15	17
Neil Williams	---	---	4	8	1	13
Horace McCreary	3	1	---	---	8	12
Dashawn Cassidy	3	7	---	---	---	10
Jared Horn	0	0	---	---	7	7
Harrison Conlan	0	0	---	---	7	7
Dixon Burroughs	0	0	---	---	7	7
Clarence Summers	0	0	---	---	3	3
Carter Givens	0	0	---	---	2	2
Quentin Shapiro	---	---	1	1	---	2
Alvin Mahoney	0	0	---	---	---	0
Daquan Sonntag	0	0	---	---	---	0
Alexander Hall	0	0	---	---	---	0
Roosevelt Wolf	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	46	5.8
Middle	15	61	4.1
Right	1	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	16	60	3.8
Right	6	9	1.5
None	2	-4	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Marty Schultz	44	24	3	2	2	7	6	4	1

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Scottie Neff	28	19	3	1	1	2	3	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	15	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	26	14	103	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	8	76	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	41	8.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	13	148	7.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	3	48	16.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Martin Schoeppner	12	4	2	43	1	49
RB Drake Poston	12	7	0	66	1	44
WR Chance Clapp	10	9	0	40	0	32
TE Emmitt Perreault	3	1	0	-1	0	27
TE Mason Determann	3	2	0	38	1	44
WR Randal Clements	2	0	0	0	0	5
WR Alejandro Ballard	2	1	0	8	0	15

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Donnell Bradford	8	6	0	81	1	14
TE Sammy Cabacungan	5	2	0	27	0	29
WR Jonathan Finley	5	4	0	40	0	16
TE Zack Schulz	5	5	0	67	2	12
RB Adam Stargell	3	1	1	11	0	24
RB Isaiah McKenzie	1	1	0	11	0	3
WR Monty Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	28

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Drake Poston	3	16	5.33	5.60
Russell Gunn	1	-3	-3.00	2.25

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Scottie Neff	3	2	0.67	2.20
Adam Stargell	2	9	4.50	3.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Marty Schultz	3	0	0	0.00	4.41

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Scottie Neff	2	2	10	5.00	8.46

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Drake Poston	2	0	0	0.00	5.50
TE Mason Determann	1	0	0	0.00	12.67

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Zack Schulz	1	1	-1	-1.00	13.40
WR Donnell Bradford	1	1	11	11.00	10.13

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Drake Poston	2	1
Marty Schultz	1	1

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Adam Stargell	3	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Marty Schultz	13	7	5

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Scottie Neff	8	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Martin Schoeppner	4	2	1
WR Chance Clapp	3	3	2
RB Drake Poston	2	1	1
WR Randal Clements	1	0	0
TE Emmitt Perreault	1	0	0
WR Alejandro Ballard	1	0	0
TE Mason Determann	1	1	1

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Sammy Cabacungan	3	1	1
WR Jonathan Finley	2	2	1
RB Adam Stargell	1	0	0
WR Donnell Bradford	1	1	1
WR Monty Wallace	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,900 (21,400)
End Zone 10,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,600 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,900 (21,400)
End Zone	10,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,600 (3,300)