Preseason Week 1: New Orleans at Buffalo

August 04, 2040
70°
Buffalo Stadium (Buffalo, NY) Attendance: 47,243 (65%)
New Orleans 3 6 0 3 - 12
Buffalo 7 21 3 3 - 34

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) New Orleans: 4-1-BUF 37 (11:09) 1-Kevin Barnett 55 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 0 NOS 3
(Qtr 1) Buffalo: 2-2-NOS 48 (1:48) 13-Michael Wood pass complete to 80-Jonathan McManus for 48 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Robert Jones. BUF 7 NOS 3
(Qtr 2) Buffalo: 1-10-NOS 7 (12:05) 4-Matthew Eskridge sacked at NOS -4 for -11 yards (58-Harry Thorp). Sack allowed by 69-Jeffrey Palmatier. SAFETY! (58-Harry Thorp) NOS 69-Jeffrey Palmatier was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. BUF 9 NOS 3
(Qtr 2) Buffalo: (12:00) 1-Kevin Barnett kicks 84 yards from NOS 20 to BUF -4. 89-Cory Gordon for 104yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Robert Jones. BUF 16 NOS 3
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 4-5-BUF 20 (8:49) 1-Kevin Barnett 38 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 16 NOS 6
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 4-4-BUF 19 (6:39) 1-Kevin Barnett 37 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 16 NOS 9
(Qtr 2) Buffalo: 2-10-NOS 7 (3:38) 4-Matthew Eskridge sacked at NOS 0 for -7 yards (58-Harry Thorp). Sack allowed by 73-Nicholas Cordell. SAFETY! (58-Harry Thorp) 73-Nicholas Cordell missed that block completely. BUF 18 NOS 9
(Qtr 2) Buffalo: 3-1-BUF 49 (2:15) 13-Michael Wood pass complete to 19-Florentino Bridgeman for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Robert Jones. BUF 25 NOS 9
(Qtr 2) Buffalo: 2-7-NOS 23 (0:04) 2-Robert Jones 41 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 28 NOS 9
(Qtr 3) Buffalo: 4-14-NOS 32 (7:45) 2-Robert Jones 50 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 31 NOS 9
(Qtr 4) New Orleans: 4-1-BUF 17 (14:57) 1-Kevin Barnett 35 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 60-Michael Gaddis was injured on the play. BUF 31 NOS 12
(Qtr 4) Buffalo: 4-3-NOS 16 (5:48) 2-Robert Jones 34 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 34 NOS 12

Team Statistics

Buffalo New Orleans
First Downs 10 9
- Rushing 4 2
- Passing 6 7
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 322 266
- Offensive Plays 58 64
- Yards Per Play 5.55 4.16
Net Rushing Yards 89 68
- Rushing Attempts 16 27
- Yards Per Rush 5.56 2.52
Net Passing Yards 233 198
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 28 / 1 30 / 15 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 274 267
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 41 7 / 69
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.55 5.35
- Yards Per Completion 9.79 17.80
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 15 2 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.9 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 77 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 167 1 / 25
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 22
Time of Possession 33:49 25:56

Drive Charts

Buffalo

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:05 1:34 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 8:00 3:25 OWN 37 6 10 Punt
1 2:26 0:47 OWN 44 2 56 Touchdown
2 14:11 2:07 OWN 29 4 23 Punt
2 11:44 2:58 OPP 25 5 -55 Field Goal
2 8:46 0:01 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
2 6:36 2:19 OWN 29 4 22 Punt
2 3:35 1:30 OWN 39 3 61 Touchdown
2 1:11 1:11 OPP 38 4 15 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:38 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 11:52 4:11 OWN 28 9 40 Field Goal
3 6:03 3:31 OWN 28 5 25 Punt
4 14:54 1:33 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
4 11:54 2:13 OWN 40 3 9 Punt
4 7:53 2:08 OPP 23 3 7 Field Goal
4 4:31 2:04 OWN 41 3 6 Punt
4 0:39 0:39 OWN 14 2 23 Game

New Orleans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:55 OWN 25 8 38 Field Goal
1 9:31 1:31 OWN 22 3 5 Punt
1 4:35 2:09 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
1 1:39 2:28 OWN 25 4 9 Punt
2 12:04 0:05 OWN 7 1 -11 Safety
2 8:44 2:09 OPP 24 3 6 Field Goal
2 4:17 0:42 OWN 7 2 -9 Safety
2 2:05 0:54 OWN 25 3 1 Fumble
3 13:22 1:29 OWN 24 3 1 Punt
3 7:41 1:38 OWN 23 5 -1 Punt
3 2:33 2:39 OWN 6 5 77 Field Goal
4 13:21 1:26 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
4 9:41 1:48 OWN 13 3 -4 Punt
4 5:45 1:14 OWN 25 5 26 Interception
4 2:27 1:49 OWN 11 8 41 Punt

Rushing Stats

Buffalo

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jose Cook 9 53 5.89 20 2 0
Robert Ridley 2 18 9.00 13 1 0
Cory Gordon 4 12 3.00 8 0 0
Walter Manning 1 6 6.00 6 0 0

New Orleans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
David Kroeger 12 36 3.00 11 1 0
James Bourne 9 26 2.89 11 1 0
Raymond Brown 5 7 1.40 7 0 0
Warren Ferriera 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

Buffalo

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael Wood 19 15 182 1 / 12 2 51 1 119.74
Bobby Coates 19 13 92 3 / 29 0 18 0 79.28

New Orleans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Royce Fiecke 21 10 162 3 / 31 0 65 1 54.07
Matthew Eskridge 9 5 105 4 / 38 0 50 0 96.99

Receiving Stats

Buffalo

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jonathan McManus 2 56 28.00 48 1
Florentino Bridgeman 1 51 51.00 51 1
Walter Manning 4 37 9.25 13 0
Donald Dejean 2 25 12.50 18 0
Dwayne Rivas 4 19 4.75 7 0
Cory Gordon 4 19 4.75 17 0
Bryan Villegas 1 18 18.00 18 0
Robert Arp 2 16 8.00 8 0
Russell Capra 3 16 5.33 8 0
Jose Cook 3 12 4.00 6 0
Robert Ridley 2 5 2.50 3 0

New Orleans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edgar McGuire 3 97 32.33 65 0
Matthew Diaz 1 50 50.00 50 0
John Chapman 2 41 20.50 24 0
Nicholas Goulding 2 30 15.00 25 0
James Bourne 2 23 11.50 15 0
Paul Roberts 1 12 12.00 12 0
John Richards 1 9 9.00 9 0
Raymond Brown 1 4 4.00 4 0
Warren Ferriera 2 1 0.50 1 0

Blocking Stats

Buffalo

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Francis Addison 31 9 2 2
Wayne Vaughn 34 9 1 1
Benjamin Jensen 26 12 1 1
Christopher Holley 0 4 0 1
James Jones 0 4 0 0
Charles Snider 0 4 0 0
Curtis Taylor 0 2 0 0
James Keys 24 13 0 1
Leon Brantley 0 1 0 0
John Mueller 0 1 0 0
Frank Brewer 0 1 0 0
Douglas Leib 0 1 0 0
Jose Driscoll 6 9 0 1
Richard Santini 21 12 0 1
Kevin Dodge 4 4 0 1
Robert Ridley 5 5 0 0
Michael Gonzales 4 2 0 0
Gerald Savage 0 2 0 0
John McDougall 0 3 0 1
Mark Barker 0 1 0 0
Andrew Shelton 0 3 0 1
John Reynolds 0 1 0 0
John Hackett 0 1 0 0
John McDaniels 1 3 0 0
Benjamin Wood 29 9 0 0
William Chavez 0 6 0 0
Robert Arp 0 10 0 0
Richard Rogers 27 15 0 0
Jim Lyons 25 10 0 1
Jeffery Massie 21 9 0 1
Jonathan McManus 4 8 0 0
Bryan Villegas 3 6 0 0
Cory Gordon 8 0 0 0
Dwayne Rivas 0 7 0 0
Russell Capra 0 8 0 0
William Day 16 5 0 0
Walter Manning 2 15 0 1
Michael Hyde 26 13 0 1
Donald Dejean 10 10 0 1
Jose Cook 5 7 0 0
Joseph McArthur 0 6 0 0
John Bedell 3 7 0 1
Florentino Bridgeman 0 6 0 0
John Bryant 0 5 0 0
Roy Totten 1 5 0 0
Harry Thorp 0 3 0 0
Michael Gaddis 0 2 0 0
Minh Ross 0 1 0 0

New Orleans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Nicholas Cordell 13 17 2 2
Gordon Berry 27 11 2 3
Jeffrey Palmatier 11 19 1 2
Richard Looper 33 16 1 1
Nicholas Goulding 0 5 0 0
John Chapman 0 10 0 0
Clarence Webb 0 4 0 0
William Taylor 14 9 0 1
Thomas Doyle 19 17 0 0
Joseph Reed 0 1 0 0
John Gutierrez 2 2 0 0
Norman Obrien 0 1 0 0
Mark Gomez 29 10 0 1
Charles Rambo 10 4 0 0
Scott Andrews 0 1 0 0
Patrick Acuna 0 1 0 0
Hector Jacobs 0 1 0 0
Kyle Pedersen 15 6 0 1
Randy Tinkham 26 9 0 0
Manuel Randolph 19 8 0 0
Robert Cortez 0 3 0 0
Raymond Brown 5 4 0 0
John Richards 2 10 0 2
Warren Ferriera 6 14 0 0
Edgar McGuire 7 23 0 0
James Bourne 5 10 0 1
Matthew Diaz 0 3 0 0
Paul Roberts 9 11 0 5
Daniel Wall 16 23 0 5
David Kroeger 9 4 0 0
Michael Elliott 15 17 0 1
James Devlin 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Buffalo

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mark Barker 1 0 0.00 0

New Orleans

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Howard Miller 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Buffalo

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Williams Byrne 0 1 0 0
Douglas Leib 0 0 1 0
Kevin Dodge 0 0 1 0

New Orleans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Kroeger 1 0 0 0
Royce Fiecke 1 1 0 0

Punting

Buffalo

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Stanley 9 355 39.44 41.44 56 6

New Orleans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Harmon 8 353 44.13 35.00 49 1

Kicking

Buffalo

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Jones 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 50 3 / 3

New Orleans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Kevin Barnett 4 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 55 0 / 0

Punt Return

Buffalo

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Holley 5 77 15.4 33 0

New Orleans

Kick Return

Buffalo

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Cory Gordon 1 104 104.0 1
Dwayne Rivas 2 63 31.5 0

New Orleans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Nicholas Goulding 1 25 25.0 0

Defensive Stats