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Box Score: New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals

Posted: Sun December 20, 1998 at 9:05 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

NEW ORLEANS 0 10 0 7 17 ARIZONA 3 3 7 6 19 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 21 YD, 9:32. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards in 4:03. Key plays: Plummer 19-yard pass to Centers to Arizona 41; Plummer 23-yard pass to McWilliams to New Orleans 36; Plummer 14-yard pass to Metcalf on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 19. ARIZONA 3-0 2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, SAMMY KNIGHT 39 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 3:15. NEW ORLEANS 7-3 ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 38 YD, 12:56. Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards in 2:42. Key plays: Plummer 11-yard pass to Gedney to Arizona 46; Plummer 33-yard pass to Moore to New Orleans 21. NEW ORLEANS 7-6 NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 28 YD, 15:00. Drive: 11 plays, 53 yards in 1:54. Key plays: Collins 18-yard pass to Hastings to Arizona 37; Collins 20-yard pass to Poole to Arizona 21; Craver 5-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to Arizona 10. NEW ORLEANS 10-6 3RD QUARTER: ARI - TD, ADRIAN MURRELL 29 YD RUN (CHRIS JACKE KICK), 6:44. Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards in 2:38. Key plays: Plummer 10-yard pass to Moore to Arizona 45; Plummer 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 44; Plummer 23-yard pass to Metcalf to New Orleans 21. ARIZONA 13-10 4TH QUARTER: ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 46 YD, 8:12. Drive: 9 plays, 63 yards in 4:02. Key plays: Arizona takes over on downs at the Arizona 9; Plummer 13-yard pass to McWilliams to Arizona 33; Center 11-yard run to New Orleans 48; Plummer 17-yard pass to Centers to New Orleans 31. ARIZONA 16-10 NOR - TD, CAMERON CLEELAND 13 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 13:39. Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards in 5:27. Key plays: Collins 5-yard pass to Cleeland on 4th-and-4 to Arizona 47; L. Smith 14-yard run to Arizona 33; Collins 10-yard pass to L. Smith to Arizona 11; Collins 8-for-11 for 56 yards. NEW ORLEANS 17-16 ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 36 YD, 15:00. Drive: 6 plays, 73 yards in 1:21. Key plays: Plummer 25-yard pass to Sanders to Arizona 33; Plummer 28- yard pass to Sanders to New Orleans 39; Plummer 21-yard run to New Orleans 23. ARIZONA 19-17 TEAM STATISTICS NOR ARI
FIRST DOWNS 18 28 Rushing 3 5 Passing 14 21 Penalty 1 2 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14 6-12 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 320 513 Total plays 69 70 Average gain 4.6 7.3 NET YARDS RUSHING 82 119 Rushes 22 26 Average per rush 3.7 4.6 NET YARDS PASSING 238 394 Completed-attempted 25-43 32-44 Yards per pass 5.1 9.0 Sacked-yards lost 4-27 0-0 Had intercepted 0 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-50.4 2-31.5 RETURN YARDAGE 145 69 Punts-returns 1-4 4-24 Kickoffs-returns 5-102 3-45 Interceptions-returns 1-39 0-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 10-65 7-40 FUMBLES-LOST 3-1 2-2 TIME OF POSSESSION 29:57 30:03 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: New Orleans (Doug Brien 54). New Orleans rushing: Aaron Craver 7-45, Lamar Smith 13-41, Kerry Collins 1-0, Wilmont Perry 1-minus 4. Arizona rushing: Adrian Murrell 19-65, Jake Plummer 4-38, Larry Centers 2-15, Frank Sanders 1-1. New Orleans passing: Kerry Collins 25-43 for 265 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. Arizona passing: Jake Plummer 32-44 for 394 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD. New Orleans receiving: Sean Dawkins 7-77, Cameron Cleeland 7-71, Lamar Smith 4-46, Aaron Craver 3-14, Andre Hastings 2-24, Keith Poole 1-20, Eric Guliford 1-13. Arizona receiving: Frank Sanders 10-138, Rob Moore 9-97, Larry Centers 5-55, Eric Metcalf 3-49, Johnny Mcwilliams 2-36, Adrian Murrell 2-8, Chris Gedney 1-11. New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Sammy Knight 8-2-0, Chad Cota 8-1-0, Mark Fields 7-1-0, Chris Bordano 3-5-0, Keith Mitchell 4-3-0, Tyronne Drakeford 6-0-0, Alex Molden 5-1-0, La'roi Glover 3-1-0, Joe Johnson 2-1-0, Brady Smith 2-0-0, Vinson Smith 2-0-0, Fred Weary 2-0-0, Austin Robbins 1-0-0, Jared Tomich 1-0-0, Wayne Martin 1-0-0, Julian Pittman 0-1-0. Arizona tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jamir Miller 8-4-0, Kwamie Lassiter 5-1-0, Corey Chavous 5-1-0, Mark Maddox 4-1-1, J.b. Brown 3-2-0, Andre Wadsworth 2-3-1, Tony Mccombs 3-1-0, Carl Simpson 3-1-0, Patrick Sapp 2-2-1, Tommy Bennett 2-2-0, Pat Tillman 3-0-0, Tom Knight 2-1-0, Simeon Rice 1-2-1, Aeneas Williams 1-2-0, J.j. Mccleskey 2-0-0, Rashod Swinger 1-1-0, Bernard Wilson 1-1-0. Interceptions: New Orleans (Sammy Knight 1 for 39 yards). Fumbles lost: New Orleans (Kerry Collins); Arizona (Frank Sanders, Adrian Murrell). Opponent's fumbles recovered: New Orleans (Chad Cota, Sammy Knight); Arizona (Jamir Miller). Officials: Referee-T. Corrente, Umpire-R. Botchan, Head linesman-M. Baltz, Line judge-T. Barnes, Back judge-P. Baetz, Side judge-R. Liebsack, Field judge-D. Dorkowski. A: 51,617; T: 3:11.


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