Week 15, 2015

played in Houston, TX

59 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

New Orleans Shamans	3	7	7	10	-	27
Houston Barons	7	3	0	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:03 NO - Darrin Earls 36 field goal
1Q: 02:35 HOU - Joel Swank 1 run (Marc Gonzalez extra point)
2Q: 08:35 HOU - Marc Gonzalez 45 field goal
2Q: 02:28 NO - Ty Warren 2 pass from Jeff Brzezinski (Darrin Earls extra point)
3Q: 02:49 NO - Mel Benton 17 pass from Jeff Brzezinski (Darrin Earls extra point)
4Q: 12:11 NO - Mel Benton 31 pass from Jeff Brzezinski (Darrin Earls extra point)
4Q: 02:09 NO - Darrin Earls 36 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:03 NO - Darrin Earls 36 field goal
1Q: 02:35 HOU - Joel Swank 1 run (Marc Gonzalez extra point)
2Q: 08:35 HOU - Marc Gonzalez 45 field goal
2Q: 02:28 NO - Ty Warren 2 pass from Jeff Brzezinski (Darrin Earls extra point)
3Q: 02:49 NO - Mel Benton 17 pass from Jeff Brzezinski (Darrin Earls extra point)
4Q: 12:11 NO - Mel Benton 31 pass from Jeff Brzezinski (Darrin Earls extra point)
4Q: 02:09 NO - Darrin Earls 36 field goal

Team Statistics NO HOU
Record 8-6 2-12
First Downs 19 12
- by Rushing 8 3
- by Passing 11 7
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 351 152
- Offensive Plays 67 52
- Yards per Play 5.24 2.92
Net Rushing Yards 138 78
- Rushing Attempts 35 21
- Yards per Rush 3.94 3.71
Net Passing Yards 213 74
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 22 - 0 25 - 13 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 213 111
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 6/37
- Yards per Pass Play 6.66 2.39
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 4.6 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 7/57 2/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/26 3/-2
Kick Returns/Yards 2/60 4/47
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 28
Time of Possession 35:46 24:14

Team Statistics	NO	HOU
Record	8-6	2-12
First Downs	19	12
- by Rushing	8	3
- by Passing	11	7
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	351	152
- Offensive Plays	67	52
- Yards per Play	5.24	2.92
Net Rushing Yards	138	78
- Rushing Attempts	35	21
- Yards per Rush	3.94	3.71
Net Passing Yards	213	74
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 22 - 0	25 - 13 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	213	111
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	6/37
- Yards per Pass Play	6.66	2.39
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	4.6	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	7/57	2/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/26	3/-2
Kick Returns/Yards	2/60	4/47
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 28
Time of Possession	35:46	24:14

Drive Charts

New Orleans Shamans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:03	OWN 44	9	37	Field Goal
1	5:57	2:02	OWN 1	4	17	Fumble
1	2:28	1:51	OWN 38	3	9	Punt
2	12:13	2:02	OWN 3	3	8	Punt
2	8:29	6:09	OWN 21	11	79	Touchdown
2	1:04	1:03	OWN 26	5	25	Punt
3	9:02	1:44	OWN 6	3	8	Punt
3	5:15	2:32	OWN 45	6	55	Touchdown
3	1:18	4:18	OWN 23	10	77	Touchdown
4	9:12	7:10	OWN 40	11	41	Field Goal
4	0:51	0:51	OPP 35	2	-2	Game

Houston Barons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:57	4:00	OWN 19	6	34	Punt
1	3:55	1:27	OPP 18	4	18	Touchdown
1	0:37	3:24	OWN 12	8	46	Punt
2	10:11	1:42	OPP 37	3	9	Field Goal
2	2:20	1:16	OWN 20	4	5	Punt
2	0:01	0:01	OWN 11	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	5:58	OWN 15	9	34	Punt
3	7:18	2:03	OWN 30	3	0	Punt
3	2:43	1:25	OWN 17	3	-5	Punt
4	12:00	2:48	OWN 26	6	3	Punt
4	2:02	1:11	OWN 16	5	19	Downs

Game MVP: Jeff Brzezinski, New Orleans Shamans

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Darnell Benton	18	65	3.61	14	2
Cornell Kristosik	10	50	5.00	10	2
Jeff Brzezinski	6	22	3.67	7	0
Omar Petit	1	1	1.00	1	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Trent Tanner	14	53	3.79	11	1	0
Joel Swank	5	22	4.40	7	0	1
J.J. Kanpurwala	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
Leland Jarvis	1	4	4.00	4	0	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jeff Brzezinski	32	22	213	0/0	3	31	0	118.3

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Kanpurwala	21	11	103	6/37	0	27	0	66.2
Donny Harden	4	2	8	0/0	0	9	0	56.3

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mel Benton	7	7	109	15.57	44	31	2
WR Vernon Giannitti	4	9	32	8.00	5	13	0
WR Antoine Nutten	4	6	24	6.00	10	16	0
TE Ty Warren	2	2	7	3.50	0	5	1
TE Omar Petit	1	2	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Wesley Doiron	1	2	12	12.00	2	12	0
RB Darnell Benton	1	1	5	5.00	5	5	0
WR Kris Luciano	1	1	15	15.00	2	15	0
TE Percy Neufeldt	1	2	7	7.00	2	7	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR K.C. Reeves	5	8	41	8.20	11	22
WR Brian Doyle	3	6	42	14.00	2	27
TE Melvin McElroy	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
RB Trent Tanner	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
WR Leland Burks	1	5	15	15.00	0	15
TE Wayne Kiely	1	2	5	5.00	0	5
WR Les Zimmerman	1	2	3	3.00	0	3

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov
Antoine Nutten	1	0
Darnell Benton	1	0
Vernon Giannitti	0	1

Houston	Recov	Force
Chad Johnson	1	0
Darrin Gordon	0	1
Joseph Lester	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ken Grbac	4	159	39.8	40.3	49	2

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brian Pourdanesh	7	318	45.4	41.7	62	4

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Darrin Earls	2/2	0/0	0/0	36	3/3

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Marc Gonzalez	1/1	1/1	0/0	45	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wesley Doiron	2	26	13.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donald Anderson	3	-2	-0.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cornell Kristosik	1	26	26.0	0
Darnell Benton	1	34	34.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Joel Swank	3	36	12.0	0
Edward Farley	1	11	11.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Ernie Crawford	4	0	0.0	9	11
DE Winfred Rodriguez	3	2	2.0	19	26
CB Moe Cook	3	1	1.0	21	31
S Bart Bennetts	3	4	0.5	16	28
S Erik Lockett	3	1	0.0	20	29
S Wes Monroe	3	1	0.0	12	19
CB Mitchell Cooper	3	0	0.0	14	25
OLB Otis Chadwick	3	0	0.0	18	28
ILB Kyle Okunevich	3	0	0.0	12	19
DE Teddy England	2	0	1.0	6	8
DE Ed Banks	2	1	0.5	15	25
DT Pete Maxwell	2	0	0.0	8	12
DT Mel Rasmussen	2	0	0.0	12	12
OLB Cornelius Dattilo	1	0	1.0	8	8
CB Reuben Back	1	1	0.0	14	19
DT Xavier Clements	0	2	0.0	15	23

Houston	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Darrin Gordon	8	5	22	22
CB Darrell Beall	7	1	27	27
OLB Pete O'Neill	5	0	19	16
CB Edward Farley	4	1	24	25
S J.T. Dent	3	3	21	22
ILB Gilbert Farrish	3	1	18	13
S Donald Anderson	3	1	18	20
CB Broderick Wright	3	0	24	23
DE Leroy Mason	2	2	24	21
DT Shannon Allen	2	1	13	9
CB Chad Johnson	2	0	8	8
DE Shannon Carter	2	0	11	11
OLB Tommie Hanks	1	2	23	16
DT Louie Korr	1	1	24	26
ILB Ellis Bensen	1	0	17	19
DE Herb Small	1	0	26	18
DT Joseph Lester	1	0	20	13
OLB Keith Benton	1	0	6	5
DT Ralph Blades	1	0	20	20
CB Jerald Willmer	0	1	20	18

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Winfred Rodriguez	2.0	0	0	2	26
OLB Cornelius Dattilo	1.0	0	1	0	8
DE Teddy England	1.0	0	1	0	8
CB Moe Cook	1.0	0	0	0	31
DE Ed Banks	0.5	0	0	0	25
S Bart Bennetts	0.5	0	0	0	28
DT Pete Maxwell	0.0	1	0	0	12
DT Mel Rasmussen	0.0	1	0	0	12
DT Xavier Clements	0.0	0	2	1	23
OLB Otis Chadwick	0.0	0	0	1	28

Houston	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Louie Korr	1	0	26
CB Broderick Wright	1	0	23
DE Leroy Mason	0	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Moe Cook	2	2	31
S Bart Bennetts	2	0	28
CB Mitchell Cooper	2	0	25
S Wes Monroe	2	0	19
S Erik Lockett	1	0	29
ILB Ernie Crawford	1	0	11
DE Ed Banks	1	0	25
CB Reuben Back	1	0	19
ILB Kyle Okunevich	1	0	19
OLB Otis Chadwick	0	2	28

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Darrin Gordon	4	1	22
CB Darrell Beall	4	0	27
CB Broderick Wright	3	0	23
S J.T. Dent	2	1	22
CB Edward Farley	2	0	25
DE Shannon Carter	2	0	11
OLB Keith Benton	1	1	5
CB Chad Johnson	1	0	8
OLB Pete O'Neill	1	0	16
ILB Gilbert Farrish	1	0	13
S Donald Anderson	1	0	20
OLB Tommie Hanks	0	1	16

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Percy Neufeldt	3	3	21	12
Wesley Lake	2	5	33	27
Craig Katz	1	5	35	32
Jeff Money	1	3	31	31
Walter Watson	1	1	7	2
Curtis Lorenz	1	1	13	10
Doug Corey	0	8	28	30
Bryce Norris	0	3	24	17
Maurice Chapman	0	1	11	15

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Bubba Hopkins	3	5	0	21	0	31
Ernest Harvey	2	4	0	14	0	21
Wendell Patton	1	4	1	11	2	14
Geoff Gonzalez	1	2	0	9	2	22
Van Goodspeed	1	1	0	14	1	12
Nathan Wilcox	0	1	0	14	1	24
Darren Wallerstedt	0	1	0	8	0	11
Kenny Cunningham	0	1	0	14	0	9
Mo Young	0	1	0	8	0	22

Special Teams Statistics

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Ernie Crawford	4	13
Levon Cukro	3	21
Mitchell Cooper	0	24
Mitchell Porter	0	22
Mel Benton	0	16
Wes Monroe	0	16
Omar Petit	0	15
Ty Warren	0	14
Kris Luciano	0	11
Chuck Mitchell	0	10
Percy Neufeldt	0	9
Darrin Earls	0	8
Wesley Doiron	0	7
Sedrick Burton	0	6
Will Wragge	0	6
Bryce Norris	0	6
Pete Maxwell	0	5
Walter Watson	0	5
Teddy England	0	5
Curtis Lorenz	0	5
Ken Grbac	0	4
Jeff Money	0	3
Cornell Kristosik	0	3
Darnell Benton	0	3
Ed Banks	0	2
Rico Buchanan	0	2
Maurice Chapman	0	2
Doug Corey	0	1
Erik Lockett	0	1
Xavier Clements	0	1
Bart Bennetts	0	1
Craig Katz	0	1
Cornelius Dattilo	0	1
Moe Cook	0	1
Otis Chadwick	0	1
Winfred Rodriguez	0	1
Kyle Okunevich	0	1

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Bryan Cochrane	1	15
Leland Jarvis	1	11
Mo Young	1	8
Leland Burks	1	7
Joel Swank	0	21
Donald Anderson	0	20
Dean Sweeney	0	17
Chad Johnson	0	15
Edward Farley	0	12
Pete O'Neill	0	11
Les Zimmerman	0	11
Gilbert Farrish	0	10
Van Goodspeed	0	8
Melvin McElroy	0	8
Darren Wallerstedt	0	8
Geoff Gonzalez	0	8
Brian Pourdanesh	0	7
Wayne Kiely	0	6
Kenny Cunningham	0	6
Keith Benton	0	6
Ernest Harvey	0	5
Marc Gonzalez	0	4
Shannon Carter	0	4
Shannon Allen	0	3
Wendell Patton	0	3
Herb Small	0	3
Broderick Wright	0	3
Darrell Beall	0	3
Leroy Mason	0	2
Ralph Blades	0	2
Louie Korr	0	1
Tommie Hanks	0	1
Jerald Willmer	0	1
Joseph Lester	0	1
Donny Harden	0	1
Brian Doyle	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	16	3.2
Middle	20	93	4.7
Right	8	31	3.9
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	20	2.9
Middle	11	47	4.3
Right	2	12	6.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jeff Brzezinski	32	22	2	1	2	4	1	0	0

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Kanpurwala	21	11	2	0	1	4	3	4	0
Donny Harden	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	14	3.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	13	121	7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	78	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	8	44	4.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	40	5.0
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	27	5.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Vernon Giannitti	9	4	1	32	0	31
WR Mel Benton	7	7	0	109	2	20
WR Antoine Nutten	6	4	1	24	0	17
TE Omar Petit	2	1	0	2	0	15
TE Ty Warren	2	2	0	7	0	5
WR Wesley Doiron	2	1	0	12	0	16
TE Percy Neufeldt	2	1	0	7	0	12
RB Darnell Benton	1	1	0	5	0	12
WR Kris Luciano	1	1	0	15	0	6

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR K.C. Reeves	8	5	1	41	1	20
WR Brian Doyle	6	3	0	42	1	18
WR Leland Burks	5	1	0	15	0	22
TE Wayne Kiely	2	1	0	5	0	18
WR Les Zimmerman	2	1	0	3	0	20
TE Melvin McElroy	1	1	0	-1	0	7
RB Trent Tanner	1	1	0	6	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Darnell Benton	1	3	3.00	3.61

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Trent Tanner	2	10	5.00	3.79
Joel Swank	2	8	4.00	4.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jeff Brzezinski	5	3	24	4.80	6.66

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ty Warren	2	2	7	3.50	3.50
WR Mel Benton	1	1	17	17.00	15.57
WR Vernon Giannitti	1	0	0	0.00	3.56
TE Omar Petit	1	0	0	0.00	1.00

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Cornell Kristosik	3	2
Omar Petit	1	0
Darnell Benton	1	0

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Trent Tanner	3	1
Joel Swank	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jeff Brzezinski	9	5	4

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Kanpurwala	7	4	3
Donny Harden	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antoine Nutten	3	2	1
WR Vernon Giannitti	2	0	0
WR Mel Benton	1	1	1
TE Ty Warren	1	1	1
WR Wesley Doiron	1	0	0
WR Kris Luciano	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Leland Burks	2	1	1
WR Brian Doyle	2	1	0
WR K.C. Reeves	2	2	2
TE Wayne Kiely	1	0	0
WR Les Zimmerman	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 50,700 (82,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,500 (25,000)
End Zone 11,100 (18,000)
Mezzanine 6,400 (10,400)
Sideline Seats 9,900 (16,000)
Club Seats 4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (5,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	50,700 (82,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,500 (25,000)
End Zone	11,100 (18,000)
Mezzanine	6,400 (10,400)
Sideline Seats	9,900 (16,000)
Club Seats	4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (5,200)