2007 Week 11 · Sun, Nov 18, 2007 · Reliant Stadium
New Orleans Saints
10
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Houston TexansWinner
23
HOU -1 ✓U 50 ✓Dome
Houston Texans 23–10.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · HOU
21/33, 293 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT
10.2 expected points added · +1.8% completion over expected
Passing · NO
33/49, 290 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
-2.3 expected points added · -1.4% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
New Orleans Saints
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 33/49 | 290 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2.3 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Bush | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 0 | -8.5 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Mike Karney | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Lance Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | -1.0 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Fujita | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Simoneau | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason David | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bullocks | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hollis Thomas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McKenzie | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
Houston Texans
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Schaub | 21/33 | 293 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10.2 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Dayne | 21 | 89 | 4.2 | 0 | -5.8 |
| Matt Schaub | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Kevin Walter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Adimchinobe Echemandu | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | -4.9 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Von Hutchins | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Morlon Greenwood | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Williams | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMeco Ryans | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| C.C. Brown | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Clark | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demarcus Faggins | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Bennett | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dexter Wynn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- HOU -1
- Closing total
- 50
- NO moneyline
- +109
- HOU moneyline
- -119
Texans closed -1 and covered, winning by 13.
Total closed 50; the game landed 33 — under by 17.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Reliant Stadium
- Roof / surface
- closed · grass
- Kickoff weather
- Indoors — weather neutralized
- Referee
- Mike Carey
- Rest
- NO 7 days · HOU 14 days
- Coaches
- Sean Payton vs Gary Kubiak