2008 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 26, 2008 · Wembley Stadium
San Diego Chargers
32
at
New Orleans SaintsWinner
37
SD -3 upsetO 45.5 ✓
New Orleans Saints 37–32.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · NO
30/41, 339 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT
23.8 expected points added · +10.5% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
San Diego Chargers
New Orleans Saints
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 30/41 | 339 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deuce McAllister | 18 | 55 | 3.1 | 1 | -0.3 |
| Pierre Thomas | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 2.2 |
| Aaron Stecker | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Mike Karney | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | -26 | -26.0 | 0 | -1.9 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Vilma | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Scott Shanle | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randall Gay | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Usama Young | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Glenn | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Evans | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Fujita | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Clancy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- SD -3
- Closing total
- 45.5
- SD moneyline
- -172
- NO moneyline
- +162
Chargers closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 45.5; the game landed 69 — over by 23.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Wembley Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 54°F, wind 9 mph
- Referee
- Tony Corrente
- Rest
- SD 7 days · NO 7 days
- Coaches
- Norv Turner vs Sean Payton