2014 Week 4 · Sun, Sep 28, 2014 · AT&T Stadium

New Orleans Saints

Dallas CowboysWinner

NO -3 upsetO 53.5 ✓DomeSaints closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Dallas Cowboys 38–17 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · NO

Drew BreesQB

32/44, 340 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

10.9 expected points added · +5.0% completion over expected

Passing · DAL

Tony RomoQB

22/29, 262 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT

14.4 expected points added · +11.5% completion over expected

Rushing · DAL

DeMarco MurrayRB

24 att, 149 yds, 2 TD

6.4 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NO

Khiry RobinsonRB

8 att, 87 yds, 0 TD

3.6 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NO

Jimmy GrahamTE

8/10 for 86 yds, 1 TD

23% of team targets · -1.3 expected points added

Receiving · DAL

Terrance WilliamsWR

6/7 for 77 yds, 2 TD

24% of team targets · 6.8 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Drew Brees	32/44	340	2	1	1	10.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Khiry Robinson	8	87	10.9	3.6
Pierre Thomas	2	8	4.0	-0.8
Drew Brees	1	6	6.0	1.4
Austin Johnson	1	2	2.0	0.4
Travaris Cadet	1	1	1.0	-1.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Jimmy Graham	8	10	86	1	23%	-1.3
Kenny Stills	2	3	62	0	7%	5.6
Travaris Cadet	6	6	59	0	14%	1.3
Marques Colston	5	11	50	0	25%	2.7
Brandin Cooks	5	6	31	0	14%	-1.2
Khiry Robinson	2	3	18	0	7%	-0.2
Pierre Thomas	2	2	15	0	5%	0.1
Josh Hill	1	1	12	1	2%	1.9
Benjamin Watson	1	1	7	0	2%	-0.6
Robert Meachem	0	1	0	0	2%	-4.6

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Curtis Lofton	9	2	0.0	0
Jairus Byrd	6	1	0.0	1
Kenny Vaccaro	6	0	1.0	0
Ramon Humber	5	1	0.0	0
Rafael Bush	4	1	0.0	0
Corey White	4	0	0.0	0
Brodrick Bunkley	1	2	0.0	0
Cameron Jordan	1	1	0.0	0
Akiem Hicks	2	0	0.0	0
Kasim Edebali	2	0	0.0	0

Dallas Cowboys

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Tony Romo	22/29	262	3	0	1	14.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
DeMarco Murray	24	149	6.2	2	6.4
Joseph Randle	4	22	5.5	0	0.7
Tony Romo	6	20	3.3	0	-0.7
Dwayne Harris	1	-1	-1.0	0	-0.8

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Terrance Williams	6	7	77	2	24%	6.8
Jason Witten	5	5	61	0	17%	4.8
Dez Bryant	3	6	44	1	21%	4.4
Lance Dunbar	2	3	36	0	10%	1.3
Dwayne Harris	2	2	18	0	7%	0.3
Cole Beasley	2	2	14	0	7%	1.1
DeMarco Murray	1	1	6	0	3%	0.2
Gavin Escobar	1	1	6	0	3%	-0.1
James Hanna	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.7
Devin Street	0	1	0	0	3%	-1.8

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Justin Durant	3	5	0.0	1	2
Orlando Scandrick	6	1	0.0	0	2
Barry Church	5	1	0.0	0	0
Bruce Carter	3	3	0.0	0	2
J.J. Wilcox	4	1	0.0	0	0
Brandon Carr	2	2	0.0	0	0
Sterling Moore	1	2	0.0	0	2
Jack Crawford	1	2	1.0	0	0
Tyrone Crawford	0	3	0.0	0	1
Jeremy Mincey	1	2	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: NO -3
Closing total: 53.5
NO moneyline: -138
DAL moneyline: +125

Saints closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 53.5; the game landed 55 — over by 1.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: AT&T Stadium
Roof / surface: closed · matrixturf
Kickoff weather: Indoors — weather neutralized
Referee: Gene Steratore
Rest: NO 7 days · DAL 7 days
Coaches: Sean Payton vs Jason Garrett