2015 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 25, 2015 · Lucas Oil Stadium

New Orleans SaintsWinner

Indianapolis Colts

IND -5.5 upsetU 52.5 ✓Colts closed -5.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

New Orleans Saints 27–21.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · IND

Andrew LuckQB

23/44, 333 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT

-9.0 expected points added · -10.6% completion over expected

Passing · NO

Drew BreesQB

28/44, 255 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

-4.7 expected points added · +0.5% completion over expected

Rushing · NO

Mark IngramRB

14 att, 143 yds, 1 TD

7.1 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · IND

Frank GoreRB

9 att, 43 yds, 0 TD

-0.4 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · IND

T.Y. HiltonWR

4/15 for 150 yds, 2 TD

35% of team targets · -2.0 expected points added

Receiving · NO

Brandin CooksWR

6/13 for 81 yds, 0 TD

30% of team targets · -1.8 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Drew Brees	28/44	255	1	1	2	-4.7
Luke McCown	1/1	25	0	0	0	4.3

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Mark Ingram	14	143	10.2	1	7.1
Khiry Robinson	14	28	2.0	2	-1.9
C.J. Spiller	4	16	4.0	0	0.1
Drew Brees	4	-4	-1.0	0	-2.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Brandin Cooks	6	13	81	0	30%	-1.8
Benjamin Watson	4	5	59	0	11%	5.1
C.J. Spiller	6	6	32	0	14%	1.5
Michael Hoomanawanui	5	5	31	1	11%	1.6
Willie Snead	3	7	25	0	16%	-1.3
Brandon Coleman	1	1	24	0	2%	2.6
Marques Colston	1	3	20	0	7%	-3.1
Mark Ingram	2	2	5	0	5%	0.6
Khiry Robinson	1	1	3	0	2%	-0.2
Josh Hill	0	1	0	0	2%	-0.8

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Stephone Anthony	5	2	0.0	1	1
Dannell Ellerbe	7	0	0.0	0	0
Kenny Vaccaro	5	0	1.0	0	1
Brian Dixon	4	0	0.0	0	0
Hau'oli Kikaha	3	0	0.0	0	1
Jairus Byrd	3	0	0.0	0	0
Kyle Wilson	2	0	0.0	1	2
Cameron Jordan	2	0	2.0	0	2
Kevin Williams	1	1	0.0	0	1
John Jenkins	0	2	0.5	0	0

Indianapolis Colts

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Andrew Luck	23/44	333	3	2	4	-9.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Frank Gore	9	43	4.8	-0.4
Andrew Luck	3	27	9.0	0.4
Ahmad Bradshaw	1	5	5.0	0.3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
T.Y. Hilton	4	15	150	2	35%	-2.0
Coby Fleener	3	5	47	0	12%	1.4
Andre Johnson	4	4	44	0	9%	0.4
Donte Moncrief	4	6	34	1	14%	-0.7
Frank Gore	5	8	32	0	19%	0.5
Dwayne Allen	1	1	10	0	2%	0.5
Ahmad Bradshaw	1	2	8	0	5%	-0.1
Phillip Dorsett	1	2	8	0	5%	-1.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	INT	PD
Jerrell Freeman	5	7	0	0
Dwight Lowery	5	4	0	0
D'Qwell Jackson	4	4	0	0
Colt Anderson	4	3	0	0
Greg Toler	5	2	0	1
Vontae Davis	4	2	1	2
Billy Winn	2	3	0	0
Trent Cole	3	2	0	0
Erik Walden	3	2	0	0
Sio Moore	3	0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: IND -5.5
Closing total: 52.5
NO moneyline: +211
IND moneyline: -236

Colts closed -5.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 52.5; the game landed 48 — under by 4.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Lucas Oil Stadium
Roof / surface: open · fieldturf
Kickoff weather: —
Referee: Carl Cheffers
Rest: NO 10 days · IND 7 days
Coaches: Sean Payton vs Chuck Pagano