2016 Week 4 · Sun, Oct 2, 2016 · Qualcomm Stadium
New Orleans SaintsWinner
35
at
San Diego Chargers
34
SD -4 upsetO 54 ✓
New Orleans Saints 35–34 — decided on the final possessions.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · NO
23/36, 207 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
8.4 expected points added · -0.8% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
New Orleans Saints
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 23/36 | 207 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8.4 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ingram | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 1 | -4.2 |
| Daniel Lasco | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Tim Hightower | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | -1.2 |
| John Kuhn | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Drew Brees | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | -3.1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ingram | 6 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 19% | 3.5 |
| Michael Thomas | 4 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 25% | 0.4 |
| Brandin Cooks | 3 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 17% | 1.0 |
| Willie Snead | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3% | 2.6 |
| Coby Fleener | 3 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 14% | 1.1 |
| Brandon Coleman | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8% | -1.7 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3% | 1.3 |
| Daniel Lasco | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6% | -0.4 |
| John Kuhn | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6% | 3.7 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Stupar | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Crawley | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Robertson | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vonn Bell | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Vaccaro | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sterling Moore | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| B.W. Webb | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nick Fairley | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
San Diego Chargers
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- SD -4
- Closing total
- 54
- NO moneyline
- +176
- SD moneyline
- -196
Chargers closed -4 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 54; the game landed 69 — over by 15.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Qualcomm Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 74°F, wind 8 mph
- Referee
- Walt Coleman
- Rest
- NO 6 days · SD 7 days
- Coaches
- Sean Payton vs Mike McCoy