2008 New Orleans Saints Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Sean Payton (8-8)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

2008 New Orleans Saints Roster
2008 New Orleans Saints Results

The New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ended the 2008 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference.

Offensively, New Orleans topped the league with 463 points. On the other side of the ball, the defense surrendered 393 points. Drew Brees triggered the aerial attack, slinging for 5,069 yards. Lance Moore topped pass catchers, grabbing 79 passes for 928 yards. Marques Colston and Devery Henderson provided receiving help also.

Pierre Thomas carried the pigskin for a team-leading 625 yards for the Saints.

Jason David picked off 5 opponent throws. Bobby McCray dropped opposing passers 6 times.

Sean Payton coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Drew Brees	635	413	65.0	5069	8.0	34	5.4	17	2.7	84	13	92	96.2
Lance Moore	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	636	413	64.9	5069	8.0	34	5.3	18	2.8	84	13	92

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pierre Thomas	129	625	4.8	42	9
Deuce McAllister	107	418	3.9	19	5
Reggie Bush	106	404	3.8	43	2
Aaron Stecker	8	43	5.4	12	0
Mike Bell	13	42	3.2	15	1
Devery Henderson	4	33	8.2	30	0
Robert Meachem	1	20	20.0	20	1
Mike Karney	8	10	1.2	3	2
Drew Brees	22	-1	-0.0	9	0
Totals	398	1594	4.0	43	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lance Moore	79	928	11.7	70	10
Reggie Bush	52	440	8.5	42	4
Jeremy Shockey	50	483	9.7	26	0
Marques Colston	47	760	16.2	70	5
Billy Miller	45	579	12.9	41	1
Devery Henderson	32	793	24.8	84	3
Pierre Thomas	31	284	9.2	24	3
Deuce McAllister	18	128	7.1	20	1
Robert Meachem	12	289	24.1	74	3
Mark Campbell	12	121	10.1	29	2
David Patten	11	162	14.7	39	1
Aaron Stecker	9	52	5.8	12	1
Mike Karney	9	18	2.0	7	0
Olaniyi Sobomehin	2	8	4.0	10	0
Sean Ryan	2	7	3.5	5	0
Mike Bell	1	14	14.0	14	0
Buck Ortega	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	413	5069	12.3	84	34

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Garrett Hartley	28	28	100.0	13	13	100.0	67
Martin Gramatica	16	16	100.0	10	6	60.0	34
Taylor Mehlhaff	10	9	90.0	4	3	75.0	18
Totals	54	53	98.1	27	22	81.5	119

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Steve Weatherford	26	1094	42.1	61
Glenn Pakulak	24	1144	47.7	70
Ben Graham	3	126	42.0	44
Totals	53	2364	44.6	70

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Reggie Bush	20	270	13.5	71	3
Lance Moore	6	40	6.7	11	0
Totals	26	310	11.9	71	3

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Pierre Thomas	31	793	25.6	88
Courtney Roby	19	472	24.8	62
Skyler Green	4	133	33.2	60
Lance Moore	1	36	36.0	36
Terrance Copper	2	35	17.5	18
Aaron Stecker	2	10	5.0	10
Robert Meachem	1	9	9.0	9
Buck Ortega	1	8	8.0	8
Mark Campbell	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	62	1496	24.1	88

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jason David	5	83	16.6	42
Scott Fujita	2	19	9.5	17
Kevin Kaesviharn	2	13	6.5	13
Usama Young	2	3	1.5	3
Tracy Porter	1	25	25.0	25
Josh Bullocks	1	23	23.0	23
Mike McKenzie	1	14	14.0	14
Jonathan Vilma	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	15	188	12.5	42

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Bobby McCray	6.0
Sedrick Ellis	4.0
Will Smith	3.0
Jeff Charleston	3.0
Charles Grant	3.0
Scott Shanle	2.0
Kendrick Clancy	2.0
Chris Reis	1.0
Jonathan Vilma	1.0
Randall Gay	1.0
Brian Young	1.0
Tracy Porter	1.0
Totals	28.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Jonathan Vilma	115	98	34	6	0	3	0	2
Roman Harper	76.5	73	7	9	0	0	0	1
Scott Fujita	71	62	18	3	0	0	0	1
Scott Shanle	73.5	60	27	5	0	0	0	1
Randall Gay	50	48	4	15
Kevin Kaesviharn	54.5	47	15	4
Will Smith	52	43	18	1	0	0	0	1
Josh Bullocks	32.5	29	7	6	0	0	0	1
Usama Young	31	27	8	8	0	1	7	0
Kendrick Clancy	30	26	8	3	0	1	0	0
Charles Grant	29.5	26	7	2
Bobby McCray	27	25	4		0	0	0	1
Tracy Porter	24	23	2	5
Jason David	22	21	2	10	0	1	17	0
Mike McKenzie	21.5	21	1	3
Sedrick Ellis	25	20	10	5
Brian Young	12	11	2		0	0	0	1
Jeff Charleston	10.5	9	3
Hollis Thomas	6.5	6	1	1
Aaron Glenn	6.5	6	1	1
Jo-Lonn Dunbar	5.5	4	3	2
Leigh Torrence	5	4	2	2
Antwan Lake	4.5	4	1
Chris Reis	4	3	2		0	0	0	1
Lance Moore	3	3	0		1	0	0	0
Jason Craft	4.5	2	5
Remi Ayodele	2.5	2	1
Drew Brees	2	2	0		6	2	-34	0
Billy Miller	2	2	0		0	1	0	0
Devery Henderson	2	2	0		1	1	0	0
Jonathan Goodwin	2	2	0
Josh Savage	2.5	1	3
Troy Evans	1.5	1	1		0	1	0	0
Matt Lehr	1	1	0		1	0	-11	0
Robert Meachem	1	1	0
Jammal Brown	1	1	0
Jeremy Shockey	1	1	0		2	0	0	0
Jahri Evans	1	1	0
Marques Colston	1	1	0		1	0	0	0
Carl Nicks	1	1	0
Mark Campbell	1	1	0
Marvin Mitchell	1	0	2		0	1	0	0
Pierre Thomas	0.5	0	1		1	1	0	0
Buck Ortega	0.5	0	1
Terrence Holt	0.5	0	1
Deuce McAllister					0	1	0	0
Mike Karney					0	1	0	0
Reggie Bush					3	0	0	0
Skyler Green					1	0	0	0
Olaniyi Sobomehin					1	0	0	0
Totals	822	721	202	91	18	15	-21	10

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Pierre Thomas	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			72
Garrett Hartley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	28	0			67
Lance Moore	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
Reggie Bush	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Deuce McAllister	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Martin Gramatica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16	0			34
Marques Colston	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Robert Meachem	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Devery Henderson	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Taylor Mehlhaff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0			18
Mark Campbell	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Mike Karney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Billy Miller	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Mike Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Aaron Stecker	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
David Patten	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Charles Grant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Totals	20	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	53	0	0	1	463