Green Bay Packers vs New Orleans Saints Match Player Stats On Oct 26, 2014

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 26, 2014

Saints 44, Packers 23: Drew Brees threw touchdown passes on three consecutive drives in the second half as New Orleans pulled away to post its 11th consecutive victory at home and snap Green Bay's four-game winning streak.

Brees completed 27-of-32 passes for 311 yards and rookie Brandin Cooks had six receptions for 94 yards and a touchdown while also running for a score to pull the Saints (3-4) within one-half game of first-place Carolina in the NFC South. Mark Ingram rumbled for a career-high 172 yards and a TD while tight end Jimmy Graham made five catches for 59 yards and a score as New Orleans ripped off 21 unanswered points to break away from a 16-16 tie at halftime.

Aaron Rodgers finished with a season-high 418 yards on 28-of-39 while throwing for a touchdown and running for another, but he also was intercepted twice - with both coming after he appeared to tweak his left leg early in the third quarter. Randall Cobb made five catches for 126 yards and a touchdown while Eddie Lacy accounted for 182 total yards for Green Bay (5-3).

The Packers were driving for the go-ahead score in the third when Corey White deflected a pass in the end zone that was intercepted by David Hawthorne, setting up Brees' 50-yard bomb to Cooks to put New Orleans ahead to stay. The Saints stuffed Green Bay on fourth-and-1 and Brees needed only four plays to cash in, finding Graham in the left corner of the end zone for a 22-yard TD before tossing a 2-yard scoring pass to backup tight end Josh Hill with 9:51 remaining to make it 37-16.

Both teams scored on each of their first four possessions in the first half, starting with Rodgers' 70-yard TD pass to Cobb down the right sideline on the fifth play from scrimmage. Brees drove New Orleans 80 yards in seven plays on the ensuing drive, capped by Cooks' 4-yard run on an end-around, before Green Bay's Mason Crosby and Shayne Graham took turns trading three field goals apiece for a 16-16 deadlock at the break.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The game was the third in NFL history - and second this season (Green Bay-Chicago) - in which neither team punted. ... Rodgers' early scoring strike to Cobb was his 15th career TD pass of at least 70 yards, tying Brett Favre for the most in franchise history, but his streak without an interception ended at 212 attempts - second to Bart Starr (294) on the team's all-time list. ... Brees became the first QB in NFL history with six consecutive 300-yard games against one opponent. ... Cobb set a career high with his ninth scoring reception, tying Antonio Gates and Julius Thomas for the league lead.