Regular Season Game #10

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

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New Orleans

3

10

14

3

30

Kansas City

7

3

3

7

20

Saints Snap Road Skid; Cap Road Trip with Win at Kansas City

Regular Season Game #10

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Chiefs RB Larry Johnson fights for yardage against the Saints.

Nov. 16- It only took a trip to Kansas City for the New Orleans Saints to end their winless streak on the road.

Drew Brees, directing the NFL's top-ranked offense, threw for 266 yards and one touchdown against the league's worst defense, and the Saints beat the injury-wracked Chiefs 30-20 on Sunday.

Lance Moore had eight catches for 102 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown strike. It was the first victory in five road games for the Saints (5-5), who haven't played in their own stadium since Oct. 12 and had to count a win in London over San Diego as a home game.

Tyler Thigpen's second touchdown pass to Dwayne Bowe brought the Chiefs (1-9) to within seven points with 13:54 left. But Brees led the Saints on a time-consuming, 12-play drive that was capped by Garrett Hartley's third field goal, a 35-yarder, to make it a 10-point game with 3:28 to go.

A moment later, Thigpen was intercepted by Usama Young, ending a string of 161 straight passes without a pick. The former seventh-round draft pick, making his fifth start, was 19-of-38 for 235 yards and two TDs. He was also sacked four times, including twice by defensive end Jeff Charleston.

Running back Larry Johnson, who had been benched three games by the Chiefs and suspended one by the league, made his long-awaited first start in a month and had 67 yards on 19 carries. Johnson also fumbled twice. But the Chiefs, who have only one victory in their last 19 games and were missing four injured starters on defense, recovered both.

Jarrad Page intercepted Brees on the Saints' second possession. Thigpen connected with Bowe on a 6-yard TD pass nine plays later. Johnson took a direct snap on fourth-and-1 and kept the drive going with a 4-yard run, then Thigpen rolled out on a bootleg and found Mark Bradley for a 16-yard gain to the 4.

Thigpen connected with Will Franklin for 42 yards in the second quarter, then a short pass to Tony Gonzalez gave the Chiefs a first down on the 1. But Johnson failed on two tries into the line and Thigpen overthrew Bowe in the corner of the end zone. Kansas City had to settle on Connor Barth's 30-yard field goal that tied it at 10 until Hartley made it 13-10 with a 23-yarder on the final play of the half.

Courtney Roby's 54-yard kickoff return following Kansas City's first touchdown set up the Saints on the 44 and Hartley wound up kicking a 30-yarder.

On the ensuing kickoff, Dantrell Savage dropped the ball and got only a 5-yard return, After Thigpen was sacked, forcing Dustin Colquitt to punt from the back of his end zone, the Saints needed only seven plays to move 43 yards for their first touchdown.

The Chiefs blitzed from the left side and no one picked up Pierre Thomas out of the backfield as Brees flipped him a short pass that went for 24 yards. A moment later, Deuce McAllister scored on a 1-yard run.

The Saints took a 20-10 lead on their second play of the second half when Moore beat Ricardo Colclough, one of the cornerbacks the Chiefs signed two weeks ago, and streaked 47 yards for a touchdown.

After Thomas' 1-yard touchdown run gave the Saints a seemingly comfortable 27-13 lead, Thigpen sped 32 yards on a quarterback draw on fourth-and-2 to set up his 5-yard TD pass to Bowe.

Individual Statistics

Kansas City Passing:

Tyler Thigpen 19 of 38 for 235 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception

New Orleans Passing:

Drew Brees 25 of 36 for 266 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception

Kansas City Rushing:

Larry Johnson 19 carries for 67 yards

Tyler Thigpen 3 carries for 45 yards

Jamaal Charles 2 carries for 12 yards

New Orleans Rushing:

Pierre Thomas 16 carries for 88 yards and 1 touchdown

Deuce McAllister 8 carries for 18 yards and 1 touchdown

Devery Henderson 1 carry for -1 yard

Drew Brees 3 carries for -2 yards

Kansas City Receiving:

Mark Bradley 3 receptions for 54 yards

Dwayne Bowe 7 receptions for 53 yards and 2 touchdowns

Will Franklin 1 reception for 42 yards

Tony Gonzalez 5 receptions for 39 yards

Larry Johnson 1 reception for 20 yards

Brad Cottam 1 reception for 19 yards

Devard Darling 1 reception for 8 yards

New Orleans Receiving:

Lance Moore 8 receptions for 102 yards and 1 touchdown

Pierre Thomas 4 receptions for 56 yards

Jeremy Shockey 6 receptions for 39 yards

Marques Colston 3 receptions for 30 yards

Devery Henderson 2 receptions for 22 yards

Aaron Stecker 1 reception for 12 yards

Mark Campbell 1 reception for 5 yards

Kansas City Tackles-Assists-Sacks:

Maurice Leggett 7-0-0, Jason Babin 4-0-0, Rocky Boiman 4-3-0, Brandon Carr 4-0-0, Glenn Dorsey 4-0-0, Jarrad Page 4-2-0, Bernard Pollard 4-0-0, Donnie Edwards 3-1-0, Turk McBride 3-4-0, Jon McGraw 3-0-0, DaJuan Morgan 2-0-0, Demorrio Williams 2-1-0, Ricardo Colclough 1-1-0

New Orleans Tackles-Assists-Sacks:

Roman Harper 9-1-0, Scott Fujita 8-1-0, Jason David 4-0-0, Randall Gay 4-1-0, Kevin Kaesviharn 4-0-0, Will Smith 4-3-1, Usama Young 3-0-0, Jeff Charleston 2-0-2, Josh Bullocks 1-1-0, Kendrick Clancy 1-0-0, Sedrick Ellis 1-0-0, Antwan Lake 1-0-0, Bobby McCray 1-0-1, Scott Shanle 1-1-0, Jonathan Vilma 1-3-0, Marvin Mitchell 0-1-0

Kansas City Fumble Recoveries:

None

New Orleans Fumble Recoveries:

None

Kansas City Interceptions:

Jarrad Page 1 for 2 yards

New Orleans Interceptions:

Usama Young 1 for 3 yards

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