Week 8, 2024

played in Dallas, TX

77 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

New Orleans Delta Rays	3	10	0	0	-	13
Dallas Lone Stars	0	3	7	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:29 NOS - Cedric Harden 31 field goal
2Q: 09:54 NOS - Cedric Harden 39 field goal
2Q: 01:56 NOS - Spencer Boone 64 pass from Gavin Ozga (Cedric Harden extra point)
2Q: 00:03 DAL - Gregory Boyd 52 field goal
3Q: 10:35 DAL - Jermaine Mathews 0 blocked punt return (Gregory Boyd extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:29 NOS - Cedric Harden 31 field goal
2Q: 09:54 NOS - Cedric Harden 39 field goal
2Q: 01:56 NOS - Spencer Boone 64 pass from Gavin Ozga (Cedric Harden extra point)
2Q: 00:03 DAL - Gregory Boyd 52 field goal
3Q: 10:35 DAL - Jermaine Mathews 0 blocked punt return (Gregory Boyd extra point)

Team Statistics NOS DAL
Record 3-4 3-5
First Downs 16 15
- by Rushing 6 8
- by Passing 7 6
- by Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 271 224
- Offensive Plays 60 60
- Yards per Play 4.52 3.73
Net Rushing Yards 112 121
- Rushing Attempts 30 32
- Yards per Rush 3.73 3.78
Net Passing Yards 159 103
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 20 - 1 26 - 15 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 171 113
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 2/10
- Yards per Pass Play 5.30 3.68
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/48 9/68
Punt Returns/Yards 1/8 2/15
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 2/47
Interception Ret./Yards 2/20 1/7
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 27
Time of Possession 33:45 26:15

Team Statistics	NOS	DAL
Record	3-4	3-5
First Downs	16	15
- by Rushing	6	8
- by Passing	7	6
- by Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	271	224
- Offensive Plays	60	60
- Yards per Play	4.52	3.73
Net Rushing Yards	112	121
- Rushing Attempts	30	32
- Yards per Rush	3.73	3.78
Net Passing Yards	159	103
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 20 - 1	26 - 15 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	171	113
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	2/10
- Yards per Pass Play	5.30	3.68
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	7/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/48	9/68
Punt Returns/Yards	1/8	2/15
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	2/47
Interception Ret./Yards	2/20	1/7
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 27
Time of Possession	33:45	26:15

Drive Charts

New Orleans Delta Rays
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:41	7:18	OWN 7	11	79	Field Goal
1	2:09	3:29	OWN 4	5	25	Punt
2	12:35	2:49	OPP 39	5	17	Field Goal
2	4:35	1:38	OWN 20	4	17	Interception
2	2:28	1:04	OWN 33	3	67	Touchdown
3	15:00	1:03	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
3	12:02	1:40	OWN 10	3	3	Punt
3	10:22	1:33	OWN 25	3	-4	Punt
3	5:57	1:39	OWN 19	3	-1	Punt
3	0:56	4:06	OWN 20	8	44	Punt
4	8:05	5:46	OWN 17	10	35	Punt
4	0:42	0:42	OPP 15	3	-4	Game

Dallas Lone Stars
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:19	OWN 33	3	-5	Punt
1	6:23	4:14	OWN 25	8	27	Punt
2	13:40	1:05	OWN 30	3	24	Interception
2	9:46	5:11	OWN 29	9	25	Punt
2	2:57	0:29	OPP 39	2	-1	Interception
2	1:24	1:24	OWN 25	7	40	Field Goal
3	13:57	1:55	OWN 26	3	8	Punt
3	8:49	2:52	OWN 12	6	28	Punt
3	4:18	3:22	OWN 36	6	22	Punt
4	11:50	3:45	OWN 20	6	19	Punt
4	2:19	1:37	OWN 3	7	12	Downs

Game MVP: Gavin Ozga, New Orleans Delta Rays

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Dashawn Fisher	15	89	5.93	21	4
RB Cristian Wheeler	7	9	1.29	7	0
QB Gavin Ozga	6	14	2.33	10	1
RB Gene Biamila	2	0	0.00	1	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Robert Bailey	21	71	3.38	13	3
QB John Kaplan	5	26	5.20	8	0
RB Marlon McKnight	3	8	2.67	6	0
RB Samuel McElroy	2	17	8.50	11	1
WR Shannon Boon	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gavin Ozga	28	20	171	2/12	1	64	1	84.0

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
John Kaplan	26	15	113	2/10	0	15	2	36.2

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Don Horton	6	6	44	7.33	17	21	0
WR Terrance Daliere	5	5	39	7.80	18	11	0
TE Spencer Boone	4	6	81	20.25	40	64	1
RB Dashawn Fisher	2	2	3	1.50	1	2	0
WR Neil Colvin	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
TE Chance Greer	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Mitchell Green	1	4	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
RB Cristian Wheeler	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Jamie Thurgood	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Renaldo Hodges	7	11	53	7.57	5	14
WR Artie Viragh	4	8	18	4.50	2	6
WR Shannon Boon	2	4	21	10.50	13	12
TE Jermaine Mathews	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
TE Ted Council	1	1	15	15.00	3	15
TE Clifton Biodrowski	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Devante Paradis	1	0	0.00	0
ILB Alex Mathews	1	20	20.00	0

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Parker Eliot	1	7	7.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
TE Jermaine Mathews	0	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Perry Fitzgerald	7	286	40.9	35.9	55	2

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tony Worsham	7	325	46.4	39.6	60	4

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cedric Harden	2/2	0/0	0/0	39	1/1

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gregory Boyd	1/1	1/1	1/1	52	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Earl Bullock	1	8	8.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.T. Sanders	2	15	7.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Artie Viragh	2	47	23.5	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Mike Goehring	8	1	0.0	32	28
ILB Alex Mathews	6	1	0.0	28	24
ILB Mark Billick	6	0	0.0	10	3
OLB Conrad Derks	5	3	0.0	30	26
S Jamie Paquette	5	2	0.0	32	28
DE Caleb Hammond	3	2	1.0	32	28
CB Devante Paradis	3	2	0.5	28	23
DE Alfred Newland	3	1	0.0	30	24
CB Enrique Francis	2	0	0.0	15	16
OLB Louis Lesky	2	0	0.0	9	11
CB Gino Fisk	2	0	0.0	5	4
DT Tyrus Gaudet	1	0	0.5	5	6
CB Lee Kueth	1	2	0.0	29	26
CB Pedro Butler	1	0	0.0	4	5
TE Jamie Thurgood	1	0	---	---	---
CB Earl Bullock	1	0	0.0	7	9

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kenyon Landrieu	10	2	0.0	30	29
OLB Harold Richie	4	1	0.0	25	18
DE Diego Crane	4	1	0.0	20	20
CB Kyle Humphries	4	0	0.0	24	25
ILB Parker Eliot	3	0	1.0	14	8
S Kirk Quinones	3	4	0.0	27	21
CB Juan Poston	3	1	0.0	15	14
DT Morris Sedrick	3	0	0.0	27	22
OLB Drew Godfrey	2	0	1.0	4	11
DE Cooper Frederick	2	2	0.0	29	25
S Kelly Graham	2	1	0.0	15	21
CB Tracy Angel	2	0	0.0	7	13
WR Artie Viragh	2	0	---	---	---
DE Drake Kamm	2	0	0.0	10	14
OLB Jeff Wolfe	1	2	0.0	30	29
CB Mo Javier	1	1	0.0	30	30
S Noah Colson	1	0	0.0	13	8

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Caleb Hammond	1.0	0	1	28
CB Devante Paradis	0.5	0	0	23
DT Tyrus Gaudet	0.5	0	0	6
ILB Aiden Knauls	0.0	1	0	3
DE Alfred Newland	0.0	0	1	24

Dallas	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Parker Eliot	1.0	0	0	8
OLB Drew Godfrey	1.0	0	0	11
DE Cooper Frederick	0.0	2	1	25
DT Morris Sedrick	0.0	1	0	22
CB Tracy Angel	0.0	1	0	13
DE Diego Crane	0.0	1	0	20

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Alex Mathews	4	1	1	24
CB Devante Paradis	3	0	1	23
CB Enrique Francis	2	1	0	16
S Mike Goehring	2	0	0	28
OLB Conrad Derks	1	1	0	26
CB Earl Bullock	1	1	0	9
CB Lee Kueth	1	0	0	26
CB Gino Fisk	1	0	0	4

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kyle Humphries	5	0	0	25
ILB Kenyon Landrieu	5	0	0	29
CB Juan Poston	2	0	0	14
CB Tracy Angel	2	0	0	13
ILB Parker Eliot	1	0	1	8
DE Cooper Frederick	1	0	0	25
OLB Harold Richie	1	0	0	18
OLB Drew Godfrey	1	0	0	11
DE Diego Crane	1	0	0	20
S Kirk Quinones	1	0	0	21
S Kelly Graham	0	1	0	21

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Hector Goodwin	5	6	30	0	30
T Jackson Preston	2	7	30	0	30
T Jimmy Zellers	2	5	30	0	30
G Bruce Kesselman	1	2	30	1	30
C Omar Murray	0	2	30	1	30
TE Jamie Thurgood	0	1	16	0	11
TE Chance Greer	0	1	3	0	5

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Jason Schwartz	3	7	32	0	28
G Dave Chatas	3	5	32	0	28
C Lamar Stewart	2	5	32	1	28
T Van Schneider	1	5	32	1	28
G Butch Borders	1	3	32	0	28
TE Ted Council	1	1	29	0	26
TE Jermaine Mathews	0	1	10	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Gene Biamila	1	21
Marlon Perez	1	20
Don Horton	1	15
Spencer Boone	1	11

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Marlon McKnight	1	13

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Spencer Boone	30	29	---	---	11	70
G Bruce Kesselman	30	30	---	---	9	69
G Hector Goodwin	30	30	---	---	9	69
DE Caleb Hammond	---	---	32	28	1	61
S Mike Goehring	---	---	32	28	1	61
S Jamie Paquette	---	---	32	28	1	61
C Omar Murray	30	30	---	---	---	60
WR Don Horton	20	25	---	---	15	60
T Jackson Preston	30	30	---	---	---	60
T Jimmy Zellers	30	30	---	---	---	60
QB Gavin Ozga	30	30	---	---	---	60
OLB Conrad Derks	---	---	30	26	1	57
CB Lee Kueth	---	---	29	26	1	56
DE Alfred Newland	---	---	30	24	1	55
DT Marc Nikaido	---	---	26	21	8	55
WR Mitchell Green	27	28	---	---	---	55
ILB Alex Mathews	---	---	28	24	1	53
CB Devante Paradis	---	---	28	23	1	52
WR Terrance Daliere	23	22	---	---	6	51
CB Enrique Francis	---	---	15	16	14	45
RB Dashawn Fisher	19	24	---	---	---	43
OLB Xavier Malchow	---	---	23	17	1	41
TE Jamie Thurgood	16	11	---	---	2	29
TE Chance Greer	3	5	---	---	20	28
RB Cristian Wheeler	10	5	---	---	9	24
OLB Marlon Perez	---	---	2	2	20	24
CB Earl Bullock	---	---	7	9	7	23
RB Gene Biamila	2	0	---	---	21	23
OLB Louis Lesky	---	---	9	11	---	20
CB Pedro Butler	---	---	4	5	7	16
WR Neil Colvin	0	1	---	---	13	14
ILB Corwin Hanks	---	---	2	2	9	13
S Dennis Fischer	---	---	0	0	13	13
ILB Mark Billick	---	---	10	3	---	13
ILB Aiden Knauls	---	---	1	3	7	11
CB Gino Fisk	---	---	5	4	2	11
DT Tyrus Gaudet	---	---	5	6	---	11
P Perry Fitzgerald	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Benjamin Lemery	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Gene Glover	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Eddie Elliott	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Cedric Harden	0	0	---	---	6	6
DE Edgar Fox	---	---	2	2	---	4
QB Jonah McCormick	0	0	---	---	---	0
C William Hancock	0	0	---	---	---	0
WR Robbie Kirk	0	0	---	---	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Butch Borders	32	28	---	---	8	68
CB Mo Javier	---	---	30	30	2	62
OLB Jeff Wolfe	---	---	30	29	2	61
ILB Kenyon Landrieu	---	---	30	29	2	61
QB John Kaplan	32	28	---	---	---	60
T Van Schneider	32	28	---	---	---	60
G Dave Chatas	32	28	---	---	---	60
T Jason Schwartz	32	28	---	---	---	60
C Lamar Stewart	32	28	---	---	---	60
WR Artie Viragh	30	25	---	---	4	59
DE Cooper Frederick	---	---	29	25	2	56
CB Kyle Humphries	---	---	24	25	6	55
TE Ted Council	29	26	---	---	---	55
WR Renaldo Hodges	27	25	---	---	---	52
RB Robert Bailey	26	25	---	---	---	51
DT Morris Sedrick	---	---	27	22	1	50
S Kirk Quinones	---	---	27	21	1	49
WR Shannon Boon	21	21	---	---	6	48
OLB Harold Richie	---	---	25	18	1	44
CB Juan Poston	---	---	15	14	13	42
DE Diego Crane	---	---	20	20	1	41
S Kelly Graham	---	---	15	21	3	39
TE Jermaine Mathews	10	7	---	---	21	38
S Heath Covington	---	---	5	11	21	37
DE Drake Kamm	---	---	10	14	8	32
CB Tracy Angel	---	---	7	13	8	28
OLB Drew Godfrey	---	---	4	11	12	27
FB Tristan Clement	6	3	---	---	14	23
ILB Parker Eliot	---	---	14	8	1	23
OLB Ben McCormick	---	---	1	2	20	23
S Noah Colson	---	---	13	8	1	22
DT Randal Irwin	---	---	4	8	8	20
RB Marlon McKnight	3	2	---	---	13	18
TE Clifton Biodrowski	2	3	---	---	9	14
WR Jameson Cerasani	0	0	---	---	14	14
WR J.T. Sanders	4	2	---	---	7	13
C Kenneth Schwartz	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Emmitt Massicott	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Tony Worsham	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Zachary Suszkowski	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Bubba Hopper	0	0	---	---	8	8
RB Samuel McElroy	2	1	---	---	1	4
K Gregory Boyd	0	0	---	---	3	3
DT Irving Perrin	---	---	0	1	---	1
DT Xavier Hardy	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Matt Monroe	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	26	8.7
Middle	22	63	2.9
Right	2	27	13.5
None	3	-4	-1.3

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	19	3.2
Middle	20	81	4.1
Right	6	21	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gavin Ozga	28	20	2	0	1	1	5	1	1

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
John Kaplan	26	15	0	1	1	4	2	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	24	3.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	12	74	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	1	9	2.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	64	64.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	17	2.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	55	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	41	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Don Horton	6	6	0	44	1	25
TE Spencer Boone	6	4	0	81	1	29
WR Terrance Daliere	5	5	0	39	0	22
WR Mitchell Green	4	1	1	-4	0	28
RB Dashawn Fisher	2	2	0	3	0	24
TE Jamie Thurgood	2	0	0	0	0	11
RB Cristian Wheeler	1	0	0	0	0	5
WR Neil Colvin	1	1	0	5	0	1
TE Chance Greer	1	1	0	3	0	5

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Renaldo Hodges	11	7	0	53	25
WR Artie Viragh	8	4	0	18	25
WR Shannon Boon	4	2	1	21	21
TE Jermaine Mathews	1	1	0	6	7
TE Clifton Biodrowski	1	0	0	0	3
TE Ted Council	1	1	0	15	26

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Gavin Ozga	3	-4	-1.33	2.33
RB Cristian Wheeler	2	6	3.00	1.29

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
QB Gavin Ozga	2	0
RB Cristian Wheeler	1	0
RB Dashawn Fisher	1	0

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
RB Robert Bailey	3	1
QB John Kaplan	2	1
WR Shannon Boon	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gavin Ozga	10	7	5

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
John Kaplan	8	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Don Horton	2	2	2
TE Spencer Boone	2	1	1
WR Mitchell Green	2	1	0
WR Neil Colvin	1	1	1
RB Dashawn Fisher	1	1	0
TE Jamie Thurgood	1	0	0
WR Terrance Daliere	1	1	1

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Renaldo Hodges	4	4	3
TE Jermaine Mathews	1	1	1
WR Artie Viragh	1	0	0
WR Shannon Boon	1	0	0
TE Ted Council	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,300 (21,400)
End Zone 12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,400 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,300 (21,400)
End Zone	12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,400 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)