Week 1, 2008

played in Dallas, TX

76 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

New Orleans Shamans	0	7	7	0	-	14
Dallas Monsters	7	0	3	3	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:42 DAL - Brenden Johnstone 1 run (Antoine Terry extra point)
2Q: 11:00 NO - Claude Hutson 14 pass from Jimmy Tarver (Mo Bellais extra point)
3Q: 05:57 DAL - Antoine Terry 38 field goal
3Q: 02:07 NO - Mercury Milloy 73 punt return (Mo Bellais extra point)
4Q: 03:32 DAL - Antoine Terry 48 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:42 DAL - Brenden Johnstone 1 run (Antoine Terry extra point)
2Q: 11:00 NO - Claude Hutson 14 pass from Jimmy Tarver (Mo Bellais extra point)
3Q: 05:57 DAL - Antoine Terry 38 field goal
3Q: 02:07 NO - Mercury Milloy 73 punt return (Mo Bellais extra point)
4Q: 03:32 DAL - Antoine Terry 48 field goal

Team Statistics NO DAL
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 10 21
- by Rushing 2 7
- by Passing 8 12
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 180 321
- Offensive Plays 54 69
- Yards per Play 3.33 4.65
Net Rushing Yards 61 97
- Rushing Attempts 30 31
- Yards per Rush 2.03 3.13
Net Passing Yards 119 224
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 23 - 10 - 1 36 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 125 238
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 2/14
- Yards per Pass Play 4.96 5.89
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 4/15 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.3 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/40 2/15
Punt Returns/Yards 1/73 2/21
Kick Returns/Yards 4/63 3/75
Interception Ret./Yards 2/8 1/8
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 31
Time of Possession 26:48 33:12

Team Statistics	NO	DAL
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	10	21
- by Rushing	2	7
- by Passing	8	12
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	180	321
- Offensive Plays	54	69
- Yards per Play	3.33	4.65
Net Rushing Yards	61	97
- Rushing Attempts	30	31
- Yards per Rush	2.03	3.13
Net Passing Yards	119	224
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	23 - 10 - 1	36 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	125	238
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	2/14
- Yards per Pass Play	4.96	5.89
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	4/15	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.3	6.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/40	2/15
Punt Returns/Yards	1/73	2/21
Kick Returns/Yards	4/63	3/75
Interception Ret./Yards	2/8	1/8
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 31
Time of Possession	26:48	33:12

Drive Charts

New Orleans Shamans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:56	OWN 28	3	2	Punt
1	12:10	1:21	OWN 31	3	8	Punt
1	8:03	2:11	OWN 21	5	23	Punt
1	1:35	5:45	OWN 21	9	79	Touchdown
2	7:43	0:37	OWN 34	3	-10	Punt
2	2:52	0:43	OWN 43	3	2	Punt
3	11:30	1:30	OWN 8	3	3	Punt
3	5:51	2:43	OWN 24	5	17	Punt
3	0:04	5:46	OWN 6	11	41	Interception
4	7:41	1:47	OWN 16	3	-1	Punt
4	3:26	1:24	OWN 18	3	2	Punt
4	1:02	1:02	OPP 25	3	-1	Game

Dallas Monsters
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:04	0:54	OWN 32	2	18	Interception
1	10:49	2:46	OWN 32	6	18	Punt
1	5:52	4:17	OWN 19	8	81	Touchdown
2	10:50	3:07	OWN 37	5	15	Interception
2	7:06	4:14	OWN 16	12	54	Fumble
2	2:09	2:09	OWN 3	5	28	Half
3	15:00	3:30	OWN 33	7	30	Punt
3	10:00	4:09	OWN 48	8	31	Field Goal
3	3:08	1:10	OWN 14	3	3	Punt
3	1:58	1:54	OWN 43	3	7	Punt
4	9:18	1:37	OWN 48	3	41	Fumble
4	5:54	2:28	OPP 48	4	17	Field Goal
4	2:02	1:00	OWN 37	4	-12	Downs

Game MVP: Ernie Crawford, New Orleans Shamans

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Levon Morrison	17	38	2.24	8	0
Erik Rose	11	26	2.36	15	1
Jimmy Tarver	2	-3	-1.50	-1	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Brenden Johnstone	16	38	2.38	12	1	1
Ethan Preston	10	38	3.80	11	1	0
Derrick Tatum	5	21	4.20	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jimmy Tarver	23	10	125	1/6	1	20	1	57.3

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Derrick Tatum	36	21	238	2/14	0	41	2	55.1

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dustin Bahr	3	8	35	11.67	1	15	0
TE Richie Gardner	2	4	18	9.00	5	11	0
WR Claude Hutson	2	3	32	16.00	0	18	1
WR Jessie Malchow	2	4	38	19.00	0	20	0
RB Levon Morrison	1	2	2	2.00	0	2	0
TE Roman Ciervo	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Courtney Newhart	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Marvin McBurrows	6	9	63	10.50	2	18
RB Brenden Johnstone	3	6	10	3.33	0	7
WR Harris Collins	3	4	57	19.00	16	41
WR Shane Flowers	2	7	32	16.00	10	18
WR Casey Lincoln	2	3	40	20.00	0	31
WR Mack Giles	2	4	27	13.50	0	16
TE J.J. Wallace	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
RB Ethan Preston	1	1	4	4.00	3	4
FB Herb Fisk	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Ernie Crawford	1	0	0.00	0
S Ethan Randle	1	8	8.00	0

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Cornell Russell	1	8	8.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Levon Morrison	1	0	0
Ernie Crawford	0	2	0
Doug Corey	0	1	0
Gilbert Lane	0	0	2

Dallas	Fumb	Force
Derrick Tatum	1	0
Ethan Preston	1	0
Dave Huntley	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Wes Copeland	9	399	44.3	42.0	60	5

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Junior Thomas	4	158	39.5	25.5	56	2

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mo Bellais	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Antoine Terry	2/2	1/1	0/0	48	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mercury Milloy	1	73	73.0	1

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Evans	1	13	13.0	0
Ethan Preston	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jessie Malchow	3	42	14.0	0
Carlos Peters	1	21	21.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Todd Bishop	2	47	23.5	0
Shawn Kubus	1	28	28.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Mercury Milloy	9	0	0.0	23	32
ILB Ernie Crawford	7	4	1.0	31	38
S Gilbert Lane	7	2	0.0	27	37
S Ethan Randle	5	0	0.0	27	36
DE Don Harmon	4	2	1.0	30	36
OLB Lenny Walton	4	2	0.0	28	37
S Brent Huh	4	0	0.0	10	15
DT Donald Maxwell	3	1	0.0	30	37
CB Carlos Peters	3	0	0.0	31	38
DT Pete Maxwell	3	0	0.0	23	25
DE Teddy Campbell	1	2	0.0	28	36
OLB Isaac Howard	1	1	0.0	7	6
WR Dustin Bahr	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Joseph Mahoney	1	0	0.0	3	1
CB Gabe Riley	0	1	0.0	29	35

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Dale Godfrey	6	2	0.5	27	20
OLB Dave Huntley	6	0	0.5	28	23
CB Travis Kiser	4	2	0.0	29	23
S Rusty Cunningham	3	3	0.0	28	22
ILB Derek Parrish	3	2	0.0	28	22
OLB Hugh Coker	3	1	0.0	30	21
DE Fernando Page	3	0	0.0	24	21
CB Cornell Russell	2	2	0.0	30	23
ILB Jerome Stevenson	2	1	0.0	15	11
WR Shane Flowers	2	0	---	---	---
DE Kevin Kuklick	1	1	0.0	29	23
S Todd Bishop	1	1	0.0	19	15
RB Brenden Johnstone	1	0	---	---	---
DT Jeremy Kelly	1	0	0.0	15	8
DT Frank Kolaja	1	0	0.0	3	4
S Brandon Evans	1	0	0.0	3	6
OLB Lorenzo Benson	1	0	0.0	3	2
T Harold McIntyre	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Don Harmon	1.0	0	3	36
ILB Ernie Crawford	1.0	0	0	38
DT Pete Maxwell	0.0	1	0	25
DE Teddy Campbell	0.0	0	1	36

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Dave Huntley	0.5	0	2	23
DT Dale Godfrey	0.5	0	0	20
DE Kevin Kuklick	0.0	1	1	23
OLB Hugh Coker	0.0	0	1	21
DE Fernando Page	0.0	0	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Gilbert Lane	5	0	0	37
CB Mercury Milloy	5	0	0	32
ILB Ernie Crawford	3	0	1	38
S Ethan Randle	3	0	1	36
S Brent Huh	2	0	0	15
OLB Lenny Walton	1	1	0	37
OLB Isaac Howard	1	0	0	6
CB Carlos Peters	1	0	0	38
DT Clay Schwartz	0	1	0	4

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Travis Kiser	4	0	0	23
CB Cornell Russell	2	0	1	23
S Todd Bishop	1	1	0	15
ILB Derek Parrish	1	0	0	22
S Rusty Cunningham	1	0	0	22
S Brandon Evans	1	0	0	6
CB Billy Joe Bode	0	1	0	12

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ralph Wright	1	13	28	0	24
Doug Corey	1	7	29	0	23
Tito Bensen	1	1	7	0	3
Jeff Money	0	3	30	0	24
Robbie Garrison	0	1	23	1	21
Artie Hassell	0	1	12	0	6
Melvin Newsome	0	1	7	0	1
Adam Wyse	0	1	25	0	23

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rufus Kirchgessner	3	6	27	0	30
Harold McIntyre	2	5	29	0	34
Bo Newhart	1	2	31	1	38
Herb Fisk	1	2	20	0	17
Myron Wallace	0	6	25	0	34
Scottie Genovese	0	2	15	0	11
J.J. Wallace	0	2	22	0	22
Louie Dodge	0	1	4	0	8
Chad Tempest	0	1	22	0	31
Dustin Price	0	0	2	1	4

Special Teams Statistics

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Larry Jurkiewicz	2	15
Mercury Milloy	1	18
Spencer Stevenson	1	12
Adam Wyse	1	8
Erik Rose	0	20
Roman Ciervo	0	15
Brent Huh	0	12
Gilbert Lane	0	10
Claude Hutson	0	10
Carlos Peters	0	9
Tito Bensen	0	9
Melvin Newsome	0	9
Victor Kappers	0	9
Wes Copeland	0	9
Isaac Howard	0	8
Richie Gardner	0	7
Matt Strickland	0	7
Dave Shapiro	0	6
Gabe Riley	0	6
Doug Corey	0	4
Artie Hassell	0	4
Joseph Mahoney	0	4
Roy Vaughn	0	4
Craig Harkless	0	4
Ernie Crawford	0	3
Pete Maxwell	0	3
Mo Bellais	0	3
Jessie Malchow	0	3
Lenny Walton	0	2
Donald Maxwell	0	2
Don Harmon	0	2
Teddy Campbell	0	2
Ethan Randle	0	2
Dustin Bahr	0	1

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Alex Gilmore	2	29
Lorenzo Benson	2	11
Ethan Preston	0	21
Shawn Kubus	0	21
Brandon Evans	0	19
Harris Collins	0	14
Graham Moore	0	11
Alvin Duran	0	11
J.J. Wallace	0	9
Casey Lincoln	0	9
Lincoln Edwards	0	9
Frank Kolaja	0	7
Herb Fisk	0	7
Freddie Geathers	0	7
Scottie Genovese	0	6
Louie Dodge	0	6
Billy Joe Bode	0	6
Myron Wallace	0	6
Antoine Terry	0	6
Junior Thomas	0	6
Dustin Price	0	6
Todd Bishop	0	4
Rufus Kirchgessner	0	4
Jeremy Kelly	0	2
Shane Flowers	0	2
Derek Parrish	0	1
Travis Kiser	0	1
Trevor Chandler	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	10	2.5
Middle	19	39	2.1
Right	5	15	3.0
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	11	2.8
Middle	21	69	3.3
Right	6	17	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jimmy Tarver	23	10	1	2	2	2	5	0	1

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Derrick Tatum	36	21	2	3	3	2	4	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	2	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	4	3	23	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	3	44	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	10	3	56	5.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	4	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	12	73	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	71	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	10	3	90	9.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dustin Bahr	8	3	1	35	0	19
TE Richie Gardner	4	2	0	18	0	18
WR Jessie Malchow	4	2	0	38	1	16
WR Claude Hutson	3	2	0	32	0	15
RB Levon Morrison	2	1	1	2	0	14
TE Roman Ciervo	1	0	0	0	0	4
WR Courtney Newhart	1	0	0	0	0	9

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Marvin McBurrows	9	6	0	63	0	28
WR Shane Flowers	7	2	1	32	0	28
RB Brenden Johnstone	6	3	1	10	0	21
WR Harris Collins	4	3	0	57	1	26
WR Mack Giles	4	2	1	27	0	21
WR Casey Lincoln	3	2	0	40	1	11
TE J.J. Wallace	1	1	0	6	0	22
RB Ethan Preston	1	1	0	4	0	11
FB Herb Fisk	1	1	0	-1	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Erik Rose	1	4	4.00	2.36

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brenden Johnstone	2	3	1.50	2.38
Ethan Preston	1	1	1.00	3.80

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jimmy Tarver	1	1	14	14.00	5.43

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Claude Hutson	1	1	14	14.00	10.67

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Erik Rose	2	0
Levon Morrison	1	0
Jimmy Tarver	1	0

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Derrick Tatum	3	1
Brenden Johnstone	2	2
Ethan Preston	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jimmy Tarver	11	5	4

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Derrick Tatum	7	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Richie Gardner	4	2	2
WR Dustin Bahr	4	2	1
WR Jessie Malchow	2	1	1
WR Claude Hutson	1	0	0

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Brenden Johnstone	2	1	1
WR Marvin McBurrows	2	0	0
WR Harris Collins	2	1	1
WR Casey Lincoln	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,200 (21,400)
End Zone 11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,200 (21,400)
End Zone	11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)