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Saints Have Owned the Fourth Quarter
Posted by rphillips at 12/16/2009 6:41 PM CST on truebluefanclub.com
[FONT=verdana,geneva]The Saints aren’t exactly fast starters. They have scored 71 first-quarter points, though only 17 in the last six games. Opponents have actually outscored them, 85-71, in the first 15 minutes.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Where they’re deadly is the fourth quarter, where they’ve outscored their opponents 125-34.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]The Cowboys have scored 43 points, including only four touchdowns, in the first quarter. But an early lead would prove beneficial on the road Saturday.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]“I think it’s important if we’re playing whoever, it’s great to have a touchdown as your first drive,” wide receiver Miles Austin said. “We’re going to try to do that against the Saints; we’re going to try to do that against every team we play. Every game, we’re trying to score every time we get the ball.”[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]-Rob[/FONT]
Has It Really Been 15 Years?
Posted by nickeatman at 12/16/2009 6:09 PM CST on truebluefanclub.com
[FONT=verdana,geneva]I know the Saints have dominated this series recently, but I was a little surprised it’s been 15 years since the Cowboys have beaten New Orleans. The Saints, right? [/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,geneva]I know they look like an 11-man Pro Bowl squad here lately, but it’s still the Saints. And the Cowboys have lost five straight games against them and none since 1994. [/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,geneva]However, that doesn’t seem that long ago. I can still remember Larry Allen chasing down Darion Conner after an interception. The best part of that play was how the ABC announcers just couldn’t get over LA fetching a linebacker. Not only that, but it saved a touchdown and Jim Everett-led Saints only managed a field goal.[/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,geneva]Another part of that game was that the Cowboys needed two defensive touchdowns – interception returns by Tony Tolbert and Darrin Smith – to beat a struggling New Orleans squad, 24-16. [/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,geneva]While New Orleans has won five straight games in this series, it brings the Cowboys’ all-time series record to 14-8 against the Saints. [/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana,geneva]Does any of this matter come Saturday night? Nope. But it does seem strange that the Cowboys haven’t won in New Orleans in 15 years. (And anytime I get to bring up Larry Allen’s remarkable play, I’m going to do it.) [/FONT]
Posted by rphillips at 12/16/2009 6:41 PM CST on truebluefanclub.com
[FONT=verdana,geneva]The Saints aren’t exactly fast starters. They have scored 71 first-quarter points, though only 17 in the last six games. Opponents have actually outscored them, 85-71, in the first 15 minutes.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Where they’re deadly is the fourth quarter, where they’ve outscored their opponents 125-34.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]The Cowboys have scored 43 points, including only four touchdowns, in the first quarter. But an early lead would prove beneficial on the road Saturday.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]“I think it’s important if we’re playing whoever, it’s great to have a touchdown as your first drive,” wide receiver Miles Austin said. “We’re going to try to do that against the Saints; we’re going to try to do that against every team we play. Every game, we’re trying to score every time we get the ball.”[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]-Rob[/FONT]
Has It Really Been 15 Years?
Posted by nickeatman at 12/16/2009 6:09 PM CST on truebluefanclub.com
[FONT=verdana,geneva]I know the Saints have dominated this series recently, but I was a little surprised it’s been 15 years since the Cowboys have beaten New Orleans. The Saints, right? [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva][/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]I know they look like an 11-man Pro Bowl squad here lately, but it’s still the Saints. And the Cowboys have lost five straight games against them and none since 1994. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva][/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]However, that doesn’t seem that long ago. I can still remember Larry Allen chasing down Darion Conner after an interception. The best part of that play was how the ABC announcers just couldn’t get over LA fetching a linebacker. Not only that, but it saved a touchdown and Jim Everett-led Saints only managed a field goal.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva][/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Another part of that game was that the Cowboys needed two defensive touchdowns – interception returns by Tony Tolbert and Darrin Smith – to beat a struggling New Orleans squad, 24-16. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva][/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]While New Orleans has won five straight games in this series, it brings the Cowboys’ all-time series record to 14-8 against the Saints. [/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva][/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,geneva]Does any of this matter come Saturday night? Nope. But it does seem strange that the Cowboys haven’t won in New Orleans in 15 years. (And anytime I get to bring up Larry Allen’s remarkable play, I’m going to do it.) [/FONT]
