New Orleans Saints14–21Los Angeles Rams

Total yards: New Orleans Saints 327, Los Angeles Rams 339. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: New Orleans Saints 184, Los Angeles Rams 183. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: New Orleans Saints 143, Los Angeles Rams 156. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: New Orleans Saints 18, Los Angeles Rams 21. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: New Orleans Saints 2.0, Los Angeles Rams 0.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: New Orleans Saints 6, Los Angeles Rams 3. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: New Orleans Saints 2, Los Angeles Rams 3. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Penalties: New Orleans Saints 4, Los Angeles Rams 3. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: New Orleans Saints 38, Los Angeles Rams 30. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: New Orleans Saints -1.6, Los Angeles Rams 0.3. Expected points added by the passing game. Above nought is better than an average offence would have managed from the same downs.

Rushing EPA: New Orleans Saints -2.3, Los Angeles Rams 6.4. The same for the running game.