The New Orleans Saints shocked the Baltimore Ravens, coming back from an 11-point deficit to seal a 24-17 victory to improve to 1-1 on the season.
Quarterback Tyler Shough put together another stellar fourth quarter, while the Saints’ defense and special teams did everything necessary to fuel the upset victory.
Here are some of the numbers that help to tell the story of the Saints’ big win in Baltimore.
3 – The Saints’ defense allowed just three points in the second half.
3.4 – After carrying the ball 11 times for 51 rushing yards (4.6 yards per carry) in the first half, Ravens running back Derrick Henry received just five carries for 17 rushing yards (3.4 yards per carry) in the second half.
7 – For the second week in a row, edge rusher Chase Young led the Saints in pressure with seven, per Next Gen Stats.
11 – The Saints came back from an 11-point deficit (14-3) for their win of the season. It’s the second week in a row that the team has erased a double-digit margin.
13 – The Saints have gone scoreless in the first quarter 13 of head coach Kellen Moore’s 19 career games leading New Orleans.
23 – New Orleans has not led at the end of the first quarter in 23 consecutive games.
85.7 – Shough completed 85.7% of his fourth-quarter passes against Baltimore (12/14). The highest completion percentage for a Saints passer with at least 10 fourth-quarter passing attempts since 2023.
113 – Against the blitz, Shough went 10 of 13 for a career-high 113 passing yards, per Next Gen Stats.
662 – With Monday Night Football pending, Shough leads the NFL with 662 passing yards. His top wide receiver, Chris Olave, ranks second in receiving yards with 268.
2020 – There have been 26 games in franchise history in which a Saints quarterback attempted 30-plus passes and notched a completion rate of 79% or better. Shough’s performance against the Ravens was the first since Drew Brees in 2020.
