Saints at Bengals
Doug Miller, NewOrleansSaints.com
Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 9:30 PM
Cincinnati, Ohio-In front of an announced crowd of 65,227, the second largest preseason crowd in Cincinnati Bengals history, the New Orleans Saints picked up their first win of the 2007 preseason with a 27-19 victory over the Bengals.
Deuce McAllister opens the scoring
The Saints scored first and never looked back, at one point owning a 29-12 lead late in the fourth quarter before the Bengals managed to make the score look a tad bit more respectable.
"There were some good things that happened out there tonight," said Head Coach Sean Payton. But that were some things there in the second quarter that went down hill there for awhile and we need to get that cleaned up. That didn't please me very much."
The Saints out-gained the Bengals not only on the scoreboard, but also in key stat categories such as: first downs (21-20), total yards (283-267) and passing yards (216-180).