Playoffs 2008 Rnd 1 * Playoff * 01-02-2009 Temp:44 Wind:0-10 None Line:Even MVP:Romo 2007 Montcalm (9-8) 10 7 7 7 31 2007 Steeltown (12-5) 7 0 14 21 42 1 9:26 Montcalm TD Parker 1 run (Crosby,M) (11-80-5:34) 7-0 1 4:43 Steeltown TD Romo 11 pass to Ward (Bironas) (13-79-4:29) 7-7 1 1:05 Montcalm FG Crosby 50 (7-47-3:38) 10-7 2 1:11 Montcalm TD Brees 7 pass to Colston (Crosby,M) (13-77-5:03) 17-7 3 8:02 Montcalm TD Brees 11 pass to Welker (Crosby,M) (9-44-5:06) 24-7 3 2:40 Steeltown TD Romo 4 run (Bironas) (10-80-5:22) 24-14 3 1:02 Steeltown TD Hester 80 punt return (Bironas) (0-0-0:00) 24-21 4 11:23 Montcalm TD Brees 29 pass to Colston (Crosby,M) (10-79-4:26) 31-21 4 4:42 Steeltown TD Romo 2 pass to Cotchery (Bironas) (12-85-6:35) 31-28 4 2:02 Steeltown TD Romo 45 pass to Cotchery (Bironas) (4-67-1:08) 31-35 4 1:34 Steeltown TD Romo 40 pass to Owens (Bironas) (1-40-0:16) 31-42 Mon Ste First Downs 23 29 Rushes 33-150 20-100 Passes 29-17-217 42-26-426 Sacked 0-0 2-15 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 2-15 3-15 Turnovers 1 3 Time 29:33 30:27 Third Down 9-16 6-9 Fourth Down 0-0 1-1 Net Offense 367 511 Injuries: none < Montcalm > < Steeltown > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Brees 29 17 217 0 1 0 3 116.6 Romo 42 26 426 2 3 3 4 97.9 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Parker 22 99 4.5 5 2 13 1 Grant 13 82 6.3 5 3 14 0 Keith 10 47 4.7 3 2 10 0 Romo 6 15 2.5 1 0 5 1 Brees 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Graham 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 33 150 4.5 8 4 13 1 20 100 5.0 6 3 14 1 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Colston 8 0 107 13.4 7 1 29 2 Ward 9 0 125 13.9 9 0 20 1 Welker 5 0 67 13.4 4 0 22 1 Owens 7 0 146 20.9 6 2 40 1 Williams 1 0 14 14.0 1 0 14 0 Cotchery 6 0 120 20.0 6 1 45 2 Mughelli 1 0 10 10.0 1 0 10 0 Graham 2 0 10 5.0 0 0 5 0 Keith 1 0 8 8.0 1 0 8 0 Hester 1 2 17 17.0 1 0 17 0 Lewis 1 1 11 11.0 1 0 11 0 Walker 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Parker 1 0 0 Romo 1 0 0 Graham 0 1 0 Hart 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Cartwright 2 59 29.5 37 0 Hester 5 96 19.2 23 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Hester 4 0 109 27.3 80 1 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Crosby 1-1 50 4-4 7 Bironas 0-1 0 6-6 6 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Lee 4 204 51.0 0 0 0 52 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Griffin 8 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 10 0 2 0 0 1 0-0 James 8 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Hill 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Taylor 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 McAlister 6 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 McCree 5 0 1 0 0 0 2-19 Milloy 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Smith 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Taylor 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Merriman 3 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Bartell 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Blackstock 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Spikes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Okoye 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kelsay 2 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Polamalu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 White 1 0 1 0 1 1 0-0 Hart 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Simoneau 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gbaja-Biami 1 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Hagler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 DeVries 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Draft 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bullitt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tripplett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Williams 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Weddle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Mon kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 14:23 Mon Brees-Colston 11 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Key-Parker 1 10 own31 13:43 Mon Parker 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 6 own35 13:05 Mon Brees-Lewis 11 Bas S-Flat 5-2 Z Key-Parker 1 10 own46 12:24 Mon Keith 10 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 opp44 11:48 Mon Parker 6 Bas Trap-R/PA 3-4 M Dbl-Welker 2 4 opp38 11:45 Mon Brees-Welker X Bas M-Slant 5-2 M Key-Parker 3 4 opp38 11:05 Mon Keith 6 Bas OffTkl-L 3-2 M Pass-Dbl-Welker 1 10 opp32 10:22 Mon Brees-Colston 11 Bas M-Fly 5-2 M Basic 1 10 opp21 9:44 Mon Brees-Colston 18 Bas M-Seam 5-2 M Run-Parker,W 1 3 opp3 9:36 Mon Keith 2 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 tM Goalline 2 1 opp1 9:36 Mon Ste Wins Challenge 2 1 opp1 9:26 Mon Parker 1/TD Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 tM Goalline 7-0 KO 9:12 Ste Hester ret of 21 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 8:35 Ste Romo-Ward 14 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Key-Ward 1 10 own35 8:28 Ste Romo-Owens X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Run-Grant,R 2 10 own35 8:22 Ste Romo-Owens X Bas M-Out 4-3 sZ Key-Owens 3 10 own35 7:43 Ste Romo-Hester 17 4WR M-Hitch/sec 4-3 dZ Pass 1 10 opp48 7:39 Ste Romo-Hester X 4WR S-/sec 4-3 sZ Key-Cotchery 2 10 opp48 7:35 Ste Romo-Cotchery X 4WR S-Slant 4-3 dZ Key-Owens 3 10 opp48 7:29 Ste Mon Pen5(Smith) 4WR S-Flat/sec 4-3 dZ Pass 1 10 opp43 6:49 Ste Graham 3 4WR Pitch-L 4-3 sZ Key-Hester 2 7 opp40 6:14 Ste Romo-Owens 6 4WR S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 3 1 opp34 6:09 Ste Romo-Graham X 4WR S-Flat/sec 4-3 sZ Key-Ward 4 1 opp34 5:31 Ste Grant 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp31 4:51 Ste Romo-Ward 20 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Run-Grant,R 1 10 opp11 4:43 Ste Romo-Ward 11/TD Bas S-Out 4-3 sZ Key-Owens 7-7 KO 4:43 Mon kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 4:07 Mon Brees-Colston 7 Bas S-Out 3-3 M Dbl-Welker 2 3 own27 3:24 Mon Parker 2 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 M Run-Parker,W 3 1 own29 2:41 Mon Brees-Colston 16 Bas S-Out 5-2 M Run-Parker,W 1 10 own45 1:58 Mon Brees-Welker 21 Bas S-Flat 3-4 M Key-Parker 1 10 opp34 1:52 Mon Brees-Welker X Bas M-Hitch 3-4 M Basic 2 10 opp34 1:12 Mon Parker 1 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass-Dbl-Colston 3 9 opp33 1:05 Mon Brees-Colston X Bas M-Out/SG 3-1 M Dbl-Welker/Colston 4 9 opp33 0:59 Mon FG Crosby 50/G --- FG --- Block 10-7 KO 0:52 Ste Hester ret of 18 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own18 0:15 Ste Grant 2 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Run-Grant,R 2 8 own20 0:00 Ste Romo-Ward 12 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Key-Owens 2nd Quarter 1 10 own32 14:23 Ste Romo-Walker 8 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 2 2 own40 13:36 Ste Romo-Owens 39 Bas L-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp21 13:30 Ste Romo-Ward X Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Run-Grant,R 2 10 opp21 12:49 Ste Sk-Merriman -10 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Basic/Bz2 3 20 opp31 12:15 Ste Romo-Graham 5 4WR Screen 4-3 dZ Key-Owens 4 15 opp26 12:11 Ste FG Bironas 43/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own33 12:08 Mon Mon Pen10(Snee)/ob Bas S-Out/sec 3-4 Z Key-Parker 1 20 own23 11:28 Mon Keith 10 Bas OffTkl-L/PA 3-2 M Dbl-Welker 2 10 own33 10:45 Mon Parker 4 Bas Trap-L 5-2 M Key-Parker 3 6 own37 10:39 Mon Brees-Colston X Bas M-Slant 3-1 M Pass-Dbl-Welker/Col 4 6 own37 10:30 Mon Lee 50,Hester 11 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own24 10:27 Ste Romo-Owens X Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 2 10 own24 9:44 Ste Grant 8 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Key-Ward 3 2 own32 9:08 Ste Romo-Ward 17 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Run-Grant,R 1 10 own49 8:25 Ste Romo-Owens 14 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Run-Grant,R 1 10 opp37 7:46 Ste Romo-Ward 11 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Basic/Bz2 1 10 opp26 7:06 Ste Grant 6 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Key-Grant 2 4 opp20 6:28 Ste Romo-Owens 10 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Key-Owens 1 10 opp10 6:23 Ste Romo-Ward X Bas S-Out 3-4 sZ Key-Ward 2 10 opp10 6:14 Ste Romo-INT-McCree Bas S-Slant 3-4 sZ Key-Owens 1 10 own23 5:35 Mon Parker 0 Bas Trap-R 3-2 Z Basic 2 10 own23 4:59 Mon Brees-Welker 3 Bas S-Hitch 3-2 M Dbl-Welker 3 7 own26 4:19 Mon Brees-Colston 8 4WR M-Out/SG/sec 3-2 M Pass-Dbl-Welker 1 10 own34 3:36 Mon Parker 3 Bas Pitch-L 3-2 M Dbl-Welker 2 7 own37 2:55 Mon Brees 4 Bas M-Hitch 5-2 M Key-Keith 3 3 own41 2:21 Mon Brees-Williams 14 Bas S-Slant 5-2 M Run-Keith 1 10 opp45 2:00 Mon Keith 6 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 M Key-Keith 2 4 opp39 1:57 Mon Brees-Mughelli 10 Bas S-Out 5-2 M Run-Parker,W 1 10 opp29 1:44 Mon Parker 13 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 M Basic 1 10 opp16 1:40 Mon Brees-Lewis X Bas S-Out 3-2 M Dbl-Welker 2 10 opp16 1:30 Mon Parker 4 Bas Trap-L 3-2 M Basic 3 6 opp12 1:19 Mon Ste Pen5(Gbaja-Biami Bas M-Slant 3-1 M Pass-Dbl-Welker 3 1 opp7 1:11 Mon Brees-Colston 7/TD Bas S-Slant 3-1 M Pass-Dbl-Colston 17-7 KO 0:57 Ste Hester ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own19 0:28 Ste Romo 2/F 4WR M-Cross 4-3 dZ Key-Ward 2 8 own21 0:06 Ste Romo-Cotchery 14 4WR M-Cross 4-3 dZ Key-Owens 1 10 own35 0:01 Ste Romo-INT-McCree 4WR B-Post/sec 4-3 dZ Pass 1 10 opp45 0:00 Mon Brees-Welker 22 Bas L-Out/SG 3-1 Z Pass 3rd Quarter KO 14:53 Ste Hester ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 14:13 Ste Grant 7 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Key-Ward 2 3 own23 14:02 Ste Romo-Owens X Bas M-Cross 4-3 sZ Key-Owens/Bz2 3 3 own23 13:12 Ste Grant 13 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Key-Ward 1 10 own36 13:08 Ste Romo-INT-Okoye Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 sZ Key-Owens 1 10 opp44 12:28 Mon Parker 5 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 5 opp39 12:18 Mon Brees-Colston X Bas M-Hitch 3-4 Z Basic 3 5 opp39 11:42 Mon Brees-Keith 8 Bas S-Slant/sec 3-4 M Dbl-Welker 1 10 opp31 11:00 Mon Parker 5 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Basic 2 5 opp26 10:16 Mon Keith 5 Bas Trap-L 3-4 M Basic 3 0 opp21 9:34 Mon Parker 4 Bas Trap-L/PA 3-2 M Pass-Dbl-Welker 1 10 opp17 8:53 Mon Parker 4 Bas Sweep-L 3-2 M Basic 2 6 opp13 8:16 Mon Keith 2 Bas OffTkl-R 3-2 M Basic 3 4 opp11 8:02 Mon Brees-Welker 11/TD Bas S-Hitch 5-2 M Run-Parker,W 24-7 KO 8:02 Ste kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 7:24 Ste Grant 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own25 6:42 Ste Sk-Okoye -5 Bas L-Hitch 4-3 sZ Key-Ward 3 10 own20 6:03 Ste Romo-Cotchery 21 4WR M-Fly 4-3 dZ Key-Ward 1 10 own41 5:28 Ste Romo-Graham 5 4WR Screen 4-3 Z Run-Graham,E 2 5 own46 4:47 Ste Romo-Cotchery 20 4WR M-Slant 4-3 sZ Key-Owens 1 10 opp34 4:44 Ste Romo-Graham X 4WR M-Out/sec 4-3 Z Key-Graham 2 10 opp34 4:05 Ste Romo-Cotchery 18 4WR M-Hitch 4-3 sZ Key-Cotchery/Bz1 1 10 opp16 4:05 Ste Pen5(Pashos) 4WR M-Slant 3-4 dZ Key-Ward 1 15 opp21 3:24 Ste Romo-Ward 18 4WR M-Out 3-4 dZ Key-Ward 1 3 opp3 2:48 Ste Grant -1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Goalline 2 4 opp4 2:40 Ste Romo 4/TD Bas S-Flat 4-3 tM Goalline 24-14 KO 2:40 Mon kick downed --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own20 2:37 Mon Brees-Welker X Bas M-Slant 4-2 Z Basic 2 10 own20 1:57 Mon Parker 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 M Dbl-Welker 3 5 own25 1:15 Mon Keith 3 Bas OffTkl-L/PA 4-2 M Pass-Dbl-Welker 4 2 own28 1:02 Mon Lee 52,Hester 80 TD --- Pt-deep --- Return 24-21 KO 0:49 Mon Cartwright ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 0:04 Mon Parker 13 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 Z Basic 1 10 own34 0:00 Mon Keith 0 Bas Trap-L 5-2 Z Key-Keith 4th Quarter 2 10 own34 14:22 Mon Brees-Welker 10 Bas S-Out 5-2 Z Key-Keith 1 10 own44 13:44 Mon Parker 7 Bas Sweep-L 5-2 M Pass 2 3 opp49 13:06 Mon Keith 3 Bas OffTkl-R 5-2 M Run-Keith 1 10 opp46 13:02 Mon Brees-Lewis X Bas S-Flat 5-2 M Basic 2 10 opp46 12:21 Mon Parker 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-2 M Pass-Dbl-Welker 3 6 opp42 12:09 Mon Ste Pen5(Lewis) 3W1 M-Fly/SG 3-4 M Pass-Dbl-Welker 3 1 opp37 11:30 Mon Parker 8 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 M Run-Parker,W 1 10 opp29 11:23 Mon Brees-Colston 29/TD Bas S-Out 5-2 M Key-Parker 31-21 KO 11:17 Ste Hester ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 10:35 Ste Romo-Owens 17 Bas M-Slant 4-3 dZ Key-Ward 1 10 own32 9:52 Ste Grant 12 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Run-Grant,R 1 10 own44 9:06 Ste Grant 14 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Key-Owens 1 10 opp42 8:24 Ste Romo 5 Bas M-Out 4-3 Z Key-Ward 2 5 opp37 7:43 Ste Grant 4 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Run-Grant,R/Bz1 3 1 opp33 7:01 Ste Grant 5 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp28 6:52 Ste Romo-Owens X Bas M-Fly/sec 4-3 Z Run-Grant,R 2 10 opp28 6:15 Ste Romo-Ward 11 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 sZ Key-Ward 1 10 opp17 6:07 Ste Romo-Ward X Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 opp17 5:27 Ste Grant 4 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Pass 3 6 opp13 4:49 Ste Romo-Ward 11 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Pass 1 2 opp2 4:42 Ste Romo-Cotchery 2/TD 4WR S-Flat 4-3 Z Run-Graham,E 31-28 KO 4:42 Mon kick downed --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own20 4:00 Mon Parker 5 Bas Pitch-R 5-2 Z Key-Parker 2 5 own25 3:22 Mon Parker -2 Bas Draw 5-2 Z Key-Parker 3 7 own23 3:17 Mon Brees-Williams X 3W1 M-Cross/SG 3-1 M Pass-Dbl-Colston 4 7 own23 3:10 Mon Lee 51,Hester 7 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own33 3:03 Ste Romo-Hester X 4WR M-Hitch 4-3 sZ Key-Cotchery 2 10 own33 2:41 Ste Romo-Owens 20 4WR M-Cross 4-3 sZ Key-Cotchery 1 10 opp47 2:18 Ste Romo 2 4WR S- 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 opp45 2:02 Ste Romo-Cotchery 45/TD 4WR M-Seam 4-3 Z Key-Owens 31-35 KO 2:00 Mon Cartwright ret of 37 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own37 1:50 Mon Parker 3/F Bas OffTkl-L 3-2 M Dbl-Welker 1 10 opp40 1:34 Ste Romo-Owens 40/TD Bas M-Fly 4-3 M Basic 31-42 KO 1:34 Mon kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 1:27 Mon Brees-Colston X Bas M-Out 3-1 dZ Pass 2 10 own20 1:17 Mon Brees-Colston X Bas L-Out 3-1 Z Pass 3 10 own20 1:14 Mon Brees-Colston X 4WR M-Hitch/SG 3-1 Z Pass 4 10 own20 1:06 Mon Lee 51,Hester 11 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own40 0:19 Ste Romo 3 3TE Dive 4-3 dZ Pass 2 7 own43 0:00 Ste Romo -1 3TE Dive 4-3 Z Basic