New Orleans-Rian Lindell nailed a 54-yard field goal with 3:23 left in the 4th Quarter and the Buffalo Bills edged the New Orleans Saints, 13-10 at the Louisiana Superdome Friday evening in NFL preseason action. Despite the fact that New Orleans outgained Buffalo, 375-212, numerous turnovers inside the red zone doomed the Saints. However, New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees appeared to be in midseason form as he consistently riddled the Buffalo secondary by completing 11 of 13 passes for 118 yards. On the initial series of the game, he led the Saints into field goal territory, but a field goal by newly acquired kicker Olindo Mare was blocked by Bills offensive lineman Langston Walker. The Saints also received a strong performance from reserve signal-caller Tyler Palko. The rookie from Pittsburgh threw for 178 yards, including a two-yard touchdown pass to fellow rookie Robert Meachem, but his showing was undone by two interceptions.

Box Score (Final)
Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
----------    - - - -   ----
Bills...............  0  3  7  3  - 13       Record: (1-0)
Saints..............  0  3  0  7  - 10       Record: (0-2)

Scoring Summary:                                                          BUFFALO - NEWORLNS

2nd 14:56 NEWORLNS - Olindo Mare 42 yd field goal
                                           12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:34         0 - 3
    00:40 BUFFALO - Rian Lindell 36 yd field goal
                                           14 plays, 63 yards, TOP 8:15         3 - 3
3rd 03:51 BUFFALO - Fred Jackson 17 yd run (Rian Lindell kick)
                                            5 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:09        10 - 3
4th 11:23 NEWORLNS - Robert Meacham 2 yd pass from Tyler Palko (Brett Bergstrom kick)
                                           16 plays, 68 yards, TOP 7:28        10 - 10
    03:23 BUFFALO - Rian Lindell 54 yd field goal
                                            8 plays, 25 yards, TOP 4:02        13 - 10
                                  BUFFALO NEWORLNS
FIRST DOWNS...................       15       24
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   26-115    23-98
PASSING YDS (NET).............       97      277
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  24-19-0  41-27-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   53-212   66-375
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............      2-1     3--6
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     3-66    4-102
Interception Returns-Yards....     2--2      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   5-43.6   2-45.5
Fumbles-Lost..................      0-0      0-0
Penalties-Yards...............     2-10     7-51
Possession Time...............    30:34    28:26
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-19     3-27

RUSHING: Bills-Fred Jackson 7-46; Dwayne Wright 6-23; Shaud Williams 5-15;
J.P. Losman 1-12; Trent Edwards 2-8; Anthony Thomas 3-7; Marshawn Lynch 2-4.
Saints-Tyler Palko 4-47; Antonio Pittman 9-27; Reggie Bush 3-16; Mike Karney
1-7; Deuce McAlliste 3-3; Aaron Stecker 1-2; Pierre Thomas 2-minus 4.

PASSING: Bills-Trent Edwards 10-11-0-49; Craig Nall 5-7-0-54; J.P. Losman
4-6-0-21; TM 0-0-0-minus 27. Saints-Tyler Palko 16-28-2-178; Drew Brees
11-13-0-118; TM 0-0-0-minus 19.

RECEIVING: Bills-Sam Aiken 4-30; Roscoe Parrish 3-43; Fred Jackson 2-19;
Josh Reed 2-18; Brad Ciesiak 2-minus 2; Ryan Neufeld 1-8; Donovan Morgan
1-5; Lee Evans 1-5; Jonathan Smith 1-3; Marshawn Lynch 1-minus 2; Dwayne
Wright 1-minus 3. Saints-Lance Moore 6-56; Terrance Copper 4-49; Devery
Henderso 3-52; Reggie Bush 2-24; Robert Meacham 2-20; Eric Johnson 2-16;
Antonio Pittman 1-24; Kevin Dudley 1-18; Aaron Hosack 1-11; Deuce McAlliste
1-9; Mike Karney 1-6; Marques Colston 1-5; Aaron Stecker 1-4; Pierre Thomas
1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS: Bills-Jabari Greer 2-minus 2. Saints-None.

Stadium: Louisiana Superdome   Attendance: 65000
Kickoff time: 6:00      End of Game: 8:49      Total elapsed time: 2:49
Officials: Referee: Gus Johnson; Umpire: Spencer Tillman;
Linesman: James Brown; Line judge: Dan Marino; Back judge: Boomer Esiason;
Field judge: Shannon Sharpe; Side judge: Phil Simms; Scorer: Brad James;
Temperature: 89        Wind: None      Weather: Domed stadium

Bills vs Saints (Aug 10, 2007 at New Orleans)

SACKS (UA-A): Bills-Josh Starner 0-1; Paul Posluszny 1-0; Duane Coleman 0-1.
Saints-Josh Cooper 1-0; Will Smith 1-0; Troy Evans 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Bills-Paul Posluszny 5-0; Jim Leonhard 4-1; Keith Ellison
4-0; Mario Haggan 2-1; Jabari Greer 1-2; John Wendling 1-2; John DiGiorgio
2-0; Anthony Hargrov 2-0; Sam Aiken 2-0; Ashton Youboty 2-0; Josh Starner
1-1; Coy Wire 1-1; Angelo Crowell 0-2; Terrence McGee 1-0; Donte Whitner
1-0; Jason Jefferson 1-0; Josh Scobey 1-0; Reggie Lewis 1-0; John McCargo
1-0; Ko Simpson 1-0; Ryan Denney 1-0; D.J. Fitzpatric 1-0; Larry Triplett
0-1; Duane Coleman 0-1; George Wilson 0-1; C.J. Ah You 0-1. Saints-Troy
Evans 4-0; Jason Craft 4-0; Josh Cooper 3-0; Fred Thomas 3-0; Charles Grant
3-0; Marvin Mitchell 2-1; Antwan Lake 2-0; David Jones 2-0; Roman Harper
2-0; Antonio Pittman 1-0; Willie Whitehea 1-0; Lance Moore 1-0; John Hamm
1-0; Pierre Thomas 1-0; Will Smith 1-0; Alfred Fincher 1-0; Mark Simoneau
1-0; Brian Simmons 1-0; Kevin Kaesvihar 1-0; Jason David 1-0; Anwar Phillips
1-0; Josh Bullocks 1-0; Joe Porter 0-1.