PATRIOTS KICKOFF PRESEASON AGAINST SAINTS MEDIA SCHEDULE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS MONDAY, AUGUST 9 Thursday, August 12, 2010 ¹ Gillette Stadium (68,756) ¹ 7:30 p.m. EDT 9:30 a.m. Coach Belichick Press Conf. The Patriots open the preseason at home against the defending Super Bowl 10:00—11:15 a.m. Practice (Walkthrough) Champion New Orleans Saints. The Patriots will conduct joint practice sessions with 11:15 – 12:00 p.m. Player Media Availability New Orleans on Tuesday and Wednesday. It will mark the first time the Patriots will 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.. Practice conduct a joint practice session since working with the New York Giants in 2001. BROADCAST INFORMATION TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by the Patriots Preseason 8:15 a.m. Nick Caserio Press Conf. Television Network and can be seen in every New England state as well as Eastern 9:00 - 1100 a.m. Joint Practice with Saints Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. The network's flagship station is WBZ-TV Channel 4 in 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Player Media Availability Boston. Veteran CBS broadcaster Don Criqui provides play-by-play and is joined by 3:45 – 5:30 p.m.. Joint Practice with Saints three-time NFL Pro Bowler and CBS analyst Randy Cross. PATRIOTS PRESEASON TELEVISION NETWORK WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 Massachusetts Connecticut 8:15 a.m. Coach Belichick Press Conf. Boston, Mass. WBZ-TV Ch. 4 Hartford, Conn. WCTX-TV Channel 59 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Joint Practice with Saints Springfield, Mass. WWLP-TV Ch. 22 Vermont 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Player Media Availability Rhode Island Burlington, Vt. WVNY-TV Channel 22 Providence, R.I. WNAC-TV Ch. 64 Hawaii THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 New Hampshire Honolulu, Hawaii KHNL-TV Channel 9 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Patriots Hall of Fame Manchester, N.H. WMUR-TV Ch. 9 Alaska Ceremony for Sam “Bam” Cunningham Maine Anchorage, Alaska KIMO-TV Channel 13 7:30 p.m. Kickoff Patriots vs. Saints Portland, Maine WMTW-TV Ch. 8 Canada (Quebec/Maritimes) Bangor, Maine WVII-TV Ch. 7 Rogers Sports Net East 2010 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE PRESEASON RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Thurs., Aug. 12 New Orleans 7:30 WBZ Network. A complete listing of the network’s 36 stations can be found in this press Thurs., Aug 19 at Atlanta 8:00 FOX release. Play-by-play broadcaster Gil Santos is in his 34th season as the voice of the Thurs., Aug. 26 St. Louis 7:30 WBZ Patriots and will call the action along with Patriots Hall of Famer Gino Cappelletti. Thurs., Sept. 2 at N.Y. Giants 7:00 WBZ Santos and Cappelletti are celebrating their 27th season as a tandem. SAM CUNNINGHAM INDUCTED INTO PATRIOTS HALL OF FAME REGULAR SEASON A public ceremony will be held outside The Hall at Patriot Sun., Sept. 12 Cincinnati 1:00 CBS Place presented by Raytheon on Thursday, Aug. 12, prior to the Sun., Sept. 19 at N.Y. Jets 4:15 CBS team’s 2010 preseason debut against the New Orleans Saints, to Sun., Sept. 26 Buffalo 1:00 CBS induct Sam “Bam” Cunningham into the team’s hall of fame. The Mon., Oct. 4 at Miami 8:30 ESPN event is free and Patriots fans are encouraged to attend. Sun., Oct. 10 BYE WEEK Cunningham is the 15th player to be inducted into the Patriots Hall Sun., Oct. 17 Baltimore 1:00 CBS of Fame. Sun., Oct. 24 at San Diego 4:15 CBS A consensus All-America running back who helped Southern Cal win a national Sun., Oct. 31 Minnesota 4:15 FOX championship in 1972, Cunningham was drafted 11th overall by the Patriots in 1973, Sun., Nov. 7 at Cleveland 1:00 CBS the second of three first round picks joining John Hannah (4th overall) and Darryl Sun., Nov. 14 at Pittsburgh 8:20 NBC Stingley (19th). Cunningham had his best statistical season in 1977 when he became Sun., Nov. 21 Indianapolis 4:15 CBS* just the second player in franchise history to rush for over 1,000 yards (1,015). While Thurs., Nov. 25 at Detroit 12:30 CBS 1977 was his best statistical season individually, the following year’s contributions are Mon., Dec. 6 N.Y. Jets 8:30 ESPN the ones that remain in the NFL record book 31 years later. That was when Sun., Dec. 12 at Chicago 1:00 CBS* Cunningham led a quartet of rushers who powered the Patriots to a combined team Sun., Dec. 19 Green Bay 8:20 NBC* rushing record of 3,165 yards, an NFL record that still stands today. Cunningham Sun., Dec. 26 at Buffalo 1:00 CBS* surpassed last year’s hall of fame inductee, Jim Nance, as the franchise’s all-time Sun., Jan. 2 Miami 1:00 CBS* leading rusher in 1981 and completed his 9-year career the next year. Twenty-eight years later, he remains the franchise’s all-time leading rusher with 5,543 yards on PATRIOTS MEDIA WEBSITE 1,385 carries and ranks second with 43 career rushing touchdowns. The Patriots’ media-only website, located at MEDIA CONTACTS http://media.patriots.com, will be updated for PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 registered users throughout training camp with all Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relation, [email protected] 508-384-9105 the latest media information, schedules, rosters Aaron Salkin, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected] and press releases. The media site will also serve Christy Berkery, Media Relations Assistant, [email protected] as the team’s primary credentialing system again Jeff Cournoyer, Director of Corporate Communications, [email protected] in 2008. PATRIOTS VS. SAINTS SERIES HISTORY TALE OF THE TAPE The Patriots will square off with the 2009 Regular Season New England New Orleans New Orleans Saints in a preseason game Record 10-6 13-3 for the first time since 2005 when the Divisional Standings 1st 1st Saints took a 37-27 win in their first visit Total Yards Gained 6,357 6,461 ever to Gillette Stadium. Total Offense (Rank) 397.3 (3) 403.8 (1) The teams have met in the Rush Offense 120.1 (12) 131.6 (6) preseason eight times and are tied at Pass Offense 277.3 (3) 272.2 (4) four wins each. The Patriots are 2-2 at Points Per Game 26.7 (6) 21.8 (14) home against the Saints. Total Yards Allowed 5,123 5,724 This week’s preseason meeting Total Defense 320.2 (11) 357.8 (25) marks the fourth time that the Patriots will open the preseason Rush Defense 110.5 (13) 122.2 (21) against the Saints, having done so in 1968, 1985 and 1994. The Pass Defense 209.7 (12) 235.6 (26) 1994 game marked Robert Kraft’s first game as owner of the Points Allowed/Game 17.8 (5) 21.3 (20) team. Possession Avg. 32:55 31.10 The team’s met last season on Monday Night Football with Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost 18/104 20/135 New Orleans capturing a 38-17 victory at the Superdome on Sacks Made/Yards 31/229 35/192 Nov. 30. That win snapped a three-game winning streak by the Total Touchdowns Scored 50 64 Patriots over the Saints and also ended a Penalties Against/Yards 81/743 89/787 streak of 17 straight wins against NFC Punts/Avg. 57/39.0 58/43.6 opponents. Field Goals Made/Att. 26/31 22/28 The Patriots lead the all-time Takeaway/Giveaway Ratio +6 +11 regular-season series with an 8-4 record THE LAST MEETING against New Orleans, including a 4-3 SAINTS 38, PATRIOTS 17 record in home games. November 30, 2009 ¹ Louisiana Superdome 1 2 3 4 Final Preseason – New England 4, New Orleans 4 New England Patriots 7 3 7 0 17 Date Result Score H/A Stadium New Orleans Saints 3 21 7 7 38 08/10/68 L 0-19 A Tulane Stadium 08/29/70 L 0-26 * Mississippi Veterans New Orleans QB Drew Brees threw for 371 yards and five 08/25/73 W 31-6 A Tulane Stadium touchdowns to lead the Saints to a 38-17 win over the Patriots 08/18/74 W 7-3 H Schaefer Stadium 08/10/85 L 20-32 H Sullivan Stadium on Monday Night Football. After falling behind 24-10 at halftime 08/16/86 W 38-34 A Louisiana Superdome following a 21-point second quarter by New Orleans, the Patriots 08/05/94 W 24-6 H Foxboro Stadium opened the third quarter with an 8-play, 81-yard drive that 08/18/05 L 27-37 H Gillette Stadium culminated with a 2-yard scoring run by RB Laurence Maroney to *-at Jackson, Miss. get within a touchdown at 24-17. That drive was highlighted by Regular Season – New England 8, New Orleans 4 a 47-yard completion from QB Tom Brady to WR Randy Moss. Date Result Score H/A Stadium The Saints needed just three plays to extend their lead. Brees 12/10/72 W 17-10 A Tulane Stadium connected on a pass to WR Marques Colston on a pass play that 12/05/76 W 27-6 H Schaefer Stadium resulted in a 68-yard gain. That play set up a 2-yard touchdown 12/21/80 W 38-27 A Louisiana Superdome pass from Brees to TE Darnell Dinkins for a 31-17 lead.