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SAINT-DENIS, France (Interstat) — Tyler Shough completed 30 of 38 passes for 278 yards and a touchdown for New Orleans, but Aaron Rodgers threw for 212 yards and a score as Pittsburgh defeated New Orleans 16-10 on Sunday in an NFL game at Stade de France. Rodgers completed 19 of 30 passes and rushed three times for six yards. Robert Spears-Jennings made three tackles. DK Metcalf had two receptions for 56 yards, Darnell Washington caught a 4-yard touchdown pass, Patrick Queen recorded 10 tackles and a sack, and Payton Wilson intercepted a pass. Chris Boswell made three field goals, from 28, 47 and 39 yards. Alvin Kamara had seven catches for 57 yards, Devaughn Vele caught a 1-yard scoring pass, and Jonas Sanker made nine tackles for New Orleans. Jaylen Warren rushed 18 times for 101 yards. Pittsburgh improved to 5-2. New Orleans fell to 2-5. The announced attendance at Stade de France was 78,488.
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SAINT-DENIS, France (Interstat) — The Pittsburgh Steelers used timely scoring, a steady passing game and four field goals from Chris Boswell to defeat the New Orleans Saints 16-10 in a National Football League game Sunday at Stade de France. A crowd of 78,488 watched Pittsburgh improve to 5-2 while New Orleans fell to 2-5. The game was played as a designated home contest for New Orleans. Boswell accounted for the first scoring swing and later helped seal the result. He made a 28-yard field goal with 10:51 remaining in the first quarter to give Pittsburgh a 3-0 lead. New Orleans answered with Daniel Carlson’s 38-yard field goal with 10:17 left in the second quarter. Pittsburgh moved back ahead when Aaron Rodgers threw a short pass to the left to Darnell Washington for a 4-yard touchdown, and Boswell added the extra point. New Orleans tied the game before halftime when Tyler Shough found Devaughn Vele for a 1-yard touchdown on a short pass to the left, followed by Carlson’s extra point. Boswell made a 47-yard field goal as the second-quarter clock reached zero to send Pittsburgh into halftime with a 13-10 advantage. He added a 39-yard field goal with 14 seconds left in the third quarter to extend the lead to 16-10. A 37-yard Boswell field goal with 1:04 remaining in the fourth quarter was nullified by a penalty. Shough, a quarterback from Chandler, Ariz., completed 30 of 38 passes for 278 yards and one touchdown for New Orleans and ran three times for 7 yards. Rodgers, the top star for Pittsburgh, completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards with one touchdown and added three runs for 6 yards. In his previous recent performance, Rodgers completed 33 of 49 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns in a 26-19 win at Tampa Bay. Pittsburgh’s key performances included Robert Spears-Jennings with three tackles, Cameron Johnston with two punts for 89 yards, Rico Dowdle with nine carries for 41 yards and six receptions for 45 yards, DK Metcalf with two receptions for 56 yards, Germie Bernard with three receptions for 27 yards, Brandon Smith with two receptions for 24 yards, Pat Freiermuth with two receptions for 20 yards and Washington with one reception for 4 yards and a touchdown. Patrick Queen had 10 tackles and one sack, while Jamel Dean, Asante Samuel Jr. and Jalen Ramsey each made seven tackles. Payton Wilson had six tackles and one interception. Keeanu Benton had four tackles, and Travis Homer and Jaquan Brisker each had three. Boswell made all three of his field-goal attempts. T.J. Watt had two tackles and one sack, while Cameron Heyward, Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig and Gabriel Rubio each had two tackles. DeShon Elliott, Carson Bruener, Yahya Black, Jack Sawyer, Doneiko Slaughter, Cole Holcomb and Daylen Everette each had one tackle. Kaden Wetjen returned two kickoffs for 60 yards and one punt for 13 yards, while Lew Nichols returned a kickoff for 22 yards. For New Orleans, Carl Granderson had four tackles and 1.5 sacks. Kendre Miller ran eight times for 6 yards and caught three passes for 22 yards. Alvin Kamara ran six times for 5 yards and caught seven passes for 57 yards. Barion Brown caught three passes for 57 yards, returned three kickoffs for 77 yards and returned one punt for 20 yards. Chris Olave caught six passes for 56 yards. Vele caught five passes for 54 yards and a touchdown. Bryce Lance caught two passes for 12 yards, returned a kickoff for 22 yards and made one tackle. Noah Fant caught two passes for 11 yards, Juwan Johnson caught one pass for 7 yards and Oscar Delp caught one pass for 2 yards. Jonas Sanker made nine tackles, Pete Werner had eight, Kaden Elliss and Julian Blackmon each had six, Martin Emerson Jr. had five and Justin Reid had four. Jaylen Warren led Pittsburgh with 18 carries for 101 yards and caught three passes for 36 yards. Pittsburgh entered the game after a 26-19 overtime win at Tampa Bay, a 34-22 home win over Indianapolis, a 27-24 loss at Cleveland, a 30-27 home win over Cincinnati, a 20-3 loss at New England and a 20-13 home win over Atlanta. New Orleans entered after a 34-27 win at the New York Giants, a 23-13 home loss to Minnesota, a 45-24 home loss to Atlanta, a 35-27 home loss to Las Vegas, a 24-17 win at Baltimore and a 31-30 overtime loss at Detroit. Pittsburgh next hosts Cleveland, visits Cincinnati, visits Philadelphia, hosts Denver, hosts Houston, visits Jacksonville, hosts Baltimore, hosts Carolina, visits Tennessee and visits Baltimore. New Orleans next hosts Cleveland, hosts Carolina, visits Chicago, visits Cincinnati, hosts Green Bay, visits Carolina, visits Tampa Bay, hosts Arizona, visits Atlanta and hosts Tampa Bay. Both teams have five home games and five road games in that stretch. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of New Orleans 32, Pittsburgh 24, while Interstat’s ELO system had projected Pittsburgh with a 65.5 percent probability to win. Pittsburgh had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3.5. The total score of 26 went over the over/under line of 43.5, according to the game information.

