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New Orleans Saints at New York Giants

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 6 · MetLife Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New Orleans Saints—Away
New York Giants—Home

Game details

Venue address
One MetLife Stadium Drive, East Rutherford, NJ 07073, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

New Orleans Saints 1–4 · Road 1–1 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 26 · 7 days of rest
New York Giants 3–1–1 · Home 3–0 · Streak T1 · Power Index No. 19 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NO 5 games, NYG 5 games
MetricNONYG
Points per game23.615th21.820th
Points allowed per game30.231st21.210th
Total yards per game322.020th308.221st
Passing yards per game259.89th211.021st
Rushing yards per game81.829th109.016th
Turnovers per game2.230th1.418th
Sacks allowed per game2.622nd2.622nd
Penalty yards per game42.83rd60.216th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 13–23 vs MIN Week 5
  2. L 24–45 vs ATL Week 4
  3. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  4. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  5. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET Week 1

New York Giants: recent results

  1. T 27–27 @ WAS Week 5
  2. W 36–24 vs ARI Week 4
  3. W 12–7 vs TEN Week 3
  4. L 6–28 @ LAR Week 2
  5. W 28–20 vs DAL Week 1

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,299 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Travis Etienne Jr. 128 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Chris Olave 537 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Carl Granderson 1.5 · 3 g

New York Giants: season leaders

Passing
Jameis Winston 805 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Cam Skattebo 294 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Malik Nabers 329 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Abdul Carter 2.0 · 4 g

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Mike Reid LCB
  • Out Nathan Shepherd NT
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Out Vernon Broughton RDE

1 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

New York Giants: injury report

  • Out Bobby Jamison-Travis LDE
  • Out Devin Singletary
  • Out J.C. Davis LT
  • Out Jake Haener QB
  • Out Jason Pinnock FS
  • Out Nikko Reed NB
  • Questionable Colton Hood LCB
  • Questionable DJ James

2 more listed.

12 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 11. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NO 9 · NYG 6 in 15 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 5 NYG 14, NO 26
  2. 2024 · Week 14 NO 14, NYG 11
  3. 2023 · Week 15 NYG 6, NO 24
  4. 2021 · Week 4 NYG 27, NO 21 (OT)
  5. 2018 · Week 4 NO 33, NYG 18

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NO 65.1% · NYG 34.6%

Matchup quality 28.9 / 100

Model estimate, updated Oct 11, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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