Saints vs. Ravens: Score, results, highlights from New Orleans' close victory

Jacob Janower

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Drew Brees just keeps setting career milestones. 

One game after he became the NFL’s all-time passing yards leader, Brees threw for career touchdown No. 500 (and 501) during the Saints' 24-23 win over the Ravens on Sunday. He is also now the third quarterback to beat all 32 NFL teams in his career.

It was not Brees' heroics, however, that sealed the win, but a missed extra point by the usually reliable Justin Tucker that would have tied the game after the Ravens scored a touchdown on a pass by Joe Flacco to John Brown with 24 seconds left in the game. 

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Brees’ 500th career touchdown pass came on a 1-yard toss to Benjamin Watson in the second quarter, and his second score of the game was a strike to his favorite target, Michael Thomas, in what turned out to be the go-ahead touchdown.

New Orleans’ offense wasn’t its normal dominating self, but it got the job done against a tough Ravens defense that had allowed more than 14 points just one other time previously.

The Ravens' offense was able to hang with the Saints, and Flacco had a good game just like his positional counterpart, passing for 279 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers, but Baltimore got no help on the ground, running for just 77 yards.

Sporting News provided live updates from the Saints' tight victory Sunday.

Saints vs. Ravens: Score, results, highlights

Saints: 24
Ravens: 23

(All times ET)

7:08 p.m.: Saints recover the onside kick to preserve the lead and effectively the victory, as well. 

7:04 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, RAVENS, MISSED EXTRA POINT. Baltimore marches down the field on six plays and scores a touchdown to tie the game without even using a timeout. Flacco connected with John Brown for the second time in the game. However, Justin Tucker, arguably the best kicker in the NFL, misses the extra point and the Saints keep the lead. Saints 24, Ravens 23. 

7:00 p.m.: We have hit the two-minute warning. Ravens have the ball at their own 34 and have one timeout. They need a touchdown and extra point to tie the game. 

6:57 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, SAINTS. The Saints opt to almost exclusively pass on the drive and Brees' third-down strike is incomplete. Wil Lutz's 39-yard field goal is good. New Orleans will kickoff with 2:07 left in the game. Saints 24, Ravens 17. 

6:51 p.m.: Gutsy call on the first play of the Saints' drive but Brees finds Dan Arnold for a strike to the Ravens' 39. 

6:49 p.m.: Another fourth down for the Ravens as they sit at the New Orleans' 36-yard line. They keep the offense out there and don't convert on the fourth-and-6. Saints will take over.

6:46 p.m.: Ravens go for it on fourth down and the pass is incomplete, but a pass interference on the Saints moves the chains. 

6:45 p.m.: With the ball at midfield, the Ravens face a pivotal third-and-7 and Flacco misses Chris Moore.

6:36 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, SAINTS. Seemed like it was only a matter of time until Brees led the Saints down the field. He finds Michael Thomas in the end zone to put them back on top. Ravens will have five minutes to come back. Saints 21, Ravens 17. 

6:34 p.m.: Brees sneaks it on a fourth-and-1 and narrowly gets the conversion. 

6:30 p.m.: New Orleans is driving and has reached the Ravens' 27 with just over eight minutes left in regulation. 

6:25 p.m.: The Saints defense gets a huge three-and-out capped off by a third down sack to give their offense the ball back. 

6:16 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, SAINTS. Alvin Kamara punches it in for the score. He ran for 16 yards on four of the first five plays of the fourth quarter. Ravens 17, Saints 14. 

6:13 p.m.: Brees with back-to-back completions to Tre'Quan Smith to move the Saints into the red zone. 

End of third quarter: Ravens 17, Saints 7

6:09 p.m.: Brees escapes pressure and connects with Michael Thomas for the second time on the drive to convert a key third down. Here is Thomas' first grab of the possession: 

6:01 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, RAVENS. Flacco finds rookie tight end Mark Andrews for an 8-yard touchdown. Ravens went 61 yards on 10 plays in just over four minutes. Ravens 17, Saints 7. 

5:59 p.m.: After a crucial drop by Willie Snead on second down, Michael Crabtree reels one in near the sidelines to keep the drive going. Ravens are at the Saints' 24-yard line. 

5:52 p.m.: The Saints get a first down and out to their own 17 to avoid a safety, but will punt after Mark Ingram runs for three yards, Alvin Kamara loses three, and Michael Thomas drops a screen pass.

5:45 p.m.: Alex Collins is tackled for a 3-yard loss on third-and-1 to force a punt, but the Ravens down the ball at the 1. 

5:41 p.m.: The Ravens will start with the ball in the second half. 

Halftime: Ravens 10, Saints 7

5:26 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, RAVENS. After a pass interference penalty moves the Ravens to the 1-yard line. Joe Flacco splits out wide and Lamar Jackson takes the snap and runs it into the end zone for his first career NFL touchdown. Ravens 10, Saints 7.

5:22 p.m.: Three straight completions from Flacco to start the drive including a 56-yarder to John Brown to put the Ravens at the Saints' 2. 

5:19 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, SAINTS. Career touchdown pass No. 500 for Brees is a 1-yard toss to Benjamin Watson that gives the Saints their first lead of the game. Brees currently sits at fourth on the all-time list. Saints 7, Ravens 3. 

5:16 p.m.: We have reached the two-minute warning and the Saints are putting together another lengthy drive. Brees connected on his first three passes of the drive, including a 32-yard strike to Michael Thomas. 

5:05 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, RAVENS. Following the fourth down conversion, Buck Allen runs for two yards, Flacco throws an incompletion, and Jackson comes in and finds Brown for five yards. Justin Tucker makes a 31-yard field goal to break the scoreless tie. Ravens 3, Saints 0. 

5:02 p.m.: The Ravens try their hand at a fourth down conversion and are successful. Flacco connects with Brown to the Saints' 21.

4:58 p.m.: Lamar Jackson sighting! The rookie gets the snap and keeps it on an option, picking up four yards to midfield.

4:52 p.m.: We will have another review as the Saints want to challenge whether the Ravens got the first down on a third-and-1 run. Play stands and is a first down. 

4:46 p.m.: What was initially called a fumble by the Saints turns into an incomplete pass and the Saints will punt on a fourth-and-5. First time in the game they will not be going for it on fourth down. 

4:43 p.m.: It appeared as if the Saints had a three-and-out, but a pass interference penalty on the Ravens keeps the drive alive and moves the ball to the Saints' 41-yard line. 

End of first quarter: Saints 0, Ravens 0

4:33 p.m.: Back-to-back chunk plays for the Ravens on a Willie Snead 13-yard run and a 16-yard pass from Flacco to John Brown put the Ravens at midfield, but their drive stalls and they punt down to the Saints' 13.

4:28 p.m.: FUMBLE, SAINTS. On play No. 20 of the drive, the Saints try to run a speed option, but Alvin Kamara mishandles the pitch and the ball is recovered by the Ravens at their own 6-yard line. New Orleans comes away with no points despite taking 10:03 off the clock.

4:22 p.m.: The Saints convert their third fourth down of the opening drive, this time on a run by Mark Ingram. New Orleans has already ate over eight minutes off the clock on its opening drive, but no points yet.

4:12 p.m.: It appears that the Saints converted a third-and-6 on completion from Brees to Benjamin Watson, but the Ravens think he was short of the first down and want to challenge the spot. The play is overturned and the Saints will have a fourth-and-1 at their own 47. Brees sneaks and gets the first down. 

4:08 p.m.: The Saints go with a fake punt on fourth down and convert on a run by backup quarterback/jack-of-all-trades Taysom Hill. Their offense will go back on the field.

4:07 p.m.: The opening kick goes for a touchback. The Saints will start with the ball.

3:48 p.m.: Veteran quarterback Joe Flacco and rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson take the field.

3:41 p.m.: The inactives for the Saints and Ravens: 

Jacob Janower