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          Alvin Kamara's 4 TDs have Saints in control vs. Cowboys

          • Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 15, 2024, 03:25 PM ET
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              Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has covered the NFL since 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_Terrell
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          ARLINGTON, Texas -- The New Orleans Saints' offense hasn't missed a beat under new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, especially running back Alvin Kamara, who scored four touchdowns Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.

          It was the most touchdowns Kamara has scored in a game since a six-touchdown game against the Minnesota Vikings in 2020.

          Kamara opened the scoring with a five-yard TD rush midway through the first quarter, and he added a 57-yard score off a screen pass from Derek Carr that put the Saints up 21-6 midway through the second.

          A 12-yard touchdown run by Kamara made it 28-13 late in the first half, and he added 7-yard run to make it 41-19 late in the third.

          Rashid Shaheed may have had the most spectacular TD when hooked up with Carr on a 70-yard score late in the first. Shaheed had clear separation from the start of his route. Carr's pass went 50 yards in the air -- the deepest passing touchdown allowed by the Cowboys since a 2012 game against Washington -- with Shaheed easily going into the end zone to put New Orleans up 14-3.

          Shaheed's touchdown catch was the longest the Cowboys have allowed since a 73-yarder by Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf in Week 13 last year.

          The Saints starting offense has now scored on 16 straight possessions to start the season and tied a franchise record with 35 points in the first half.