NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL TD SFO VERNON DAVIS 7 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK) NEW ORLEANS 31 SAN FRANCISCO 10 4:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL NEW ORLEANS 31 SAN FRANCISCO 10 4:15 LEFT, 4TH QTR NOR BALL ON NOR 34 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF NEW ORLEANS 31 SAN FRANCISCO 10 NOR BALL ON SFO 13 YD LINE 2ND AND 8</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL NEW ORLEANS 31 SAN FRANCISCO 10 0:11 LEFT, 4TH QTR SFO BALL ON SFO 10 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 10 14 0 7 31 SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 7 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 17 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK), 3:37. Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 1:36. Key plays: Brees 43-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 30; Bush 11-yard run to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 7-0 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 26 YD, 11:35. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Moore 18-yard punt return to San Francisco 43; Brees 16-yard pass to Bush to San Francisco 27; Brees 15-yard pass to Henderson to San Francisco 8. NEW ORLEANS 10-0 2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, TERRANCE COPPER 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK), 8:15. Drive: 9 plays, 91 yards in 3:44. Key plays: Brees 15-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 29; Bush 20-yard run to New Orleans 49; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-11 to San Francisco 32; 36-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers' Spencer to San Francisco 2. NEW ORLEANS 17-0 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK), 14:10. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 3:38. Key plays: Brees 10-yard pass to Patten to New Orleans 36; Brees 8-yard pass to Henderson on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 48; Brees 12-yard pass to Colston to San Francisco 36; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 16; Bush 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 3. NEW ORLEANS 24-0 3RD QUARTER: SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 29 YD, 8:55. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Roman 1-yard fumble return to New Orleans 46; Robinson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 33; Smith 20-yard pass to Robinson to New Orleans 13. NEW ORLEANS 24-3 4TH QUARTER: NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 15 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK), 6:13. Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 6:16. Key plays: Brees 16-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 39; Brees 7-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 49; Brees 22-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and- 2 to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 31-3 SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 7 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 10:44. Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 9-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 39; Smith 9-yard pass to Lelie on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 24; Smith 5-yard pass to Gilmore on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 14. NEW ORLEANS 31-10 ATT:</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NFL NEW ORLEANS 31 SAN FRANCISCO 10 FINAL</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 10 14 0 7 31 SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 7 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:37 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 17 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 1:36. Key plays: Brees 43-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 30; Bush 11-yard run to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 7-0. 11:35 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 26 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Moore 18-yard punt return to San Francisco 43; Brees 16-yard pass to Bush to San Francisco 27; Brees 15-yard pass to Henderson to San Francisco 8. NEW ORLEANS 10-0. 2ND QUARTER: 8:15 NOR - TD, TERRANCE COPPER 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 91 yards in 3:44. Key plays: Brees 15-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 29; Bush 20-yard run to New Orleans 49; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-11 to San Francisco 32; 36-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers' Spencer to San Francisco 2. NEW ORLEANS 17-0. 14:10 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 3:38. Key plays: Brees 10-yard pass to Patten to New Orleans 36; Brees 8-yard pass to Henderson on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 48; Brees 12-yard pass to Colston to San Francisco 36; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 16; Bush 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 3. NEW ORLEANS 24-0. 3RD QUARTER: 8:55 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 29 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Roman 1-yard fumble return to New Orleans 46; Robinson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 33; Smith 20-yard pass to Robinson to New Orleans 13. NEW ORLEANS 24-3. 4TH QUARTER: 6:13 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 15 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 6:16. Key plays: Brees 16-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 39; Brees 7-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 49; Brees 22-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and- 2 to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 31-3. 10:44 SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 7 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 9-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 39; Smith 9-yard pass to Lelie on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 24; Smith 5-yard pass to Gilmore on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 14. NEW ORLEANS 31-10. NEW ORLEANS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 25 15 Rushing 5 3 Passing 18 11 Penalty 2 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-13-54% 10-19-53% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 438 260 Total offensive plays 66 66 Average gain per play 6.6 3.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 83 Rushing attempts 27 21 Average gain per rush 3.8 4.0 Tackles for loss-yards 3-10 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 336 177 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-13 Gross passing yards 336 190 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-31-0 43-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 8.6 3.9 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-3-1 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-39.8 7-46.9 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 33.5 43.6 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 25 23 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-25 1-23 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-19 5-115 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 7-66 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 4 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 4 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-6-67% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:37 27:23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 10 64 6.4 20 0 F GORE 12 41 3.4 9 0 A STECKER 12 35 2.9 8 0 M HICKS 2 19 9.5 13 0 P THOMAS 3 9 3.0 5 0 A SMITH 4 16 4.0 9 0 M KARNEY 1 0 0.0 0 0 M ROBINSON 2 6 3.0 4 0 D PATTEN 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 M NORRIS 1 1 1.0 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BREES 31-39-336 0 4 43 A SMITH 22-43-190 0 1 20 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M COLSTON 8 85 10.6 17 3 V DAVIS 6 71 11.8 19 1 R BUSH 7 49 7.0 25 0 M ROBINSON 3 43 14.3 20 0 D PATTEN 5 109 21.8 43 0 B GILMORE 3 23 7.7 10 0 E JOHNSON 2 29 14.5 22 0 A BATTLE 3 22 7.3 9 0 D HENDERSON 2 23 11.5 15 0 A LELIE 3 20 6.7 9 0 B MILLER 2 17 8.5 12 0 J HILL 1 6 6.0 6 0 T COPPER 2 10 5.0 8 1 M HICKS 1 5 5.0 5 0 A STECKER 2 4 2.0 3 0 F GORE 1 0 0.0 0 0 L MOORE 1 10 10.0 10 0 D WALKER 1 0 0.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S WEATHERFORD 4 159 39.8 0 2 45 A LEE 7 328 46.9 1 3 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L MOORE 4 25 6.3 18 0 M LEWIS 1 23 23.0 23 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P THOMAS 1 19 19.0 19 0 M HICKS 4 97 24.3 29 0 M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- O MARE 4/4 1/1 J NEDNEY 1/1 1/1 Dist.: 26 Dist.: 29 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M COLSTON 1 1 0 0-0 M HICKS 1 1 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 0 0 1 0-0 A SMITH 1 0 0 0-0 B YOUNG 0 0 1 0-0 N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 S FUJITA 0 0 0 0-1 M ROMAN 0 0 0 0-1 J STALEY 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ S FUJITA 6 6 0 0-0 P WILLIS 10 6 4 0-0 R HARPER 6 4 2 0-0 D SMITH 9 9 0 0-0 J CRAFT 5 4 1 0-0 M LEWIS 8 5 3 0-0 M MCKENZIE 4 4 0 0-0 W HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 4 4 0 0-0 N CLEMENTS 6 4 2 0-0 K KAESVIHARN 3 3 0 0-0 D STRICKLAND 5 3 2 0-0 J COOPER 3 2 1 0-0 M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 2 1 0-0 H THOMAS 2 2 0 0-0 M DOUGLAS 2 2 0 0-0 M SIMONEAU 2 2 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 J DAVID 2 2 0 0-0 I SOPOAGA 2 2 0 0-0 W SMITH 2 1 1 .5-3 P HARALSON 2 1 1 0-0 B YOUNG 1 1 0 1-7 T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T EVANS 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0 A LAKE 1 1 0 0-0 B SIMMONS 1 1 0 0-0 C GRANT 1 0 1 .5-3 K CLANCY 1 0 1 0-0</div>
By Tom Kent PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - The New Orleans Saints and SanFrancisco 49ers continue to go in opposite directions. Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes as the surging Saintsdrubbed the floundering 49ers, 31-10, on Sunday. New Orleans, which fell one game short of the Super Bowl lastseason, started the season a disappointing 0-4 but have beenvictorious in each of its last three games. After scoring just 51 points in those four defeats, the Saints'offense has righted itself by totaling 81 in the last threecontests. Brees, who led the Saints to NFC championship game in his firstseason with New Orleans, recaptured his Pro Bowl form againstthe 49ers by completing 31-of-39 passes for 336 yards. It marked Brees' first 300-yard game since December 10, 2006against the Dallas Cowboys. On their first play from scrimmage, Brees hit David Patten witha 43-yard bomb to take the Saints into Niners territory. Twoplays later, Brees connected with Marques Colston on a 17-yardtouchdown pass to give New Orleans an early 7-0 lead. Brees hooked up with Colston again at the end of the first half,this time on a 3-yard strike, to give New Orleans a 24-0advantage heading into the break. Colston finished with eight catches for 85 yards and threetouchdowns. Reggie Bush, who had a career-high four touchdowns in lastseason's victory over the 49ers, rushed for 64 yards on 10carries and also caught seven passes for 49 yards. San Francisco, which was expected to compete for the NFC WestDivision title prior to the season, has dropped five straightgames after winning their first two. The Niners, who entered last in passing yards, first downs,total points and total offense, were hoping that the return ofquarterback Alex Smith would rejuvenate their strugglingoffense. Smith sat out the past two games after separating his shoulderagainst the Seattle Seahawks on September 30. The former firstoverall pick was ineffective, however, completing 22-of-43passes for 190 yards and a touchdown. San Francisco running back Frank Gore, who criticized first-yearoffensive coordinator Jim Hostler's play-calling iafter lastweek's loss to the New York Giants, managed just 41 yards on 12carries before leaving in the third quarter with a twisted rightankle. Gore, who led the NFC in rushing with 1,695 yards last season,has not run for 100 yards this season.
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 10 14 0 7 31 SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 7 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 17 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK), 3:37. Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 1:36. Key plays: Brees 43-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 30; Bush 11-yard run to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 7-0 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 26 YD, 11:35. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Moore 18-yard punt return to San Francisco 43; Brees 16-yard pass to Bush to San Francisco 27; Brees 15-yard pass to Henderson to San Francisco 8. NEW ORLEANS 10-0 2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, TERRANCE COPPER 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK), 8:15. Drive: 9 plays, 91 yards in 3:44. Key plays: Brees 15-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 29; Bush 20-yard run to New Orleans 49; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-11 to San Francisco 32; 36-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers' Spencer to San Francisco 2. NEW ORLEANS 17-0 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK), 14:10. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 3:38. Key plays: Brees 10-yard pass to Patten to New Orleans 36; Brees 8-yard pass to Henderson on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 48; Brees 12-yard pass to Colston to San Francisco 36; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 16; Bush 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 3. NEW ORLEANS 24-0 3RD QUARTER: SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 29 YD, 8:55. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Roman 1-yard fumble return to New Orleans 46; Robinson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 33; Smith 20-yard pass to Robinson to New Orleans 13. NEW ORLEANS 24-3 4TH QUARTER: NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 15 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK), 6:13. Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 6:16. Key plays: Brees 16-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 39; Brees 7-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 49; Brees 22-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and- 2 to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 31-3 SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 7 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 10:44. Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 9-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 39; Smith 9-yard pass to Lelie on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 24; Smith 5-yard pass to Gilmore on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 14. NEW ORLEANS 31-10 ATT: 68,244</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 10 14 0 7 31 SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 7 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:37 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 17 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 1:36. Key plays: Brees 43-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 30; Bush 11-yard run to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 7-0. 11:35 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 26 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Moore 18-yard punt return to San Francisco 43; Brees 16-yard pass to Bush to San Francisco 27; Brees 15-yard pass to Henderson to San Francisco 8. NEW ORLEANS 10-0. 2ND QUARTER: 8:15 NOR - TD, TERRANCE COPPER 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 91 yards in 3:44. Key plays: Brees 15-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 29; Bush 20-yard run to New Orleans 49; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-11 to San Francisco 32; 36-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers' Spencer to San Francisco 2. NEW ORLEANS 17-0. 14:10 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 3:38. Key plays: Brees 10-yard pass to Patten to New Orleans 36; Brees 8-yard pass to Henderson on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 48; Brees 12-yard pass to Colston to San Francisco 36; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 16; Bush 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 3. NEW ORLEANS 24-0. 3RD QUARTER: 8:55 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 29 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Roman 1-yard fumble return to New Orleans 46; Robinson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 33; Smith 20-yard pass to Robinson to New Orleans 13. NEW ORLEANS 24-3. 4TH QUARTER: 6:13 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 15 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 6:16. Key plays: Brees 16-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 39; Brees 7-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 49; Brees 22-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and- 2 to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 31-3. 10:44 SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 7 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 9-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 39; Smith 9-yard pass to Lelie on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 24; Smith 5-yard pass to Gilmore on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 14. NEW ORLEANS 31-10. NEW ORLEANS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 26 15 Rushing 5 3 Passing 18 11 Penalty 3 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-13-54% 10-19-53% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 438 260 Total offensive plays 66 66 Average gain per play 6.6 3.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 83 Rushing attempts 27 21 Average gain per rush 3.8 4.0 Tackles for loss-yards 3-10 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 336 177 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-13 Gross passing yards 336 190 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-31-0 43-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 8.6 3.9 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-3-1 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-39.8 7-46.9 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 33.5 43.6 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 25 23 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-25 1-23 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-19 5-115 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 7-66 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 4 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 4 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-6-67% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:35 27:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 10 64 6.4 20 0 F GORE 12 41 3.4 9 0 A STECKER 12 35 2.9 8 0 M HICKS 2 19 9.5 13 0 P THOMAS 3 9 3.0 5 0 A SMITH 4 16 4.0 9 0 M KARNEY 1 0 0.0 0 0 M ROBINSON 2 6 3.0 4 0 D PATTEN 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 M NORRIS 1 1 1.0 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BREES 31-39-336 0 4 43 A SMITH 22-43-190 0 1 20 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M COLSTON 8 85 10.6 17 3 V DAVIS 6 71 11.8 19 1 R BUSH 7 49 7.0 25 0 M ROBINSON 3 43 14.3 20 0 D PATTEN 5 109 21.8 43 0 B GILMORE 3 23 7.7 10 0 E JOHNSON 2 29 14.5 22 0 A BATTLE 3 22 7.3 9 0 D HENDERSON 2 23 11.5 15 0 A LELIE 3 20 6.7 9 0 B MILLER 2 17 8.5 12 0 J HILL 1 6 6.0 6 0 T COPPER 2 10 5.0 8 1 M HICKS 1 5 5.0 5 0 A STECKER 2 4 2.0 3 0 F GORE 1 0 0.0 0 0 L MOORE 1 10 10.0 10 0 D WALKER 1 0 0.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S WEATHERFORD 4 159 39.8 0 2 45 A LEE 7 328 46.9 1 3 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L MOORE 4 25 6.3 18 0 M LEWIS 1 23 23.0 23 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P THOMAS 1 19 19.0 19 0 M HICKS 4 97 24.3 29 0 M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- O MARE 4/4 1/1 J NEDNEY 1/1 1/1 Dist.: 26 Dist.: 29 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M COLSTON 1 1 0 0-0 M HICKS 1 1 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 0 0 1 0-0 A SMITH 1 0 0 0-0 B YOUNG 0 0 1 0-0 N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 S FUJITA 0 0 0 0-1 M ROMAN 0 0 0 0-1 J STALEY 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ S FUJITA 6 6 0 0-0 P WILLIS 10 6 4 0-0 R HARPER 6 4 2 0-0 D SMITH 9 9 0 0-0 J CRAFT 5 4 1 0-0 M LEWIS 8 5 3 0-0 M MCKENZIE 4 4 0 0-0 W HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 4 4 0 0-0 N CLEMENTS 6 4 2 0-0 K KAESVIHARN 3 3 0 0-0 D STRICKLAND 5 3 2 0-0 J COOPER 3 2 1 0-0 M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 2 1 0-0 H THOMAS 2 2 0 0-0 M DOUGLAS 2 2 0 0-0 M SIMONEAU 2 2 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 J DAVID 2 2 0 0-0 I SOPOAGA 2 2 0 0-0 W SMITH 2 1 1 .5-3 P HARALSON 2 1 1 0-0 B YOUNG 1 1 0 1-7 T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T EVANS 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0 A LAKE 1 1 0 0-0 B SIMMONS 1 1 0 0-0 C GRANT 1 0 1 .5-3 K CLANCY 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli. Att: 68,244 Time of Game: 3:14</div>
By Tom Kent PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - The New Orleans Saints and SanFrancisco 49ers continue to go in opposite directions. Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes as the surging Saintsdrubbed the floundering 49ers, 31-10, on Sunday. New Orleans, which fell one game short of the Super Bowl lastseason, started the season a disappointing 0-4 but have beenvictorious in each of its last three games. "Obviously putting a few wins together gives you confidence,"Saints coach Sean Payton said. "We're still 3-4, though, andbelow water, so we haven't arrived anywhere yet. There is stilla long way to go and we have our work cut out for us." After scoring just 51 points in those four defeats, the Saints'offense has righted itself by totaling 81 in the last threecontests. Brees, who led the Saints to NFC championship game in his firstseason with New Orleans, recaptured his Pro Bowl form againstthe 49ers by completing 31-of-39 passes for 336 yards. "They had trouble getting lined up at times," Brees said. "Itwas because of our fast tempo and it caused them somedifficulties. Fortunately we were able to keep them offbalance. It helped us to have good success throwing the ball." It marked Brees' first 300-yard game since December 10, 2006against the Dallas Cowboys. "Drew played great today," Saints running back Reggie Bush said."He had been coming under some criticism and to play like hedid today says a lot about him as a leader." On their first play from scrimmage, Brees hit David Patten witha 43-yard bomb to take the Saints into Niners territory. Twoplays later, Brees connected with Marques Colston on a 17-yardtouchdown pass to give New Orleans an early 7-0 lead. Brees hooked up with Colston again at the end of the first half,this time on a 3-yard strike, to give New Orleans a 24-0advantage heading into the break. Colston finished with eight catches for 85 yards and threetouchdowns. "He got off to a good start," Payton said of Colston. "It wasgreat to see him make some tough catches and to come up withthose touchdowns was important for us." Bush, who had a career-high four touchdowns in last season'svictory over the 49ers, rushed for 64 yards on 10 carries andalso caught seven passes for 49 yards. "Today was a great win for us," Bush said. "It shows a lot ofabout the character of this team to win three straight after theway we started. Hopefully we can carry this momentum into nextweek." San Francisco, which was expected to compete for the NFC WestDivision title prior to the season, has dropped five straightgames after winning their first two. The Niners, who entered last in passing yards, first downs,total points and total offense, were hoping that the return ofquarterback Alex Smith would rejuvenate their strugglingoffense. Smith sat out the past two games after separating his shoulderagainst the Seattle Seahawks on September 30. The former firstoverall pick was ineffective, however, completing 22-of-43passes for 190 yards and a touchdown. "Aside from the outcome of the game, I have a lot of respect forhis performance and his guts," San Francisco coach Mike Nolansaid. "This is a team thing right now and we have some thingsto work on. I know our offense will get back on track." San Francisco running back Frank Gore, who criticized first-yearoffensive coordinator Jim Hostler's play-calling iafter lastweek's loss to the New York Giants, managed just 41 yards on 12carries before leaving in the third quarter with a twisted rightankle. Gore, who led the NFC in rushing with 1,695 yards last season,has not run for 100 yards this season.
By Tom Kent PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - The New Orleans Saints and SanFrancisco 49ers continue to go in opposite directions. Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes as the surging Saintsdrubbed the floundering 49ers, 31-10, on Sunday. New Orleans, which fell one game short of the Super Bowl lastseason, started the season a disappointing 0-4 but have beenvictorious in each of its last three games. "Obviously putting a few wins together gives you confidence,"Saints coach Sean Payton said. "We're still 3-4, though, andbelow water, so we haven't arrived anywhere yet. There is stilla long way to go and we have our work cut out for us." After scoring just 51 points in those four defeats, the Saints'offense has righted itself by totaling 81 in the last threecontests. Brees, who led the Saints to NFC championship game in his firstseason with New Orleans, recaptured his Pro Bowl form againstthe 49ers by completing 31-of-39 passes for 336 yards. "They had trouble getting lined up at times," Brees said. "Itwas because of our fast tempo and it caused them somedifficulties. Fortunately we were able to keep them offbalance. It helped us to have good success throwing the ball." It marked Brees' first 300-yard game since December 10, 2006against the Dallas Cowboys. "Drew played great today," Saints running back Reggie Bush said."He had been coming under some criticism and to play like hedid today says a lot about him as a leader." On their first play from scrimmage, Brees hit David Patten witha 43-yard bomb to take the Saints into Niners territory. Twoplays later, Brees connected with Marques Colston on a 17-yardtouchdown pass to give New Orleans an early 7-0 lead. Brees hooked up with Colston again at the end of the first half,this time on a 3-yard strike, to give New Orleans a 24-0advantage heading into the break. Colston finished with eight catches for 85 yards and threetouchdowns. "He got off to a good start," Payton said of Colston. "It wasgreat to see him make some tough catches and to come up withthose touchdowns was important for us." Bush, who had a career-high four touchdowns in last season'svictory over the 49ers, rushed for 64 yards on 10 carries andalso caught seven passes for 49 yards. "Today was a great win for us," Bush said. "It shows a lot ofabout the character of this team to win three straight after theway we started. Hopefully we can carry this momentum into nextweek." San Francisco, which was expected to compete for the NFC WestDivision title prior to the season, has dropped five straightgames after winning their first two. The Niners, who entered last in passing yards, first downs,total points and total offense, were hoping that the return ofquarterback Alex Smith would rejuvenate their strugglingoffense. Smith sat out the past two games after separating his shoulderagainst the Seattle Seahawks on September 30. The former firstoverall pick was ineffective, however, completing 22-of-43passes for 190 yards and a touchdown. "Aside from the outcome of the game, I have a lot of respect forhis performance and his guts," San Francisco coach Mike Nolansaid. "This is a team thing right now and we have some thingsto work on. I know our offense will get back on track." San Francisco running back Frank Gore, who criticized first-yearoffensive coordinator Jim Hostler's play-calling iafter lastweek's loss to the New York Giants, managed just 41 yards on 12carries before leaving in the third quarter with a twisted rightankle. Gore, who led the NFC in rushing with 1,695 yards last season,has not run for 100 yards this season.
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 10 14 0 7 31 SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 7 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:37 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 17 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 1:36. Key plays: Brees 43-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 30; Bush 11-yard run to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 7-0. 11:35 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 26 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Moore 18-yard punt return to San Francisco 43; Brees 16-yard pass to Bush to San Francisco 27; Brees 15-yard pass to Henderson to San Francisco 8. NEW ORLEANS 10-0. 2ND QUARTER: 8:15 NOR - TD, TERRANCE COPPER 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 91 yards in 3:44. Key plays: Brees 15-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 29; Bush 20-yard run to New Orleans 49; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-11 to San Francisco 32; 36-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers' Spencer to San Francisco 2. NEW ORLEANS 17-0. 14:10 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 3:38. Key plays: Brees 10-yard pass to Patten to New Orleans 36; Brees 8-yard pass to Henderson on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 48; Brees 12-yard pass to Colston to San Francisco 36; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 16; Bush 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 3. NEW ORLEANS 24-0. 3RD QUARTER: 8:55 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 29 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Roman 1-yard fumble return to New Orleans 46; Robinson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 33; Smith 20-yard pass to Robinson to New Orleans 13. NEW ORLEANS 24-3. 4TH QUARTER: 6:13 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 15 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 6:16. Key plays: Brees 16-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 39; Brees 7-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 49; Brees 22-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and- 2 to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 31-3. 10:44 SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 7 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 9-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 39; Smith 9-yard pass to Lelie on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 24; Smith 5-yard pass to Gilmore on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 14. NEW ORLEANS 31-10. NEW ORLEANS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 26 15 Rushing 5 3 Passing 18 11 Penalty 3 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-13-54% 10-19-53% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 438 260 Total offensive plays 66 66 Average gain per play 6.6 3.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 83 Rushing attempts 27 21 Average gain per rush 3.8 4.0 Tackles for loss-yards 3-10 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 336 177 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-13 Gross passing yards 336 190 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-31-0 43-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 8.6 3.9 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-3-1 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-39.8 7-46.9 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 33.5 43.6 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 25 23 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-25 1-23 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-19 5-115 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 7-66 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 4 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 4 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-6-67% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:35 27:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 10 64 6.4 20 0 F GORE 12 41 3.4 9 0 A STECKER 12 35 2.9 8 0 M HICKS 2 19 9.5 13 0 P THOMAS 3 9 3.0 5 0 A SMITH 4 16 4.0 9 0 M KARNEY 1 0 0.0 0 0 M ROBINSON 2 6 3.0 4 0 D PATTEN 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 M NORRIS 1 1 1.0 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BREES 31-39-336 0 4 43 A SMITH 22-43-190 0 1 20 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M COLSTON 8 85 10.6 17 3 V DAVIS 6 71 11.8 19 1 R BUSH 7 49 7.0 25 0 M ROBINSON 3 43 14.3 20 0 D PATTEN 5 109 21.8 43 0 B GILMORE 3 23 7.7 10 0 E JOHNSON 2 29 14.5 22 0 A BATTLE 3 22 7.3 9 0 D HENDERSO 2 23 11.5 15 0 A LELIE 3 20 6.7 9 0 B MILLER 2 17 8.5 12 0 J HILL 1 6 6.0 6 0 T COPPER 2 10 5.0 8 1 M HICKS 1 5 5.0 5 0 A STECKER 2 4 2.0 3 0 F GORE 1 0 0.0 0 0 L MOORE 1 10 10.0 10 0 D WALKER 1 0 0.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S WEATHERF 4 159 39.8 0 2 45 A LEE 7 328 46.9 1 3 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L MOORE 4 25 6.3 18 0 M LEWIS 1 23 23.0 23 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P THOMAS 1 19 19.0 19 0 M HICKS 4 97 24.3 29 0 M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- O MARE 4/4 1/1 J NEDNEY 1/1 1/1 Dist.: 26 Dist.: 29 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M COLSTON 1 1 0 0-0 M HICKS 1 1 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 0 0 1 0-0 A SMITH 1 0 0 0-0 B YOUNG 0 0 1 0-0 N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 S FUJITA 0 0 0 0-1 M ROMAN 0 0 0 0-1 J STALEY 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ S FUJITA 6 6 0 0-0 P WILLIS 10 6 4 0-0 R HARPER 6 4 2 0-0 D SMITH 9 9 0 0-0 J CRAFT 5 4 1 0-0 M LEWIS 8 5 3 0-0 M MCKENZIE 4 4 0 0-0 W HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 4 4 0 0-0 N CLEMENTS 6 4 2 0-0 K KAESVIHARN 3 3 0 0-0 D STRICKLAND 5 3 2 0-0 J COOPER 3 2 1 0-0 M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 2 1 0-0 H THOMAS 2 2 0 0-0 M DOUGLAS 2 2 0 0-0 M SIMONEAU 2 2 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 J DAVID 2 2 0 0-0 I SOPOAGA 2 2 0 0-0 W SMITH 2 1 1 .5-3 P HARALSON 2 1 1 0-0 B YOUNG 1 1 0 1-7 T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T EVANS 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0 A LAKE 1 1 0 0-0 B SIMMONS 1 1 0 0-0 C GRANT 1 0 1 .5-3 K CLANCY 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli. Att: 68,244 Time of Game: 3:14</div>
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NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 10 14 0 7 31 SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 7 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:37 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 17 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 1:36. Key plays: Brees 43-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 30; Bush 11-yard run to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 7-0. 11:35 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 26 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Moore 18-yard punt return to San Francisco 43; Brees 16-yard pass to Bush to San Francisco 27; Brees 15-yard pass to Henderson to San Francisco 8. NEW ORLEANS 10-0. 2ND QUARTER: 8:15 NOR - TD, TERRANCE COPPER 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 91 yards in 3:44. Key plays: Brees 15-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 29; Bush 20-yard run to New Orleans 49; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-11 to San Francisco 32; 36-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers' Spencer to San Francisco 2. NEW ORLEANS 17-0. 14:10 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 3:38. Key plays: Brees 10-yard pass to Patten to New Orleans 36; Brees 8-yard pass to Henderson on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 48; Brees 12-yard pass to Colston to San Francisco 36; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 16; Bush 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 3. NEW ORLEANS 24-0. 3RD QUARTER: 8:55 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 29 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Roman 1-yard fumble return to New Orleans 46; Robinson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 33; Smith 20-yard pass to Robinson to New Orleans 13. NEW ORLEANS 24-3. 4TH QUARTER: 6:13 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 15 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 6:16. Key plays: Brees 16-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 39; Brees 7-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 49; Brees 22-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and- 2 to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 31-3. 10:44 SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 7 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 9-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 39; Smith 9-yard pass to Lelie on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 24; Smith 5-yard pass to Gilmore on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 14. NEW ORLEANS 31-10. NEW ORLEANS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 26 15 Rushing 5 3 Passing 18 11 Penalty 3 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-13-54% 10-19-53% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 438 260 Total offensive plays 66 66 Average gain per play 6.6 3.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 83 Rushing attempts 27 21 Average gain per rush 3.8 4.0 Tackles for loss-yards 3-10 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 336 177 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-13 Gross passing yards 336 190 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-31-0 43-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 8.6 3.9 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-3-1 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-39.8 7-46.9 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 33.5 43.6 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 25 23 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-25 1-23 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-19 5-115 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 7-66 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 4 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 4 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-6-67% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:35 27:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 10 64 6.4 20 0 F GORE 12 41 3.4 9 0 A STECKER 12 35 2.9 8 0 M HICKS 2 19 9.5 13 0 P THOMAS 3 9 3.0 5 0 A SMITH 4 16 4.0 9 0 M KARNEY 1 0 0.0 0 0 M ROBINSON 2 6 3.0 4 0 D PATTEN 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 M NORRIS 1 1 1.0 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BREES 31-39-336 0 4 43 A SMITH 22-43-190 0 1 20 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M COLSTON 8 85 10.6 17 3 V DAVIS 6 71 11.8 19 1 R BUSH 7 49 7.0 25 0 M ROBINSON 3 43 14.3 20 0 D PATTEN 5 109 21.8 43 0 B GILMORE 3 23 7.7 10 0 E JOHNSON 2 29 14.5 22 0 A BATTLE 3 22 7.3 9 0 D HENDERSO 2 23 11.5 15 0 A LELIE 3 20 6.7 9 0 B MILLER 2 17 8.5 12 0 J HILL 1 6 6.0 6 0 T COPPER 2 10 5.0 8 1 M HICKS 1 5 5.0 5 0 A STECKER 2 4 2.0 3 0 F GORE 1 0 0.0 0 0 L MOORE 1 10 10.0 10 0 D WALKER 1 0 0.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S WEATHERF 4 159 39.8 0 2 45 A LEE 7 328 46.9 1 3 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L MOORE 4 25 6.3 18 0 M LEWIS 1 23 23.0 23 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P THOMAS 1 19 19.0 19 0 M HICKS 4 97 24.3 29 0 M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- O MARE 4/4 1/1 J NEDNEY 1/1 1/1 Dist.: 26 Dist.: 29 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M COLSTON 1 1 0 0-0 M HICKS 1 1 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 0 0 1 0-0 A SMITH 1 0 0 0-0 B YOUNG 0 0 1 0-0 N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 S FUJITA 0 0 0 0-1 M ROMAN 0 0 0 0-1 J STALEY 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ S FUJITA 6 6 0 0-0 P WILLIS 10 6 4 0-0 R HARPER 6 4 2 0-0 D SMITH 9 9 0 0-0 J CRAFT 5 4 1 0-0 M LEWIS 8 5 3 0-0 M MCKENZIE 4 4 0 0-0 W HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 4 4 0 0-0 N CLEMENTS 6 4 2 0-0 K KAESVIHARN 3 3 0 0-0 D STRICKLAND 5 3 2 0-0 J COOPER 3 2 1 0-0 M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 2 1 0-0 H THOMAS 2 2 0 0-0 M DOUGLAS 2 2 0 0-0 M SIMONEAU 2 2 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 J DAVID 2 2 0 0-0 I SOPOAGA 2 2 0 0-0 W SMITH 2 1 1 .5-3 P HARALSON 2 1 1 0-0 B YOUNG 1 1 0 1-7 T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T EVANS 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0 A LAKE 1 1 0 0-0 B SIMMONS 1 1 0 0-0 C GRANT 1 0 1 .5-3 K CLANCY 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli. Att: 68,244 Time of Game: 3:14</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL NEW ORLEANS AT SAN FRANCISCO NOTE: RESENDING PER CUSTOMER REQUEST.</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 10 14 0 7 31 SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 7 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:37 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 17 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 1:36. Key plays: Brees 43-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 30; Bush 11-yard run to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 7-0. 11:35 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 26 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Moore 18-yard punt return to San Francisco 43; Brees 16-yard pass to Bush to San Francisco 27; Brees 15-yard pass to Henderson to San Francisco 8. NEW ORLEANS 10-0. 2ND QUARTER: 8:15 NOR - TD, TERRANCE COPPER 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 91 yards in 3:44. Key plays: Brees 15-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 29; Bush 20-yard run to New Orleans 49; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-11 to San Francisco 32; 36-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers' Spencer to San Francisco 2. NEW ORLEANS 17-0. 14:10 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 3:38. Key plays: Brees 10-yard pass to Patten to New Orleans 36; Brees 8-yard pass to Henderson on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 48; Brees 12-yard pass to Colston to San Francisco 36; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 16; Bush 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 3. NEW ORLEANS 24-0. 3RD QUARTER: 8:55 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 29 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Roman 1-yard fumble return to New Orleans 46; Robinson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 33; Smith 20-yard pass to Robinson to New Orleans 13. NEW ORLEANS 24-3. 4TH QUARTER: 6:13 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 15 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 6:16. Key plays: Brees 16-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 39; Brees 7-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 49; Brees 22-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and- 2 to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 31-3. 10:44 SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 7 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 9-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 39; Smith 9-yard pass to Lelie on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 24; Smith 5-yard pass to Gilmore on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 14. NEW ORLEANS 31-10. NEW ORLEANS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 26 15 Rushing 5 3 Passing 18 11 Penalty 3 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-13-54% 10-19-53% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 438 260 Total offensive plays 66 66 Average gain per play 6.6 3.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 83 Rushing attempts 27 21 Average gain per rush 3.8 4.0 Tackles for loss-yards 3-10 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 336 177 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-13 Gross passing yards 336 190 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-31-0 43-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 8.6 3.9 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-3-1 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-39.8 7-46.9 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 33.5 43.6 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 25 23 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-25 1-23 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-19 5-115 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 7-66 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 4 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 4 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-6-67% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:35 27:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 10 64 6.4 20 0 F GORE 12 41 3.4 9 0 A STECKER 12 35 2.9 8 0 M HICKS 2 19 9.5 13 0 P THOMAS 3 9 3.0 5 0 A SMITH 4 16 4.0 9 0 M KARNEY 1 0 0.0 0 0 M ROBINSON 2 6 3.0 4 0 D PATTEN 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 M NORRIS 1 1 1.0 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BREES 31-39-336 0 4 43 A SMITH 22-43-190 0 1 20 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M COLSTON 8 85 10.6 17 3 V DAVIS 6 71 11.8 19 1 R BUSH 7 49 7.0 25 0 M ROBINSON 3 43 14.3 20 0 D PATTEN 5 109 21.8 43 0 B GILMORE 3 23 7.7 10 0 E JOHNSON 2 29 14.5 22 0 A BATTLE 3 22 7.3 9 0 D HENDERSO 2 23 11.5 15 0 A LELIE 3 20 6.7 9 0 B MILLER 2 17 8.5 12 0 J HILL 1 6 6.0 6 0 T COPPER 2 10 5.0 8 1 M HICKS 1 5 5.0 5 0 A STECKER 2 4 2.0 3 0 F GORE 1 0 0.0 0 0 L MOORE 1 10 10.0 10 0 D WALKER 1 0 0.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S WEATHERF 4 159 39.8 0 2 45 A LEE 7 328 46.9 1 3 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L MOORE 4 25 6.3 18 0 M LEWIS 1 23 23.0 23 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P THOMAS 1 19 19.0 19 0 M HICKS 4 97 24.3 29 0 M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- O MARE 4/4 1/1 J NEDNEY 1/1 1/1 Dist.: 26 Dist.: 29 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M COLSTON 1 1 0 0-0 M HICKS 1 1 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 0 0 1 0-0 A SMITH 1 0 0 0-0 B YOUNG 0 0 1 0-0 N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 S FUJITA 0 0 0 0-1 M ROMAN 0 0 0 0-1 J STALEY 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ S FUJITA 6 6 0 0-0 P WILLIS 10 6 4 0-0 R HARPER 6 4 2 0-0 D SMITH 9 9 0 0-0 J CRAFT 5 4 1 0-0 M LEWIS 8 5 3 0-0 M MCKENZIE 4 4 0 0-0 W HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 4 4 0 0-0 N CLEMENTS 6 4 2 0-0 K KAESVIHARN 3 3 0 0-0 D STRICKLAND 5 3 2 0-0 J COOPER 3 2 1 0-0 M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 2 1 0-0 W SMITH 2 2 0 1-6 M DOUGLAS 2 2 0 0-0 H THOMAS 2 2 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 M SIMONEAU 2 2 0 0-0 I SOPOAGA 2 2 0 0-0 J DAVID 2 2 0 0-0 P HARALSON 2 1 1 0-0 B YOUNG 1 1 0 1-7 T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T EVANS 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0 A LAKE 1 1 0 0-0 B SIMMONS 1 1 0 0-0 K CLANCY 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli. Att: 68,244 Time of Game: 3:14</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ORLEANS 10 14 0 7 31 SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 7 10 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:37 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 17 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 1:36. Key plays: Brees 43-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 30; Bush 11-yard run to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 7-0. 11:35 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 26 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Moore 18-yard punt return to San Francisco 43; Brees 16-yard pass to Bush to San Francisco 27; Brees 15-yard pass to Henderson to San Francisco 8. NEW ORLEANS 10-0. 2ND QUARTER: 8:15 NOR - TD, TERRANCE COPPER 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 91 yards in 3:44. Key plays: Brees 15-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 29; Bush 20-yard run to New Orleans 49; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-11 to San Francisco 32; 36-yard pass interference penalty on 49ers' Spencer to San Francisco 2. NEW ORLEANS 17-0. 14:10 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 3 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 3:38. Key plays: Brees 10-yard pass to Patten to New Orleans 36; Brees 8-yard pass to Henderson on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 48; Brees 12-yard pass to Colston to San Francisco 36; Brees 20-yard pass to Patten to San Francisco 16; Bush 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 3. NEW ORLEANS 24-0. 3RD QUARTER: 8:55 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 29 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Roman 1-yard fumble return to New Orleans 46; Robinson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 33; Smith 20-yard pass to Robinson to New Orleans 13. NEW ORLEANS 24-3. 4TH QUARTER: 6:13 NOR - TD, MARQUES COLSTON 15 YD PASS FROM DREW BREES (OLINDO MARE KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 6:16. Key plays: Brees 16-yard pass to Colston to New Orleans 39; Brees 7-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 49; Brees 22-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and- 2 to San Francisco 19. NEW ORLEANS 31-3. 10:44 SFO - TD, VERNON DAVIS 7 YD PASS FROM ALEX D. SMITH (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 9-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 39; Smith 9-yard pass to Lelie on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 24; Smith 5-yard pass to Gilmore on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 14. NEW ORLEANS 31-10. NEW ORLEANS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 26 15 Rushing 5 3 Passing 18 11 Penalty 3 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-13-54% 10-19-53% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 438 260 Total offensive plays 66 66 Average gain per play 6.6 3.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 83 Rushing attempts 27 21 Average gain per rush 3.8 4.0 Tackles for loss-yards 3-10 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 336 177 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-13 Gross passing yards 336 190 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-31-0 43-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 8.6 3.9 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-3-1 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-39.8 7-46.9 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 33.5 43.6 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 25 23 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-25 1-23 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 1-19 5-115 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 7-66 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 4 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 4 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-6-67% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:35 27:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R BUSH 10 64 6.4 20 0 F GORE 12 41 3.4 9 0 A STECKER 12 35 2.9 8 0 M HICKS 2 19 9.5 13 0 P THOMAS 3 9 3.0 5 0 A SMITH 4 16 4.0 9 0 M KARNEY 1 0 0.0 0 0 M ROBINSON 2 6 3.0 4 0 D PATTEN 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 M NORRIS 1 1 1.0 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BREES 31-39-336 0 4 43 A SMITH 22-43-190 0 1 20 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M COLSTON 8 85 10.6 17 3 V DAVIS 6 71 11.8 19 1 R BUSH 7 49 7.0 25 0 M ROBINSON 3 43 14.3 20 0 D PATTEN 5 109 21.8 43 0 B GILMORE 3 23 7.7 10 0 E JOHNSON 2 29 14.5 22 0 A BATTLE 3 22 7.3 9 0 D HENDERSO 2 23 11.5 15 0 A LELIE 3 20 6.7 9 0 B MILLER 2 17 8.5 12 0 J HILL 1 6 6.0 6 0 T COPPER 2 10 5.0 8 1 M HICKS 1 5 5.0 5 0 A STECKER 2 4 2.0 3 0 F GORE 1 0 0.0 0 0 L MOORE 1 10 10.0 10 0 D WALKER 1 0 0.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S WEATHERF 4 159 39.8 0 2 45 A LEE 7 328 46.9 1 3 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- L MOORE 4 25 6.3 18 0 M LEWIS 1 23 23.0 23 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P THOMAS 1 19 19.0 19 0 M HICKS 4 97 24.3 29 0 M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- O MARE 4/4 1/1 J NEDNEY 1/1 1/1 Dist.: 26 Dist.: 29 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M COLSTON 1 1 0 0-0 M HICKS 1 1 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 0 0 1 0-0 A SMITH 1 0 0 0-0 B YOUNG 0 0 1 0-0 N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 S FUJITA 0 0 0 0-1 M ROMAN 0 0 0 0-1 J STALEY 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ S FUJITA 6 6 0 0-0 P WILLIS 10 6 4 0-0 R HARPER 6 4 2 0-0 D SMITH 9 9 0 0-0 J CRAFT 5 4 1 0-0 M LEWIS 8 5 3 0-0 M MCKENZIE 4 4 0 0-0 W HARRIS 6 6 0 0-0 J BULLOCKS 4 4 0 0-0 N CLEMENTS 6 4 2 0-0 K KAESVIHARN 3 3 0 0-0 D STRICKLAND 5 3 2 0-0 J COOPER 3 2 1 0-0 M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 2 1 0-0 W SMITH 2 2 0 1-6 M DOUGLAS 2 2 0 0-0 H THOMAS 2 2 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 M SIMONEAU 2 2 0 0-0 I SOPOAGA 2 2 0 0-0 J DAVID 2 2 0 0-0 P HARALSON 2 1 1 0-0 B YOUNG 1 1 0 1-7 T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T EVANS 1 1 0 0-0 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0 A LAKE 1 1 0 0-0 B SIMMONS 1 1 0 0-0 K CLANCY 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli. Att: 68,244 Time of Game: 3:14</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL NEW ORLEANS AT SAN FRANCISCO NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT SACKS FOR SMITH OF NEW ORLEANS.</div>
NFL: NEW ORLEANS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL NEW ORLEANS AT SAN FRANCISCO NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT SACKS FOR SMITH OF NEW ORLEANS.</div>
