Coverage: ESPN
8:30 PM ET, September 20, 2010
Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | NO | SF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 13:28 | Ball Through End Zone | 2 | 0 | |
| TD | 09:33 | Reggie Bush 6 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 9 | 0 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | NO | SF | |||
| TD | 09:52 | Frank Gore 12 Yd Pass From Alex Smith (Joe Nedney Kick) | 9 | 7 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | NO | SF | |||
| TD | 06:51 | Anthony Dixon 2 Yd Run (Joe Nedney Kick) | 9 | 14 | |
| TD | 01:43 | David Thomas 3 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick) | 16 | 14 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | NO | SF | |||
| FG | 13:31 | Garrett Hartley 46 Yd | 19 | 14 | |
| FG | 02:12 | Garrett Hartley 19 Yd | 22 | 14 | |
| TD | 01:19 | Frank Gore 7 Yd Run (Alex Smith Pass To Vernon Davis For Two-Point Conversion) | 22 | 22 | |
| FG | 00:00 | Garrett Hartley 37 Yd | 25 | 22 | |
Team Stat Comparison
NO | SF | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 17 | 24 |
Passing 1st downs | 14 | 12 |
Rushing 1st downs | 1 | 10 |
1st downs from Penalties | 2 | 2 |
3rd down efficiency | 6-14 | 5-9 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 64 | 58 |
| Total Yards | 287 | 417 |
| Yards per play | 4.5 | 7.2 |
| Total Drives | 12 | 10 |
| Passing | 237 | 275 |
Comp - Att | 28-38 | 23-32 |
Yards per pass | 6.2 | 8.6 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 2 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 2-17 | 0-0 |
| Rushing | 50 | 142 |
Rushing Attempts | 24 | 26 |
Yards per rush | 2.1 | 5.5 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-4 | 3-4 |
| Penalties | 5-54 | 5-40 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 2 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 2 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 32:40 | 27:20 |
| New Orleans Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| D. Brees | 28/38 | 254 | 6.7 | 2 | 0 | 2-17 | 57.9 | 108.9 |
| Team | 28/38 | 237 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 2-17 | -- | -- |
| San Francisco Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| A. Smith | 23/32 | 275 | 8.6 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 59.9 | 82.2 |
| Team | 23/32 | 275 | 8.6 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | -- | -- |
| San Francisco Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| F. Gore | 20 | 112 | 5.6 | 1 | 20 | |
| A. Smith | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| A. Dixon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| B. Westbrook | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 26 | 142 | 5.5 | 2 | 20 | |
| New Orleans Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| M. Colston | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | 30 | 8 | |
| P. Thomas | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | |
| J. Shockey | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | |
| R. Bush | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |
| D. Henderson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| H. Evans | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| D. Thomas | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| D. Brees | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| R. Meachem | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 28 | 254 | 9.1 | 2 | 30 | 37 | |
| San Francisco Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| V. Davis | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 41 | 7 | |
| J. Morgan | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | 15 | 8 | |
| F. Gore | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | |
| M. Crabtree | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| D. Walker | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| N. Byham | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| M. Norris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| D. Zeigler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Team | 23 | 275 | 12.0 | 1 | 41 | 32 | |
| New Orleans Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| C. Roby | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Jenkins | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| New Orleans Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Vilma | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Harper | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Porter | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Jenkins | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Greer | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Smith | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Shanle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Clark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Mitchell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Hargrove | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ayodele | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Dunbar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| U. Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Gay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Roby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Torrence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Prioleau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Arnoux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 58 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| P. Willis | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Smith | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Bowman | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Spikes | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Lawson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Lewis | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Goldson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Franklin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Sopoaga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Haralson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Brooks | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Snyder | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Spencer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Clements | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Adams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Mays | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Gore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Zeigler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. LaBoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 71 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| R. Bush | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 43 | 0 |
| San Francisco Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| P. Adams | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| New Orleans Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| G. Hartley | 3/3 | 100.0 | 46 | 2/2 | 11 |
| Team | 3/3 | 100.0 | 46 | 2/2 | 11 |
| San Francisco Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| J. Nedney | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 2/2 | 2 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 2/2 | 2 |
| New Orleans Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| T. Morstead | 6 | 280 | 46.7 | 0 | 4 | 58 |
| Team | 6 | 280 | 46.7 | 0 | 4 | 58 |
| San Francisco Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| A. Lee | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| Team | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
Attendance: 69,732



