National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 31, Minnesota 28
When: 6:40 PM ET, Sunday, January 24, 2010
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Peter Morelli
Attendance: 71276
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 14077028
New Orleans 7777331
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:35
Minnesota TD New Orleans 0 - Minnesota 7
Adrian Peterson 19 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
1st Quarter - 6:30
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Minnesota 7
Pierre Thomas 38 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
1st Quarter - 2:11
Minnesota TD New Orleans 7 - Minnesota 14
Sidney Rice 5 yd. pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:30
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Minnesota 14
Devery Henderson 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:56
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - Minnesota 14
Pierre Thomas 9 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:35
Minnesota TD New Orleans 21 - Minnesota 21
Adrian Peterson 1 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
4th Quarter - 12:39
New Orleans TD New Orleans 28 - Minnesota 21
Reggie Bush 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 4:58
Minnesota TD New Orleans 28 - Minnesota 28
Adrian Peterson 2 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
Overtime - 10:15
New Orleans FG New Orleans 31 - Minnesota 28
Garrett Hartley 40 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota New Orleans
1st Downs 31 15
Rushing 10 4
Passing 17 8
Penalty 4 3
3rd Down Conversions 7-12 3-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 4-39.0 7-51.3
Return Yards 48 212
Punts-Returns 3-15 1-0
Kickoffs-Returns 2-33 6-183
Int-Returns 0-0 2-29
Penalties-Yards 5-32 9-88
Fumbles-Lost 6-3 3-1
Time of Possession 36:49 27:56
Total Net Yards 475 257
Total Plays 82 55
Average Gain 5.8 4.7
Net Yards Rushing 165 68
Rushes 36 23
Average/Rush 4.6 3.0
Net Yards Passing 310 189
Comp-Att 28-46 17-31
Yards/Pass 6.7 5.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-8
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 4 4
Rushing 3 1
Passing 1 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 4-6-67% 3-3-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-4-75% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (13-5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Favre 28/46 310 1 2
New Orleans Saints (15-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 17/31 197 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 25 122 4.9 3 27
C. Taylor 6 28 4.7 0 14
P. Harvin 4 15 3.8 0 10
B. Favre 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 14 61 4.4 1 12
R. Bush 7 8 1.1 0 6
D. Brees 1 0 0.0 0 0
L. Hamilton 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Berrian 12 9 102 11.3 0 30
V. Shiancoe 6 4 83 20.8 0 26
S. Rice 11 4 43 10.8 1 20
P. Harvin 8 5 38 7.6 0 20
C. Taylor 6 3 18 6.0 0 11
A. Peterson 2 2 14 7.0 0 11
J. Kleinsasser 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Henderson 6 4 39 9.8 1 16
P. Thomas 3 2 38 19.0 1 38
R. Bush 4 2 33 16.5 1 28
D. Thomas 6 3 32 10.7 0 17
M. Colston 5 2 22 11.0 0 13
R. Meachem 3 2 19 9.5 0 12
J. Shockey 2 1 9 9.0 0 9
L. Moore 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Porter 1 26 0
J. Vilma 1 3 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
R. Edwards 1.0 8.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Greenway 7 1
M. Williams 5 0
A. Winfield 4 0
B. Leber 4 1
P. Williams 4 1
R. Edwards 3 0
J. Allen 2 0
K. Williams 2 0
J. Brinkley 2 1
A. Allen 1 0
C. Griffin 1 0
T. Johnson 1 0
J. Kennedy 1 0
B. Sapp 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Porter 8 0
S. Shanle 8 2
J. Greer 7 1
D. Sharper 7 4
R. Harper 6 1
J. Vilma 5 0
W. Smith 5 1
R. Ayodele 4 1
R. Gay 3 0
B. McCray 2 0
S. Fujita 2 2
S. Ellis 2 4
A. Hargrove 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Reynaud 1
A. Peterson 2
B. Favre 1
B. Berrian 1
P. Harvin 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Bush 1
D. Brees 2