National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
San Francisco 31, New Orleans 21
When: 4:25 PM ET, Sunday, November 25, 2012
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 73147
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Francisco 7714331
New Orleans 777021
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:21
San Francisco TD New Orleans 0 - San Francisco 7
Colin Kaepernick 7 yd. run (David Akers kick)
1st Quarter - 1:45
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - San Francisco 7
David Thomas 6 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:53
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - San Francisco 7
Marques Colston 10 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:22
San Francisco TD New Orleans 14 - San Francisco 14
Ahmad Brooks 50 yd. interception return (David Akers kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:17
San Francisco TD New Orleans 14 - San Francisco 21
Frank Gore 6 yd. pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:30
San Francisco TD New Orleans 14 - San Francisco 28
Donte Whitner 42 yd. interception return (David Akers kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:19
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - San Francisco 28
Jed Collins 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 7:50
San Francisco FG New Orleans 21 - San Francisco 31
David Akers 27 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  San Francisco New Orleans
1st Downs 18 19
Rushing 7 4
Passing 10 12
Penalty 1 3
3rd Down Conversions 6-13 3-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-3
Punts-Average 4-46.8 5-50.4
Return Yards 128 151
Punts-Returns 2-13 1-3
Kickoffs-Returns 1-23 5-148
Int - Returns 2-92 1-0
Penalties-Yards 10-68 4-53
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Possession 30:06 29:54
Total Net Yards 375 290
Total Plays 56 67
Average Gain 6.7 4.3
Net Yards Rushing 144 59
Rushes 31 21
Average/Rush 4.6 2.8
Net Yards Passing 231 231
Comp-Att 16-25 26-41
Yards/Pass 9.2 5.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 5-36
Had Intercepted 1 2
Touchdowns 4 3
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 3
Other 2 0
Extra Points 4-4 3-3
Field Goals 1-3 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 3-3-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-3-67% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
San Francisco 49ers (8-2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Kaepernick 16/25 231 1 1
New Orleans Saints (5-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 26/41 267 3 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
F. Gore 19 83 4.4 0 14
K. Hunter 4 28 7.0 0 21
C. Kaepernick 6 27 4.5 1 15
A. Dixon 1 5 5.0 0 5
B. Jacobs 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ivory 8 34 4.2 0 7
M. Ingram 10 27 2.7 0 7
P. Thomas 1 0 0.0 0 0
D. Brees 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Walker 3 3 81 27.0 0 45
M. Manningham 5 5 69 13.8 0 40
B. Miller 3 3 37 12.3 0 26
M. Crabtree 5 3 26 8.7 0 15
F. Gore 3 2 18 9.0 1 12
K. Hunter 1 0 0 0 0 0
V. Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0
K. Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Moss 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Sproles 9 7 65 9.3 0 35
L. Moore 6 3 61 20.3 0 43
M. Colston 5 4 36 9.0 1 13
J. Graham 6 4 33 8.2 0 12
J. Morgan 2 1 33 33.0 0 33
D. Thomas 5 4 24 6.0 1 9
J. Collins 2 2 9 4.5 1 7
D. Henderson 3 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Ingram 1 0 0 0 0 0
P. Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Brooks 1 50 1
D. Whitner 1 42 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
P. Robinson 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Smith 1.5 12.0
A. Brooks 1.5 11.5
A. Smith 1.5 8.0
P. Willis 0.5 4.5
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
P. Willis 7 3
D. Whitner 5 3
A. Brooks 4 1
A. Smith 4 1
T. Brown 3 1
D. Goldson 3 3
N. Bowman 3 3
R. McDonald 2 0
C. Culliver 2 1
J. Smith 2 2
I. Sopoaga 1 1
R. Jean-Francois 1 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
C. Jordan 4 1
M. Jenkins 4 3
C. Lofton 4 5
J. Greer 3 2
I. Abdul-Quddus 2 1
J. Vilma 2 2
W. Smith 2 4
R. Harper 2 5
P. Robinson 1 1
S. Ellis 1 4
D. Hawthorne 1 5
A. Hicks 0 1
B. Bunkley 0 1
T. Johnson 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Smith 1.0
A. Brooks 1.0
A. Smith 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Lofton 1.0
R. Harper 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Ginn Jr. 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles