New Orleans 31, San Francisco 10
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  1 2 3 4 Total
New Orleans 10 14 0 7 31  Final 
San Francisco 0 0 3 7 10   
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  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary NO - SF 
  1st Quarter
 11:23  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Marques Colston down the middle for 17 yard gain (Olindo Mare made PAT) 7 - 0 
 
 3:25  NO FG Olindo Mare kicked a 26-yard field goal 10 - 0 
 
  2nd Quarter
 6:45  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Terrance Copper to the left for 2 yard gain (Olindo Mare made PAT) 17 - 0 
 
 0:50  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Marques Colston to the left for 3 yard gain (Olindo Mare made PAT) 24 - 0 
 
  3rd Quarter
 6:05  SF FG Joe Nedney kicked a 29-yard field goal 24 - 3 
 
  4th Quarter
 8:47  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Marques Colston to the left for 15 yard gain (Olindo Mare made PAT) 31 - 3 
 
 4:16  SF TD Alex Smith passed to Vernon Davis down the middle for 7 yard gain (Joe Nedney made PAT) 31 - 10 
 
 
 Team Statistics
  NO SF 
  First Downs 26 15 
    Passing 18 11 
    Rushing 5 3 
    Penalty 3 1 
  Third Down Efficiency 7-13 10-19 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-1 0-1 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 438 260 
    Total Plays 66 66 
    Average Gain Per Play 6.6 3.9 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 102 83 
    Rushes 27 21 
    Average Per Rush 3.8 4.0 
  NET YARDS PASSING 336 177 
    Completions-Attempts 31-39 22-43 
    Yards Per Pass Play 8.6 3.9 
    Times Sacked 0 2 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 0 13 
    Had Intercepted 0 0 
  PUNTS 4 7 
    Average Punt 39.8 46.9 
  PENALTIES 4 7 
    Penalty Yards 25 66 
  FUMBLES 1 2 
    Fumbles Lost 1 1 
  TIME OF POSSESSION 32:35 27:25 
 Passing                  
 New Orleans Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 D. Brees 31 39 336 79.5 8.6 0 0 4 0 
 San Francisco Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 A. Smith 22 43 190 51.2 4.4 2 13 1 0 
 Rushing            
 New Orleans Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 R. Bush 10 64 6.4 20 0 0 
 A. Stecker 12 35 2.9 8 0 0 
 P. Thomas 3 9 3.0 5 0 0 
 M. Karney 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 D. Patten 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0 0 
 San Francisco Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 F. Gore 12 41 3.4 9 0 0 
 M. Hicks 2 19 9.5 13 0 1 
 A. Smith 4 16 4.0 9 0 0 
 M. Robinson 2 6 3.0 4 0 0 
 M. Norris 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 
 Receiving            
 New Orleans Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 D. Patten 5 109 21.8 43 0 0 
 M. Colston 8 85 10.6 17 3 1 
 R. Bush 7 49 7.0 25 0 0 
 E. Johnson 2 29 14.5 22 0 0 
 D. Henderson 2 23 11.5 15 0 0 
 B. Miller 2 17 8.5 12 0 0 
 T. Copper 2 10 5.0 8 1 0 
 L. Moore 1 10 10.0 10 0 0 
 A. Stecker 2 4 2.0 3 0 0 
 San Francisco Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 V. Davis 6 71 11.8 19 1 0 
 M. Robinson 3 43 14.3 20 0 0 
 B. Gilmore 3 23 7.7 10 0 0 
 A. Battle 3 22 7.3 9 0 0 
 A. Lelie 3 20 6.7 9 0 0 
 J. Hill 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 
 M. Hicks 1 5 5.0 5 0 1 
 D. Walker 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 F. Gore 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 Kicking              
 New Orleans XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 O. Mare 4 4 1 1 26 100.0 7 
 San Francisco XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 J. Nedney 1 1 1 1 29 100.0 4 
 Punting          
 New Orleans Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 S. Weatherford 4 39.8 0 2 0 
 San Francisco Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 A. Lee 7 46.9 0 3 1 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 New Orleans KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 P. Thomas 1 19 19.0 19 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 L. Moore 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 25 6.3 18 0 
 San Francisco KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 M. Hicks 4 97 24.3 29 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 M. Lewis 1 18 18.0 18 0 1 23 23.0 23 0 
 Defense
 New Orleans Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 S. Fujita 6 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 
 R. Harper 4 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 
 J. Craft 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 M. McKenzie 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 K. Kaesviharn 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Bullocks 4 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 
 S. Shanle 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Cooper 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Simoneau 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 H. Thomas 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. David 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 W. Smith 1 1 0.5 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Fincher 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Simmons 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Young 1 0 1.0 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Lake 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Owens 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Copper 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Evans 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Grant 0 1 0.5 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 U. Young 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Clancy 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 San Francisco Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 D. Smith 9 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 P. Willis 6 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 W. Harris 6 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 M. Lewis 5 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 N. Clements 4 2 0.0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 
 M. Roman 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
 D. Strickland 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 P. Haralson 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Spencer 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Douglas 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Hudson 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 I. Sopoaga 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Norris 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Hicks 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Hill 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Robinson 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Banta-Cain 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Franklin 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Gilmore 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Moore 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Updated on Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 4:41 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 New Orleans
D. Brees D. Brees QB
31-39, 336 yds
4 TDs
 San Francisco
A. Smith A. Smith QB
22-43, 190 yds
1 TD