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New Orleans 31, Minnesota 28
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(12-4)
  1 2 3 4 OT Total
Minnesota 14 0 7 7 0 28  Final 
New Orleans 7 7 7 7 3 31  OT 
(13-3)
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary MIN - NO 
  1st Quarter
 9:35  MIN TD Adrian Peterson rushed to the left for 19 yard gain (Ryan Longwell made PAT) 7 - 0 
 
 6:30  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Pierre Thomas to the right for 38 yard gain (Garrett Hartley made PAT) 7 - 7 
 
 2:11  MIN TD Brett Favre passed to Sidney Rice down the middle for 5 yard gain (Ryan Longwell made PAT) 14 - 7 
 
  2nd Quarter
 10:30  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Devery Henderson to the right for 9 yard gain (Garrett Hartley made PAT) 14 - 14 
 
  3rd Quarter
 12:56  NO TD Pierre Thomas rushed to the right for 9 yard gain (Garrett Hartley made PAT) 14 - 21 
 
 7:35  MIN TD Adrian Peterson rushed to the left for 1 yard gain (Ryan Longwell made PAT) 21 - 21 
 
  4th Quarter
 12:39  NO TD Drew Brees passed to Reggie Bush to the right for 5 yard gain (Garrett Hartley made PAT) 21 - 28 
 
 4:58  MIN TD Adrian Peterson rushed to the left for 2 yard gain (Ryan Longwell made PAT) 28 - 28 
 
  OT
 10:15  NO FG Garrett Hartley kicked a 40-yard field goal 28 - 31 
 
 
 Team Statistics
  MIN NO 
  First Downs 31 15 
    Passing 17 8 
    Rushing 10 4 
    Penalty 4 3 
  Third Down Efficiency 7-12 3-12 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0 1-1 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 475 257 
    Total Plays 82 55 
    Average Gain Per Play 5.8 4.7 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 165 68 
    Rushes 36 23 
    Average Per Rush 4.6 3.0 
  NET YARDS PASSING 310 189 
    Completions-Attempts 28-46 17-31 
    Yards Per Pass Play 6.7 5.9 
    Times Sacked 0 1 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 0 8 
    Had Intercepted 2 0 
  PUNTS 4 7 
    Average Punt 39.0 51.3 
  PENALTIES 5 9 
    Penalty Yards 32 88 
  FUMBLES 6 3 
    Fumbles Lost 3 1 
  TIME OF POSSESSION 36:49 27:56 
 Passing                    
 Minnesota Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating 
 B. Favre 28 46 310 60.9 6.7 0 0 1 2 70.0 
 New Orleans Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating 
 D. Brees 17 31 197 54.8 6.4 1 8 3 0 106.5 
 Rushing            
 Minnesota Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 A. Peterson 25 122 4.9 27 3 0 
 C. Taylor 6 28 4.7 14 0 0 
 P. Harvin 4 15 3.8 10 0 1 
 B. Favre 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 
 New Orleans Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 P. Thomas 14 61 4.4 12 1 0 
 R. Bush 7 8 1.1 6 0 1 
 D. Brees 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 L. Hamilton 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Minnesota Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 B. Berrian 9 102 11.3 30 0 1 
 V. Shiancoe 4 83 20.8 26 0 0 
 S. Rice 4 43 10.8 20 1 0 
 P. Harvin 5 38 7.6 20 0 1 
 C. Taylor 3 18 6.0 11 0 0 
 A. Peterson 2 14 7.0 11 0 0 
 J. Kleinsasser 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 
 New Orleans Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 D. Henderson 4 39 9.8 16 1 0 
 P. Thomas 2 38 19.0 38 1 0 
 R. Bush 2 33 16.5 28 1 1 
 D. Thomas 3 32 10.7 17 0 0 
 M. Colston 2 22 11.0 13 0 0 
 R. Meachem 2 19 9.5 12 0 0 
 J. Shockey 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 
 L. Moore 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Minnesota XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 R. Longwell 4 4 0 0 0 0.0 4 
 New Orleans XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 G. Hartley 4 4 1 1 40 100.0 7 
 Punting          
 Minnesota Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 C. Kluwe 4 39.0 0 2 0 
 New Orleans Punt Avg Blk In20 TB 
 T. Morstead 7 51.3 0 4 0 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Minnesota KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 P. Harvin 2 33 16.5 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 D. Reynaud 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 15 5.0 9 0 
 New Orleans KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 P. Thomas 1 40 40.0 40 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 C. Roby 5 143 28.6 61 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 R. Bush 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 
 Defense
 Minnesota Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 C. Greenway 7 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Williams 6 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 P. Williams 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Leber 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 
 A. Winfield 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 R. Edwards 3 0 1.0 8.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Brinkley 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Allen 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Johnson 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Williams 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 A. Allen 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Sapp 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 H. Farwell 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 A. Peterson 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Kennedy 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 E. Frampton 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. Berrian 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Dugan 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 V. Shiancoe 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 C. Griffin 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Sullivan 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 H. Abdullah 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 K. Onatolu 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
 New Orleans Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD 
 S. Shanle 8 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 T. Porter 8 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 1 1 26 0 
 D. Sharper 7 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Greer 7 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 
 R. Harper 6 1 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
 W. Smith 5 1 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Vilma 5 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 2 1 3 0 
 R. Ayodele 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
 S. Fujita 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
 R. Gay 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 S. Ellis 2 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 B. McCray 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
 A. Hargrove 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 M. Mitchell 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 L. Hamilton 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 U. Young 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 J. Charleston 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Updated on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 3:05 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Minnesota
A. Peterson Adrian Peterson RB
25 Rush, 122 yds
3 TDs
 New Orleans
D. Brees Drew Brees QB
17-31, 197 yds
3 TDs
 NFL Box Scores
Sunday, Jan 24
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Indianapolis 30
Final

Minnesota 28
New Orleans 31
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