| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| Minnesota Field Goal - 44-yarder by Ryan Longwell. 12:20 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 0 yards. Time of Drive: 1:20). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 5-yard pass from Drew Brees to Lance Moore. (John Kasay extra point is good). 2:51 Time Remaining. (10 plays, 84 yards. Time of Drive: 5:36). |
| 2nd Quarter |
| Minnesota Field Goal - 49-yarder by Ryan Longwell. 13:13 Time Remaining. (4 plays, -10 yards. Time of Drive: 1:09). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 1-yard pass from Drew Brees to Jimmy Graham. (John Kasay extra point is good). 10:04 Time Remaining. (5 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 3:09). |
| Minnesota Touchdown - 10-yard pass from Christian Ponder to Toby Gerhart. (Ryan Longwell extra point is good). 6:59 Time Remaining. (6 plays, 61 yards. Time of Drive: 3:05). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 13-yard pass from Drew Brees to Darren Sproles. (John Kasay extra point is good). 1:33 Time Remaining. (13 plays, 76 yards. Time of Drive: 5:26). |
| 3rd Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 2-yard pass from Drew Brees to John Gilmore. (John Kasay extra point is good). 12:15 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 44 yards. Time of Drive: 1:44). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 47-yard pass from Drew Brees to Lance Moore. (John Kasay extra point is good). 10:18 Time Remaining. (3 plays, 53 yards. Time of Drive: 0:56). |
| 4th Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 1-yard run by Pierre Thomas. (John Kasay extra point is good). 12:50 Time Remaining. (19 plays, 87 yards. Time of Drive: 10:36). |
| Minnesota Touchdown - 16-yard pass from Christian Ponder to Toby Gerhart. (Ryan Longwell extra point is good). 5:12 Time Remaining. (6 plays, 60 yards. Time of Drive: 2:13). |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | New Orleans | Minnesota |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 36 | 12 |
| By Rushing | 9 | 4 |
| By Passing | 23 | 7 |
| By Penalty | 4 | 1 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 8-11-73 | 4-14-29 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 573 | 207 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 79 | 54 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 7.3 | 3.8 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 161 | 105 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 38 | 18 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 412 | 102 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 0-0 | 4-18 |
| Gross yards passing | 412 | 120 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 41-32-0 | 32-14-1 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 10.0 | 2.8 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 1-51.0 | 7-48.1 |
| Net Punting Average | 51.0 | 41.7 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 45 | 0 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 3-45 | 0-0 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 4-90 | 1-28 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 6-65 | 8-84 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 6 | 2 |
| Rushing | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | 5 | 2 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 6-6 | 2-2 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 42 | 20 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 38:49 | 21:11 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| New Orleans | Minnesota |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| D.Brees | 40 | 32 | 412 | 0/0 | 5 | 47 | 0 | | C.Daniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 41 | 32 | 412 | 0/0 | 5 | 47 | 0 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| C.Ponder | 31 | 14 | 120 | 4/18 | 2 | 16 | 1 | | J.Webb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 32 | 14 | 120 | 4/18 | 2 | 16 | 1 |
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| | INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| T.Morstead | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | | Total | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| C.Kluwe | 7 | 337 | 48.1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | | Total | 7 | 337 | 48.1 | 0 | 3 | 59 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| D.Sproles | 3 | 2 | 45 | 24 | 0 | | DOWNED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | OUT OF BOUNDS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 5 | 2 | 45 | 24 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| M.Sherels | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| | KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| P.Harvin | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 6 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| Total | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6/6 | 6 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| Total | 2/2 | 100.0 | 49 | 2/2 | 8 |
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