| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| New Orleans Safety - David Baas fumble out of bounds in end zone for a safety. 13:28 Time Remaining. |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 6-yard pass from Drew Brees to Reggie Bush. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 9:33 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 46 yards. Time of Drive: 3:55). |
| 2nd Quarter |
| San Francisco Touchdown - 12-yard pass from Alex Smith to Frank Gore. (Joe Nedney extra point is good). 9:52 Time Remaining. (12 plays, 82 yards. Time of Drive: 5:43). |
| 3rd Quarter |
| San Francisco Touchdown - 2-yard run by Anthony Dixon. (Joe Nedney extra point is good). 6:51 Time Remaining. (6 plays, 86 yards. Time of Drive: 3:36). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 3-yard pass from Drew Brees to David Thomas. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 1:43 Time Remaining. (10 plays, 61 yards. Time of Drive: 5:08). |
| 4th Quarter |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 46-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 13:31 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 7 yards. Time of Drive: 1:29). |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 19-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 2:12 Time Remaining. (6 plays, 13 yards. Time of Drive: 3:15). |
| San Francisco Touchdown - 7-yard run by Frank Gore. (Alex Smith pass to Vernon Davis for the two-point conversion). 1:19 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 82 yards. Time of Drive: 0:53). |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 37-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 0:00 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 51 yards. Time of Drive: 1:19). |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | New Orleans | San Francisco |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 24 |
| By Rushing | 1 | 10 |
| By Passing | 14 | 12 |
| By Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 6-14-43 | 5-9-56 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 287 | 417 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 64 | 58 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 4.5 | 7.2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 50 | 142 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 24 | 26 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 2.1 | 5.5 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 237 | 275 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 2-17 | 0-0 |
| Gross yards passing | 254 | 275 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 38-28-0 | 32-23-2 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 5.9 | 8.6 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 6-46.7 | 3-47.0 |
| Net Punting Average | 41.8 | 32.7 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 54 | 29 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 3-43 | 4-29 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 4-90 | 4-63 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 2-11 | 0-0 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 5-54 | 5-40 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 1-0 | 4-2 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 2 | 3 |
| Rushing | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | 2 | 1 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| SAFETIES | 1 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 25 | 22 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 32:40 | 27:20 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| New Orleans | San Francisco |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| D.Brees | 38 | 28 | 254 | 2/17 | 2 | 30 | 0 | | Total | 38 | 28 | 254 | 2/17 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| A.Smith | 32 | 23 | 275 | 0/0 | 1 | 41 | 2 | | Total | 32 | 23 | 275 | 0/0 | 1 | 41 | 2 |
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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 | 6 | 280 | 46.7 | 0 | 4 | 58 | | Total | 6 | 280 | 46.7 | 0 | 4 | 58 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| A.Lee | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | | Total | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| R.Bush | 3 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Total | 3 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| P.Adams | 4 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 0 | | DOWNED | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 6 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 0 |
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| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| C.Roby | 3 | 0 | 81 | 35 | 0 | | H.Evans | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 5 | 0 | 90 | 35 | 0 |
| | KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| D.Walker | 3 | 0 | 51 | 20 | 0 | | M.Norris | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 5 | 0 | 63 | 20 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| G.Hartley | 3/3 | 100.0 | 46 | 2/2 | 11 | | Total | 3/3 | 100.0 | 46 | 2/2 | 11 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| | | | | | | | Total | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 |
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