Tuesday, 12/28/10
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Time and Attendance | |
|---|---|
| Time | 3:07 |
| Attendance | 70,144 |
Play-by-Play
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta - 15:00 | ||
| 0-0, Atl30 | 15:00 | Michael Koenen kicks 70 yards from Atl30 to NO0, TOUCHBACK. |
| New Orleans - 15:00 | ||
| 1st-10, NO20 | 15:00 | Pierre Thomas up the Middle to NO22 for 2 yards |
| 2nd-8, NO22 | 14:26 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the left intended for Devery Henderson |
| 3rd-8, NO22 | 14:22 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Jimmy Graham to NO25 for 3 yards |
| 4th-5, NO25 | 13:45 | Thomas Morstead punts 50 yards to Atl25, Eric Weems returns to Atl27 for 2 yards |
| Atlanta - 13:35 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl27 | 13:35 | Michael Turner Off Right Guard to Atl27 for no gain |
| 2nd-10, Atl27 | 12:59 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the right intended for Michael Jenkins |
| 3rd-10, Atl27 | 12:55 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the right intended for Harry Douglas |
| 4th-10, Atl27 | 12:50 | Michael Koenen punts 43 yards to NO30, Reggie Bush returns to NO39 for 9 yards |
| New Orleans - 12:39 | ||
| 1st-10, NO39 | 12:39 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Devery Henderson to Atl47 for 14 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl47 | 12:03 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the right intended for Jimmy Graham |
| 2nd-10, Atl47 | 11:59 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Lance Moore to Atl45 for 2 yards |
| 3rd-8, Atl45 | 11:21 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Robert Meachem to Atl45 for no gain |
| 4th-8, Atl45 | 10:43 | Thomas Morstead punts 40 yards to Atl5, Downed |
| Atlanta - 10:34 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl5 | 10:34 | Michael Turner Off Right Tackle to Atl11 for 6 yards |
| 2nd-4, Atl11 | 9:57 | Michael Turner up the Middle to Atl8 for -3 yards |
| 3rd-7, Atl8 | 9:16 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the right intended for Michael Jenkins |
| 4th-7, Atl8 | 9:08 | Michael Koenen punts 52 yards to NO40, Reggie Bush returns to NO40 for no gain |
| New Orleans - 8:55 | ||
| 1st-10, NO40 | 8:55 | Pierre Thomas Off Right Tackle to NO41 for 1 yard |
| 2nd-9, NO41 | 8:18 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Robert Meachem to NO47 for 6 yards |
| 3rd-3, NO47 | 7:49 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the middle intended for Marques Colston |
| 4th-3, NO47 | 7:42 | Thomas Morstead punts 53 yards to Atl0, TOUCHBACK. |
| Atlanta - 7:34 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl20 | 7:34 | Matt Ryan pass to the right to Roddy White to Atl38 for 18 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl38 | 6:49 | Michael Turner Off Left Tackle to Atl40 for 2 yards |
| 2nd-8, Atl40 | 6:10 | Matt Ryan pass to the left to Michael Jenkins to Atl45 for 5 yards |
| 3rd-3, Atl45 | 5:34 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the left intended for Brian Finneran |
| 4th-3, Atl45 | 5:29 | Michael Koenen punts 26 yards to NO29, Out of Bounds |
| New Orleans - 5:21 | ||
| 1st-10, NO29 | 5:21 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Reggie Bush to NO37 for 8 yards |
| 2nd-2, NO37 | 5:02 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Robert Meachem to NO45 for 8 yards |
| 1st-10, NO45 | 4:30 | Pierre Thomas up the Middle to NO46 for 1 yard |
| 2nd-9, NO46 | 3:54 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Lance Moore to Atl38 for 16 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl38 | 3:13 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Pierre Thomas to Atl37 for 1 yard |
| 2nd-9, Atl37 | 2:33 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Pierre Thomas to Atl37 for no gain |
| 3rd-9, Atl37 | 1:51 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Pierre Thomas to Atl34 for 3 yards |
| 4th-6, Atl34 | 1:06 | Garrett Hartley 52 yard field goal is GOOD. Holder-Chase Daniel |
| 0-0, NO30 | 1:02 | Thomas Morstead kicks 70 yards from NO30 to Atl0, TOUCHBACK. |
| Atlanta - 1:02 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl20 | 1:02 | Michael Turner Off Right End to Atl18 for -2 yards |
| 2nd-12, Atl18 | 0:20 | Matt Ryan pass to the left to Roddy White to Atl36 for 18 yards |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta - 15:00 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl36 | 15:00 | Michael Turner Off Right End to Atl37 for 1 yard |
| 2nd-9, Atl37 | 14:24 | Michael Turner Off Right End to Atl38 for 1 yard |
| 3rd-8, Atl38 | 13:43 | Matt Ryan Aborted/Dropped Snap to Atl38 for no gain. Todd McClure FUMBLES, recovered at Atl34 by Jonathan Vilma RETURNED for 0 yards. |
| New Orleans - 13:38 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl34 | 13:38 | Drew Brees pass to the middle to Pierre Thomas to Atl29 for 5 yards |
| 2nd-5, Atl29 | 12:59 | Pierre Thomas Off Left Guard to Atl28 for 1 yard |
| 3rd-4, Atl28 | 12:21 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Jimmy Graham to Atl18 for 10 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl18 | 11:48 | Pierre Thomas Off Left End to Atl2 for 16 yards |
| 1st-2, Atl2 | 11:19 | Pierre Thomas up the Middle for 2 yards for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 0-0, Atl2 | 11:18 | Garrett Hartley extra point is GOOD. Holder-Chase Daniel |
| 0-0, NO30 | 11:18 | Thomas Morstead kicks 66 yards from NO30 to Atl4, Eric Weems returns to Atl22 for 18 yards |
| Atlanta - 11:13 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl22 | 11:13 | Matt Ryan pass to the right to Tony Gonzalez to Atl29 for 7 yards |
| 2nd-3, Atl29 | 10:38 | Michael Turner Off Right End to NO44 for 27 yards |
| 1st-10, NO44 | 10:13 | Michael Turner Off Left Tackle to NO45 for -1 yards |
| 2nd-11, NO45 | 9:34 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the left intended for Michael Jenkins |
| 3rd-11, NO45 | 9:28 | Matt Ryan pass to the middle to Jason Snelling to NO26 for 19 yards |
| 0-0, NO26 | 8:45 | NO-Anthony Hargrove PENALIZED 5 yards for Illegal Use of Hands |
| 1st-10, NO21 | 8:39 | Matt Ryan Off Right End to NO14 for 7 yards |
| 0-0, NO14 | 8:39 | NO-Jo-Lonn Dunbar PENALIZED 7 yards for Unnecessary Roughness |
| 1st-7, NO7 | 8:16 | Michael Turner up the Middle to NO7 for no gain |
| 2nd-7, NO7 | 7:31 | Matt Ryan pass to the right to Roddy White for 7 yards for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 0-0, NO2 | 7:28 | Matt Bryant extra point is GOOD. Holder-Michael Koenen |
| 0-0, Atl30 | 7:28 | Michael Koenen kicks 66 yards from Atl30 to NO4, Pierre Thomas returns to NO18 for 14 yards |
| New Orleans - 7:23 | ||
| 1st-10, NO18 | 7:23 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Reggie Bush to NO22 for 4 yards |
| 2nd-6, NO22 | 6:55 | Pierre Thomas Off Right Guard to NO23 for 1 yard |
| 3rd-5, NO23 | 6:13 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the right intended for Robert Meachem |
| 4th-5, NO23 | 6:07 | Thomas Morstead punts 47 yards to Atl30, Downed |
| Atlanta - 5:54 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl30 | 5:54 | Michael Turner Off Left End to Atl30 for no gain |
| 2nd-10, Atl30 | 5:29 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the right intended for Michael Jenkins |
| 0-0, Atl30 | 5:24 | Atl-Michael Jenkins PENALIZED -10 yards for Pass Interference |
| 3rd-20, Atl20 | 5:01 | Matt Ryan pass to the right to Ovie Mughelli to Atl31 for 11 yards |
| 4th-9, Atl31 | 4:28 | Michael Koenen punts 50 yards to NO19, Reggie Bush returns to NO20 for 1 yard |
| New Orleans - 4:28 | ||
| 0-0, NO20 | 4:28 | NO-Jeff Charleston PENALIZED -10 yards for Illegal Block |
| 1st-10, NO10 | 4:16 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Robert Meachem to NO24 for 14 yards |
| 1st-10, NO24 | 3:40 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Pierre Thomas to NO25 for 1 yard |
| 2nd-9, NO25 | 2:57 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Robert Meachem to NO32 for 7 yards |
| 3rd-2, NO32 | 2:25 | NO-Jermon Bushrod PENALIZED -5 yards for False Start |
| 3rd-7, NO27 | 2:00 | Two-Minute Warning |
| 3rd-7, NO27 | 2:00 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Robert Meachem to NO45 for 18 yards |
| 1st-10, NO45 | 1:49 | New Orleans Saints timeout. |
| 1st-10, NO45 | 1:49 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Reggie Bush to NO48 for 3 yards |
| 2nd-7, NO48 | 1:25 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Jeremy Shockey to Atl40 for 12 yards. Replay challenge - ruling upheld. |
| 1st-10, Atl40 | 0:50 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the left intended for Lance Moore |
| 2nd-10, Atl40 | 0:43 | Drew Brees sacked at Atl46 for -6 yards |
| 3rd-16, Atl46 | 0:37 | New Orleans Saints timeout. |
| 3rd-16, Atl46 | 0:37 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the left |
| 4th-16, Atl46 | 0:29 | Thomas Morstead punts 30 yards to Atl16, Downed |
| Atlanta - 0:16 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl16 | 0:16 | Matt Ryan Kneel to Runout Clock to Atl15 for -1 yards |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans - 15:00 | ||
| 0-0, NO30 | 15:00 | Thomas Morstead kicks 70 yards from NO30 to Atl0, TOUCHBACK. |
| Atlanta - 15:00 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl20 | 15:00 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the right intended for Michael Turner |
| 2nd-10, Atl20 | 14:55 | Matt Ryan pass to the right to Tony Gonzalez to Atl25 for 5 yards |
| 3rd-5, Atl25 | 14:13 | Matt Ryan pass to the left to Michael Jenkins to Atl30 for 5 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl30 | 13:38 | Matt Ryan pass to the left to Michael Jenkins to Atl29 for -1 yards |
| 2nd-11, Atl29 | 13:00 | Matt Ryan pass to the left to Michael Jenkins to Atl45 for 16 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl45 | 12:27 | Michael Turner Off Left Tackle to Atl49 for 4 yards |
| 0-0, Atl49 | 11:51 | NO-Tracy Porter PENALIZED 15 yards for Pass Interference |
| 0-0, NO36 | 11:47 | NO-Tracy Porter PENALIZED 35 yards for Pass Interference |
| 1st-1, NO1 | 11:39 | Michael Turner Off Right Guard to NO1 for no gain |
| 2nd-1, NO1 | 11:05 | Michael Turner up the Middle to NO2 for -1 yards. Michael Turner FUMBLES (FF-Jeff Charleston), recovered at NO2 by Marvin Mitchell RETURNED for 0 yards. |
| New Orleans - 10:51 | ||
| 1st-10, NO2 | 10:51 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the left intended for Heath Evans |
| 2nd-10, NO2 | 10:46 | Pierre Thomas Off Right Guard to NO2 for no gain |
| 3rd-10, NO2 | 10:06 | Drew Brees pass to the middle to Marques Colston to NO14 for 12 yards |
| 1st-10, NO14 | 9:33 | Pierre Thomas up the Middle to NO13 for -1 yards |
| 2nd-11, NO13 | 8:53 | Drew Brees pass to the middle to Marques Colston to NO22 for 9 yards |
| 3rd-2, NO22 | 8:17 | Reggie Bush Off Right End to NO22 for no gain |
| 4th-2, NO22 | 7:39 | Thomas Morstead punts 55 yards to Atl23, Downed |
| Atlanta - 7:25 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl23 | 7:25 | Michael Turner Off Right End to Atl29 for 6 yards |
| 2nd-4, Atl29 | 6:45 | Jason Snelling Off Right End to Atl30 for 1 yard |
| 3rd-3, Atl30 | 6:12 | Matt Ryan pass to the left to Michael Jenkins to Atl45 for 15 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl45 | 5:33 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the left intended for Tony Gonzalez |
| 2nd-10, Atl45 | 5:26 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the right intended for Roddy White |
| 3rd-10, Atl45 | 5:21 | Atlanta Falcons timeout. |
| 3rd-10, Atl45 | 5:21 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the left intended for Roddy White |
| 4th-10, Atl45 | 5:13 | Michael Koenen punts 55 yards to NO0, TOUCHBACK. |
| New Orleans - 5:05 | ||
| 1st-10, NO20 | 5:05 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the right intended for Robert Meachem |
| 2nd-10, NO20 | 5:01 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the left intended for Marques Colston |
| 3rd-10, NO20 | 4:55 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Robert Meachem to NO34 for 14 yards |
| 1st-10, NO34 | 4:10 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the middle intended for Robert Meachem |
| 2nd-10, NO34 | 4:02 | Pierre Thomas Off Right End to NO38 for 4 yards |
| 3rd-6, NO38 | 3:16 | Pierre Thomas Off Left End to NO38 for no gain |
| 4th-6, NO38 | 2:31 | Thomas Morstead punts 42 yards to Atl20, Eric Weems returns to Atl24 for 4 yards |
| Atlanta - 2:23 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl24 | 2:23 | Michael Turner Off Right Tackle to Atl31 for 7 yards |
| 2nd-3, Atl31 | 1:45 | Matt Ryan sacked at Atl23 for -8 yards |
| 3rd-11, Atl23 | 1:17 | Matt Ryan pass to the middle to Ovie Mughelli to Atl32 for 9 yards |
| 4th-2, Atl32 | 0:37 | Michael Koenen punts 48 yards to NO20, Out of Bounds |
| New Orleans - 0:37 | ||
| 0-0, NO20 | 0:37 | NO-Leigh Torrence PENALIZED -10 yards for Unnecessary Roughness |
| 1st-10, NO10 | 0:29 | Pierre Thomas Off Right Tackle to NO23 for 13 yards |
| 4th Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans - 15:00 | ||
| 1st-10, NO23 | 15:00 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Devery Henderson to NO33 for 10 yards |
| 1st-10, NO33 | 14:22 | Drew Brees pass to the left intercepted by Chauncey Davis RETURNED for 26 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| Atlanta - 14:14 | ||
| 0-0, NO2 | 14:14 | Matt Bryant extra point is GOOD. Holder-Michael Koenen |
| 0-0, Atl30 | 14:14 | Michael Koenen kicks 67 yards from Atl30 to NO3, Pierre Thomas returns to NO32 for 29 yards |
| New Orleans - 14:08 | ||
| 1st-10, NO32 | 14:08 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Robert Meachem to Atl43 for 25 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl43 | 13:31 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Devery Henderson to Atl32 for 11 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl32 | 12:55 | Pierre Thomas up the Middle to Atl25 for 7 yards |
| 2nd-3, Atl25 | 12:17 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the right intended for Lance Moore |
| 3rd-3, Atl25 | 12:05 | NO-Jermon Bushrod PENALIZED -5 yards for False Start |
| 3rd-8, Atl30 | 12:05 | Drew Brees pass to the left intended for Lance Moore intercepted by John Abraham RETURNED from Atl41 for 6 yards. |
| Atlanta - 12:01 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl47 | 12:01 | Matt Ryan pass to the right to Justin Peelle to NO43 for 10 yards |
| 1st-10, NO43 | 11:32 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the right intended for Ovie Mughelli |
| 2nd-10, NO43 | 11:27 | Michael Turner Off Right Tackle to NO42 for 1 yard |
| 3rd-9, NO42 | 10:46 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the middle intended for Harry Douglas |
| 4th-9, NO42 | 10:41 | Michael Koenen punts 32 yards to NO10, Lance Moore Fair Catch |
| New Orleans - 10:35 | ||
| 1st-10, NO10 | 10:35 | Drew Brees incomplete pass to the right intended for Marques Colston |
| 2nd-10, NO10 | 10:30 | Pierre Thomas Off Left End to NO9 for -1 yards |
| 3rd-11, NO9 | 9:46 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Lance Moore to NO27 for 18 yards |
| 1st-10, NO27 | 9:11 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Lance Moore to NO39 for 12 yards |
| 1st-10, NO39 | 8:31 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Robert Meachem to NO45 for 6 yards |
| 2nd-4, NO45 | 8:02 | Devery Henderson Off Left End to Atl46 for 9 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl46 | 7:26 | Pierre Thomas Off Right Guard to Atl44 for 2 yards |
| 2nd-8, Atl44 | 6:47 | Pierre Thomas Off Right End to Atl38 for 6 yards |
| 3rd-2, Atl38 | 6:10 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Robert Meachem to Atl35 for 3 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl35 | 5:30 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Pierre Thomas to Atl13 for 22 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl13 | 4:44 | Drew Brees pass to the middle to Reggie Bush to Atl8 for 5 yards |
| 2nd-5, Atl8 | 4:05 | Julius Jones Off Right Tackle to Atl6 for 2 yards |
| 3rd-3, Atl6 | 3:28 | New Orleans Saints timeout. |
| 3rd-3, Atl6 | 3:28 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Jimmy Graham for 6 yards for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 0-0, Atl2 | 3:24 | Garrett Hartley extra point is GOOD. Holder-Chase Daniel |
| 0-0, NO30 | 3:24 | Thomas Morstead kicks 59 yards from NO30 to Atl11, Eric Weems returns to Atl19 for 8 yards |
| Atlanta - 3:19 | ||
| 1st-10, Atl19 | 3:19 | Matt Ryan Off Left End to Atl39 for 20 yards |
| 1st-10, Atl39 | 3:11 | Matt Ryan pass to the right to Jason Snelling to Atl43 for 4 yards |
| 2nd-6, Atl43 | 3:04 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the left intended for Jason Snelling |
| 3rd-6, Atl43 | 2:57 | Matt Ryan incomplete pass to the middle intended for Harry Douglas |
| 4th-6, Atl43 | 2:52 | Michael Koenen punts 43 yards to NO14, Lance Moore Fair Catch |
| New Orleans - 2:44 | ||
| 1st-10, NO14 | 2:44 | Drew Brees pass to the left to Jimmy Graham to NO21 for 7 yards. Replay challenge - ruling reversed. |
| 2nd-3, NO21 | 2:11 | Pierre Thomas Off Right Tackle to NO25 for 4 yards |
| 1st-10, NO25 | 2:00 | Two-Minute Warning |
| 1st-10, NO25 | 2:00 | Pierre Thomas up the Middle to NO27 for 2 yards |
| 2nd-8, NO27 | 1:55 | Atlanta Falcons timeout. |
| 2nd-8, NO27 | 1:55 | Drew Brees pass to the right to Pierre Thomas to NO34 for 7 yards |
| 3rd-1, NO34 | 1:36 | Atlanta Falcons timeout. |
| 3rd-1, NO34 | 1:36 | Pierre Thomas up the Middle to NO37 for 3 yards |
| 1st-10, NO37 | 0:54 | Drew Brees Kneel to Runout Clock to NO36 for -1 yards |
| 2nd-11, NO36 | 0:25 | Drew Brees Kneel to Runout Clock to NO35 for -1 yards |
