| NFC Championship - Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: January 24, 2010 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 71276 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Adrian Peterson 19 run (Ryan Longwell kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Thomas 38 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sidney Rice 5 pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Devery Henderson 9 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Thomas 9 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Adrian Peterson 1 run (Ryan Longwell kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Reggie Bush 5 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Adrian Peterson 2 run (Ryan Longwell kick) | 28 | 28 |
| 5 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 40 FG | 28 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Bernard Berrian |
| 12 | WR | Percy Harvin |
| 18 | WR | Sidney Rice |
| 74 | LOT | Bryant McKinnie |
| 76 | LOG | Steve Hutchinson |
| 65 | C | John Sullivan |
| 64 | ROG | Anthony Herrera |
| 71 | ROT | Phil Loadholt |
| 81 | TE | Visanthe Shiancoe |
| 4 | QB | Brett Favre |
| 28 | HB | Adrian Peterson |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ray Edwards |
| 94 | NT | Pat Williams |
| 93 | UT | Kevin Williams |
| 69 | RDE | Jared Allen |
| 52 | SLB | Chad Greenway |
| 51 | WLB | Ben Leber |
| 26 | LCB | Antoine Winfield |
| 25 | SS | Tyrell Johnson |
| 20 | FS | Madieu Williams |
| 23 | RCB | Cedric Griffin |
| 22 | DB | Benny Sapp |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 16 | WR | Lance Moore |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Nicks |
| 76 | C | Jonathan Goodwin |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 78 | ROT | Jon Stinchcomb |
| 85 | TE | Dave Thomas |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 25 | RB | Reggie Bush |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Bobby McCray |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 92 | NT | Remi Ayodele |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 55 | SLB | Scott Fujita |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 32 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 20 | SS | Randall Gay |
| 42 | FS | Darren Sharper |
| 22 | RCB | Tracy Porter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Adrian Peterson | 25 | 122 | 4.9 | 27 | 3 |
| Chester Taylor | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Brett Favre | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Pierre Thomas | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynell Hamilton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Brett Favre | 46 | 28 | 60.9 | 2 | 310 | 6.7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 0 | 197 | 6.4 | 38t | 3 | 1 | 8 | 106.5 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bernard Berrian | 12 | 9 | 102 | 11.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 8 | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 6 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Sidney Rice | 11 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Chester Taylor | 6 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Devery Henderson | 6 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Dave Thomas | 6 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 28 | 1 |
| Marques Colston | 5 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jeremy Shockey | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tracy Porter | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chris Kluwe | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 44 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 7 | 359 | 51.3 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Darius Reynaud | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Ryan Longwell | 6 | 396 | 66.0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 5 | 336 | 67.2 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Percy Harvin | 2 | 0 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Courtney Roby | 5 | 0 | 143 | 28.6 | 61 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Ray Edwards | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bernard Berrian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Dugan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Greenway | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madieu Williams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasper Brinkley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Allen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrell Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asher Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Sapp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Husain Abdullah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Farwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Frampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sharper | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Porter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Remi Ayodele | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Fujita | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Gay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby McCray | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Hargrove | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynell Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Usama Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Charleston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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