| San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73147 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Colin Kaepernick 7 run (David Akers kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Thomas 6 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Marques Colston 10 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ahmad Brooks 50 interception return (David Akers kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Frank Gore 6 pass from Colin Kaepernick (David Akers kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Donte Whitner 42 interception return (David Akers kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jed Collins 2 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | David Akers 27 FG | 31 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Michael Crabtree |
| 82 | WR | Mario Manningham |
| 74 | LOT | Joe Staley |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Iupati |
| 59 | C | Jonathan Goodwin |
| 75 | ROG | Alex Boone |
| 76 | ROT | Anthony Davis |
| 85 | TE | Vernon Davis |
| 7 | QB | Colin Kaepernick |
| 21 | RB | Frank Gore |
| 49 | FB | Bruce Miller |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ray McDonald |
| 90 | NT | Isaac Sopoaga |
| 94 | RDE | Justin Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Ahmad Brooks |
| 53 | LILB | NaVorro Bowman |
| 52 | RILB | Patrick Willis |
| 99 | ROLB | Aldon Smith |
| 22 | LCB | Carlos Rogers |
| 31 | SS | Donte Whitner |
| 38 | FS | Dashon Goldson |
| 25 | RCB | Tarell Brown |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 66 | LOG | Ben Grubbs |
| 60 | C | Brian De La Puente |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 79 | ROT | Bryce Harris |
| 80 | TE | Jimmy Graham |
| 85 | TE | Dave Thomas |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 29 | RB | Chris Ivory |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 77 | LDT | Brodrick Bunkley |
| 98 | RDT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 57 | SLB | David Hawthorne |
| 50 | MLB | Curtis Lofton |
| 51 | WLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 33 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 27 | FS | Malcolm Jenkins |
| 21 | RCB | Patrick Robinson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frank Gore | 19 | 83 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Kendall Hunter | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Colin Kaepernick | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Anthony Dixon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Brandon Jacobs | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chris Ivory | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Colin Kaepernick | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 1 | 231 | 9.2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90.6 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 41 | 26 | 63.4 | 2 | 267 | 6.5 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 86.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Mario Manningham | 5 | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Delanie Walker | 3 | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Bruce Miller | 3 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Michael Crabtree | 5 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Frank Gore | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Vernon Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Moss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 9 | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 5 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Jimmy Graham | 6 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Thomas | 5 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Lance Moore | 6 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Joe Morgan | 2 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ahmad Brooks | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Donte Whitner | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Patrick Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Andy Lee | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 59 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 5 | 252 | 50.4 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ted Ginn | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||
| David Akers | 6 | 420 | 70.0 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 4 | 257 | 64.3 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Kyle Williams | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Travaris Cadet | 5 | 0 | 148 | 29.6 | 36 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Justin Smith | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| Ahmad Brooks | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| Aldon Smith | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| Patrick Willis | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Patrick Willis | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte Whitner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NaVorro Bowman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dashon Goldson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmad Brooks | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aldon Smith | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarell Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Smith | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Culliver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Jean Francois | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Sopoaga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tramaine Brock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perrish Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavares Gooden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Spillman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delanie Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Curtis Lofton | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Roman Harper | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hawthorne | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quiddus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Casillas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akiem Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turk McBride | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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