2010 · Week 1
Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints
Sep 9, 2010 · Louisiana Superdome · dome · sportturf
Recap
New Orleans Saints defeated Minnesota Vikings 14–9. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Saints (64%). Saints improve to 1-0; Vikings fall to 0-1. Drew Brees paced the offense with 237 passing yards and 1 TD.
Team stats
| MIN | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | First downs | 18 |
| 262 | Total yards | 316 |
| 171 | Passing yards | 237 |
| 91 | Rushing yards | 79 |
| 15/27 | Comp / Att | 27/36 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Favre | 15/27 | 171 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 19 | 87 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Albert Young | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 4 | 7 | 76 | 1 |
| Greg Camarillo | 1 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Lewis | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Albert Young | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Jeff Dugan | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 27/36 | 237 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 19 | 71 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 2 | 14 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Thomas | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 5 | 6 | 62 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 2 | 4 | 38 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 5 | 6 | 33 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 3 | 4 | 33 | 0 |
| Jeremy Shockey | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| David Thomas | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |