2010 · Week 2
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Sep 20, 2010 · 3Com Park · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints escaped with a 25–22 win over San Francisco 49ers. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Saints (66%). Saints improve to 2-0; 49ers fall to 0-2. Drew Brees was the story of the game with 254 passing yards and 2 TDs; 1 catch for 7 yards. 49ers turned it over 3 times to Saints's 0.
Team stats
| NO | SF | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | First downs | 22 |
| 304 | Total yards | 417 |
| 254 | Passing yards | 275 |
| 50 | Rushing yards | 142 |
| 28/38 | Comp / Att | 23/32 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 28/38 | 254 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Thomas | 18 | 46 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 5 | 8 | 67 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 8 | 8 | 57 | 0 |
| Jeremy Shockey | 3 | 5 | 37 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 4 | 5 | 30 | 1 |
| Devery Henderson | 3 | 4 | 28 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| David Thomas | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Robert Meachem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
SF
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Smith | 23/32 | 275 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Smith | 4 | 28 | 0 |
| Frank Gore | 20 | 112 | 1 |
| Anthony Dixon | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brian Westbrook | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gore | 7 | 9 | 56 | 1 |
| Vernon Davis | 4 | 7 | 78 | 0 |
| Josh Morgan | 6 | 8 | 70 | 0 |
| Michael Crabtree | 1 | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| Delanie Walker | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nate Byham | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Moran Norris | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Dominique Zeigler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |