| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 48-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 8:44 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 65 yards. Time of Drive: 4:21). |
| 2nd Quarter |
| Cincinnati Field Goal - 29-yarder by Clint Stitser. 13:03 Time Remaining. (13 plays, 42 yards. Time of Drive: 7:08). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 55-yard run by Chris Ivory. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 12:02 Time Remaining. (3 plays, 68 yards. Time of Drive: 1:01). |
| Cincinnati Field Goal - 23-yarder by Clint Stitser. 9:41 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 50 yards. Time of Drive: 2:21). |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 24-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 0:13 Time Remaining. (11 plays, 88 yards. Time of Drive: 3:15). |
| 3rd Quarter |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 1-yard run by Chris Ivory. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 9:06 Time Remaining. (11 plays, 66 yards. Time of Drive: 5:54). |
| Cincinnati Touchdown - 5-yard pass from Carson Palmer to Terrell Owens. (Clint Stitser extra point missed). 3:54 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 60 yards. Time of Drive: 5:12). |
| 4th Quarter |
| Cincinnati Touchdown - 1-yard run by Cedric Benson. (Clint Stitser extra point is good). 13:38 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 46 yards. Time of Drive: 3:36). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 52-yard pass from Drew Brees to Robert Meachem. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 12:13 Time Remaining. (3 plays, 69 yards. Time of Drive: 1:25). |
| Cincinnati Touchdown - 4-yard run by Cedric Benson. (Carson Palmer pass to Jermaine Gresham for the two-point conversion). 8:08 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 59 yards. Time of Drive: 4:05). |
| Cincinnati Field Goal - 47-yarder by Clint Stitser. 4:25 Time Remaining. (5 plays, 15 yards. Time of Drive: 1:38). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 3-yard pass from Drew Brees to Marques Colston. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 0:31 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 68 yards. Time of Drive: 3:54). |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | New Orleans | Cincinnati |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 19 | 21 |
| By Rushing | 8 | 7 |
| By Passing | 10 | 11 |
| By Penalty | 1 | 3 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 1-8-13 | 5-14-36 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0-0-0 | 2-3-67 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 436 | 311 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 53 | 62 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 8.2 | 5.0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 146 | 96 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 22 | 26 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 6.6 | 3.7 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 290 | 215 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 2-23 | 3-34 |
| Gross yards passing | 313 | 249 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 29-24-1 | 33-23-0 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 9.4 | 6.0 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 3-45.3 | 2-56.5 |
| Net Punting Average | 35.3 | 55.5 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 2 | 37 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 1-2 | 2-30 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 7-116 | 6-179 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 0-0 | 1-7 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 11-100 | 7-43 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 4 | 3 |
| Rushing | 2 | 2 |
| Passing | 2 | 1 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 4-4 | 1-2 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 34 | 30 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 27:27 | 32:33 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| New Orleans | Cincinnati |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| D.Brees | 29 | 24 | 313 | 2/23 | 2 | 52 | 1 | | Total | 29 | 24 | 313 | 2/23 | 2 | 52 | 1 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| C.Palmer | 33 | 23 | 249 | 3/34 | 1 | 33 | 0 | | Total | 33 | 23 | 249 | 3/34 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| R.Nelson | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | | Total | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| T.Morstead | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | | Total | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| K.Huber | 2 | 113 | 56.5 | 0 | 2 | 58 | | Total | 2 | 113 | 56.5 | 0 | 2 | 58 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| T.Porter | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | DOWNED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| Q.Cosby | 2 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Total | 2 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 0 |
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| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| C.Roby | 4 | 0 | 80 | 25 | 0 | | H.Evans | 3 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Total | 7 | 0 | 116 | 25 | 0 |
| | KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| B.Scott | 5 | 0 | 165 | 47 | 0 | | Q.Cosby | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | | OUT OF BOUNDS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 7 | 0 | 179 | 47 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| G.Hartley | 2/2 | 100.0 | 48 | 4/4 | 10 | | Total | 2/2 | 100.0 | 48 | 4/4 | 10 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| | | | | | | | Total | 3/3 | 100.0 | 47 | 1/2 | 10 |
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