| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| San Francisco Touchdown - 49-yard pass from Alex Smith to Vernon Davis. (David Akers extra point is good). 2:08 Time Remaining. (2 plays, 54 yards. Time of Drive: 0:46). |
| San Francisco Touchdown - 4-yard pass from Alex Smith to Michael Crabtree. (David Akers extra point is good). 0:41 Time Remaining. (3 plays, 4 yards. Time of Drive: 0:15). |
| 2nd Quarter |
| San Francisco Field Goal - 25-yarder by David Akers. 14:12 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 6 yards. Time of Drive: 1:23). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 14-yard pass from Drew Brees to Jimmy Graham. (John Kasay extra point is good). 9:32 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 4:40). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 25-yard pass from Drew Brees to Marques Colston. (John Kasay extra point is good). 4:09 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 66 yards. Time of Drive: 3:04). |
| 3rd Quarter |
| San Francisco Field Goal - 41-yarder by David Akers. 10:36 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 3 yards. Time of Drive: 0:59). |
| 4th Quarter |
| New Orleans Field Goal - 48-yarder by John Kasay. 13:08 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 37 yards. Time of Drive: 3:26). |
| San Francisco Field Goal - 37-yarder by David Akers. 7:36 Time Remaining. (5 plays, 45 yards. Time of Drive: 3:02). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 44-yard pass from Drew Brees to Darren Sproles. (John Kasay extra point is good). 4:02 Time Remaining. (9 plays, 79 yards. Time of Drive: 3:34). |
| San Francisco Touchdown - 28-yard run by Alex Smith. (Frank Gore up the middle, two-point conversion failed). 2:11 Time Remaining. (6 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 1:51). |
| New Orleans Touchdown - 66-yard pass from Drew Brees to Jimmy Graham. (Drew Brees pass to Darren Sproles for the two-point conversion). 1:37 Time Remaining. (4 plays, 88 yards. Time of Drive: 0:34). |
| San Francisco Touchdown - 14-yard pass from Alex Smith to Vernon Davis. (David Akers extra point is good). 0:09 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 85 yards. Time of Drive: 1:28). |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | New Orleans | San Francisco |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 17 |
| By Rushing | 2 | 6 |
| By Passing | 23 | 11 |
| By Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 5-14-36 | 4-15-27 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 472 | 407 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 80 | 68 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 37 | 143 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 14 | 22 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 2.6 | 6.5 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 435 | 264 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 3-27 | 4-35 |
| Gross yards passing | 462 | 299 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 63-40-2 | 42-24-0 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 6.6 | 5.7 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 5-45.4 | 8-49.5 |
| Net Punting Average | 39.6 | 43.4 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 29 | 70 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 3-29 | 3-29 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 5-59 | 2-45 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 0-0 | 2-41 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 0-0 | 3-33 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 3-3 | 3-1 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 4 | 4 |
| Rushing | 0 | 1 |
| Passing | 4 | 3 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 32 | 36 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 31:20 | 28:40 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| New Orleans | San Francisco |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| D.Brees | 63 | 40 | 462 | 3/27 | 4 | 66 | 2 | | Total | 63 | 40 | 462 | 3/27 | 4 | 66 | 2 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK/YD | TD | LG | IN |
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| A.Smith | 42 | 24 | 299 | 4/35 | 3 | 49 | 0 | | Total | 42 | 24 | 299 | 4/35 | 3 | 49 | 0 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | | | | | | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| T.Morstead | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 0 | 2 | 60 | | Total | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 0 | 2 | 60 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | IN20 | LG |
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| A.Lee | 8 | 396 | 49.5 | 1 | 4 | 63 | | Total | 8 | 396 | 49.5 | 1 | 4 | 63 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | LG | TD |
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| D.Sproles | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 0 | | TOUCHBACK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | DOWNED | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 7 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| Total | 1/1 | 100.0 | 48 | 3/3 | 6 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| Total | 3/3 | 100.0 | 41 | 3/3 | 12 |
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