2011 Saints 45 - 1999 Titans 31

This game was not a shock, given as how it was a matchup between the two most heinous pass defenses in the Tournament. Drew Brees > Steve McNair, while Eddie George > the Saints RB's, but the Saints RB's were brilliant while George was only good in this game. Both teams racked up 26 first downs, and both teams scored at least a TD in every quarter, but periodic failures on third down doomed the Titans, while Brees was able to convert on 3rd down pretty regularly.

1999 Tennessee 31, 2011 New Orleans 45
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1999 Tennessee	10	7	7	7	0	31
2011 New Orleans	10	21	7	7	0	45

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:24	1999 Tennessee	E.George 3 yd. run (A.Del Greco kick)	7-0 TNA
1	8:36	2011 New Orleans	M.Ingram 2 yd. run (J.Kasay kick)	7-7 NON
1	3:37	2011 New Orleans	J.Kasay 23 yd. field goal	10-7 NON
1	0:00	1999 Tennessee	A.Del Greco 41 yd. field goal	10-10 NON
2	10:31	1999 Tennessee	Y.Thigpen 23 yd. pass from S.McNair (A.Del Greco kick)	17-10 TNA
2	7:18	2011 New Orleans	M.Colston 42 yd. pass from D.Brees (J.Kasay kick)	17-17 NON
2	5:37	2011 New Orleans	M.Colston 9 yd. pass from D.Brees (J.Kasay kick)	24-17 NON
2	0:52	2011 New Orleans	D.Sproles 20 yd. pass from D.Brees (J.Kasay kick)	31-17 NON
3	8:56	1999 Tennessee	J.Harris 7 yd. pass from S.McNair (A.Del Greco kick)	31-24 NON
3	3:29	2011 New Orleans	C.Ivory 19 yd. run (J.Kasay kick)	38-24 NON
4	9:34	2011 New Orleans	D.Sproles 1 yd. run (J.Kasay kick)	45-24 NON
4	1:07	1999 Tennessee	R.Thomas 2 yd. run (A.Del Greco kick)	45-31 NON

Team Statistics
	1999 Tennessee	2011 New Orleans
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	8-16-2-26	8-17-1-26
Third Down Efficiency	10-17-59%	2-7-29%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	21-21-100%	31-42-74%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	410-76-5.4	453-61-7.4
Total Net Yards Rushing	126	160
Total Rushes	33	25
Average Per Rush	3.8	6.4
Passes Completed/Attempted	23/42 (54.8%)	22/34 (64.7%)
Net Yards Passing	284	293
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.9	9.1
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/7	2/15
Punts/Average	4/32.5	3/46.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/9	1/10
Kickoffs/Returns	4/69	5/106
Interceptions/Returns	1/10	1/0
Penalties/Yards	6/38	7/50
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/1	2/0
Time of Possession	34 mins 46 secs	25 mins 14 secs
Average Drive Start	TNA 21	NON 41

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1999 Tennessee
Steve McNair	42	23	291	54.8	6.9	2	4.8	1	2.4	46	1/7	82.5
2011 New Orleans
Drew Brees	34	22	308	64.7	9.1	3	8.8	1	2.9	49	2/15	110.9

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1999 Tennessee
Eddie George	26	103	4.0	15	1	0	1/0
Steve McNair	3	18	6.0	9	0	0	0/0
Rodney Thomas	3	6	2.0	2	1	0	1/1
Lorenzo Neal	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
2011 New Orleans
Mark Ingram	7	3	0.4	4	1	0	0/0
Chris Ivory	7	48	6.9	19	1	0	0/0
Pierre Thomas	5	64	12.8	33	0	0	1/0
Darren Sproles	4	41	10.3	17	1	0	0/0
Drew Brees	2	4	2.0	3	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1999 Tennessee
Frank Wycheck	4	40	10.0	12	0	0
Eddie George	4	27	6.8	10	0	0
Yancey Thigpen	4	48	12.0	23	1	0
Kevin Dyson	3	87	29.0	46	0	0
Isaac Byrd	2	26	13.0	13	0	0
Rodney Thomas	2	21	10.5	12	0	0
Jackie Harris	2	12	6.0	7	1	0
Chris Sanders	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Lorenzo Neal	1	23	23.0	23	0	0
2011 New Orleans
Marques Colston	7	157	22.4	49	2	0
Lance Moore	4	39	9.8	15	0	0
Jimmy Graham	4	24	6.0	14	0	0
Darren Sproles	3	39	13.0	20	1	0
Devery Henderson	3	35	11.7	15	0	0
Robert Meachem	1	14	14.0	14	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1999 Tennessee
Al Del Greco	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	100
2011 New Orleans
John Kasay	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1999 Tennessee
Craig Hentrich	4	32.5	30.0	0	0	41	0
2011 New Orleans
Thomas Morstead	3	46.7	43.7	0	1	52	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1999 Tennessee
Derrick Mason	3	54	18.0	21	0
Spencer George	1	15	15.0	15	0
2011 New Orleans
Darren Sproles	5	106	21.2	28	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1999 Tennessee
Derrick Mason	2	0	9	4.5	7	0
2011 New Orleans
Darren Sproles	1	3	10	10.0	10	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1999 Tennessee
Samari Rolle	7	0	0
Denard Walker	6	0	0
Blaine Bishop	6	0	0
Barron Wortham	5	0	0
Jason Fisk	4	0	0
Marcus Robertson	4	0	0
Joe Bowden	3	1	0
Dainon Sidney	3	0	0
Eddie J. Robinson	2	0	0
Jevon Kearse	2	1	0
Josh Evans	1	0	0
Eddie George	0	0	1
2011 New Orleans
Jabari Greer	9	0	0
Malcolm Jenkins	6	0	0
Scott Shanle	6	0	1
Jonathan Vilma	6	0	0
Jonathan Casillas	5	0	0
Jo-Lonn Dunbar	4	0	0
Will Smith	3	0	0
Leigh Torrence	3	0	0
Junior Galette	2	1	0
Sedrick Ellis	2	0	0
Patrick Robinson	2	0	0
Tracy Porter	1	0	0
Roman Harper	1	0	0
Martez Wilson	1	0	0
Isa Abdul-Quddus	1	0	0
Jonathon Amaya	1	0	0
Pierre Thomas	0	0	1
Darren Sproles	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1999 Tennessee
John Thornton	1	10	10.0	10	0
2011 New Orleans
Jabari Greer	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story

Marques Colston completely dominated the action as New Orleans defeated Tennessee by the score of 45 to 31. Colston smoked the Tennessee defense with 7 catches for 157 receiving yards scoring 2 times. Drew Brees passed 34 times for 308 yards and 3 touchdowns. New Orleans was ahead at halftime 31 to 17. They led after three quarters 38 to 24. Eddie George ran the ball 26 times gaining 103 yards and added a touchdown for Tennessee .

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