2009 Saints 30 - 2011 packers 20

This game was as simple as Drew Brees outperforming Aaron Rodgers, aided by the fact that the Saints have something like a pass defense, while the Packers' is awful. The critical drive for the Saints came in the Foiurth, when, after the Pack had closed to a seven point deficit, New Orleans ate almost seven minutes of clock and kicked a FG, giving them a two score lead. New Orleans' running backs are pretty plausible too, which is really handy when trying to cling to a lead against a terrifying passer! As a footnote, Mason Crosby, FG kicker for the Packers, sucks. He flubbed one G attempt, and had another blocked. He kicks like it was 1965 or something. In any event, the Saints will match up against the 1998 Falcons - which will be a fascinating one to play.

2009 New Orleans 30, 2011 Green Bay 20
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2009 New Orleans	0	20	7	3	0	30
2011 Green Bay	3	7	10	0	0	20

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	12:16	2011 Green Bay	M.Crosby 32 yd. field goal	3-0 GBN
2	14:43	2009 New Orleans	L.Moore 12 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	7-3 NON
2	12:35	2011 Green Bay	A.Rodgers 5 yd. run (M.Crosby kick)	10-7 GBN
2	9:16	2009 New Orleans	J.Shockey 8 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	14-10 NON
2	2:49	2009 New Orleans	G.Hartley 28 yd. field goal	17-10 NON
2	0:00	2009 New Orleans	G.Hartley 44 yd. field goal	20-10 NON
3	9:40	2009 New Orleans	M.Colston 15 yd. pass from D.Brees (G.Hartley kick)	27-10 NON
3	5:47	2011 Green Bay	M.Crosby 24 yd. field goal	27-13 NON
3	1:33	2011 Green Bay	D.Driver 11 yd. pass from A.Rodgers (M.Crosby kick)	27-20 NON
4	4:01	2009 New Orleans	G.Hartley 40 yd. field goal	30-20 NON

Team Statistics
	2009 New Orleans	2011 Green Bay
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-16-2-25	5-11-1-17
Third Down Efficiency	5-13-38%	2-11-18%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1-100%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	24-28-86%	20-35-57%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	437-72-6.1	335-56-6.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	109	108
Total Rushes	32	21
Average Per Rush	3.4	5.1
Passes Completed/Attempted	24/39 (61.5%)	15/35 (42.9%)
Net Yards Passing	328	227
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.6	6.5
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/7	0/0
Punts/Average	4/47.3	5/47.8
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/-2	1/23
Kickoffs/Returns	3/71	4/97
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/8
Penalties/Yards	10/70	10/61
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	0/0	0/0
Time of Possession	34 mins 42 secs	25 mins 18 secs
Average Drive Start	NON 25	GBN 28

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2009 New Orleans
Drew Brees	39	24	335	61.5	8.6	3	7.7	1	2.6	60	1/7	104.1
2011 Green Bay
Aaron Rodgers	35	15	227	42.9	6.5	1	2.9	0	0	62	0/0	74.3

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2009 New Orleans
Pierre Thomas	13	42	3.2	15	0	0	0/0
Mike Bell	11	58	5.3	22	0	0	0/0
Reggie Bush	3	11	3.7	5	0	0	0/0
Drew Brees	3	-1	-0.3	1	0	0	0/0
Lynell Hamilton	2	-1	-0.5	1	0	0	0/0
2011 Green Bay
James Starks	9	55	6.1	20	0	0	0/0
Ryan Grant	8	23	2.9	7	0	0	0/0
Aaron Rodgers	4	30	7.5	12	1	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2009 New Orleans
Jeremy Shockey	7	76	10.9	15	1	0
Reggie Bush	6	110	18.3	60	0	0
Marques Colston	5	85	17.0	38	1	0
Devery Henderson	2	25	12.5	16	0	0
Lance Moore	2	24	12.0	12	1	0
Pierre Thomas	1	4	4.0	4	0	0
Robert Meachem	1	11	11.0	11	0	0
2011 Green Bay
Greg Jennings	3	28	9.3	12	0	0
Donald Driver	3	30	10.0	13	1	0
Jordy Nelson	2	43	21.5	30	0	0
James Jones	2	71	35.5	62	0	0
Jermichael Finley	2	23	11.5	12	0	0
Ryan Grant	2	18	9.0	13	0	0
Tom Crabtree	1	14	14.0	14	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2009 New Orleans
Garrett Hartley	0/0	1/1	0/0	2/2	0/0	3/3	100
2011 Green Bay
Mason Crosby	0/0	1/1	1/2	0/1	0/0	2/4	50.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2009 New Orleans
Thomas Morstead	4	47.3	36.5	1	1	56	0
2011 Green Bay
Tim Masthay	5	47.8	48.2	0	2	66	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2009 New Orleans
Courtney Roby	3	71	23.7	28	0
2011 Green Bay
Randall Cobb	4	97	24.3	30	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2009 New Orleans
Reggie Bush	1	2	-2	-2.0	-2	0
2011 Green Bay
Randall Cobb	1	1	23	23.0	23	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2009 New Orleans
Jonathan Vilma	6	0	0
Jabari Greer	5	0	0
Roman Harper	5	0	0
Scott Shanle	4	0	0
Scott Fujita	4	0	0
Tracy Porter	3	0	0
Randall Gay	2	0	0
Malcolm Jenkins	1	0	0
Charles Grant	1	0	0
Will Smith	1	0	0
Sedrick Ellis	1	0	0
Remi Ayodele	1	0	0
2011 Green Bay
Erik Walden	12	0	0
B.J. Raji	8	0	0
Tramon Williams	7	0	0
Charles Woodson	6	0	0
A.J. Hawk	5	0	0
Clay Matthews	4	0	0
Morgan Burnett	4	0	0
Desmond Bishop	2	0	0
Jarius Wynn	1	1	0
Charlie Peprah	1	0	0
Jarrett Bush	1	0	0
Ryan Pickett	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2009 New Orleans
2011 Green Bay
Tramon Williams	1	8	8.0	8	0

Game Story

Drew Brees had a great game as the visiting team from New Orleans beat Green Bay by the score of 30 to 20. Brees passed for 335 yards and 3 touchdowns. Mike Bell ran the ball 11 times for 58 yards. New Orleans won the air battle out-passing Green Bay 335 to 227 yards. They had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 34:42. New Orleans took the lead into the locker room at the half 20 to 10. They led after three quarters 27 to 20. A hightlight for Green Bay was a pass to James Jones that went for 62 yards with 13:46 left in the 2nd quarter. But it was not enough to bring his team a victory..

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