Coverage: NBC
8:20 PM ET, October 23, 2011
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Top Performers
Passing: D. Brees (NO) - 325 YDS, 5 TD
Rushing: M. Ingram (NO) - 14 CAR, 91 YDS
Receiving: M. Colston (NO) - 7 REC, 98 YDS, 2 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | IND | NO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 09:02 | Marques Colston 14 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Kasay Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| TD | 05:31 | Marques Colston 4 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Kasay Kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| TD | 00:42 | Darren Sproles 6 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Kasay Kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | IND | NO | |||
| TD | 10:39 | Jed Collins 1 Yd Run (John Kasay Kick) | 0 | 28 | |
| FG | 04:20 | John Kasay 23 Yd | 0 | 31 | |
| TD | 01:56 | Delone Carter 2 Yd Run (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | 7 | 31 | |
| FG | 00:00 | John Kasay 47 Yd | 7 | 34 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | IND | NO | |||
| TD | 09:16 | Jimmy Graham 4 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Kasay Kick) | 7 | 41 | |
| TD | 01:41 | Jimmy Graham 2 Yd Pass From Drew Brees (John Kasay Kick) | 7 | 48 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | IND | NO | |||
| TD | 12:26 | Darren Sproles 16 Yd Run (John Kasay Kick) | 7 | 55 | |
| TD | 12:12 | Leigh Torrence 42 Yd Interception Return (John Kasay Kick) | 7 | 62 | |
Team Stat Comparison
IND | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 11 | 36 |
Passing 1st downs | 5 | 19 |
Rushing 1st downs | 6 | 16 |
1st downs from Penalties | 0 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 4-11 | 6-8 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 46 | 75 |
| Total Yards | 252 | 557 |
| Yards per play | 5.5 | 7.4 |
| Total Drives | 11 | 11 |
| Passing | 97 | 321 |
Comp - Att | 12-22 | 31-35 |
Yards per pass | 4.4 | 9.2 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 1-5 | 2-4 |
| Rushing | 155 | 236 |
Rushing Attempts | 23 | 38 |
Yards per rush | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 1-1 | 7-8 |
| Penalties | 7-49 | 1-10 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 21:41 | 38:19 |
| Indianapolis Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| C. Painter | 9/17 | 67 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 | 1-5 | 20.1 | 38.1 |
| D. Orlovsky | 3/5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 63.9 | 81.2 |
| Team | 12/22 | 97 | 4.4 | 0 | 1 | 1-5 | -- | -- |
| New Orleans Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| D. Brees | 31/35 | 325 | 9.3 | 5 | 0 | 2-4 | 95.9 | 144.9 |
| Team | 31/35 | 321 | 9.2 | 5 | 0 | 2-4 | -- | -- |
| Indianapolis Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| D. Carter | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 1 | 42 | |
| D. Brown | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 0 | 24 | |
| C. Painter | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| J. Addai | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Team | 23 | 155 | 6.7 | 1 | 42 | |
| New Orleans Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| M. Ingram | 14 | 91 | 6.5 | 0 | 20 | |
| D. Sproles | 12 | 88 | 7.3 | 1 | 16 | |
| P. Thomas | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| J. Collins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| R. Meachem | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 38 | 236 | 6.2 | 2 | 20 | |
| Indianapolis Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| R. Wayne | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| P. Garcon | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
| A. Collie | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| B. Eldridge | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| J. Addai | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| Team | 12 | 102 | 8.5 | 0 | 19 | 20 | |
| New Orleans Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| M. Colston | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 2 | 39 | 7 | |
| P. Thomas | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | 57 | 6 | |
| J. Graham | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | |
| L. Moore | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 26 | 4 | |
| R. Meachem | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| D. Sproles | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |
| D. Henderson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| M. Ingram | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Team | 31 | 325 | 10.5 | 5 | 57 | 35 | |
| Indianapolis Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| C. Painter | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| L. Torrence | 1 | 42 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 42 | 1 |
| Indianapolis Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| A. Bethea | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Thomas | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Wheeler | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Powers | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Angerer | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Johnson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Lefeged | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Caldwell | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Sims | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Conner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Muir | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Anderson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Moala | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Mathews | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Brayton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Gronkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Snow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Linkenbach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Tamme | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Mathis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hughes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Lacey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 86 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Casillas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Dunbar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Vilma | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Harper | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Jordan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Rogers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Robinson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Jenkins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Porter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Greer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Amaya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Shanle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Humber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Torrence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| I. Abdul-Quddus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Charleston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| W. Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 45 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Indianapolis Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Lefeged | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| New Orleans Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Sproles | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| B. White | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| New Orleans Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Sproles | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| A. Vinatieri | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 1/1 | 1 |
| Team | 0/0 | 0.0 | -- | 1/1 | 1 |
| New Orleans Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| J. Kasay | 2/2 | 100.0 | 47 | 8/8 | 14 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 47 | 8/8 | 14 |
| Indianapolis Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| P. McAfee | 6 | 279 | 46.5 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
| Team | 6 | 279 | 46.5 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
| New Orleans Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| T. Morstead | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Team | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
Attendance: 73,012

