| NFC Divisional Playoff |
| New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: January 14, 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 69732 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 32 F Humidty: 25% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Vernon Davis 49 pass from Alex Smith (David Akers kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Michael Crabtree 4 pass from Alex Smith (David Akers kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | David Akers 25 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jimmy Graham 14 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Marques Colston 25 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | David Akers 41 FG | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Kasay 48 FG | 17 | 20 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | David Akers 37 FG | 17 | 23 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Darren Sproles 44 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Aldon Smith 28 run (Frank Gore run failed) | 24 | 29 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jimmy Graham 66 pass from Drew Brees (Darren Sproles pass from Drew Brees) | 32 | 29 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Vernon Davis 14 pass from Alex Smith (David Akers kick) | 32 | 36 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Nicks |
| 60 | C | Brian De La Puente |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 80 | TE | Jimmy Graham |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 43 | RB | Darren Sproles |
| 23 | RB | Pierre Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 99 | NT | Aubrayo Franklin |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 56 | SLB | Jo-Lonn Dunbar |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 33 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 27 | FS | Malcolm Jenkins |
| 22 | RCB | Tracy Porter |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Deion Branch |
| 83 | WR | Wes Welker |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 63 | C | Dan Connolly |
| 54 | ROG | Brian Waters |
| 77 | ROT | Nate Solder |
| 87 | TE | Rob Gronkowski |
| 81 | TE | Aaron Hernandez |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 42 | RB | BenJarvus Green-Ellis |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ray McDonald |
| 90 | NT | Isaac Sopoaga |
| 94 | RDE | Justin Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Ahmad Brooks |
| 53 | LILB | NaVorro Bowman |
| 52 | RILB | Patrick Willis |
| 98 | ROLB | Parys Haralson |
| 22 | LCB | Carlos Rogers |
| 31 | SS | Donte Whitner |
| 38 | FS | Dashon Goldson |
| 25 | RCB | Tarell Brown |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 33:23 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7/18 | 2/3 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 1 |
| NE | 26:37 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chris Ivory | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 144 | 3.6 | 19 | 1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Frank Gore | 13 | 89 | 6.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Alex Smith | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Kendall Hunter | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Anthony Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 146 | 4.9 | 43 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 63 | 40 | 63.5 | 2 | 462 | 7.3 | 66tt | 4 | 3 | 27 | 111.9 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 9 | 34.6 | 0 | 136 | 5.2 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 52.7 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Alex Smith | 42 | 24 | 57.1 | 0 | 299 | 7.1 | 49tt | 3 | 4 | 35 | 118.9 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 26 | 76.5 | 1 | 363 | 10.7 | 61t | 6 | 0 | 0 | 137.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 19 | 15 | 119 | 7.9 | 44t | 1 |
| Marques Colston | 12 | 9 | 136 | 15.1 | 31 | 1 |
| Jimmy Graham | 8 | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 66t | 2 |
| Devery Henderson | 8 | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 4 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Adrian Arrington | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Higgins | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 9 | 136 | 15.1 | 41 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Vernon Davis | 10 | 7 | 180 | 25.7 | 49t | 2 |
| Frank Gore | 7 | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Michael Crabtree | 10 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Kyle Williams | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bruce Miller | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Kendall Hunter | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Justin Peelle | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Brett Swain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 26 | 363 | 14.0 | 61t | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dashon Goldson | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Tarell Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||
| Britton Colquitt | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||
| Zoltan Mesko | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ted Ginn | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Kyle Williams | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Matt Prater | 3 | 198 | 66.0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 198 | 66.0 | 2 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 8 | 508 | 63.5 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 508 | 63.5 | 4 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Courtney Roby | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Kendall Hunter | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Kyle Williams | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Roman Harper | 1.5 | 17.5 |
| Martez Wilson | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| Team Totals | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Aldon Smith | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Justin Smith | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Ahmad Brooks | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Team Totals | 5.0 | 28.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Malcolm Jenkins | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Porter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korey Hall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martez Wilson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quddus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Charleston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Rogers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Casillas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Courtney Roby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jahri Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dashon Goldson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NaVorro Bowman | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Willis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte Whitner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmad Brooks | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarell Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Culliver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aldon Smith | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Spillman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Smith | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parys Haralson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Costanzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavares Gooden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madieu Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Jean Francois | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |