New Orleans Saints 14-9 Minnesota Vikings
The New Orleans Saints opened their Super Bowl title defence with a 14-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings yesterday.
To celebrate the team's first Super Bowl win, over the Indianapolis Colts in Miami in February, opening night was marked with a rock concert in New Orleans' Jackson Square.
The Saints took to the field to a deafening roar of the fan chant "Who Dat?" and the 70,000 crowd made themselves heard whenever the Vikings quarterback, Brett Favre, was set up for a snap. The 40-year-old said it had been tough to make himself heard.
"Anytime you're in a game like that where there are festivities and everything beforehand, you have got to remain calm," the Saints quarterback, Drew Brees, told reporters.
The Saints beat the Vikings in New Orleans to clinch a berth in the Super Bowl and for Brees it was clearly "sweet to repeat".
"We talked about it all week long and obviously it was extremely exciting to prepare for a game like this," said Brees, who noted the improved display from a defense that struggled against the Vikings in last season's 31-28 overtime win. "Our defense took it personal. We gave up a lot of yards but we got some turnovers. Coming into this game we knew we would have to play better and obviously the defense played very, very well."
"It's good but it's just one game," the tight end Jeremy Shockey said. "I know the fans have been waiting for this since Miami and I'm glad we got the win. The fans were great, they helped us out and made them jump offsides a few times."
The only long face in the Saints locker room belonged to the kicker, Garrett Hartley, whose overtime field goal sealed the Super Bowl win. This time Hartley missed two field goals.
"Things like that are inexcusable at this level," he said. "I just need to go back to my technique and understand what I did wrong. I need to come out next Monday night against the [San Francisco] 49ers and put some points on the board."
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Yeah... I watched that game. That was excellent and superb game. Thanks for the remembering.
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