Monday, May 21st, 2012
The New Orleans Saints will travel to the west coast to battle the upstart NFC west champion the San Francisco 49ers in an NFL pro football divisional round playoff game on Saturday afternoon.
Kick off time is scheduled for San Francisco at 4:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The betting odds opened up in this NFL playoff game with the road team New Orleans Saints favored by -3 points with an over under lined at 47 points.
Early money from the NFL wagering public has come in on the road team as the New Orleans Saints are now favored by -4 points.
The over under has moved up to 47 ½ points.
New Orleans Saints money line supporters will lay -200 odds with the home underdog San Francisco 49ers returning +170 odds to earn the upset win with no need for points on their side.
The New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers meet on Saturday for the first time since the 2010 season where the Saints earned the 25-22 road win as a -4 ½ point betting favorite on Monday night football.
The total came in at over the closing line of 43 ½ points.
A 22-22 tie was broken has time expired as Garrett Hartley nailed a 37 yard field goal for the New Orleans win.
The Saints offense wasn’t their explosive self as the team gained 287 offensive yards in the win with just 50 of is coming on the ground on 24 carries.
Drew Brees passed for 254 yards with two touchdowns in the win.
San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith had a rough going with two interceptions in the loss despite passing for 275 yards.
Running back Frank Gore ran well with 112 yards rushing on 20 carries and a touchdown. He also caught seven passes out of the backfield for 56 yards with a touchdown.
The New Orleans Saints travels to San Francisco with a mark of 14-3 on the season. The team is 5-3 on the road.
The Saints average 34 points and 476 yards per game with 134 yards coming on the ground for 4.9 yards a carry average.
On defense the team gives up 21 points with 371 yards per game. Their opponents rush for 104 yards against them for 4.5 yards per rush against average.
New Orleans is on a roll winners of nine straight games since a 31-21 loss at St Louis back in the final weekend of October.
The Saints qualified for the divisional round of the playoffs off their 45-28 win last week against the Detroit Lions in the NFC wildcard playoff as a -10 ½ point betting favorite.
The total went over the closing line of 59 ½ points.
New Orleans was powered by a strong second half where they outscored the Lions by a 35-14 margin in the win.
The team posted an incredible 626 yards of offense with 167 coming from their ground game on 36 rushing attempts.
The club allowed two sacks and scored four touchdowns in six attempts inside the red zone.
They turned it over twice and took two away from Detroit.
Quarterback Drew Brees had a monster game completing 33 of 43 passes for 466 yards and three touchdowns.
Running back Pierre Thomas ran for 66 yards on eight carries with a rushing touchdown. Thomas out of the backfield caught six balls for 55 yards.
Darren Sproles had 10 rushes for 51 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.
Marques Colston led New Orleans with seven receptions for 120 yards.
Robert Meachem caught four passes for 111 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Devery Henderson grabbed two balls for 64 yards and a touchdown.
The Saints allowed Detroit 412 offensive yards with 32 on the ground on 10 carries.
New Orleans had no sacks and allowed four Lions red zone touchdowns in all four drives inside the red zone.
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The San Francisco 49ers will host the Saints in the NFL divisional round of the playoffs with a record of 13-3. The team is 7-1 playing at home on the season.
The 49ers put up 23 points and 310 yards per game with 127 on the ground for 4.1 yards a carry.
On defense San Francisco allows 14 points and 308 yards a game. Teams rush for 77 yards against them for 4.3 yards per rush against average.
The 49ers will enter playoff a bye week as NFC west champions just beating out New Orleans in the tiebreaker.
To qualify for the bye the 49ers needed to win their final regular season game in week 17.
They did so by earning a 34-27 road win against the St Louis Rams as a -12 ½ point betting favorite.
The total came in at over the total of 35 points.
They had a comfortable 34-13 lead in the fourth quarter but allowed two Rams touchdowns to sweat in the end.
San Francisco put up 321 yards of offense with 116 coming from their run game on 37 rushes.
The team allowed three sacks and scored three touchdowns in four tries in the red zone.
The 49ers had no turnovers and took two from St Louis.
Quarterback Alex Smith completed 20 of 30 passes for 213 yards with a touchdown.
Kendall Hunter ran for 76 yards on 16 carries.
Anthony Dixon had eight rushes for 21 yards and a touchdown.
Frank Gore ran it seven times but for just nine yards.
Tight end Vernon Davis led San Francisco with eight receptions for 118 yards.
Michael Crabtree caught eight passes for 86 yards and two receiving touchdowns.
The 49ers allowed St Louis in a must win for San Francisco to pile up 311 yards with 111 yards rushing on 25 carries and a whopping 27 points.
The Rams were sporting a third and four string quarterback in the game.
San Francisco had three sacks and allowed two Rams touchdowns in both of their attempts inside the red zone.
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