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NFC – Minnesota Vikings vs New Orleans Saints
When: Sunday, January 24, 2010 6:40 PM ET
Venue: Superdome, New Orleans, LA

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A Super Bowl berth at stake in the Superdome. Drew Brees helped the New Orleans Saints score the most points in the NFL before leading his team to a convincing 31-point win in the playoffs.

UPDATE: Saints beat Vikings 31-28 to advance to the Super Bowl. Read below for game recap

Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings produced the league’s second-highest point total before he guided his team to its own 31-point postseason victory.

The quarterbacks meet Sunday in a marquee NFC championship matchup at the Superdome – where Favre won his lone Super Bowl title 13 years ago.

New Orleans started 13-0 and used Brees’ NFL-leading 34 touchdowns to earn the top seed in the NFC for the first time. The Saints (14-3) have never been to the Super Bowl and made their lone NFC championship appearance three years ago in a loss at Chicago.

Brees threw for three touchdowns and 247 yards last Saturday in a 45-14 win over Arizona that seemed to erase the sting of a season-ending three-game skid.

Favre, though, was at his best last Sunday in a 34-3 rout of Dallas. He turned in his first four-touchdown effort of his postseason career, throwing three scores to Sidney Rice, to gain his fifth NFC title game appearance.

Favre, a native of nearby Kiln, Miss., led Green Bay to a Super Bowl XXXI victory over New England in New Orleans before losing to Denver the next season. He lost in NFC title games to San Francisco after the 1997 season and to the Giants two years ago. Favre is anxious for his first opportunity with the Vikings.

Brees and Favre have plenty of weapons at their disposal. Marques Colston and Robert Meachem each had nine touchdown receptions for New Orleans, and Pierre Thomas, Mike Bell and Reggie Bush all scored at least five rushing touchdowns.

Bush had a major impact last week with a 46-yard touchdown run and an 83-yard punt return for a score. He’s scored four touchdowns in three career playoff games.

The Saints will try to contain those offensive stars with a defense that ranked 25th in the NFL. That unit, though, saw 11 players combine for 26 interceptions.

Minnesota has won four straight over New Orleans, averaging 33.3 points. (Source)

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UPDATE: Saints advances to Super Bowl 44 as they beat the Vikings in OT 30-28.

NFC Championship 1 2 3 4 OT Total Minnesota 14 0 7 7 0 28 Final New Orleans 7 7 7 7 3 31 OT

Game Recap

Unheralded Garrett Hartley lifted the New Orleans Saints into their first Super Bowl with a 40-yard field goal in overtime for a 31-28 victory over the Minnesota Vikings for the NFC championship Sunday.

After a battered Brett Favre threw away the game with an interception deep in Saints territory at the end of regulation, Drew Brees guided New Orleans to the Minnesota 22. Hartley, suspended at the start of the season for using a banned stimulant, split the uprights.

Forget the Aints and the paper bag masks. The Saints will meet Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl in two weeks in Miami.

It’s the first time the top seeds in each conference made the big game since the 1993 season. (Source)