Reggie Bush opened the scoring with a 3-yard TD run to put the Saints up 7-0.

St. Louis leveled it at 7-7 on a 29-yard TD pass from Marc Bulger to Donnie Avery.

Bush caught a 15-yard TD pass from Drew Brees to make it 14-7 in favor of New Orleans.

Steven Jackson ran in a 2-yard St. Louis TD to tie the score at 14-14.

Courtney Roby returned the opening kickoff of the 2nd half 97 yards for a TD and a 21-14 Saints lead.

Josh Brown kicked a 32-yard field goal to narrow the margin to 21-17.

Brees threw a 27-yard TD pass to Robert Meachem to make the score 28-17.

Bulger hit Avery on a 19-yard TD pass to cut the lead to 28-23. The 2-point conversion failed.