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From Wiki : First quarter
New Orleans first drive

Kickoff occurred at 6:28 p.m. EST (23:28 UTC), with New Orleans catching it for a 20 yard return by Courtney Roby, followed by a 8 yard gain by Pierre Thomas. The drive was concluded after a missed 3rd down with a 42 yard punt by Thomas Morstead, with no return due to the catcher being covered by Courtney Roby.
Indianapolis first drive

With the ball on Indianapolis's 27 yard line, the Colts started a drive consisting of an 18 yard pass to Dallas Clark, a 6 yard rush by Joseph Addai,another 6 yard pass to Dallas Clark, a 3 yard run by Pierre Garcon, a 19 yard pass to Austin Collie, another 3 yard run by Addai. A flag was called by referee Scott Green, for a false start by Kyle DeVan, resulting in a 5 yard loss for the Colts. The drive continued, with a 7 yard run by Addai. On the subsequent down, the third, Peyton Manning overthrew his pass to Pierre Garcon. After their failed third down, Matt Stover, the oldest Super Bowl player ever, kicked the ball 38 yards for a field goal, making the score 3–0.[6]
New Orleans second drive

Courtney Roby returned the Colts's 68 yard kickoff for a gain of 26 yards. Approaching the 25 yard line, Roby swooped into a dive and fumbled the ball, however it was recovered by Chris Reis. The drive continued, with a 4 yard pass to Marques Colston after a failed first down, a 16 yard pass to Reggie Bush, a 3 yard run by Bush, which were followed by two balls that were just barely missed by Marques Colston. With seven yards to the first down line, the Saints decided that Thomas Morstead would punt, who successfully executed a 46 yard punt that was downed at Indianapolis's 4 yard line.
Indianapolis second drive

Starting from their position on their 4 yard line, Peyton Manning passed the ball to Donald Brown, who ran for 11 yards. This play was followed by a failed pass to Brown, a 15 yard run by Addai, an incomplete pass by Manning so as not to get sacked, a 12 yard rush by Addai, a 5 yard pass to Reggie Wayne, a 4 yard rush by Brown, a 26 yard run by Addai (his longest of the season and his first 25+ yard rush since Christmas Eve of 2006), a failed pass to Wayne, a 4 yard run by Brown. This 10 play drive culminated in a 19 yard pass to Pierre Garcon for a touchdown, elevating the Colts's score to 9–0. They then successfully executed their extra point (punted by Matt Stover). This put the Colts at a 10–0 lead.
Second quarter

The Saints responded with two field goals, although missed on another score failing to reach the endzone on a fourth and goal on the one yard line.
Third quarter

The Saints recovered an onside kick to retain possession of the ball at the beginning of the half,[7] finishing the unexpected drive with a touchdown to take the lead. Then with 6:15 left, Joseph Addai scored a rushing TD via Peyton Manning to make the score 17–13.
Fourth quarter

The Saints' Tracy Porter intercepted Manning's pass, resulting in a Saints touchdown. Porter's interception return for a touchdown continued the Super Bowl trend that a team scoring on an interception return wins the championship game.

New Noise

Feb 8 2010, 12:05 PM

What's there to really discuss? The game's over. Congratulations to the Saints, I guess.

WWEWhoseLine48

Feb 8 2010, 07:20 PM

Yeah, if I had to start over I still would have bet on the Colts. I knew the Saints were hungry but the Colts have Peyton freakin' Manning and all of that Super Bowl experience after winning it a few years ago. But it really seemed like the Saints really turned it up during the second half. In the beginning you could tell they were going to take risks (such as the failed 4th down conversion instead of making the field goal), and they just piled it on. That two-pointer after they took the lead from the Colts was also big even though the Colts didn't score after that.

I mean I am really happy the Saints won, because they clearly deserved to win. They were one of the best teams all year, and they showed why last night.

WWEWhoseLine48

Feb 9 2010, 09:15 PM

Anyway, did anybody hear that this Super Bowl was the most watched TV show of all-time? The official total was 106.5 million people watching, which beat MASH's finale by a million and a half. That's great and all, but I'm really surprised this one even beat Super Bowl XLII in the process.

I mean you're talking about the Giants and the Patriots, teams in two of the largest TV markets, with the whole hype surrounding the Pats going 19-0. This was a great Super Bowl, don't get me wrong, but it's pretty wild that this one could have more people watching it than even last year's when the Steelers and Cardinals couldn't match the ratings of the year before.

EDIT: My fault, Cardinals and Steelers actually beat Pats vs. Giants by a million. But we're talking about 10 million more people between XLII and XLIV which is pretty crazy.