Super Bowl fourth-quarter report

PASSING LEADERS

Saints

Brees...7-7, 48 yards, TD

Colts

Manning...14-21, 171 yards

RECEIVING LEADERS

Saints

D. Thomas...1, 9 yards

Colts

Garcon...3, 44 yards

RUSHING LEADERS

Saints

Bush...1, 12 yards

Colts

Addai...3, -2 yards

Momentum: The Colts kept their first drive alive with a fourth-and-two conversion, but it all went downhill once Matt Stover missed the ensuing 51-yard field-goal try. The Saints followed with a 58-yard TD drive and two-point conversion. Down seven, the Colts drove to the Saints’ 31 before Tracy Porter’s clinching 74-yard interception for a score.

Did you notice? On the Saints’ go-ahead TD drive, Brees threw five consecutive short passes for 54 yards. . . . Porter appeared to know where Manning was throwing before it was delivered on the key interception.

Unanswered question: Should Brees have beaten out Manning for league MVP?

-- Athan Atsales