Set
Highest completion percentage, career ?(minimum: 30 completions): ?82.1, Drew Brees, Saints
Most completions, game, both teams: ?63, Saints (32) vs. Colts (31)
Highest completion percentage, game, both teams: ?75.0, Saints (82.1) vs. Colts (68.9)
Most field goals, 40-or-more yards, game: ?3, Garrett Hartley, Saints
Oldest player: ?42, Matt Stover, Colts
Tied
Largest deficit overcome, winning team: ?10 points, Saints
Most completions, game: ?32, Drew Brees, Saints
Most two-point conversions, game: ?1, Lance Moore, Saints
Most yards, touchdown drive: ?96, Colts
Most first downs passing, game, both teams: ?32, Colts (16) vs. Saints (16)
Fewest rushing attempts, game, both teams: ?37, Saints (18) vs. Colts (19)
Most completions, game, team: ?32, Saints
Fewest times sacked, game, team: ?0, Colts
Fewest times sacked, game, both teams: ?1, Colts (0) vs. Saints (1)
Fewest fumbles, game, both teams: ?0, Colts vs. Saints
Fewest turnovers, game, team: ?0, Saints
Additional information
• The Saints became the first team in NFL history to win three games in which they had trailed by seven or more points in one postseason.
• Drew Brees finished the game with 10 consecutive completions. That tied the second-longest streak of consecutive completions in one game in Super Bowl history; ?• Joe Montana set the Super Bowl record of 13 consecutive completions in Super Bowl XXIV.
• Peyton Manning’s total of 333 passing yards in Super Bowl XLIV increased his career postseason total to 5,164 yards, and he became the third player to reach 5,000 postseason passing yards. The others: Brett Favre (5,855) and Joe Montana (5,772).
• Manning now has eight postseason games passing for 300 or more yards; he extended his record with 333 passing yards in Super Bowl XLIV.
• Dallas Clark increased his career postseason totals to 64 receptions and 847 receiving yards, breaking the previous records for tight ends: 62 receptions by Jay Novacek and Shannon Sharpe, and 834 receiving yards by Keith Jackson.
