alabama s defense. lsu quarterback jordan jefferson was terrible last night, tried to get rid of it. his receiver looking upfield, desperation pass, interception, that turned into another field goal. 15-0. fourth quarter, jefferson takes himself 18 yards for first down. why do we show you this play? it was first and only time lsu crossed midfield on offense all night. didn t do much. few plays late, stripped by daunte hightower. alabama recovers the fumble to set up a final scoring drive. richardson bounces outside. he takes it 34 yards for the touchdown to put an exclamation point on this national title. they miss the extra point. alabama wins 21-0. saban, the first coach to win three bcs titles including the one in lsu in 2003. they held the number one team in the country to 92 total yards. that s the first ever shutout in the national title game.
hits pierre thomas for a first down and it sets up the next scoring drive. brees taking it himself. look at this guy. he s on fire. he s been inspired by tim tebow. no doubt about it. haven t we all. spend five minutes with that kid. brees tried to dunk it apparently over the goal post. had to settle for the finger roll. he went for 363, four touchdowns. saints win, 49-24. eli manning threw for 406 and a couple touchdowns in the loss. new orleans on top of the nfc south. they ve won three in a row. they get the lions on sunday. the loss drops the giants out of 6-5. game behind dallas but it gets tougher from here. they ve lost three in a row. look at the schedule ahead on sunday. in the 4:00 game they get the packers. then it s the dallas cowboys after that. then maybe a win there. home against washington. jets and then another game against dallas. the road is rough and they got a big cluster for the wild card. you got the lions, the falcons, a tough road. look forward to tha
the patriots tried to execute a similar trick play earlier in the day, but brady dropped the ball. i mean, losing sucks. paets pa that s part of on it. you show up. sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. that s the way it goes. reporter: a huge scoring drive in the fourth quarter. eagles answer right back with a game-changing touchdown and this key defensive play. brandon graham sacking brady, knocking the ball from brady s hand, new england s only turnover of the game. i m just thankful for this opportunity. we got to beat tom brady and he didn t come back and win. philly, this is for you. we love you. we re bringing the trophy home. philadelphia, top dogs, baby. reporter: what an incredible historic night here in minneapolis. it is funny how things work out.