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Week 1
MINNESOTA (12-4) vs NEW ORLEANS (13-3) Game Time: 8:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, September 9 Stadium: Louisiana Superdome Surface: turf

RECORD ANALYSIS
	STRAIGHT-UP			VS. SPREAD			OVER/UNDER
MINNESOTA	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL
Year-to-Date	8 - 0	4 - 4	12 - 4	5 - 2	4 - 4	9 - 6	4 - 4	4 - 4	8 - 8
Last 5 games	2 - 0	0 - 3	2 - 3	2 - 0	0 - 3	2 - 3	1 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 3
YTD vs. Div.	3 - 0	2 - 1	5 - 1	2 - 0	2 - 1	4 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 1	3 - 3
	STRAIGHT-UP			VS. SPREAD			OVER/UNDER
NEW ORLEANS	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL
Year-to-Date	6 - 2	7 - 1	13 - 3	4 - 4	4 - 4	8 - 8	3 - 5	4 - 4	7 - 9
Last 5 games	0 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 3	0 - 2	0 - 3	0 - 5	0 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 4
YTD vs. Div.	2 - 1	2 - 1	4 - 2	0 - 3	1 - 2	1 - 5	1 - 2	0 - 3	1 - 5
	AWAY VS. SPREAD					HOME VS. SPREAD
Year-to-Date	FAV	DOG	GRASS	TURF		FAV	DOG	GRASS	TURF
MINNESOTA	3 - 3	1 - 1	2 - 4	2 - 0		5 - 2	0 - 0	0 - 0	5 - 2
NEW ORLEANS	4 - 3	0 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 2		4 - 4	0 - 0	0 - 0	4 - 4

TEAM LOGS/SCHEDULE:
( * = overtime)

MINNESOTA
					LINE			OVER/UNDER
DATE	DAY	OPP	SCORE	SU	OPEN	CLOSE	ATS & MARGIN	OPEN	CLOSE	O/U & MARGIN	G/T
09/13/09	Sun	@CLE	34 - 20	W	-2	-4	W +10	40.5	40.0	O +14.0	G
09/20/09	Sun	@DET	27 - 13	W	-9.5	-10	W +4	45.5	45.5	U -5.5	T
09/27/09	Sun	SF	27 - 24	W	-6.5	-7	L -4	41.0	39.0	O +12.0	T
10/05/09	Mon	GB	30 - 23	W	-3.5	-4.5	W +2.5	46.5	46.5	O + 6.5	T
10/11/09	Sun	@STL	38 - 10	W	-10	-10	W +18	40.0	40.5	O + 7.5	T
10/18/09	Sun	BAL	33 - 31	W	-3.5	-3	L -1	44.5	45.5	O +18.5	T
10/25/09	Sun	@PIT	17 - 27	L	+3.5	+6	L -4	44.5	46.0	U -2.0	G
11/01/09	Sun	@GB	38 - 26	W	+3	+3.5	W +15.5	46.5	47.0	O +17.0	G
11/15/09	Sun	DET	27 - 10	W	-16	-17	L 0	48.5	47.5	U -10.5	T
11/22/09	Sun	SEA	35 - 9	W	-10.5	-10.5	W +15.5	46.0	47.0	U -3.0	T
11/29/09	Sun	CHI	36 - 10	W	-10	-11	W +15	47.0	47.0	U -1.0	T
12/06/09	Sun	@ARI	17 - 30	L	-4.5	-3.5	L -16.5	48.0	48.5	U -1.5	G
12/13/09	Sun	CIN	30 - 10	W	-7	-6.5	W +13.5	42.5	42.5	U -2.5	T
12/20/09	Sun	@CAR	7 - 26	L	-7	-8.5	L -27.5	42.5	42.5	U -9.5	G
12/28/09	Mon	@CHI	30 - 36	L	-7	-8.5	L -14.5	41.5	41.0	O +25.0	G
01/03/10	Sun	NYG	44 - 7	W	-7.5	-8	W +29	47.5	48.0	O + 3.0	T

NEW ORLEANS
					LINE			OVER/UNDER
DATE	DAY	OPP	SCORE	SU	OPEN	CLOSE	ATS & MARGIN	OPEN	CLOSE	O/U & MARGIN	G/T
09/13/09	Sun	DET	45 - 27	W	-11.5	-14	W +4	50.0	49.5	O +22.5	T
09/20/09	Sun	@PHI	48 - 22	W	+0	-3	W +23	46.0	46.0	O +24.0	T
09/27/09	Sun	@BUF	27 - 7	W	-3	-6	W +14	51.5	51.0	U -17.0	T
10/04/09	Sun	NYJ	24 - 10	W	-4.5	-7.5	W +6.5	47.5	46.5	U -12.5	T
10/18/09	Sun	NYG	48 - 27	W	-3	-3	W +18	49.0	47.5	O +27.5	T
10/25/09	Sun	@MIA	46 - 34	W	-7	-6.5	W +5.5	48.0	47.5	O +32.5	G
11/02/09	Mon	ATL	35 - 27	W	-7.5	-11	L -3	53.0	55.5	O + 6.5	T
11/08/09	Sun	CAR	30 - 20	W	-14.5	-11.5	L -1.5	51.0	51.5	U -1.5	T
11/15/09	Sun	@STL	28 - 23	W	-13.5	-14	L -9	48.0	50.5	O + 0.5	T
11/22/09	Sun	@TB	38 - 7	W	-13	-10.5	W +20.5	50.0	51.0	U -6.0	G
11/30/09	Mon	NE	38 - 17	W	-3	-2	W +19	54.5	57.0	U -2.0	T
12/06/09	Sun	@WAS	33 - 30	W	-7.5	-9	L -6	47.0	47.0	O +16.0	G
12/13/09	Sun	@ATL	26 - 23	W	-9.5	-10	L -7	51.0	50.5	U -1.5	T
12/19/09	Sat	DAL	17 - 24	L	-7.5	-7.5	L -14.5	54.5	53.5	U -12.5	T
12/27/09	Sun	TB	17 - 20	L	-14	-14	L -17	49.5	49.0	U -12.0	T
01/03/10	Sun	@CAR	10 - 23	L	+7	+10	L -3	42.5	41.0	U -8.0	G

PREVIOUS MEETINGS:

						LINE			OVER/UNDER
DATE	DAY	VIS	SC	HOM	SC	OPEN	CLOSE	ATS & MARGIN	OPEN	CLOSE	O/U & MARGIN	G/T
10/06/08	Mon	MIN	30	NO	27	-4.0	-3.0	NO --6	45.5	47.0	O +-10	T

STATISTICAL AVERAGES:

			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
AWAY/HOME			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM	FGP
MIN (off)	26.0	20	26	107	4.1	34	23	0.7	227	6.7	334	0.6	0.9	.00
NO (def)	21.5	20	28	129	4.6	35	19	0.5	228	6.5	357	1.8	0.8	.00
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM	FGP
MIN (def)	23.5	20	27	110	4.1	34	21	0.6	228	6.7	338	0.6	0.9	.00
NO (off)	31.8	22	28	122	4.4	34	25	0.7	302	8.9	424	0.5	1.4	.00
ALL GAMES			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM	FGP
MIN (off)	29.4	21	29	120	4.1	35	24	0.7	260	7.4	380	0.4	0.7	.00
NO (def)	21.3	19	27	123	4.6	36	21	0.6	235	6.5	358	1.6	0.8	.00
			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM	FGP
MIN (def)	19.5	17	22	87	4.0	33	21	0.6	218	6.6	305	0.7	0.8	.00
NO (off)	31.9	22	29	132	4.6	34	24	0.7	272	8.0	404	0.8	1.0	.00

SCORING AVERAGES:

MINNESOTA (away)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	3.9	5.5	9.4	6.8	9.9	0.0	16.7
POINTS ALLOWED	2.8	7.5	10.3	4.1	8.4	0.8	13.3

NEW ORLEANS (home)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	6.9	12.8	19.7	4.8	7.4	0.0	12.2
POINTS ALLOWED	6.9	4.5	11.4	6.0	3.8	0.4	10.2

MINNESOTA (all)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	4.3	9.8	14.1	6.9	8.4	0.0	15.3
POINTS ALLOWED	1.8	6.3	8.1	3.5	7.5	0.4	11.4

NEW ORLEANS (all)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	5.3	11.0	16.3	6.7	8.7	0.2	15.6
POINTS ALLOWED	6.6	5.8	12.4	5.7	3.0	0.2	8.9

VALUE INDEX COMPARISON TO LAS VEGAS LINE:

	OPEN	CURRENT	RATING	LINE	EDGE
	LV POINTSPREAD		VALUE INDEX	VALUE INDEX
MINNESOTA			53		2.0
NEW ORLEANS			53.5	-4.0
	LV OVER/UNDER		VALUE INDEX	VALUE INDEX
	OPEN	CURRENT	RATING	EDGE
OVER/UNDER			47.5	1 under

Updated Sun, Aug 15 6:25 PM EST

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