Saints break franchise scoring records while demolishing Colts
At the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
■ RECAP: Drew Brees completed 31 of 35 passes for 325 yards and five touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints set a franchise record for points and victory margin in a 62-7 demolition of the hapless Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night.
For the first time as a head coach, Sean Payton spent the game up in the coaches' booth, where he could sit comfortably with his broken left leg propped up. He called the plays from there, and he had to like what he saw from his new vantage point.
Brees, who exited late in the third quarter, threw two touchdown passes to Marques Colston and one to Darren Sproles in the first quarter. His fourth and fifth touchdown tosses went to tight end Jimmy Graham.
Colston had seven catches for 98 yards. Mark Ingram rushed for 91 yards on 18 carries but limped to the locker room early in the fourth quarter with an undisclosed injury. Sproles carried 12 times for 88 yards, including a 16-yard TD as the Saints (5-2) amassed 557 yards of offense and a team-record 36 first downs.
Quarterback Curtis Painter was only 9 of 17 for 67 yards for the Colts (0-7).
■ QUOTEABLE: "We spent a lot of time during the week just talking about us beginning to play our best football, because we really felt while we were 4-2, we hadn't done that."
-- Sean Payton, Saints coach
■ NEXT: Saints at Rams, 10 a.m. Sunday; Colts at Titans, 10 a.m. Sunday
