New Orleans 21, Chicago 9

When: 4:40 PM ET, Sunday, January 10, 2021

Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Temperature: Dome

Head Official: Alex Kemp

Attendance: 3000

Drew Brees threw two touchdown passes and the New Orleans defense dominated in a 21-9 victory over the visiting Chicago Bears in an NFC wild-card game on Sunday afternoon.

The NFC South champion Saints, who were 12-4 in the regular season, advance to host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the divisional round next weekend. New Orleans won both regular-season meetings. It will be the first post-season meeting between two quarterbacks over the age of forty.

Brees completed 28 of 39 for 265 yards while Chicago’s Mitchell Trubisky completed 19 of 29 for 199 yards.

The Bears, who finished the regular season 8-8 to claim the last wild card in the NFC, gained just 239 yards and 11 first downs, four of which came in the final two minutes.

The Saints welcomed back their top two offensive weapons — wide receiver Michael Thomas, who was activated off injured reserve, and running back Alvin Kamara, who scored six touchdowns on Christmas Day before being sidelined by testing positive for COVID-19.