Playing the numbers game

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, February 10, 2010

• 106.5 million – the number of viewers for Sunday’s Super Bowl. The game was the most-watched program in television history.

• Over 20,000 – the estimate for the number of people who came out to the airport to greet the Saints when they returned from Miami.

• 67 – the percentage of students in St. John the Baptist Parish public high schols who attended class on the day after Super Bowl XLIV.

• 89 – the percentage of students in St. John the Baptist Parish public high schools who attended class on the day after Super Bowl XLIII.

• 49 – the number of calls received by the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office on Super Bowl Sunday between 5 p.m. and midnight.

• 35 – the number of calls received by the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office on the day of the NFC Championship game between 5 p.m. and midnight.

• 19 – the number of calls received by the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office on the day of the Pro Bowl game between 5 p.m. and midnight.

• 92 to 149 – the total number of yards by the Saints compared to the total number of yards by the Colts in the first quarter of Super Bowl XLIV.

• 309 to 267 – the total number of yards by the Saints compared to the total number of yards by the Colts in the second through forth quarters of Super Bowl XLIV.

• 9 to 22 – the number of plays the Saints had compared to the number of plays the Colts had in the first quarter of the game.

•18 to 6 – the number of plays the Saints had compared to the number of plays the Colts had in the second quarter of the game.

• 16 of 17 – Drew Brees’ completion-to-attempt passing ratio in the second half of the game.