NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Drew Brees and the Saints extended New Orleans' post-Super Bowl euphoria for at least another week and handed Brett Favre a second straight loss in the Louisiana Superdome. Brees completed 27 of 36 passes for 237 yards and one touchdown, and the Saints survived a hard-fought season opener for a 14-9 victory Thursday night. It wasn't the most spectacular way to open a title defense, considering it was a rematch of the riveting 2009 NFC title game last January, in which the Saints took an overtime win to advance to their first Super Bowl. It was the lowest-scoring victory of the Sean Payton era, which began in 2006. Still, the Saints will take it, considering their defense limited Favre to 171 yards passing and one score. Unofficial Final Statistics Minnesota 0 9 0 0 -- 9 New Orleans 7 0 7 0 -- 14 First Quarter NOR - TD, Drew Brees, 29-yard pass to Devery Henderson (Garrett Hartley kick), 12:56 Second Quarter MIN - FG, Ryan Longwell, 41 yards, 5:28 MIN - TD, Brett Favre, 20-yard pass to Visanthe Shiancoe (Ryan Longwell kick blocked), 0:34 Third Quarter NOR - TD, Pierre Thomas, 1-yard run (Garrett Hartley kick), 6:13 TEAM STATISTICS MIN NOR First Downs 13 17 Rushes-Yards 23-91 25-79 Passing Yards 162 229 Comp-Att-Int 15-27-1 27-36-0 Return Yards 43 82 Punts-Avg. 7-44.3 5-43.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-60 3-20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING (Team: player, attempts-yards) MIN: Adrian Peterson 19-87, Percy Harvin 1-2, Albert Young 3-2. NOR: Pierre Thomas 19-71, Reggie Bush 2-14, Drew Brees 4-(minus 6). PASSING (Team: player, completions-attempts-interceptions-yards) MIN: Brett Favre 15-27-1-171. NOR: Drew Brees 27-36-0-237. RECEIVING (Team: player, receptions-yards) MIN: Visanthe Shiancoe 4-76, Adrian Peterson 3-14, Albert Young 2-11, Bernard Berrian 1-3, Greg Camarillo 1-29, Jeff Dugan 1-8, Percy Harvin 1-12, Jim Kleinsasser 1-6, Greg Lewis 1-12. NOR: Reggie Bush 5-33, Marques Colston 5-62, Robert Meachem 3-33, Lance Moore 3-23, Jeremy Shockey 3-23, Pierre Thomas 3-15, Devery Henderson 2-38, David Thomas 2-3, Heath Evans 1-7. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)