The Superdome was almost impossibly loud on Sunday with the sound of 73,129 football fans screaming their hearts out.
That is, when the crowd wasn’t being drowned out by a ear-splitting siren sound piped through the Dome PA system.
The Saints lost the game to the San Francisco 49ers, 27-24. The Saints went down 14-0 early, climbed back to take the lead, and then let San Francisco tie it up with 44 seconds left in regulation.
A Hail Mary touchdown pass to Jimmy Graham as time expired was nullified by an offensive pass interference call. The 49ers recovered a third Drew Brees turnover in OT and won it with a field goal.
It was the second overtime thriller in as many days. LSU lost to Alabama on Saturday, 20-13.
Winners this weekend: Southern University, UL-Lafayette, Tulane, Louisiana Tech — and the Pelicans, thanks to Anthony Davis.
