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Orleans Saints film study: Crowd noise played key role vs. Minnesota Vikings
By Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune
January 27, 2010, 6:00AM
The New Orleans Saints fought all season to gain the No. 1 seed and accompanying home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs. It paid off in a major way for the Saints in their 31-28 overtime victory against the Vikings in the NFC championship game Sunday.


Michael DeMocker/The Times-PicayuneMinnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson scrambles to recover a fumble in the second quarter of the NFC Championship game against the New Orleans Saints. The fumbled exchange between him and quarterback Brett Favre seemed the result of the noise in the Superdome causing Peterson to not hear the snap count.The crowd not only willed the exhausted Saints to victory down the stretch, but it also played a key -- perhaps overlooked -- role in one of the biggest plays of the game.

Its noise appeared to disrupt the Vikings offense just enough to cause a critical fumble and prevent a potential Minnesota touchdown just before halftime


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fhotard

Awesome! I still can't talk right...

Choupique

According to the League for Hard of Hearing, here are points of reference measured in decibels:

0 dB: The softest sound a person can hear with normal hearing
10 dB: normal breathing
20 dB: whispering at 5 feet
30 dB: soft whisper
40 dB: quiet residential area
50 dB: rainfall
60 dB: normal conversation
85 dB: heavy traffic, noisy restaurant
90 dB: power lawnmower
100 dB: factory machinery
110 dB: rock concert, shouting in ear
120 dB: thunder


The Who Dat Nation is as loud as Thor or a Harley.

The motorcycles we tested and their results follow:

2003 Harley-Davidson Road King Classic, 1,400cc with mild modifications and a full Screamin’ Eagle 2-into-1 exhaust system.
100 decibels at idle
108 decibels at cruising throttle
116 decibels fully revved
86 decibels by Federal standards

2004 1200 cc Sportster with full aftermarket Samson 2- into-1 exhaust system.
100 decibles at idle
108 decibels at moderate rpms
120 decibels fully revved
87 decibels by Federal standards

Custom 1956 Harley-Davidson, 1488 cc, with custom 2- into-2 exhaust system with modified shorty mufflers.
102 decibels at idle
111 decibels at cruising speeds
124 decibels revved
92 decibels by Federal standards

2007 Softail Custom 1,500 cc, original from the factory
97 decibels at idle
102 decibels at cruising speed
111 decibels revved
82 decibels by Federal Standards





The WHO DAT Nation is merely a few decibels from the threshold of pain.

Ask Favre Bean. First time he's ever worn ear plugs in a game.

TheOak

I found this in relation to this post. It was from the Patriots game.

http://media.nola.com/saints_impact/...ibel120109.pdf


Decibel Levels: Noise At “NFC Championship Saints vs Vikings” is 102 decibels

Apparently 102 was the decibel level in the dome.

breesfan27

This had to have been before we won the game. I expect it was much louder after Hartley's FG kick.

Sir Psycho Sexy

HOWS THAT FOR YOU CHILLY!!!! NO ONE SILENCES THE DOME!!!

ScottF

Ha- mean either.

However, I thought the Vikings handed the noise well- 2 long drives to start the game, ZERO false starts, and only one TO called early.
Maybe the fumble in the first as mentioned, but overall they seemed okay.

D_it_up

Yeah, I think that was the decibel level around kickoff. I guarantee it was a lot louder on the Hartley kick.

Choupique

12 men in a huddle mistake is an example.... Maybe the noise had ill effects that eventually wore down their capacity for clear thought.

It gets really overwhelming being in loud noise constantly when you are under the gun and have pressure on you.

Think of the most pressure filled scenario at your job and now imagine a harley davidson worth of noise in your ear CONSTANTLY.

Not a pretty picture, is it.

The 12 man deserves a game ball.

SaintPauly

Who got the game ball anyway? Did they even show that?