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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With Drew Brees big arm, a 1-2 running punch in Mark Ingram and Tim Hightower and all of those capable receiving targets, the New Orleans Saints suddenly are looking like a legitimate contender again.Forget that 0-3 start. Brees still has big plans for this bunch.He threw a pair of touchdown passes to Michael Thomas and another to Ingram, who also ran for a 75-yard score a week after being benched as the Saints beat the lowly San Francisco 49ers 41-23 on Sunday.I want to win. I want to win a championship. I want to see this team come together and do something special, Brees said. Weve won four out of five and weve really grown over the last five weeks. Im excited about the second half of the season. Here we are, halfway through 4-4 again. I feel like our best is yet to come. Weve got some momentum now.Ingram, replaced by Hightower during last Sundays 25-20 win against Seattle after fumbling for a second straight game, scored his second straight TD for the Saints on a career-long run to answer immediately after DuJuan Harris caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Colin Kaepernick. Ingrams run also was the second-longest in Saints history and he wound up with 158 yards rushing as San Francisco allowed an opposing 100-yard runner for the seventh straight game.Afterward, Hightower made sure to find Ingram with some kind words.To see him respond the way he did, Im proud of him, Hightower said. Thats not easy to do.The Saints (4-4) have grabbed back some momentum and returned to the race in the NFC South. They won for the fourth time in five games following an 0-3 start and eighth in the last 10 regular-season meetings with San Francisco.Brees dazzled in his debut game at Levis Stadium, where Fire Baalke signs showed up on cars and in the stands in reference to the beleaguered 49ers general manager. The QB completed 28 of 39 passes for 323 yards in the Saints first trip to San Franciscos home field since a 36-32 loss in the divisional playoffs after the 2011 season.Brees now has 449 career touchdown passes, leaving him one shy of becoming the third player to throw for 450 TDs. Peyton Manning (539) and Hall of Famer Brett Favre (508) are the others.Kaepernick also threw a 65-yard touchdown pass to Vance McDonald just before halftime, when New Orleans led 31-20. In Kaepernicks third game back as starter, he had his best game yet: He became the 15th player in franchise history to rush for 2,000 yards and went 24 of 39 for 398 yards passing -- second most yards of his career.Today was a step in the right direction, Kaepernick said.But the Niners (1-7) didnt have nearly enough to avoid their seventh straight loss since shutting out the Rams to start the year.Hightower, who became the Saints first 100-yard rusher of the season last week against Seattle, ran for a 4-yard touchdown in the first to put his team ahead for good. Craig Robertsons interception of a pass by Kaepernick and return of 29 yards just four plays later set up Brees 1-yard touchdown pass to Thomas .Phil Dawson kicked field goals of 49, 48 and 46 yards for San Francisco.STEADY BREESBrees added more notables to his remarkable resume: He has 55 career games passing for at least 300 yards while throwing three touchdown passes, most in NFL history. Also, he didnt have an interception Sunday, becoming the first player in league history with 30 career games recording 300 yards passing, three TDs and no interceptions.STUPENDOUS STUPARFormer 49ers linebacker Nate Stupar forced Mike Davis fumble and recovered it early in the third quarter, the second straight big game for the journeyman in his fourth NFL season.Last week, he intercepted a pass by Russell Wilson.BIG-PLAY TOUCHDOWNSBreakdowns for both defenses led to the high-scoring, offensive day. The first half accounted for 663 of total offense combined -- 484 yards passing by Brees and Kaepernick together -- and 1,057 in all once the game was over.The teams came into the game as two of the leagues worst defenses, San Francisco at No. 30 and New Orleans 28th.HOLDING, TIMES THREEJust before halftime, 49ers defenders Eric Reid, Keith Reaser and Jimmie Ward were flagged for simultaneous, intentional holding penalties against a trio of receivers to keep the Saints targets from getting open in the end zone. New Orleans had only one more chance and settled for Wil Lutzs 26-yard field goal as time expired.San Francisco was penalized four times early, too -- two on its first defensive series and two more on its initial offensive possession that had the Niners settling for Phil Dawsons 49-yard field goal.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Cheap NHL Gear . -- Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver was found dead at his Atlanta-area home Tuesday night, and a medical examiner said Wednesday that the ex-player committed suicide. NHL T-shirts From China . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. http://www.nhlcheapjerseyschina.com/ . He was followed closely by David Clarkson, donning red, seconds later. 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HOUSTON -- Eric Medina drilled a 51-yard field goal as time expired and Texas Southern came back to beat Alabama A&M 34-31 on Saturday night.The victory is the third straight conference win for the Tigers (3-2, 3-1 SWAC), their first three-game SWAC win streak since 2000.Medinas kick capped a 5-play 34 yard drive, highlighted by an Averion Hurts 13-yard completion to Austin Watts and a roughing-the-passer penalty to put the Tigers in range.Hurts threw for 256 yards and two TDs and added 555 yards rushing with a score.dddddddddddd Larry Clark had 104 yards receiving for the Tigers.Texas Southern trailed 31-24 late in the fourth, after a Jordan Bentley 10-yard scoring run gave the Bulldogs the lead. Hurts answered for the Tigers with a 5-yard TD run to tie it up with 2:25 to go.Bentley led Alabama A&M (1-4, 1-3) with 114 yards and three touchdowns. ' ' '