"I feel badly for all Giants fans to come here on Christmas Eve and then for us to lose the game the way we lost it," Coughlin said. "It's embarrassing."

The sellout crowd let Coughlin know it was upset, twice chanting "Fire Coughlin" before heading for the exits.

The Giants wrap up the regular season at Washington on Saturday night.

"I didn't expect them to cheer us," Giants center Shaun O'Hara said. "It's Christmas and everyone wants to be merry. They are obviously upset with us and they have a right to be."

Brees' touchdown pass to Colston gave New Orleans a 13-7 halftime lead. Bush added a little insurance with a 1-yard TD run on an end around in the third quarter and McAllister scored on a 9-yard run early in the fourth quarter, emptying the stadium.

John Carney kicked field goals of 32, 26 and 38 yards.

Plaxico Burress caught a 55-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning on the opening series. Retiring halfback Tiki Barber gained 71 yards on 16 carries in his final home game.

Bush, whose previous best rushing effort was 67 yards in the season opener, was the star of this game. He had 10 touches for 70 yards on the Saints go-ahead, 18-play, 89-yard drive late in the first half. The former Southern California back also had a punt return for a touchdown reversed.

The only thing he did wrong was bolt out of the locker room after the game without talking to the media.

Brees, who came into the day with more than 4,000 yards passing and 25 TDs, finished 13-of-32 for 132 yards on a day his receivers dropped at least eight passes.

Manning hit his first six passes, including the 55-yard score to Burress. Saints cornerback Fred Thomas slipped and fell on the play.

"Today was awful," said Manning, who hit 3-of-his final 19 passes, finishing with 74 yards. "We never had anything quite like this. We've had some tough games and games where we didn't finish well, but today, we didn't do anything."

Even the return of seven-time Pro Bowl defensive Michael Strahan didn't help. He played for the first time since spraining a foot on Nov. 5.

Leading 7-0, the tide seemed to turn when Giants returner Chad Morton muffed a punt early in the first quarter, setting up Carney's first field goal.

The Saints dominated the rest of the first half, led by Bush, a staunch defense and some gutsy calls by Payton. The former Giants offensive coordinator called a couple of key time outs late in the first quarter to keep New York moving into a stiff breeze. It set up Carney's second kick.

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