Factbox: Indianapolis Colts v New Orleans Saints

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts will play for the NFL's ultimate prize, the Super Bowl, on February 7 in Miami.

The game marks the first time since 1993 that the league's top seeds from each conference will meet in the championship game and pits two high-powered offenses against each other.

Here are the key facts.

REGULAR SEASON

* The Indianapolis Colts finished top of the league with a 14-2 record, dropping their last two games as they decided to rest their starters in preparation for the playoffs.

* The New Orleans Saints were the best team in the National Football Conference with a 13-3 record, also charging out of the gate with a perfect record until losing the final three games of the regular season.

QUARTERBACK

* Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts) - With one Super Bowl victory to his name, the brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning will be looking to cement his legacy as one of the best quarterbacks of all-time with another championship.

* Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints) - Led all quarterbacks in the regular season with 34 touchdown passes. Playing in his first Super Bowl in his ninth year in the league.

RUSHING

* Indianapolis averaged just 3.5 yards per carry during the regular season, second last in the league. Anchored by Joseph Addai, the Colts' running game has averaged 2.9 yards per carry in the postseason and no rushing touchdowns.

* When the ball is not in the air, New Orleans will rely on a group of running backs that includes the versatile Pierre Thomas and the explosive Reggie Bush.

RECEIVING

* Indianapolis has a slew of targets that could connect for a big play at any moment. Look for Manning to spread the ball around to wide receivers Pierre Garcon, Austin Collie, Reggie Wayne and tight end Dallas Clark. The group has five touchdowns in their two post-season games.

* New Orleans will be counting on wide receivers Marques Colston, Lynell Hamilton Devery Henderson and Robert Meachem as well as tight end Jeremy Shockey, who have a combined for 4 touchdowns in two games this postseason.

SPECIAL TEAMS

* Indianapolis kicker Matt Stover, who turned 42 years old earlier this week, will become the oldest player to play in a Super Bowl. For now, the distinction still belongs to New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles, who was nearly 42 years old when he played in the Super Bowl in 2008.

* New Orleans kicker Garrett Hartley enters the game with plenty of confidence after nailing a 40-yard game-winning field goal in overtime of the NFC championship game.

HEAD COACH

* Jim Caldwell (Indianapolis) - The rookie head coach, who worked with former Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy for seven seasons, is looking to become just the third first-year coach to win a Super Bowl. (George Seifert did it with San Francisco in 1990 and Don McCafferty did it with Baltimore in 1971)

* Sean Payton (New Orleans) - The fourth-year head coach learned from one of the NFL's all-time greats in Bill Parcells during his time with the Dallas Cowboys. With a 38-26 record in New Orleans, he is already one of the most successful coaches in the team's history.

PRO BOWL PLAYERS

* Indianapolis has seven players named to the Pro Bowl: Manning, Wayne (wide receiver), Clark, (tight end), Antoine Bethea, (safety), Dwight Freeney (defensive end), Robert Mathis (defensive end) and Jeff Saturday (center)

* New Orleans also has seven Pro-Bowl Brees, Jahri Evans (guard), Jonathan Goodwin (center) Roman Harper (strong safety), Darren Sharper (free safety), Jonathan Stinchcomb (tackle) and Jonathan Vilma (inside/middle linebacker)

HISTORY

* Indianapolis won the last meeting between these two teams 41-10 in 2007. Manning completed 18-of-30 passes for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, while Brees completed 28-of-41 passes for 192 yards and no touchdowns.

* The all-time series between the teams is 5-5.

(Writing by Frank Pingue; Editing by John O'Brien)