Jon Petrie and Gordon Bulloch put in big performances while Sean Lamont and Andy Craig had some bone-jarring hits on French players in an all-round impressive display.
Scotland coach Matt Williams believes that Jon was wrongly sin-binned 10 minutes from the end.
"We are going to ask for Jon to be exonerated because the yellow cards accumulate in the Six Nations," he said.
"Jon was nowhere near the breakdown. It was clearly the wrong person and that again was a match-swinging call.
"We can see on the video a player offside in the defensive line but it's not a player who would be sin-binned and it's certainly not Jon Petrie."
Dan Parks kicked superbly, his accuracy with the boot preventing opportunities for the dangerous French backs to counter-attack.
"I thought the half-backs were excellent," said Gordon. "Dan Parks gets a lot of stick from quarters because he's seen as the pretty boy who passes the ball but doesn't get involved in the conflict. Maybe he came of age today. He put in a controlled performance and communicated very well."
You can read Gordon's article here