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Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
@
New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
Date
November 12, 1978
Kickoff
02:00 PM ET
11:00 AM PT
Score
ATL 20 — NO 17 F

Stadium

Capacity: 73,208

Inaugurated: 01/01/1975

Broadcast

Announcers

Frank Glieber, Tom Matte

Summary

ATL and NO combined for 387 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Bubba Bean led ATL with 45 rushing yards while Chuck Muncie paced NO with 63. Through the air, Billy Ryckman topped ATL with 68 receiving yards while Wes Chandler led NO with 117.

Expected Points Summary

ATL
Total4.09
Off-1.64
Def4.36
ST1.86
NO
Total-4.09
Off-4.36
Def1.64
ST-1.86

Team Stats

Stat ATL NO
First Downs 16 22
Rush-Yds-TDs 22-74-1 49-162-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 16-33-218-1-1 17-31-205-1-0
Sacked-Yards 1-8 3-24
Net Pass Yards 210 181
Total Yards 284 343
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-2
Turnovers 1 2
Penalties-Yards 6-44 7-72

Expected Points Detail

ATL
Offense
Pass: 3.91
Rush: -5.83
TO: -4.80
Defense
Pass: -1.32
Rush: 8.80
TO: 0.00
Returns
KO: 1.29
KR: -2.48
P: 2.00
PR: 0.49
FG/XP: 0.56
NO
Offense
Pass: 1.32
Rush: -8.80
TO: 0.00
Defense
Pass: -3.91
Rush: 5.83
TO: 4.80
Returns
KO: 2.48
KR: -1.29
P: -0.49
PR: -2.00
FG/XP: -0.56

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat ATL NO
First Downs 16 22
Rush-Yds-TDs 22-74-1 49-162-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 16-33-218-1-1 17-31-205-1-0
Sacked-Yards 1-8 3-24
Net Pass Yards 210 181
Total Yards 284 343
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-2
Turnovers 1 2
Penalties-Yards 6-44 7-72

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Saints Steve Mike-Mayer 21 yard field goal 0-3
2 Falcons Tim Mazzetti 22 yard field goal 3-3
Saints Tony Galbreath 1 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) 3-10
Saints Henry Childs 14 yard pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) 3-17
3 Falcons Tim Mazzetti 32 yard field goal 6-17
4 Falcons Haskel Stanback 1 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) 13-17
Falcons Alfred Jackson 57 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) 20-17

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