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Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
@
New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
Date
November 20, 1977
Kickoff
02:00 PM ET
11:00 AM PT
Score
ATL 20 — NO 21 F

Stadium

Capacity: 73,208

Inaugurated: 01/01/1975

Broadcast

Announcers

Vin Scully/Sonny Jurgensen

Summary

ATL and NO combined for 134 passing yards and 3 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Woody Thompson led ATL with 123 rushing yards while Chuck Muncie paced NO with 92. Through the air, Alfred Jenkins topped ATL with 27 receiving yards while Tony Galbreath led NO with 34.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat ATL NO
First Downs 18 19
Rush-Yds-TDs 46-210-0 40-212-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 6-16-52-1-2 13-26-93-2-3
Sacked-Yards 2-17 1-9
Net Pass Yards 35 84
Total Yards 245 296
Fumbles-Lost 5-1 0-0
Turnovers 3 3
Penalties-Yards 11-95 9-74

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat ATL NO
First Downs 18 19
Rush-Yds-TDs 46-210-0 40-212-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 6-16-52-1-2 13-26-93-2-3
Sacked-Yards 2-17 1-9
Net Pass Yards 35 84
Total Yards 245 296
Fumbles-Lost 5-1 0-0
Turnovers 3 3
Penalties-Yards 11-95 9-74

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Falcons Fred Steinfort 36 yard field goal 3-0
2 Saints Chuck Muncie 1 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) 3-7
Falcons Alfred Jenkins 8 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) 10-7
Falcons Fred Steinfort 40 yard field goal 13-7
Falcons Rick Byas 72 yard interception return (Fred Steinfort kick) 20-7
3 Saints Henry Childs 13 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) 20-14
4 Saints Henry Childs 18 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) 20-21

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