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New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
@
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
Date
December 18, 1977
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
NO 7 — ATL 35 F

Stadium

Capacity: 71,000

Inaugurated: 01/01/1965

Broadcast

Announcers

Vin Scully/Sonny Jurgensen

Summary

NO and ATL combined for 222 passing yards and 3 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Mike Strachan led NO with 59 rushing yards while Haskel Stanback paced ATL with 129. Through the air, Don Herrmann topped NO with 69 receiving yards while Karl Farmer led ATL with 39.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat NO ATL
First Downs 17 22
Rush-Yds-TDs 37-135-0 49-236-3
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 11-19-159-1-2 9-17-108-2-0
Sacked-Yards 3-25 0-0
Net Pass Yards 134 108
Total Yards 269 344
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 3-1
Turnovers 5 1
Penalties-Yards 5-40 7-75

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat NO ATL
First Downs 17 22
Rush-Yds-TDs 37-135-0 49-236-3
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 11-19-159-1-2 9-17-108-2-0
Sacked-Yards 3-25 0-0
Net Pass Yards 134 108
Total Yards 269 344
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 3-1
Turnovers 5 1
Penalties-Yards 5-40 7-75

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
2 Falcons Woody Thompson 17 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) 0-7
Falcons Haskel Stanback 2 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) 0-14
Saints Henry Childs 13 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) 7-14
3 Falcons Haskel Stanback 7 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) 7-21
Falcons Secdrick McIntyre 27 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) 7-28
4 Falcons Billy Ryckman 5 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) 7-35

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