Atlanta Falcons
New Orleans Saints
Stadium
Capacity: 73,208
Inaugurated: 01/01/1926
Broadcast
Announcers
Don Criqui, Tommy Mason
Summary
ATL and NO combined for 289 passing yards and 4 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Dave Hampton led ATL with 104 rushing yards while Jess Phillips paced NO with 58. Through the air, Jim Mitchell topped ATL with 111 receiving yards while Bob Newland led NO with 48.
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Stat
ATL
NO
First Downs
32
11
Rush-Yds-TDs
52-218-3
31-152-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT
17-22-283-4-0
8-24-57-1-6
Sacked-Yards
2-5
3-22
Net Pass Yards
278
35
Total Yards
496
187
Fumbles-Lost
6-2
2-2
Turnovers
2
8
Penalties-Yards
3-26
5-59
Expected Points Detail
Officials
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Boxscore Team Stats
Stat
ATL
NO
First Downs
32
11
Rush-Yds-TDs
52-218-3
31-152-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT
17-22-283-4-0
8-24-57-1-6
Sacked-Yards
2-5
3-22
Net Pass Yards
278
35
Total Yards
496
187
Fumbles-Lost
6-2
2-2
Turnovers
2
8
Penalties-Yards
3-26
5-59
Scoring Summary
Q
Team
Detail
Score
2
Falcons
Art Malone 2 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
7-0
—
Falcons
Nick Mike-Mayer 21 yard field goal
10-0
—
Falcons
Tom Hayes 65 yard interception return (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
17-0
—
Falcons
Ken Burrow 34 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
24-0
3
Falcons
Ken Burrow 23 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
31-0
—
Saints
Bill Butler 5 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick)
31-7
—
Falcons
Wes Chesson 16 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
38-7
—
Falcons
Joe Profit 3 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
45-7
4
Falcons
Nick Mike-Mayer 45 yard field goal
48-7
—
Falcons
Eddie Ray 8 yard pass from Bob Lee (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
55-7
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Falcons
Eddie Ray 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
62-7