| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 6, 1981 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 57406 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 83 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Wallace Francis 10 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Wallace Francis 19 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Kenny Johnson 35 opponents fumble recovery (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Alfred Jenkins 25 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mike Moroski pass failed) | 0 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| George Rogers | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Toussaint Tyler | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| William Andrews | 18 | 86 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Lynn Cain | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| James Mayberry | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Strong | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 0 | 122 | 4.4 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 64.9 |
| Bobby Scott | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 1 | 71 | 5.9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.6 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 1 | 154 | 6.2 | 25t | 3 | 2 | 19 | 104.0 |
| Mike Moroski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gordon Banks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Lafary | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Rogers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Toussaint Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Lynn Cain | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 25t | 1 |
| Wallace Francis | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19t | 2 |
| William Andrews | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Junior Miller | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Alfred Jackson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ricky Ray | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Johnnie Poe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Neal Musser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gordon Banks | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Scott Woerner | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Reggie Smith | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Guido Merkens | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Gordon Banks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Reggie Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Jim Kovach | 1.0 |
| Derland Moore | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Don Smith | 1.0 |
| Joel Williams | 1.0 |
| Bob Glazebrook | 0.5 |
| Jeff Yeates | 0.5 |
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