| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1996 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 32923 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 34 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Mitch Lyons 3 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Eric Metcalf 4 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Craig Heyward 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Terry Guess 57 pass from Doug Nussmeier (Doug Nussmeier sacked) | 21 | 9 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Bert Emanuel 3 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 28 | 9 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Morten Andersen 33 FG | 31 | 9 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Mario Bates 4 run (Doug Nussmeier pass failed) | 31 | 15 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jamal Anderson | 13 | 71 | 5.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 34 | 1 |
| Bobby Hebert | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mario Bates | 14 | 70 | 5.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Ricky Whittle | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Earnest Hunter | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Terry Guess | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 2 | 198 | 6.8 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 93.8 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Doug Nussmeier | 35 | 21 | 60.0 | 1 | 171 | 4.9 | 57t | 1 | 1 | 3 | 70.1 |
| Earnest Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bert Emanuel | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Jamal Anderson | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Terance Mathis | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 |
| J.J. Birden | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Eric Metcalf | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Mitch Lyons | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Lorenzo Neal | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Ricky Whittle | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Lee DeRamus | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Mario Bates | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Guess | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57t | 1 |
| Tony Johnson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Torrance Small | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Earnest Hunter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Henry Lusk | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Devin Bush | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Winfred Tubbs | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Greg Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dan Stryzinski | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 49 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Eric Metcalf | 3 | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 39 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Terry Guess | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tyrone Hughes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Morten Andersen | 6 | 406 | 67.7 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Doug Brien | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Roell Preston | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Craig Heyward | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Brady Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Travis Hall | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Wayne Martin | 1.0 |
| Darren Mickell | 1.0 |
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