| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 5, 1975 Location: Atlanta, GA Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 29444 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 56 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ken Burrow 9 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jim Mitchell 50 own fumble recovery (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Alvin Maxson 1 run (Bill McClard kick) | 7 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Larry Burton |
| 88 | WR | Joel Parker |
| 65 | LOT | Dave Thompson |
| 62 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 28 | RB | Alvin Maxson |
| 33 | RB | Mike Strachan |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 63 | RDE | Steve Baumgartner |
| 55 | LLB | Don Coleman |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Rick Middleton |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 32 | SS | Jimmy DeRatt |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 40 | RCB | Terry Schmidt |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 61 | LOT | Brent Adams |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 56 | ROG | Dennis Havig |
| 65 | ROT | Len Gotshalk |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 43 | RB | Dave Hampton |
| 24 | RB | Haskel Stanback |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Chuck Walker |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 58 | LLB | Don Hansen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 32 | SS | Ray Easterling |
| 34 | FS | Ray Brown |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike Strachan | 14 | 71 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Alvin Maxson | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| Larry Burton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 25 | 101 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Woody Thompson | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Haskel Stanback | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 2 | 146 | 4.7 | 0 | 35.1 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 1 | 119 | 5.2 | 1 | 59.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Strachan | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Burton | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Woody Thompson | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrow | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ray Easterling | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Hayes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 7 | 298 | 42.6 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 9 | 358 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gil Chapman | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Gerald Tinker | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Mabra | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gil Chapman | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Gerald Tinker | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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