Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints - September 2, 1979 Game Statistics

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Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics

Date: September 2, 1979 Location: New Orleans, LA

Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 70940

Weather: Indoors

Score By Quarters	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Final
Atlanta Falcons	0	20	7	7	6	40
New Orleans Saints	7	21	3	3	0	34

Qtr	Team	Scoring Plays	ATL	NO
1	New Orleans Saints	Ike Harris 5 pass from Archie Manning (Russell Erxleben kick)	0	7
2	New Orleans Saints	Wes Chandler 40 pass from Chuck Muncie (Russell Erxleben kick)	0	14
2	Atlanta Falcons	Tim Mazzetti 27 FG	3	14
2	Atlanta Falcons	Alfred Jenkins 20 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)	10	14
2	New Orleans Saints	Chuck Muncie 69 run (Russell Erxleben kick)	10	21
2	Atlanta Falcons	Wallace Francis 20 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)	17	21
2	New Orleans Saints	Chuck Muncie 4 run (Russell Erxleben kick)	17	28
2	Atlanta Falcons	Tim Mazzetti 43 FG	20	28
3	New Orleans Saints	Russell Erxleben 37 FG	20	31
3	Atlanta Falcons	Wallace Francis 21 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)	27	31
4	Atlanta Falcons	William Andrews 4 run (Tim Mazzetti kick)	34	31
4	New Orleans Saints	Russell Erxleben 38 FG	34	34
5	Atlanta Falcons	James Mayberry 6 interception return	40	34

Data Coverage • Stat Key

RUSHING
TEAM	PLAYER	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
ATL	William Andrews	30	167	5.6	23	1
ATL	Bubba Bean	14	65	4.6		0
ATL	Steve Bartkowski	2	19	9.5		0
ATL	Haskel Stanback	1	6	6.0	6	0
NO	Chuck Muncie	22	161	7.3	69t	2
NO	Tony Galbreath	10	27	2.7		0

PASSING
TEAM	PLAYER	ATT	COM	PCT	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	TS	YL	RTG
ATL	Steve Bartkowski	38	22	57.9	1	312	8.2	53	3	2	17	99.9
NO	Archie Manning	29	14	48.3	1	284	9.8	42	1	0	0	80.2
NO	Chuck Muncie	1	1	100.0	0	40	40.0	40t	1	0	0	158.3
NO	Russell Erxleben	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0		0	0	0	0.0

RECEIVING
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
ATL	Alfred Jenkins	7	131	18.7		1
ATL	Wallace Francis	5	65	13.0		2
ATL	Bubba Bean	3	43	14.3		0
ATL	William Andrews	3	22	7.3	9	0
ATL	Alfred Jackson	2	38	19.0		0
ATL	Dennis Pearson	1	10	10.0	10	0
ATL	Jim Mitchell	1	3	3.0	3	0
NO	Wes Chandler	6	205	34.2		1
NO	Ike Harris	5	68	13.6		1
NO	Henry Childs	4	51	12.8		0

INTERCEPTIONS
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
ATL	James Mayberry	1	6	6.0	6t	1
ATL	Frank Reed	1	0	0.0	0	0
NO	Tommy Myers	1	14	14.0	14	0

PUNTING
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
ATL	John James	4	144	36.0	43	0
NO	Russell Erxleben	4	148	37.0	40	0

PUNT RETURNS
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
ATL	Billy Ryckman	2	0	16	8.0	10	0
ATL	Dennis Pearson	1	0	6	6.0	6	0
NO	Wes Chandler	2	1	14	7.0	8	0

KICKOFF RETURNS
TEAM	PLAYER	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
ATL	Dennis Pearson	7	115	16.4	24	0
ATL	Lynn Cain	1	5	5.0	5	0
NO	Wes Chandler	3	67	22.3	37	0
NO	Rich Mauti	2	35	17.5	25	0
NO	Jack Holmes	1	18	18.0	18	0

SACKS
TEAM	PLAYER	NO
NO	Joe Campbell	1.0
NO	Barry Bennett	1.0

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