| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 7, 1986 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 67950 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Charlie Brown 17 pass from David Archer (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Cliff Austin 1 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 47 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Gerald Riggs 1 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Anthony Allen 19 pass from David Archer (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Mick Luckhurst 32 FG | 31 | 3 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 31 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Anthony Allen |
| 89 | WR | Charlie Brown |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 61 | LOG | John Scully |
| 55 | C | Wayne Radloff |
| 79 | ROG | Bill Fralic |
| 62 | ROT | Brett Miller |
| 88 | TE | Arthur Cox |
| 16 | QB | David Archer |
| 39 | RB | Cliff Austin |
| 45 | HBK | Ken Whisenhunt |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Mike Gann |
| 75 | NT | Tony Casillas |
| 77 | RDE | Rick Bryan |
| 51 | LOLB | Reggie Wilkes |
| 50 | LILB | Buddy Curry |
| 59 | RILB | John Rade |
| 54 | ROLB | Joel Williams |
| 23 | LCB | Bobby Butler |
| 20 | SS | Wendell Cason |
| 28 | WS | Bret Clark |
| 25 | RCB | Scott Case |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Eugene Goodlow |
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 72 | LOT | Jim Dombrowski |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 60 | C | Steve Korte |
| 79 | ROG | Ralph Williams |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 82 | TE | John Tice |
| 3 | QB | Bobby Hebert |
| 40 | HB | Dalton Hilliard |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Bruce Clark |
| 99 | NT | Tony Elliott |
| 97 | RDE | Jumpy Geathers |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 58 | LILB | Glen Redd |
| 50 | RILB | Jack Del Rio |
| 92 | ROLB | James Haynes |
| 26 | LCB | Willie Tullis |
| 20 | SS | Russell Gary |
| 59 | FS | Frank Wattelet |
| 25 | RCB | Johnnie Poe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Cliff Austin | 27 | 104 | 3.9 | 15 | 1 |
| Gerald Riggs | 15 | 69 | 4.6 | 9 | 1 |
| David Archer | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 22 | 0 |
| William Andrews | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Keith Williams | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sylvester Stamps | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Turk Schonert | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 16 | 1 |
| Buford Jordan | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Hebert | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| David Archer | 16 | 13 | 81.3 | 1 | 207 | 12.9 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 132.3 |
| Turk Schonert | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 33 | 13 | 39.4 | 2 | 115 | 3.5 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 24.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Charlie Brown | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Anthony Allen | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 32 | 1 |
| Sylvester Stamps | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Arthur Cox | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Keith Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Eugene Goodlow | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Buford Jordan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Tice | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Buddy Curry | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Scott Case | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Johnnie Poe | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rick Donnelly | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 48 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Brian Hansen | 7 | 311 | 44.4 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Floyd Dixon | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Anthony Allen | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Willie Tullis | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Keith Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 41 | 0 | |
| Willie Tullis | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Rick Bryan | 1.0 |
| Mike Pitts | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Jumpy Geathers | 1.0 |
| Bruce Clark | 0.5 |
| Tony Elliott | 0.5 |
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