| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 1, 1987 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 42196 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 76 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 14 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mike Jones 7 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Barry Word 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 5 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 49 FG | 24 | 0 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 30 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mel Gray 3 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 38 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 37 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 86 | WR | Mike Jones |
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 72 | LOT | Jim Dombrowski |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 61 | C | Joel Hilgenberg |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Trapilo |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 3 | QB | Bobby Hebert |
| 36 | HB | Rueben Mayes |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Bruce Clark |
| 99 | NT | Tony Elliott |
| 94 | RDE | Jim Wilks |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 53 | RILB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Pat Swilling |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 27 | SS | Antonio Gibson |
| 39 | FS | Brett Maxie |
| 22 | RCB | Van Jakes |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Stacey Bailey |
| 86 | WR | Floyd Dixon |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 61 | LOG | John Scully |
| 55 | C | Wayne Radloff |
| 79 | ROG | Bill Fralic |
| 73 | ROT | Leonard Mitchell |
| 88 | TE | Arthur Cox |
| 10 | QB | Scott Campbell |
| 42 | RB | Gerald Riggs |
| 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 |
| 34 | SS | Robert Moore |
| 22 | FS | Brenard Wilson |
| 25 | RCB | Scott Case |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rueben Mayes | 19 | 112 | 5.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | 30t | 2 |
| Mel Gray | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Bobby Hebert | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Barry Word | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 6 | 1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Gerald Riggs | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Floyd Dixon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kenny Flowers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 0 | 171 | 6.6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 93.6 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Scott Campbell | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 5 | 156 | 5.4 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 25.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike Jones | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Rueben Mayes | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Barry Word | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Stacey Bailey | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Aubrey Matthews | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Floyd Dixon | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gerald Riggs | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Arthur Cox | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Antonio Gibson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Brett Maxie | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Van Jakes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Milton Mack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Brian Hansen | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rick Donnelly | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Kenny Flowers | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Frank Warren | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Jessie Tuggle | 1.0 |
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