| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1997 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Georgia Dome Attendance: 48620 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Morten Andersen 43 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Morten Andersen 22 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 21 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bert Emanuel 36 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Terance Mathis 4 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Eric Guliford |
| 88 | WR | Andre Hastings |
| 81 | WR | Randal Hill |
| 77 | LOT | Willie Roaf |
| 67 | LOG | Andy McCollum |
| 62 | C | Jerry Fontenot |
| 76 | ROG | Keno Hills |
| 74 | ROT | Clarence Jones |
| 82 | TE | Irv Smith |
| 13 | QB | Doug Nussmeier |
| 34 | FB | Ray Zellars |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Darren Mickell |
| 93 | LDT | Wayne Martin |
| 99 | RDT | Pio Sagapolutele |
| 94 | RDE | Joe Johnson |
| 52 | SLB | Richard Harvey |
| 54 | MLB | Winfred Tubbs |
| 55 | WLB | Mark Fields |
| 25 | LCB | Alex Molden |
| 23 | SS | Chris Hewitt |
| 29 | FS | Sammy Knight |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Allen |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Bert Emanuel |
| 81 | WR | Terance Mathis |
| 70 | LOT | Bob Whitfield |
| 61 | LOG | Robbie Tobeck |
| 68 | C | Calvin Collins |
| 69 | ROG | Gene Williams |
| 77 | ROT | Matt Willig |
| 85 | TE | Brian Kozlowski |
| 83 | TE | Ed West |
| 12 | QB | Chris Chandler |
| 32 | RB | Jamal Anderson |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Lester Archambeau |
| 98 | LDT | Travis Hall |
| 75 | RDT | Shane Dronett |
| 90 | RDE | Chuck Smith |
| 97 | LLB | Cornelius Bennett |
| 52 | RLB | Craig Sauer |
| 34 | LCB | Ray Buchanan |
| 35 | SS | William White |
| 25 | FS | Devin Bush |
| 23 | RCB | Ronnie Bradford |
| 20 | NB | Michael Booker |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Doug Nussmeier | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred McCrary | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jamal Anderson | 21 | 65 | 3.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Byron Hanspard | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Chandler | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Christian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Doug Nussmeier | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 3 | 101 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 28.5 |
| Billy Joe Hobert | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 49 | 4.9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Chris Chandler | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 0 | 211 | 8.1 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 116.0 |
| Jamal Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Eric Guliford | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Irv Smith | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Fred McCrary | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Brett Bech | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Andre Hastings | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Randal Hill | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Troy Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bert Emanuel | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Terance Mathis | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Bob Christian | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Jamal Anderson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed West | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Harold Green | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Michael Haynes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Todd Kinchen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ronnie Bradford | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Michael Booker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Buchanan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Devin Bush | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Royals | 6 | 290 | 48.3 | 59 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dan Stryzinski | 6 | 199 | 33.2 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Todd Kinchen | 4 | 1 | 39 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Doug Brien | 2 | 109 | 54.5 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Morten Andersen | 5 | 358 | 71.6 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 4 | 0 | 88 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Byron Hanspard | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| John Burrough | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Brady Smith | 1.5 |
| Richard Harvey | 1.0 |
| Joe Johnson | 1.0 |
| Jared Tomich | 1.0 |
| Darren Mickell | 0.5 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Travis Hall | 3.5 |
| Lester Archambeau | 1.0 |
| Shane Dronett | 1.0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 0.5 |
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