| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 2000 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 64900 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 20 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Sammy Knight 31 interception return (Doug Brien kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 46 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Darrick Vaughn 88 kickoff return (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Terry Allen 2 run (Doug Brien kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 47 FG | 7 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Shawn Jefferson |
| 81 | WR | Terance Mathis |
| 70 | LOT | Bob Whitfield |
| 68 | LOG | Calvin Collins |
| 62 | C | Todd McClure |
| 71 | ROG | Travis Claridge |
| 74 | ROT | Ephraim Salaam |
| 89 | TE | Reggie Kelly |
| 11 | QB | Doug Johnson |
| 32 | RB | Jamal Anderson |
| 44 | FB | Bob Christian |
| Defense | ||
| 97 | LDE | Patrick Kerney |
| 98 | LDT | Travis Hall |
| 95 | RDT | Ed Jasper |
| 91 | RDE | Brady Smith |
| 53 | MLB | Mark Simoneau |
| 34 | LCB | Ray Buchanan |
| 25 | SS | Marty Carter |
| 23 | FS | Ronnie Bradford |
| 33 | RCB | Ashley Ambrose |
| 21 | NB | Elijah Williams |
| 22 | DB | Gerald McBurrows |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Joe Horn |
| 88 | WR | Willie Jackson |
| 83 | WR | Keith Poole |
| 77 | LOT | Willie Roaf |
| 63 | LOG | Wally Williams |
| 62 | C | Jerry Fontenot |
| 65 | ROG | Chris Naeole |
| 68 | ROT | Kyle Turley |
| 2 | QB | Aaron Brooks |
| 20 | RB | Terry Allen |
| 40 | FB | Brian Milne |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Darren Howard |
| 99 | LDT | Norman Hand |
| 97 | RDT | La'Roi Glover |
| 98 | RDE | Willie Whitehead |
| 59 | LOLB | Keith Mitchell |
| 54 | MLB | Darrin Smith |
| 55 | ROLB | Mark Fields |
| 25 | LCB | Alex Molden |
| 29 | SS | Sammy Knight |
| 39 | FS | Darren Perry |
| 23 | RCB | Kevin Mathis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jamal Anderson | 18 | 53 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Chris Chandler | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Terry Allen | 21 | 82 | 3.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Aaron Brooks | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Toby Gowin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chad Morton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Brian Milne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Horn | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Doug Johnson | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 45 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 22.9 |
| Chris Chandler | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 81 | 8.1 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 29.6 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Aaron Brooks | 35 | 24 | 68.6 | 0 | 285 | 8.1 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 93.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jamal Anderson | 4 | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Brian Kozlowski | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Christian | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terance Mathis | 7 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Reggie Kelly | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tim Dwight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Joe Horn | 9 | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 52 | 0 |
| Willie Jackson | 7 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Keith Poole | 4 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Andrew Glover | 4 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Chad Morton | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Brian Milne | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Robert Wilson | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Terry Allen | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lamont Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daryl Terrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Sammy Knight | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Alex Molden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dan Stryzinski | 7 | 281 | 40.1 | 51 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Toby Gowin | 5 | 221 | 44.2 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Tim Dwight | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Chris Canty | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Morten Andersen | 2 | 134 | 67.0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Toby Gowin | 5 | 344 | 68.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Tim Dwight | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Darrick Vaughn | 2 | 117 | 58.5 | 88 | 1 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Fred McAfee | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Ed Jasper | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Joe Johnson | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| Sammy Knight | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Darren Howard | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Willie Whitehead | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Marty Carter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald McBurrows | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Ambrose | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Buchanan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Draft | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Simoneau | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Smith | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bradford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antony Jordan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Jasper | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Wiley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Hall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henri Crockett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Kerney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrick Vaughn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winslow Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Swayda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Downs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Finneran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mark Fields | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Knight | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Whitehead | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Hand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La'Roi Glover | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Molden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Howard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Oldham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donta' Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Milne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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