| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: January 3, 2016 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Georgia Dome Attendance: 69699 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Shayne Graham 51 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tim Hightower 1 run (Kai Forbath kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tony Moeaki 42 pass from Matt Ryan (Shayne Graham kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ben Watson 13 pass from Drew Brees (Kai Forbath kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Devonta Freeman 4 pass from Matt Ryan (Shayne Graham kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Kai Forbath 41 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Kai Forbath 30 FG | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Brandin Cooks |
| 83 | WR | Willie Snead |
| 65 | LOT | Senio Kelemete |
| 68 | LOG | Tim Lelito |
| 60 | C | Max Unger |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 82 | TE | Ben Watson |
| 84 | TE | Michael Hoomanawanui |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 34 | RB | Tim Hightower |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Bobby Richardson |
| 92 | LDT | John Jenkins |
| 93 | RDT | Kevin Williams |
| 94 | RDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 44 | SLB | Hau'oli Kikaha |
| 50 | MLB | Stephone Anthony |
| 57 | WLB | David Hawthorne |
| 40 | LCB | Delvin Breaux |
| 32 | SS | Kenny Vaccaro |
| 31 | FS | Jairus Byrd |
| 39 | RCB | Brandon Browner |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 11 | WR | Julio Jones |
| 84 | WR | Roddy White |
| 70 | LOT | Jake Matthews |
| 67 | LOG | Andy Levitre |
| 66 | C | Gino Gradkowski |
| 65 | ROG | Chris Chester |
| 73 | ROT | Ryan Schraeder |
| 80 | TE | Levine Toilolo |
| 2 | QB | Matt Ryan |
| 24 | RB | Devonta Freeman |
| 42 | FB | Patrick DiMarco |
| Defense | ||
| 44 | LDE | Vic Beasley |
| 77 | DT | Ra'Shede Hageman |
| 97 | NT | Grady Jarrett |
| 94 | RDE | Tyson Jackson |
| 52 | LLB | Justin Durant |
| 55 | MLB | Paul Worrilow |
| 50 | RLB | O'Brien Schofield |
| 23 | LCB | Robert Alford |
| 36 | SS | Kemal Ishmael |
| 37 | FS | Ricardo Allen |
| 21 | RCB | Desmond Trufant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tim Hightower | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Travaris Cadet | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | -1 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Devonta Freeman | 25 | 76 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Terron Ward | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Matt Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 42 | 32 | 76.2 | 0 | 323 | 7.7 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105.6 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Matt Ryan | 36 | 24 | 66.7 | 1 | 334 | 9.3 | 42t | 2 | 1 | 7 | 103.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Travaris Cadet | 6 | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Ben Watson | 10 | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Brandon Coleman | 8 | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 5 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 6 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Snead | 4 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Josh Hill | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Julio Jones | 11 | 9 | 149 | 16.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Jacob Tamme | 5 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Justin Hardy | 6 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Moeaki | 3 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 42t | 1 |
| Devonta Freeman | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Roddy White | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Levine Toilolo | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Patrick DiMarco | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jamarca Sanford | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Matt Bosher | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jairus Byrd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Travaris Cadet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Devin Hester | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Kai Forbath | 4 | 266 | 66.5 | 1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Matt Bosher | 4 | 273 | 68.3 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Travaris Cadet | 2 | 0 | 75 | 37.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Devin Hester | 3 | 0 | 73 | 24.3 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Cameron Jordan | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Brandon Browner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dixon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Humber | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Vaccaro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephone Anthony | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Richardson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Jenkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamarca Sanford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Owens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyeler Davison | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hawthorne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hau'oli Kikaha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jairus Byrd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Robert Alford | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Worrilow | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Godfrey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kemal Ishmael | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Durant | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Brien Schofield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Trufant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Reed | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Babineaux | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Stupar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kroy Biermann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Mbu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Clayborn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ra'Shede Hageman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gino Gradkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akeem King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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