| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 2016 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73003 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Coby Fleener 2 pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tevin Coleman 2 run (Matt Bryant kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Devonta Freeman 13 pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Michael Thomas 3 pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tevin Coleman 2 run (Matt Bryant kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Justin Hardy 4 pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wil Lutz 57 FG | 28 | 17 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tevin Coleman 6 run (Matt Bryant kick) | 35 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Kuhn 3 run (Mark Ingram run) | 35 | 25 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Matt Bryant 21 FG | 38 | 25 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Deion Jones 90 interception return (Matt Bryant kick) | 45 | 25 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mark Ingram 5 pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) | 45 | 32 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 11 | WR | Julio Jones |
| 12 | WR | Mohamed Sanu |
| 70 | LOT | Jake Matthews |
| 76 | LOG | Andy Levitre |
| 51 | C | Alex Mack |
| 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 | ||
| 50 | LDE | Brooks Reed |
| 77 | LDT | Ra'Shede Hageman |
| 97 | RDT | Grady Jarrett |
| 94 | RDE | Tyson Jackson |
| 41 | LLB | Philip Wheeler |
| 45 | MLB | Deion Jones |
| 56 | RLB | Sean Weatherspoon |
| 23 | LCB | Robert Alford |
| 37 | SS | Ricardo Allen |
| 22 | FS | Keanu Neal |
| 21 | RCB | Desmond Trufant |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 16 | WR | Brandon Coleman |
| 13 | WR | Michael Thomas |
| 75 | LOT | Andrus Peat |
| 65 | LOG | Senio Kelemete |
| 60 | C | Max Unger |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 68 | TE | Tim Lelito |
| 86 | TE | Chris Manhertz |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 22 | RB | Mark Ingram |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Paul Kruger |
| 92 | LDT | John Jenkins |
| 90 | RDT | Nick Fairley |
| 94 | RDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 50 | SLB | Stephone Anthony |
| 53 | MLB | James Laurinaitis |
| 52 | WLB | Craig Robertson |
| 46 | LCB | Ken Crawley |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 31 | FS | Jairus Byrd |
| 24 | RCB | Sterling Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Devonta Freeman | 14 | 152 | 10.9 | 48 | 0 |
| Tevin Coleman | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 9 | 3 |
| Matt Ryan | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 18 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Ingram | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Kuhn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Matt Ryan | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 0 | 240 | 8.0 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 113.2 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 54 | 36 | 66.7 | 1 | 376 | 7.0 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 97.5 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Devonta Freeman | 5 | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Tevin Coleman | 3 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Mohamed Sanu | 4 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Jacob Tamme | 4 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Taylor Gabriel | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Justin Hardy | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Julio Jones | 7 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Aldrick Robinson | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Coby Fleener | 11 | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 36 | 1 |
| Brandon Coleman | 8 | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 28 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 11 | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 25 | 1 |
| Travaris Cadet | 6 | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 6 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 4 | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 8 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Deion Jones | 1 | 90 | 90.0 | 90t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Matt Bosher | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 47 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| DeÕVante Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jairus Byrd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Matt Bosher | 8 | 505 | 63.1 | 8 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Wil Lutz | 5 | 314 | 62.8 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Eric Weems | 2 | 0 | 54 | 27.0 | 42 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Dwight Freeney | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Desmond Trufant | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Nick Fairley | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| Cameron Jordan | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Sean Weatherspoon | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Jones | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Alford | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Allen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Poole | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kemal Ishmael | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keanu Neal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Beasley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Trufant | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Freeney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Babineaux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Goodwin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Jarrett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Shelby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Craig Robertson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Laurinaitis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fairley | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jairus Byrd | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Crawley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephone Anthony | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vonn Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sterling Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Stupar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Kruger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kasim Edebali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B.W. Webb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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