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  FINAL
Atlanta 20, New Orleans 17
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Atlanta 7 0 7 6 20
New Orleans 0 17 0 0 17

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
ATL   TD   TERANCE MATHIS 22 YD PASS FROM TONY GRAZIANI (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 6:43. Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards in 6:43. Key plays: Oxendine 9-yard run to Atlanta 33; Oxendine 5-yard run to Atlanta 38; Graziani 7-yard pass to Mathis to Atlanta 45; Graziani 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 49; Oxendine 6-yard run to New Orleans 24; Oxendine 7 carries for 30 yards. ATLANTA 7-0
2ND QUARTER
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 42 YD, 1:48. Drive: 4 plays, (-4) yards in 1:38. Key plays: Fields recovery of Oxendine fumble at Atlanta 20. ATLANTA 7-3
NOR   TD   EDDIE KENNISON 90 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE HOBERT (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 5:13. Drive: 1 play, 90 yards in 0:13. NEW ORLEANS 10-7
NOR   TD   BRETT BECH 23 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 14:14. Drive: 9 plays, 81 yards in 1:02. Key plays: Tolliver 12-yard pass to Poole to New Orleans 31; Tolliver 27-yard pass to Kennison to Atlanta 42; Tolliver 14-yard pass to Bech on 4th-and-5 to Atlanta 23. NEW ORLEANS 17-7
3RD QUARTER
ATL   TD   BOB CHRISTIAN 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 4:01. Drive: 5 plays, 72 yards in 2:18. Key plays: Graziani 62-yard pass to German on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans 6. NEW ORLEANS 17-14
4TH QUARTER
ATL   FG   MORTEN ANDERSEN 36 YD, 0:43. Drive: 9 plays, 13 yards in 3:32. Key plays: Buchanan 1-yard interception return to New Orleans 32; Graziani 12-yard pass to Mathis to New Orleans 19. ATLANTA 17, NEW ORLEANS 17
ATL   FG   MORTEN ANDERSEN 44 YD, 6:31. Drive: 8 plays, 22 yards in 4:05. Key plays: Hanspard 9-yard run to New Orleans 40; Hanspard 6-yard run to New Orleans 34; Hanspard 6-yard run to New Orleans 28. ATLANTA 20-17

TEAM STATISTICS
  ATL NOR
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
12
4
3-12
0-0
251
56
4.5
104
33
3.2
147
11-20
6.4
3-15
6-40.2
75
4-69
2-11
9-68
3-2
29:39
18
12
4-16
2-3
390
67
5.8
71
24
3.0
319
22-40
7.4
3-19
4-36.0
112
5-107
0-0
7-64
3-0
30:21

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New Orleans (Doug Brien 28, 49).
Atlanta rushing
Ken Oxendine 20-57, Byron Hanspard 10-32, Tony Graziani 2-14, Bob Christian 1-1.
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 19-53, Lamar Smith 2-9, Billy Joe Tolliver 3-9.
Atlanta passing
Tony Graziani 11-20 for 162 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
New Orleans passing
Billy Joe Tolliver 13-26 for 185 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD, Billy Joe Hobert 9-14 for 153 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Atlanta receiving
Terance Mathis 5-67, Ken Oxendine 2-4, Jammi German 1-62, Reggie Kelly 1-16, Chris Calloway 1-9, Bob Christian 1-4.
New Orleans receiving
Cameron Cleeland 5-69, Eddie Kennison 4-138, Keith Poole 3-50, Ricky Williams 3-16, Brett Bech 2-37, Scott Slutzker 2-14, Lamar Smith 2-9, Andre Hastings 1-5.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Eugene Robinson 6-1-0, Marty Carter 5-1-0, Ray Buchanan 5-0-0, Jeff Kelly 4-1-0, Patrick Kerney 4-0-1, Jessie Tuggle 4-0-0, Shawn Swayda 2-2-0, Shane Dronett 0-4-0, Chuck Smith 3-0-0, Travis Hall 3-0-1, Keith Brooking 2-1-0, Henri Crockett 0-3-0, Ronnie Bradford 2-0-0, Gerald Mcburrows 2-0-1, Craig Sauer 1-0-0, Johndale Carty 1-0-0, Elijah Williams 1-0-0, Ruffin Hamilton 1-0-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mark Fields 11-2-0, Tyronne Drakeford 4-3-0, Keith Mitchell 4-3-0, Rob Kelly 4-3-0, Sammy Knight 1-6-0, Chris Bordano 6-0-0, Wayne Martin 5-1-1, Ashley Ambrose 3-1-0, La'roi Glover 2-2-0, Brady Smith 3-0-2, Jared Tomich 1-1-0, Fred Weary 1-0-0, William Whitehead 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Atlanta (Michael Booker 1 for 10 yards, Ray Buchanan 1 for 1 yards).
Fumbles lost
Atlanta (Ken Oxendine, Tony Graziani).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New Orleans (Ashley Ambrose, Mark Fields).
Officials
Referee-J Grier, Umpire-B Balliet, Head linesman-T Stabile, Line judge-D Anderson, Back judge-S Green, Side judge-D Look, Field judge-D Carroll.
A: 57,289; T: 3:05.

 


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