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BOX SCORE 
 
 
 
| Scoring |  | 1ST QUARTER |  
| NOR |  | FG |  | DOUG BRIEN 24 YD, 5:29. Drive: 7 plays, 41
                           yards in 2:25. Key plays: Hobert 8-yard pass to
                           Hastings to Atlanta 34; 30-yard pass
                           interference penalty on Falcons' Booker to
                           Atlanta 11. NEW ORLEANS 3-0 |  
| ATL |  | TD |  | TERANCE MATHIS 8 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
                           (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 13:08. Drive: 5 plays,
                           36 yards in 2:30. Key plays: Oxendine 20-yard
                           run to New Orleans 16. ATLANTA 7-3 |  | 2ND QUARTER |  
| ATL |  | TD |  | CHRIS CHANDLER 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
                           5:07. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards in 5:14. Key
                           plays: Chandler 18-yard pass on 3rd-and-5 to
                           Mathis to midfield; Chandler 26-yard pass to
                           Kozlowski to New Orleans 24; 7-yard pass
                           interference penalty on Saints' Drakeford on
                           3rd-and-4 to Atlanta 1. ATLANTA 14-3 |  
| NOR |  | FG |  | DOUG BRIEN 34 YD, 10:05. Drive: 10 plays, 60
                           yards in 4:58. Key plays: Perry 16-yard run to
                           New Orleans 40; 19-yard pass interference
                           penalty on Falcons' Booker to Atlanta 31; Perry
                           22-yard run to Atlanta 9. ATLANTA 14-6 |  
| ATL |  | TD |  | TIM DWIGHT 48 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
                           (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 11:11. Drive: 2 plays,
                           75 yards in 1:06. Key plays: Chandler 32-yard
                           pass to Dwight to New Orleans 48. ATLANTA 21-6 |  | 3RD QUARTER |  
| ATL |  | TD |  | BOB CHRISTIAN 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
                           8:38. Drive: 11 plays, 90 yards in 7:52. Key
                           plays: Oxendine 8-yard run to Atlanta 24;
                           Chandler 20-yard pass to Mathis to Atlanta 44;
                           Oxendine 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans
                           42; Chandler 10-yard pass to Oxendine to New
                           Orleans 37. ATLANTA 28-6 |  
| ATL |  | TD |  | RAY BUCHANAN 52 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (MORTEN
                           ANDERSEN KICK), 12:17. ATLANTA 35-6 |  | 4TH QUARTER |  
| NOR |  | TD |  | DANNY WUERFFEL 29 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION
                           FAILED), 4:36. Drive: 14 plays, 87 yards in
                           7:19. Key plays: Wuerffel 6-yard pass to Davis
                           plus 15-yard illegal contact penalty on
                           Falcons' Smith on 3rd-and-12 to New Orleans 32;
                           9-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons'
                           Brooking on 3rd- and-7 to New Orleans 44;
                           Atlanta 4 penalties for 49 yards. ATLANTA 35-12 |  
 TEAM STATISTICS
 
|  | NOR | ATL |  
| 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
 Punts-returns
 Kickoffs-returns
 Interceptions-returns
 PENALTIES-YARDS
 FUMBLES-LOST
 TIME OF POSSESSION
 
 | 21 7
 3-14
 1-2
 240
 70
 3.4
 149
 26
 5.7
 91
 17-37
 2.1
 7-48
 5-38.8
 124
 1-4
 6-120
 3-0
 7-52
 0-0
 30:35
 
 | 21 10
 4-8
 0-0
 361
 53
 6.8
 128
 28
 4.6
 233
 15-25
 9.3
 0-0
 3-41.7
 143
 2-10
 3-81
 2-52
 11-116
 0-0
 29:25
 
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 PLAYER STATISTICSMissed field goals
 None.
 New Orleans rushing
 Wilmont Perry 16-93, Danny Wuerffel 1-29, Dino
Philyaw 2-20, Troy Davis 7-7.
 Atlanta rushing
 Ken Oxendine 19-85, Bob Christian 6-44, Chris
Chandler 1-1, Tony Graziani 2-minus 2.
 New Orleans passing
 Danny Wuerffel 15-30 for 127 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD,
Billy Joe Hobert 2-7 for 12 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
 Atlanta passing
 Chris Chandler 15-25 for 233 yards, 3 INT, 2 TD.
 New Orleans receiving
 Andre Hastings 5-46, Eddie Kennison 4-23, Troy
Davis 4-20, Lamar Smith 1-21, Lawrence Dawsey 1-15, Keith Poole 1-8,
Wilmont Perry 1-6.
 Atlanta receiving
 Terance Mathis 3-46, Tim Dwight 2-80, Winslow
Oliver 2-21, Ken Oxendine 2-15, Bryan Still 2-14, Reggie Kelly 2-9,
Brian Kozlowski 1-26, Chris Calloway 1-22.
 New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
 Keith Mitchell 7-1-0,
Sammy Knight 5-1-0, Wayne Martin 5-0-0, Mark Fields 3-2-0, Chris
Bordano 3-1-0, Tyronne Drakeford 3-0-0, Troy Wilson 3-0-0, Rob Kelly
2-1-0, Ashley Ambrose 1-2-0, Willie Clay 2-0-0, Je'rod Cherry 2-0-0,
Alex Molden 1-0-0, La'roi Glover 0-1-0.
 Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
 Jessie Tuggle 8-0-1, Ray
Buchanan 5-1-0, Keith Brooking 5-0-0, Travis Hall 4-1-2, Eugene
Robinson 3-2-0, Gerald Mcburrows 2-3-0, Lester Archambeau 4-0-3,
Elijah Williams 4-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 3-0-0, Derrick Gardner 3-0-0,
Chuck Smith 2-0-1, Ed Jasper 2-0-0, Michael Booker 1-0-0, Patrick
Kerney 1-0-0, Pellom Mcdaniels 0-1-0, Shane Dronett 0-1-0.
 Interceptions
 New Orleans (Ashley Ambrose 1 for 0 yards, Mark Fields
1 for 0 yards, Willie Clay 1 for 0 yards); Atlanta (Ray Buchanan 2
for 52 yards).
 Fumbles lost
 None.
 Opponent's fumbles recovered
 None.
 Officials
 Referee-R Winter, Umpire-E Coukart, Head linesman-S
Rivers, Line judge-B Maurer, Field judge-S Zimmer, Side judge-T Hill,
Back judge-B Smith.
 A: 62,568;  T: 3:03.
 
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