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  FINAL
Atlanta 35, New Orleans 12
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
New Orleans 3 3 0 6 12
Atlanta 7 14 14 0 35

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

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed 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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