Atlanta 25, New Orleans 29

Boxscore
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Summary

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 8:29
 TD  Saints 7 - Falcons 0
Reggie Bush 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:05
 FG  Saints 10 - Falcons 0
Garrett Hartley 26 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:55
 TD  Saints 10 - Falcons 7
Michael Turner 5 yd. run (Jason Elam kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:10
 FG  Saints 13 - Falcons 7
Garrett Hartley 46 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:13
 TD  Saints 13 - Falcons 14
Brian Finneran 2 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
 FG  Saints 16 - Falcons 14
Garrett Hartley 25 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:06
 FG  Saints 16 - Falcons 17
Jason Elam 23 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:55
 TD  Saints 22 - Falcons 17
Pierre Thomas 7 yd. pass from Drew Brees (run failed)
4th Quarter - 7:51
 TD  Saints 22 - Falcons 25
Matt Ryan 12 yd. run (Michael Jenkins pass from Matt Ryan)
4th Quarter - 5:47
 TD  Saints 29 - Falcons 25
Pierre Thomas 5 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)

Team Stats

  Falcons Saints
First downs 22 24
Rushes-Yards 30-99 30-184
Passing Yards 315 230
Sacked-Yards lost 0-0 0-0
Return Yardage 144 170
Passing 24-33-1 18-32-0
Punts-Average 4-47.5 3-50.7
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-34 3-30
Field Goals 1-1 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 3-5-60%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-3-67% 3-4-75%
Time of Possession 32 : 52 27 : 08

Player Stats

Falcons (0 - 0)
Passing
  CP/ATT YDS TD INT
Matt Ryan 24/33 315 1 1
Saints (0 - 0)
Passing
  CP/ATT YDS TD INT
Drew Brees 18/32 230 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS TD LG
Michael Turner 18 61 1 26
Jerious Norwood 5 18 0 11
Matt Ryan 4 13 1 12
Jason Snelling 2 5 0 3
Ovie Mughelli 1 2 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS TD LG
Pierre Thomas 16 102 1 18
Reggie Bush 10 80 0 43
Mike Karney 1 2 0 2
Deuce McAllister 1 0 0 0
Drew Brees 2 0 0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS TD LG
Roddy White 10 164 0 59
Michael Jenkins 5 69 0 21
Harry Douglas 2 45 0 28
Jerious Norwood 4 20 0 9
Justin Peelle 1 9 0 9
Brian Finneran 2 8 1 6
Receiving
  REC YDS TD LG
Devery Henderson 3 72 0 36
Jeremy Shockey 5 64 0 21
Lance Moore 3 35 0 15
Reggie Bush 3 26 1 15
Marques Colston 3 26 0 11
Pierre Thomas 1 7 1 7
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
Jason David 1 23 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
Curtis Lofton 6 1
Keith Brooking 6 4
Chris Houston 5 1
Chevis Jackson 4 0
Chauncey Davis 4 0
Michael Boley 4 0
Erik Coleman 4 0
Domonique Foxworth 3 0
Jonathan Babineaux 3 1
Lawyer Milloy 3 2
Grady Jackson 1 0
John Abraham 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
Usama Young 7 0
Roman Harper 7 0
Scott Shanle 7 2
Jonathan Vilma 6 4
Josh Bullocks 5 0
Will Smith 4 2
Leigh Torrence 3 1
Scott Fujita 3 2
Jeff Charleston 2 0
Sedrick Ellis 1 0
Kendrick Clancy 1 0
Antwan Lake 1 0
Hollis Thomas 1 0
Jason David 1 1
Bobby McCray 1 1
Fumbles
  NO. LOST
Matt Ryan 1 0
Fumbles
  NO. LOST
No fumbles

Game Info

Date - Sunday, December 7 2008 1:00PM
Location - Louisiana Superdome
Temperature - Dome
Head Official - Bill Leavy
Attendance - 70011

NFL Boxscores

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San Diego  		7
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Jacksonville 
Chicago  		10
23
Minnesota 
Detroit  		20
16
Houston 
Green Bay  		24
21
Cincinnati 
Indianapolis  		3
35
Atlanta 
New Orleans  		25
29
Philadelphia 
N.Y. Giants  		20
14
Cleveland 
Tennessee  		9
28
Miami 
Buffalo  		16
3
Kansas City 
Denver  		17
24
N.Y. Jets 
San Francisco  		14
24
New England 
Seattle  		24
21
St. Louis 
Arizona  		10
34
Dallas 
Pittsburgh  		13
20
Washington 
Baltimore  		10
24
Tampa Bay 
Carolina  		23
38
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