Atlanta 16, New Orleans 45

Boxscore | Play By Play | Recap

Summary

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 8:53
 FG  Saints 0 - Falcons 3
Matt Bryant 34 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 5:25
 TD  Saints 7 - Falcons 3
Pierre Thomas 4 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
1st Quarter - 1:31
 TD  Saints 7 - Falcons 10
Julio Jones 21 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:32
 TD  Saints 14 - Falcons 10
Marques Colston 8 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:24
 TD  Saints 21 - Falcons 10
Jimmy Graham 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:28
 TD  Saints 28 - Falcons 10
Robert Meachem 24 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:41
 FG  Saints 28 - Falcons 13
Matt Bryant 51 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:04
 FG  Saints 31 - Falcons 13
John Kasay 29 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:43
 FG  Saints 31 - Falcons 16
Matt Bryant 30 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 11:09
 TD  Saints 38 - Falcons 16
Malcolm Jenkins 30 yd. fumble recovery (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 2:51
 TD  Saints 45 - Falcons 16
Darren Sproles 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)

Team Stats

  Falcons Saints
First downs 23 26
Rushes-Yards 14-35 23-164
Passing Yards 434 299
Sacked-Yards lost 0-0 1-8
Return Yardage 41 147
Passing 40-61-0 23-39-2
Punts-Average 3-50.0 2-52.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-57 4-46
Field Goals 3-3 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 0-3-0% 4-6-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 2-2-100%
Time of Possession 33 : 19 26 : 41

Player Stats

Falcons (9 - 6)
Passing
  CP/ATT YDS TD INT
Matt Ryan 34/52 373 1 0
Chris Redman 6/9 61 0 0
Saints (12 - 3)
Passing
  CP/ATT YDS TD INT
Drew Brees 23/39 307 4 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS TD LG
Michael Turner 11 39 0 7
Jacquizz Rodgers 1 -1 0 -1
Matt Ryan 2 -3 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS TD LG
Darren Sproles 5 67 0 36
Pierre Thomas 9 53 1 12
Chris Ivory 8 35 0 11
Drew Brees 1 9 0 9
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS TD LG
Julio Jones 14 8 128 1 40
Roddy White 16 11 127 0 26
Tony Gonzalez 9 5 41 0 9
Michael Turner 4 4 36 0 12
Eric Weems 4 3 33 0 18
Jason Snelling 5 4 28 0 16
Jacquizz Rodgers 2 2 19 0 11
Michael Palmer 2 2 19 0 10
Harry Douglas 1 1 3 0 3
Reggie Kelly 1 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS TD LG
Marques Colston 11 7 81 1 23
Robert Meachem 5 3 75 1 41
Lance Moore 3 2 53 0 38
Jimmy Graham 9 4 42 1 17
Devery Henderson 5 3 30 0 12
Darren Sproles 3 2 22 1 13
Pierre Thomas 2 2 4 0 3
Interceptions
  NO.
Dunta Robinson 1
Dominique Franks 1
Interceptions
  NO.
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
Vance Walker 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
Thomas DeCoud 7 3
Brent Grimes 5 2
Mike Peterson 4 0
Kroy Biermann 3 1
Dunta Robinson 3 1
Curtis Lofton 3 6
William Moore 2 4
Peria Jerry 1 0
Vance Walker 1 0
Corey Peters 1 0
Sean Weatherspoon 1 1
Lawrence Sidbury 0 1
John Abraham 0 1
Ray Edwards 0 2
Tackles
  TK AST
Jabari Greer 7 2
Scott Shanle 4 3
Jonathan Vilma 4 4
Johnny Patrick 3 0
Jo-Lonn Dunbar 3 1
Roman Harper 3 2
Tracy Porter 2 0
Isa Abdul-Quddus 2 1
Patrick Robinson 2 1
Ramon Humber 2 2
Malcolm Jenkins 1 0
Junior Galette 1 1
Jonathon Amaya 1 2
Will Smith 1 2
Aubrayo Franklin 0 1
Martez Wilson 0 1
Cameron Jordan 0 2
Shaun Rogers 0 2
Sedrick Ellis 0 3
Fumbles
  NO. LOST
Julio Jones 1 1
Fumbles
  NO. LOST
No fumbles

Game Info

Date - Monday, December 26 2011 8:30PM
Location - Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Temperature - Dome
Head Official - Jeff Triplette
Attendance - 70086

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Minnesota 
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Denver 
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