Regular Season Week 8: Saints at Atlanta Falcons
October 26, 2014 70° Georgia Dome
Attendance: 63,647 (85%)
Saints 0 3 0 6 - 9
Atlanta Falcons 14 6 7 7 - 34
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Atlanta Falcons: 1-10-NOS 10 (11:48) 18-Brian Wu pass complete to 43-Brent Erickson for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Rodney Lopez. ATL 7 NOS 0
(Qtr 1) Atlanta Falcons: 2-1-NOS 0 (9:58) 31-Zane Lang ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Rodney Lopez. ATL 14 NOS 0
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: 4-4-NOS 10 (11:19) 19-Rodney Lopez 28 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 17 NOS 0
(Qtr 2) Saints: 4-2-ATL 33 (2:01) 11-Henry Berends 50 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 17 NOS 3
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: 2-2-NOS 32 (0:03) 19-Rodney Lopez 50 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 20 NOS 3
(Qtr 3) Atlanta Falcons: 2-8-NOS 8 (1:57) 18-Brian Wu pass complete to 48-Ken Bennett for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Rodney Lopez. ATL 27 NOS 3
(Qtr 4) Saints: 4-3-ATL 27 (11:19) 11-Henry Berends 44 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 27 NOS 6
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 1-1-NOS 1 (5:14) 31-Zane Lang ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Rodney Lopez. ATL 34 NOS 6
(Qtr 4) Saints: 4-1-ATL 6 (1:16) 11-Henry Berends 23 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 34 NOS 9
Team Statistics
Atlanta Falcons Saints
First Downs 23 16
- Rushing 13 10
- Passing 10 6
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 371 243
- Offensive Plays 64 55
- Yards Per Play 5.80 4.42
Net Rushing Yards 232 146
- Rushing Attempts 37 27
- Yards Per Rush 6.27 5.41
Net Passing Yards 139 97
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 20 / 0 27 / 14 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 171 97
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 32 1 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.15 3.46
- Yards Per Completion 8.55 6.93
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 9 6 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 13 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 26 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 13 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 27
Time of Possession 35:19 24:40
Drive Charts
Atlanta Falcons
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:12 2:27 OPP 33 5 33 Touchdown
1 11:42 1:46 OPP 22 4 22 Touchdown
1 5:13 8:56 OWN 6 14 84 Field Goal
2 7:07 1:27 OWN 14 3 -2 Punt
2 1:57 1:57 OWN 26 5 42 Field Goal
3 15:00 6:06 OWN 25 9 28 Punt
3 7:28 5:35 OWN 38 10 62 Touchdown
4 11:15 6:04 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
4 1:13 0:49 OWN 25 3 14 Fumble
4 0:12 0:12 OWN 47 1 1 Game
Saints
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:48 OWN 25 2 2 Interception
1 11:45 0:03 OWN 25 1 -5 Interception
1 9:56 4:43 OWN 25 11 67 Interception
2 11:17 4:10 OWN 25 8 28 Punt
2 5:40 3:43 OWN 40 6 27 Field Goal
3 8:54 1:26 OWN 8 3 6 Punt
3 1:53 5:38 OWN 23 10 50 Field Goal
4 5:11 3:58 OWN 25 12 69 Field Goal
4 0:24 0:11 OPP 49 2 0 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#48 Ken Bennett 11 85 7.73 18 2 0
#27 Benjamin Robbins 10 51 5.10 10 3 0
#43 Brent Erickson 6 49 8.17 22 2 0
#31 Zane Lang 10 47 4.70 10 2 2
Saints
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#44 Michael Fischer 17 88 5.18 16 5 0
#39 Dexter Heath 9 57 6.33 13 2 0
#33 David Morgan 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Passing Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Brian Wu 22 20 171 4 / 32 2 21 0 129.36
#6 Christopher Simon 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 39.58
Saints
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#13 Carlos Hanson 27 14 97 1 / 0 0 14 4 20.68
Receiving Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Richard Suggs 5 37 7.40 8 0
#31 Zane Lang 3 36 12.00 21 0
#43 Brent Erickson 4 29 7.25 10 1
#48 Ken Bennett 3 26 8.67 14 1
#87 Dave Bayless 2 24 12.00 18 0
#88 Carey Sweet 1 8 8.00 8 0
#27 Benjamin Robbins 1 7 7.00 7 0
#17 Jack Adcock 1 4 4.00 4 0
Saints
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 Thomas Samuels 4 43 10.75 14 0
#88 David Iverson 3 19 6.33 11 0
#87 Ted Healey 1 12 12.00 12 0
#80 David Burford 2 9 4.50 6 0
#44 Michael Fischer 3 7 2.33 3 0
#86 Robert Massey 1 7 7.00 7 0
Blocking Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#57 Nick Benefield 33 44 2 5
#63 Arturo James 33 37 1 2
#67 Robert Barros 32 40 1 4
#75 John Wilkerson 0 2 0 0
#52 John Kelly 0 2 0 0
#20 Jean Turgeon 0 1 0 1
#40 Scott Norris 0 2 0 0
#36 Edward Schofield 0 3 0 0
#98 Christopher Osborne 0 2 0 0
#65 Kenneth Gibson 34 34 0 0
#27 Benjamin Robbins 5 6 0 1
#51 Anthony Martinez 35 41 0 4
#43 Brent Erickson 7 20 0 1
#83 Richard Suggs 7 25 0 1
#88 Carey Sweet 0 21 0 2
#87 Dave Bayless 8 25 0 0
#31 Zane Lang 3 4 0 0
#66 Austin Jordan 10 8 0 0
#77 Steven White 8 4 0 0
#84 Mark Ng 0 14 0 2
#17 Jack Adcock 0 11 0 2
#61 Roger Farley 1 2 0 0
#48 Ken Bennett 5 4 0 0
#93 Daniel Townsend 1 2 0 0
#37 Clinton Smith 0 1 0 0
#23 Daniel Parker 0 2 0 0
#97 David Galvan 0 1 0 0
#95 Christian Wesley 0 1 0 1
#71 Michael Pena 2 3 0 0
#64 Robert Vaughn 2 3 0 0
#59 Larry Lyon 1 0 0 0
#17 Joe Stephenson 0 1 0 0
#35 Rodger Matthews 0 1 0 0
#72 Kevin Scott 0 1 0 0
#54 Nolan Bates 0 1 0 0
#76 Thomas Vincent 0 1 0 0
Saints
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#70 James Jimenez 28 29 1 3
#75 Jeffrey Ellsworth 33 30 0 2
#65 Norman Koller 32 26 0 0
#57 Francisco Sipple 33 30 0 7
#64 Richard Soto 33 32 0 1
#88 David Iverson 6 30 0 2
#44 Michael Fischer 12 1 0 0
#86 Robert Massey 5 23 0 2
#80 David Burford 0 16 0 1
#39 Dexter Heath 3 1 0 0
#87 Ted Healey 0 4 0 0
#47 Ricky Rivera 3 3 0 0
#14 Thomas Samuels 0 11 0 0
#62 Jorge Young 5 0 0 0
#93 Melvin Collins 5 1 0 0
#52 Bobby Powell 5 5 0 0
#98 Andrew Slay 0 2 0 2
#21 Anthony Gregory 0 3 0 1
#25 William Smothers 0 2 0 0
#99 Willie Avelar 3 0 0 0
#58 Robert Crawford 0 1 0 0
#56 George Reynolds 0 1 0 0
#95 Paul Scheer 0 1 0 0
#31 Leonard Beebe 0 1 0 0
#33 David Morgan 0 1 0 0
#69 Aaron Gonzalez 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#93 Daniel Townsend 1 11 11.00 0
#97 David Galvan 1 1 1.00 0
#37 Clinton Smith 2 1 0.50 0
Saints
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#31 Zane Lang 1 0 0 0
#52 John Kelly 0 0 1 0
Saints
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#44 Michael Fischer 1 0 0 0
#33 David Morgan 1 1 0 0
#75 Jeffrey Ellsworth 0 1 0 0
#48 Leroy Smith 0 1 1 0
Punting
Atlanta Falcons
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#5 Garrett Brady 2 86 43.00 43.50 47 1
Saints
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Robert Gariepy 2 82 41.00 41.00 49 1
Kicking
Atlanta Falcons
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#19 Rodney Lopez 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 50 4 / 4
Saints
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#11 Henry Berends 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 50 0 / 0
Punt Return
Atlanta Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Saints
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Atlanta Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#27 Benjamin Robbins 1 26 26.0 0
Saints
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#33 David Morgan 1 33 33.0 0
Defensive Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Tackles Sacks
#23 Daniel Parker 6 0
#37 Clinton Smith 4 0
#97 David Galvan 4 0
#36 Edward Schofield 4 0
#90 Patrick Ford 4 0
#45 Jack Disney 3 0
#20 Jean Turgeon 3 0
#75 John Wilkerson 3 0
#59 Larry Lyon 2 0
#52 John Kelly 2 0
#98 Christopher Osborne 2 1
#72 Kevin Scott 2 0
#93 Daniel Townsend 2 0
#40 Scott Norris 2 0
#35 Rodger Matthews 1 0
#88 Carey Sweet 1 0
Saints
Name Tackles Sacks
#21 Anthony Gregory 10 0
#25 William Smothers 7 0
#52 Bobby Powell 6 0
#31 Leonard Beebe 5 0
#91 Thomas Fowler 5 3
#29 Jorge Nguyen 4 0
#56 George Reynolds 3 0
#48 Leroy Smith 3 0
#97 David Robinson 3 0
#98 Andrew Slay 3 1
#30 John Thomas 3 0
#99 Willie Avelar 2 0
#14 Thomas Samuels 1 0
#58 Robert Crawford 1 0
#87 Ted Healey 1 0
#88 David Iverson 1 0
#95 Paul Scheer 1 0
#57 Francisco Sipple 1 0