Regular Season Week 1: Saints at Atlanta Falcons
September 04, 2016 70° Georgia Dome
Attendance: 50,444 (67%)
Saints 0 6 3 6 - 15
Atlanta Falcons 0 13 0 10 - 23
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: 4-6-NOS 22 (14:59) 10-Ryan Edwards 41 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 79-Robert Barros was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. ATL 3 NOS 0
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: 3-3-NOS 4 (11:25) 18-Brian Wu pass complete to 83-Richard Suggs for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Ryan Edwards. ATL 10 NOS 0
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: 4-4-NOS 4 (7:26) 10-Ryan Edwards 22 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 13 NOS 0
(Qtr 2) Saints: 4-4-ATL 16 (5:42) 1-David Clifton 34 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 13 NOS 3
(Qtr 2) Saints: 4-6-ATL 31 (1:21) 1-David Clifton 48 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 13 NOS 6
(Qtr 3) Saints: 4-1-ATL 0 (11:11) 1-David Clifton 17 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 13 NOS 9
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 4-1-NOS 0 (15:00) 39-John Bryant ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Ryan Edwards. ATL 20 NOS 9
(Qtr 4) Saints: (14:58) 10-Ryan Edwards kicks 68 yards from ATL 35 to NOS -3. 44-Michael Fischer for 103yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 4-6-NOS 27 (2:51) 10-Ryan Edwards 45 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 23 NOS 15
Team Statistics
Atlanta Falcons Saints
First Downs 21 12
- Rushing 5 2
- Passing 11 6
- Penalty 5 4
Total Net Yards 230 193
- Offensive Plays 80 51
- Yards Per Play 2.88 3.78
Net Rushing Yards 81 39
- Rushing Attempts 29 13
- Yards Per Rush 2.79 3.00
Net Passing Yards 149 154
- Att/Comp/Int 45 / 26 / 2 38 / 20 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 189 154
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 40 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.92 4.05
- Yards Per Completion 7.27 7.70
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 15 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.4 6.5
4th Down Conversions 3 / 3 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 7 / 38 8 / 57
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 39 4 / 40
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 163
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 1 2 / 35
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 35
Time of Possession 37:05 22:41
Drive Charts
Atlanta Falcons
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:28 2:11 OPP 40 3 -13 Punt
1 9:46 1:03 OWN 33 3 3 Punt
1 7:55 2:07 OWN 28 4 13 Punt
1 4:19 4:24 OWN 31 9 47 Field Goal
2 14:10 2:49 OPP 36 6 36 Touchdown
2 11:18 3:55 OPP 27 8 23 Field Goal
2 5:39 2:18 OWN 25 5 0 Punt
2 1:17 1:17 OWN 25 2 5 Half
3 15:00 1:47 OWN 25 5 9 Interception
3 11:08 1:30 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
3 6:44 6:46 OWN 20 15 80 Touchdown
4 9:45 6:58 OWN 28 12 45 Field Goal
Saints
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:32 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 11:17 1:31 OWN 10 3 8 Punt
1 8:44 0:49 OWN 30 3 7 Punt
1 5:47 1:28 OWN 15 3 4 Punt
2 14:55 0:45 OWN 25 3 3 Interception
2 11:21 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
2 7:23 1:44 OWN 23 7 60 Field Goal
2 3:21 2:04 OWN 33 4 36 Field Goal
3 13:13 2:05 OPP 7 3 7 Field Goal
3 9:38 2:54 OWN 32 5 24 Punt
4 14:43 2:46 OPP 25 6 -27 Interception
4 11:56 2:12 OWN 45 5 12 Interception
4 2:47 2:47 OWN 28 10 52 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#31 Zane Lang 9 44 4.89 11 1 0
#27 Benjamin Robbins 9 25 2.78 11 1 0
#42 Brian Alexander 5 7 1.40 10 1 0
#39 John Bryant 6 5 0.83 2 0 1
Saints
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#44 Michael Fischer 11 27 2.45 7 0 0
#32 Owen Pascual 2 12 6.00 10 1 0
Passing Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Brian Wu 45 26 189 6 / 40 1 31 2 56.62
Saints
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#2 Edward Tindal 38 20 154 0 / 0 0 43 3 29.93
Receiving Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Richard Suggs 7 79 11.29 31 1
#4 Edward Johnson 4 24 6.00 11 0
#14 Tommy Cooper 4 19 4.75 12 0
#87 Dave Bayless 2 17 8.50 10 0
#31 Zane Lang 3 15 5.00 11 0
#3 Paul Smiley 3 15 5.00 8 0
#85 John Hawkins 2 13 6.50 8 0
#42 Brian Alexander 1 7 7.00 7 0
Saints
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#87 Ted Healey 6 104 17.33 43 0
#11 Robert Bell 3 15 5.00 8 0
#44 Michael Fischer 6 13 2.17 5 0
#19 Raymond Chapman 3 12 4.00 6 0
#88 David Iverson 2 10 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Robert Barros 56 34 3 6
#63 Arturo James 60 38 1 2
#51 Anthony Martinez 58 26 1 3
#83 Robert Appleby 3 10 1 3
#52 John Kelly 0 4 0 0
#23 Daniel Parker 0 2 0 0
#97 David Galvan 3 3 0 0
#36 Edward Schofield 0 2 0 0
#98 Christopher Osborne 0 2 0 0
#95 Christian Wesley 0 3 0 0
#29 Leo Hitt 0 2 0 0
#60 John Long 0 3 0 0
#65 Kevin Middleton 0 1 0 0
#27 Benjamin Robbins 8 6 0 0
#87 Dave Bayless 18 29 0 0
#77 Steven White 61 33 0 5
#31 Zane Lang 13 2 0 0
#73 Joshua Cote 61 44 0 0
#4 Edward Johnson 0 16 0 0
#83 Richard Suggs 9 24 0 1
#42 Brian Alexander 12 4 0 0
#71 Michael Pena 11 3 0 1
#3 Paul Smiley 0 12 0 0
#14 Tommy Cooper 0 13 0 0
#39 John Bryant 12 5 0 0
#61 Roger Farley 0 2 0 0
#85 John Hawkins 0 8 0 0
#76 Thomas Vincent 0 2 0 0
#17 Jeffrey Sterner 0 1 0 1
#57 John Kerrigan 0 1 0 0
#58 Peter Brown 0 1 0 0
#40 Scott Norris 0 1 0 1
Saints
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#58 Paul Crocker 46 18 0 3
#44 Michael Fischer 17 3 0 0
#67 Ramon Bissonnette 46 21 0 1
#70 James Jimenez 41 21 0 0
#77 Laurence Munos 40 20 0 3
#53 Mauro Carter 40 15 0 0
#11 Robert Bell 0 9 0 1
#19 Raymond Chapman 7 17 0 1
#84 Charles Lewis 3 11 0 1
#87 Ted Healey 0 11 0 0
#71 Rick Carpenter 7 0 0 0
#64 James Murphy 8 1 0 0
#21 Anthony Gregory 4 9 0 1
#47 Ricky Rivera 16 14 0 0
#88 David Iverson 9 4 0 0
#76 Ray Black 0 2 0 0
#95 Paul Scheer 0 7 0 1
#27 Jamaal Wells 0 7 0 0
#40 Kenneth Green 0 6 0 0
#31 Leonard Beebe 0 4 0 0
#34 Rodney Hartline 0 3 0 0
#66 Guadalupe Jackson 0 3 0 0
#50 Edward Blake 0 5 0 0
#92 Herbert Delbosque 0 1 0 1
#32 Owen Pascual 7 1 0 1
#94 Walter Gonzalez 0 1 0 0
#22 Earl Patino 0 1 0 0
#30 John Thomas 0 1 0 0
#75 Leroy Harding 0 2 0 0
#82 Roy Sullivan 0 3 0 0
#69 Keith Goodwin 0 1 0 0
#97 David Robinson 0 2 0 0
#99 Richard Zamora 0 1 0 0
#55 James Dunkley 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#40 Scott Norris 2 1 0.50 0
#23 Daniel Parker 1 0 0.00 0
Saints
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#40 Kenneth Green 1 33 33.00 0
#30 John Thomas 1 2 2.00 0
Fumble Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Saints
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#19 Raymond Chapman 1 1 0 0
Punting
Atlanta Falcons
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#5 Garrett Brady 5 250 50.00 42.40 53 2
Saints
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 Stephen Wong 5 235 47.00 34.20 50 0
Kicking
Atlanta Falcons
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#10 Ryan Edwards 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 45 2 / 2
Saints
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 David Clifton 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 48 0 / 0
Punt Return
Atlanta Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#3 Paul Smiley 2 39 19.5 30 0
Saints
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 Raymond Chapman 4 40 10.0 16 0
Kick Return
Atlanta Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Saints
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#44 Michael Fischer 3 163 54.3 1
Defensive Stats
Atlanta Falcons
Name Tackles Sacks
#97 David Galvan 6 0
#40 Scott Norris 5 0
#17 Jeffrey Sterner 5 0
#36 Edward Schofield 4 0
#23 Daniel Parker 3 0
#29 Ryan Kinnison 2 0
#73 Joshua Cote 2 0
#61 Roger Farley 2 0
#59 Larry Lyon 2 0
#45 Jack Disney 2 0
#60 John Long 1 0
#76 Thomas Vincent 1 0
#71 Michael Pena 1 0
#83 Richard Suggs 1 0
#29 Leo Hitt 1 0
#14 Tommy Cooper 1 0
#54 Nolan Bates 1 0
#95 Christian Wesley 1 0
Saints
Name Tackles Sacks
#50 Edward Blake 12 0
#30 John Thomas 8 0
#55 James Dunkley 7 0
#94 Walter Gonzalez 6 3
#48 Leroy Smith 6 1
#99 Richard Zamora 5 0
#31 Leonard Beebe 4 0
#21 Anthony Gregory 3 0
#75 Leroy Harding 2 1
#23 Ray Burton 2 0
#87 Ted Healey 2 0
#38 Sam Blewett 2 0
#66 Guadalupe Jackson 1 1
#88 David Iverson 1 0
#59 Stephen Goff 1 0
#97 David Robinson 1 0