| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: January 2, 1983 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 47336 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Wayne Wilson 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 40 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Kenny Duckett 11 pass from Ken Stabler (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 29 FG | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Bill Hurley 39 pass from Russell Erxleben (Morten Andersen kick) | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Wayne Wilson 17 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Wayne Wilson 4 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 6 | 35 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| William Andrews | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Lynn Cain | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Gerald Riggs | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wayne Wilson | 22 | 83 | 3.8 | 17t | 3 |
| Hokie Gajan | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 1 | 162 | 7.7 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 69.9 |
| Mike Moroski | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 93.8 |
| William Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 35 | 24 | 68.6 | 2 | 271 | 7.7 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.2 |
| Russell Erxleben | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Junior Miller | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Gerald Riggs | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Alfred Jackson | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Alfred Jenkins | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| William Andrews | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Floyd Hodge | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Stacey Bailey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bo Robinson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wayne Wilson | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Kenny Duckett | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 11t | 1 |
| Aundra Thompson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Lindsay Scott | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bobby Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blane Gaison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dennis Winston | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| George Roberts | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 53 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jeff Groth | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Reggie Brown | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Blane Gaison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Aundra Thompson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Ken Bordelon | 1.0 |
| Reggie Lewis | 1.0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1.0 |
| Jim Wilks | 1.0 |
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