| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 26, 2011 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 70086 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Matt Bryant 34 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Pierre Thomas 4 run (John Kasay kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Julio Jones 21 pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Marques Colston 8 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jimmy Graham 9 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Robert Meachem 24 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Matt Bryant 51 FG | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Kasay 29 FG | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Matt Bryant 30 FG | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Malcolm Jenkins 30 opponents fumble recovery (John Kasay kick) | 16 | 38 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Darren Sproles 9 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 16 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Harry Douglas |
| 11 | WR | Julio Jones |
| 14 | WR | Eric Weems |
| 84 | WR | Roddy White |
| 74 | LOT | Will Svitek |
| 76 | LOG | Justin Blalock |
| 62 | C | Todd McClure |
| 61 | ROG | Joe Hawley |
| 77 | ROT | Tyson Clabo |
| 88 | TE | Tony Gonzalez |
| 2 | QB | Matt Ryan |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Ray Edwards |
| 95 | LDT | Jonathan Babineaux |
| 91 | RDT | Corey Peters |
| 95 | RDE | John Abraham |
| 53 | LLB | Mike Peterson |
| 50 | MLB | Curtis Lofton |
| 56 | RLB | Sean Weatherspoon |
| 20 | LCB | Brent Grimes |
| 25 | SS | William Moore |
| 28 | FS | Thomas DeCoud |
| 23 | RCB | Dunta Robinson |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | WR | Robert Meachem |
| 16 | WR | Lance Moore |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Nicks |
| 60 | C | Brian De La Puente |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 89 | TE | John Gilmore |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 29 | HB | Chris Ivory |
| 45 | FB | Jed Collins |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Junior Galette |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 53 | SLB | Ramon Humber |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 33 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 27 | FS | Malcolm Jenkins |
| 21 | FS | Patrick Robinson |
| 22 | RCB | Tracy Porter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Michael Turner | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Matt Ryan | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 12 | 1 |
| Chris Ivory | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Matt Ryan | 52 | 34 | 65.4 | 0 | 373 | 7.2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.9 |
| Chris Redman | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 61 | 6.8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.9 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 39 | 23 | 59.0 | 2 | 307 | 7.9 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 96.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Roddy White | 16 | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Julio Jones | 14 | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 9 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | 4 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 5 | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Eric Weems | 4 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Michael Palmer | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Reggie Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Marques Colston | 11 | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Jimmy Graham | 9 | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Robert Meachem | 5 | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Devery Henderson | 5 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 3 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dunta Robinson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dominique Franks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Matt Bosher | 3 | 150 | 50.0 | 56 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Eric Weems | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Matt Bosher | 5 | 330 | 66.0 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 8 | 534 | 66.8 | 7 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Eric Weems | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 4 | 0 | 146 | 36.5 | 92 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Vance Walker | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Thomas DeCoud | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lofton | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Grimes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| William Moore | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Peterson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kroy Biermann | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunta Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Weatherspoon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vance Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peria Jerry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Peters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akeem Dent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Abraham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Sidbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominique Franks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jabari Greer | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quiddus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Humber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Patrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathon Amaya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Porter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Rogers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martez Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubrayo Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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