| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 20, 1977 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 43135 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Fred Steinfort 31 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Chuck Muncie 1 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Alfred Jenkins 8 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Fred Steinfort 40 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Rick Byas 72 interception return (Fred Steinfort kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 13 pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 18 pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 20 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wallace Francis |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 61 | LOT | Brent Adams |
| 70 | LOG | Dave Scott |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 24 | RB | Haskel Stanback |
| 48 | FB | Woody Thompson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Bailey |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 59 | LLB | Robert Pennywell |
| 55 | MLB | Ralph Ortega |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 34 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 32 | FS | Ray Easterling |
| 38 | RCB | Rick Byas |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 87 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 77 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 34 | RB | Tony Galbreath |
| 42 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 72 | LDT | Mike Fultz |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 44 | SS | Chuck Crist |
| 40 | FS | Jim Marsalis |
| 24 | RCB | Clarence Chapman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Woody Thompson | 24 | 123 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Haskel Stanback | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Mike Esposito | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 17 | 92 | 5.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 17 | 80 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Mike Strachan | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 52 | 3.5 | 1 | 32.5 | |||
| Kim McQuilken | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 2 | 82 | 4.6 | 2 | 64.8 | |||
| Bobby Douglass | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | 10.7 | |||
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Woody Thompson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 2 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ray Brown | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Rick Byas | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 72t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 5 | 235 | 47.0 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Tom Moriarty | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Clarence Chapman | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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