| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1977 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 36895 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 55 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Woody Thompson 17 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Haskel Stanback 2 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 13 pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Haskel Stanback 7 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Secedrick McIntyre 27 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Billy Ryckman 5 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 34 | RB | Tony Galbreath |
| 42 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 72 | RDT | Mike Fultz |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 37 | SS | Tommy Myers |
| 44 | FS | Chuck Crist |
| 24 | RCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike Strachan | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Tony Galbreath | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Scott | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Boykin | 5 | -9 | -1.8 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Haskel Stanback | 22 | 129 | 5.9 | 2 | |
| Woody Thompson | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Secedrick McIntyre | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Mike Esposito | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Steve Bartkowski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Karl Farmer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 0 | 113 | 12.6 | 1 | 155.8 | |||
| Bobby Scott | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | 20.8 | |||
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 109 | 6.8 | 2 | 111.7 | |||
| June Jones | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 79.2 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don Herrmann | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 1 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Karl Farmer | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Secedrick McIntyre | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Ryckman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Mike Esposito | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Woody Thompson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Mike Esposito | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Ralph Ortega | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| Bobby Scott | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 7 | 262 | 37.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Chapman | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Secedrick McIntyre | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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