| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 12, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 70323 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Steve Mike-Mayer 21 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 22 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Tony Galbreath 1 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Henry Childs 14 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 32 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Haskel Stanback 1 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Alfred Jackson 57 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 20 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bubba Bean | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 7 | 1 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 18 | 63 | 3.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 11 | 1 |
| Mike Strachan | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 1 | 218 | 6.6 | 57t | 1 | 1 | 8 | 67.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 0 | 169 | 6.8 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 90.2 |
| Bobby Scott | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 36 | 7.2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.1 |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Ryckman | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bubba Bean | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Strong | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Alfred Jackson | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57t | 1 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14t | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kim Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Joe Federspiel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 6 | 218 | 36.3 | 55 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Ryckman | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Dennis Pearson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| George Franklin | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Jeff Yeates | 1.0 |
| Mike Lewis | 1.0 |
| Robert Pennywell | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Elex Price | 1.0 |
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