| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 29, 1989 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 65153 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 21 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 32 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Shawn Collins 18 pass from Chris Miller (Paul McFadden kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 44 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Paul McFadden 41 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Paul McFadden 48 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 13 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Shawn Collins |
| 86 | WR | Floyd Dixon |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Norwood |
| 55 | LOG | Wayne Radloff |
| 64 | C | Jamie Dukes |
| 79 | ROG | Bill Fralic |
| 69 | ROT | Houston Hoover |
| 80 | TE | Ron Heller |
| 12 | QB | Chris Miller |
| 38 | RB | Keith Jones |
| 33 | FB | John Settle |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Mike Gann |
| 75 | NT | Tony Casillas |
| 72 | RDE | Ben Thomas |
| 93 | LOLB | Aundray Bruce |
| 59 | LILB | John Rade |
| 58 | RILB | Jessie Tuggle |
| 99 | ROLB | Tim Green |
| 21 | LCB | Deion Sanders |
| 20 | SS | Evan Cooper |
| 34 | FS | Robert Moore |
| 22 | RCB | Charles Dimry |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Lonzell Hill |
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 72 | LOT | Jim Dombrowski |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 61 | C | Joel Hilgenberg |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Trapilo |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 3 | QB | Bobby Hebert |
| 21 | HB | Dalton Hilliard |
| 34 | FB | Craig Heyward |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Frank Warren |
| 94 | NT | Jim Wilks |
| 97 | RDE | Jumpy Geathers |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 53 | RILB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Pat Swilling |
| 40 | LCB | Robert Massey |
| 28 | SS | Gene Atkins |
| 44 | FS | Dave Waymer |
| 41 | RCB | Toi Cook |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John Settle | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Keith Jones | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 25 | 93 | 3.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Craig Heyward | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Hebert | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Frazier | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Chris Miller | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 0 | 135 | 4.2 | 18t | 1 | 6 | 44 | 69.1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 1 | 272 | 9.1 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 87.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Floyd Dixon | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| John Settle | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Shawn Collins | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18t | 1 |
| Ron Heller | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Keith Jones | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Lonzell Hill | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Floyd Turner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Greg Scales | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Frazier | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Charles Dimry | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Scott Fulhage | 6 | 236 | 39.3 | 43 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Barnhardt | 5 | 167 | 33.4 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Deion Sanders | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rod Harris | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 | |
| Lonzell Hill | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Deion Sanders | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 72 | 0 | |
| Greg Paterra | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gene Atkins | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Undra Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Marcus Cotton | 1.0 |
| Tim Green | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Pat Swilling | 3.0 |
| Frank Warren | 1.5 |
| Jim Wilks | 1.0 |
| Rickey Jackson | 0.5 |
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