| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 17, 1996 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Georgia Dome Attendance: 43119 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Eric Metcalf 8 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Morten Andersen 38 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 42 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Terance Mathis 5 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 37 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Lorenzo Neal 19 pass from Jim Everett (Torrance Small run failed) | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 30 FG | 15 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mario Bates | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 9 | -1 | -0.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Everett | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Craig Heyward | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jamal Anderson | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Metcalf | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Hebert | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Jim Everett | 33 | 23 | 69.7 | 2 | 244 | 7.4 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 75.8 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 39 | 26 | 66.7 | 1 | 229 | 5.9 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 88.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Michael Haynes | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 19t | 1 |
| Torrance Small | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Tony Johnson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Earnest Hunter | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mercury Hayes | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bert Emanuel | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Eric Metcalf | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Terance Mathis | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Jamal Anderson | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Robbie Tobeck | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| J.J. Birden | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alex Molden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Cornelius Bennett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brad Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dan Stryzinski | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Doug Brien | 5 | 333 | 66.6 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Morten Andersen | 4 | 276 | 69.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 44 | 0 | |
| Earnest Hunter | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Roell Preston | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 32 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Darren Mickell | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Louis Riddick | 1.0 |
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