| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 12, 1997 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 65619 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Morten Andersen 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Bert Emanuel 9 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 35 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Morten Andersen 32 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Morten Andersen 55 FG | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Jamal Anderson 2 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 23 | 3 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Andre Hastings 16 pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick) | 23 | 10 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Mario Bates 1 run (Doug Brien kick) | 23 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson | 21 | 62 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 |
| ATL | Byron Hanspard | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Chris Chandler | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| NO | Mario Bates | 15 | 31 | 2.1 | 14 | 1 |
| NO | Ray Zellars | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| NO | Troy Davis | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| NO | Heath Shuler | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NO | Danny Wuerffel | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| NO | Wes Bender | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NO | Andre Hastings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Chris Chandler | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 0 | 117 | 5.3 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 77.3 |
| NO | Danny Wuerffel | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 1 | 120 | 9.2 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 91.8 |
| NO | Heath Shuler | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 55 | 6.1 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 34.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Bert Emanuel | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 19 | 1 |
| ATL | Terance Mathis | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| ATL | Harold Green | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| ATL | Ed West | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Byron Hanspard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NO | Andre Hastings | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 38 | 1 |
| NO | John Farquhar | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| NO | Ray Zellars | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| NO | Troy Davis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NO | Mario Bates | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| NO | Randal Hill | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Michael Booker | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | Dan Stryzinski | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 48 | 0 |
| NO | Mark Royals | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Todd Kinchen | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NO | Eric Guliford | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| ATL | Morten Andersen | 5 | 388 | 77.6 | 4 |
| NO | Doug Brien | 4 | 284 | 71.0 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Byron Hanspard | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| NO | Eric Guliford | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| ATL | Chuck Smith | 5.0 |
| ATL | Travis Hall | 2.5 |
| ATL | Dan Owens | 1.5 |
| ATL | Cornelius Bennett | 1.0 |
| NO | Mark Fields | 2.0 |
| NO | Richard Harvey | 1.0 |
| NO | Joe Johnson | 1.0 |
| NO | Keith Mitchell | 1.0 |
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