| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 2008 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 70011 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Reggie Bush 5 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 26 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Michael Turner 5 run (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 46 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Brian Finneran 2 pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 25 FG | 14 | 16 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jason Elam 23 FG | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Pierre Thomas 7 pass from Drew Brees (Reggie Bush run failed) | 17 | 22 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Matt Ryan 12 run (Michael Jenkins pass from Matt Ryan) | 25 | 22 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Pierre Thomas 5 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 25 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Michael Jenkins |
| 84 | WR | Roddy White |
| 74 | LOT | Todd Weiner |
| 63 | LOG | Justin Blalock |
| 62 | C | Todd McClure |
| 73 | ROG | Harvey Dahl |
| 77 | ROT | Tyson Clabo |
| 87 | TE | Justin Peelle |
| 2 | QB | Matt Ryan |
| 33 | RB | Michael Turner |
| 34 | FB | Ovie Mughelli |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Jamaal Anderson |
| 95 | LDT | Jonathan Babineaux |
| 94 | RDT | Kindal Moorehead |
| 55 | RDE | John Abraham |
| 56 | LLB | Keith Brooking |
| 59 | RLB | Michael Boley |
| 24 | LCB | Domonique Foxworth |
| 36 | SS | Lawyer Milloy |
| 26 | FS | Erik Coleman |
| 23 | RCB | Chris Houston |
| 22 | DB | Chevis Jackson |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 70 | LOT | Jammal Brown |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Nicks |
| 76 | C | Jonathan Goodwin |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 78 | ROT | Jon Stinchcomb |
| 88 | TE | Jeremy Shockey |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 25 | RB | Reggie Bush |
| 23 | RB | Pierre Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Bobby McCray |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 71 | NT | Kendrick Clancy |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 55 | SLB | Scott Fujita |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 20 | LCB | Randall Gay |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 29 | FS | Josh Bullocks |
| 42 | RCB | Jason David |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Michael Turner | 18 | 61 | 3.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Jerious Norwood | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Matt Ryan | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 12t | 1 |
| Jason Snelling | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ovie Mughelli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Pierre Thomas | 16 | 102 | 6.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 10 | 80 | 8.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Matt Ryan | 33 | 24 | 72.7 | 1 | 315 | 9.5 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99.9 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 0 | 230 | 7.2 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Roddy White | 13 | 10 | 164 | 16.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Michael Jenkins | 5 | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerious Norwood | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 3 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Brian Finneran | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Justin Peelle | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jeremy Shockey | 6 | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 3 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 6 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 5 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Marques Colston | 8 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jason David | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Michael Koenen | 4 | 190 | 47.5 | 52 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Glenn Pakulak | 3 | 152 | 50.7 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Harry Douglas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Michael Koenen | 5 | 350 | 70.0 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Garrett Hartley | 6 | 414 | 69.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jerious Norwood | 6 | 142 | 23.7 | 31 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Courtney Roby | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 88 | 88.0 | 88 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Keith Brooking | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lofton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Houston | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Boley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Coleman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chauncey Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chevis Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Babineaux | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Domonique Foxworth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Abraham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kroy Biermann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas DeCoud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Irons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ovie Mughelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Nicholas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jonathan Vilma | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Usama Young | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bullocks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Torrence | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Fujita | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Charleston | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby McCray | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason David | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Clancy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollis Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Lake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Ortega | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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