Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 45, Atlanta 16
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, December 26, 2011
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jeff Triplette
Attendance: 70086
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Atlanta 1003316
New Orleans 714101445
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:53
Atlanta FG New Orleans 0 - Atlanta 3
Matt Bryant 34 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 5:25
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Atlanta 3
Pierre Thomas 4 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
1st Quarter - 1:31
Atlanta TD New Orleans 7 - Atlanta 10
Julio Jones 21 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:32
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Atlanta 10
Marques Colston 8 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:24
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - Atlanta 10
Jimmy Graham 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:28
New Orleans TD New Orleans 28 - Atlanta 10
Robert Meachem 24 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:41
Atlanta FG New Orleans 28 - Atlanta 13
Matt Bryant 51 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:04
New Orleans FG New Orleans 31 - Atlanta 13
John Kasay 29 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:43
Atlanta FG New Orleans 31 - Atlanta 16
Matt Bryant 30 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 11:09
New Orleans TD New Orleans 38 - Atlanta 16
Malcolm Jenkins 30 yd. fumble recovery (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 2:51
New Orleans TD New Orleans 45 - Atlanta 16
Darren Sproles 9 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Atlanta New Orleans
1st Downs 23 26
Rushing 1 7
Passing 21 17
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 8-17 10-13
4th Down Conversions 0-3 0-0
Punts-Average 3-50.0 2-52.0
Return Yards 41 147
Punts-Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 1-27 4-147
Int-Returns 2-14 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-57 4-46
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Possession 33:19 26:41
Total Net Yards 469 463
Total Plays 75 63
Average Gain 6.3 7.3
Net Yards Rushing 35 164
Rushes 14 23
Average/Rush 2.5 7.1
Net Yards Passing 434 299
Comp-Att 40-61 23-39
Yards/Pass 7.1 7.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-8
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 1 6
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 4
Other 0 1
Extra Points 1-1 6-6
Field Goals 3-3 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 0-3-0% 4-6-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Atlanta Falcons (9-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 34/52 373 1 0
C. Redman 6/9 61 0 0
New Orleans Saints (12-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 23/39 307 4 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Turner 11 39 3.5 0 7
J. Rodgers 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
M. Ryan 2 -3 -1.5 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Sproles 5 67 13.4 0 36
P. Thomas 9 53 5.9 1 12
C. Ivory 8 35 4.4 0 11
D. Brees 1 9 9.0 0 9
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Jones 14 8 128 16.0 1 40
R. White 16 11 127 11.5 0 26
T. Gonzalez 9 5 41 8.2 0 9
M. Turner 4 4 36 9.0 0 12
E. Weems 4 3 33 11.0 0 18
J. Snelling 5 4 28 7.0 0 16
J. Rodgers 2 2 19 9.5 0 11
M. Palmer 2 2 19 9.5 0 10
H. Douglas 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
R. Kelly 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 11 7 81 11.6 1 23
R. Meachem 5 3 75 25.0 1 41
L. Moore 3 2 53 26.5 0 38
J. Graham 9 4 42 10.5 1 17
D. Henderson 5 3 30 10.0 0 12
D. Sproles 3 2 22 11.0 1 13
P. Thomas 2 2 4 2.0 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Robinson 1 14 0
D. Franks 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Walker 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. DeCoud 7 3
B. Grimes 5 2
M. Peterson 4 0
K. Biermann 3 1
D. Robinson 3 1
C. Lofton 3 6
W. Moore 2 4
P. Jerry 1 0
V. Walker 1 0
C. Peters 1 0
S. Weatherspoon 1 1
L. Sidbury 0 1
J. Abraham 0 1
R. Edwards 0 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Greer 7 2
S. Shanle 4 3
J. Vilma 4 4
J. Patrick 3 0
J. Dunbar 3 1
R. Harper 3 2
T. Porter 2 0
I. Abdul-Quddus 2 1
P. Robinson 2 1
R. Humber 2 2
M. Jenkins 1 0
J. Galette 1 1
J. Amaya 1 2
W. Smith 1 2
A. Franklin 0 1
M. Wilson 0 1
C. Jordan 0 2
S. Rogers 0 2
S. Ellis 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Lofton 1.0
V. Walker 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Greer 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Jones 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles