Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 43, Atlanta 37
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 23, 2018
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 74457
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 79714643
Atlanta 77716037
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:45
New Orleans TD Atlanta 0 - New Orleans 7
Ted Ginn Jr. 4 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
1st Quarter - 2:45
Atlanta TD Atlanta 7 - New Orleans 7
Calvin Ridley 18 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:37
New Orleans FG Atlanta 7 - New Orleans 10
Wil Lutz 49 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 3:06
New Orleans FG Atlanta 7 - New Orleans 13
Wil Lutz 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:12
Atlanta TD Atlanta 14 - New Orleans 13
Calvin Ridley 75 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:06
New Orleans FG Atlanta 14 - New Orleans 16
Wil Lutz 45 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 12:00
Atlanta TD Atlanta 21 - New Orleans 16
Calvin Ridley 9 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:07
New Orleans TD Atlanta 21 - New Orleans 23
Cameron Meredith 11 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 14:11
Atlanta TD Atlanta 29 - New Orleans 23
Tevin Coleman 5 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Austin Hooper pass from Matt Ryan)
4th Quarter - 9:59
New Orleans TD Atlanta 29 - New Orleans 30
Zach Line 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 6:58
Atlanta TD Atlanta 37 - New Orleans 30
Mohamed Sanu 5 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Mohamed Sanu pass from Matt Ryan)
4th Quarter - 1:15
New Orleans TD Atlanta 37 - New Orleans 37
Drew Brees 7 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
Overtime - 2:55
New Orleans TD Atlanta 37 - New Orleans 43
Drew Brees 1 yd. run
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Atlanta
1st Downs 32 24
Rushing 11 1
Passing 19 19
Penalty 2 4
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 4-11
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 4-50.5 6-36.0
Return Yards 80 86
Punts-Returns 3-16 2-12
Kickoffs-Returns 3-64 3-74
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 11-120 5-54
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 37:45 29:20
Total Net Yards 534 407
Total Plays 77 60
Average Gain 6.9 6.8
Net Yards Rushing 143 48
Rushes 27 22
Average/Rush 5.3 2.2
Net Yards Passing 391 359
Comp-Att 39-49 26-35
Yards/Pass 7.8 9.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 3-15
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 5 5
Rushing 2 0
Passing 3 5
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 5-5
Field Goals 3-3 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 5-6-83% 4-4-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 4-5-80% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 39/49 396 3 0
Atlanta Falcons (1-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 26/35 374 5 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Kamara 16 66 4.1 0 17
T. Hill 3 39 13.0 0 35
T. Ginn Jr. 1 20 20.0 0 20
M. Gillislee 3 10 3.3 0 4
D. Brees 3 7 2.3 2 7
J. Williams 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Coleman 15 33 2.2 0 15
M. Ryan 4 12 3.0 0 7
C. Ridley 1 9 9.0 0 9
I. Smith 2 -6 -3.0 0 -2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 10 10 129 12.9 0 35
A. Kamara 20 15 124 8.3 0 21
B. Watson 6 5 71 14.2 0 27
A. Carr 2 1 25 25.0 0 25
J. Hill 1 1 17 17.0 0 17
T. Ginn Jr. 6 3 12 4.0 1 6
C. Meredith 1 1 11 11.0 1 11
Z. Line 2 2 6 3.0 1 5
J. Williams 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ridley 8 7 146 20.9 3 75
J. Jones 6 5 96 19.2 0 58
I. Smith 4 3 41 13.7 0 18
M. Sanu 7 4 36 9.0 1 13
A. Hooper 4 3 23 7.7 0 12
T. Coleman 3 2 14 7.0 1 9
L. Paulsen 1 1 11 11.0 0 11
M. Hall 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Jordan 2.0 8.0
M. Davenport 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Beasley Jr. 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Davis 6 3
P. Williams 5 0
V. Bell 5 0
M. Williams 4 1
C. Jordan 4 1
S. Rankins 3 0
K. Crawley 3 0
J. Bromley 3 1
D. Onyemata 2 0
M. Lattimore 2 0
A. Klein 2 1
A. Anzalone 1 0
M. Davenport 1 0
A. Okafor 1 0
K. Coleman 1 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Riley 9 4
B. Poole 8 0
D. Kazee 7 2
D. Campbell 5 1
R. Allen 5 2
F. Oluokun 4 0
T. McClain 3 0
D. Trufant 3 1
I. Oliver 2 0
J. Richards 2 0
D. Senat 2 0
V. Beasley Jr. 2 0
G. Jarrett 2 1
R. Alford 1 0
J. Crawford 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Jordan 2.0
S. Rankins 2.0
J. Bromley 1.0
M. Davenport 1.0
A. Klein 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Senat 1.0
V. Beasley Jr. 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles