Saints 26-13 Falcons (26 Dec, 2004) Box Score

Atlanta Falcons

11-4, 4-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ATL	0	6	7	0	13
NO	5	7	14	0	26

New Orleans Saints

7-8, 3-5 home

Atlanta Passing


Matt Schaub
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/41	188	4.6	0	2	3-14	35.4
17/41	174	4.6	0	2	3-14	35.4

New Orleans Passing


Aaron Brooks
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/24	227	9.5	1	2	4-18	62.3
12/24	209	9.5	1	2	4-18	62.3

Atlanta Rushing


Warrick Dunn
Matt Schaub
George Layne
Jason Wright
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
18	52	2.9	1	16
4	21	5.3	0	11
1	12	12.0	0	12
1	8	8.0	0	8
24	93	3.9	1	16

New Orleans Rushing


Deuce McAllister
Aaron Stecker
Aaron Brooks
Donte' Stallworth
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
29	128	4.4	0	25
5	20	4.0	0	15
5	12	2.4	1	8
1	0	0.0	0	0
40	160	4.0	1	25

Atlanta Receiving


Warrick Dunn
Peerless Price
Brian Finneran
Dwayne Blakley
Dez White
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	87	14.5	59
6	49	8.2	18
3	38	12.7	14
1	12	12.0	12
1	2	2.0	2
17	188	11.1	59

New Orleans Receiving


Joe Horn
Donte' Stallworth
Jerome Pathon
Eddie Williams
Ernie Conwell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	76	15.2	0	30
2	62	31.0	1	39
3	49	16.3	0	35
1	21	21.0	0	21
1	19	19.0	0	19
12	227	18.9	1	39

Atlanta Fumbles


Brian Finneran
Matt Schaub
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
2	1	0

New Orleans Fumbles


Fred Thomas
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Atlanta Defense



Keith Brooking
Cory Hall
Chad Lavalais
Matt Stewart
Bryan Scott
Travis Hall
Chris Draft
Demorrio Williams
Khaleed Vaughn
Kevin Mathis
DeAngelo Hall
Christian Morton
Patrick Kerney
Chris Mohr
Aaron Beasley
Artie Ulmer
Peerless Price
Rod Coleman
Brian Finneran
George Layne
Kevin Shaffer
Brady Smith
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	0	0	1	0	0
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0.5	0	1	0	0
5	5	2	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
68	61	4	0	5	0	0

New Orleans Defense



Jay Bellamy
Brian Young
Tebucky Jones
Fakhir Brown
Darren Howard
Courtney Watson
Howard Green
Colby Bockwoldt
Charles Grant
Tony Bryant
Monty Montgomery
Willie Whitehead
Mike McKenzie
Fred McAfee
Mitch Berger
Fred Thomas
Jason Craft
Sedrick Hodge
Michael L. Lewis
James Allen
Terrence Melton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	1	0	0	0	0
7	2	0	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	2	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
62	50	3	0	7	0	1

Atlanta Interceptions


Keith Brooking
Aaron Beasley
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	27	0
1	0	0
2	27	0

New Orleans Interceptions


Mike McKenzie
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	0	0
2	0	0

Atlanta Kick Returns


Allen Rossum
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	110	22.0	25	0
5	110	22.0	25	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Michael L. Lewis
Fred McAfee
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	122	40.7	96	1
1	22	22.0	22	0
4	144	36.0	96	1

Atlanta Punt Returns


Allen Rossum
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	10	10.0	10	0
1	10	10.0	10	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Michael L. Lewis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	40	8.0	25	0
5	40	8.0	25	0

Atlanta Kicking


Jay Feely
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	25	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	25	1/1	7

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	22	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	22	3/3	6

Atlanta Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	259	43.2	0	1	52
6	259	43.2	0	1	52

New Orleans Punting


Mitch Berger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	306	43.7	1	2	52
7	306	43.7	1	2	52

6:00 PM, 26 December 2004

Attendance: 64,900

Referees:
Ron Winter

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

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