Falcons 45-32 Saints (27 Sep, 2016) Box Score

Atlanta Falcons

2-1, 2-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ATL	7	21	10	7	45
NO	7	10	8	7	32

New Orleans Saints

0-3, 0-2 home

Atlanta Passing


Matt Ryan#2
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
20/30	240	8.0	2	0	2-15	86.8	113.2
20/30	225	8.0	2	0	2-15	--	113.2

New Orleans Passing


Drew Brees#9
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
36/54	376	7.0	3	1	2-17	38.3	97.5
36/54	359	7.0	3	1	2-17	--	97.5

Atlanta Rushing


Devonta Freeman#24
Tevin Coleman#26
Matt Ryan#2
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	152	10.9	0	48
12	42	3.5	3	9
5	23	4.6	0	18
31	217	7.0	3	48

New Orleans Rushing


Mark Ingram II#22
Tim Hightower#34
Drew Brees#9
Brandin Cooks#10
John Kuhn#29
Tommylee Lewis#87
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	77	5.1	0	17
3	19	6.3	0	11
2	9	4.5	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	3	3.0	1	3
1	1	1.0	0	1
23	115	5.0	1	17

Atlanta Receiving


Devonta Freeman#24
Tevin Coleman#26
Taylor Gabriel#18
Mohamed Sanu#12
Jacob Tamme#83
Justin Hardy#16
Julio Jones#11
Aldrick Robinson#19
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
5	55	11.0	1	26	5
3	47	15.7	0	34	3
2	33	16.5	0	19	3
3	31	10.3	0	16	4
3	28	9.3	0	15	4
2	26	13.0	1	22	2
1	16	16.0	0	16	7
1	4	4.0	0	4	2
20	240	12.0	2	34	30

New Orleans Receiving


Coby Fleener#82
Brandon Coleman#16
Michael Thomas#13
Tommylee Lewis#87
Travaris Cadet#38
Mark Ingram II#22
Brandin Cooks#10
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
7	109	15.6	1	36	11
7	78	11.1	0	28	8
7	71	10.1	1	25	11
3	43	14.3	0	26	4
6	32	5.3	0	25	6
4	30	7.5	1	18	6
2	13	6.5	0	9	8
36	376	10.4	3	36	54

Atlanta Fumbles


LaRoy Reynolds#53
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New Orleans Fumbles


De'Vante Harris#21
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Atlanta Defense



Sean Weatherspoon#56
Deion Jones#45
Robert Alford#23
Ricardo Allen#37
Brian Poole#34
Kemal Ishmael#36
Keanu Neal#22
Desmond Trufant#21
Vic Beasley#44
Dwight Freeney#93
Jonathan Babineaux#95
C.J. Goodwin#29
Grady Jarrett#97
Philip Wheeler#41
Tyson Jackson#94
Derrick Shelby#90
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	0	1	0	0	0
9	8	0	0	2	0	1
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	1	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	1	0	1	0
3	3	0	1	0	1	0
2	2	1	1	0	1	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
62	50	2	5	7	4	1

New Orleans Defense



Craig Robertson#52
James Laurinaitis#53
Nick Fairley#90
Jairus Byrd#31
Ken Crawley#46
Cameron Jordan#94
Roman Harper#41
Stephone Anthony#50
Vonn Bell#48
Sterling Moore#24
Nate Stupar#54
Paul Kruger#99
B.W. Webb#28
Kasim Edebali#91
John Jenkins#92
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	1.5	2	0	2	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	1	0.5	0	0	2	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	1	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	39	2	3	3	4	0

Atlanta Interceptions


Deion Jones#45
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	90	1
1	90	1

New Orleans Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New Orleans Interceptions

Atlanta Kick Returns


Eric Weems#14
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	54	27.0	42	0
2	54	27.0	42	0

New Orleans Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No New Orleans Kick Returns

Atlanta Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Atlanta Punt Returns

New Orleans Punt Returns


De'Vante Harris#21
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

Atlanta Kicking


Matt Bryant#3
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	21	6/6	9
1/1	100.0	21	6/6	9

New Orleans Kicking


Wil Lutz#3
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	57	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	57	3/3	6

Atlanta Punting


Matt Bosher#5
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	90	45.0	0	2	47
2	90	45.0	0	2	47

New Orleans Punting


Thomas Morstead#6
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	83	41.5	0	1	49
2	83	41.5	0	1	49

Caesars Superdome

1:30 AM, 27 September 2016

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 73,003

Referees:
Carl Johnson
Pete Morelli
Doug Rosenbaum
Steve Stelljes
Greg Steed
Boris Cheek
Bryan Neale

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	6	5	.545	244	274
Tampa Bay	5	6	.455	309	273
New Orleans	4	7	.364	262	260
Carolina	3	8	.273	194	340

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