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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons - October 31st, 1976
New Orleans Saints 20 at Atlanta Falcons 23
Sunday, October 31, 1976
New Orleans Saints 20, Atlanta Falcons 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (2-6-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| Atlanta Falcons (2-6-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
Scoring
| NOR | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | NOR | Henry Childs 16 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NOR | Larry Burton 15 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Rich Szaro kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Alfred Jenkins 17 yard pass from Scott Hunter (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4th | ATL | Haskel Stanback 5 yard pass from Scott Hunter (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 14 |
| NOR | Tony Galbreath 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 20 | 14 | |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 20 | 21 | |
| ATL | Safety, Humphrey forced Douglass out of end zone | 20 | 23 |
Team Stats
| NOR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-138-2 | 38-105-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-21-127-1-2 | 14-21-162-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-12 | 1-12 |
| Net pass yards | 115 | 150 |
| Total yards | 253 | 255 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-61 | 6-64 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bobby Douglass | NOR | 12 | 21 | 127 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 16 | 61 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 17 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Larry Burton | NOR | 3 | 47 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Don Herrmann | NOR | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Maxson | NOR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 17 | 41 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 28 | ||||||
| Scott Hunter | ATL | 10 | 11 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sonny Collins | ATL | 15 | 47 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 2 | 28 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | ATL | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mike Esposito | ATL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Kim McQuilken | ATL | 4 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jim Merlo | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kurt Schumacher | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Thaxton | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ray Brown | ATL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Byas | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||