Sunday, November 20, 1977
Atlanta Falcons 20, New Orleans Saints 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (5-5-0) | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| New Orleans Saints (3-7-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| ATL | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Fred Steinfort 36 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | NOR | Chuck Muncie 1 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick) | 3 | 7 |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins 8 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| ATL | Fred Steinfort 40 yard field goal | 13 | 7 | |
| ATL | Rick Byas 72 yard interception return (Fred Steinfort kick) | 20 | 7 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Henry Childs 13 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4th | NOR | Henry Childs 18 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 20 | 21 |
| ATL | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-210-0 | 40-212-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-16-52-1-2 | 13-26-93-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 35 | 84 |
| Total yards | 245 | 296 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-95 | 9-74 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Woody Thompson | ATL | 24 | 123 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 18 | 75 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 6 | 15 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 3 | 27 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mike Esposito | ATL | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Kim McQuilken | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 17 | 80 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 17 | 92 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 10 | 18 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 2 | 29 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | NOR | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | NOR | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Don Herrmann | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Tom Blanchard | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Byas | ATL | 1 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Moriarty | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 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 | |||
| Clarence Chapman | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chuck Crist | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernie Jackson | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||