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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons - December 18th, 1977
New Orleans Saints 7 at Atlanta Falcons 35
Sunday, December 18, 1977
New Orleans Saints 7, Atlanta Falcons 35| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (3-11-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Atlanta Falcons (7-7-0) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Scoring
| NOR | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | ATL | Woody Thompson 17 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 7 |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback 2 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| NOR | Henry Childs 13 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Haskel Stanback 7 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 21 |
| ATL | Secdrick McIntyre 27 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| 4th | ATL | Billy Ryckman 5 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 35 |
Team Stats
| NOR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-135-0 | 49-236-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-19-159-1-2 | 9-17-108-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-25 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 134 | 108 |
| Total yards | 269 | 344 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-40 | 7-75 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 7 | 9 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Herrmann | NOR | 6 | 69 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 3 | 59 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 8 | 59 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 11 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Bobby Scott | NOR | 4 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kim Jones | NOR | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Tom Blanchard | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Greg Boykin | NOR | 5 | -9 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 22 | 129 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Secdrick McIntyre | ATL | 7 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 27 | ||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 8 | 16 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Karl Farmer | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Woody Thompson | ATL | 12 | 46 | 1 | 17 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Mike Esposito | ATL | 6 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| June Jones | ATL | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||
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 | |||
| Clarence Chapman | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 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 | |||
| Mike Esposito | ATL | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Secdrick McIntyre | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ralph Ortega | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||