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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints - November 12th, 1978
Atlanta Falcons 20 at New Orleans Saints 17
Sunday, November 12, 1978
Atlanta Falcons 20, New Orleans Saints 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (7-4-0) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| New Orleans Saints (5-6-0) | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| ATL | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NOR | Steve Mike-Mayer 21 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | ATL | Tim Mazzetti 22 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| NOR | Tony Galbreath 1 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| NOR | Henry Childs 14 yard pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 17 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Tim Mazzetti 32 yard field goal | 6 | 17 |
| 4th | ATL | Haskel Stanback 1 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 13 | 17 |
| ATL | Alfred Jackson 57 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 20 | 17 |
Team Stats
| ATL | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-74-1 | 49-166-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-33-218-1-1 | 17-31-205-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 3-24 |
| Net pass yards | 210 | 181 |
| Total yards | 284 | 347 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-44 | 7-72 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 16 | 33 | 218 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 4 | 68 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 1 | 57 | 1 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 8 | 45 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 13 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Ray Strong | ATL | 2 | 28 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 2 | 23 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| James Wright | ATL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 7 | 117 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 14 | 25 | 169 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 63 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 17 | 54 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 4 | 46 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 8 | 28 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 2 | 27 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | NOR | 3 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kim Jones | NOR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Tom Blanchard | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| George Franklin | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 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 | |||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Federspiel | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||