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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons - November 26th, 1978
New Orleans Saints 17 at Atlanta Falcons 20
Sunday, November 26, 1978
New Orleans Saints 17, Atlanta Falcons 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (5-8-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Atlanta Falcons (8-5-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Scoring
| NOR | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Haskel Stanback 3 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NOR | Larry Hardy 71 yard pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | ATL | Tim Mazzetti 39 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| NOR | Chuck Muncie 28 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Steve Mike-Mayer 18 yard field goal | 17 | 10 |
| 4th | ATL | Tim Mazzetti 28 yard field goal | 17 | 13 |
| ATL | Jim R. Mitchell 1 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 17 | 20 |
Team Stats
| NOR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-130-1 | 35-130-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-24-241-1-1 | 23-44-266-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-36 | 2-11 |
| Net pass yards | 205 | 255 |
| Total yards | 335 | 385 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-74 | 6-45 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 13 | 24 | 241 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 3 | 100 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Larry Hardy | NOR | 1 | 71 | 1 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 17 | 67 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 13 | 46 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 4 | 31 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tinker Owens | NOR | 4 | 16 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Tom Blanchard | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 23 | 43 | 266 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 93 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 26 |
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 4 | 69 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 4 | 55 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 4 | 53 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 11 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 4 | 24 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Ricky Patton | ATL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pat Hughes | NOR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 2 | 16 | 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 | |||
| Wilson Faumuina | ATL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Franklin | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray Strong | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||