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Atlanta Falcons 40 at New Orleans Saints 34

Sunday, September 2, 1979

Atlanta Falcons 40, New Orleans Saints 34 (OT)

1234OTFinal
Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0)02077640
New Orleans Saints (0-1-0)72133034

Scoring

ATLNOR
1stNORIke Harris 5 yard pass from Archie Manning (Russell Erxleben kick)07
2ndNORWes Chandler 40 yard pass from Chuck Muncie (Russell Erxleben kick)014
ATLTim Mazzetti 27 yard field goal314
ATLAlfred Jenkins 20 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)1014
NORChuck Muncie 69 yard rush (Russell Erxleben kick)1021
ATLWallace Francis 20 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)1721
NORChuck Muncie 4 yard rush (Russell Erxleben kick)1728
ATLTim Mazzetti 43 yard field goal2028
3rdNORRussell Erxleben 37 yard field goal2031
ATLWallace Francis 21 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)2731
4thATLWilliam Andrews 4 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick)3431
NORRussell Erxleben 38 yard field goal3434
OTATLJames Mayberry 6 yard interception return 4034

Team Stats

ATLNOR
First downs3523
Rush-yards-TDs47-257-132-188-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT22-38-312-3-115-31-324-2-2
Sacked-yards2-170-0
Net pass yards295324
Total yards552512
Fumbles-lost1-10-0
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards7-843-27

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
William Andrews ATL 30 167 1 23 3 22 0 9
Steve Bartkowski ATL 22 38 312 3 1 53 2 19 0 18
Alfred Jenkins ATL 7 131 1 53
Bubba Bean ATL 14 65 0 10 3 43 0 18
Wallace Francis ATL 5 65 2 21
Alfred Jackson ATL 2 38 0 23
Dennis Pearson ATL 1 10 0 10
Haskel Stanback ATL 1 6 0 6
Jim R. Mitchell ATL 1 3 0 3
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Wes Chandler NOR 6 205 1 42
Chuck Muncie NOR 1 1 40 1 0 40 22 161 2 69
Archie Manning NOR 14 29 284 1 1 42
Ike Harris NOR 5 68 1 26
Henry Childs NOR 4 51 0 23
Tony Galbreath NOR 10 27 0 6
Russell Erxleben NOR 0 1 0 0 1 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Lynn Cain ATL 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 0
James Mayberry ATL 1 6 1 0
Dennis Pearson ATL 0 0 0 0 7 115 16.4 0 0 1 6 6.0 0 0
Frank Reed ATL 1 0 0 0
Billy Ryckman ATL 0 0 0 0 2 16 8.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Wes Chandler NOR 0 0 0 0 3 67 22.3 0 0 2 14 7.0 0 0
Jack Holmes NOR 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 0 0
Rich Mauti NOR 0 0 0 0 2 35 17.5 0 0
Tom Myers NOR 1 14 0 0