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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons - September 6th, 1981
New Orleans Saints 0 at Atlanta Falcons 27
Sunday, September 6, 1981
New Orleans Saints 0, Atlanta Falcons 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
Scoring
| NOR | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Wallace Francis 10 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | ATL | Wallace Francis 19 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3rd | ATL | Kenny Johnson 35 yard fumble return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4th | ATL | Alfred Jenkins 25 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (pass failed) | 0 | 27 |
Team Stats
| NOR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-76-0 | 38-164-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-41-193-0-1 | 16-26-154-3-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-20 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 173 | 135 |
| Total yards | 249 | 299 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-20 | 6-54 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 8 | 117 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| George Rogers | NOR | 13 | 61 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 15 | 28 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bobby Scott | NOR | 8 | 12 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Larry Hardy | NOR | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Rich Caster | NOR | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Banks | NOR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dave Lafary | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Guido Merkens | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Toussaint Tyler | NOR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lynn Cain | ATL | 11 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| William Andrews | ATL | 18 | 86 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 16 | 25 | 154 | 3 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 3 | 41 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 3 | 32 | 2 | 19 | ||||||||||
| James Mayberry | ATL | 6 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Junior Miller | ATL | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ray Strong | ATL | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Mike Moroski | ATL | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Gordon Banks | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Guido Merkens | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnnie Poe | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ricky Ray | NOR | 1 | 33 | 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 | |||
| Neal Musser | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reggie Smith | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Woerner | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||