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New Orleans Saints 24 at Atlanta Falcons 31

Sunday, October 20, 1985

New Orleans Saints 24, Atlanta Falcons 31

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New Orleans Saints (3-4-0)01001424
Atlanta Falcons (1-6-0)7771031

Scoring

NORATL
1stATLGerald Riggs 3 yard rush (Mick Luckhurst kick)07
2ndNORWayne Wilson 11 yard pass from Dave Wilson (Morten Andersen kick)77
ATLMike Gann 42 yard fumble return (Mick Luckhurst kick)714
NORMorten Andersen 33 yard field goal1014
3rdATLDavid Archer 18 yard rush (Mick Luckhurst kick)1021
4thATLMick Luckhurst 31 yard field goal1024
NORHoby Brenner 28 yard pass from Dave Wilson (Morten Andersen kick)1724
ATLCliff Austin 94 yard kickoff return (Mick Luckhurst kick)1731
NORJack Del Rio 50 yard fumble return (Morten Andersen kick)2431

Team Stats

NORATL
First downs1823
Rush-yards-TDs18-78-036-129-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT19-45-300-2-420-30-250-0-3
Sacked-yards2-131-2
Net pass yards287248
Total yards365377
Fumbles-lost1-12-1
Turnovers54
Penalties-yards9-8312-82

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dave Wilson NOR 19 45 300 2 4 50 2 -8 0 0
Hoby Brenner NOR 6 111 1 28
Eric Martin NOR 3 82 0 50
Tyrone Anthony NOR 1 6 0 6 4 47 0 36
Wayne Wilson NOR 8 38 0 14 3 14 1 11
Earl Campbell NOR 6 23 0 10
Lindsay Scott NOR 2 23 0 14
Larry Hardy NOR 1 23 0 23
Frank Wattelet NOR 1 19 0 19
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
David Archer ATL 20 30 250 0 3 26 7 29 1 18
Billy Johnson ATL 1 -5 0 -5 11 153 0 25
Gerald Riggs ATL 26 97 1 11
Stacey Bailey ATL 2 37 0 26
Arthur Cox ATL 2 22 0 12
Joe Washington ATL 2 13 0 9
Ken Whisenhunt ATL 1 13 0 13
Anthony Allen ATL 1 9 0 9
Cliff Austin ATL 2 8 0 5
Cliff Benson ATL 1 3 0 3

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
Jack Del Rio NOR 1 11 0 0
Tony Elliott NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Carl Roaches NOR 0 0 0 0 2 39 19.5 0 0 2 18 9.0 0 0
Willie Tullis NOR 1 0 0 0 4 61 15.3 0 0
Frank Wattelet NOR 1 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
Anthony Allen ATL 0 0 0 0 2 4 2.0 0 0
Cliff Austin ATL 0 0 0 0 2 112 56.0 1 0
Bobby Butler ATL 1 -3 0 0
Wendell Cason ATL 1 0 0 0
Buddy Curry ATL 1 0 0 0
Tiger Greene ATL 1 27 0 0
Mike Pitts ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0
John Rade ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Danny Wagoner ATL 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 0