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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons - September 11th, 1988
New Orleans Saints 29 at Atlanta Falcons 21
Sunday, September 11, 1988
New Orleans Saints 29, Atlanta Falcons 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (1-1-0) | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| Atlanta Falcons (0-2-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Scoring
| NOR | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NOR | Morten Andersen 41 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| ATL | Ken Whisenhunt 12 yard pass from Chris Miller (Greg Davis kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | ATL | Alex Higdon 34 yard pass from Chris Miller (Greg Davis kick) | 3 | 14 |
| NOR | Morten Andersen 29 yard field goal | 6 | 14 | |
| NOR | Eric Martin 14 yard pass from Bobby Hebert (kick failed) | 12 | 14 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Morten Andersen 28 yard field goal | 15 | 14 |
| ATL | John Settle 1 yard rush (Greg Davis kick) | 15 | 21 | |
| NOR | Rueben Mayes 17 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 22 | 21 | |
| 4th | NOR | Dalton Hilliard 4 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 29 | 21 |
Team Stats
| NOR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-212-2 | 27-161-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-27-222-1-0 | 15-29-179-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-33 |
| Net pass yards | 222 | 146 |
| Total yards | 434 | 307 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-4 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-77 | 4-45 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dalton Hilliard | NOR | 16 | 97 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Bobby Hebert | NOR | 20 | 27 | 222 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rueben Mayes | NOR | 16 | 80 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Eric Martin | NOR | 7 | 68 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Craig Heyward | NOR | 10 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Robert Clark | NOR | 3 | 38 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Hoby Brenner | NOR | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Lonzell Hill | NOR | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Brett Perriman | NOR | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| John Tice | NOR | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Settle | ATL | 10 | 102 | 1 | 62 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Chris Miller | ATL | 15 | 29 | 179 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Primus | ATL | 5 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 28 | ||||||
| Alex Higdon | ATL | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 7 | 20 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ken Whisenhunt | ATL | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Aubrey Matthews | ATL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Gene Atkins | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mel J. Gray | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dalton Hilliard | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rickey Jackson | NOR | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Wilks | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Aubrey Matthews | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||