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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints - October 12th, 1997
Atlanta Falcons 23 at New Orleans Saints 17
Sunday, October 12, 1997
Atlanta Falcons 23, New Orleans Saints 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (1-5-0) | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| New Orleans Saints (2-5-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
Scoring
| ATL | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Morten Andersen 25 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| ATL | Bert Emanuel 9 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | NOR | Doug Brien 35 yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| ATL | Morten Andersen 32 yard field goal | 13 | 3 | |
| ATL | Morten Andersen 55 yard field goal | 16 | 3 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Jamal Anderson 2 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 23 | 3 |
| 4th | NOR | Andre Hastings 16 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick) | 23 | 10 |
| NOR | Mario Bates 1 yard rush (Doug Brien kick) | 23 | 17 |
Team Stats
| ATL | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-89-1 | 28-80-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-22-117-1-0 | 14-22-175-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-40 | 10-76 |
| Net pass yards | 77 | 99 |
| Total yards | 166 | 179 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-46 | 6-39 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 21 | 62 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Chris Chandler | ATL | 10 | 22 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bert Emanuel | ATL | 3 | 40 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 2 | 30 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 6 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Harold Green | ATL | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Ed West | ATL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 1 | 38 | ||||||
| Danny Wuerffel | NOR | 9 | 13 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Mario Bates | NOR | 15 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| John Farquhar | NOR | 4 | 40 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Heath Shuler | NOR | 5 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ray Zellars | NOR | 4 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Troy Davis | NOR | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Randal Hill | NOR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Wes Bender | NOR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Cornelius Bennett | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Booker | ATL | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Travis Hall | ATL | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Todd Kinchen | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dan Owens | ATL | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chuck Smith | ATL | 5.0 | 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 | |||
| Mark Fields | NOR | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Guliford | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Harvey | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Mitchell | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||