Sunday, November 23, 1997
New Orleans Saints 3, Atlanta Falcons 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (4-8-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Atlanta Falcons (4-8-0) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| NOR | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Morten Andersen 43 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | ATL | Morten Andersen 22 yard field goal | 0 | 6 |
| NOR | Doug Brien 21 yard field goal | 3 | 6 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Bert Emanuel 36 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 13 |
| 4th | ATL | Terance Mathis 4 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 20 |
| NOR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-55-0 | 32-92-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-29-150-0-4 | 17-27-211-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-32 | 5-34 |
| Net pass yards | 118 | 177 |
| Total yards | 173 | 269 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-20 | 4-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Doug Nussmeier | NOR | 10 | 19 | 101 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Eric Guliford | NOR | 4 | 40 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Fred McCrary | NOR | 5 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Irv Smith | NOR | 2 | 30 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ray Zellars | NOR | 10 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Billy Joe Hobert | NOR | 4 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||
| Brett Bech | NOR | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Randal Hill | NOR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Troy Davis | NOR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chris Chandler | ATL | 17 | 26 | 211 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Bert Emanuel | ATL | 4 | 96 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 65 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 |
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 3 | 30 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Harold Green | ATL | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bob Christian | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Ed West | ATL | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 6 | 14 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Todd Kinchen | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Eric Guliford | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Harvey | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Mickell | NOR | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brady Smith | NOR | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jared Tomich | 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 | |||
| Lester Archambeau | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Booker | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Bradford | ATL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Buchanan | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Burrough | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Devin Bush | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Shane Dronett | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Travis Hall | ATL | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Todd Kinchen | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Anthony Pleasant | ATL | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||