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New Orleans Saints 23 at Atlanta Falcons 31

Sunday, October 18, 1998

New Orleans Saints 23, Atlanta Falcons 31

1234Final
New Orleans Saints (3-3-0)0142723
Atlanta Falcons (5-1-0)31401431

Scoring

NORATL
1stATLMorten Andersen 22 yard field goal03
2ndNORLamar Smith 5 yard rush (Doug Brien kick)73
ATLJamal Anderson 31 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick)710
ATLTony Martin 45 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick)717
NORKeith Poole 64 yard pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (Doug Brien kick)1417
3rdNORSafety, Martin sacked DeBerg in end zone1617
4thATLBob Christian 8 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Morten Andersen kick)1624
ATLEugene Robinson 25 yard interception return (Morten Andersen kick)1631
NORKeith Poole 82 yard pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (Doug Brien kick)2331

Team Stats

NORATL
First downs1519
Rush-yards-TDs26-67-130-134-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-29-261-2-114-21-189-2-0
Sacked-yards1-65-26
Net pass yards255163
Total yards322297
Fumbles-lost5-32-0
Turnovers40
Penalties-yards13-1016-46

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Keith Poole NOR 3 154 2 82
Billy Joe Tolliver NOR 14 29 261 2 1 82 2 9 0 5
Lamar Smith NOR 19 49 1 15 2 15 0 9
Cam Cleeland NOR 3 42 0 23
Sean Dawkins NOR 2 25 0 18
Ray Zellars NOR 4 8 0 4 2 5 0 4
Brett Bech NOR 1 11 0 11
Andre Hastings NOR 1 9 0 9
Troy Davis NOR 1 1 0 1
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jamal Anderson ATL 25 132 1 31 1 7 0 7
Tony Martin ATL 7 116 1 45
Chris Chandler ATL 7 10 129 1 0 45
Terance Mathis ATL 2 35 0 26
O.J. Santiago ATL 2 26 0 22
Steve DeBerg ATL 7 10 60 1 0 26 3 -8 0 -1
Bob Christian ATL 1 6 0 6 2 5 1 8
Tim Dwight ATL 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 4

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
Je'Rod Cherry NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Troy Davis NOR 0 0 0 0 1 19 19.0 0 0
Mark Fields NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Andre Hastings NOR 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 0
Qadry Ismail NOR 0 0 0 0 4 73 18.3 0 0
Wayne Martin NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Keith Mitchell NOR 0.5 0 0 0 0
Kevin Mitchell NOR 0.5 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Shane Dronett ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Tim Dwight ATL 0 0 0 0 4 88 22.0 0 0 3 16 5.3 0 0
Eugene Robinson ATL 1 25 1 0