Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints - September 2nd, 1979
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 40 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | ATL | NOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saints | Ike Harris 5 yard pass from Archie Manning (Russell Erxleben kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| 2 | Saints | Wes Chandler 40 yard pass from Chuck Muncie (Russell Erxleben kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 27 yard field goal | 3 | 14 | ||
| Falcons | Alfred Jenkins 20 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 10 | 14 | ||
| Saints | Chuck Muncie 69 yard rush (Russell Erxleben kick) | 10 | 21 | ||
| Falcons | Wallace Francis 20 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 17 | 21 | ||
| Saints | Chuck Muncie 4 yard rush (Russell Erxleben kick) | 17 | 28 | ||
| Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 43 yard field goal | 20 | 28 | ||
| 3 | Saints | Russell Erxleben 37 yard field goal | 20 | 31 | |
| Falcons | Wallace Francis 21 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 27 | 31 | ||
| 4 | Falcons | William Andrews 4 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 34 | 31 | |
| Saints | Russell Erxleben 38 yard field goal | 34 | 34 | ||
| OT | Falcons | James Mayberry 6 yard interception return | 40 | 34 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 22 | 38 | 312 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 53 | 99.9 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| William Andrews | ATL | 30 | 167 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 14 | 65 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 14 | 7 | 131 | 1 | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 9 | 5 | 65 | 2 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 2 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Mitchell | ATL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 14 | 29 | 284 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 80.2 | |||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 158.3 | 22 | 161 | 2 | 69 | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 10 | 27 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 12 | 6 | 205 | 1 | 42 | |||||||||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 10 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 7 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Saints Starters
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