Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

October 10, 1999

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Atlanta Falcons	7	0	7	6	20
New Orleans Saints	0	17	0	0	17

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
6:43	Atl	TD	Terance Mathis 22 pass from Tony Graziani (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 7, NO 0
2nd Quarter
1:48	NO	FG	FG Doug Brien 42	Atl 7, NO 3
5:13	NO	TD	Eddie Kennison 90 pass from Billy Joe Hobert (Doug Brien Kick)	NO 10, Atl 7
14:14	NO	TD	Brett Bech 23 pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (Doug Brien Kick)	NO 17, Atl 7
3rd Quarter
4:01	Atl	TD	Bob Christian 1 run (Morten Andersen Kick)	NO 17, Atl 14
4th Quarter
0:43	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 36	NO 17, Atl 17
6:31	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 44	Atl 20, NO 17

Missed Field Goals: NO - Doug Brien 28, 49

Attendance: 57,289

Team Statistics

Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints

First downs 12 18

Rushes - yards 33 - 104 24 - 71

Passing 147 319

Punt returns 2 - -5 1 - 5

Kickoff returns 4 - 69 5 - 107

Interception returns 2 - 11 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 11 - 20 - 0 22 - 40 - 2

Sacked - yards lost 3 - 15 3 - 19

Punts 6 - 40.2 4 - 36.0

Fumbles - lost 3 - 2 3 - 0

Penalties - yards 9 - 68 7 - 64

Time of possession 29:39 30:21

Passing

Atlanta Falcons Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Tony Graziani 20 11 162 8.10 1 0 62 3 15 98.3

New Orleans Saints Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Billy Joe Tolliver 26 13 185 7.12 1 2 31 2 19 54.2

Billy Joe Hobert 14 9 153 10.93 1 0 90t 1 0 125.0

Rushing

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Ken Oxendine 20 57 2.9 9 0

Byron Hanspard 10 32 3.2 9 0

Tony Graziani 2 14 7.0 10 0

Bob Christian 1 1 1.0 1t 1

New Orleans Saints Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Ricky Williams 19 53 2.8 24 0

Billy Joe Tolliver 3 9 3.0 8 0

Lamar Smith 2 9 4.5 5 0

Receiving

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Terance Mathis 5 67 13.4 22t 1

Ken Oxendine 2 4 2.0 3 0

Jammi German 1 62 62.0 62 0

Reggie Kelly 1 16 16.0 16 0

Chris Calloway 1 9 9.0 9 0

Bob Christian 1 4 4.0 4 0

New Orleans Saints Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Cameron Cleeland 5 69 13.8 31 0

Eddie Kennison 4 138 34.5 90t 1

Keith Poole 3 50 16.7 24 0

Ricky Williams 3 16 5.3 7 0

Brett Bech 2 37 18.5 23t 1

Scott Slutzker 2 14 7.0 9 0

Lamar Smith 2 9 4.5 14 0

Andre Hastings 1 5 5.0 5 0

Kickoff Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tim Dwight 4 69 17.3 0 22 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Troy Davis 5 107 21.4 0 28 0

Punt Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tim Dwight 2 -5 -2.5 2 0 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Eddie Kennison 1 5 5.0 3 5 0

Punting

Atlanta Falcons Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Dan Stryzinski 6 241 40.2 49 0 5 0 39.3 1 5

New Orleans Saints Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Tommy Barnhardt 4 144 36.0 43 0 0 0 37.3 2 -5

Defense

Atlanta Falcons Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Michael Booker 1 10 10.0 10 0 0.0 0.0

Ray Buchanan 1 1 1.0 1 0 0.0 0.0

Patrick Kerney 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 2.5

Travis Hall 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 0.0

Gerald McBurrows 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 14.0

Lester Archambeau 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 2.5

New Orleans Saints Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Wayne Martin 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

Brady Smith 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 8.0

1999 NFL Scoreboard
Week 5

Sun, Oct 10, 1999

Pittsburgh
Buffalo 21
24 Final

Cincinnati
Cleveland 18
17 Final

San Diego
Detroit 20
10 Final

New England
Kansas City 14
16 Final

Chicago
Minnesota 24
22 Final

Atlanta
New Orleans 20
17 Final

Dallas
Philadelphia 10
13 Final

San Francisco
St. Louis 20
42 Final

NY Giants
Arizona 3
14 Final

Baltimore
Tennessee 11
14 Final

Miami
Indianapolis 34
31 Final

Denver
Oakland 16
13 Final

Tampa Bay
Green Bay 23
26 Final

Mon, Oct 11, 1999

Jacksonville
NY Jets 16
6 Final

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