New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

December 5, 1999

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
New Orleans Saints	3	3	0	6	12
Atlanta Falcons	7	14	14	0	35

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
5:29	NO	FG	FG Doug Brien 24	NO 3, Atl 0
13:08	Atl	TD	Terance Mathis 8 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 7, NO 3
2nd Quarter
5:07	Atl	TD	Chris Chandler 1 run (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 14, NO 3
10:05	NO	FG	FG Doug Brien 34	Atl 14, NO 6
11:11	Atl	TD	Tim Dwight 48 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 21, NO 6
3rd Quarter
8:38	Atl	TD	Bob Christian 1 run (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 28, NO 6
12:17	Atl	TD	Ray Buchanan 52 interception return (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 35, NO 6
4th Quarter
4:36	NO	TD	Danny Wuerffel 29 run (Run failed)	Atl 35, NO 12

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 62,568

Team Statistics

New Orleans Saints Atlanta Falcons

First downs 21 21

Rushes - yards 26 - 149 28 - 128

Passing 91 233

Punt returns 1 - 4 2 - 10

Kickoff returns 6 - 120 3 - 81

Interception returns 3 - 0 2 - 52

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 17 - 37 - 2 15 - 25 - 3

Sacked - yards lost 7 - 48 0 - 0

Punts 5 - 38.8 3 - 41.7

Fumbles - lost 0 - 0 0 - 0

Penalties - yards 7 - 52 11 - 116

Time of possession 30:35 29:25

Passing

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

Danny Wuerffel 30 15 127 4.23 0 2 22 5 32 33.6

Billy Joe Hobert 7 2 12 1.71 0 0 8 2 16 39.6

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

Chris Chandler 25 15 233 9.32 2 3 48t 0 0 78.0

Rushing

New Orleans Saints Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Wilmont Perry 16 93 5.8 22 0

Danny Wuerffel 1 29 29.0 29t 1

Dino Philyaw 2 20 10.0 18 0

Troy Davis 7 7 1.0 6 0

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Ken Oxendine 19 85 4.5 20 0

Bob Christian 6 44 7.3 19 1

Chris Chandler 1 1 1.0 1t 1

Tony Graziani 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0

Receiving

New Orleans Saints Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Andre Hastings 5 46 9.2 22 0

Eddie Kennison 4 23 5.8 8 0

Troy Davis 4 20 5.0 12 0

Lamar Smith 1 21 21.0 21 0

Lawrence Dawsey 1 15 15.0 15 0

Keith Poole 1 8 8.0 8 0

Wilmont Perry 1 6 6.0 6 0

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Terance Mathis 3 46 15.3 20 1

Tim Dwight 2 80 40.0 48t 1

Winslow Oliver 2 21 10.5 14 0

Ken Oxendine 2 15 7.5 10 0

Bryan Still 2 14 7.0 10 0

Reggie Kelly 2 9 4.5 6 0

Brian Kozlowski 1 26 26.0 26 0

Chris Calloway 1 22 22.0 22 0

Kickoff Returns

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Dino Philyaw 5 100 20.0 0 29 0

Lawrence Dawsey 1 20 20.0 0 20 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tim Dwight 3 81 27.0 0 29 0

Punt Returns

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Eddie Kennison 1 4 4.0 1 4 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tim Dwight 1 5 5.0 2 5 0

Winslow Oliver 1 5 5.0 1 5 0

Punting

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

Tommy Barnhardt 5 194 38.8 47 0 1 0 36.8 2 10

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

Dan Stryzinski 3 125 41.7 47 0 2 0 40.3 1 4

Defense

New Orleans Saints Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Ashley Ambrose 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Willie Clay 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Mark Fields 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Atlanta Falcons Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Ray Buchanan 2 52 26.0 52t 1 0.0 0.0

Jessie Tuggle 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 5.0

Travis Hall 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 17.0

Lester Archambeau 0 0 0.0 0 0 3.0 17.0

Chuck Smith 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

1999 NFL Scoreboard
Week 13

Thu, Dec 2, 1999

Pittsburgh
Jacksonville 6
20 Final

Sun, Dec 5, 1999

NY Jets
NY Giants 28
41 Final

Green Bay
Chicago 35
19 Final

New Orleans
Atlanta 12
35 Final

Washington
Detroit 17
33 Final

Tennessee
Baltimore 14
41 Final

St. Louis
Carolina 34
21 Final

San Francisco
Cincinnati 30
44 Final

Indianapolis
Miami 37
34 Final

Seattle
Oakland 21
30 Final

Cleveland
San Diego 10
23 Final

Kansas City
Denver 16
10 Final

Philadelphia
Arizona 17
21 Final

Dallas
New England 6
13 Final

Mon, Dec 6, 1999

Minnesota
Tampa Bay 17
24 Final

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