Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

December 17, 2000

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Atlanta Falcons	0	0	7	0	7
New Orleans Saints	0	13	7	3	23

Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter
0:46	NO	FG	FG Doug Brien 20	NO 3, Atl 0
2:30	NO	TD	Sammy Knight 31 interception return (Doug Brien Kick)	NO 10, Atl 0
15:00	NO	FG	FG Doug Brien 46	NO 13, Atl 0
3rd Quarter
0:17	Atl	TD	Darrick Vaughn 88 kickoff return (Morten Andersen Kick)	NO 13, Atl 7
5:15	NO	TD	Terry Allen 2 run (Doug Brien Kick)	NO 20, Atl 7
4th Quarter
10:06	NO	FG	FG Doug Brien 47	NO 23, Atl 7

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 64,900

Team Statistics

Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints

First downs 9 19

Rushes - yards 21 - 64 30 - 92

Passing 99 281

Punt returns 2 - 16 5 - 5

Kickoff returns 5 - 175 2 - 46

Interception returns 0 - 0 2 - 31

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 9 - 20 - 2 24 - 35 - 0

Sacked - yards lost 5 - 27 1 - 4

Punts 7 - 40.1 5 - 44.2

Fumbles - lost 1 - 1 1 - 1

Penalties - yards 5 - 33 7 - 50

Time of possession 25:26 34:34

Passing

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

Chris Chandler 10 4 81 8.10 0 1 55 1 5 29.6

Doug Johnson 10 5 45 4.50 0 1 19 4 22 22.9

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

Aaron Brooks 35 24 285 8.14 0 0 52 1 4 93.2

Rushing

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Jamal Anderson 18 53 2.9 14 0

Chris Chandler 2 9 4.5 8 0

Doug Johnson 1 2 2.0 2 0

New Orleans Saints Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Terry Allen 21 82 3.9 18 1

Aaron Brooks 5 7 1.4 8 0

Toby Gowin 1 5 5.0 5 0

Chad Morton 1 4 4.0 4 0

Brian Milne 1 0 0.0 0 0

Joe Horn 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0

Receiving

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Jamal Anderson 3 79 26.3 55 0

Brian Kozlowski 2 15 7.5 8 0

Bob Christian 2 8 4.0 5 0

Terance Mathis 1 15 15.0 15 0

Reggie Kelly 1 9 9.0 9 0

New Orleans Saints Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Joe Horn 7 116 16.6 52 0

Willie Jackson 4 47 11.8 18 0

Keith Poole 3 40 13.3 26 0

Andrew Glover 3 29 9.7 13 0

Chad Morton 3 24 8.0 9 0

Brian Milne 2 9 4.5 7 0

Robert Wilson 1 13 13.0 13 0

Terry Allen 1 7 7.0 7 0

Kickoff Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Darrick Vaughn 2 117 58.5 0 88t 1

Tim Dwight 3 58 19.3 0 21 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Fred McAfee 2 46 23.0 0 25 0

Punt Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tim Dwight 2 16 8.0 2 9 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Chris Canty 5 5 1.0 1 4 0

Punting

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

Dan Stryzinski 7 281 40.1 51 0 0 0 39.4 5 5

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

Toby Gowin 5 221 44.2 51 1 2 0 37.0 2 16

Defense

Atlanta Falcons Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Edward Jasper 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 4.0

New Orleans Saints Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Sammy Knight 1 31 31.0 31t 1 1.0 8.0

Alex Molden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

William Whitehead 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 5.0

Joe Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 9.0

Darren Howard 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 5.0

2000 NFL Scoreboard
Week 16

Sat, Dec 16, 2000

Washington
Pittsburgh 3
24 Final

Oakland
Seattle 24
27 Final

Sun, Dec 17, 2000

Tennessee
Cleveland 24
0 Final

Denver
Kansas City 7
20 Final

Jacksonville
Cincinnati 14
17 Final

Atlanta
New Orleans 7
23 Final

New England
Buffalo 13
10 F/OT

San Diego
Carolina 22
30 Final

Green Bay
Minnesota 33
28 Final

Detroit
NY Jets 10
7 Final

Indianapolis
Miami 20
13 Final

Chicago
San Francisco 0
17 Final

Baltimore
Arizona 13
7 Final

NY Giants
Dallas 17
13 Final

Mon, Dec 18, 2000

St. Louis
Tampa Bay 35
38 Final

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