New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

December 9, 2001

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
New Orleans Saints	14	0	0	14	28
Atlanta Falcons	7	3	0	0	10

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
6:16	Atl	TD	Maurice Smith 1 run (Jay Feely Kick)	Atl 7, NO 0
12:17	NO	TD	Willie Jackson 12 pass from Deuce McAllister (John Carney Kick)	Atl 7, NO 7
13:15	NO	TD	Ricky Williams 1 run (John Carney Kick)	NO 14, Atl 7
2nd Quarter
7:32	Atl	FG	FG Jay Feely 22	NO 14, Atl 10
4th Quarter
2:40	NO	TD	Joe Horn 50 pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney Kick)	NO 21, Atl 10
6:44	NO	TD	Deuce McAllister 54 run (John Carney Kick)	NO 28, Atl 10

Missed Field Goals: Atl - Jay Feely 40

Attendance: 68,826

Team Statistics

New Orleans Saints Atlanta Falcons

First downs 19 19

Rushes - yards 21 - 114 21 - 50

Passing 265 180

Punt returns 3 - 20 3 - 8

Kickoff returns 3 - 69 4 - 86

Interception returns 1 - 21 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 21 - 31 - 0 18 - 32 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 3 - 26 9 - 53

Punts 5 - 44.0 5 - 51.4

Fumbles - lost 2 - 2 3 - 1

Penalties - yards 9 - 67 10 - 83

Time of possession 26:39 33:21

Passing

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

Aaron Brooks 30 20 279 9.30 1 0 50t 3 26 107.5

Deuce McAllister 1 1 12 12.00 1 0 12t 0 0 156.3

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

Chris Chandler 32 18 233 7.28 0 1 35 9 53 66.3

Rushing

New Orleans Saints Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Deuce McAllister 1 54 54.0 54t 1

Ricky Williams 15 41 2.7 18 1

Aaron Brooks 5 19 3.8 16 0

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Bob Christian 6 40 6.7 13 0

Maurice Smith 12 7 0.6 7 1

Chris Chandler 3 3 1.0 4 0

Receiving

New Orleans Saints Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Joe Horn 7 138 19.7 50t 1

Ricky Williams 5 42 8.4 13 0

Willie Jackson 4 46 11.5 16 1

Robert Wilson 1 44 44.0 44 0

Boo Williams 1 9 9.0 9 0

Deuce McAllister 1 8 8.0 8 0

Lamont Hall 1 6 6.0 6 0

Wane McGarity 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Brian Finneran 6 92 15.3 35 0

Bob Christian 5 50 10.0 22 0

Tony Martin 2 23 11.5 13 0

Terance Mathis 2 18 9.0 10 0

Shawn Jefferson 1 20 20.0 20 0

Maurice Smith 1 17 17.0 17 0

Reggie Kelly 1 13 13.0 13 0

Kickoff Returns

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deuce McAllister 3 69 23.0 0 28 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Darrick Vaughn 3 72 24.0 0 26 0

Brian Kozlowski 1 14 14.0 0 14 0

Punt Returns

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Wane McGarity 3 20 6.7 1 8 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Darrien Gordon 3 8 2.7 0 8 0

Punting

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

Toby Gowin 5 220 44.0 54 1 3 0 38.4 3 8

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

Chris Mohr 5 257 51.4 55 0 1 0 47.4 3 20

Defense

New Orleans Saints Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Jay Bellamy 1 21 21.0 21 0 2.0 12.0

La'Roi Glover 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 5.0

Joe Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 4.0

William Whitehead 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 11.0

Norman Hand 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.5 7.5

Chris Oldham 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 2.5

Darren Howard 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.5 11.0

Atlanta Falcons Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Keith Brooking 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 3.5

Ronnie Bradford 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 11.0

Shane Dronett 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 8.0

Brady Smith 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 3.5

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 13

Sun, Dec 9, 2001

New Orleans
Atlanta 28
10 Final

Carolina
Buffalo 24
25 Final

Jacksonville
Cincinnati 14
10 Final

NY Giants
Dallas 13
20 Final

Chicago
Green Bay 7
17 Final

San Francisco
St. Louis 14
27 Final

Tennessee
Minnesota 24
42 Final

Cleveland
New England 16
27 Final

San Diego
Philadelphia 14
24 Final

Detroit
Tampa Bay 12
15 Final

Washington
Arizona 20
10 Final

NY Jets
Pittsburgh 7
18 Final

Kansas City
Oakland 26
28 Final

Seattle
Denver 7
20 Final

Mon, Dec 10, 2001

Indianapolis
Miami 6
41 Final

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