Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints
December 26, 2011
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 45 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 6:07 | Atl | FG | FG Matt Bryant 34 | Atl 3, NO 0 |
| 9:35 | NO | TD | Pierre Thomas 4 run (John Kasay Kick) | NO 7, Atl 3 |
| 13:29 | Atl | TD | Julio Jones 21 pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant Kick) | Atl 10, NO 7 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 2:28 | NO | TD | Marques Colston 8 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay Kick) | NO 14, Atl 10 |
| 14:36 | NO | TD | Jimmy Graham 9 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay Kick) | NO 21, Atl 10 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 6:32 | NO | TD | Robert Meachem 24 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay Kick) | NO 28, Atl 10 |
| 10:19 | Atl | FG | FG Matt Bryant 51 | NO 28, Atl 13 |
| 11:56 | NO | FG | FG John Kasay 29 | NO 31, Atl 13 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 2:17 | Atl | FG | FG Matt Bryant 30 | NO 31, Atl 16 |
| 3:51 | NO | TD | Malcolm Jenkins 30 fumble return (John Kasay Kick) | NO 38, Atl 16 |
| 12:09 | NO | TD | Darren Sproles 9 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay Kick) | NO 45, Atl 16 |
Attendance: 73,084
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | New Orleans Saints | |
| First downs | 23 | 26 |
| Rushes - yards | 14 - 35 | 23 - 164 |
| Passing | 434 | 299 |
| Punt returns | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Kickoff returns | 1 - 27 | 4 - 147 |
| Interception returns | 2 - 14 | 0 - 0 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 40 - 61 - 0 | 23 - 39 - 2 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 0 - 0 | 1 - 8 |
| Punts | 3 - 50.0 | 2 - 52.0 |
| Fumbles - lost | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 7 - 57 | 4 - 46 |
| Time of possession | 33:19 | 26:41 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Matt Ryan | 52 | 34 | 373 | 7.17 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 92.9 |
| Chris Redman | 9 | 6 | 61 | 6.78 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 85.9 |
| New Orleans Saints | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Drew Brees | 39 | 23 | 307 | 7.87 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 96.8 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Michael Turner | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Ryan | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| Pierre Thomas | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| Chris Ivory | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Sharod White | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 | 8 |
| Julio Jones | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 40 | 1 | 4 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Turner | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Snelling | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Weems | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Palmer | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Marques Colston | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| Jimmy Graham | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 17 | 1 | 4 |
| Robert Meachem | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 41 | 1 | 3 |
| Devery Henderson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Lance Moore | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Eric Weems | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Darren Sproles | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 0 | 92 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Eric Weems | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Darren Sproles | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Matt Bosher | 3 | 150 | 50.0 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43.3 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Thomas Morstead | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Dunta Robinson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dominique Franks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Sidbury | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Owens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Grimes | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Moore | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lofton | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peria Jerry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Peterson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Peters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Abraham | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weems | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kroy Biermann | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Weatherspoon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas DeCoud | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akeem Dent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vance Walker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Tracy Porter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Rogers | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quddus | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Patrick | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathon Amaya | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| JoLonn Dunbar | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubrayo Franklin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Humber | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martez Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 NFL Scoreboard - Week 16
Thursday, December 22, 2011
| Houston | 16 |
| Indianapolis | 19 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Saturday, December 24, 2011
| Minnesota | 33 |
| Washington | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Arizona | 16 |
| Cincinnati | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay | 16 |
| Carolina | 48 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Giants | 29 |
| NY Jets | 14 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Denver | 14 |
| Buffalo | 40 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Jacksonville | 17 |
| Tennessee | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Miami | 24 |
| New England | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cleveland | 14 |
| Baltimore | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Oakland | 16 |
| Kansas City | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| San Diego | 10 |
| Detroit | 38 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Philadelphia | 20 |
| Dallas | 7 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Francisco | 19 |
| Seattle | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Sunday, December 25, 2011
| Chicago | 21 |
| Green Bay | 35 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, December 26, 2011
| Atlanta | 16 |
| New Orleans | 45 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
