National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 35, Atlanta 27
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, November 2, 2009
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jeff Triplette
Attendance: 70088
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Atlanta 1407627
New Orleans 7210735
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:03
Atlanta TD New Orleans 0 - Atlanta 7
Michael Turner 13 yd. run (Jason Elam kick)
1st Quarter - 5:26
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Atlanta 7
Pierre Thomas 22 yd. run (John Carney kick)
1st Quarter - 2:14
Atlanta TD New Orleans 7 - Atlanta 14
Kroy Biermann 4 yd. fumble recovery (Jason Elam kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:38
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Atlanta 14
Marques Colston 18 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:05
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - Atlanta 14
Reggie Bush 1 yd. run (John Carney kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:42
New Orleans TD New Orleans 28 - Atlanta 14
Jabari Greer 48 yd. interception return (John Carney kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:24
Atlanta TD New Orleans 28 - Atlanta 21
Roddy White 68 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick)
4th Quarter - 11:42
Atlanta FG New Orleans 28 - Atlanta 24
Jason Elam 25 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:03
New Orleans TD New Orleans 35 - Atlanta 24
Pierre Thomas 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick)
4th Quarter - 0:31
Atlanta FG New Orleans 35 - Atlanta 27
Jason Elam 40 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Atlanta New Orleans
1st Downs 21 23
Rushing 8 7
Passing 12 15
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 3-11 7-12
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-0
Punts-Average 3-38.7 2-44.5
Return Yards 157 155
Punts-Returns 1-9 1-1
Kickoffs-Returns 6-148 3-88
Int-Returns 1-0 3-66
Penalties-Yards 4-25 7-65
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-3
Time of Possession 26:46 33:14
Total Net Yards 442 437
Total Plays 69 70
Average Gain 6.4 6.2
Net Yards Rushing 161 146
Rushes 24 35
Average/Rush 6.7 4.2
Net Yards Passing 281 291
Comp-Att 19-42 25-33
Yards/Pass 6.2 8.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-8 2-17
Had Intercepted 3 1
Touchdowns 3 5
Rushing 1 2
Passing 1 2
Other 1 1
Extra Points 3-3 5-5
Field Goals 2-4 0-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-4-25% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Atlanta Falcons (4-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 19/42 289 1 3
New Orleans Saints (7-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 25/33 308 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Turner 20 151 7.6 1 37
M. Ryan 3 9 3.0 0 5
E. Weems 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 14 91 6.5 1 30
M. Bell 17 49 2.9 0 9
D. Brees 2 3 1.5 0 4
R. Bush 2 3 1.5 1 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. White 13 4 108 27.0 1 68
T. Gonzalez 9 6 89 14.8 0 27
M. Jenkins 9 4 66 16.5 0 29
A. Stecker 2 2 12 6.0 0 7
V. Haynes 2 2 10 5.0 0 6
J. Peelle 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 6 6 85 14.2 1 29
J. Shockey 6 5 72 14.4 0 27
R. Meachem 2 2 47 23.5 0 30
D. Henderson 6 4 46 11.5 0 24
D. Thomas 5 2 27 13.5 0 16
R. Bush 3 2 11 5.5 0 7
L. Moore 2 2 11 5.5 0 7
P. Thomas 2 2 9 4.5 1 8
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Grimes 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Greer 1 48 1
T. Porter 1 18 0
D. Sharper 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
T. DeCoud 1.0 10.0
J. Babineaux 1.0 7.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
W. Smith 2.0 5.0
A. Hargrove 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Lofton 12 2
B. Grimes 7 0
S. Nicholas 6 0
E. Coleman 6 4
T. Hill 4 0
C. Houston 4 0
M. Peterson 4 3
J. Anderson 3 0
T. DeCoud 3 2
C. Jackson 2 0
J. Babineaux 2 0
C. Wire 1 0
K. Biermann 1 1
V. Walker 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
R. Harper 7 1
T. Porter 6 0
J. Vilma 5 1
J. Greer 5 1
R. Gay 3 0
A. Hargrove 3 1
J. Dunbar 3 1
D. Sharper 3 1
M. Mitchell 2 0
S. Shanle 2 1
C. Grant 2 1
W. Smith 2 2
P. Prioleau 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Thomas 1
M. Bell 1
D. Brees 1