National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 17, Atlanta 14
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, December 27, 2010
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 70144
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 370717
Atlanta 070714
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 1:02
New Orleans FG Atlanta 0 - New Orleans 3
Garrett Hartley 52 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 11:18
New Orleans TD Atlanta 0 - New Orleans 10
Pierre Thomas 2 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:28
Atlanta TD Atlanta 7 - New Orleans 10
Roddy White 7 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
4th Quarter - 14:14
Atlanta TD Atlanta 14 - New Orleans 10
Chauncey Davis 26 yd. interception return (Matt Bryant kick)
4th Quarter - 3:24
New Orleans TD Atlanta 14 - New Orleans 17
Jimmy Graham 6 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Atlanta
1st Downs 23 14
Rushing 6 2
Passing 17 8
Penalty 0 4
3rd Down Conversions 8-17 3-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 7-45.3 8-43.6
Return Yards 53 64
Punts-Returns 3-10 2-6
Kickoffs-Returns 2-43 2-26
Int-Returns 0-0 2-32
Penalties-Yards 8-92 1-10
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Time of Possession 36:35 23:25
Total Net Yards 368 215
Total Plays 74 52
Average Gain 5.0 4.1
Net Yards Rushing 72 75
Rushes 24 22
Average/Rush 3.0 3.4
Net Yards Passing 296 140
Comp-Att 35-49 15-29
Yards/Pass 5.9 4.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 1-8
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Other 0 1
Extra Points 2-2 2-2
Field Goals 1-1 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (11-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 35/49 302 1 2
Atlanta Falcons (12-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 15/29 148 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 19 63 3.3 1 16
D. Henderson 1 9 9.0 0 9
J. Jones 1 2 2.0 0 2
R. Bush 1 0 0.0 0 0
D. Brees 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Turner 17 48 2.8 0 27
M. Ryan 4 26 6.5 0 20
J. Snelling 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Meachem 13 10 101 10.1 0 25
L. Moore 7 4 48 12.0 0 18
P. Thomas 7 7 39 5.6 0 22
D. Henderson 4 3 35 11.7 0 14
J. Graham 5 4 26 6.5 1 10
M. Colston 5 2 21 10.5 0 12
R. Bush 4 4 20 5.0 0 8
J. Shockey 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
H. Evans 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. White 5 3 43 14.3 1 18
M. Jenkins 9 5 40 8.0 0 16
J. Snelling 3 2 23 11.5 0 19
O. Mughelli 3 2 20 10.0 0 11
T. Gonzalez 3 2 12 6.0 0 7
J. Peelle 1 1 10 10.0 0 10
H. Douglas 3 0 0 0 0 0
B. Finneran 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Davis 1 26 1
J. Abraham 1 6 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Smith 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Abraham 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. Porter 5 0
J. Dunbar 5 1
J. Vilma 4 1
A. Brown 3 0
J. Greer 3 1
R. Harper 3 1
J. Wilkerson 2 0
J. Charleston 1 0
D. Sharper 1 0
M. Mitchell 1 1
W. Smith 1 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
D. Robinson 8 0
T. DeCoud 6 3
C. Lofton 6 5
B. Grimes 5 0
J. Abraham 3 0
K. Biermann 3 0
M. Peterson 3 1
W. Moore 3 2
C. Davis 2 0
C. Peters 2 0
S. Nicholas 2 1
B. Williams 1 1
J. Anderson 1 1
S. Weatherspoon 1 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Porter 2.0
J. Charleston 1.0
J. Dunbar 1.0
W. Smith 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Abraham 2.0
C. Lofton 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Turner 1
T. McClure 1