National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
Atlanta 37,
New Orleans 34
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 7, 2014
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Bill Leavy
Attendance: 70706
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Bill Leavy
Attendance: 70706
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
| New Orleans | 6 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 37 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 10:33 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
Atlanta 0 - New Orleans 3 Shayne Graham 31 yd. field goal |
| 1st Quarter - 4:39 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
Atlanta 0 - New Orleans 6 Shayne Graham 50 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 11:46 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Atlanta 0 - New Orleans 13 Khiry Robinson 2 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 4:06 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 7 - New Orleans 13 Roddy White 2 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:20 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Atlanta 7 - New Orleans 20 Brandin Cooks 3 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Shayne Graham kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:00 | ||
| Atlanta | FG |
Atlanta 10 - New Orleans 20 Matt Bryant 40 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 9:22 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 17 - New Orleans 20 Levine Toilolo 1 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 0:21 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 24 - New Orleans 20 Antone Smith 54 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 8:46 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Atlanta 24 - New Orleans 27 Mark Ingram 3 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 2:50 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 31 - New Orleans 27 Jacquizz Rodgers 17 yd. run (Matt Bryant kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 1:20 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Atlanta 31 - New Orleans 34 Mark Ingram 3 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 0:00 | ||
| Atlanta | FG |
Atlanta 34 - New Orleans 34 Matt Bryant 51 yd. field goal |
| Overtime - 13:17 | ||
| Atlanta | FG |
Atlanta 37 - New Orleans 34 Matt Bryant 52 yd. field goal |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| New Orleans | Atlanta | |
| 1st Downs | 30 | 28 |
| Rushing | 9 | 6 |
| Passing | 17 | 21 |
| Penalty | 4 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 8-13 | 6-11 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Punts-Average | 2-50.5 | 3-52.3 |
| Return Yards | 34 | 22 |
| Punts-Returns | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 1-34 | 1-21 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 3-27 | 10-96 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Time of Possession | 30:25 | 31:18 |
| Total Net Yards | 472 | 568 |
| Total Plays | 70 | 69 |
| Average Gain | 6.7 | 8.2 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 139 | 123 |
| Rushes | 28 | 25 |
| Average/Rush | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Net Yards Passing | 333 | 445 |
| Comp-Att | 29-42 | 31-43 |
| Yards/Pass | 7.9 | 10.1 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| Had Intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 4 |
| Rushing | 3 | 1 |
| Passing | 1 | 3 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 4-4 | 4-4 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 4-6-67% | 3-3-100% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 4-4-100% | 2-2-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints
(0-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Brees | 29/42 | 333 | 1 | 1 |
Atlanta Falcons
(1-0)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| M. Ryan | 31/43 | 448 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Ingram | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 2 | 19 |
| P. Thomas | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 13 |
| K. Robinson | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 | 21 |
| B. Cooks | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| D. Brees | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| S. Jackson | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 0 | 17 |
| J. Rodgers | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 1 | 17 |
| D. Freeman | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 |
| M. Ryan | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 |
| A. Smith | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Colston | 8 | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 0 | 57 |
| J. Graham | 10 | 8 | 82 | 10.2 | 0 | 17 |
| B. Cooks | 8 | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 1 | 32 |
| P. Thomas | 7 | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | 19 |
| T. Cadet | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Ingram | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Meachem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Morgan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Watson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| J. Jones | 9 | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 0 | 27 |
| D. Hester | 6 | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 0 | 35 |
| R. White | 7 | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 1 | 39 |
| H. Douglas | 7 | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | 23 |
| A. Smith | 1 | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 1 | 54 |
| L. Toilolo | 6 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 12 |
| D. Freeman | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 |
| J. Rodgers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Jackson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| R. McClain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| T. Walker | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| No sacks | ||
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| C. Lofton | 7 | 3 |
| C. White | 6 | 0 |
| R. Bush | 6 | 0 |
| D. Hawthorne | 6 | 2 |
| J. Byrd | 5 | 0 |
| J. Galette | 4 | 0 |
| K. Vaccaro | 4 | 0 |
| P. Robinson | 3 | 0 |
| K. Lewis | 3 | 0 |
| A. Hicks | 2 | 0 |
| B. Deaderick | 1 | 0 |
| C. Jordan | 1 | 0 |
| T. Walker | 1 | 0 |
| B. Bunkley | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| D. Lowery | 7 | 4 |
| P. Worrilow | 7 | 8 |
| R. McClain | 4 | 1 |
| W. Moore | 4 | 2 |
| J. Bartu | 4 | 6 |
| K. Biermann | 3 | 3 |
| D. Trufant | 2 | 0 |
| O. Umenyiora | 2 | 0 |
| J. Massaquoi | 2 | 0 |
| R. Alford | 2 | 1 |
| K. Ishmael | 1 | 0 |
| S. Maponga | 1 | 0 |
| T. Jackson | 0 | 1 |
| J. Babineaux | 0 | 2 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| T. Walker | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| K. Biermann | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| M. Colston | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| J. Jones | 1 |