National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
New Orleans 43,
Atlanta 37
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 23, 2018
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 74457
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 74457
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
| New Orleans | 7 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 43 |
| Atlanta | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 37 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 11:45 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Atlanta 0 - New Orleans 7 Ted Ginn Jr. 4 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 2:45 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 7 - New Orleans 7 Calvin Ridley 18 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 9:37 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
Atlanta 7 - New Orleans 10 Wil Lutz 49 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 3:06 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
Atlanta 7 - New Orleans 13 Wil Lutz 21 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 2:12 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 14 - New Orleans 13 Calvin Ridley 75 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:06 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
Atlanta 14 - New Orleans 16 Wil Lutz 45 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 12:00 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 21 - New Orleans 16 Calvin Ridley 9 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 6:07 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Atlanta 21 - New Orleans 23 Cameron Meredith 11 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 14:11 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 29 - New Orleans 23 Tevin Coleman 5 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Austin Hooper pass from Matt Ryan) |
| 4th Quarter - 9:59 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Atlanta 29 - New Orleans 30 Zach Line 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 6:58 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 37 - New Orleans 30 Mohamed Sanu 5 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Mohamed Sanu pass from Matt Ryan) |
| 4th Quarter - 1:15 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Atlanta 37 - New Orleans 37 Drew Brees 7 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick) |
| Overtime - 2:55 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
Atlanta 37 - New Orleans 43 Drew Brees 1 yd. run |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| New Orleans | Atlanta | |
| 1st Downs | 32 | 24 |
| Rushing | 11 | 1 |
| Passing | 19 | 19 |
| Penalty | 2 | 4 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 7-14 | 4-11 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Punts-Average | 4-50.5 | 6-36.0 |
| Return Yards | 80 | 86 |
| Punts-Returns | 3-16 | 2-12 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 3-64 | 3-74 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 11-120 | 5-54 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Time of Possession | 37:45 | 29:20 |
| Total Net Yards | 534 | 407 |
| Total Plays | 77 | 60 |
| Average Gain | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 143 | 48 |
| Rushes | 27 | 22 |
| Average/Rush | 5.3 | 2.2 |
| Net Yards Passing | 391 | 359 |
| Comp-Att | 39-49 | 26-35 |
| Yards/Pass | 7.8 | 9.4 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 1-5 | 3-15 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 5 | 5 |
| Rushing | 2 | 0 |
| Passing | 3 | 5 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 4-4 | 5-5 |
| Field Goals | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 5-6-83% | 4-4-100% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 4-5-80% | 3-3-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints
(2-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Brees | 39/49 | 396 | 3 | 0 |
Atlanta Falcons
(1-2)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| M. Ryan | 26/35 | 374 | 5 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| A. Kamara | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 0 | 17 |
| T. Hill | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 35 |
| T. Ginn Jr. | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| M. Gillislee | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Brees | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Williams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| T. Coleman | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 0 | 15 |
| M. Ryan | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 |
| C. Ridley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| I. Smith | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | -2 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Thomas | 10 | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 0 | 35 |
| A. Kamara | 20 | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 0 | 21 |
| B. Watson | 6 | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | 27 |
| A. Carr | 2 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
| J. Hill | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| T. Ginn Jr. | 6 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Meredith | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 11 |
| Z. Line | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Williams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| C. Ridley | 8 | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 3 | 75 |
| J. Jones | 6 | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 0 | 58 |
| I. Smith | 4 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 18 |
| M. Sanu | 7 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | 13 |
| A. Hooper | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 12 |
| T. Coleman | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 9 |
| L. Paulsen | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| M. Hall | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| C. Jordan | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| M. Davenport | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| V. Beasley Jr. | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| D. Davis | 6 | 3 |
| P. Williams | 5 | 0 |
| V. Bell | 5 | 0 |
| M. Williams | 4 | 1 |
| C. Jordan | 4 | 1 |
| S. Rankins | 3 | 0 |
| K. Crawley | 3 | 0 |
| J. Bromley | 3 | 1 |
| D. Onyemata | 2 | 0 |
| M. Lattimore | 2 | 0 |
| A. Klein | 2 | 1 |
| A. Anzalone | 1 | 0 |
| M. Davenport | 1 | 0 |
| A. Okafor | 1 | 0 |
| K. Coleman | 1 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| D. Riley | 9 | 4 |
| B. Poole | 8 | 0 |
| D. Kazee | 7 | 2 |
| D. Campbell | 5 | 1 |
| R. Allen | 5 | 2 |
| F. Oluokun | 4 | 0 |
| T. McClain | 3 | 0 |
| D. Trufant | 3 | 1 |
| I. Oliver | 2 | 0 |
| J. Richards | 2 | 0 |
| D. Senat | 2 | 0 |
| V. Beasley Jr. | 2 | 0 |
| G. Jarrett | 2 | 1 |
| R. Alford | 1 | 0 |
| J. Crawford | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| C. Jordan | 2.0 |
| S. Rankins | 2.0 |
| J. Bromley | 1.0 |
| M. Davenport | 1.0 |
| A. Klein | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| D. Senat | 1.0 |
| V. Beasley Jr. | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| D. Brees | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| No fumbles | |