National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 17, Atlanta 14
Monday, December 27, 2010 8:30 PM
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
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
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
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Smith 1.0 8.0
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
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Atlanta Falcons (12-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 15/29 148 1 0
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. 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
C. Davis 1 26 1
J. Abraham 1 6 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Abraham 1.0 6.0
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
J. Anderson 1 1
B. Williams 1 2
S. Weatherspoon 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Turner 1
T. McClure 1