Week 15, 2043

played in New Orleans, CA

66 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	10	7	7	6	-	30
New Orleans Saints	7	14	3	0	-	24

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:56 NOS - Alexander Shannon 8 run (Arnie Schumer extra point)
1Q: 05:38 ATL - Scottie Thornton 35 field goal
1Q: 00:35 ATL - Peter Horn 14 run (Scottie Thornton extra point)
2Q: 08:41 NOS - Adam England 11 run (Arnie Schumer extra point)
2Q: 06:03 ATL - Edgar Ellis 29 pass from Derek Carr (Scottie Thornton extra point)
2Q: 00:42 NOS - Tavon Austin 10 pass from Randall Wolf (Arnie Schumer extra point)
3Q: 10:03 ATL - Derek Carr 2 run (Scottie Thornton extra point)
3Q: 04:51 NOS - Arnie Schumer 43 field goal
4Q: 14:29 ATL - Scottie Thornton 27 field goal
4Q: 02:04 ATL - Scottie Thornton 26 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:56 NOS - Alexander Shannon 8 run (Arnie Schumer extra point)
1Q: 05:38 ATL - Scottie Thornton 35 field goal
1Q: 00:35 ATL - Peter Horn 14 run (Scottie Thornton extra point)
2Q: 08:41 NOS - Adam England 11 run (Arnie Schumer extra point)
2Q: 06:03 ATL - Edgar Ellis 29 pass from Derek Carr (Scottie Thornton extra point)
2Q: 00:42 NOS - Tavon Austin 10 pass from Randall Wolf (Arnie Schumer extra point)
3Q: 10:03 ATL - Derek Carr 2 run (Scottie Thornton extra point)
3Q: 04:51 NOS - Arnie Schumer 43 field goal
4Q: 14:29 ATL - Scottie Thornton 27 field goal
4Q: 02:04 ATL - Scottie Thornton 26 field goal

Team Statistics ATL NOS
Record 11-3 9-5
First Downs 23 23
- by Rushing 6 7
- by Passing 12 14
- by Penalty 5 2
Total Net Yards 363 379
- Offensive Plays 65 59
- Yards per Play 5.58 6.42
Net Rushing Yards 68 88
- Rushing Attempts 33 22
- Yards per Rush 2.06 4.00
Net Passing Yards 295 291
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 23 - 0 33 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 295 316
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 4/25
- Yards per Pass Play 9.22 7.86
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/11 5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.7 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/40 6/60
Punt Returns/Yards 4/47 1/15
Kick Returns/Yards 2/39 5/122
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/3 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 26
Time of Possession 32:14 27:46

Team Statistics	ATL	NOS
Record	11-3	9-5
First Downs	23	23
- by Rushing	6	7
- by Passing	12	14
- by Penalty	5	2
Total Net Yards	363	379
- Offensive Plays	65	59
- Yards per Play	5.58	6.42
Net Rushing Yards	68	88
- Rushing Attempts	33	22
- Yards per Rush	2.06	4.00
Net Passing Yards	295	291
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 23 - 0	33 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	295	316
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	4/25
- Yards per Pass Play	9.22	7.86
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/11	5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.7	6.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/40	6/60
Punt Returns/Yards	4/47	1/15
Kick Returns/Yards	2/39	5/122
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/3	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 26
Time of Possession	32:14	27:46

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:48	5:18	OWN 14	12	68	Field Goal
1	3:19	2:50	50	6	50	Touchdown
2	8:34	2:41	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
2	2:38	1:00	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
2	0:31	0:31	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	5:08	OWN 32	10	68	Touchdown
3	8:19	0:57	OWN 29	3	2	Punt
3	4:45	5:24	OWN 20	14	70	Field Goal
4	11:47	2:04	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
4	7:03	5:05	OWN 36	10	55	Field Goal

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:12	OWN 33	8	67	Touchdown
1	5:30	2:11	OWN 27	3	-13	Punt
1	0:29	6:55	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
2	5:53	3:15	OWN 35	5	26	Punt
2	1:38	1:07	OWN 35	4	65	Touchdown
3	9:52	1:33	OWN 32	3	1	Punt
3	7:22	2:37	OWN 25	7	49	Field Goal
4	14:21	2:34	OWN 30	5	14	Punt
4	9:43	2:40	OWN 3	5	36	Punt
4	1:58	1:58	OWN 20	8	69	Game

Game MVP: Derek Carr, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Peter Horn	25	60	2.40	15	2	1
Maurice Culbertson	6	8	1.33	4	0	0
Derek Carr	2	0	0.00	2	0	1

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Adam England	9	35	3.89	16	2	1
Alexander Shannon	8	47	5.88	14	2	1
Randall Wolf	3	10	3.33	7	0	0
Tavon Austin	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0	0
Marco Gillespie	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Derek Carr	32	23	295	0/0	1	33	0	110.7

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randall Wolf	33	24	316	4/25	1	41	0	112.7

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Quinn Rubio	8	8	134	16.75	66	33	0
WR Korey Logan	4	8	32	8.00	2	14	0
WR Carlton Incontro	3	5	35	11.67	18	14	0
WR Edgar Ellis	3	3	44	14.67	23	29	1
RB Peter Horn	2	2	7	3.50	0	5	0
RB Maurice Culbertson	1	1	11	11.00	2	11	0
TE Allen Mojica	1	2	16	16.00	0	16	0
FB Graham Gomez	1	1	16	16.00	9	16	0
TE Glenn Blades	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Chase Zachery	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Greg Emerson	7	9	66	9.43	24	15	0
WR Tavon Austin	7	11	91	13.00	30	36	1
RB Adam England	3	3	33	11.00	9	13	0
WR Ronnie Durham	3	4	74	24.67	46	41	0
WR Amir Kemp	2	2	24	12.00	15	19	0
TE Johnny Ketteridge	1	2	19	19.00	5	19	0
RB Alexander Shannon	1	1	9	9.00	7	9	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tony McGarrahan	3	166	55.3	50.3	64	1

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jackie O'Donnell	5	193	38.6	29.2	46	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Scottie Thornton	3/3	0/0	0/0	35	3/3

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Arnie Schumer	1/1	1/1	0/0	43	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Peter Horn	4	47	11.8	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tavon Austin	1	15	15.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Korey Logan	2	39	19.5	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kyle Fuller	3	77	25.7	0
Tavon Austin	2	45	22.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tanner Tripplehorn	8	2	0.0	20	32
OLB Earnest Schwartz	5	0	3.0	17	26
ILB Ted Sims	5	1	0.0	18	33
CB Bryson Stolowitz	4	2	0.0	20	35
DE Conrad Boyd	4	1	0.0	16	24
OLB Neil Hancock	4	0	0.0	14	18
S Gage Yellig	3	0	0.0	17	33
DT Aaron Donald	2	2	0.5	13	24
S Kevin Hindman	2	1	0.0	19	32
ILB Randall Vijitakula	2	1	0.0	7	8
CB Chance Kelley	2	0	0.0	19	34
DE Curtis Chrisman	1	1	0.5	16	24
S Colin Tubbs	1	1	0.0	7	19
OLB Jake Humphries	1	0	0.0	6	13
DT Maxwell Knauls	1	0	0.0	9	13
ILB Kurt McElroy	1	0	0.0	4	5
CB Charles Baruffi	1	0	0.0	7	8

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Sammie Collins	10	5	33	32
OLB Robert King	7	1	28	31
S Bryce Travis	6	2	32	32
CB Kyle Fuller	4	0	22	25
DT Walt Madison	3	2	21	24
S Brody Norris	3	2	30	29
DT Winfred Lofton	3	1	21	17
CB Shane Willis	3	0	33	32
ILB Jumbo Greer	2	1	25	16
CB Johnnie Pulliam	2	1	16	19
DE Conrad Tatum	2	1	25	26
DE Jace Gilmore	2	1	27	30
DT Trent Ogden	2	1	21	18
CB Weston Woodson	2	0	7	5
DE Vince Cole	1	1	16	11
CB Korey Beyer	0	1	3	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Earnest Schwartz	3.0	1	1	26
DE Curtis Chrisman	0.5	1	0	24
DT Aaron Donald	0.5	0	0	24
DE Kennedy Woodard	0.0	1	0	19

New Orleans	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Conrad Tatum	2	1	26
DT Trent Ogden	1	0	18
DE Jace Gilmore	0	1	30
DT Winfred Lofton	0	1	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Bryson Stolowitz	5	0	35
ILB Ted Sims	3	0	33
S Kevin Hindman	2	1	32
S Gage Yellig	2	0	33
DE Conrad Boyd	2	0	24
S Tanner Tripplehorn	2	0	32
CB Chance Kelley	1	2	34
CB Charles Baruffi	1	1	8
OLB Jake Humphries	1	0	13
S Colin Tubbs	1	0	19
ILB Randall Vijitakula	1	0	8
OLB Earnest Schwartz	1	0	26
ILB Kurt McElroy	1	0	5
OLB Neil Hancock	1	0	18

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Robert King	6	0	31
CB Kyle Fuller	4	1	25
ILB Sammie Collins	3	0	32
CB Shane Willis	3	0	32
CB Johnnie Pulliam	2	0	19
S Brody Norris	2	0	29
S Bryce Travis	2	0	32
CB Weston Woodson	1	0	5
DT Trent Ogden	0	1	18

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Peter Kowal	6	12	33	32
Marco Hutton	1	6	33	32
Darrell Stephens	1	4	33	32
Malachi Purnell	0	6	33	32
Wes Hare	0	3	33	32

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ben Jones	3	3	22	1	37
Donnell Hitchcock	2	5	22	2	37
Reuben Shaw	1	5	22	0	37
Darren Wilkerson	1	4	22	0	37
Lonnie Duffy	1	2	22	1	37

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Neil Hancock	4	11
Gage Yellig	1	16
Allen Mojica	1	7

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Johnny Ketteridge	2	18
Adam England	1	20
Levon Fulcher	1	17
Marco Gillespie	1	11
Ronnie Durham	1	8

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Quinn Rubio	30	29	---	---	14	73
Marco Hutton	33	32	---	---	6	71
Wes Hare	33	32	---	---	6	71
Gage Yellig	---	---	17	33	16	66
Peter Kowal	33	32	---	---	---	65
Malachi Purnell	33	32	---	---	---	65
Darrell Stephens	33	32	---	---	---	65
Derek Carr	33	32	---	---	---	65
Ted Sims	---	---	18	33	13	64
Peter Horn	25	20	---	---	13	58
Tanner Tripplehorn	---	---	20	32	6	58
Korey Logan	17	24	---	---	16	57
Bryson Stolowitz	---	---	20	35	2	57
Chance Kelley	---	---	19	34	2	55
Kevin Hindman	---	---	19	32	1	52
Conrad Boyd	---	---	16	24	5	45
Earnest Schwartz	---	---	17	26	1	44
Graham Gomez	18	14	---	---	12	44
Allen Mojica	21	15	---	---	7	43
Neil Hancock	---	---	14	18	11	43
Curtis Chrisman	---	---	16	24	2	42
Aaron Donald	---	---	13	24	4	41
Chase Zachery	23	14	---	---	2	39
Charles Baruffi	---	---	7	8	21	36
Jake Humphries	---	---	6	13	15	34
Glenn Blades	10	5	---	---	17	32
Carlton Incontro	9	18	---	---	5	32
Maurice Culbertson	8	6	---	---	18	32
Colin Tubbs	---	---	7	19	6	32
Kennedy Woodard	---	---	10	19	1	30
Maxwell Knauls	---	---	9	13	1	23
Randall Vijitakula	---	---	7	8	---	15
Kurt McElroy	---	---	4	5	5	14
Edgar Ellis	4	9	---	---	---	13
Casey Ready	---	---	3	7	---	10
Scottie Thornton	0	0	---	---	9	9
Greg Hibbard	0	6	---	---	2	8
Tony McGarrahan	0	0	---	---	6	6
Dexter Rayburn	0	0	---	---	6	6
Junior Udeze	0	0	---	---	6	6
Lonnie Lorino	0	0	---	---	6	6
Julio Harding	0	0	---	---	1	1
Brandon Weeden	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rex Daniels	---	---	0	0	---	0
Johnnie Hanson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Al Bardon	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sammie Collins	---	---	33	32	4	69
Shane Willis	---	---	33	32	3	68
Bryce Travis	---	---	32	32	3	67
Ben Jones	22	37	---	---	6	65
Tavon Austin	21	34	---	---	10	65
Brody Norris	---	---	30	29	3	62
Jace Gilmore	---	---	27	30	5	62
Robert King	---	---	28	31	2	61
Reuben Shaw	22	37	---	---	---	59
Randall Wolf	22	37	---	---	---	59
Donnell Hitchcock	22	37	---	---	---	59
Lonnie Duffy	22	37	---	---	---	59
Darren Wilkerson	22	37	---	---	---	59
Johnnie Pulliam	---	---	16	19	23	58
Kyle Fuller	---	---	22	25	10	57
Adam England	12	23	---	---	20	55
Greg Emerson	18	31	---	---	5	54
Conrad Tatum	---	---	25	26	2	53
Jumbo Greer	---	---	25	16	9	50
Walt Madison	---	---	21	24	4	49
Marco Gillespie	14	24	---	---	11	49
Amir Kemp	16	19	---	---	14	49
Ronnie Durham	15	22	---	---	8	45
Trent Ogden	---	---	21	18	2	41
Winfred Lofton	---	---	21	17	1	39
Johnny Ketteridge	3	11	---	---	18	32
Vince Cole	---	---	16	11	4	31
Alexander Shannon	10	14	---	---	1	25
Weston Woodson	---	---	7	5	8	20
Blake Welch	1	6	---	---	12	19
Levon Fulcher	0	1	---	---	17	18
T.J. Burroughs	---	---	2	1	10	13
Kris Wooden	---	---	1	0	7	8
Korey Beyer	---	---	3	4	---	7
Dominic Dreyfuss	0	0	---	---	6	6
B.J. Melendez	0	0	---	---	6	6
Rob Dacosta	0	0	---	---	6	6
Robbie Rose	0	0	---	---	6	6
Arnie Schumer	0	0	---	---	6	6
Efrain Pei	---	---	0	0	6	6
Jackie O'Donnell	0	0	---	---	5	5
Earl Leyes	0	0	---	---	1	1
Max Pianko	0	0	---	---	---	0
Damien Hausermann	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jerome Kirk	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bart Turner	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	40	5.0
Middle	21	20	1.0
Right	3	10	3.3
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	6	1.5
Middle	12	54	4.5
Right	6	28	4.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Derek Carr	32	23	3	2	2	2	3	3	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randall Wolf	33	24	4	1	0	4	3	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-1	-1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	173	12.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	9	114	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	9	3.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	80	16.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	82	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	8	96	7.4
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	58	29.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Korey Logan	8	4	0	32	0	24
WR Quinn Rubio	8	8	0	134	2	29
WR Carlton Incontro	5	3	0	35	0	18
WR Edgar Ellis	3	3	0	44	1	9
RB Peter Horn	2	2	0	7	0	20
TE Allen Mojica	2	1	1	16	0	15
TE Glenn Blades	1	0	1	0	0	5
RB Maurice Culbertson	1	1	0	11	0	6
FB Graham Gomez	1	1	0	16	0	14
TE Chase Zachery	1	0	0	0	0	14

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tavon Austin	11	7	91	2	34
TE Greg Emerson	9	7	66	0	31
WR Ronnie Durham	4	3	74	2	22
RB Adam England	3	3	33	0	23
TE Johnny Ketteridge	2	1	19	0	11
WR Amir Kemp	2	2	24	0	19
RB Alexander Shannon	1	1	9	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Peter Horn	12	36	3.00	2.40
Derek Carr	1	2	2.00	0.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Alexander Shannon	2	13	6.50	5.88
Randall Wolf	1	1	1.00	3.33
Adam England	1	11	11.00	3.89

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Derek Carr	2	0	0	0.00	9.22

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randall Wolf	5	4	29	5.80	9.58

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Korey Logan	1	0	0	0.00	4.00
TE Chase Zachery	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tavon Austin	4	3	18	4.50	8.27
TE Greg Emerson	1	1	11	11.00	7.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Peter Horn	5	2

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Adam England	1	1
Marco Gillespie	1	0
Alexander Shannon	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Derek Carr	6	5	3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randall Wolf	6	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Quinn Rubio	3	3	2
WR Carlton Incontro	1	0	0
RB Peter Horn	1	1	0
FB Graham Gomez	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ronnie Durham	3	2	2
WR Tavon Austin	2	1	1
TE Greg Emerson	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,000 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,100 (16,100)
End Zone 11,700 (11,700)
Mezzanine 6,800 (6,800)
Sideline Seats 10,400 (10,400)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 5,000 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,000 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,100 (16,100)
End Zone	11,700 (11,700)
Mezzanine	6,800 (6,800)
Sideline Seats	10,400 (10,400)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	5,000 (5,000)