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Week 3: Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

September 16, 2012
70°
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 53,434 (73%)
Falcons 7 5 3 0 - 15
Saints 3 0 0 0 - 3

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Saints: 4-9-ATL 12 (3:26) 16-Robert Duchene 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 3 ATL 0
(Qtr 1) Falcons: 1-10-NOS 10 (0:28) 7-Adolfo Napier pass INTERCEPTED by 91-Jason Gregory at NOS 14. 91-Jason Gregory to NOS 0 for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Jay Beech. NOS 3 ATL 7
(Qtr 2) Falcons: 4-8-NOS 21 (8:23) 18-Jay Beech 39 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 3 ATL 10
(Qtr 2) Falcons: 2-6-NOS 8 (3:09) 7-Adolfo Napier sacked at NOS 0 for -8 yards (99-George Walker). Sack allowed by 83-Thomas Boggs. SAFETY! (99-George Walker) 83-Thomas Boggs missed that block completely. This is what happens when you keep calling the same offensive play. NOS 3 ATL 12
(Qtr 3) Falcons: 4-4-NOS 19 (7:35) 18-Jay Beech 38 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 3 ATL 15

Team Statistics

Saints Falcons
First Downs 13 16
- Rushing 2 8
- Passing 7 6
- Penalty 4 2
Total Net Yards 157 282
- Offensive Plays 59 67
- Yards Per Play 2.66 4.21
Net Rushing Yards 73 154
- Rushing Attempts 17 42
- Yards Per Rush 4.29 3.67
Net Passing Yards 84 128
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 15 / 2 25 / 20 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 120 128
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 36 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.00 5.12
- Yards Per Completion 8.00 6.40
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 2 6 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 13 6 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 41 7 / 65
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 15
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 66 3 / 83
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 15 2 / 18
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 35
Time of Possession 21:57 38:03

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:52 1:37 OWN 33 3 4 Punt
1 9:06 5:43 OWN 8 13 80 Field Goal
1 0:28 0:06 OWN 10 1 0 Interception
2 8:20 2:12 OWN 19 3 8 Missed FG
2 6:08 0:10 OWN 34 2 0 Fumble
2 3:49 0:44 OWN 4 2 -7 Safety
2 1:10 1:10 OWN 20 2 6 Half
3 15:00 2:27 OWN 25 6 16 Punt
3 7:32 3:41 OWN 25 8 22 Punt
4 13:38 1:41 OWN 41 8 47 Downs
4 10:29 0:09 OPP 48 2 0 Interception
4 8:17 0:37 OWN 19 3 -4 Punt
4 4:07 1:40 OWN 18 6 8 Punt

Atlanta Falcons

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:08 OWN 28 3 6 Punt
1 11:15 2:09 OWN 28 3 10 Punt
1 3:23 2:55 OWN 24 6 23 Punt
1 0:22 1:07 OPP 20 3 -14 Punt
2 14:15 5:55 OWN 28 10 51 Field Goal
2 5:58 2:09 OPP 47 3 2 Punt
2 3:05 1:55 OWN 47 3 8 Punt
3 12:33 5:02 OWN 20 9 60 Field Goal
3 3:50 5:12 OWN 7 8 58 Missed FG
4 11:57 1:28 OWN 26 3 27 Interception
4 10:20 2:03 OWN 44 3 -13 Punt
4 7:40 3:33 OWN 45 6 23 Fumble
4 2:27 2:27 OWN 24 7 36 Game

Rushing Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Daugherty 10 47 4.70 16 1 0
Andres Powers 6 13 2.17 5 0 0
Adolfo Napier 1 13 13.00 13 1 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Randy Lowery 27 80 2.96 20 4 0
Jeffery Overturf 10 64 6.40 16 4 0
Ramon Thacker 2 10 5.00 9 0 0
Jerry Anderson 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Adolfo Napier 37 15 120 5 / 36 0 21 2 26.86

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jerry Anderson 25 20 128 0 / 0 0 16 1 71.33

Receiving Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donald Senior 5 41 8.20 13 0
William Daugherty 5 29 5.80 16 0
Andres Powers 2 29 14.50 21 0
Eric Pierce 1 12 12.00 12 0
Erin Hernandez 2 9 4.50 5 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Braun 5 44 8.80 14 0
Ramon Thacker 3 25 8.33 11 0
Jeffery Overturf 2 21 10.50 15 0
Randy Lowery 7 18 2.57 16 0
Leonard Clifford 2 16 8.00 9 0
James Crabtree 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Louis Ross 49 25 2 2
Thomas Boggs 38 27 2 2
Zachary McNeel 37 19 1 6
Craig Rodriguez 0 5 0 0
Larry Panek 0 1 0 0
Charles Stephens 0 2 0 0
Floyd Hooker 0 1 0 0
Michael Fry 0 1 0 0
Calvin Brown 0 2 0 0
Steve Lilly 0 2 0 1
Emanuel Shipp 0 2 0 0
Robert Waggoner 0 3 0 0
Marcus Tucker 0 5 0 0
Val Smith 0 3 0 0
Francis Watson 0 3 0 0
William James 0 4 0 0
Robert Hughley 5 0 0 0
Keith Bernard 6 0 0 0
William Daugherty 5 2 0 0
Andres Powers 2 5 0 0
Donald Senior 0 10 0 0
Eric Pierce 0 9 0 0
David Hansen 0 4 0 1
Kenneth Kelly 6 3 0 0
Erin Hernandez 7 13 0 1
Paul Adams 1 3 0 0
Travis Mason 43 25 0 2
Kevin Barnes 50 18 0 0
Kent Boyd 43 25 0 1
Zachary Puentes 44 20 0 2
David Bland 0 1 0 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jose Gregorio 0 6 0 1
Thomas Braun 10 24 0 0
David King 0 4 0 0
Andrew Mangino 0 1 0 0
Roland Tolbert 5 0 0 0
Larry Palmer 0 2 0 0
George Walker 0 3 0 0
Miguel Dolan 0 1 0 0
James Bridges 0 1 0 0
Randy Lowery 7 8 0 0
William Knight 0 2 0 0
Ramon Thacker 0 23 0 2
Charles Whitley 6 0 0 0
Thomas Gross 11 1 0 0
James Crabtree 3 31 0 0
Jeffery Overturf 9 20 0 1
Gary Letson 1 5 0 0
Frank Doss 36 44 0 0
Kerry Dunn 36 39 0 2
Tory Taylor 0 3 0 0
Steven Leader 36 39 0 6
Matt Holland 36 47 0 0
Robert Davis 36 34 0 1
Shawn Alfaro 0 6 0 0
Scott Huse 0 4 0 0
Eric Desmarais 5 8 0 1
Vincent Partlow 0 4 0 1
Robert Richard 0 6 0 1
Matthew Keen 0 5 0 0
Leonard Clifford 0 33 0 1
Jason Correa 0 6 0 0
Justin Spurlock 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Daniel Renfrow 1 15 15.00 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jason Gregory 2 18 9.00 1

Fumble Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Daniel Renfrow 1 0 1 0
William Daugherty 1 0 0 0
Adolfo Napier 1 0 0 0
Gary Pittman 0 1 1 0
Steve Lilly 0 1 1 0
Craig Rodriguez 0 0 1 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Randy Lowery 3 0 0 0
Ramon Thacker 3 2 1 0
Frank Doss 0 1 0 0
Leonard Clifford 0 2 0 0
Larry Palmer 0 1 1 0
Steven Leader 0 1 0 0
Jerry Anderson 0 0 1 0

Punting

New Orleans Saints

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Michael Henry 6 289 48.17 41.67 60 1

Atlanta Falcons

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Salvador Irby 6 240 40.00 41.33 55 4

Kicking

New Orleans Saints

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Duchene 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 30 0 / 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jay Beech 2 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 39 1 / 1

Punt Return

New Orleans Saints

Atlanta Falcons

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lance Ohl 1 8 8.0 8 0
Ramon Thacker 1 7 7.0 7 0

Kick Return

New Orleans Saints

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
William Daugherty 3 66 22.0 0

Atlanta Falcons

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Ramon Thacker 3 83 27.7 0

Defensive Stats