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Box Score: New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
Posted: Mon October 19, 1998 at 12:34 a.m EDT
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
NEW ORLEANS 0 14 2 7 23
ATLANTA 3 14 0 14 31 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 22 YD, 7:02. Drive: 11 plays,
76 yards in 7:02. Key plays: Chandler 22-yard
pass to Santiago to New Orleans 45; J Anderson
21-yard run to New Orleans 24; Chandler 12-yard
pass to Martin on 3rd-and-10 to New Orleans 12.
ATLANTA 3-0
2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, LAMAR SMITH 5 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 1:25.
Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards in 9:23. Key plays: L
Smith 15-yard run to New Orleans 35; Tolliver
10-yard pass to Cleeland on 3rd-and-6 to New
Orleans 49; Tolliver 6-yard pass to L. Smith on
3rd-and-4 to Atlanta 39; Tolliver 23-yard pass
to Cleeland to Atlanta 13. NEW ORLEANS 7-3
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 31 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN
KICK), 6:17. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards in 4:52.
Key plays: 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty
on Saints' Mitchell to Atlanta 27; Chandler
9-yard pass to Mathis to Atlanta 40; Chandler
19-yard pass to Martin to New Orleans 42.
ATLANTA 10-7
ATL - TD, TONY MARTIN 45 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 8:17. Drive: 1 play, 45
yards in 0:08. ATLANTA 17-7
NOR - TD, KEITH POOLE 64 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER
(DOUG BRIEN KICK), 11:08. Drive: 5 plays, 78
yards in 2:51. Key plays: 6-yard pass
interference penalty on Falcons' Booker on
3rd-and- 3 to New Orleans 35. ATLANTA 17-14
3RD QUARTER: NOR - SAFETY, STEVE DEBERG TACKLED BY WAYNE MARTIN IN END
ZONE, 4:28. ATLANTA 17-16
4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, BOB CHRISTIAN 8 YD PASS FROM STEVE DEBERG
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 3:55. Drive: 6 plays,
50 yards in 3:35. Key plays: DeBerg 26-yard
pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-3 to New Orleans 17.
ATLANTA 24-16
ATL - TD, EUGENE ROBINSON 25 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 4:23. ATLANTA 31-16
NOR - TD, KEITH POOLE 82 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER
(DOUG BRIEN KICK), 11:41. Drive: 2 plays, 93
yards in 0:35. ATLANTA 31-23
TEAM STATISTICS
NOR ATL
FIRST DOWNS 15 19
Rushing 4 6
Passing 8 9
Penalty 3 4
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-14 4-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 322 303
Total plays 56 56
Average gain 5.8 5.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 67 140
Rushes 26 30
Average per rush 2.6 4.7
NET YARDS PASSING 255 163
Completed-attempted 14-29 14-21
Yards per pass 8.5 6.3
Sacked-yards lost 1-6 5-26
Had intercepted 1 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-44.3 5-43.2
RETURN YARDAGE 108 129
Punts-returns 1-16 3-16
Kickoffs-returns 5-92 4-88
Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-25
PENALTIES-YARDS 13-101 6-46
FUMBLES-LOST 5-3 2-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:01 31:59
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 45).
New Orleans rushing: Lamar Smith 19-49, Billy Joe Tolliver 2-9, Ray
Zellars 4-8, Troy Davis 1-1.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 25-132, Bob Christian 1-6, Tim Dwight
1-4, Steve Deberg 3-minus 2.
New Orleans passing: Billy Joe Tolliver 14-29 for 261 yards, 1 INT, 2
TD.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 7-10 for 129 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD,
Steve Deberg 7-10 for 60 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD, Tim Dwight 0-1 for 0
yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New Orleans receiving: Keith Poole 3-154, Cameron Cleeland 3-42, Sean
Dawkins 2-25, Lamar Smith 2-15, Ray Zellars 2-5, Brett Bech 1-11,
Andre Hastings 1-9.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 7-116, Terance Mathis 2-35, O.j.
Santiago 2-26, Bob Christian 2-5, Jamal Anderson 1-7.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Chad Cota 6-1-0,
Sammy Knight 5-0-0, Wayne Martin 5-0-1, Kevin Mitchell 3-2-0.5, Mark
Fields 3-0-1, Joe Johnson 3-0-0, La'roi Glover 2-1-0, Keith Mitchell
2-1-0.5, Tyronne Drakeford 2-0-0, Alex Molden 2-0-0, Jared Tomich
2-0-1, Je'rod Cherry 1-0-1, Fred Weary 1-0-0, Troy Wilson 1-0-0,
Julian Pittman 0-1-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Chuck Smith 6-1-0,
Cornelius Bennett 5-0-0, Eugene Robinson 5-0-0, Ray Buchanan 4-1-0,
Jessie Tuggle 4-0-0, Shane Dronett 2-0-1, Craig Sauer 2-0-0, Lester
Archambeau 2-0-0, Devin Bush 1-1-0, Travis Hall 1-0-0, Esera Tuaolo
1-0-0, John Burrough 1-0-0, William White 1-0-0, Michael Booker 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Eugene Robinson 1 for 25 yards).
Fumbles lost: New Orleans (Lamar Smith, Billy Joe Tolliver, Qadry
Ismail, Ray Zellars); Atlanta (Steve Deberg, Tim Dwight).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Lester Archambeau, Travis
Hall, Cornelius Bennett).
Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head
linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Don
Carey, Side judge-Tom Fincken, Field judge-Peter Morelli.
A: 60,774; T: 3:18.
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