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Box Score: Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints
Posted: Sun December 13, 1998 at 4:46 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
ATLANTA 14 3 0 10 27
NEW ORLEANS 0 7 7 3 17 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - TD, BOB CHRISTIAN 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
8:03. Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards in 3:03. Key
plays: Chandler 10-yard pass to Martin on
3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 32; Chandler 31-yard
pass to Mathis to New Orleans 1. ATLANTA 7-0
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 62 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 8:35. Drive: 1 play, 62
yards in 0:09. Key plays: Buchanan interception
at Atlanta 38. ATLANTA 14-0
2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, FRED WEARY 63 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (DOUG
BRIEN KICK), 13:35. ATLANTA 14-7
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 49 YD, 14:57. Drive: 9 plays,
44 yards in 1:22. Key plays: Chandler 7-yard
pass to Christian on 3rd-and-6 to Atlanta 36;
Chandler 18-yard pass to Martin to New Orleans
46; Chandler 9- yard run to New Orleans 37;
Christian 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to New
Orleans 36. ATLANTA 17-7
3RD QUARTER: NOR - TD, MARK FIELDS 36 YD FUMBLE RETURN (DOUG BRIEN
KICK), 4:48. ATLANTA 17-14
4TH QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 33 YD, 0:30. Drive: 10 plays,
79 yards in 4:56. Key plays: J Anderson 13-yard
run to Atlanta 20; Chandler 12-yard pass to
Mathis to Atlanta 32; Chandler 19-yard pass to
Mathis to New Orleans 49; J Anderson 24-yard
run to New Orleans 25. ATLANTA 20-14
NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 36 YD, 6:26. Drive: 7 plays, 49
yards in 2:34. Key plays: Tolliver 17-yard pass
to Dawkins to midfield; Tolliver 13-yard run to
Atlanta 37; 15-yard personal foul penalty on
Falcons' Buchanan to Atlanta 18. ATLANTA 20-17
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 63 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 8:10. Drive: 3 plays,
80 yards in 1:44. Key plays: Chandler 12-yard
pass to Martin to Atlanta 32. ATLANTA 27-17
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL NOR
FIRST DOWNS 25 15
Rushing 10 5
Passing 13 8
Penalty 2 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13 4-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1 1-2
TOTAL NET YARDS 504 216
Total plays 68 57
Average gain 7.4 3.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 182 52
Rushes 37 18
Average per rush 4.9 2.9
NET YARDS PASSING 322 164
Completed-attempted 19-28 18-38
Yards per pass 10.4 4.2
Sacked-yards lost 3-23 1-5
Had intercepted 2 3
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-37.8 4-40.0
RETURN YARDAGE 62 163
Punts-returns 2-5 1-1
Kickoffs-returns 2-57 5-98
Interceptions-returns 3-0 2-64
PENALTIES-YARDS 9-87 4-30
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 1-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:12 24:48
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 27-148, Chris Chandler 5-24, Bob
Christian 4-11, Ken Oxendine 1-minus 1.
New Orleans rushing: Aaron Craver 5-20, Wilmont Perry 5-14, Billy Joe
Tolliver 1-13, Lamar Smith 4-5, Troy Davis 3-0.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 19-28 for 345 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
New Orleans passing: Kerry Collins 6-14 for 87 yards, 3 INT, 0 TD,
Billy Joe Tolliver 12-23 for 82 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Lamar Smith 0-1
for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 8-109, Terance Mathis 6-198, Bob
Christian 2-11, O.j. Santiago 1-19, Jamal Anderson 1-4, Todd Kinchen
1-4.
New Orleans receiving: Sean Dawkins 4-56, Eric Guliford 3-23, Keith
Poole 2-27, Lamar Smith 2-21, Andre Hastings 2-21, Aaron Craver 2-7,
Cameron Cleeland 2-3, Brett Bech 1-11.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jessie Tuggle 7-3-0,
Eugene Robinson 7-2-0, Cornelius Bennett 5-4-0, Ray Buchanan 5-1-0,
Lester Archambeau 3-0-1, Michael Booker 2-1-0, Devin Bush 2-0-0,
Ronnie Bradford 2-0-0, Travis Hall 1-1-0, Antonio Edwards 1-1-0,
Henri Crockett 0-2-0, Keith Brooking 1-0-0, William White 1-0-0,
Shane Dronett 0-1-0, Chuck Smith 0-1-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Joe Johnson 8-0-1,
Alex Molden 7-1-0, Keith Mitchell 5-2-1, Sammy Knight 6-0-0, Chris
Bordano 4-1-0, Mark Fields 3-2-0, La'roi Glover 4-0-0, Tyronne
Drakeford 3-1-0, Jared Tomich 0-4-0, Fred Weary 3-0-0, Wayne Martin
2-1-0, Rob Kelly 2-1-0, Chad Cota 2-0-0, Austin Robbins 1-1-0, Brady
Smith 0-2-0, Ink Aleaga 1-0-0, Je'rod Cherry 1-0-0, Chris Hewitt
1-0-1, Troy Wilson 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Eugene Robinson 1 for 0 yards, Ronnie
Bradford 1 for 0 yards, Ray Buchanan 1 for 0 yards); New Orleans
(Fred Weary 2 for 64 yards).
Fumbles lost: Atlanta (Chris Chandler); New Orleans (Kerry Collins).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Eugene Robinson); New Orleans
(Mark Fields).
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: 61,678; T: 3:14.
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