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National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 29, Atlanta 25
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 7, 2008
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Bill Leavy
Attendance: 70011
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final1234T
Atlanta 0143825
New Orleans 7901329
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:29
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Atlanta 0
Reggie Bush 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:05
New Orleans FG New Orleans 10 - Atlanta 0
Garrett Hartley 26 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:55
Atlanta TD New Orleans 10 - Atlanta 7
Michael Turner 5 yd. run (Jason Elam kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:10
New Orleans FG New Orleans 13 - Atlanta 7
Garrett Hartley 46 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:13
Atlanta TD New Orleans 13 - Atlanta 14
Brian Finneran 2 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
New Orleans FG New Orleans 16 - Atlanta 14
Garrett Hartley 25 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:06
Atlanta FG New Orleans 16 - Atlanta 17
Jason Elam 23 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:55
New Orleans TD New Orleans 22 - Atlanta 17
Pierre Thomas 7 yd. pass from Drew Brees (run failed)
4th Quarter - 7:51
Atlanta TD New Orleans 22 - Atlanta 25
Matt Ryan 12 yd. run (Michael Jenkins pass from Matt Ryan)
4th Quarter - 5:47
New Orleans TD New Orleans 29 - Atlanta 25
Pierre Thomas 5 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Atlanta New Orleans
1st Downs 22 24
Rushing 9 9
Passing 13 14
Penalty 0 1
3rd Down Conversions 7-12 4-10
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 4-47.5 3-50.7
Return Yards 144 170
Punts-Returns 2-2 3-0
Kickoffs-Returns 6-142 4-147
Int-Returns 0-0 1-23
Penalties-Yards 5-34 3-30
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 32:52 27:08
Total Net Yards 414 414
Total Plays 63 62
Average Gain 6.6 6.7
Net Yards Rushing 99 184
Rushes 30 30
Average/Rush 3.3 6.1
Net Yards Passing 315 230
Comp-Att 24-33 18-32
Yards/Pass 9.5 7.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 2 1
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 2-3
Field Goals 1-1 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 3-5-60%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-3-67% 3-4-75%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Atlanta Falcons (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 24/33 315 1 1
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 18/32 230 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Turner 18 61 3.4 1 26
J. Norwood 5 18 3.6 0 11
M. Ryan 4 13 3.2 1 12
J. Snelling 2 5 2.5 0 3
O. Mughelli 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 16 102 6.4 1 18
R. Bush 10 80 8.0 0 43
M. Karney 1 2 2.0 0 2
D. McAllister 1 0 0.0 0 0
D. Brees 2 0 0.0 0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. White 10 164 16.4 0 59
M. Jenkins 5 69 13.8 0 21
H. Douglas 2 45 22.5 0 28
J. Norwood 4 20 5.0 0 9
J. Peelle 1 9 9.0 0 9
B. Finneran 2 8 4.0 1 6
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Henderson 3 72 24.0 0 36
J. Shockey 5 64 12.8 0 21
L. Moore 3 35 11.7 0 15
R. Bush 3 26 8.7 1 15
M. Colston 3 26 8.7 0 11
P. Thomas 1 7 7.0 1 7
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. David 1 23 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Lofton 6 1
K. Brooking 6 4
C. Houston 5 1
C. Jackson 4 0
C. Davis 4 0
M. Boley 4 0
E. Coleman 4 0
D. Foxworth 3 0
J. Babineaux 3 1
L. Milloy 3 2
G. Jackson 1 0
J. Abraham 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
U. Young 7 0
R. Harper 7 0
S. Shanle 7 2
J. Vilma 6 4
J. Bullocks 5 0
W. Smith 4 2
L. Torrence 3 1
S. Fujita 3 2
J. Charleston 2 0
S. Ellis 1 0
K. Clancy 1 0
A. Lake 1 0
H. Thomas 1 0
J. David 1 1
B. McCray 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Ryan 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles