ATL 23 @ NO 17 - 1997 NFL

1997 Week 7

Atlanta FalconsATL

23-17

New Orleans SaintsNO

Sun, October 12, 1997 · 1:00PM · Louisiana Superdome

Attendance: 65,619Surface: astroturfRoof: domeLine: New Orleans Saints -2.0O/U: 38.0 (over)

ATL: Dan Reeves · NO: Mike Ditka

ATL

Team Stats

1st Downs

31-89

Rushing

28-80

10-22-117

Passing

14-22-175

166

Scoring

1st Quarter

Morten Andersen 25 yard field goal

Bert Emanuel 9 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick)

10-

2nd Quarter

Doug Brien 35 yard field goal

10-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
ATL
Passing
Chris Chandler	10/22	117	1	0	5	77.3
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Chris Chandler	4	3	0	2	0
Jamal Anderson	21	62	1	12	1
Byron Hanspard	6	24	0	8	1
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Jamal Anderson	3	2	10	0	10
Byron Hanspard	1	1	3	0	3
Bert Emanuel	5	3	40	1	19
Terance Mathis	4	2	30	0	18
Harold Green	1	1	26	0	26
Ed West	1	1	8	0	8
Todd Kinchen	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Christian	2	0	0	0	0
O.J. Santiago	2	0	0	0	0
Michael Haynes	2	0	0	0	0
NO
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Danny Wuerffel	9/13	120	1	1	7	91.8
Heath Shuler	5/9	55	0	1	3	34.3
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Danny Wuerffel	2	6	0	6	1
Heath Shuler	3	9	0	8	1
Mario Bates	15	31	1	14	0
Ray Zellars	4	18	0	9	0
Troy Davis	2	15	0	8	0
Wes Bender	1	1	0	1	0
Andre Hastings	1	0	0	0	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Mario Bates	1	1	14	0	14
Randal Hill	4	1	8	0	8
Ray Zellars	2	2	15	0	9
Troy Davis	2	2	2	0	3
Andre Hastings	7	4	96	1	38
John Farquhar	5	4	40	0	19
Eric Guliford	1	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
ATL
Michael Booker	0	0	0	2			0	0
Chuck Smith	10	7	5	0			3	0
Travis Hall	7	6	2.5	0			0	1
Dan Owens	4	3	1.5	0			0	1
Cornelius Bennett	6	5	1	0			1	0
Jessie Tuggle	8	7	0					0
Ronnie Bradford	6	6	0					0
Devin Bush Sr.	6	5	0					0
Lester Archambeau	5	3	0					0
William White	5	5	0					0
Ray Buchanan	2	1	0					0
John Burrough	2	1	0					0
Henri Crockett	2	0	0					0
Shane Dronett	1	0	0					0
Anthony Pleasant	1	1	0					0
NO
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Mark Fields	9	9	2	0			1	0
Richard Harvey	4	3	1	0			0	0
Joe Johnson	3	3	1	0			0	1
Keith Mitchell	1	1	1	0			0	0
Wes Bender	0	0	0	0			1	0
Heath Shuler			0	0			0	1
Danny Wuerffel			0	0			0	1
Winfred Tubbs	13	7	0					0
Anthony Newman	5	3	0					0
Pio Sagapolutele	4	4	0					0
Sammy Knight	3	3	0					0
Darren Mickell	3	0	0					0
Mickey Washington	3	3	0					0
Eric Allen	2	2	0					0
Je'Rod Cherry	1	1	0					0
La'Roi Glover	1	1	0					0
Wayne Martin	1	1	0					0
Alex Molden	1	0	0					0
Brett Bech	0	0	0					1
Clarence Jones			0					1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
ATL
Morten Andersen	2/2	3/3	0	0	-	-
Dan Stryzinski	-	-	6	252	42.0	48
NO
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Doug Brien	2/2	1/1	0	0	-	-
Mark Royals	-	-	6	246	41.0	54

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
ATL
Todd Kinchen	0	0	0	2	20	0
Byron Hanspard	1	22	0	0	0	0
NO
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Eric Guliford	1	24	0	1	0	0

ATL

Expected Points Added

6.0Total-6.0

-12.1Off Total-19.3

-7.6Off Pass-12.5

-2.6Off Rush-5.4

19.3Def Total12.1

12.5Def Pass7.6

5.4Def Rush2.6

-0.5

Starting Lineups

ATL

QBChris Chandler

RBJamal Anderson

FBBob Christian

WRBert Emanuel

WRTerance Mathis

TEO.J. Santiago

LTBob Whitfield

LGRobbie Tobeck

CCalvin Collins

RGGene Williams

ATL at NO, 1997 NFL game