Week 17, 2048

played in Atlanta, GA

41 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	0	7	0	0	-	7
Atlanta Falcons	10	3	0	7	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:19 ATL - Jace Ellison 67 pass from Kenneth Duffy (Tony Assenov extra point)
1Q: 05:24 ATL - Tony Assenov 24 field goal
2Q: 10:12 ATL - Tony Assenov 27 field goal
2Q: 04:07 NOS - Logan Blake 12 pass from Kendall Siever (Ricardo Culbertson extra point)
4Q: 14:40 ATL - Colton Riley 22 run (Tony Assenov extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:19 ATL - Jace Ellison 67 pass from Kenneth Duffy (Tony Assenov extra point)
1Q: 05:24 ATL - Tony Assenov 24 field goal
2Q: 10:12 ATL - Tony Assenov 27 field goal
2Q: 04:07 NOS - Logan Blake 12 pass from Kendall Siever (Ricardo Culbertson extra point)
4Q: 14:40 ATL - Colton Riley 22 run (Tony Assenov extra point)

Team Statistics NOS ATL
Record 8-8 16-0
First Downs 22 22
- by Rushing 6 7
- by Passing 15 11
- by Penalty 1 4
Total Net Yards 330 409
- Offensive Plays 81 61
- Yards per Play 4.07 6.70
Net Rushing Yards 94 136
- Rushing Attempts 20 24
- Yards per Rush 4.70 5.67
Net Passing Yards 236 273
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 56 - 31 - 2 36 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 267 278
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/31 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 3.87 7.38
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 10/21 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 8.4
4th Down Conversions 2/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/50 8/56
Punt Returns/Yards 2/13 2/49
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 25
Time of Possession 31:53 28:07

Team Statistics	NOS	ATL
Record	8-8	16-0
First Downs	22	22
- by Rushing	6	7
- by Passing	15	11
- by Penalty	1	4
Total Net Yards	330	409
- Offensive Plays	81	61
- Yards per Play	4.07	6.70
Net Rushing Yards	94	136
- Rushing Attempts	20	24
- Yards per Rush	4.70	5.67
Net Passing Yards	236	273
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	56 - 31 - 2	36 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	267	278
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/31	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	3.87	7.38
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	10/21	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	8.4
4th Down Conversions	2/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/50	8/56
Punt Returns/Yards	2/13	2/49
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 25
Time of Possession	31:53	28:07

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:53	OWN 25	5	32	Punt
1	11:04	2:01	OWN 25	4	4	Punt
1	5:18	5:29	OWN 25	10	21	Punt
2	13:03	0:52	OWN 14	2	6	Interception
2	10:05	1:14	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
2	6:33	2:37	OWN 43	9	57	Touchdown
2	2:00	1:39	OWN 35	6	22	Punt
3	13:51	4:15	OWN 25	8	31	Punt
3	6:12	4:42	OWN 14	11	61	Missed FG
4	14:24	2:34	OWN 25	5	20	Punt
4	6:11	0:51	OWN 20	4	22	Interception
4	2:57	2:46	OWN 34	15	62	Downs

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:07	1:03	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
1	9:03	3:45	OPP 49	7	42	Field Goal
2	14:49	1:46	OWN 25	4	14	Punt
2	12:11	2:06	OPP 30	7	20	Field Goal
2	8:51	2:18	OWN 29	5	35	Missed FG
2	3:56	1:56	OWN 25	5	47	Missed FG
2	0:21	0:21	OWN 6	1	0	Half
3	15:00	1:09	OWN 25	5	14	Punt
3	9:36	3:24	OWN 2	6	36	Punt
3	1:30	2:06	OWN 31	5	69	Touchdown
4	11:50	5:39	OWN 20	10	41	Punt
4	5:20	2:23	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
4	0:11	0:11	OWN 4	1	-2	Game

Game MVP: Dennis Buning, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Lamar Winters	9	17	1.89	10	1
FB Xavier Shmitz	6	43	7.17	18	1
QB Kendall Siever	3	29	9.67	11	1
RB Johnnie Carlisle	2	5	2.50	8	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Colton Riley	12	89	7.42	22	4	1
RB George Herring	9	43	4.78	14	2	0
RB Preston Myles	2	6	3.00	3	0	0
QB Kenneth Duffy	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kendall Siever	56	31	267	5/31	1	22	2	59.1

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kenneth Duffy	36	23	278	1/5	1	67	0	96.7

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bernard Doyle	10	14	90	9.00	18	16	0
FB Logan Blake	6	8	24	4.00	8	12	1
WR Alvin Deericks	3	9	26	8.67	4	14	0
WR Tanner Katt	3	6	27	9.00	1	11	0
RB Johnnie Carlisle	2	4	11	5.50	0	6	0
WR Gabe Corbett	2	7	26	13.00	6	17	0
FB Xavier Shmitz	2	2	15	7.50	0	11	0
TE Brian Monroe	2	2	26	13.00	5	15	0
WR Marlon Brewer	1	2	22	22.00	0	22	0
RB Lamar Winters	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Marshall Donaldson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Gabe Thomason	11	16	80	7.27	41	25	0
WR Jace Ellison	6	11	115	19.17	57	67	1
WR Ronald Newman	4	6	57	14.25	1	22	0
WR Dan Crimm	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
TE Harrison Delgado	1	2	21	21.00	4	21	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Lamar Burns	1	0	0.00	0
S Vincent Crenshaw	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ellis Andrews	7	321	45.9	33.1	55	3

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mo Whittle	5	225	45.0	38.4	52	2

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ricardo Culbertson	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	1/1

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tony Assenov	2/4	0/2	0/1	27	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gabe Corbett	2	13	6.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronald Newman	2	49	24.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Santiago Caldwell	7	1	0.0	23	26
S Tyler Worden	6	0	0.0	24	37
ILB Amari Upshaw	5	0	1.0	20	26
ILB Ike Grui	5	2	0.0	24	35
CB Philip Sparrow	5	0	0.0	23	35
OLB Donnell Thompson	2	2	0.0	23	28
S Samuel Mitchel	2	2	0.0	22	35
OLB Robert Thomas	2	2	0.0	3	11
DE Damon Springer	2	0	0.0	20	27
CB Camden Wiegert	2	0	0.0	16	32
DT Peyton Plageman	2	0	0.0	14	19
OLB Edwin Lyubashevsky	1	1	0.0	8	5
DT Jay Stark	1	1	0.0	10	18
QB Kendall Siever	1	0	---	---	---
DE J.R. Turnbull	1	0	0.0	5	13
WR Alvin Deericks	1	0	---	---	---
S Brad Schwartz	1	0	0.0	0	2
DE Dwayne Baca	0	1	0.0	20	24

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Lamar Burns	7	1	0.0	17	30
S Vincent Crenshaw	7	1	0.0	20	61
DE Dennis Buning	5	1	3.0	20	61
OLB Bryant Willis	5	3	0.0	16	31
DT Mo Erickson	4	1	0.5	18	49
CB William Baughman	4	5	0.0	10	38
OLB Donovan Richardson	4	0	0.0	11	49
DE Jonah Strong	3	1	1.5	7	16
S Roberto Horn	3	1	0.0	12	50
ILB William Baxter	3	1	0.0	10	32
CB Jake Hyland	2	0	0.0	20	61
OLB Alan Rodriguez	2	0	0.0	11	40
DT Bingo Robertson	2	0	0.0	4	34
CB Les Burhart	1	0	0.0	12	51
CB Kris Evans	1	0	0.0	11	29
CB Silas Maese	1	0	0.0	8	10

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Amari Upshaw	1.0	0	0	0	26
DE Damon Springer	0.0	1	2	0	27
ILB Ike Grui	0.0	0	1	2	35
DE Jake Kagan	0.0	0	1	1	10
DE J.R. Turnbull	0.0	0	1	0	13

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Dennis Buning	3.0	0	4	5	61
DE Jonah Strong	1.5	0	2	2	16
DT Mo Erickson	0.5	2	1	0	49
DT Bingo Robertson	0.0	1	0	0	34
DT Skip Farley	0.0	0	1	0	8

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Philip Sparrow	5	1	35
S Tyler Worden	4	0	37
OLB Donnell Thompson	2	1	28
ILB Ike Grui	2	1	35
S Santiago Caldwell	2	0	26
CB Camden Wiegert	2	0	32
OLB Robert Thomas	2	0	11
S Samuel Mitchel	1	0	35
DT Peyton Plageman	1	0	19
ILB Amari Upshaw	1	0	26
S Brad Schwartz	1	0	2

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Vincent Crenshaw	5	0	1	61
ILB William Baxter	4	0	0	32
OLB Donovan Richardson	3	1	0	49
OLB Lamar Burns	3	0	1	30
CB William Baughman	3	0	0	38
S Roberto Horn	2	1	0	50
OLB Bryant Willis	2	0	0	31
OLB Alan Rodriguez	2	0	0	40
CB Kris Evans	2	0	0	29
CB Jake Hyland	1	0	0	61
DE Dennis Buning	1	0	0	61
DT Mo Erickson	1	0	0	49
DT Bingo Robertson	1	0	0	34
CB Silas Maese	1	0	0	10
CB Les Burhart	0	3	0	51

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Stephen Cunningham	3	5	20	2	61
G Tim Schneider	2	5	20	1	61
C Francisco Helms	2	2	20	0	61
T Freddie Morton	1	4	20	0	61
G Pedro Flowers	0	1	20	2	61

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Walt Lane	3	6	24	0	37
G Roger Harmon	2	6	24	1	37
T Chase Carter	2	2	24	0	37
T Isaac Brown	1	6	24	0	37
TE Harrison Delgado	1	1	22	0	34
G Jamie Daughtry	0	2	24	0	37

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Micah Scott	1	19
Johnnie Carlisle	1	15

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Josiah Arnold	1	23
Colton Riley	1	16

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Stephen Cunningham	20	61	---	---	8	89
G Tim Schneider	20	61	---	---	8	89
G Pedro Flowers	20	61	---	---	8	89
T Freddie Morton	20	61	---	---	8	89
QB Kendall Siever	20	61	---	---	---	81
WR Marlon Brewer	17	52	---	---	12	81
C Francisco Helms	20	61	---	---	---	81
ILB Ike Grui	---	---	24	35	14	73
S Tyler Worden	---	---	24	37	11	72
TE Bernard Doyle	18	50	---	---	---	68
CB Philip Sparrow	---	---	23	35	9	67
ILB Amari Upshaw	---	---	20	26	19	65
S Samuel Mitchel	---	---	22	35	4	61
WR Tanner Katt	16	38	---	---	---	54
CB Camden Wiegert	---	---	16	32	4	52
OLB Donnell Thompson	---	---	23	28	---	51
WR Alvin Deericks	11	40	---	---	---	51
S Santiago Caldwell	---	---	23	26	1	50
DE Damon Springer	---	---	20	27	2	49
RB Johnnie Carlisle	2	28	---	---	15	45
DE Dwayne Baca	---	---	20	24	---	44
TE Rondell Moreland	7	14	---	---	20	41
WR Gabe Corbett	3	21	---	---	13	37
DT Jay Stark	---	---	10	18	9	37
FB Logan Blake	4	19	---	---	13	36
DT Peyton Plageman	---	---	14	19	---	33
S Gary Roe	---	---	3	11	15	29
RB Lamar Winters	10	14	---	---	5	29
DE J.R. Turnbull	---	---	5	13	9	27
FB Xavier Shmitz	8	18	---	---	---	26
CB Micah Scott	---	---	1	2	19	22
OLB Robert Thomas	---	---	3	11	4	18
DE Jake Kagan	---	---	4	10	2	16
OLB Byron Schwartz	---	---	1	11	4	16
OLB Edwin Lyubashevsky	---	---	8	5	---	13
G Lincoln McKnight	0	0	---	---	9	9
TE Brian Monroe	3	6	---	---	---	9
P Ellis Andrews	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Dillon Lofton	0	0	---	---	8	8
WR Marshall Donaldson	1	5	---	---	---	6
K Ricardo Culbertson	0	0	---	---	3	3
S Brad Schwartz	---	---	0	2	---	2
QB Walter Money	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Donovan Bradford	---	---	0	0	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Duane Ola	---	---	0	0	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
DE Dennis Buning	---	---	20	61	8	89
CB Jake Hyland	---	---	20	61	2	83
S Vincent Crenshaw	---	---	20	61	1	82
OLB Donovan Richardson	---	---	11	49	20	80
WR Gabe Thomason	23	36	---	---	18	77
G Roger Harmon	24	37	---	---	9	70
T Isaac Brown	24	37	---	---	9	70
DT Mo Erickson	---	---	18	49	1	68
WR Ronald Newman	23	36	---	---	9	68
CB Les Burhart	---	---	12	51	1	64
S Roberto Horn	---	---	12	50	1	63
C Walt Lane	24	37	---	---	---	61
QB Kenneth Duffy	24	37	---	---	---	61
G Jamie Daughtry	24	37	---	---	---	61
T Chase Carter	24	37	---	---	---	61
WR Jace Ellison	18	33	---	---	7	58
OLB Bryant Willis	---	---	16	31	9	56
TE Harrison Delgado	22	34	---	---	---	56
OLB Lamar Burns	---	---	17	30	7	54
OLB Alan Rodriguez	---	---	11	40	1	52
CB William Baughman	---	---	10	38	1	49
ILB William Baxter	---	---	10	32	1	43
CB Kris Evans	---	---	11	29	---	40
DT Bingo Robertson	---	---	4	34	1	39
RB George Herring	10	27	---	---	---	37
RB Colton Riley	12	5	---	---	16	33
TE Giovanni Boone	7	3	---	---	23	33
CB Silas Maese	---	---	8	10	11	29
FB Josiah Arnold	1	1	---	---	23	25
DT Lawrence Foreman	---	---	9	15	---	24
DE Jonah Strong	---	---	7	16	---	23
S Darnell Sheldon	---	---	0	0	19	19
CB Patrick McKie	---	---	0	3	14	17
RB Preston Myles	2	5	---	---	5	12
DT Skip Farley	---	---	2	8	---	10
C Lawrence Mason	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Duane Myers	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Tony Assenov	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Wes Benn	0	0	---	---	9	9
TE Joshua Emerson	1	3	---	---	2	6
P Mo Whittle	0	0	---	---	5	5
DE Henry Cochrane	---	---	2	3	---	5
QB Vernon Wright	0	0	---	---	4	4
WR Dan Crimm	1	2	---	---	---	3
WR Marcus Barnes	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Bob Franz	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	2	1.0
Middle	11	63	5.7
Right	7	29	4.1
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	69	9.9
Middle	11	34	3.1
Right	5	35	7.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kendall Siever	56	31	1	3	4	5	8	7	2

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kenneth Duffy	36	23	4	0	4	3	5	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	23	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	14	118	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	9	104	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	7	1	22	3.1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	21	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	11	82	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	7	153	17.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	22	5.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Bernard Doyle	14	10	1	90	0	50
WR Alvin Deericks	9	3	0	26	0	40
FB Logan Blake	8	6	0	24	0	19
WR Gabe Corbett	7	2	1	26	0	21
WR Tanner Katt	6	3	0	27	0	38
RB Johnnie Carlisle	4	2	1	11	0	28
WR Marlon Brewer	2	1	0	22	1	52
FB Xavier Shmitz	2	2	0	15	0	18
TE Brian Monroe	2	2	0	26	0	6
RB Lamar Winters	1	0	1	0	0	14
WR Marshall Donaldson	1	0	0	0	0	5

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Gabe Thomason	16	11	1	80	1	36
WR Jace Ellison	11	6	2	115	1	33
WR Ronald Newman	6	4	0	57	1	36
TE Harrison Delgado	2	1	1	21	1	34
WR Dan Crimm	1	1	0	5	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Colton Riley	1	-4	-4.00	7.42

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kendall Siever	5	2	16	3.20	4.77

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kenneth Duffy	5	3	2	0.40	7.72

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Alvin Deericks	2	0	0	0.00	2.89
FB Logan Blake	1	1	12	12.00	3.00
TE Bernard Doyle	1	0	0	0.00	6.43
FB Xavier Shmitz	1	1	4	4.00	7.50

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Gabe Thomason	5	3	2	0.40	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
RB George Herring	3	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kendall Siever	19	14	10

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kenneth Duffy	9	6	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Bernard Doyle	6	5	4
WR Gabe Corbett	3	2	2
WR Alvin Deericks	3	2	2
WR Tanner Katt	3	2	1
RB Johnnie Carlisle	2	1	0
WR Marlon Brewer	1	1	1
FB Logan Blake	1	1	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Gabe Thomason	4	4	1
WR Jace Ellison	3	0	0
WR Ronald Newman	2	2	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,300 (25,300)
End Zone 18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,300 (25,300)
End Zone	18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)