Week 1, 1975

played in New Orleans, LA

65 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	0	17	0	7	0	-	24
New Orleans Saints	14	0	7	3	3	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:27 NOS - Larry Wilcox 16 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
1Q: 03:43 NOS - Sam Cunningham 3 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
2Q: 15:00 ATL - Lionel Summers 1 pass from Reuben Fields (Ricky Fisher extra point)
2Q: 12:16 ATL - Ricky Fisher 41 field goal
2Q: 06:07 ATL - Mark Van Eeghen 15 pass from Reuben Fields (Ricky Fisher extra point)
3Q: 00:14 NOS - Jim Kiick 6 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
4Q: 02:00 ATL - Len Garrett 1 pass from Reuben Fields (Ricky Fisher extra point)
4Q: 00:07 NOS - Ross Robertson 49 field goal
OT: 10:11 NOS - Ross Robertson 32 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:27 NOS - Larry Wilcox 16 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
1Q: 03:43 NOS - Sam Cunningham 3 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
2Q: 15:00 ATL - Lionel Summers 1 pass from Reuben Fields (Ricky Fisher extra point)
2Q: 12:16 ATL - Ricky Fisher 41 field goal
2Q: 06:07 ATL - Mark Van Eeghen 15 pass from Reuben Fields (Ricky Fisher extra point)
3Q: 00:14 NOS - Jim Kiick 6 pass from Archie Manning (Ross Robertson extra point)
4Q: 02:00 ATL - Len Garrett 1 pass from Reuben Fields (Ricky Fisher extra point)
4Q: 00:07 NOS - Ross Robertson 49 field goal
OT: 10:11 NOS - Ross Robertson 32 field goal

Team Statistics ATL NOS
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 17 26
- by Rushing 3 6
- by Passing 13 19
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 275 431
- Offensive Plays 60 77
- Yards per Play 4.58 5.60
Net Rushing Yards 104 185
- Rushing Attempts 28 25
- Yards per Rush 3.71 7.40
Net Passing Yards 171 246
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 24 - 1 47 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 176 277
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 5/31
- Yards per Pass Play 5.34 4.73
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/15 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.5 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/35 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 3/70 3/4
Kick Returns/Yards 4/121 4/77
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/28
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 3/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 24
Time of Possession 32:33 32:24

Team Statistics	ATL	NOS
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	17	26
- by Rushing	3	6
- by Passing	13	19
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	275	431
- Offensive Plays	60	77
- Yards per Play	4.58	5.60
Net Rushing Yards	104	185
- Rushing Attempts	28	25
- Yards per Rush	3.71	7.40
Net Passing Yards	171	246
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 24 - 1	47 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	176	277
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	5/31
- Yards per Pass Play	5.34	4.73
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/15	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.5	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/35	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	3/70	3/4
Kick Returns/Yards	4/121	4/77
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/28
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 40	OWN 24
Time of Possession	32:33	32:24

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:28	OWN 35	3	0	Punt
1	8:20	1:44	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
1	3:33	3:40	OPP 43	6	43	Touchdown
2	13:09	0:58	OPP 27	3	3	Field Goal
2	10:42	4:45	OPP 48	9	48	Touchdown
2	4:05	1:31	OWN 30	3	-4	Punt
2	0:53	0:53	OWN 29	3	16	Half
3	12:35	9:59	OWN 4	16	88	Interception
3	0:06	2:01	OWN 35	3	9	Punt
4	12:33	1:30	OPP 46	3	9	Punt
4	6:52	2:31	OWN 10	5	20	Punt
4	2:34	0:39	OPP 19	3	19	Touchdown

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:32	5:12	OWN 15	10	85	Touchdown
1	6:36	3:03	OWN 31	7	69	Touchdown
2	14:53	1:44	OWN 28	4	6	Punt
2	12:11	1:29	OWN 28	4	12	Interception
2	5:57	1:52	OWN 31	3	-2	Punt
2	2:34	1:41	OWN 27	6	17	Punt
3	15:00	2:25	OWN 27	5	20	Punt
3	2:36	2:30	OWN 29	5	71	Touchdown
4	13:05	0:32	OWN 11	3	0	Punt
4	11:03	4:11	OWN 20	7	30	Punt
4	4:21	1:47	OWN 26	3	4	Punt
4	1:55	1:54	OWN 19	9	49	Field Goal
OT1	15:00	4:57	OWN 20	11	65	Field Goal

Game MVP: Archie Manning, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Mack Herron	16	55	3.44	12	1	0
Vince Wilkerson	12	49	4.08	10	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jim Kiick	16	93	5.81	24	2
Matt Muhammad	8	88	11.00	55	2
Marc LaBounty	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Reuben Fields	31	24	176	1/5	3	21	1	109.0

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Archie Manning	47	26	277	5/31	3	34	1	85.1

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Len Garrett	5	7	41	8.20	3	21	1
WR Jim Robinson	5	5	33	6.60	0	10	0
FB Mark Van Eeghen	4	5	30	7.50	19	15	1
TE Russ Francis	4	4	27	6.75	1	12	0
WR Lionel Summers	3	5	18	6.00	2	9	1
WR Charley Young	2	3	24	12.00	4	16	0
WR Robert Miller	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Dick Gordon	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bob Grim	7	12	77	11.00	13	16	0
WR Larry Wilcox	7	10	96	13.71	10	22	1
WR Tony Galloway	4	7	62	15.50	7	34	0
RB Sam Cunningham	3	3	9	3.00	4	4	1
TE Henry Childs	1	2	9	9.00	8	9	0
WR Ike Harris	1	3	18	18.00	7	18	0
RB Jim Kiick	1	4	6	6.00	0	6	1
FB Marc LaBounty	1	2	1	1.00	0	1	0
RB Matt Muhammad	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Richard Sims	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB John Pergine	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Robbie Magana	1	28	28.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ken Grandberry	1	0	0	0

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Alex Kirk	0	1	0	0
Mike Strachan	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tom Wittum	6	267	44.5	40.5	50	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Eischeid	7	255	36.4	27.4	49	3

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ricky Fisher	1/1	1/1	0/0	41	3/3

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ross Robertson	2/2	1/1	0/0	49	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mack Herron	3	70	23.3	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Larry Wilcox	3	4	1.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg
Ken Grandberry	2	69	34.5
Bernie Jackson	1	27	27.0
Ralph McGill	1	25	25.0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bob Grim	3	59	19.7	0
Ike Harris	1	18	18.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB John Pergine	8	4	1.0	24	47
CB Allan Ellis	7	2	0.0	23	48
ILB Tom MacLeod	6	2	0.0	24	49
CB Rolland Lawrence	6	1	0.0	20	49
DE Coy Bacon	4	0	2.5	23	48
DE John Zook	4	1	1.5	22	50
CB Randy Logan	4	1	0.0	17	32
S Bernie Jackson	3	2	0.0	15	36
S Ralph McGill	3	0	0.0	20	47
CB Charlie Ford	2	1	0.0	16	38
ILB Steve Shull	2	0	0.0	1	3
DT Dave Pear	2	0	0.0	14	30
OLB Richie Minter	1	2	0.0	11	15
WR Dick Gordon	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Ken Mitchell	1	0	0.0	1	5
DT Randy Crowder	0	2	0.0	22	49

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Joe Federspiel	7	5	0.0	26	31
OLB Sammy Everett	6	4	0.0	22	23
CB Alex Kirk	6	2	0.0	18	22
S Tommy Myers	5	3	1.0	27	31
CB Robbie Magana	4	3	0.0	25	30
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	4	0	0.0	22	29
DT Derland Moore	3	1	0.0	20	23
DE Mario Nakamura	3	1	0.0	24	31
DE Billy Newsome	2	2	0.0	24	32
OLB Tommy Nobis	2	2	0.0	18	19
CB Louis Wright	2	1	0.0	25	31
S Lenny Richard	2	0	0.0	22	26
S Doug Plank	2	0	0.0	12	9
ILB Carl Gersbach	1	0	0.0	2	1
WR Richard Sims	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Chester Kuehl	1	0	0.0	1	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Coy Bacon	2.5	2	2	5	48
DE John Zook	1.5	0	4	1	50
OLB John Pergine	1.0	0	0	0	47
DT Randy Crowder	0.0	0	2	0	49

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
S Tommy Myers	1.0	0	31
DT Derland Moore	0.0	1	23
DE Billy Newsome	0.0	1	32
OLB Sammy Everett	0.0	1	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Allan Ellis	5	0	0	48
CB Randy Logan	4	0	0	32
ILB Tom MacLeod	4	0	0	49
OLB John Pergine	3	0	1	47
S Bernie Jackson	3	0	0	36
CB Rolland Lawrence	2	1	0	49
S Ralph McGill	2	0	0	47
OLB Ken Mitchell	1	1	0	5
ILB Steve Shull	1	0	0	3
DE John Zook	1	0	0	50
CB Charlie Ford	0	1	0	38

New Orleans	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Alex Kirk	5	0	22
CB Robbie Magana	4	1	30
ILB Joe Federspiel	3	0	31
OLB Sammy Everett	3	0	23
OLB Tommy Nobis	2	0	19
S Lenny Richard	2	0	26
CB Louis Wright	2	0	31
DT Derland Moore	1	0	23
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	1	0	29
DE Mario Nakamura	1	0	31

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jon Morris	2	9	28	1	31
George Kunz	2	3	24	0	27
Mark Van Eeghen	2	2	19	0	20
Jeff Van Note	1	7	26	0	30
Ted Fritsch	1	1	2	0	2
Matt Atkins	0	2	25	0	23
Travis Roach	0	1	23	0	27
Dave Burk	0	1	7	0	14
Kyle Mathis	0	1	5	0	6
Russ Francis	0	1	11	0	16

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Randy Rasmussen	3	5	15	1	34
Thurman Cowley	2	5	18	0	34
John Demarie	2	4	23	0	44
Stephen Johnstone	1	2	18	2	42
Sam Cunningham	1	2	17	0	31
Henry Childs	1	1	19	0	32
J.B. Aarhus	1	1	7	0	10
Clarence Hironaka	1	1	19	0	40
Cas Banaszek	0	3	19	2	42
Marc LaBounty	0	1	8	0	15

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Nate Crane	2	12
Willie Frazier	1	18
Vince Wilkerson	1	18
Ken Grandberry	1	17
Dick Gordon	1	13
Kyle Mathis	1	7
Fred Willis	1	4

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Chester Kuehl	3	20
Mike Strachan	3	11
Marc LaBounty	1	16

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tom MacLeod	---	---	24	49	1	74
John Zook	---	---	22	50	2	74
Coy Bacon	---	---	23	48	2	73
Randy Crowder	---	---	22	49	2	73
Allan Ellis	---	---	23	48	2	73
Ralph McGill	---	---	20	47	6	73
John Pergine	---	---	24	47	1	72
Rolland Lawrence	---	---	20	49	2	71
Charlie Ford	---	---	16	38	13	67
Randy Logan	---	---	17	32	12	61
Jon Morris	28	31	---	---	2	61
Reuben Fields	28	32	---	---	---	60
George Kunz	24	27	---	---	7	58
Jeff Van Note	26	30	---	---	---	56
Bernie Jackson	---	---	15	36	4	55
Travis Roach	23	27	---	---	5	55
Mark Van Eeghen	19	20	---	---	16	55
Len Garrett	21	21	---	---	8	50
Vince Wilkerson	12	20	---	---	18	50
Matt Atkins	25	23	---	---	---	48
Dave Pear	---	---	14	30	3	47
Jim Robinson	18	18	---	---	---	36
Mack Herron	16	12	---	---	7	35
Russ Francis	11	16	---	---	8	35
Charley Young	13	21	---	---	---	34
Ken Mitchell	---	---	1	5	27	33
Lionel Summers	18	15	---	---	---	33
Richie Minter	---	---	11	15	6	32
Dave Burk	7	14	---	---	7	28
Willie Frazier	6	3	---	---	18	27
Van Terry	---	---	2	4	20	26
Dave Rowe	---	---	7	11	5	23
Carl Wafer	---	---	8	7	7	22
Kyle Mathis	5	6	---	---	7	18
Robert Miller	6	12	---	---	---	18
Ken Grandberry	0	0	---	---	17	17
Nate Crane	---	---	2	2	12	16
Dick Gordon	0	2	---	---	13	15
Jorge Ballard	---	---	3	2	7	12
Ted Fritsch	2	2	---	---	7	11
Steve Shull	---	---	1	3	5	9
Ricky Fisher	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tom Wittum	0	0	---	---	6	6
Fred Willis	0	0	---	---	4	4
Wayne England	0	0	---	---	1	1
Buddy Ursino	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Archie Manning	25	52	---	---	---	77
Cas Banaszek	19	42	---	---	6	67
John Demarie	23	44	---	---	---	67
Louis Wright	---	---	25	31	9	65
Alex Kirk	---	---	18	22	24	64
Clarence Hironaka	19	40	---	---	3	62
Henry Childs	19	32	---	---	10	61
Ike Harris	19	35	---	---	6	60
Stephen Johnstone	18	42	---	---	---	60
Tommy Myers	---	---	27	31	1	59
Thurman Cowley	18	34	---	---	7	59
Joe Federspiel	---	---	26	31	1	58
Randy Rasmussen	15	34	---	---	9	58
Billy Newsome	---	---	24	32	1	57
Mario Nakamura	---	---	24	31	1	56
Robbie Magana	---	---	25	30	1	56
Sam Cunningham	17	31	---	---	6	54
Larry Wilcox	14	33	---	---	7	54
Shawn Hollingsworth	---	---	22	29	2	53
Bob Grim	7	30	---	---	14	51
Jim Kiick	17	34	---	---	---	51
Matt Muhammad	8	16	---	---	25	49
Lenny Richard	---	---	22	26	1	49
Tony Galloway	11	28	---	---	7	46
Sammy Everett	---	---	22	23	---	45
Derland Moore	---	---	20	23	1	44
Tommy Nobis	---	---	18	19	7	44
Marc LaBounty	8	15	---	---	16	39
Doug Plank	---	---	12	9	11	32
Bruce Rasmussen	6	14	---	---	7	27
J.B. Aarhus	7	10	---	---	9	26
Billy Wilhide	3	1	---	---	19	23
Chester Kuehl	---	---	1	2	20	23
Richard Sims	2	5	---	---	14	21
Jim White	---	---	6	3	10	19
Harris Malinowski	---	---	7	7	---	14
Carl Gersbach	---	---	2	1	10	13
Mike Strachan	0	0	---	---	11	11
Ricardo Browning	---	---	3	2	5	10
Mike Eischeid	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ross Robertson	0	0	---	---	7	7
Karl Lorch	---	---	4	0	---	4
John Hadl	0	0	---	---	2	2
Bobby Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0
Fulton Kuykendall	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	17	4.3
Middle	15	53	3.5
Right	9	34	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	95	11.9
Middle	9	30	3.3
Right	8	60	7.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Reuben Fields	31	24	1	2	1	0	3	0	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Archie Manning	47	26	2	3	3	3	8	6	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	11	5.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	14	70	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	74	7.4
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	21	10.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	7	1.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	74	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	10	124	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	11	3	72	6.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Len Garrett	7	5	0	41	1	21
FB Mark Van Eeghen	5	4	0	30	0	20
WR Lionel Summers	5	3	1	18	0	15
WR Jim Robinson	5	5	0	33	0	18
TE Russ Francis	4	4	0	27	0	16
WR Charley Young	3	2	0	24	0	21
WR Dick Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	2
WR Robert Miller	1	1	0	3	0	12

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bob Grim	12	7	0	77	0	30
WR Larry Wilcox	10	7	1	96	1	33
WR Tony Galloway	7	4	1	62	1	28
RB Jim Kiick	4	1	0	6	0	34
RB Sam Cunningham	3	3	0	9	0	31
WR Ike Harris	3	1	1	18	0	35
TE Henry Childs	2	1	0	9	0	32
FB Marc LaBounty	2	1	0	1	0	15
RB Matt Muhammad	2	1	0	-1	0	16
WR Richard Sims	1	0	0	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mack Herron	2	4	2.00	3.44
Vince Wilkerson	2	18	9.00	4.08

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jim Kiick	3	7	2.33	5.81
Matt Muhammad	1	2	2.00	11.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Reuben Fields	7	6	43	6.14	5.68

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Archie Manning	7	5	33	4.71	5.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Mark Van Eeghen	2	2	23	11.50	6.00
WR Lionel Summers	2	2	9	4.50	3.60
TE Len Garrett	1	1	1	1.00	5.86
WR Dick Gordon	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Jim Robinson	1	1	10	10.00	6.60

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Sam Cunningham	1	1	3	3.00	3.00
WR Bob Grim	1	1	7	7.00	6.42
RB Jim Kiick	1	1	6	6.00	1.50
FB Marc LaBounty	1	1	1	1.00	0.50
RB Matt Muhammad	1	0	0	0.00	-0.50
WR Tony Galloway	1	0	0	0.00	8.86
WR Larry Wilcox	1	1	16	16.00	9.60

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Vince Wilkerson	2	2
Mack Herron	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Jim Kiick	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Reuben Fields	12	9	6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Archie Manning	13	5	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Mark Van Eeghen	4	4	2
WR Lionel Summers	3	1	1
WR Charley Young	2	1	1
WR Jim Robinson	2	2	1
TE Russ Francis	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tony Galloway	3	1	1
WR Bob Grim	2	1	1
RB Jim Kiick	2	0	0
WR Larry Wilcox	2	2	2
TE Henry Childs	1	0	0
WR Ike Harris	1	1	1
RB Matt Muhammad	1	0	0
WR Richard Sims	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,200 (21,400)
End Zone 12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,200 (21,400)
End Zone	12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)