Week 1, 1987

played in New Orleans, LA

83 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	0	0	7	9	-	16
New Orleans Saints	14	0	7	0	-	21

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:58 NOS - Rick Parros 12 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
1Q: 08:22 NOS - Curt Jarvis 1 fumble return (Morten Andersen extra point)
3Q: 13:12 ATL - Dalton Hilliard 77 run (Chris Bahr extra point)
3Q: 07:58 NOS - Bill Johnson 14 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 14:00 ATL - Chris Bahr 39 field goal
4Q: 01:49 ATL - Dwight Stone 16 pass from Tommy Kramer (Dalton Hilliard run for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:58 NOS - Rick Parros 12 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
1Q: 08:22 NOS - Curt Jarvis 1 fumble return (Morten Andersen extra point)
3Q: 13:12 ATL - Dalton Hilliard 77 run (Chris Bahr extra point)
3Q: 07:58 NOS - Bill Johnson 14 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 14:00 ATL - Chris Bahr 39 field goal
4Q: 01:49 ATL - Dwight Stone 16 pass from Tommy Kramer (Dalton Hilliard run for conversion failed)

Team Statistics ATL NOS
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 18 17
- by Rushing 6 6
- by Passing 12 10
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 337 290
- Offensive Plays 67 63
- Yards per Play 5.03 4.60
Net Rushing Yards 173 152
- Rushing Attempts 22 41
- Yards per Rush 7.86 3.71
Net Passing Yards 164 138
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 39 - 19 - 0 19 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 209 159
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6/45 3/21
- Yards per Pass Play 3.64 6.27
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/28 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 4/31 3/41
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 3/49
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 1/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 29
Time of Possession 25:05 34:55

Team Statistics	ATL	NOS
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	18	17
- by Rushing	6	6
- by Passing	12	10
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	337	290
- Offensive Plays	67	63
- Yards per Play	5.03	4.60
Net Rushing Yards	173	152
- Rushing Attempts	22	41
- Yards per Rush	7.86	3.71
Net Passing Yards	164	138
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	39 - 19 - 0	19 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	209	159
- Sacks/Yards Lost	6/45	3/21
- Yards per Pass Play	3.64	6.27
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	7.9
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/28	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	4/31	3/41
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	3/49
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	1/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 29
Time of Possession	25:05	34:55

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:49	0:42	OWN 8	2	-7	Fumble
1	8:07	3:05	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
1	1:52	5:12	OWN 3	11	51	Punt
2	4:29	0:45	OWN 38	3	-5	Punt
2	1:54	1:54	OWN 8	7	33	Half
3	15:00	2:06	OWN 20	4	80	Touchdown
3	7:48	0:36	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
3	5:18	1:21	OWN 22	3	9	Punt
3	1:25	2:33	OWN 42	7	36	Field Goal
4	11:52	0:42	OWN 30	4	23	Punt
4	9:51	1:31	OWN 22	3	-2	Punt
4	7:08	1:49	OWN 25	5	11	Downs
4	2:52	1:14	OWN 41	6	59	Touchdown
4	0:49	0:49	OWN 30	4	19	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:11	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
1	5:02	3:10	OWN 20	6	30	Punt
2	11:40	7:11	OWN 5	12	64	Missed FG
2	3:44	1:50	OWN 29	3	9	Punt
3	12:54	5:06	OWN 26	8	74	Touchdown
3	7:12	1:54	OWN 41	3	2	Punt
3	3:57	2:32	OWN 31	5	22	Interception
4	13:52	2:00	OWN 34	3	-6	Punt
4	11:10	1:19	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
4	8:20	1:12	OWN 38	3	-1	Punt
4	5:19	2:27	OPP 36	3	2	Missed FG
4	1:38	0:49	OWN 19	3	9	Punt

Game MVP: Bill Johnson, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Dalton Hilliard	14	131	9.36	77	1	1
Eric Lane	6	35	5.83	9	0	0
Tommy Kramer	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
Robert Lavette	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Bill Johnson	34	134	3.94	20	2
Larry Heater	6	18	3.00	11	1
Hubert Oliver	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tommy Kramer	39	19	209	6/45	1	27	0	73.5

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randall Cunningham	19	13	159	3/21	2	22	1	107.1

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Scott Schwedes	4	9	63	15.75	17	27	0
WR John Jefferson	3	8	36	12.00	1	23	0
TE Thornton Chandler	3	5	33	11.00	0	15	0
TE Kellen Winslow	2	5	15	7.50	0	11	0
WR Zach Thomas	2	4	18	9.00	0	10	0
RB Dalton Hilliard	2	3	11	5.50	5	8	0
WR Dwight Stone	2	3	27	13.50	1	16	1
WR Glen Kozlowski	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Larry Heater	2	2	28	14.00	12	22	0
WR Rick Parros	2	2	18	9.00	10	12	1
TE Joe Rose	2	2	14	7.00	0	11	0
WR Ernest Givins	2	2	30	15.00	14	16	0
WR Odessa Turner	2	5	40	20.00	9	22	0
RB Bill Johnson	1	2	14	14.00	3	14	1
TE Ethan Horton	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
FB Dropkick Murphy	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0
WR Danny Pittman	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB William Judson	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Tommy Kramer	1	0	0
John Jefferson	1	0	0
Hugh Green	0	1	0
Revie Sorey	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Odessa Turner	1	0	0	0
Curt Jarvis	0	1	0	1
Fred Robinson	0	1	0	0
Cleveland Elam	0	0	1	0
Lorenzo Lynch	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	7	308	44.0	35.3	60	4

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Saxon	7	334	47.7	43.3	54	4

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Bahr	1/1	0/0	0/0	39	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morten Andersen	0/2	0/2	0/1	0	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Jefferson	4	31	7.8	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Odessa Turner	2	29	14.5	0
Lorenzo Lynch	1	12	12.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Odessa Turner	3	49	16.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Antonio Gibson	7	3	0.0	30	19
DT Terry Unrien	5	1	1.0	28	15
ILB Hardy Nickerson	5	2	0.0	25	12
OLB Gary Cobb	5	0	0.0	31	18
DE Don Fielder	4	1	0.5	25	11
DT Joe Klecko	4	2	0.0	32	14
DE Lawrence Pillers	4	1	0.0	32	17
OLB Alex Moyer	4	0	0.0	9	4
DT Charlie Johnson	3	2	0.5	21	15
CB William Judson	3	0	0.0	32	10
CB Jim Burroughs	2	2	0.0	18	13
CB Sam Seale	2	0	0.0	26	12
DE Steve Hamilton	2	0	0.0	25	16
CB Allen Lyday	1	0	1.0	16	14
OLB Terry Rennaker	1	1	0.0	21	11
OLB Ravin Caldwell	1	1	0.0	17	6
OLB Hugh Green	1	0	0.0	16	10
CB Reggie Sutton	1	0	0.0	12	5
OLB Mel Owens	0	2	0.0	10	4
S Terry Wright	0	2	0.0	25	16

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Kevin Fagan	8	2	1.0	18	36
OLB Lawrence Taylor	7	0	1.0	19	41
S Greg Bright	5	0	0.0	14	38
DT Curt Jarvis	3	2	0.5	19	18
DE Tony Colorito	3	0	0.0	12	27
DE Cleveland Elam	2	1	1.5	12	23
ILB Cliff Odom	2	2	0.5	21	41
CB Gill Byrd	2	1	0.0	15	39
CB Issiac Holt	2	1	0.0	13	35
S Bob Glazebrook	2	0	0.0	10	28
OLB Chip Banks	2	0	0.0	7	8
CB Don Griffin	2	0	0.0	13	25
DE Sylvester Hicks	1	0	1.0	6	16
DT John Woodcock	1	2	0.0	10	18
CB Lorenzo Lynch	1	2	0.0	17	31
S Carl Lews	1	1	0.0	13	35
OLB Emanuel King	1	0	0.0	1	1
WR Odessa Turner	1	0	---	---	---
DE Doug McDougald	0	2	0.5	10	22
OLB Fred Robinson	0	1	0.0	3	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
CB Allen Lyday	1.0	0	0	14
DT Terry Unrien	1.0	0	0	15
DE Don Fielder	0.5	1	1	11
DT Charlie Johnson	0.5	0	0	15
OLB Gary Cobb	0.0	1	1	18
DT Joe Klecko	0.0	0	1	14

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Cleveland Elam	1.5	0	0	0	23
DE Kevin Fagan	1.0	1	2	3	36
DE Sylvester Hicks	1.0	0	3	0	16
OLB Lawrence Taylor	1.0	0	0	0	41
DT Curt Jarvis	0.5	0	1	0	18
DE Doug McDougald	0.5	0	0	0	22
ILB Cliff Odom	0.5	0	0	0	41
OLB Chip Banks	0.0	0	1	0	8

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Antonio Gibson	3	0	0	19
CB William Judson	2	0	1	10
OLB Gary Cobb	2	0	0	18
ILB Hardy Nickerson	2	0	0	12
CB Jim Burroughs	1	1	0	13
OLB Terry Rennaker	1	0	0	11
OLB Alex Moyer	1	0	0	4
OLB Ravin Caldwell	1	0	0	6
OLB Mel Owens	0	1	0	4

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Greg Bright	5	1	38
OLB Lawrence Taylor	4	0	41
CB Gill Byrd	2	1	39
CB Issiac Holt	2	1	35
S Bob Glazebrook	2	0	28
CB Don Griffin	2	0	25
DE Kevin Fagan	1	0	36
CB Lorenzo Lynch	1	0	31
OLB Chip Banks	0	1	8

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dan Alexander	3	5	0	17	0	34
Revie Sorey	2	4	0	10	0	25
Curt Marsh	2	4	0	20	0	41
Derrel Gofourth	2	3	1	21	0	40
Dean Steinkuhler	1	3	0	19	3	38
Thornton Chandler	1	1	0	13	0	22
Jeff Criswell	0	1	0	20	2	34
Karl Baldischwiler	0	0	0	3	1	13

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeff Dellenbach	2	9	1	36	0	14
Ed Simmons	2	6	0	36	1	19
John Tautolo	2	5	0	30	1	17
Ron McNair	2	5	0	30	0	21
Hubert Oliver	2	3	0	29	0	19
Tremain Rogers	1	3	0	21	0	7
Ethan Horton	1	2	1	29	0	15
Joe Rose	1	2	0	18	0	12
Dan Fike	1	1	0	12	1	8
Ron Baker	0	4	0	31	0	15
Dropkick Murphy	0	1	0	10	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Allen Lyday	3	16
Glen Kozlowski	1	16
Jeff Criswell	1	8
Revie Sorey	1	7

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Larry Heater	1	24
Lorenzo Lynch	1	16
Hubert Oliver	1	15
Ron Baker	1	9

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Derrel Gofourth	21	40	---	---	6	67
Tommy Kramer	22	45	---	---	---	67
Jeff Criswell	20	34	---	---	8	62
Curt Marsh	20	41	---	---	---	61
Kellen Winslow	17	31	---	---	12	60
Dan Alexander	17	34	---	---	8	59
Dean Steinkuhler	19	38	---	---	---	57
John Jefferson	13	31	---	---	11	55
Antonio Gibson	---	---	30	19	3	52
Lawrence Pillers	---	---	32	17	2	51
Gary Cobb	---	---	31	18	1	50
William Judson	---	---	32	10	7	49
Thornton Chandler	13	22	---	---	14	49
Dalton Hilliard	16	31	---	---	2	49
Joe Klecko	---	---	32	14	1	47
Jim Burroughs	---	---	18	13	16	47
Allen Lyday	---	---	16	14	16	46
Robert Lavette	16	24	---	---	4	44
Terry Unrien	---	---	28	15	1	44
Terry Wright	---	---	25	16	3	44
Don Fielder	---	---	25	11	7	43
Steve Hamilton	---	---	25	16	2	43
Scott Schwedes	10	20	---	---	13	43
Revie Sorey	10	25	---	---	7	42
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	25	12	4	41
Sam Seale	---	---	26	12	1	39
Charlie Johnson	---	---	21	15	2	38
Terry Rennaker	---	---	21	11	5	37
Hugh Green	---	---	16	10	5	31
Zach Thomas	8	18	---	---	1	27
Alex Moyer	---	---	9	4	14	27
Ravin Caldwell	---	---	17	6	4	27
Dwight Stone	7	17	---	---	3	27
Glen Kozlowski	0	9	---	---	16	25
Karl Baldischwiler	3	13	---	---	8	24
Eric Lane	7	6	---	---	11	24
Mel Owens	---	---	10	4	8	22
Tommie Agee	3	8	---	---	10	21
Jamie Mueller	0	8	---	---	12	20
Reggie Sutton	---	---	12	5	3	20
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ken Rose	---	---	0	0	7	7
Chris Bahr	0	0	---	---	5	5
Don Graham	---	---	0	0	4	4
Ed Luther	0	0	---	---	---	0
Sean Salisbury	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cliff Odom	---	---	21	41	2	64
Lorenzo Lynch	---	---	17	31	16	64
Hubert Oliver	29	19	---	---	15	63
Lawrence Taylor	---	---	19	41	3	63
Gill Byrd	---	---	15	39	9	63
Randall Cunningham	41	22	---	---	---	63
Jeff Dellenbach	36	14	---	---	7	57
John Tautolo	30	17	---	---	9	56
Ron Baker	31	15	---	---	9	55
Kevin Fagan	---	---	18	36	1	55
Don Griffin	---	---	13	25	17	55
Ed Simmons	36	19	---	---	---	55
Greg Bright	---	---	14	38	---	52
Bill Johnson	35	16	---	---	---	51
Ron McNair	30	21	---	---	---	51
Issiac Holt	---	---	13	35	1	49
Carl Lews	---	---	13	35	1	49
Ernest Givins	33	16	---	---	---	49
Odessa Turner	18	10	---	---	20	48
Joe Rose	18	12	---	---	17	47
Ethan Horton	29	15	---	---	2	46
Tony Colorito	---	---	12	27	2	41
Cleveland Elam	---	---	12	23	5	40
Bob Glazebrook	---	---	10	28	2	40
Curt Jarvis	---	---	19	18	1	38
Tremain Rogers	21	7	---	---	9	37
Larry Heater	6	6	---	---	24	36
Doug McDougald	---	---	10	22	3	35
John Woodcock	---	---	10	18	2	30
Mike Kelley	9	9	---	---	9	27
Sylvester Hicks	---	---	6	16	4	26
Fred Robinson	---	---	3	4	17	24
Dropkick Murphy	10	5	---	---	9	24
Danny Pittman	18	5	---	---	---	23
Chip Banks	---	---	7	8	7	22
Dan Fike	12	8	---	---	---	20
Eric Wilson	---	---	8	7	3	18
John Floyd	4	0	---	---	12	16
Kris Haines	0	0	---	---	14	14
Rick Parros	5	6	---	---	---	11
Kurt Gouveia	---	---	1	2	6	9
Mike Saxon	0	0	---	---	7	7
Morten Andersen	0	0	---	---	6	6
Emanuel King	---	---	1	1	2	4
Steve Joachim	0	0	---	---	2	2
Warren Moon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	38	4.8
Middle	7	31	4.4
Right	7	104	14.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	16	64	4.0
Middle	11	25	2.3
Right	14	63	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tommy Kramer	39	19	2	5	2	4	7	3	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randall Cunningham	19	13	2	1	0	2	2	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	54	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	20	10	132	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	23	3.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	12	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	87	7.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	38	9.5
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	22	22.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Scott Schwedes	9	4	0	63	1	20
WR John Jefferson	8	3	2	36	1	31
TE Kellen Winslow	5	2	0	15	0	31
TE Thornton Chandler	5	3	0	33	0	22
WR Zach Thomas	4	2	0	18	0	18
RB Dalton Hilliard	3	2	0	11	0	31
WR Dwight Stone	3	2	0	27	0	17
WR Glen Kozlowski	1	1	0	6	0	9

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Odessa Turner	5	2	40	1	10
RB Larry Heater	2	2	28	1	6
WR Rick Parros	2	2	18	0	6
WR Danny Pittman	2	0	0	0	5
TE Joe Rose	2	2	14	0	12
RB Bill Johnson	2	1	14	0	16
WR Ernest Givins	2	2	30	0	16
TE Ethan Horton	1	1	6	0	15
FB Dropkick Murphy	1	1	9	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bill Johnson	2	7	3.50	3.94

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tommy Kramer	3	1	16	5.33	5.36

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randall Cunningham	2	2	26	13.00	8.37

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Kellen Winslow	1	0	0	0.00	3.00
WR Zach Thomas	1	0	0	0.00	4.50
WR Dwight Stone	1	1	16	16.00	9.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rick Parros	1	1	12	12.00	9.00
RB Bill Johnson	1	1	14	14.00	7.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Lavette	1	1
Dalton Hilliard	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Bill Johnson	6	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tommy Kramer	11	6	4

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randall Cunningham	7	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Scott Schwedes	5	3	2
RB Dalton Hilliard	2	1	1
WR John Jefferson	1	0	0
TE Kellen Winslow	1	0	0
TE Thornton Chandler	1	1	1
WR Glen Kozlowski	1	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Odessa Turner	3	2	2
TE Joe Rose	2	2	1
RB Larry Heater	1	1	1
RB Bill Johnson	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 40,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,200 (21,400)
End Zone 8,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 4,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 7,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,700 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	40,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,200 (21,400)
End Zone	8,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	4,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	7,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,700 (3,300)