Week 11, 1988

played in New Orleans, LA

60 degrees, fair, calm

Atlanta Falcons	3	0	0	6	-	9
New Orleans Saints	3	3	10	0	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:01 NOS - Morten Andersen 48 field goal
1Q: 00:35 ATL - Steve De Line 26 field goal
2Q: 02:15 NOS - Morten Andersen 53 field goal
3Q: 06:01 NOS - Morten Andersen 27 field goal
3Q: 01:48 NOS - Earl Campbell 3 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 11:19 ATL - Glen Kozlowski 38 pass from Sean Salisbury (Steve De Line extra point failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:01 NOS - Morten Andersen 48 field goal
1Q: 00:35 ATL - Steve De Line 26 field goal
2Q: 02:15 NOS - Morten Andersen 53 field goal
3Q: 06:01 NOS - Morten Andersen 27 field goal
3Q: 01:48 NOS - Earl Campbell 3 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 11:19 ATL - Glen Kozlowski 38 pass from Sean Salisbury (Steve De Line extra point failed)

Team Statistics ATL NOS
Record 0-10 5-5
First Downs 16 20
- by Rushing 5 14
- by Passing 9 6
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 279 367
- Offensive Plays 56 80
- Yards per Play 4.98 4.59
Net Rushing Yards 100 229
- Rushing Attempts 20 49
- Yards per Rush 5.00 4.67
Net Passing Yards 179 138
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 14 - 3 31 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 179 138
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.97 4.45
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 10/21
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 5.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 0/0 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 1/14 3/43
Kick Returns/Yards 2/60 2/53
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 33
Time of Possession 22:08 37:52

Team Statistics	ATL	NOS
Record	0-10	5-5
First Downs	16	20
- by Rushing	5	14
- by Passing	9	6
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	279	367
- Offensive Plays	56	80
- Yards per Play	4.98	4.59
Net Rushing Yards	100	229
- Rushing Attempts	20	49
- Yards per Rush	5.00	4.67
Net Passing Yards	179	138
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 14 - 3	31 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	179	138
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.97	4.45
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	10/21
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	5.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	0/0	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	1/14	3/43
Kick Returns/Yards	2/60	2/53
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 33
Time of Possession	22:08	37:52

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:14	1:19	OWN 24	4	15	Punt
1	9:09	1:27	OWN 4	5	34	Interception
1	4:56	2:10	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
1	2:46	2:19	OPP 22	6	13	Field Goal
2	12:07	6:51	OWN 5	15	53	Punt
2	2:08	0:57	OWN 20	6	12	Punt
2	0:24	0:24	OWN 3	1	46	Half
3	15:00	1:37	OWN 20	4	15	Punt
3	5:56	1:08	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	1:40	0:29	OWN 40	1	0	Interception
4	11:57	0:54	OWN 38	2	62	Touchdown
4	8:14	2:29	OWN 20	7	41	Interception

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:46	OWN 29	3	4	Punt
1	11:55	1:31	OWN 18	3	9	Punt
1	10:24	1:15	OPP 46	3	-1	Punt
1	7:42	2:46	OWN 36	6	33	Field Goal
1	0:27	3:20	OWN 42	6	20	Punt
2	5:16	3:08	OWN 20	9	44	Field Goal
2	1:11	0:47	OWN 41	4	12	Punt
3	13:23	7:27	OWN 18	14	72	Field Goal
3	4:48	3:08	OWN 44	7	56	Touchdown
3	1:11	4:14	OWN 42	8	27	Missed FG
4	11:03	2:49	OWN 20	6	29	Punt
4	5:45	5:45	OWN 35	11	42	Game

Game MVP: Bill Johnson, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Thurman Thomas	14	64	4.57	24	2
Jamie Mueller	5	31	6.20	8	0
Sean Salisbury	1	5	5.00	5	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bill Johnson	30	145	4.83	25	5	0
Earl Campbell	13	42	3.23	10	1	1
Randall Cunningham	6	42	7.00	12	2	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Sean Salisbury	36	14	179	0/0	1	46	3	29.7

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randall Cunningham	31	16	138	0/0	0	23	0	63.6

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Scott Schwedes	5	8	33	6.60	0	13	0
WR Kelvin Edwards	3	10	20	6.67	0	14	0
WR Glen Kozlowski	3	6	97	32.33	15	46	1
RB Thurman Thomas	3	4	29	9.67	4	11	0
WR Dwight Stone	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Ferrell Edmunds	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Ickey Woods	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Ernest Givins	4	11	55	13.75	15	23
RB Earl Campbell	2	2	7	3.50	6	5
RB Bill Johnson	2	2	11	5.50	4	8
TE Ethan Horton	2	2	13	6.50	1	7
TE Damone Johnson	2	4	26	13.00	0	20
WR Odessa Turner	2	3	14	7.00	2	8
WR Rick Parros	1	3	3	3.00	3	3
WR Buster Rhymes	1	4	9	9.00	0	9

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Gill Byrd	2	0	0.00	0
S Jim Perryman	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jarvis Williams	1	0	0
Brock Turk	0	1	0
Thurman Thomas	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Odessa Turner	1	0	0
Lorenzo Lynch	0	1	0
David Jones	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	6	280	46.7	36.2	53	3

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Saxon	6	255	42.5	36.8	51	3

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Steve De Line	1/1	0/0	0/0	26	0/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morten Andersen	3/4	2/3	1/1	53	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jarvis Williams	1	14	14.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Odessa Turner	3	43	14.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kelvin Edwards	1	23	23.0	0
Glen Kozlowski	1	37	37.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lorenzo Lynch	1	26	26.0	0
Odessa Turner	1	27	27.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Don Graham	12	1	0.0	27	23
OLB Brett Faryniarz	7	2	0.0	38	24
S Rickey Dixon	5	2	0.0	41	22
ILB Hardy Nickerson	5	1	0.0	26	10
S Terry Wright	5	1	0.0	28	24
DE Curtis Maxie	4	0	0.0	32	20
S Rich Johnson	4	0	0.0	13	12
CB Jarvis Williams	3	1	0.0	43	28
OLB Alex Moyer	3	0	0.0	28	22
CB Brian Marvin	2	3	0.0	34	24
OLB Ken Rose	2	2	0.0	22	8
DE Don Fielder	2	1	0.0	17	11
OLB Tom Hughes	2	0	0.0	17	5
DT Deangelo Hall	1	3	0.0	27	14
DT Mickey Mestnik	1	2	0.0	23	17
DE Steve Hamilton	1	1	0.0	29	14
CB Reggie Sutton	1	1	0.0	37	21
WR Kelvin Edwards	1	0	---	---	---
WR Glen Kozlowski	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Scott Burman	1	0	0.0	11	8
DE Reggie Rogers	1	0	0.0	20	17
TE Ferrell Edmunds	1	0	---	---	---
CB Quintin Jones	1	0	0.0	26	17

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Cliff Odom	8	2	19	35
ILB Kurt Gouveia	5	0	9	9
OLB Lawrence Taylor	3	0	17	26
OLB Emanuel King	3	0	15	16
CB Gill Byrd	2	1	15	29
OLB Fred Robinson	2	1	6	13
CB Lee Davis	2	0	10	16
S Jim Perryman	1	2	16	30
DT Curt Jarvis	1	2	8	21
S Carl Lews	1	1	14	27
DE Tony Colorito	1	1	12	15
OLB Chip Banks	1	0	6	7
CB Issiac Holt	1	0	1	14
DE Kevin Fagan	1	0	12	19
CB Don Griffin	1	0	14	31
DE Ron Holmes	0	1	11	21
CB Lorenzo Lynch	0	1	12	26
DE Pierce Holt	0	1	17	32

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Don Fielder	1	0	11
S Rich Johnson	1	0	12
DE Reggie Rogers	0	2	17
OLB Brett Faryniarz	0	2	24
DE Curtis Maxie	0	1	20

New Orleans	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Pierce Holt	1	2	1	32
DE Kevin Fagan	0	2	3	19
DE Ron Holmes	0	2	0	21
OLB Emanuel King	0	2	0	16

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Don Graham	5	1	23
S Terry Wright	2	1	24
CB Jarvis Williams	2	0	28
CB Reggie Sutton	1	1	21
CB Quintin Jones	1	1	17
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	10
OLB Ken Rose	1	0	8
OLB Brett Faryniarz	1	0	24
S Rich Johnson	1	0	12
DT Deangelo Hall	1	0	14

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Cliff Odom	4	1	0	35
ILB Kurt Gouveia	2	0	0	9
CB Gill Byrd	1	2	2	29
S Carl Lews	1	2	0	27
S Jim Perryman	1	0	1	30
OLB Lawrence Taylor	1	0	0	26
OLB Fred Robinson	1	0	0	13
CB Lee Davis	1	0	0	16
CB Issiac Holt	1	0	0	14
OLB Emanuel King	1	0	0	16
DE Kevin Fagan	0	1	0	19
CB Don Griffin	0	1	0	31

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Houston Hoover	3	7	0	20	36
Bill Monger	2	4	0	20	36
Ickey Woods	2	3	1	10	9
Jeff Criswell	1	1	0	20	36
Dermontti Dawson	0	3	0	18	35
Don Panos	0	1	0	20	36

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Jeff Dellenbach	4	9	0	41	28
David Jones	4	8	0	36	28
Ron McNair	3	5	0	37	27
Rick Donnalley	2	12	1	45	29
Ethan Horton	1	2	1	42	26
Ed Simmons	1	2	0	18	8
Damone Johnson	1	1	0	16	9
Tony Jones	0	2	0	41	27
Dropkick Murphy	0	1	0	29	21
Craig Heyward	0	1	0	17	4

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Glen Kozlowski	1	19
Alex Moyer	1	16
Derek Tennell	1	10
Brian Marvin	1	10
Thurman Thomas	1	7

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Damone Johnson	1	18
Danny Pittman	1	15
David Jones	1	10

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jarvis Williams	---	---	43	28	10	81
Rickey Dixon	---	---	41	22	16	79
Brian Marvin	---	---	34	24	10	68
Alex Moyer	---	---	28	22	16	66
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	38	24	3	65
Jeff Criswell	20	36	---	---	7	63
Terry Wright	---	---	28	24	11	63
Don Panos	20	36	---	---	7	63
Houston Hoover	20	36	---	---	7	63
Reggie Sutton	---	---	37	21	4	62
Glen Kozlowski	11	26	---	---	19	56
Sean Salisbury	20	36	---	---	---	56
Bill Monger	20	36	---	---	---	56
Don Graham	---	---	27	23	4	54
Dermontti Dawson	18	35	---	---	---	53
Curtis Maxie	---	---	32	20	1	53
Kelvin Edwards	15	30	---	---	7	52
Steve Hamilton	---	---	29	14	4	47
Quintin Jones	---	---	26	17	3	46
Thurman Thomas	14	23	---	---	7	44
Deangelo Hall	---	---	27	14	3	44
Mickey Mestnik	---	---	23	17	2	42
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	26	10	4	40
Reggie Rogers	---	---	20	17	3	40
Don Fielder	---	---	17	11	11	39
Ken Rose	---	---	22	8	5	35
Jamie Mueller	6	13	---	---	15	34
Ferrell Edmunds	13	21	---	---	---	34
Scott Schwedes	12	21	---	---	---	33
Dwight Stone	8	16	---	---	7	31
Scott Burman	---	---	11	8	8	27
Rich Johnson	---	---	13	12	2	27
Ickey Woods	10	9	---	---	6	25
Tom Hughes	---	---	17	5	3	25
Derek Tennell	4	8	---	---	10	22
Flip Johnson	2	6	---	---	9	17
Brian Kinchen	5	7	---	---	5	17
Thornton Chandler	0	0	---	---	15	15
Brock Turk	0	0	---	---	13	13
Gerald Bennett	2	1	---	---	7	10
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	7	7
Steve De Line	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jeff Kemp	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bob Olderman	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chris Chandler	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rick Donnalley	45	29	---	---	10	84
Randall Cunningham	49	31	---	---	---	80
Jeff Dellenbach	41	28	---	---	10	79
David Jones	36	28	---	---	10	74
Ethan Horton	42	26	---	---	6	74
Ernest Givins	45	28	---	---	---	73
Tony Jones	41	27	---	---	---	68
Ron McNair	37	27	---	---	---	64
Dropkick Murphy	29	21	---	---	7	57
Earl Campbell	16	15	---	---	24	55
Cliff Odom	---	---	19	35	1	55
Jim Perryman	---	---	16	30	8	54
Lorenzo Lynch	---	---	12	26	16	54
Don Griffin	---	---	14	31	8	53
Odessa Turner	20	14	---	---	16	50
Pierce Holt	---	---	17	32	1	50
Bill Johnson	33	16	---	---	---	49
Gill Byrd	---	---	15	29	1	45
Todd Kalis	27	8	---	---	10	45
Lawrence Taylor	---	---	17	26	---	43
Damone Johnson	16	9	---	---	18	43
Carl Lews	---	---	14	27	1	42
Ron Holmes	---	---	11	21	7	39
Ed Simmons	18	8	---	---	10	36
Kevin Fagan	---	---	12	19	3	34
Rick Parros	11	8	---	---	14	33
Lee Davis	---	---	10	16	7	33
Chip Banks	---	---	6	7	19	32
Craig Heyward	17	4	---	---	11	32
Emanuel King	---	---	15	16	---	31
Buster Rhymes	16	13	---	---	---	29
Tony Colorito	---	---	12	15	2	29
Curt Jarvis	---	---	8	21	---	29
Kurt Gouveia	---	---	9	9	6	24
Fred Robinson	---	---	6	13	3	22
Greg Bright	---	---	6	9	1	16
Issiac Holt	---	---	1	14	1	16
Danny Pittman	0	0	---	---	15	15
Morten Andersen	0	0	---	---	9	9
Mike Saxon	0	0	---	---	6	6
Eric Wilson	---	---	0	0	6	6
Steve Fuller	0	0	---	---	4	4
Andrew Provence	---	---	0	0	2	2
Tory Nixon	---	---	0	0	2	2
Kenny Jackson	0	1	---	---	---	1
Steve Joachim	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	25	3.6
Middle	6	23	3.8
Right	7	52	7.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	43	5.4
Middle	34	180	5.3
Right	6	7	1.2
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Sean Salisbury	36	14	2	2	1	7	8	4	3

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randall Cunningham	31	16	2	1	3	4	5	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	9	55	2.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	3	40	6.7
Long (19+ Yds)	9	2	84	9.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	16	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	8	69	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	3	33	3.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	20	6.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kelvin Edwards	10	3	1	20	0	30
WR Scott Schwedes	8	5	0	33	0	21
WR Glen Kozlowski	6	3	0	97	2	26
RB Thurman Thomas	4	3	0	29	0	23
WR Dwight Stone	3	0	0	0	0	16
TE Ferrell Edmunds	3	0	0	0	0	21
FB Ickey Woods	2	0	0	0	0	9

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ernest Givins	11	4	3	55	1	28
TE Damone Johnson	4	2	0	26	1	9
WR Buster Rhymes	4	1	0	9	0	13
WR Rick Parros	3	1	0	3	0	8
WR Odessa Turner	3	2	0	14	0	14
RB Earl Campbell	2	2	0	7	0	15
RB Bill Johnson	2	2	0	11	0	16
TE Ethan Horton	2	2	0	13	0	26

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Thurman Thomas	1	-1	-1.00	4.57

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Earl Campbell	1	3	3.00	3.23
Bill Johnson	1	1	1.00	4.83
Randall Cunningham	1	12	12.00	7.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Sean Salisbury	2	0	0	0.00	4.97

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randall Cunningham	3	1	7	2.33	4.45

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kelvin Edwards	1	0	0	0.00	2.00
RB Thurman Thomas	1	0	0	0.00	7.25

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ethan Horton	1	1	7	7.00	6.50
TE Damone Johnson	1	0	0	0.00	6.50
WR Ernest Givins	1	0	0	0.00	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Sean Salisbury	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Bill Johnson	8	7
Earl Campbell	1	1
Randall Cunningham	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Sean Salisbury	13	5	5

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randall Cunningham	11	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kelvin Edwards	3	0	0
RB Thurman Thomas	3	3	3
WR Glen Kozlowski	2	1	1
WR Scott Schwedes	2	1	1
WR Dwight Stone	2	0	0
TE Ferrell Edmunds	1	0	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ernest Givins	5	0	0
WR Buster Rhymes	2	1	1
WR Rick Parros	1	1	0
RB Bill Johnson	1	1	0
TE Damone Johnson	1	0	0
WR Odessa Turner	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 39,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 12,800 (21,400)
End Zone 8,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 4,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 7,400 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,500 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	39,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	12,800 (21,400)
End Zone	8,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	4,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	7,400 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,500 (3,300)