Week 11, 1989

played in New Orleans, LA

64 degrees, rain, 13 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	7	0	7	7	-	21
New Orleans Saints	7	14	7	0	-	28

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:23 NOS - Hubert Oliver 13 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
1Q: 00:02 ATL - Patrick Egu 1 run (Steve De Line extra point)
2Q: 13:43 NOS - Bill Johnson 22 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
2Q: 08:59 NOS - Ernest Givins 18 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
3Q: 11:30 ATL - Dwight Stone 10 pass from Chris Chandler (Steve De Line extra point)
3Q: 04:40 NOS - Ernest Givins 17 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 01:46 ATL - Thurman Thomas 2 pass from Chris Chandler (Steve De Line extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:23 NOS - Hubert Oliver 13 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
1Q: 00:02 ATL - Patrick Egu 1 run (Steve De Line extra point)
2Q: 13:43 NOS - Bill Johnson 22 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
2Q: 08:59 NOS - Ernest Givins 18 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
3Q: 11:30 ATL - Dwight Stone 10 pass from Chris Chandler (Steve De Line extra point)
3Q: 04:40 NOS - Ernest Givins 17 pass from Randall Cunningham (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 01:46 ATL - Thurman Thomas 2 pass from Chris Chandler (Steve De Line extra point)

Team Statistics ATL NOS
Record 5-5 4-6
First Downs 17 21
- by Rushing 2 9
- by Passing 14 11
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 322 353
- Offensive Plays 68 65
- Yards per Play 4.74 5.43
Net Rushing Yards 30 211
- Rushing Attempts 15 37
- Yards per Rush 2.00 5.70
Net Passing Yards 292 142
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 48 - 26 - 1 26 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 323 151
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/31 2/9
- Yards per Pass Play 5.51 5.07
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/17 8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.6 8.0
4th Down Conversions 4/4 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/40 4/33
Punt Returns/Yards 2/21 4/19
Kick Returns/Yards 2/36 3/40
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/3
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 25
Time of Possession 28:05 31:55

Team Statistics	ATL	NOS
Record	5-5	4-6
First Downs	17	21
- by Rushing	2	9
- by Passing	14	11
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	322	353
- Offensive Plays	68	65
- Yards per Play	4.74	5.43
Net Rushing Yards	30	211
- Rushing Attempts	15	37
- Yards per Rush	2.00	5.70
Net Passing Yards	292	142
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	48 - 26 - 1	26 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	323	151
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/31	2/9
- Yards per Pass Play	5.51	5.07
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/17	8/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.6	8.0
4th Down Conversions	4/4	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/40	4/33
Punt Returns/Yards	2/21	4/19
Kick Returns/Yards	2/36	3/40
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/3
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 25
Time of Possession	28:05	31:55

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:14	8:14	OWN 20	14	80	Touchdown
2	13:26	2:23	OWN 22	3	-10	Punt
2	8:49	1:17	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	1:40	1:02	OWN 42	3	6	Punt
3	15:00	3:37	OWN 25	10	75	Touchdown
3	4:33	1:24	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
3	1:48	1:48	OWN 24	4	16	Punt
4	13:31	2:17	OWN 41	4	11	Punt
4	9:26	0:22	OWN 29	2	0	Interception
4	8:07	2:09	OWN 20	4	14	Punt
4	3:27	1:47	OWN 23	10	77	Touchdown
4	1:13	1:13	OWN 42	8	23	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:46	OWN 23	11	77	Touchdown
2	15:00	1:34	OWN 31	3	69	Touchdown
2	11:03	2:14	OPP 43	5	43	Touchdown
2	7:32	5:52	OWN 14	14	56	Missed FG
2	0:38	0:38	OWN 5	2	4	Half
3	11:23	6:50	OWN 17	12	83	Touchdown
3	3:09	1:21	OWN 32	3	-4	Punt
4	15:00	1:29	OWN 14	3	7	Punt
4	11:14	1:48	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
4	9:04	0:57	OWN 47	3	1	Punt
4	5:58	2:31	OWN 31	3	4	Punt
4	1:40	0:27	OWN 20	3	2	Punt

Game MVP: Pierce Holt, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Thurman Thomas	10	24	2.40	11	1	0
Patrick Egu	5	6	1.20	6	0	1

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bill Johnson	20	89	4.45	22	3	1
Ottis Anderson	13	98	7.54	47	2	0
Hubert Oliver	2	14	7.00	13	1	1
Randall Cunningham	1	7	7.00	7	0	0
Craig Heyward	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Chris Chandler	48	26	323	5/31	2	50	1	80.4

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randall Cunningham	26	15	151	2/9	2	18	0	100.0

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Thurman Thomas	8	12	37	4.63	7	9	1
WR Stephone Paige	6	9	112	18.67	7	31	0
WR Webster Slaughter	3	8	53	17.67	10	26	0
WR Dwight Stone	3	4	23	7.67	3	10	1
TE Brian Kinchen	2	2	20	10.00	0	13	0
RB Patrick Egu	2	2	62	31.00	51	50	0
TE Jonathan Hayes	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
FB Ickey Woods	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Robb Thomas	0	5	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ernest Givins	5	7	62	12.40	11	18	2
WR Rick Parros	3	5	18	6.00	3	9	0
RB Bill Johnson	2	3	24	12.00	11	13	0
WR Odessa Turner	2	4	20	10.00	0	15	0
RB Ottis Anderson	1	1	11	11.00	1	11	0
FB Hubert Oliver	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Buster Rhymes	1	3	8	8.00	4	8	0
TE Ethan Horton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Jimmie Johnson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Marcus Paul	1	3	3.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	7	327	46.7	41.1	54	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Saxon	6	282	47.0	40.2	59	1

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Steve De Line	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morten Andersen	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stephone Paige	1	11	11.0	0
Jarvis Williams	1	10	10.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ottis Anderson	3	8	2.7	0
Greg Bright	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stephone Paige	1	19	19.0	0
Glen Kozlowski	1	17	17.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ottis Anderson	3	40	13.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Derrick Thomas	7	0	1.0	29	27
ILB Hardy Nickerson	5	1	0.0	14	13
OLB Brett Faryniarz	4	4	0.0	21	16
CB Jarvis Williams	4	2	0.0	33	25
OLB Alex Moyer	4	0	0.0	9	8
ILB Rob McGovern	3	3	0.0	25	18
S Bubba McDowell	3	2	0.0	34	23
OLB Ravin Caldwell	3	1	0.0	10	1
DE Marvin Washington	3	0	0.0	31	25
DE Dennis Byrd	2	3	0.5	32	17
CB Stan Petry	2	1	0.0	27	18
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	2	1	0.0	12	10
S Terry Wright	2	0	0.0	20	16
S Rickey Dixon	2	0	0.0	11	10
DT Kevin Kellin	1	3	0.5	26	13
CB Quintin Jones	1	2	0.0	25	15
DE Don Fielder	1	1	0.0	5	11
WR Stephone Paige	1	0	---	---	---
DE Curtis Maxie	1	0	0.0	17	18
CB Reggie Sutton	0	1	0.0	26	24

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Greg Bright	6	0	0.0	10	39
DE Pierce Holt	5	2	2.5	15	45
ILB Cliff Odom	5	1	0.5	14	48
OLB Lawrence Taylor	4	1	0.0	9	29
CB Gill Byrd	4	1	0.0	13	37
S Marcus Paul	4	1	0.0	13	50
DE Tony Colorito	3	0	0.5	11	25
CB Lorenzo Lynch	3	0	0.5	12	38
OLB Chip Banks	3	0	0.0	10	25
OLB Wes Pritchett	2	1	0.5	4	11
S Greg Jackson	2	0	0.0	6	33
DT Curt Jarvis	1	0	0.5	9	31
CB Tory Nixon	1	3	0.0	6	43
DT Andrew Provence	0	2	0.0	7	18
DE Ron Holmes	0	1	0.0	14	51

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Derrick Thomas	1.0	0	4	1	27
DT Kevin Kellin	0.5	1	0	0	13
DE Dennis Byrd	0.5	0	1	1	17

New Orleans	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Pierce Holt	2.5	3	2	45
DE Tony Colorito	0.5	1	0	25
ILB Cliff Odom	0.5	0	0	48
DT Curt Jarvis	0.5	0	0	31
CB Lorenzo Lynch	0.5	0	0	38
OLB Wes Pritchett	0.5	0	0	11
DE Ron Holmes	0.0	3	1	51
S Greg Bright	0.0	1	0	39
DT Andrew Provence	0.0	1	0	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Rob McGovern	3	0	18
CB Stan Petry	3	0	18
OLB Alex Moyer	2	0	8
ILB Hardy Nickerson	2	0	13
S Bubba McDowell	1	1	23
S Terry Wright	1	0	16
S Rickey Dixon	1	0	10
DE Marvin Washington	1	0	25
OLB Derrick Thomas	1	0	27
OLB Brett Faryniarz	0	2	16
CB Quintin Jones	0	2	15

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Greg Bright	6	0	0	39
CB Gill Byrd	4	2	0	37
OLB Lawrence Taylor	4	0	0	29
ILB Cliff Odom	3	1	0	48
OLB Chip Banks	3	1	0	25
S Greg Jackson	2	0	0	33
S Marcus Paul	1	1	1	50
CB Tory Nixon	1	0	0	43
CB Lorenzo Lynch	1	0	0	38
OLB Wes Pritchett	1	0	0	11
S Carl Lews	0	1	0	31
DT Curt Jarvis	0	1	0	31

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dermontti Dawson	1	5	15	1	50
Jeff Criswell	1	4	15	0	48
Bob Olderman	0	2	9	1	33
Lenny Robinson	0	2	12	1	40
Jonathan Hayes	0	1	9	0	30
Doug Widell	0	1	8	0	25
Houston Hoover	0	0	13	1	48
Mark Stepnoski	0	0	3	1	18

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rick Donnalley	4	8	0	31	0	26
Keith Slough	3	9	0	29	0	18
Jeff Dellenbach	2	7	3	31	0	26
Ed Simmons	2	5	0	27	0	17
Mike Kelley	1	4	0	14	0	12
Craig Heyward	1	1	0	10	0	10
Todd Kalis	0	2	0	15	0	12
Tony Jones	0	1	0	32	2	27

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Rickey Dixon	2	17
Terry Wright	1	21
Glen Kozlowski	1	17
Ickey Woods	1	14
Derek Tennell	1	13
Reggie Sutton	1	5

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Greg Jackson	2	11
Emanuel King	1	14
Carl Lews	1	8

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Chris Chandler	15	53	---	---	---	68
Dermontti Dawson	15	50	---	---	---	65
Jarvis Williams	---	---	33	25	6	64
Jeff Criswell	15	48	---	---	---	63
Marvin Washington	---	---	31	25	7	63
Houston Hoover	13	48	---	---	---	61
Bubba McDowell	---	---	34	23	2	59
Stephone Paige	11	38	---	---	9	58
Terry Wright	---	---	20	16	21	57
Derrick Thomas	---	---	29	27	1	57
Reggie Sutton	---	---	26	24	5	55
Robb Thomas	11	44	---	---	---	55
Thurman Thomas	10	41	---	---	1	52
Lenny Robinson	12	40	---	---	---	52
Dennis Byrd	---	---	32	17	1	50
Bob Olderman	9	33	---	---	7	49
Stan Petry	---	---	27	18	1	46
Webster Slaughter	8	31	---	---	5	44
Dwight Stone	8	22	---	---	14	44
Rob McGovern	---	---	25	18	1	44
Quintin Jones	---	---	25	15	1	41
Curtis Maxie	---	---	17	18	6	41
Kevin Kellin	---	---	26	13	1	40
Doug Widell	8	25	---	---	7	40
Jonathan Hayes	9	30	---	---	---	39
Rickey Dixon	---	---	11	10	17	38
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	21	16	---	37
Ickey Woods	5	18	---	---	14	37
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	14	13	6	33
Patrick Egu	5	12	---	---	15	32
Alex Moyer	---	---	9	8	13	30
Mark Stepnoski	3	18	---	---	7	28
Brian Kinchen	6	19	---	---	1	26
Jerry Olsavsky	---	---	12	10	4	26
Glen Kozlowski	0	6	---	---	17	23
Ravin Caldwell	---	---	10	1	9	20
Don Fielder	---	---	5	11	---	16
Thornton Chandler	0	1	---	---	15	16
Derek Tennell	0	0	---	---	13	13
Derrick Fenner	2	3	---	---	8	13
Tyler Houston	0	3	---	---	7	10
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	7	7
Steve De Line	0	0	---	---	4	4
Vince Evans	0	0	---	---	---	0
Sean Salisbury	0	0	---	---	---	0
Paul Green	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Holmes	---	---	14	51	7	72
Cliff Odom	---	---	14	48	3	65
Randall Cunningham	37	28	---	---	---	65
Tory Nixon	---	---	6	43	14	63
Marcus Paul	---	---	13	50	---	63
Jeff Dellenbach	31	26	---	---	3	60
Pierce Holt	---	---	15	45	---	60
Rick Donnalley	31	26	---	---	2	59
Ethan Horton	26	23	---	---	10	59
Tony Jones	32	27	---	---	---	59
Ottis Anderson	16	17	---	---	23	56
Greg Bright	---	---	10	39	6	55
Keith Slough	29	18	---	---	6	53
Gill Byrd	---	---	13	37	2	52
Lorenzo Lynch	---	---	12	38	---	50
Greg Jackson	---	---	6	33	11	50
Hubert Oliver	21	15	---	---	10	46
Carl Lews	---	---	6	31	8	45
Ed Simmons	27	17	---	---	---	44
Ernest Givins	24	19	---	---	---	43
Curt Jarvis	---	---	9	31	---	40
Lawrence Taylor	---	---	9	29	1	39
Tony Colorito	---	---	11	25	2	38
Chip Banks	---	---	10	25	1	36
Odessa Turner	20	16	---	---	---	36
Rick Parros	20	15	---	---	---	35
Bill Johnson	21	11	---	---	3	35
Todd Kalis	15	12	---	---	7	34
Wes Pritchett	---	---	4	11	19	34
Mike Kelley	14	12	---	---	7	33
Craig Heyward	10	10	---	---	13	33
Jimmie Johnson	8	5	---	---	16	29
Andrew Provence	---	---	7	18	1	26
Buster Rhymes	17	9	---	---	---	26
Ryan Johnson	---	---	3	22	---	25
Kenny Jackson	2	0	---	---	17	19
David Jones	6	2	---	---	7	15
Emanuel King	---	---	0	0	14	14
Kurt Gouveia	---	---	1	5	6	12
Fred Robinson	---	---	2	2	7	11
Danny Pittman	0	0	---	---	9	9
Morten Andersen	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mike Saxon	0	0	---	---	6	6
Eric Wilson	---	---	0	0	5	5
Mike Howard	0	0	---	---	1	1
Steve Fuller	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	21	4.2
Middle	5	7	1.4
Right	5	2	0.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	104	9.5
Middle	10	36	3.6
Right	16	71	4.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Chris Chandler	48	26	6	1	1	7	9	3	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randall Cunningham	26	15	0	0	0	5	5	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	19	4.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	13	116	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	76	9.5
Long (19+ Yds)	11	4	112	10.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	8	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	93	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	2	32	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	18	6.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Thurman Thomas	12	8	1	37	0	41
WR Stephone Paige	9	6	0	112	3	38
WR Webster Slaughter	8	3	0	53	2	31
WR Robb Thomas	5	0	0	0	0	44
WR Dwight Stone	4	3	0	23	0	22
TE Brian Kinchen	2	2	0	20	0	19
FB Ickey Woods	2	1	0	3	0	18
RB Patrick Egu	2	2	0	62	1	12
TE Jonathan Hayes	1	1	0	13	0	30

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Ernest Givins	7	5	62	19
WR Rick Parros	5	3	18	15
WR Odessa Turner	4	2	20	16
RB Bill Johnson	3	2	24	11
WR Buster Rhymes	3	1	8	9
RB Ottis Anderson	1	1	11	17
FB Hubert Oliver	1	1	8	15
TE Ethan Horton	1	0	0	23
TE Jimmie Johnson	1	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Thurman Thomas	2	7	3.50	2.40
Patrick Egu	1	1	1.00	1.20

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Hubert Oliver	1	13	13.00	7.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Chris Chandler	5	2	12	2.40	6.73

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randall Cunningham	2	2	35	17.50	5.81

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Thurman Thomas	2	1	2	1.00	3.08
WR Stephone Paige	1	0	0	0.00	12.44
WR Dwight Stone	1	1	10	10.00	5.75
FB Ickey Woods	1	0	0	0.00	1.50

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ernest Givins	2	2	35	17.50	8.86

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Patrick Egu	2	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Ottis Anderson	4	2
Bill Johnson	3	1
Randall Cunningham	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Chris Chandler	13	8	5

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randall Cunningham	7	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Stephone Paige	4	4	3
WR Webster Slaughter	3	1	1
RB Thurman Thomas	3	2	1
WR Dwight Stone	1	1	0
WR Robb Thomas	1	0	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ernest Givins	3	1	1
WR Rick Parros	2	2	1
WR Buster Rhymes	1	1	1
WR Odessa Turner	1	1	1

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

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