Week 10, 1999

played in Atlanta, GA

59 degrees, fair, calm

New Orleans Saints	3	7	7	3	-	20
Atlanta Falcons	0	3	0	3	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:32 NOS - Mike Vanderjagt 51 field goal
2Q: 13:50 ATL - Neil Rackers 37 field goal
2Q: 05:56 NOS - Eli Reid 7 pass from Rich Gannon (Mike Vanderjagt extra point)
3Q: 04:20 NOS - Bubba McDowell 73 interception return (Mike Vanderjagt extra point)
4Q: 14:32 NOS - Mike Vanderjagt 45 field goal
4Q: 11:00 ATL - Neil Rackers 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:32 NOS - Mike Vanderjagt 51 field goal
2Q: 13:50 ATL - Neil Rackers 37 field goal
2Q: 05:56 NOS - Eli Reid 7 pass from Rich Gannon (Mike Vanderjagt extra point)
3Q: 04:20 NOS - Bubba McDowell 73 interception return (Mike Vanderjagt extra point)
4Q: 14:32 NOS - Mike Vanderjagt 45 field goal
4Q: 11:00 ATL - Neil Rackers 28 field goal

Team Statistics NOS ATL
Record 7-3 5-5
First Downs 13 14
- by Rushing 2 7
- by Passing 11 7
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 272 277
- Offensive Plays 60 64
- Yards per Play 4.53 4.33
Net Rushing Yards 62 129
- Rushing Attempts 28 31
- Yards per Rush 2.21 4.16
Net Passing Yards 210 148
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 21 - 0 32 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 224 157
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/14 1/9
- Yards per Pass Play 6.56 4.48
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/15 4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.4 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/40 2/22
Punt Returns/Yards 4/16 3/48
Kick Returns/Yards 1/25 3/73
Interception Ret./Yards 2/73 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 23
Time of Possession 31:40 28:20

Team Statistics	NOS	ATL
Record	7-3	5-5
First Downs	13	14
- by Rushing	2	7
- by Passing	11	7
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	272	277
- Offensive Plays	60	64
- Yards per Play	4.53	4.33
Net Rushing Yards	62	129
- Rushing Attempts	28	31
- Yards per Rush	2.21	4.16
Net Passing Yards	210	148
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 21 - 0	32 - 18 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	224	157
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/14	1/9
- Yards per Pass Play	6.56	4.48
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/15	4/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.4	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/40	2/22
Punt Returns/Yards	4/16	3/48
Kick Returns/Yards	1/25	3/73
Interception Ret./Yards	2/73	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 23
Time of Possession	31:40	28:20

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:10	OWN 20	7	37	Punt
1	10:25	2:58	OWN 29	5	37	Field Goal
1	5:31	1:59	OWN 5	3	7	Punt
2	13:44	1:15	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	10:51	5:05	OWN 19	10	81	Touchdown
2	2:59	1:12	OWN 23	3	-6	Punt
2	0:45	0:31	OWN 40	3	6	Punt
3	12:19	4:51	OWN 12	10	67	Missed FG
3	2:13	2:49	OPP 48	6	20	Field Goal
4	10:52	1:53	OWN 31	3	4	Punt
4	6:21	2:26	OWN 3	3	1	Punt
4	3:55	1:52	OWN 32	3	0	Punt
4	0:17	0:17	OPP 45	1	-1	Game

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:50	1:25	OWN 4	3	7	Punt
1	7:27	1:56	OWN 42	5	14	Punt
1	3:32	4:48	OWN 18	10	62	Field Goal
2	12:29	1:38	OWN 1	3	8	Punt
2	5:46	2:47	OWN 20	6	16	Punt
2	1:47	1:02	OPP 40	3	7	Missed FG
2	0:14	0:14	OWN 8	1	-1	Half
3	14:26	2:07	OWN 35	3	6	Punt
3	7:28	3:16	OWN 31	7	36	Interception
3	4:12	1:59	OWN 20	4	10	Interception
4	14:24	3:32	OWN 29	6	60	Field Goal
4	8:59	2:38	OWN 23	5	25	Punt
4	2:03	1:46	OWN 8	8	37	Downs

Game MVP: Rich Gannon, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Antowain Smith	16	34	2.13	16	1
Richard Huntley	10	25	2.50	9	0
Rich Gannon	2	3	1.50	4	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Tiki Barber	15	65	4.33	13	3
Olandis Gary	9	39	4.33	15	1
Jonathan Quinn	5	17	3.40	8	0
Ramon Shonta	2	8	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rich Gannon	29	21	224	3/14	1	31	0	106.1

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jonathan Quinn	22	12	73	0/0	0	23	2	23.4
Ramon Shonta	10	6	84	1/9	0	37	0	87.1

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jeff Graham	5	8	59	11.80	17	23	0
WR Leonard Klecko	4	6	45	11.25	3	23	0
WR Eli Reid	4	5	32	8.00	0	12	1
WR Karl Williams	4	5	56	14.00	17	31	0
TE Bradford Banta	1	2	25	25.00	16	25	0
RB Antowain Smith	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Alvis Whitted	1	1	8	8.00	3	8	0
FB Graham Somerville	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Hart Lee Dykes	6	12	86	14.33	16	37
WR Jerome Pathon	6	11	35	5.83	3	14
WR Ryan Thelwell	2	2	14	7.00	1	12
FB Derrick Fenner	1	2	12	12.00	5	12
WR Tom Waddle	1	1	-1	-1.00	1	-1
RB Tiki Barber	1	2	-2	-2.00	0	-2
RB Olandis Gary	1	1	13	13.00	0	13

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Bubba McDowell	1	73	73.00	1
CB Antoine Winfield	1	0	0.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Recov	Force
Jason Whittle	1	0
Brett Wallerstedt	0	1
Ruben Brown	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Jerome Pathon	1	1	0	0
Hart Lee Dykes	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Will Bryce	8	411	51.4	45.4	75	5

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Hentrich	6	313	52.2	49.5	62	4

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Vanderjagt	2/3	2/2	1/1	51	2/2

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Neil Rackers	2/3	0/1	0/1	37	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Karl Williams	3	14	4.7	0
Kelly Herndon	1	2	2.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerome Pathon	3	48	16.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Antoine Winfield	1	25	25.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Charles Woodson	3	73	24.3	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Deke McQuay	9	2	0.0	28	31
CB Monty Montgomery	7	0	1.0	18	21
S Donovin Darius	6	0	0.0	28	27
CB Kelly Herndon	5	2	0.0	27	28
OLB Jessie Armstead	4	2	0.0	28	31
DT Walt Murphy	3	3	0.0	28	32
CB Antoine Winfield	3	3	0.0	30	32
ILB Brett Wallerstedt	3	2	0.0	28	27
S Bubba McDowell	3	0	0.0	12	16
OLB Dexter Coakley	2	2	0.0	14	9
CB Bobby Taylor	2	0	0.0	2	10
DE Gary Ferguson	1	2	0.0	25	23
DT Darrell Russell	1	1	0.0	21	18
OLB Steve Morrison	1	0	0.0	5	4
DE Gabe Wilkins	0	1	0.0	21	26
DT William Carr	0	1	0.0	9	10

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Yev Kassem	9	2	0.0	26	31
DE Michael Strahan	8	1	0.0	24	30
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	6	1	0.0	22	27
S Jason Perry	6	0	0.0	27	30
S Garth Algar	3	1	0.0	28	32
CB Michael Booker	3	1	0.0	28	32
CB Charles Woodson	3	1	0.0	27	32
OLB Jeff Posey	3	0	0.0	16	15
DT D'Marco Farr	2	1	2.0	19	21
DE Orpheus Roye	2	2	1.0	25	27
DT Chuck Johnson	2	0	0.0	9	11
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	1	0.0	12	12
DT Spencer Curley	1	1	0.0	14	16
WR Jerome Pathon	1	0	---	---	---
CB Eric Warfield	1	0	0.0	4	8
DE Raylee Johnson	0	3	0.0	18	16
OLB Derrick Thomas	0	1	0.0	2	1

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
CB Monty Montgomery	1.0	0	0	21
DT William Carr	0.0	1	0	10
DT Darrell Russell	0.0	1	0	18
DT Walt Murphy	0.0	0	1	32
ILB Brett Wallerstedt	0.0	0	1	27

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT D'Marco Farr	2.0	0	0	21
DE Orpheus Roye	1.0	0	1	27
DE Raylee Johnson	0.0	1	0	16
DE Michael Strahan	0.0	1	0	30
ILB Patrise Alexander	0.0	1	0	1

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Monty Montgomery	4	0	0	21
CB Kelly Herndon	2	2	0	28
OLB Jessie Armstead	2	0	0	31
S Deke McQuay	2	0	0	31
CB Bobby Taylor	2	0	0	10
S Donovin Darius	2	0	0	27
CB Antoine Winfield	1	1	1	32
S Bubba McDowell	1	0	1	16
ILB Brett Wallerstedt	1	0	0	27
OLB Dexter Coakley	1	0	0	9

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Yev Kassem	4	0	31
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	4	0	27
CB Michael Booker	3	0	32
CB Charles Woodson	2	1	32
DE Michael Strahan	2	0	30
S Jason Perry	2	0	30
S Garth Algar	1	1	32
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	12
OLB Jeff Posey	1	0	15
CB Eric Warfield	1	0	8

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Harris Barton	1	7	28	0	32
Ike Davis	1	6	28	1	32
Darian Rose	1	4	28	1	32
Rod Shoate	1	3	28	1	32
Larry Heck	1	2	28	0	32
Marcus Pollard	0	2	6	0	0
Bradford Banta	0	1	22	0	21
Graham Somerville	0	1	14	0	16

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Courtney Hall	3	7	31	0	33
Joe Panos	2	6	31	0	33
Barry Sims	2	2	31	0	33
Randy Shughart	1	4	31	1	33
Tomur Barnes	1	2	28	0	26
Doug Brzezinski	0	3	31	0	33

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Spencer Bramson	1	25
Marcus Pollard	1	18
Ike Davis	1	11
Ruben Brown	1	11
Orlando Thomas	1	11
Eli Reid	1	8

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Hardy Nickerson	2	30
Derrick Fenner	1	16
Henry Anderko	1	16
Scott Rehberg	1	9

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ike Davis	28	32	---	---	11	71
Antoine Winfield	---	---	30	32	6	68
Walt Murphy	---	---	28	32	7	67
Deke McQuay	---	---	28	31	5	64
Jessie Armstead	---	---	28	31	4	63
Harris Barton	28	32	---	---	---	60
Rich Gannon	28	32	---	---	---	60
Darian Rose	28	32	---	---	---	60
Larry Heck	28	32	---	---	---	60
Rod Shoate	28	32	---	---	---	60
Kelly Herndon	---	---	27	28	4	59
Brett Wallerstedt	---	---	28	27	3	58
Donovin Darius	---	---	28	27	3	58
Bradford Banta	22	21	---	---	14	57
Gabe Wilkins	---	---	21	26	5	52
Gary Ferguson	---	---	25	23	2	50
Graham Somerville	14	16	---	---	16	46
Jeff Graham	19	26	---	---	---	45
Karl Williams	19	20	---	---	5	44
Leonard Klecko	15	25	---	---	---	40
Darrell Russell	---	---	21	18	1	40
Monty Montgomery	---	---	18	21	1	40
Eli Reid	10	15	---	---	8	33
Bobby Taylor	---	---	2	10	21	33
Richard Huntley	12	20	---	---	---	32
Spencer Bramson	6	1	---	---	25	32
Bubba McDowell	---	---	12	16	2	30
Antowain Smith	16	12	---	---	1	29
Steve Morrison	---	---	5	4	19	28
Dexter Coakley	---	---	14	9	4	27
Noel Scarlett	---	---	11	8	6	25
Marcus Pollard	6	0	---	---	18	24
Orlando Thomas	---	---	3	9	11	23
Az-Zahir Hakim	0	0	---	---	22	22
William Carr	---	---	9	10	1	20
Alvis Whitted	1	4	---	---	11	16
Frank Jordan	0	0	---	---	11	11
Zack Freeman	0	0	---	---	11	11
Ruben Brown	0	0	---	---	11	11
Jason Whittle	0	0	---	---	11	11
Will Bryce	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mike Vanderjagt	0	0	---	---	8	8
Brian Simmons	---	---	3	1	3	7
James Jenkins	0	0	---	---	6	6
Danny Wuerffel	0	0	---	---	3	3
Paul Walker	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jason Perry	---	---	27	30	19	76
Doug Brzezinski	31	33	---	---	9	73
Hart Lee Dykes	23	29	---	---	17	69
Michael Booker	---	---	28	32	8	68
Charles Woodson	---	---	27	32	8	67
Michael Strahan	---	---	24	30	11	65
Courtney Hall	31	33	---	---	---	64
Garth Algar	---	---	28	32	4	64
Randy Shughart	31	33	---	---	---	64
Joe Panos	31	33	---	---	---	64
Barry Sims	31	33	---	---	---	64
Tomur Barnes	28	26	---	---	9	63
Yev Kassem	---	---	26	31	3	60
Jerome Pathon	27	25	---	---	6	58
Orpheus Roye	---	---	25	27	3	55
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	12	12	30	54
Clint Kreiwaldt	---	---	22	27	3	52
Derrick Fenner	15	18	---	---	16	49
Tiki Barber	22	25	---	---	2	49
Jonathan Quinn	25	22	---	---	---	47
D'Marco Farr	---	---	19	21	4	44
Raylee Johnson	---	---	18	16	1	35
Eddie Watson	5	6	---	---	24	35
Jeff Posey	---	---	16	15	3	34
Ryan Thelwell	14	16	---	---	3	33
Tom Waddle	9	5	---	---	16	30
Spencer Curley	---	---	14	16	---	30
Chuck Johnson	---	---	9	11	7	27
Oliver Augustynowicz	---	---	4	9	13	26
Henry Anderko	2	5	---	---	16	23
Olandis Gary	10	10	---	---	2	22
Ramon Shonta	6	11	---	---	---	17
Eric Warfield	---	---	4	8	2	14
Derrick Thomas	---	---	2	1	8	11
Brian Johnston	0	0	---	---	9	9
Craig Hentrich	0	0	---	---	9	9
Carlos Brooks	---	---	0	1	8	9
Rod Payne	0	0	---	---	9	9
Scott Rehberg	0	0	---	---	9	9
Marcus Spriggs	0	0	---	---	9	9
Patrise Alexander	---	---	3	1	2	6
Neil Rackers	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jon Kitna	0	0	---	---	---	0
Todd Washington	0	0	---	---	---	0
Stanley Bridges	0	0	---	---	---	0
Todd McClure	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	31	3.4
Middle	9	20	2.2
Right	9	12	1.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	62	5.6
Middle	13	47	3.6
Right	6	21	3.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rich Gannon	29	21	4	2	1	2	3	1	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jonathan Quinn	22	12	1	2	1	2	2	0	2
Ramon Shonta	10	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	5	1.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	9	86	8.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	63	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	70	14.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	7	1.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	6	34	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	56	4.7
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	60	15.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jeff Graham	8	5	0	59	1	26
WR Leonard Klecko	6	4	1	45	1	25
WR Eli Reid	5	4	0	32	0	15
WR Karl Williams	5	4	0	56	1	20
TE Bradford Banta	2	1	0	25	1	21
RB Antowain Smith	1	1	0	-1	0	12
WR Alvis Whitted	1	1	0	8	0	4
FB Graham Somerville	1	1	0	0	0	16

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Hart Lee Dykes	12	6	2	86	2	29
WR Jerome Pathon	11	6	0	35	0	25
FB Derrick Fenner	2	1	0	12	0	18
RB Tiki Barber	2	1	0	-2	0	25
WR Ryan Thelwell	2	2	0	14	0	16
WR Tom Waddle	1	1	0	-1	0	5
RB Olandis Gary	1	1	0	13	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Antowain Smith	2	1	0.50	2.13

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tiki Barber	2	0	0.00	4.33
Olandis Gary	1	-3	-3.00	4.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rich Gannon	1	1	7	7.00	7.72

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ramon Shonta	1	0	0	0.00	8.40
Jonathan Quinn	1	1	0	0.00	3.32

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Eli Reid	1	1	7	7.00	6.40

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Hart Lee Dykes	2	1	0	0.00	7.17

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Richard Huntley	4	0

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Olandis Gary	3	2
Jonathan Quinn	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rich Gannon	10	10	4

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jonathan Quinn	7	5	1
Ramon Shonta	3	1	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jeff Graham	2	2	0
WR Leonard Klecko	2	2	1
WR Eli Reid	2	2	2
WR Karl Williams	1	1	0
RB Antowain Smith	1	1	0
WR Alvis Whitted	1	1	1
FB Graham Somerville	1	1	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jerome Pathon	4	3	0
WR Hart Lee Dykes	3	1	0
FB Derrick Fenner	1	1	1
WR Tom Waddle	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 66,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,700 (17,100)
End Zone 11,200 (12,400)
Mezzanine 6,600 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 10,500 (10,900)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 7,500 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	66,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,700 (17,100)
End Zone	11,200 (12,400)
Mezzanine	6,600 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	10,500 (10,900)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	7,500 (7,500)