The New Orleans Saints destroyed the Atlanta Falcons, 45 to 16, on December 26, 2011.
1st quarter
ATL
NO
Matt Bryant 34-yard field goal
3
0
Pierre Thomas 4-yard run (John Kasay kick)
3
7
Julio Jones 21-yard pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
10
7
2nd quarter
ATL
NO
Marques Colston 8-yard pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
10
14
Jimmy Graham 9-yard pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
10
21
3rd quarter
ATL
NO
Robert Meachem 24-yard pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
10
28
Matt Bryant 51-yard field goal
13
28
John Kasay 29-yard field goal
13
31
4th quarter
ATL
NO
Matt Bryant 30-yard field goal
16
31
Malcolm Jenkins 30-yard fumble return (John Kasay kick)
16
38
Darren Sproles 9-yard pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
16
45
Falcons
Saints
1st Downs
23
26
Passing 1st Downs
21
17
Rushing 1st Downs
1
7
1st downs from penalties
1
2
3rd down efficiency
8 - 17
10 - 13
4th down efficiency
0 - 3
0 - 0
Total Plays
75
63
Total Yards
469
463
Yards per play
6.3
7.3
Passing
434
299
Comp - Att
40 - 61
23 - 39
Yards per pass
7.1
7.5
Interceptions thrown
0
2
Sacks - Yards lost
0 - 0
1 - 8
Rushing
35
164
Rushing Attempts
14
23
Yards per rush
2.5
7.1
Penalties
7
4
Turnovers
1
2
Fumbles lost
1
0
Interceptions
0
2
Possession
33:19
26:41
NAME | CMP | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SCK | RATE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Ryan | 34 | 52 | 373 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.9 |
Chris Redman | 6 | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.9 |
Team | 40 | 61 | 434 | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91.8 |
NAME | ATT | YDS | YPC | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Turner | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 |
Jacquizz Rodgers | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
Matt Ryan | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 |
Team | 14 | 35 | 2.5 | 0 |
NAME | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | TRG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julio Jones | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 1 | 14 |
Roddy White | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 0 | 16 |
Tony Gonzalez | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 9 |
Michael Turner | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 4 |
Eric Weems | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 4 |
Jason Snelling | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 5 |
Michael Palmer | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 2 |
Jacquizz Rodgers | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 2 |
Harry Douglas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 |
Reggie Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Team | 40 | 434 | 7.1 | 1 | 58 |
NAME | FUM | LOST | FR |
---|---|---|---|
Julio Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Team | 1 | 1 | 0 |
NAME | COMB | TKL | SCK | TFL | PDEF | QBH |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas DeCoud | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brent Grimes | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Mike Peterson | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kroy Biermann | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Curtis Lofton | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dunta Robinson | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
William Moore | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Akeem Dent | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peria Jerry | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Owens | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corey Peters | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Sanders | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vance Walker | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sean Weatherspoon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Weems | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Abraham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dominique Franks | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Lawrence Sidbury | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | 57 | 35 | 1.0 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
NAME | FGM | FGA | LNG | XPM | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Bryant | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
Team | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
NAME | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LNG |
---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Bosher | 3 | 150 | 50.0 | |
Team | 3 | 150 | 50.0 |
NAME | KR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Weems | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | |
Team | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 |
NAME | PR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NAME | CMP | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SCK | RATE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drew Brees | 23 | 39 | 307 | 7.9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 96.8 |
Team | 23 | 39 | 299 | 7.9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 96.8 |
NAME | ATT | YDS | YPC | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Darren Sproles | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 |
Pierre Thomas | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 1 |
Chris Ivory | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 |
Drew Brees | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 |
Team | 23 | 164 | 7.1 | 1 |
NAME | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | TRG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marques Colston | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 1 | 11 |
Robert Meachem | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 1 | 5 |
Lance Moore | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 3 |
Jimmy Graham | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 1 | 9 |
Devery Henderson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 5 |
Darren Sproles | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 1 | 3 |
Pierre Thomas | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
Team | 23 | 307 | 7.9 | 4 | 38 |
NAME | FUM | LOST | FR |
---|---|---|---|
Malcolm Jenkins | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team | 0 | 0 | 1 |
NAME | COMB | TKL | SCK | TFL | PDEF | QBH |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jabari Greer | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Scott Shanle | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jonathan Vilma | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Isa Abdul-Quddus | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Roman Harper | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Johnny Patrick | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ramon Humber | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tracy Porter | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Patrick Robinson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jonathon Amaya | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jed Collins | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Junior Galette | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Malcolm Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Will Smith | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sedrick Ellis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aubrayo Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cameron Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Shaun Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Martez Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team | 68 | 38 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
NAME | FGM | FGA | LNG | XPM | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Kasay | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
Team | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
NAME | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LNG |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Morstead | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | |
Team | 2 | 104 | 52.0 |
NAME | KR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darren Sproles | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 0 | |
Team | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 0 |
NAME | PR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Playoff PPG Rankings
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Playoff Opp PPG Rankings
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15.8
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Playoff Total Yards Rankings
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Playoff Sack Leaders
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5.0
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Best Record ATS
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Worst Record ATS
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6-10-1