2008 · Week 10
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
Nov 9, 2008 · Georgia Dome · dome · fieldturf
Recap
Atlanta Falcons beat New Orleans Saints 34–20. ScoutIndex had favored Falcons (54%) going in. Falcons improve to 6-3; Saints fall to 4-5. Matt Ryan led the way with 248 passing yards and 2 TDs. Saints out-gained the opponent 527–361 in total yards. Saints turned it over 3 times to Falcons's 0.
Team stats
| NO | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | First downs | 17 |
| 527 | Total yards | 361 |
| 422 | Passing yards | 248 |
| 105 | Rushing yards | 113 |
| 31/58 | Comp / Att | 16/23 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
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Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 31/58 | 422 | 2 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 6 | 26 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 3 | 21 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Thomas | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 16/23 | 248 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | 27 | 96 | 1 |
| Jerious Norwood | 6 | 17 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerious Norwood | 2 | 0 | 88 | 1 |
| Roddy White | 5 | 0 | 68 | 1 |