2009 · Week 14
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
Dec 13, 2009 · Georgia Dome · dome · fieldturf
Recap
New Orleans Saints escaped with a 26–23 win over Atlanta Falcons. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Saints (73%). Saints improve to 13-0; Falcons fall to 6-7. Drew Brees was the story of the game with 296 passing yards and 3 TDs.
Team stats
| NO | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 18 |
| 391 | Total yards | 392 |
| 296 | Passing yards | 303 |
| 95 | Rushing yards | 89 |
| 31/41 | Comp / Att | 23/34 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 31/40 | 296 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Brunell | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 13 | 47 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 6 | 33 | 0 |
| Lynell Hamilton | 4 | 13 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Meachem | 4 | 5 | 57 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 6 | 7 | 54 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 6 | 7 | 53 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 6 | 6 | 46 | 2 |
| Jeremy Shockey | 4 | 6 | 46 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 3 | 5 | 31 | 0 |
| David Thomas | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Darnell Dinkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Redman | 23/34 | 303 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Snelling | 10 | 37 | 1 |
| Jerious Norwood | 9 | 33 | 0 |
| Eric Weems | 2 | 19 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jenkins | 3 | 5 | 82 | 1 |
| Jason Snelling | 4 | 5 | 65 | 0 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 6 | 7 | 50 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 2 | 6 | 41 | 0 |
| Brian Finneran | 2 | 4 | 25 | 0 |
| Marty Booker | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 |
| Eric Weems | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ovie Mughelli | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |