2012 · Week 13
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
Nov 29, 2012 · Georgia Dome · dome · fieldturf
Recap
Atlanta Falcons beat New Orleans Saints 23–13. ScoutIndex had favored Falcons (70%) going in. Falcons improve to 11-1; Saints fall to 5-7. Matt Ryan led the way with 165 passing yards and 1 TD. Saints out-gained the opponent 442–289 in total yards. Saints turned it over 5 times to Falcons's 1.
Team stats
| NO | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | First downs | 15 |
| 442 | Total yards | 289 |
| 341 | Passing yards | 165 |
| 101 | Rushing yards | 124 |
| 28/50 | Comp / Att | 18/33 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 28/50 | 341 | 0 | 5 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Thomas | 14 | 84 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| Chris Ivory | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Moore | 7 | 11 | 123 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 6 | 11 | 71 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 4 | 6 | 59 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 9 | 47 | 0 |
| Joseph Morgan | 1 | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Chris Ivory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Higgins | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 18/33 | 165 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | 12 | 83 | 1 |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 8 | 43 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Turner | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 4 | 5 | 58 | 1 |
| Julio Jones | 5 | 9 | 48 | 0 |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 4 | 5 | 28 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 1 | 7 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Cox | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |