2015 · Week 17
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
Jan 3, 2016 · Georgia Dome · dome · fieldturf
Recap
New Orleans Saints held off Atlanta Falcons 20–17. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Saints had just a 32% chance going in. Saints improve to 7-9; Falcons fall to 8-8. Drew Brees paced the offense with 323 passing yards and 1 TD.
Team stats
| NO | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | First downs | 23 |
| 390 | Total yards | 421 |
| 323 | Passing yards | 334 |
| 67 | Rushing yards | 87 |
| 32/43 | Comp / Att | 24/36 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 32/42 | 323 | 1 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 16 | 66 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Coleman | 5 | 8 | 81 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 6 | 6 | 77 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 5 | 5 | 41 | 0 |
| Benjamin Watson | 6 | 10 | 59 | 1 |
| Willie Snead | 3 | 4 | 35 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 5 | 6 | 22 | 0 |
| Josh Hill | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 24/36 | 334 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devonta Freeman | 25 | 76 | 0 |
| Terron Ward | 1 | 11 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Jones | 9 | 11 | 149 | 0 |
| Devonta Freeman | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 |
| Jacob Tamme | 4 | 5 | 61 | 0 |
| Tony Moeaki | 2 | 3 | 47 | 1 |
| Justin Hardy | 4 | 6 | 34 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Levine Toilolo | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Patrick DiMarco | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |