Sunday, September 2, 1979
| ATL | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Saints | Ike Harris 5 yard pass from Archie Manning (Russell Erxleben kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Saints | Wes Chandler 40 yard pass from Chuck Muncie (Russell Erxleben kick) | 0 | 14 |
| Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 27 yard field goal | 3 | 14 | |
| Falcons | Alfred Jenkins 20 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| Saints | Chuck Muncie 69 yard rush (Russell Erxleben kick) | 10 | 21 | |
| Falcons | Wallace Francis 20 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| Saints | Chuck Muncie 4 yard rush (Russell Erxleben kick) | 17 | 28 | |
| Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 43 yard field goal | 20 | 28 | |
| 3rd | Saints | Russell Erxleben 37 yard field goal | 20 | 31 |
| Falcons | Wallace Francis 21 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 27 | 31 | |
| 4th | Falcons | William Andrews 4 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 34 | 31 |
| Saints | Russell Erxleben 38 yard field goal | 34 | 34 | |
| OT | Falcons | James Mayberry 6 yard interception return | 40 | 34 |
| ATL | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 35 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 47-257-1 | 32-188-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-38-312-3-1 | 15-31-324-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 295 | 324 |
| Total yards | 552 | 512 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-84 | 3-27 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| William Andrews | ATL | 30 | 167 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 22 | 38 | 312 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 7 | 131 | 1 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 14 | 65 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 5 | 65 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 2 | 38 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 6 | 205 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 22 | 161 | 2 | 69 | ||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 14 | 29 | 284 | 1 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 5 | 68 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 4 | 51 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 10 | 27 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Russell Erxleben | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Lynn Cain | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| James Mayberry | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Reed | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| John James | ATL | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Mazzetti | ATL | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russell Erxleben | NOR | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 0 |