NFL game summary for 11/02/1975:

Playing their first game under interim head coach Ernie Hefferle, the 60-year-old personnel director who was named to succeed dismissed John North six days earlier, the Saints found a new passing combination in Archie Manning and rookie Larry Burton. Manning hit Burton four times for 159 yards, including a 71-yard scoring play. Rookie runner Mike Strachan rushed for 109 yards and a three-yard touchdown.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Atlanta Falcons	OFFENSE	151.3  (11)	105.7  (25)	257.0  (21)	19
	DEFENSE	154.3  (20)	169.2  (16)	323.5  (17)	15
New Orleans Saints	OFFENSE	117.3  (21)	124.0  (20)	241.3  (22)	19
	DEFENSE	129.2  (8)	139.0  (11)	268.2  (11)	13

Line: Falcons by 2½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Atlanta Falcons (2-5-0)	0	0	0	7	7
New Orleans Saints (2-5-0)	0	10	10	3	23

( 0- 3) NO  Rich Szaro 36 yard field goal
( 0-10) NO  Mike Strachan 3 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick)
( 0-17) NO  Larry Burton 71 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick)
( 0-20) NO  Rich Szaro 47 yard field goal
( 7-20) ATL Wallace Francis 24 yard pass from Pat Sullivan (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
( 7-23) NO  Rich Szaro 25 yard field goal

                     ATL             NO
First Downs:         19              19
Rushes-yards:        25-95           50-175
Yards/rush:          3.8             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-37-241-3     8-19-199-3
Sacked-yards:        5-31            3-22
Net pass yards:      210             177
Net yards/pass:      5.0             8.0
Total net yards:     305             352
Total plays:         67 (37% run)    72 (69% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             4.9
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             1-0
Turnovers:           6               3
Penalties-yards:     10-84           8-60

Attendance: 49,342

Passing:
ATL: Pat Sullivan, 8 of 21 for 144 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Kim McQuilken, 6 of 16 for 97 yards (1 int)
NO: Archie Manning, 8 of 19 for 199 yards and 1 TD (3 int)

Rushing:
ATL: Haskel Stanback, 11 for 49 yards; Dave Hampton, 10 for 43 yards; Pat Sullivan, 2 for -4 yards; Kim McQuilken, 1 for 5 yards; Woody Thompson, 1 for 2 yards
NO: Mike Strachan, 27 for 109 yards and 1 TD; Alvin Maxson, 12 for 29 yards; Andrew Jones, 4 for 13 yards; Rod McNeill, 3 for 4 yards; Archie Manning, 2 for 8 yards; Steve Rogers, 1 for 7 yards; Larry Burton, 1 for 5 yards

Receiving:
ATL: Alfred Jenkins, 4 for 102 yards; Haskel Stanback, 4 for 45 yards; Jim Mitchell, 3 for 47 yards; Ken Burrow, 2 for 23 yards; Wallace Francis, 1 for 24 yards and 1 TD
NO: Larry Burton, 4 for 159 yards and 1 TD; Andrew Jones, 2 for 11 yards; Paul Seal, 1 for 22 yards; Gil Chapman, 1 for 7 yards

Kick returns:
ATL: Gerald Tinker, 5 for 109 yards; Wallace Francis, 1 for 20 yards
NO: Gil Chapman, 1 for 26 yards

Punt returns:
ATL: Alfred Jenkins, 2 for 21 yards
NO: Gil Chapman, 2 for 61 yards

Interceptions:
ATL: Rolland Lawrence, 1 for 24 yards; Ray Brown, 1 for 19 yards; Greg Brezina, 1 for 0 yards
NO: Ernie Jackson, 2 for 48 yards; Bivian Lee, 1 for 3 yards

Punting:
ATL: John James, 6 for 276 yards
NO: Tom Blanchard, 4 for 201 yards

Field Goals:
NO: Rich Szaro, 3/4

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