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The New Orleans Saints find themselves going into halftime with a surprising 14-7 lead over the Atlanta Falcons. The Saints are playing some inspired football here, forcing turnovers in the red zone, finding a semblance of a pass rush, and picking up a very memorable play in the process.
The biggest play of the game season so far, has been a beautifully poetic blocked punt by Mandeville, LA native, Michael Mauti, with Saints icon Steve Gleason in attendance. That play will be remembered all season long, and hopefully the Saints can carry this first half momentum into the second half.
TOP PERFORMERS
| ATLANTA FALCONS | ||||
| Passing | CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT |
| M. Ryan | 16/21 | 176 | 1 | 0 |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | TD | LG |
| D. Freeman | 7 | 55 | 0 | 19 |
| T. Coleman | 4 | 40 | 0 | 18 |
| M. Ryan | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
| J. Jones | 3 | 68 | 0 | 30 |
| R. White | 3 | 23 | 1 | 8 |
| L. Hankerson | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 |
| P. DiMarco | 2 | 18 | 0 | 12 |
| L. Toilolo | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| D. Freeman | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
| J. Tamme | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Fumbles | FUM | LOST | REC | YDS |
| M. Ryan | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 |
| T. Coleman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
| M. Bryant | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| Punting | NO | AVG | I20 | LG |
| - | - | - | - | |
| Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | TD | LG |
| P. DiMarco | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Punt Returns | NO | AVG | TD | LG |
| E. Weems | 2 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Defense | T-A | SCK | INT | FF |
| R. Therezie | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Worrilow | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Alford | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Ishmael | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Clayborn | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Jackson | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Beasley | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Moore | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Schofield | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Trufant | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Biermann | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Babineaux | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bartu | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Adams | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Stupar | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Jarrett | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Reed | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NEW ORLEANS SAINTS | ||||
| Passing | CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT |
| D. Brees | 16/20 | 164 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | TD | LG |
| M. Ingram | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Spiller | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| K. Robinson | 2 | -3 | 0 | 5 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
| B. Watson | 6 | 72 | 0 | 28 |
| W. Snead | 2 | 32 | 0 | 24 |
| J. Hill | 2 | 31 | 0 | 19 |
| B. Cooks | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Ingram | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| K. Robinson | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| C. Spiller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles | FUM | LOST | REC | YDS |
| D. Ellerbe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Browner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
| Z. Hocker | 0/1 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 |
| Punting | NO | AVG | I20 | LG |
| B. Fields | 3 | 36 | 0 | 57 |
| Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | TD | LG |
| - | - | - | - | |
| Punt Returns | NO | AVG | TD | LG |
| - | - | - | - | |
| Defense | T-A | SCK | INT | FF |
| D. Ellerbe | 9-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| H. Kikaha | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Browner | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Anthony | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Vaccaro | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Lewis | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Jordan | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Breaux | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Byrd | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Edebali | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Williams | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Saints have to get the offense on track, but they have a chance at victory here. Who Dat!