1979 Atlanta (0-1) 7 9 7 14 37 1979 New Orleans (1-0) 10 17 10 3 40 1 12:11 New Orleans FG Yepremian 32 (6-16-2:38) 0-3 1 4:27 Atlanta TD Bartkowski 5 pass to Bean (Mazzetti) (6-39-3:52) 7-3 1 2:39 New Orleans TD Muncie 25 run (Yepremian) (4-77-1:34) 7-10 2 14:47 Atlanta TD Bartkowski 12 pass to Francis (no good) (9-76-2:47) 13-10 2 10:28 New Orleans TD Muncie 34 run (Yepremian) (7-72-3:51) 13-17 2 7:45 New Orleans FG Yepremian 28 (4-21-2:30) 13-20 2 3:06 Atlanta FG Mazzetti 39 (8-58-4:35) 16-20 2 0:01 New Orleans TD Manning 14 pass to Chandler (Yepremian) (9-74-2:48) 16-27 3 11:48 New Orleans FG Yepremian 34 (8-44-3:01) 16-30 3 6:38 Atlanta TD Bean 12 run (Mazzetti) (9-83-4:58) 23-30 3 2:04 New Orleans TD Manning 15 pass to Childs (Yepremian) (8-71-4:21) 23-37 4 8:52 Atlanta TD Bartkowski 11 pass to Jackson (Mazzetti) (4-29-1:44) 30-37 4 2:39 Atlanta TD Bartkowski 8 pass to Francis (Mazzetti) (8-60-2:35) 37-37 4 0:03 New Orleans FG Yepremian 41 (8-50-2:23) 37-40 Atl NO First Downs 26 25 Rushes 27-144 43-213 Passes 35-23-351 22-20-255 Sacked 1-9 1-6 Fumble 3 2 Penalties 7-45 2-14 Turnovers 3 2 Time 28:26 31:34 Third Down 6-11 3-11 Fourth Down 1-1 3-4 Net Offense 486 462 Injuries: Reed(Atl-4)-ACL, Harris(NO-1)-hamstring, Owens(NO-2)-foot, Fultz(NO-2)-neck < Atlanta > < New Orleans > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Bartkowski 35 23 351 1 4 1 4 124.8 Manning 22 20 255 1 0 0 2 145.3 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Andrews 11 64 5.8 3 2 11 0 Muncie 21 130 6.2 6 4 34 2 Bean 4 45 11.3 4 3 12 1 Galbreath 20 70 3.5 2 1 14 0 Cain 9 32 3.6 1 1 12 0 Manning 1 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Bartkowski 3 3 1.0 0 0 4 0 Strachan 1 6 6.0 1 0 6 0 27 144 5.3 8 6 12 1 43 213 5.0 9 5 34 2 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Francis 9 0 182 20.2 8 3 37 2 Chandler 7 0 97 13.9 5 0 18 1 Jenkins 4 0 73 18.3 2 1 43 0 Childs 6 0 78 13.0 5 0 19 1 Andrews 4 0 57 14.3 4 0 20 0 Harris 3 0 55 18.3 2 0 19 0 Bean 4 0 26 6.5 2 0 12 1 Galbreath 3 0 17 5.7 1 0 13 0 Jackson 1 0 11 11.0 1 0 11 1 Muncie 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Cain 1 0 2 2.0 1 0 2 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Bartkowski 1 0 0 Muncie 1 0 0 Cain 1 0 0 Mauti 1 0 0 Pearson 1 0 0 Schwartz 0 1 0 Pridemore 0 1 0 Chapman 0 1 0 Scott 0 1 0 Brezina 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Pearson 5 75 15.0 27 0 Mauti 6 146 24.3 39 0 Strong 1 17 17.0 17 0 Holmes 1 13 13.0 13 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Ryckman 1 0 5 5.0 5 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Mazzetti 1-2 39 4-5 7 Yepremian 4-4 41 4-4 16 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg James 1 35 35.0 0 1 0 35 Partridge 1 42 42.0 0 0 0 42 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Kuykendall 11 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 Chapman 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Fields 8 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Myers 6 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Lawrence 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Reese 5 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 Yeates 7 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Gray 5 0 0 1 0 2 0-0 Pridemore 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Felton 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-22 Pennywell 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ray 4 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Easterling 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Federspiel 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Byas 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Schwartz 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Merrow 3 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 Bennett 4 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 Smith 3 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Hughes 3 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Glazebrook 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Grooms 3 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Cabral 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Fultz 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Ryczek 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bordelon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Faumuina 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kovach 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Moriarty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brezina 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0
Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:49 NO Pearson ret of 27 FM --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 opp31 14:39 NO Manning-Muncie 8 Bas S- 4-3 Z Basic 2 2 opp23 14:30 NO Galbreath -1 Bas Trap-R/PA 4-3 sZ Run/Ll 3 3 opp24 13:41 NO Muncie 4 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Pass/Ll 1 10 opp20 13:41 NO Pen5(Galbreath) Bas S-Out 4-3 Z Basic 1 15 opp25 13:38 NO Manning-Chandler 8 Bas S-Out 4-2 dZ Pass 2 7 opp17 13:02 NO Galbreath 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Key-Galbreath/Bz1/L 3 5 opp15 12:11 NO Galbreath 0 Bas Draw/SG 3-3 tM Key-Muncie 4 5 opp15 12:07 NO FG Yepremian 32/G --- FG --- Block 0-3 KO 12:01 Atl Pearson ret of 9 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own13 11:23 Atl Andrews 8 Bas Dive 4-2 M Basic 2 2 own21 10:48 Atl Bartkow-Andrews 10 Bas S-Slant/sec 5-2 sZ Basic 1 10 own31 10:12 Atl Bartkow-Andrews 13 Bas M-Cross/sec 5-2 sZ Basic/Bz2 1 10 own44 9:37 Atl Andrews 5 Bas Dive 3-4 M Basic 2 5 own49 9:31 Atl Bartkow-Francis X Bas M-Cross/sec 5-2 sZ Basic/Bz2 3 5 own49 9:25 Atl Bartkow-Jackson X 3W1 M-Fly/sec 5-1 M Pass 4 5 own49 9:19 Atl James 35,Mauti 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own16 9:08 NO Manning-Galbreat 13 Bas L-Out/sec 4-3 Z Run-Muncie/Bz1 1 10 own29 8:27 NO Galbreath 9 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Key-Muncie 2 1 own38 8:19 NO Muncie 1/F Bas Dive 5-3 M Run-Muncie 1 10 opp39 7:42 Atl Andrews 4 Bas Dive 5-2 sZ Basic 2 6 opp35 7:02 Atl Andrews 11 Bas Dive 3-2 M Pass 1 10 opp24 6:24 Atl Bartkow-Andrews 14 Bas Screen 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/A 1 10 opp10 5:32 Atl Cain 3 Bas Dive 5-2 sZ Basic 2 7 opp7 4:35 Atl Andrews 2 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 tM Run 3 5 opp5 4:27 Atl Bartkow-Bean 5/TD 3W2 Screen 3-4 tM Basic/Bz2 7-3 KO 4:13 NO Mauti ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 3:36 NO Manning-Harris 19 Bas M-Seam 4-3 M Key-Galbreath 1 10 own42 3:28 NO Manning-Childs 15 Bas S-Out 4-3 M Key-Galbreath 1 10 opp43 2:50 NO Manning-Chandler 18 Bas M-Slant 4-3 tM Run-Galbreath 1 10 opp25 2:39 NO Muncie 25/TD Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Key-Muncie 7-10 KO 2:34 Atl Pearson ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 2:27 Atl Bartkow-Cain X Bas B-Fly/sec 5-2 sZ Key-Andrews 2 10 own24 2:24 Atl Bartkow-Jenkins 9 Bas S-Out 5-2 sZ Key-Andrews 3 1 own33 2:18 Atl Cain 5 2T2 Sweep-R 5-2 M Run-Andrews, W 1 10 own38 2:18 Atl Pen5(Van Note) Bas Dive 5-2 sZ Key-Andrews 1 15 own33 2:10 Atl Atl Pen10(Scott) Bas B-Fly 4-2 M Basic/Bz2 1 25 own23 1:33 Atl Bartkow-Francis 30 Bas L-Cross 3-2 dZ Pass 1 10 opp47 0:52 Atl Bartkow-Francis 22 Bas S-Hitch 5-2 sZ Run-Andrews, W 1 10 opp25 0:13 Atl Cain 8 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 M Basic 2 2 opp17 0:00 Atl Andrews 5 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 sZ Basic 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp12 14:47 Atl Bartkow-Francis 12/T Bas M-Hitch 5-3 tM Goalline 13-1 KO 14:40 Atl Mauti ret of 12 FMB --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 opp15 14:34 Atl Bartkow-Cain X Bas S-Cross/sec 5-2 sZ Basic/Bz2/A 2 10 opp15 14:28 Atl Bartkow-Jackson X 3W1 S-Hitch 3-4 sZ Basic 3 10 opp15 14:19 Atl Bartkow-INT-Felton 4WR M-Fly 4-1 M Pass 1 10 own28 13:45 NO Manning-Chandler 17 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own45 13:09 NO Muncie 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 dZ Key-Muncie 2 7 own48 12:33 NO Galbreath 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 3 4 opp49 11:55 NO Muncie 2 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Run-Muncie 4 2 opp47 11:20 NO Manning-Childs 10 Bas S-Out 4-3 Z Pass/Lr 1 10 opp37 10:42 NO Galbreath 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Key-Muncie 2 7 opp34 10:28 NO Muncie 34/TD Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Pass 13-1 KO 10:28 Atl kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 10:15 Atl Cain 12/F Bas Sweep-R 3-3 tM Pass/Bz2/A 1 10 opp32 9:37 NO Manning-Chandler 15 Bas M-Seam 4-3 M Basic/Li 1 10 opp17 9:02 NO Muncie 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Run 2 8 opp15 8:22 NO Galbreath 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Basic 3 5 opp12 7:45 NO Muncie 1 Bas OffTkl-R 3-3 sZ Pass 4 4 opp11 7:41 NO FG Yepremian 28/G --- FG --- Block 13-2 KO 7:41 Atl kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 7:06 Atl Bartkow-Jenkins 9 Bas S-Slant 4-2 M Pass 2 1 own29 6:29 Atl Bartkow-Francis 11 Bas S-Slant 5-2 sZ Key-Andrews 1 10 own40 5:50 Atl Andrews 2 Bas OffTkl-R 5-1 M Pass 2 8 own42 5:12 Atl Andrews 5 Bas Trap-L 5-2 M Key-Andrews 3 3 own47 4:27 Atl Bartkow-Jenkins 43 Bas L-Hitch 5-2 sZ Basic 1 10 opp10 3:46 Atl Cain -3 Bas Sweep-L 5-3 tM Goalline 2 13 opp13 3:43 Atl Bartkow-Mitchell X 3W1 M-Hitch 3-3 M Pass 3 13 opp13 3:06 Atl Sk-Hughes -9 4WR M-Hitch 3-2 tM Pass/Bz2/A 4 22 opp22 3:02 Atl FG Mazzetti 39/G --- FG --- Block 16-2 KO 2:49 NO Mauti ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 2:09 NO Muncie 2 Bas Dive 4-2 tM Key-Muncie 2 8 own28 1:59 NO Galbreath 4 Bas Trap-R 4-2 Z Basic 3 4 own32 1:26 NO Muncie 12 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 M Pass-Dbl-Chandler 1 10 own44 1:19 NO Manning-Harris X Bas M-Out/sec 4-2 M Basic 2 10 own44 0:56 NO Muncie 2 Bas Dive 4-2 ZiBasic 3 8 own46 0:47 NO Manning-Harris 17 Bas M-Seam/SG 4-2 ZiPass 1 10 opp37 0:23 NO Galbreath 4 Bas Trap-L 4-2 ZiKey-Muncie 2 6 opp33 0:12 NO Manning-Childs 19 Bas M-Out 4-2 MiKey-Muncie 1 10 opp14 0:01 NO Manning-Chandler 14/ Bas M-Slant 4-2 Z Pass/Bz1/Ll 16-2 KO 0:00 Atl Pearson ret of 8 --- KO-squib --- Return 3rd Quarter KO 14:49 NO Mauti ret of 39 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own39 14:36 NO Manning-Harris 19 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Basic/Bz3 1 10 opp42 14:23 NO Galbreath 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Key-Muncie 2 5 opp37 14:19 NO Manning-Childs X Bas S-Out 4-3 sZ Basic 3 5 opp37 13:45 NO Manning-Galbreat 4 Bas S-/SG 4-3 M Basic 4 1 opp33 13:10 NO Muncie 9 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 opp24 12:34 NO Galbreath 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp21 11:58 NO Muncie 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 5 opp19 11:48 NO Muncie 2 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Run/Bz1/Li 4 3 opp17 11:43 NO FG Yepremian 34/G --- FG --- Block 16-3 KO 11:36 Atl Strong ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 10:50 Atl Bartkow-Bean 4 Bas Screen 5-1 M Pass 2 6 own21 10:08 Atl Bean 12 Bas Pitch-L 4-2 M Pass 1 10 own33 9:31 Atl Bartkow-Bean 12 Bas B-Post/sec 3-3 sZ Pass/Bz2 1 10 own45 9:22 Atl Bean 12 Bas Pitch-L 5-2 sZ Pass 1 10 opp43 8:43 Atl Andrews 6 Bas Dive 5-2 sZ Basic/Bz2 2 4 opp37 8:07 Atl Bean 9 Bas Pitch-L 3-3 M Basic/Bz2 1 10 opp28 7:36 Atl Bartkow-Bean 5 Bas M-Cross/sec 4-2 sZ Pass 2 5 opp23 6:53 Atl Andrews 11 Bas Draw 5-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp12 6:38 Atl Bean 12/TD Bas Trap-L 5-2 tM Basic/A 23-3 KO 6:25 NO Mauti ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 5:48 NO Galbreath 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Dbl-Childs 2 7 own32 5:34 NO Galbreath 14 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own46 5:01 NO Manning-Galbreat 0 Bas S-/SG 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 2 10 own46 4:21 NO Muncie 11 Bas Trap-L 4-2 M Pass 1 10 opp43 3:42 NO Manning-Chandler 18 Bas M-Seam 4-3 M Basic/Lr 1 10 opp25 2:50 NO Muncie 4 Bas Dive 4-3 lM Basic 2 6 opp21 2:14 NO Strachan 6 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Pass-Dbl-Chandler 1 10 opp15 2:04 NO Manning-Childs 15/TD Bas M-Out 4-3 tM Basic 23-3 KO 1:58 Atl Pearson ret of 15 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 1:07 Atl Andrews 5 Bas Dive 3-3 M Pass 2 5 own22 0:16 Atl Cain 4 Bas Pitch-L 3-3 M Pass 3 1 own26 0:00 Atl Bartkow-Cain 2 2T2 Screen 5-2 sZ Basic 4th Quarter 1 10 own28 14:52 Atl Cain 0 3W2 Sweep-R 4-2 M Pass 2 10 own28 14:41 Atl Bartkow-Jenkins X 3W2 M-Out 5-1 M Pass 3 10 own28 13:50 Atl Bartkow-Andrews 20 3W2 Screen 5-1 M Pass 1 10 own48 13:08 Atl Bartkow-Francis 37 3W2 B-Fly 5-2 M Pass 1 10 opp15 13:02 Atl Bartkowski 0 3W2 Draw 4-2 M Pass/Bz2 2 10 opp15 12:56 Atl Bartkow-Francis X 3W2 M-Hitch 3-3 M Pass 3 10 opp15 12:50 Atl Bartkow-Jenkins X 3W2 M-Slant 3-2 M Pass 4 10 opp15 12:47 Atl FG Mazzetti 32/M --- FG --- watchfakes 1 10 own20 12:10 NO Manning 7 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Basic 2 3 own27 11:19 NO Galbreath -1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 3 4 own26 10:42 NO Muncie 4 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 4 0 own30 10:36 NO Muncie -1 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Run 1 10 opp29 9:56 Atl Cain 4 3W2 Sweep-L 3-3 Z Pass 2 6 opp25 9:56 Atl Pen5(Francis) 3W2 Sweep-L 5-2 M Pass 2 11 opp30 9:28 Atl Bartkow-Jenkins 12 3W2 M-Cross 5-1 M Pass 1 10 opp18 9:28 Atl Pen5(Scott) 3W2 Screen 5-1 M Pass 1 15 opp23 9:04 Atl Bartkow-Francis 12 3W2 M-Cross 3-3 M Pass/Bz2 2 3 opp11 8:52 Atl Bartkow-Jackson 11/T 3W2 S-Cross 3-3 M Pass 30-3 KO 8:45 NO Holmes ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own13 8:37 NO Atl Pen5(Fields) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Key-Muncie 1 5 own18 7:58 NO Galbreath 1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Run 2 4 own19 7:15 NO Galbreath 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own23 6:43 NO Sk-Fields -6 Bas S-Out 4-3 M Basic 2 16 own17 6:03 NO Galbreath 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic/Bz3 3 12 own21 5:24 NO Muncie 2 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1/Lr 4 10 own23 5:14 NO Partridge 42,Ryckman --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own40 5:10 Atl Bartkow-Jenkins X 3W2 S-Cross/sec 3-3 M Pass/Bz2 2 10 own40 4:32 Atl Bartkowski 4 3W2 M-Fly 5-2 sZ Basic 3 6 own44 4:05 Atl Bartkow-Francis 13 3W2 M-Fly 5-1 M Pass 1 10 opp43 3:35 Atl Bartkow-Francis 37 3W2 B-Post 5-1 M Pass 1 6 opp6 3:10 Atl Cain -1 3W2 OffTkl-R 5-1 M Basic 2 7 opp7 2:46 Atl Bartkowski -1/F 3W2 M-Out/HO 5-1 M Basic/Bz1 3 8 opp8 2:43 Atl Bartkow-Francis X 3W2 S-Out/HO 5-1 M Basic/Bz1 4 8 opp8 2:39 Atl Bartkow-Francis 8/TD 3W2 M-Out/HO 5-2 sZ Basic/A 37-3 KO 2:26 NO Mauti ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 2:00 NO Galbreath 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 2 6 own30 1:40 NO Manning-Childs 5 Bas M-Fly/sec 4-3 tM Basic 3 1 own35 1:32 NO Galbreath 0 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Run 4 1 own35 1:05 NO Manning-Childs 14 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own49 0:55 NO Muncie 5 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 2 5 opp46 0:27 NO Galbreath 6 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp40 0:24 NO Manning-Chandler 7 Bas S-Out 4-3 Z Basic 2 3 opp33 0:24 NO Pen5(Yeates) Bas M-Seam 4-3 sZ Run/Bz2 1 10 opp28 0:03 NO Muncie 4 Bas Dive 4-3 dZ Run/Li 2 6 opp24 0:00 NO FG Yepremian 41/G --- FG --- Block 37-4 Game