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New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

New Orleans Saints17

Atlanta Falcons19✓

Final · Sunday, January 4, 2026 · 1:00 p.m. ET · Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Head coaches: Kellen Moore (Saints) · Raheem Morris (Falcons)

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Saints	0	7	3	7	17
Falcons	7	3	3	6	19

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	NO–ATL
Q1
3:02	TD	Falcons	Drake London 15 Yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Zane Gonzalez Kick)	0–7
Q2
10:19	FG	Falcons	Zane Gonzalez 40 Yd Field Goal	0–10
4:31	TD	Saints	Tyler Shough 1 Yd Rush (Charlie Smyth Kick)	7–10
Q3
8:50	FG	Falcons	Zane Gonzalez 51 Yd Field Goal	7–13
2:15	FG	Saints	Charlie Smyth 29 Yd Field Goal	10–13
Q4
10:43	FG	Falcons	Zane Gonzalez 38 Yd Field Goal	10–16
2:52	FG	Falcons	Zane Gonzalez 38 Yd Field Goal	10–19
1:11	TD	Saints	Ronnie Bell 16 Yd pass from Tyler Shough (Charlie Smyth Kick)	17–19

Team stats

Stat	Saints	Falcons
First downs	16	14
Total yards	340	208
Yards per play	5.2	3.4
Passing yards	232	159
Comp / att	23/35	18/32
Rushing yards	108	49
Third down	5-16	4-14
Fourth down	3-3	1-1
Red zone	2-3	1-3
Turnovers	2	1
Penalties – yards	6-40	5-42
Sacks – yards lost	4-27	4-21
Possession	31:19	28:41
Plays	65	61

Also	Saints	Falcons
Passing first downs	10	11
Rushing first downs	5	2
First downs by penalty	1	1
Drives	11	12
Yards per pass	5.9	4.4
Interceptions thrown	1	1
Rushing attempts	26	25
Yards per rush	4.2	2.0
Fumbles lost	1	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
6Tyler Shough	23/35	259	7.4	1	1	4-27	60.8	85.3

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
30Audric Estime	21	63	3.0	0	9
6Tyler Shough	3	34	11.3	1	29
34Evan Hull	2	11	5.5	0	8
Team	26	108	4.2	1	29

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
83Juwan Johnson	3	61	20.3	0	28	5
11Dante Pettis	5	60	12.0	0	26	5
30Audric Estime	5	43	8.6	0	19	5
81Kevin Austin Jr.	4	37	9.3	0	15	9
7Taysom Hill	3	32	10.7	0	13	3
85Ronnie Bell	2	23	11.5	1	16	4
89Samori Toure	1	3	3.0	0	3	3
Team	23	259	11.3	1	28	34

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
83Juwan Johnson	1	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
96Carl Granderson	10	5	1.5	3	1	3
99Chase Young	6	3	1.5	2	1	2
56Demario Davis	6	1	0	0	0	0
1Alontae Taylor	4	4	0	1	0	0
94Cameron Jordan	4	3	1	2	0	2
29Quincy Riley	4	3	0	0	2	0
54Jonah Williams	4	1	0	1	0	0
4Kool-Aid McKinstry	3	3	0	0	4	0
28Danny Stutsman	3	3	0	0	0	0
95John Ridgeway III	3	0	0	0	0	0
7Taysom Hill	2	2	0	0	0	0
26Terrell Burgess	2	2	0	0	0	0
27Isaac Yiadom	2	1	0	0	0	0
20Pete Werner	2	1	0	0	0	0
33Jonas Sanker	2	1	0	0	0	0
58Chris Rumph II	2	0	0	0	0	0
44Isaiah Stalbird	2	0	0	0	0	0
31Jordan Howden	1	1	0	0	0	0
97Khristian Boyd	1	1	0	0	0	1
53Jaylan Ford	1	1	0	0	0	0
30Audric Estime	1	1	0	0	0	0
98Jonathan Bullard	1	0	0	0	0	0
21Justin Reid	1	0	0	0	0	0
92Davon Godchaux	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	67	37	4	9	8	9

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
96Carl Granderson	1	0	0

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
34Evan Hull	3	78	26.0	28	0

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
11Dante Pettis	2	17	8.5	14
19Nyheim Hines	1	11	11.0	11
Team	3	28	9.3	14

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
39Charlie Smyth	1/2	50.0	29	2/2	5	29

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
32Kai Kroeger	4	203	50.8	0	1	55

Atlanta Falcons

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
18Kirk Cousins	18/32	180	5.6	1	1	4-21	26.1	69.8

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
7Bijan Robinson	15	33	2.2	12
25Tyler Allgeier	7	16	2.3	5
18Kirk Cousins	3	0	0.0	2
Team	25	49	2.0	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
5Drake London	4	78	19.5	1	37	8
8Kyle Pitts Sr.	6	58	9.7	0	15	9
1Darnell Mooney	3	20	6.7	0	10	7
87David Sills V	1	11	11.0	0	11	1
7Bijan Robinson	3	10	3.3	0	12	3
25Tyler Allgeier	1	3	3.0	0	3	2
Team	18	180	10.0	1	37	30

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
31Xavier Watts	0	0	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
20Dee Alford	9	5	0	1	2	0
0Divine Deablo	8	1	0	0	1	0
31Xavier Watts	7	4	0	0	1	0
39C.J. Henderson	7	3	0	0	2	0
55Kaden Elliss	6	2	0	0	1	0
90David Onyemata	6	1	0	0	0	0
93Kentavius Street	4	3	1	1	0	1
24A.J. Terrell Jr.	4	3	0	0	0	0
94LaCale London	4	1	1	1	0	1
27James Pearce Jr.	3	2	2	2	0	2
3Jessie Bates III	3	2	0	0	0	0
40JD Bertrand	3	1	0	0	1	0
28Mike Ford Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0
11Jalon Walker	2	1	0	1	0	0
92Khalid Kareem	2	0	0	0	0	0
91Elijah Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	0
42Josh Woods	1	1	0	0	0	0
8Kyle Pitts Sr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
37Cobee Bryant	1	1	0	0	0	0
34Jammie Robinson	1	1	0	0	0	0
35Natrone Brooks	1	1	0	0	0	0
56Leonard Floyd	1	0	0	0	0	0
98Ruke Orhorhoro	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	79	36	4	6	8	4

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
20Dee Alford	1	59	0

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
83Deven Thompkins	2	42	21.0	25
81Dylan Drummond	1	31	31.0	31
Team	3	73	24.3	31

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
83Deven Thompkins	3	26	8.7	15	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
45Zane Gonzalez	4/4	100.0	51	1/1	13	40, 51, 38, 38

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
13Bradley Pinion	4	229	57.3	0	2	69

Entering Week 18

The table after Week 17, the way the standings read when this game kicked off.

New Orleans Saints · 6-10 · 4th in the NFC South

Atlanta Falcons · 7-9 · 3rd in the NFC South

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 69,512

Officials: Umpire Barry Anderson · Side Judge Keith Washington · Referee Ronald Torbert · Field Judge Ryan Dickson · Line Judge Brian Bolinger · Down Judge Frank LeBlanc · Back Judge Courtney Brown

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