Atlanta Falcons26–24New Orleans Saints

Total yards: Atlanta Falcons 326, New Orleans Saints 370. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Atlanta Falcons 238, New Orleans Saints 239. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Atlanta Falcons 88, New Orleans Saints 131. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Atlanta Falcons 13, New Orleans Saints 23. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Atlanta Falcons 1.0, New Orleans Saints 1.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Atlanta Falcons 3, New Orleans Saints 4. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Atlanta Falcons 4, New Orleans Saints 2. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Atlanta Falcons 2, New Orleans Saints 1. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Atlanta Falcons 9, New Orleans Saints 6. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Atlanta Falcons 76, New Orleans Saints 60. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Atlanta Falcons -1.1, New Orleans Saints -0.1. Expected points added by the passing game. Above nought is better than an average offence would have managed from the same downs.

Rushing EPA: Atlanta Falcons 2.1, New Orleans Saints 4.3. The same for the running game.