The box from the Superdome

The Monday night box is a 45–24 Falcons win. Atlanta had 420 yards. New Orleans had 320. The Falcons ran for 205. The Saints ran for 50. Atlanta did not turn the ball over. New Orleans turned it over once. The Falcons are 2–2. The Saints are 1–3.

Bijan Robinson scored from 59 yards on Atlanta’s third play, and from 4 yards as the first quarter ended. It was 14–0. Alvin Kamara scored from 3 to open the second. Brian Robinson Jr. answered from 4, and Nick Folk kicked a 29-yard field goal. Halftime was 24–7. Daniel Carlson made a 27-yard field goal in the third. Brian Robinson scored from 8, and it was 31–10.

Kamara scored from 5 early in the fourth, and the lead was 31–17. Michael Penix Jr. found Jahan Dotson from 31. Brian Robinson scored from 11, his third touchdown, and it was 45–17. Tyler Shough found Devaughn Vele from 3 yards with 1:13 left. That was the last score.

Penix was 15-of-20 for 223 yards and a touchdown. Bijan Robinson carried 19 times for 145 yards and two scores. Brian Robinson carried 14 times for 62 yards and three scores. Drake London caught 5 passes for 96 yards. Shough was 30-of-48 for 286 yards and a touchdown. Chris Olave caught 8 passes for 116 yards. Kamara’s two scores were his first of the season.

Three Sooners were on the Falcons’ side of the sheet, and one was not. Billy Bowman Jr. had 2 tackles, both solo. Kendal Daniels had 4 tackles, 3 solo. Brian Asamoah II does not have a counting line. Danny Stutsman, the Sooner linebacker for New Orleans, had 5 tackles, 1 solo.

The quarters at the top of this page are the column. Falcons 14, 10, 7, 14. Saints 0, 7, 3, 14.