Week 18 · 2021 NFL Season

New Orleans Saints vs Atlanta Falcons

Sun, Jan 9, 2022, 4:25 PM EST

New Orleans Saints

Away · 9-8

Atlanta Falcons

Home · 7-10

Final — New Orleans Saints win

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	7	17	0	6	30
ATL	3	3	7	7	20

New Orleans Saints visit the Atlanta Falcons in Week 18 of the 2021 NFL season. Final: New Orleans Saints 30, Atlanta Falcons 20.

Recap: Saints miss wild-card spot despite 30-20 win over Falcons →

Prediction & pick

Odds pick

New Orleans Saints

67% implied ·Solid

Against the spread

Pick'em / no spread

Crowd pick

Atlanta Falcons 100%

Odds pick hit ✓

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Betting lines

Moneyline

New Orleans Saints: 1.50

Atlanta Falcons: 2.80

Spread

New Orleans Saints: —

Atlanta Falcons: —

Over / Under

—

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Team stats

NO ATL

22 1st Downs 13

369 Total Yards 257

174 Passing 195

195 Rushing 62

8-16 3rd down efficiency 3-10

4-40 Penalties 5-46

0 Turnovers 3

39:17 Possession 20:43

Leaders

NO

Passing Yards

Taysom Hill (QB) — 7/9, 107 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing Yards

Alvin Kamara (RB) — 30 CAR, 146 YDS
Receiving Yards

Tre'Quan Smith (WR) — 5 REC, 76 YDS, 1 TD

ATL

Passing Yards

Matt Ryan (QB) — 20/33, 216 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Yards

Mike Davis (RB) — 6 CAR, 30 YDS
Receiving Yards

Russell Gage Jr. (WR) — 9 REC, 126 YDS, 1 TD

Scoring summary

Q1 8:29 NO Adam Trautman 18 Yd pass from Taysom Hill (Brett Maher Kick) 7–0
Q1 3:15 ATL Younghoe Koo 48 Yd Field Goal 7–3
Q2 10:31 ATL Younghoe Koo 54 Yd Field Goal 7–6
Q2 5:47 NO Tre'Quan Smith 13 Yd pass from Trevor Siemian (Brett Maher Kick) 14–6
Q2 1:03 NO Brett Maher 37 Yd Field Goal 17–6
Q2 0:02 NO Juwan Johnson 5 Yd pass from Trevor Siemian (Brett Maher Kick) 24–6
Q3 2:49 ATL Qadree Ollison 19 Yd Run (Younghoe Koo Kick) 24–13
Q4 10:55 NO Brett Maher 27 Yd Field Goal 27–13
Q4 7:36 NO Brett Maher 33 Yd Field Goal 30–13
Q4 0:21 ATL Russell Gage 1 Yd pass from Matt Ryan (Younghoe Koo Kick) 30–20

Standings

2025 NFC South Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Carolina	8-9	311	380
Tampa Bay	8-9	380	411
Atlanta	8-9	353	401
New Orleans	6-11	306	383

Referee Craig Wrolstad

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