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New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 17 · Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
New Orleans Saints—Away
Atlanta Falcons—Home

Game details

Location
Atlanta
Venue address
1 AMB Drive, Atlanta, GA 30313, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

New Orleans Saints 1–3 · Road 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 20 · 7 days of rest
Atlanta Falcons 2–2 · Home 0–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 11 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game · NO 4 games, ATL 4 games
MetricNOATL
Points per game26.310th24.015th
Points allowed per game32.032nd23.016th
Total yards per game367.09th360.510th
Passing yards per game300.83rd191.825th
Rushing yards per game88.527th181.02nd
Turnovers per game2.026th2.026th
Sacks allowed per game3.025th2.013th
Penalty yards per game43.34th72.024th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 24–45 vs ATL Week 4
  2. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  3. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  4. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET Week 1

Atlanta Falcons: recent results

  1. W 45–24 @ NO Week 4
  2. W 35–14 @ GB Week 3
  3. L 3–34 vs CAR Week 2
  4. L 13–20 @ PIT Week 1

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,203 yds
Rushing
Travis Etienne 128 yds
Receiving
Chris Olave 491 yds
Sacks
Chase Young 3.5

Atlanta Falcons: season leaders

Passing
Michael Penix Jr. 479 yds
Rushing
Bijan Robinson 494 yds
Receiving
Drake London 370 yds

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Questionable Alvin Kamara RB
  • Questionable Barion Brown
  • Questionable Christen Miller NT

5 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Atlanta Falcons: injury report

  • Out Anterio Thompson NT
  • Out DeAngelo Malone SLB
  • Out Storm Norton RT
  • Out Za'Darius Smith WLB
  • Questionable Divine Deablo RILB
  • Questionable Jake Matthews LT
  • Questionable Samson Ebukam SLB

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NO 32 · ATL 23 in 55 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 4 ATL 45, NO 24
  2. 2025 · Week 18 NO 17, ATL 19
  3. 2025 · Week 12 ATL 24, NO 10
  4. 2024 · Week 10 ATL 17, NO 20
  5. 2024 · Week 4 NO 24, ATL 26

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NO 50.9% · ATL 48.7%

Matchup quality 28.0 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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