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Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

Final · Kickoff

2009 Regular season · Week 8 · Louisiana Superdome · Monday Night

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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ATLAtlanta Falcons27Away
NONew Orleans Saints35Home
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Saints beat Falcons 35–27 in 2009 Week 8

The New Orleans Saints beat the Atlanta Falcons 35–27 at home at Louisiana Superdome in Week 8 of the 2009 regular season on November 2, 2009. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 8 points.

The result moved the Saints to 7–0 and dropped the Falcons to 4–3. It was the Saints’ seventh straight win. The Falcons finished 2009 at 9–7 and missed the playoffs. The Saints finished 2009 at 13–3 and won Super Bowl XLIV.

In their previous meeting, the New Orleans Saints won 29–25 on December 7, 2008. When they met again, the New Orleans Saints won 26–23 on December 13, 2009.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Saints lead the series 12–9 after meeting No. 21 since 1999 Full series history

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