Canal Street Chronicles
The New Orleans Saints are back in action at home this Sunday after their bye week, to face the Atlanta Falcons in the Caesars Superdome.
It all started back on November 26, 1967, when the Saints defeated the Falcons 27-24 in Tulane Stadium. It was the Falcons’ second season and the Saints’ inaugural season in the NFL.
This will be 113th time that these two franchises will face one another with the Atlanta leading the series 57-56.
Their most memorable matchup was on Monday, September 25th, 2006, dubbed “Domecoming,” which was the Saints first home game played in the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina. In that historic game, we saw Saints safety Steve Gleason famously block a punt by Falcons’ kicker Michael Koenen with DB Curtis Deloatch recovering the ball in the Falcons’ end zone for a touchdown. New Orleans went on to win 23-3 and at that time, the game became the highest-rated program in ESPN’s history.
The Saints will go into this game with a 2-8 record as the Falcons are 3-7 after falling at home to the Carolina Panthers in overtime last Sunday.
Kickoff is at 3:25 pm and the game will be broadcast on FOX with Adam Amin (play-by-play), Drew Brees (color analyst) and Kristina Pink (sideline)
