Falcons–Saints rivalry
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| First meeting | November 20, 1967 New Orleans 27, Atlanta 24 |
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| Latest meeting | January 1, 2017 Atlanta 38, New Orleans 32 |
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| Next meeting | TBD | ||
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| Meetings total | 96 meetings | ||
| All-time series | Atlanta 51–45 | ||
| Postseason results |
Atlanta: 1–0
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| Largest victory | Atlanta: 62–7 (1973) New Orleans: 38–0 (1987) |
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| Longest win streak | Atlanta: 10 (1995–1999) New Orleans: 6 (1986–1989) |
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| Current win streak | Atlanta: 2 (2016–present) | ||
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Super Bowl championships (1)
Super Bowl appearances (3) Conference championships (3) Division championships (11) |
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Atlanta: 1–0
Super Bowl championships (1)
Super Bowl appearances (3)
Conference championships (3)
Division championships (11)
The Falcons–Saints rivalry is a divisional rivalry in the NFC South of the National Football League (NFL) between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints. The series is by far the oldest and most established rivalry in the division. Founded one year apart, the Saints and Falcons were the first two NFL franchises in the Deep South (Washington, Dallas, and Miami being arguably southern but not in the "traditional" Deep South). They have shared some important players, such as kicker Morten Andersen (the leading scorer in New Orleans history), Bobby Hebert (who quarterbacked for both teams in the 1990s), and Joe Horn (the Pro Bowl Saints receiver who left for the Falcons in 2007). They have also drawn coaches from the same families, and even shared a head coach: recent Falcons coach Jim L. Mora is the son of longtime Saints coach Jim E. Mora, and former Falcons and Saints coach Wade Phillips is the son of former Saints coach Bum Phillips.
The series was rarely noted by the national media during the teams' first decades of existence, probably due to both teams' long stretches of futility. However, the September 2006 match-up, which served as the Louisiana Superdome's official reopening after Hurricane Katrina, was heralded as a major milestone in New Orleans' and the Gulf Coast's recovery from the effects of the storm as well as the Saints' return to the city after their own year-long exile after the storm; the Saints later erected a statue outside the Superdome to commemorate their win in that game.
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