Belt game 1,228 · November 16, 2003
New Orleans Saints take the belt
New Orleans Saints beat Atlanta Falcons 23–20 at home to start reign 453 of the NFL belt, the 8th for the franchise.
Atlanta Falcons had held it since November 9, 2003, with 0 defenses over 7 days.
New Orleans Saints held it for 7 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Eagles on November 23, 2003.
453Reign number
8Team's reign
0Defenses
7Days held
Box score
New Orleans Saints
| Player | C/ATT | PYD | PTD | INT | CAR | RYD | RTD | REC | RECYD | RECTD | TKL | SCK | DINT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 21-37 | 228 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 173 | 2 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael L. Lewis | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Pathon | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Horn | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrelle Smith | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte' Stallworth | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Ambrose | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bellamy | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mitch Berger | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fakhir Brown | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Carney | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ki-Jana Carter | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Green | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Rodgers | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Ruff | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Thomas | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Howard | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sedrick Hodge | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Knight | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Grant | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| James Allen | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Montrae Holland | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Atlanta Falcons
| Player | C/ATT | PYD | PTD | INT | CAR | RYD | RTD | REC | RECYD | RECTD | TKL | SCK | DINT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrick Dunn | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 162 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Kittner | 8-27 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin McCord | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peerless Price | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alge Crumpler | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Finneran | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Duckett | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juran Bolden | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Brooking | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Draft | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Hall | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Hall | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Ed Jasper | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Travis Jervey | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Johnson | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Patrick Kerney | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tod McBride | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gerald McBurrows | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Newman | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Allen Rossum | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Twan Russell | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Smith | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Artie Ulmer | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Feely | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roberto Garza | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Stewart | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Scott | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Player stats since 1999: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).