Best Win Ever Against: Atlanta Falcons (1 Viewer)

[HoustonSaint68]

The crowd was unreal.

Definitely the loudest single moment I’ve ever heard in the Dome (or Tulane Stadium, for that matter), and the vibe amongst the fans was definitely more special than anything I’ve ever felt before or since. Many, many tears and lumps in the throat that afternoon and night.

But, imo, the 2018 NFCCG was the most consistently loud, start-to-finish I’ve ever heard the Dome.

 

[NeverGiveUP2]

Yeah, we started in 1968. No wrong or right but, for me, it’s still the last snap of XLIV in Miami, but the return to the Dome is definitely right behind in second place.

What’s great for me is that both my ST and my seats in Miami are/were pretty much aligned with the TV perspective, so when I watch replays I can easily put myself in the moment again.

P. Manning throws that last incompletion... 42 seconds remains.... The Saints have the ball and a 14 point lead... Indy has -0- time outs remaining... And the iconic Jim Henderson says

And it would APPEAR that the Saints are going to win the Super Bowl

ONLY a Saints fan can relate...lol

 

[HoustonSaint68]

P. Manning throws that last incompletion... 42 seconds remains.... The Saints have the ball and a 14 point lead... Indy has -0- time outs remaining... And the iconic Jim Henderson says

And it would APPEAR that the Saints are going to win the Super Bowl

ONLY a Saints fan can relate...lol

Haha, yeah, I didn’t even see Tracy Porter clear the goal line - as he was running the last 15 yds, I was looking back down the field trying to spot the flag I just KNEW was on the ground somewhere!

Beat a dog with a rolled up newspaper enough and he’ll slink away every time you wanna read the funny papers!

 

[St.Dan]

Without a doubt, numero uno on this one is the ‘06 game that reopened the Dome following Katrina. I was there, in Section 645, and long story short, it was an emotional night that no one there will ever forget.

And any win over the Failclowns —whether in the past or in the future — is worthy of celebrating! It’s what we’re supposed to do!

 

[southdeltan]

Oct 16, 2015

Thursday Night Football.

Mauti blocks the punt and recovers it in the end be with Gleason in the stands.

Gleason tweets “Hey Falcons, #NeverPunt”.

Brees and Watson torched them and the defense held on.

I had forgot the turdy birds were undefeated at the time.

I’m biased, it was my first game in the Dome.

 

[BIGRON]

I want to win every time we play the Failclowns, so my favorite win is our last win we had against them.

 

[DougieV]

Best games against the Falcons: every single time we trotted out Morten Andersen

Worst games against the Falcons: every single time they trotted him out against us.

 

[NeverGiveUP2]

Definitely the loudest single moment I’ve ever heard in the Dome (or Tulane Stadium, for that matter), and the vibe amongst the fans was definitely more special than anything I’ve ever felt before or since. Many, many tears and lumps in the throat that afternoon and night.

But, imo, the 2018 NFCCG was the most consistently loud, start-to-finish I’ve ever heard the Dome.

Good offseason discussion topic. I guess you are correct about the NFCCG being the most consistently loud. And yes the return to the Dome was the most emotional thing I have ever seen or heard. Admit to tears that night as well

But I as an old timer go back to circa 85??? We were 8-7 and the final game of the year was against the Rams. Win and we have our FIRST winning season EVER not to mention our first playoff game. We are up 17-16 (historian fans can fix my stats if I am wrong). Bum Phillips decides against letting Morton Anderson kick a 47 yard FG instead relying on the Dome Patrol. Under 2 minutes. When the defense came on the field the rest of the team was standing on the bench waving white towels. I’m telling you. And I have been there since 67… I think that was the loudest I have ever heard the Dome. It was insane. Then Landsford??? Kicks a long FG and the place goes deafly silent for maybe a minute or so. Then we just started clapping. Thanking the team for a great ride.

 

[HoustonSaint68]

Good offseason discussion topic. I guess you are correct about the NFCCG being the most consistently loud. And yes the return to the Dome was the most emotional thing I have ever seen or heard. Admit to tears that night as well

But I as an old timer go back to circa 85??? We were 8-7 and the final game of the year was against the Rams. Win and we have our FIRST winning season EVER not to mention our first playoff game. We are up 17-16 (historian fans can fix my stats if I am wrong). Bum Phillips decides against letting Morton Anderson kick a 47 yard FG instead relying on the Dome Patrol. Under 2 minutes. When the defense came on the field the rest of the team was standing on the bench waving white towels. I’m telling you. And I have been there since 67… I think that was the loudest I have ever heard the Dome. It was insane. Then Landsford??? Kicks a long FG and the place goes deafly silent for maybe a minute or so. Then we just started clapping. Thanking the team for a great ride.

Crushing. He was kicking towards me and to my left and I just knew he was gonna make it. Absolutely crushing. And, as you alluded, everyone leaving the Dome saying, "Why didn't he let Morten kick it?"

Part of the different noise perspective may be nostalgia, but it is also seat position in the Dome. For example, we were mid-level end zone at Tulane and, to my recollection, the loudest I ever heard it there was Dempsey's kick, and Archie's last second TD against the Rams (sadly, both in the opposite end zone from us). Then we were low-level end zone the first years in the Dome but there wasn't much to cheer about those years. Then my own first paid-for ST as an adult were the cheap seats way up in the Terrace corner, Bum-through-Mora, and as you pointed out, the defense could bring the noise down. Sadly, the loudest recollections for me there were a number of times screaming for a 4Q stop against the 49ers that didn't come. Then, quite a number of individual Loge experiences when I was living out of town -- pretty boring and partially sheltered from the noise. And now my ST are in Row 2 of what we used to call the Padded Terrace - I think of all my experiences, the noise comes at you louder at that location than others I've been.

And the noise sounds different in all those different places.

 

[dtc]

Cmon man. How is ANYTHING going to exceed the return to the Dome????

Exactly.

Not only is that the greatest win against the Falcons, it's the greatest win for the Saints of all time and was the precursor for nearly 20 years of excellence.

 

[BELOWSEALEVEL]

I'll go outside the box and say 28-3 was my most memorable falcons loss

 

[Goatman Saint]

Mid 1990s. Wayne Martin had 5 sacks. Ugly game but it was awesome

 

[Tulsa Saint]

2012 against the undefeated clowns was fantastic

 

[Saintman2884]

1981, we beat them at home 35-6 on the last day of the strike-shortened season, when we had a one and a million chance to make the playoffs.

Bum ran a fake FG for a TD when we were up 28-6 in the fourth quarter and ran up the score for us. Good times.

Actually, Saint J, that was the last game of the 1982 regular-season strike-shortened season, where we finished 4-5, and Falcons limped into post-season at 5-4 and lost the following week, to Minnesota, in the first round.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

2012 against the undefeated clowns was fantastic

That one was my 30th bday.