In honor of Free Game Friday relive the Saints emotional return to the Superdome!
00:00 – Start
2:22 Mike Vick Sacked by Fujita
2:59 Steve Gleason Blocks Punt, DeLoatch TD
8:23 Vick to Lelie for 48 yards
11:28 Morten Anderson 26-yard Field Goal
20:15 Brees 28-yard Pass to M. Colston
22:17 D. Henderson 11-yard TD Run
44:03 John Carney 37-yard Field Goal
54:51 Saints Block Field Goal
1:04:38 Carney 51-yard Field Goal
1:05:52 Brees 29-yard Pass to Colston
1:14:01 Carney 20-yard Field Goal
1:33:07 Brees Sacked by Weatherford on 3rd Down
1:40:52 Vick 30-yard Run
1:45:55 Saints Stop Falcons on 4th Down
1:54:49 Final Play
In their first game in the New Orleans Superdome since Hurricane Katrina, the Saints dominated the Falcons from start to finish. On the fourth play of the game, New Orleans blocked an Atlanta punt and recovered it for a touchdown. The game also marked a perfect 3-0 start to the season for the Saints, a great rebound to what was an unproductive 2005 season.
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44 Comments
N it wasn't Katrina that was cause for all of the damage in New Orleans in 2005, STUPIDITY WAS!!!!! If there's any remaining people that from FEMA around today, I'ma let you know, you are all RACISTS!!!! Putting race before safety is unacceptable and ridiculous. I hope you all got fired. Maybe all of You FEMA people should've been stuck in New Orleans when it flooded. You people make me sick. I will forever hold a beef with FEMA.
John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
WHO DAT!!!!
ATL had no shot of winning after that block punt TD.
As a family wed watch every MNF game together. No matter what team played. And this one will always be one of my favorites
I'm glad to see that the NFL has preserved this historical moment and made it available for all to watch. Thanks.
One of the most fixed games in NFL history
Never gets old.
This game will last forever
We didn't have a problem going home to our FEMA trailers that night…
Seems fitting for this game to be on national television 📺 on ESPN considering that the Saints came home 🏠. And there is no place like home 🏡.
Mike Tircio is one of best current tv announcers right 👍 now.
I call Micheal Vick a smaller version of Randall Cunningham.
I like the Falcons better with a lot of black 🌑.
3:06 Oh, now THAT'S a classic moment.
Classic game, even though my Falcons lost. Congratulations, Saints. There's no place like home!
As Saints fan, not only was this game satisfying because we beat our division rivals in our return home, but it was also satisfying that we kept Michael Vick out of the endzone the whole night in our return home. It was so satisfying especially because this was Vick's final season with the Falcons before he got arrested. We punished Vick for his hideous crime before the sheriff did
Love this rivalry, I'll be there this weekend to watch my Falcons.
Always been team Gleason
Let's be completely honest. The Saints would've battered the '07 Pats, that night. They would've smashed any team that ever played!! Out and out decimation.
I lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and this game was extremely emotional for many, many people. I watched this game at a local sports bar and when the punt was blocked in the 1st quarter, people openly wept, myself included.
No team in nfl history would of beat the saints on this night
The play call the way brees threw the block for the TD shows that the team was all about business!!!
falclowns never had a chance.
Volume is too low
Can't hear
Watching this in 2023 💪🏽.. let’s Geaux Saints !!
Great production by ESPN here. Stopping the clock, the announcers going silent. Really just letting this city celebrate their incredible moment after going through hell and back.
50:23 "Scott Fajita"
1:25:47 "Caused him to take it out of his pants"
1:44:28 "Taking on a very big tight end"
Is there really a "Perfectly thrown long pass? Doesn't the receiver adjust his speed and position in order to make the ball catchable?
Listen to that bull, "there isn't another QB who can make that play". Come-on-man!
Get Micheal Vick away from Gumbo the Saints dog 🐩 mascot.
Falcons coach at the time was the son of Saints 2nd most successful coach of all time.
Better mobile quarterback passer Randall Cunningham or Micheal Vick?
Spike Lee "Mr. Number One Knick fan" was there
James 2:19
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
One of the greatest games in NFL History. Literally a rebirth of a city.
I was there along with my brother, mom, and dad. Absolutely loudest I’ve ever heard that dome. What an honor to be apart of that with 74k other fans. It was unbelievable
They deserved that win ❤️❤️
22:28 how bad did Drew want to win? That play says everything about his competitive fire.
I Remember This Game 🎉!
WHO DAT for Life 2024
This was the only year that Drew Brees and Michael Vick were in the same division. Vick would then be traded to the prison football team
NOBODY was beating Nola that night. NOBODY
Gruden was there that night. I heard him say he’s never to this day heard that place erupt that loud. FYI he was at the NFC championship when SainT’s beat Vikings
3:03 Saints Block Punt and Return For Touchdown (7-0)
11:40 Falcons Field Goal (7-3)
22:21 Saints 2nd Touchdown (14-3)
44:20 Saints 1st Field Goal (17-3)
54:54 Saint Block Falcons Field Goal (17-3)
1:05:00 Saints 2nd Field Goal (20-3)
1:14:14 Saints 3rd Field Goal (23-3)
1:55:55
Among all the great teams in the history of the sport, whether it was ‘89 Niners, ‘07 Pats, or even the ‘72 Dolphins, I believe that in this night, the Saints would’ve beaten all of them