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ATLANTA FALCONS 1998 BOXSCORES
Thursday, December 31, 4:03 AM
WEEK 1 -- SEPTEMBER 6 -- ATLANTA 19, CAROLINA 14
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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ATLANTA 0 7 9 3 19
CAROLINA 0 7 7 0 14
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 11 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 7:06. Drive: 11 plays,
98 yards in 6:38. Key plays: Chandler 34-yard
pass to Martin to Atlanta 35; Chandler 13-yard
pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 36;
Chandler 22-yard pass to Martin to Carolina 15;
Chandler 5-of-6 for 92 yards. ATLANTA 7-0
CAR - TD, WESLEY WALLS 6 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS (JOHN
KASAY KICK), 13:07. Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards in
2:03. Key plays: Collins 47-pass to Carruth to
Atlanta 11; Collins 3-of-4 for 57 yards.
ATLANTA 7, CAROLINA 7
3RD QUARTER: ATL - SAFETY. PUNT SNAP WENT OUT OF THE END ZONE., 7:42.
ATLANTA 9-7
ATL - TD, TIM DWIGHT 44 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 12:53. Drive: 6 plays,
61 yards in 3:02. Key plays: Chandler 9-yard
pass to J Anderson on 3rd-and-9 to Atlanta 40.
ATLANTA 16-7
CAR - TD, RAGHIB ISMAIL 56 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS
(JOHN KASAY KICK), 13:14. Drive: 1 play, 56
yards in 0:21. Key plays: Bates 45-yard kickoff
return to Carolina 44. ATLANTA 16-14
4TH QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 43 YD, 6:14. Drive: 7 plays, 15
yards in 2:46. Key plays: Fuller recovery of
blocked punt on Carolina 42; Chandler 11-yard
pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-5 to Carolina 26.
ATLANTA 19-14
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL CAR
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FIRST DOWNS 19 16
Rushing 5 1
Passing 12 13
Penalty 2 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 8-18 6-13
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 323 317
Total plays 70 57
Average gain 4.6 5.6
NET YARDS RUSHING 93 54
Rushes 31 19
Average per rush 3.0 2.8
NET YARDS PASSING 230 263
Completed-attempted 17-33 21-37
Yards per pass 5.9 6.9
Sacked-yards lost 6-38 1-7
Had intercepted 1 1
PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-39.4 6-34.2
RETURN YARDAGE 75 126
Punts-returns 2-4 3-5
Kickoffs-returns 3-70 4-121
Interceptions-returns 1-1 1-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 11-72 6-40
FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 2-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 36:18 23:42
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 28-88, Harold Green 2-4, Chris
Chandler 1-1.
Carolina rushing: Fred Lane 14-40, Kerry Collins 3-12, William Floyd
1-2, Ken Walter 1-0.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 17-33 for 268 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Carolina passing: Kerry Collins 21-37 for 270 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 6-74, Tony Martin 4-92, Jamal
Anderson 3-26, Tim Dwight 1-44, Todd Kinchen 1-19, Bob Christian 1-9,
Brian Kozlowski 1-4.
Carolina receiving: Raghib Ismail 6-119, Rae Carruth 4-59, Mark
Carrier 2-34, Muhsin Muhammad 2-24, Wesley Walls 2-20, William Floyd
2-5, Fred Lane 1-15, Anthony Johnson 1-5, Kerry Collins 1-minus 11.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ray Buchanan 6-0-0,
Jessie Tuggle 5-0-0, Cornelius Bennett 4-1-0, Eugene Robinson 4-1-0,
Travis Hall 4-0-0, Henri Crockett 3-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 3-0-0, Lester
Archambeau 3-0-0, Juran Bolden 2-0-0, Michael Booker 1-0-0, Ronnie
Bradford 1-0-0, Keith Brooking 1-0-0, John Burrough 1-0-0, Randy
Fuller 1-0-1, Antonio Edwards 0-1-0.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Michael Barrow 13-2-1,
Mike Minter 6-2-0, Jeff Brady 5-3-2, Eric Davis 4-1-0, Kevin Greene
4-1-3, Brent Alexander 1-3-0, Doug Evans 3-0-0, Rod Smith 3-0-0, Sean
Gilbert 2-0-0, Lamar Lathon 2-0-0, Jason Peter 1-1-0, Tarek Saleh
1-0-0, Mike Fox 1-0-0, Greg Lloyd 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Ray Buchanan 1 for 1 yards); Carolina (Doug
Evans 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered: None.
A: 65,129.
WEEK 2 -- SEPTEMBER 13 -- ATLANTA 17, PHILADELPHIA 12
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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PHILADELPHIA 6 3 0 3 12
ATLANTA 0 0 14 3 17
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: PHI - TD, DUCE STALEY 1 YD RUN (PAT BLOCKED), 7:14.
Drive: 13 plays, 79 yards in 7:14. Key plays:
Hoying 13-yard pass to Fryar on 3rd-and-6 to
Philadelphia 38; Hoying 11-yard pass to Turner
to Atlanta 37; Hoying 12-yard pass to Staley to
Atlanta 24; Hoying 7-yard pass to Fryar on
3rd-and-5 to Atlanta 12. PHILADELPHIA 6-0
2ND QUARTER: PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 24 YD, 14:37. Drive: 10 plays, 80
yards in 2:17. Key plays: Hoying 26-yard pass
to Fryar to Philadelphia 39; Hoying 33-yard
pass to Staley to Atlanta 14; Hoying 4-for-8
for 72 yards on drive. PHILADELPHIA 9-0
3RD QUARTER: ATL - TD, BRIAN KOZLOWSKI 19 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 2:22. Drive: 4 plays,
60 yards in 2:22. Key plays: Chandler 34-yard
pass to Martin to Philadelphia 23. PHILADELPHIA
9-7
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
8:38. Drive: 7 plays, 46 yards in 4:23. Key
plays: Chandler 21-yard pass to Martin to
Philadelphia 25; Stevens 15-yard
roughing-the-passer penalty to Philadelphia 12;
Chandler 7-yard pass to Mathis to Philadelphia
1. ATLANTA 14-9
4TH QUARTER: PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 42 YD, 0:55. Drive: 6 plays, 46
yards in 1:35. Key plays: Hoying 38-yard pass
to Graham plus 15-yard face-mask penalty on
Bradford to Atlanta 17. ATLANTA 14-12
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 23 YD, 7:29. Drive: 11 plays,
56 yards in 6:34. Key plays: Chandler 12-yard
pass to Martin to Atlanta 49; J Anderson
14-yard run to Philadelphia 35; Chandler
21-yard pass to Martin to Philadelphia 23;
Chandler 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to
Philadelphia 12. ATLANTA 17-12
TEAM STATISTICS
PHI ATL
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FIRST DOWNS 19 17
Rushing 1 5
Passing 14 9
Penalty 4 3
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-14 3-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 284 245
Total plays 62 54
Average gain 4.6 4.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 63 78
Rushes 25 25
Average per rush 2.5 3.1
NET YARDS PASSING 221 167
Completed-attempted 24-35 14-26
Yards per pass 6.0 5.8
Sacked-yards lost 2-11 3-29
Had intercepted 0 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-46.6 6-35.7
RETURN YARDAGE 106 100
Punts-returns 1-16 3-24
Kickoffs-returns 4-90 3-76
Interceptions-returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 9-72 9-78
FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 0-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:49 31:11
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Philadelphia (Chris Boniol 45).
Philadelphia rushing: Duce Staley 18-43, Bobby Hoying 4-18, Charlie
Garner 1-2, Corey Walker 1-1, Kevin Turner 1-minus 1.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 20-74, Chris Chandler 3-6, Elijah
Williams 2-minus 2.
Philadelphia passing: Bobby Hoying 24-35 for 232 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 14-26 for 196 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Philadelphia receiving: Duce Staley 9-73, Irving Fryar 5-66, Kevin
Turner 3-20, Jeff Graham 2-52, Freddie Solomon 2-13, Charlie Garner
2-minus 1, Jimmie Johnson 1-9.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 4-88, Terance Mathis 3-24, O.j.
Santiago 2-27, Brian Kozlowski 1-19, Bob Christian 1-16, Todd Kinchen
1-8, Jamal Anderson 1-8, Harold Green 1-6.
Philadelphia tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): James Willis 8-0-0,
Allen Rossum 6-1-0, Hollis Thomas 5-1-0.5, William Thomas 5-0-0, Al
Harris 3-0-0, Al Wallace 3-1-1, Greg Jefferson 2-1-0, Jon Harris
2-0-0, Michael Zordich 2-2-0, Bill Johnson 1-1-0.5, Tim Mctyer 1-0-1,
James Darling 0-1-0, Bryan Dawkins 0-1-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Cornelius Bennett 7-1-0,
Lester Archambeau 6-1-0, William White 6-3-0, Eugene Robinson 5-0-0,
Travis Hall 4-0-1, Shane Dronett 3-1-0, Jessie Tuggle 3-1-0, Craig
Sauer 3-0-0, Ray Buchanan 2-1-0, Chuck Smith 2-0-0, Ronnie Bradford
2-1-0, Keith Brooking 2-0-0, Henri Crockett 1-0-0, John Burrough
1-0-1, Randy Fuller 1-0-0, Michael Booker 1-0-0.
Interceptions: None.
Fumbles lost: None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered: None.
Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head
linesman-Sanford Rivers, Line judge-Jeff Bergman, Back judge-Jeff
Triplette, Side judge-Ken Baker, Field judge-Steve Zimmer.
A: 46,456; T: 2:55.
WEEK 4 -- SEPTEMBER 27 -- SAN FRANCISCO 31, ATLANTA 21
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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ATLANTA 7 0 0 13 20
SAN FRANCISCO 14 17 0 0 31
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: SFO - TD, JERRY RICE 66 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE
RICHEY KICK), 0:43. Drive: 2 plays, 78 yards in
0:43. Key plays: Young 12-yard pass to Rice to
San Francisco 34. SAN FRANCISCO 7-0
SFO - TD, MARC EDWARDS 7 YD RUN (WADE RICHEY KICK), 9:04.
Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 5:16. Key plays:
Young 9-yard run on 3rd-and-8 to San Francisco
31; Hearst 17-yard run to San Francisco 48;
Young 7-yard pass to Uwaezuoke on 3rd-and-3 to
Atlanta 38; Young 14-yard pass to Rice plus
15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Booker
to Atlanta 14. SAN FRANCISCO 14-0
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 49 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 11:03. Drive: 5 plays,
76 yards in 1:59. Key plays: Chandler 20-yard
pass to Anderson on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco
49. SAN FRANCISCO 14-7
2ND QUARTER: SFO - TD, JJ STOKES 3 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE
RICHEY KICK), 2:22. Drive: 10 plays, 93 yards
in 4:54. Key plays: Edwards 32-yard run to
midfield; Young 18-yard run on 4th-and-1 to
Atlanta 23; Young 18-yard pass to Rice to
Atlanta 5. SAN FRANCISCO 21-7
SFO - FG, WADE RICHEY 31 YD, 6:14. Drive: 5 plays, 30
yards in 2:07. Key plays: McQuarters 37-yard
punt return to Atlanta 43; Young 22-yard pass
to Owens to Atlanta 21. SAN FRANCISCO 24-7
SFO - TD, JERRY RICE 26 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE
RICHEY KICK), 13:34. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards
in 1:20. Key plays: Young 10-yard pass to Owens
to San Fransisco 30; Young 20-yard pass to
Smith to midfield; Young 19-yard run to Atlanta
26. SAN FRANCISCO 31-7
3RD QUARTER: NONE
4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 4 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
1:49. Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:04. Key
plays: Chandler 23-yard pass to Anderson to San
Francisco 46; Anderson 42-yard run to San
Francisco 4. SAN FRANCISCO 31-14
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 31 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(PAT BLOCKED), 7:37. Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards
in 3:55. Key plays: Anderson 2-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 35; Anderson 18-yard run
to San Francisco 47; Chandler 9-yard run on
3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 31. SAN FRANCISCO
31-20
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL SFO
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FIRST DOWNS 19 23
Rushing 8 7
Passing 11 14
Penalty 0 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-14 5-15
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 369 538
Total plays 65 73
Average gain 5.7 7.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 147 161
Rushes 20 31
Average per rush 7.4 5.2
NET YARDS PASSING 222 377
Completed-attempted 16-38 28-39
Yards per pass 4.9 9.0
Sacked-yards lost 7-32 3-10
Had intercepted 3 1
PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-40.0 5-46.0
RETURN YARDAGE 194 76
Punts-returns 3-36 3-46
Kickoffs-returns 6-127 2-30
Interceptions-returns 1-31 3-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 7-53 5-40
FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 2-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:06 32:54
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: San Francisco (Wade Richey 43).
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 13-123, Chris Chandler 3-13, Tim
Dwight 3-12, Ken Oxendine 1-minus 1.
San Francisco rushing: Garrison Hearst 18-57, Steve Young 7-50, Marc
Edwards 3-41, Chuck Levy 3-13.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 16-38 for 254 yards, 3 INT, 2 TD.
San Francisco passing: Steve Young 28-39 for 387 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 7-130, Tony Martin 4-53, Jamal
Anderson 2-43, Gary Downs 2-20, O.j. Santiago 1-8.
San Francisco receiving: Jerry Rice 8-162, Chuck Levy 6-21, Garrison
Hearst 4-105, Irv Smith 4-39, Jj Stokes 3-21, Terrell Owens 2-32,
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 1-7.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ray Buchanan 7-1-0,
Travis Hall 7-0-0, Craig Sauer 6-0-0, Jessie Tuggle 5-0-1, Cornelius
Bennett 4-0-0, Shane Dronett 4-0-1, Eugene Robinson 4-0-0, William
White 3-1-0, Randy Fuller 3-0-0, Chuck Smith 3-0-1, Lester Archambeau
3-0-0, Michael Booker 2-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 2-0-0, Keith Brooking
2-0-0, Juran Bolden 1-0-0, John Burrough 1-0-0.
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Antonio Langham
7-0-0, Tim Mcdonald 4-2-0.5, Darnell Walker 5-0-0, Bryant Young
3-2-1, Chris Doleman 3-1-2.5, Merton Hanks 3-0-0, Ken Norton 3-0-1,
Winfred Tubbs 3-0-0, Roy Barker 2-1-0, Junior Bryant 2-1-1.5, Lee
Woodall 1-1-0.5, Zack Bronson 1-0-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Ray Buchanan 1 for 31 yards); San Francisco
(Zack Bronson 2 for 0 yards, Tim Mcdonald 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: Atlanta (Ken Oxendine); San Francisco (R.w. Mcquarters).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Bob Christian); San Francisco
(Brentson Buckner).
Officials: Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head
linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Back judge-Paul Baetz,
Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Field judge-Don Dorkowski.
A: 62,296; T: 3:07.
WEEK 5 -- OCTOBER 4 -- ATLANTA 51, CAROLINA 23
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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CAROLINA 3 0 6 14 23
ATLANTA 14 3 21 13 51
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - TD, TIM DWIGHT 93 YD KICKOFF RETURN (MORTEN
ANDERSEN KICK), 0:15. ATLANTA 7-0
ATL - TD, TONY MARTIN 30 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 6:23. Drive: 5 plays,
56 yards in 2:55. Key plays: J Anderson 20-yard
run to Carolina 34;. ATLANTA 14-0
CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 28 YD, 13:49. Drive: 8 plays, 59
yards in 3:14. Key plays: Collins 23-yard pass
on 3rd-and-6 to Carrier to Atlanta 42; Lane
14-yard run plus 14-yard face mask penalty on
Falcons' Robinson to Atlanta 14. ATLANTA 14-3
2ND QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 23 YD, 13:52. Drive: 13 plays,
75 yards in 5:50. Key plays: Chandler 27-yard
pass to J Anderson to Atlanta 49; Chandler
12-yard pass to Martin to Carolina 39; Chandler
5-yard pass to Martin to Carolina 27; Dwight
22-yard pass on 3rd-and-10 to Chandler to
Carolina 5. ATLANTA 17-3
3RD QUARTER: ATL - TD, BOB CHRISTIAN 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
8:33. Drive: 11 plays, 78 yards in 6:12. Key
plays: Chandler 38-yard pass on 3rd-and-1 to
Mathis to Carolina 31; Chandler 18-yard pass to
Martin to Carolina 18; Chandler 6-yard pass on
3rd-and-3 to Mathis to Carolina 5. ATLANTA 24-3
ATL - TD, O.J. SANTIAGO 26 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 8:59. Drive: 1 play, 26
yards in 0:06. Key plays: Hall recovery of Lane
fumble at Carolina 26. ATLANTA 31-3
ATL - TD, WILLIAM WHITE 18 YD FUMBLE RETURN (MORTEN
ANDERSEN KICK), 9:21. ATLANTA 38-3
CAR - TD, WESLEY WALLS 24 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS (PAT
BLOCKED), 12:20. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in
2:59. Key plays: Collins 9-yard pass on
3rd-and-8 to Muhammad to Carolina 31; Collins
46-yard pass to Ismail to Atlanta 23. ATLANTA
38-9
4TH QUARTER: CAR - TD, MARK CARRIER 5 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS
(TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 1:41. Drive: 2
plays, 16 yards in 0:42. Key plays: R Smith
43-yard interception return to Atlanta 16.
ATLANTA 38-15
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 20 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN
KICK), 8:57. Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards in 7:16.
Key plays: Chandler 7-yard pass to Anderson to
Carolina 46; 15-yard pass interference penalty
on Panthers' Alexander on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina
30; Chandler 12-yard pass to Santiago to
Carolina 18. ATLANTA 45-15
CAR - TD, MUHSIN MUHAMMAD 72 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS
(KERRY COLLINS RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION),
9:38. Drive: 2 plays, 80 yards in 0:41.
ATLANTA 45-23
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 25 YD, 11:55. Drive: 4 plays, 6
yards in 1:35. Key plays: Archambeau recovery
of Collins fumble at Carolina 13. ATLANTA 48-23
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 28 YD, 14:17. Drive: 4 plays,
(-7) yards in 1:36. Key plays: White 36-yard
interception return to Carolina 4. ATLANTA 51-23
TEAM STATISTICS
CAR ATL
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FIRST DOWNS 16 18
Rushing 2 6
Passing 12 11
Penalty 2 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-12 9-16
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 346 323
Total plays 57 67
Average gain 6.1 4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 57 130
Rushes 17 42
Average per rush 3.4 3.1
NET YARDS PASSING 289 193
Completed-attempted 20-38 14-23
Yards per pass 7.2 7.7
Sacked-yards lost 2-13 2-28
Had intercepted 2 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-34.3 4-38.8
RETURN YARDAGE 246 223
Punts-returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoffs-returns 9-200 4-169
Interceptions-returns 2-46 2-54
PENALTIES-YARDS 8-47 6-53
FUMBLES-LOST 5-4 1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 22:50 37:10
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Carolina rushing: Fred Lane 15-48, Kerry Collins 2-9.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 31-117, Ken Oxendine 6-12, Tim Dwight
2-7, Bob Christian 1-1, Chris Chandler 1-minus 1, Terance Mathis
1-minus 6.
Carolina passing: Kerry Collins 20-38 for 302 yards, 2 INT, 3 TD.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 12-20 for 189 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD, Tim
Dwight 1-1 for 22 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Steve Deberg 1-2 for 10 yards,
0 INT, 0 TD.
Carolina receiving: Muhsin Muhammad 4-104, Raghib Ismail 4-82,
William Floyd 4-19, Mark Carrier 3-37, Wesley Walls 2-35, Luther
Brougton 1-13, Anthony Johnson 1-8, Fred Lane 1-4.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 4-65, Terance Mathis 3-51, O.j.
Santiago 2-38, Jamal Anderson 2-34, Gary Downs 2-11, Chris Chandler
1-22.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Greg Lloyd 7-2-0, Kevin
Greene 7-0-2, Brent Alexander 6-1-0, Michael Barrow 6-1-0, Jeff Brady
4-2-0, Tim Morabito 4-1-0, Rod Smith 4-1-0, Jason Peter 3-2-0, Tony
Veland 4-0-0, Sean Gilbert 3-0-0, Eric Davis 2-1-0, Mike Fox 1-0-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ray Buchanan 7-0-0,
William White 6-0-0, Jessie Tuggle 4-1-0, Travis Hall 2-3-0, Shane
Dronett 4-0-2, Craig Sauer 3-1-0, Cornelius Bennett 3-0-0, Ronnie
Bradford 2-0-0, Eugene Robinson 2-0-0, Lester Archambeau 1-0-0,
Antonio Edwards 1-0-0, Devin Bush 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Carolina (Rod Smith 1 for 43 yards, Greg Lloyd 1 for 3
yards); Atlanta (Ray Buchanan 1 for 18 yards, William White 1 for 36
yards).
Fumbles lost: Carolina (Luther Brougton, Fred Lane, Muhsin Muhammad,
Kerry Collins); Atlanta (Chris Chandler).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Lester Archambeau, Ronnie
Bradford, Travis Hall, William White).
Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head
linesman-Paul Weidner, Line judge-Ron Phates, Back judge-Bob Lawing,
Side judge-Terry Mcaulay, Field judge-Dick Creed.
A: 50,724; T: 3:25.
WEEK 6 -- OCTOBER 11 -- ATLANTA 34, NY GIANTS 20
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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ATLANTA 7 7 10 10 34
NY GIANTS 6 7 0 7 20
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NYG - FG, BRAD DALUISO 46 YD, 4:31. Drive: 6 plays, 7
yards in 2:31. Key plays: C Hamilton recovery
of J Anderson fumble at Atlanta 36; Way 8-yard
run to Atlanta 28. NY GIANTS 3-0
ATL - TD, TONY MARTIN 36 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 6:55. Drive: 4 plays,
70 yards in 2:24. Key plays: 16-yard pass
interference penalty on Giants Lincoln on
3rd-and-5 to New York 49; Chandler 13-yard pass
to Martin to New York 36. ATLANTA 7-3
NYG - FG, BRAD DALUISO 45 YD, 13:34. Drive: 10 plays, 23
yards in 4:08. Key plays: Way 8-yard run to
Atlanta 42; Way 5-yard run on 4th-and-3 to
Atlanta 26; Way 4 carries for 20 yards on
drive. ATLANTA 7-6
2ND QUARTER: ATL - TD, ANTONIO EDWARDS 2 YD FUMBLE RETURN (MORTEN
ANDERSEN KICK), 1:55. ATLANTA 14-6
NYG - TD, DAVID PATTEN 39 YD PASS FROM DANNY KANELL (BRAD
DALUISO KICK), 14:27. Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards
in 1:27. Key plays: Kanell 2-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to New York 39; Kanell 8-yard pass to
Barber to New York 47; Kanell 11-yard pass to
Toomer to Atlanta 39. ATLANTA 14-13
3RD QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 26 YD, 6:21. Drive: 11 plays,
65 yards in 6:21. Key plays: J Anderson 14-yard
run to Atlanta 46; Chandler 24-yard pass to
Mathis to New York 22; Chandler 10-yard pass to
Santiago to New York 9. ATLANTA 17-13
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 55 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 11:32. Drive: 5 plays,
79 yards in 3:32. Key plays: J Anderson 13-yard
run to Atlanta 34; Chandler 13-yard pass to J
Anderson to Atlanta 42; J Anderson 3-yard run
on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 45. ATLANTA 24-13
4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, CHRIS CHANDLER 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
5:09. Drive: 8 plays, 87 yards in 5:02. Key
plays: Chandler 18-yard pass to Martin to
Atlanta 33; Chandler 19-yard run plus 15-yard
personal foul on Giant's Gray on 3rd-and-3 to
New York 26; Chandler 25-yard pass to Kozlowski
to New York 1. ATLANTA 31-13
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 32 YD, 8:39. Drive: 4 plays, 0
yards in 3:08. Key plays: Fuller recovery of
Kanell fumble at New York 14. ATLANTA 34-13
NYG - TD, KENT GRAHAM 5 YD RUN (BRAD DALUISO KICK),
12:16. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards in 3:37. Key
plays: Graham 12-yard pass to Toomer to New
York 37; Graham 13-yard pass to Bradford to
midfield; Graham 18-yard pass to Hilliard on
4th-and-13 to Atlanta 18; Graham 10-yard pass
to Patten to Atlanta 5. ATLANTA 34-20
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL NYG
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 20 17
Rushing 7 7
Passing 11 9
Penalty 2 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-12 2-14
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 3-3
TOTAL NET YARDS 381 266
Total plays 63 68
Average gain 6.0 3.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 128 110
Rushes 34 25
Average per rush 3.8 4.4
NET YARDS PASSING 253 156
Completed-attempted 14-27 22-37
Yards per pass 8.7 3.6
Sacked-yards lost 2-13 6-49
Had intercepted 0 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-34.3 7-49.0
RETURN YARDAGE 135 122
Punts-returns 5-46 1-6
Kickoffs-returns 4-89 7-116
Interceptions-returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 10-75 8-76
FUMBLES-LOST 4-2 3-3
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:49 25:11
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 29-110, Chris Chandler 4-19, Tim
Dwight 1-minus 1.
NY Giants rushing: Charles Way 11-39, Kent Graham 3-36, Gary Brown
6-15, Tiki Barber 3-12, Danny Kanell 2-8.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 14-27 for 266 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
NY Giants passing: Kent Graham 11-16 for 105 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD,
Danny Kanell 11-21 for 100 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 4-78, Jamal Anderson 3-40, Terance
Mathis 2-79, O.j. Santiago 2-18, Brian Kozlowski 1-25, Tim Dwight
1-21, Bob Christian 1-5.
NY Giants receiving: Tiki Barber 9-56, Amani Toomer 4-38, Ike
Hilliard 4-35, David Patten 3-59, Chris Calloway 1-12, Howard Cross
1-5.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ronnie Bradford 12-0-0,
Cornelius Bennett 7-3-0, Jessie Tuggle 4-2-0, Chuck Smith 3-1-1.5,
Travis Hall 3-1-0.5, Lester Archambeau 1-3-1.5, Randy Fuller 3-0-1,
Eugene Robinson 3-0-0, Ray Buchanan 3-0-0, Craig Sauer 2-1-0, Shane
Dronett 2-1-0.5, William White 2-1-0, Devin Bush 2-0-0, Elijah
Williams 2-0-0, Keith Brooking 1-0-0, Antonio Edwards 1-0-1, John
Burrough 0-1-0, Darren Anderson 0-1-0.
NY Giants tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Percy Ellsworth 8-3-0,
Corey Widmer 4-5-0, Chad Bratzke 5-2-0, Tito Wooten 5-1-0, Michael
Strahan 3-3-1, Jessie Armstead 5-0-1, Conrad Hamilton 4-1-0, Scott
Galyon 4-1-0, Christian Peter 3-1-0, Jeremy Lincoln 2-0-0, Marcus
Buckley 1-1-0, Doug Colman 1-0-0, Carlton Gray 1-0-0, Cedric Jones
0-1-0.
Interceptions: None.
Fumbles lost: Atlanta (Bob Christian, Jamal Anderson, Chris Chandler,
Tim Dwight); NY Giants (Danny Kanell 2, Howard Cross).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Antonio Edwards, Shane
Dronett, Randy Fuller); NY Giants (Conrad Hamilton, Corey Widmer).
Officials: Referee-Mike Carey, Umpire-Neil Gereb, Head linesman-Sid
Semon, Line judge-Charles Stewart, Back judge-Kirk Dornan, Side
judge-Tommy Moore, Field judge-David Warden.
A: 71,173; T: 3:11.
WEEK 7 -- OCTOBER 18-- ATLANTA 31, NEW ORLEANS 23
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ORLEANS 0 14 2 7 23
ATLANTA 3 14 0 14 31
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 22 YD, 7:02. Drive: 11 plays,
76 yards in 7:02. Key plays: Chandler 22-yard
pass to Santiago to New Orleans 45; J Anderson
21-yard run to New Orleans 24; Chandler 12-yard
pass to Martin on 3rd-and-10 to New Orleans 12.
ATLANTA 3-0
2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, LAMAR SMITH 5 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 1:25.
Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards in 9:23. Key plays: L
Smith 15-yard run to New Orleans 35; Tolliver
10-yard pass to Cleeland on 3rd-and-6 to New
Orleans 49; Tolliver 6-yard pass to L. Smith on
3rd-and-4 to Atlanta 39; Tolliver 23-yard pass
to Cleeland to Atlanta 13. NEW ORLEANS 7-3
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 31 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN
KICK), 6:17. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards in 4:52.
Key plays: 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty
on Saints' Mitchell to Atlanta 27; Chandler
9-yard pass to Mathis to Atlanta 40; Chandler
19-yard pass to Martin to New Orleans 42.
ATLANTA 10-7
ATL - TD, TONY MARTIN 45 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 8:17. Drive: 1 play, 45
yards in 0:08. ATLANTA 17-7
NOR - TD, KEITH POOLE 64 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER
(DOUG BRIEN KICK), 11:08. Drive: 5 plays, 78
yards in 2:51. Key plays: 6-yard pass
interference penalty on Falcons' Booker on
3rd-and- 3 to New Orleans 35. ATLANTA 17-14
3RD QUARTER: NOR - SAFETY, STEVE DEBERG TACKLED BY WAYNE MARTIN IN END
ZONE, 4:28. ATLANTA 17-16
4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, BOB CHRISTIAN 8 YD PASS FROM STEVE DEBERG
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 3:55. Drive: 6 plays,
50 yards in 3:35. Key plays: DeBerg 26-yard
pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-3 to New Orleans 17.
ATLANTA 24-16
ATL - TD, EUGENE ROBINSON 25 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 4:23. ATLANTA 31-16
NOR - TD, KEITH POOLE 82 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER
(DOUG BRIEN KICK), 11:41. Drive: 2 plays, 93
yards in 0:35. ATLANTA 31-23
TEAM STATISTICS
NOR ATL
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 15 19
Rushing 4 6
Passing 8 9
Penalty 3 4
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-14 4-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 322 303
Total plays 56 56
Average gain 5.8 5.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 67 140
Rushes 26 30
Average per rush 2.6 4.7
NET YARDS PASSING 255 163
Completed-attempted 14-29 14-21
Yards per pass 8.5 6.3
Sacked-yards lost 1-6 5-26
Had intercepted 1 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-44.3 5-43.2
RETURN YARDAGE 108 129
Punts-returns 1-16 3-16
Kickoffs-returns 5-92 4-88
Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-25
PENALTIES-YARDS 13-101 6-46
FUMBLES-LOST 5-3 2-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:01 31:59
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 45).
New Orleans rushing: Lamar Smith 19-49, Billy Joe Tolliver 2-9, Ray
Zellars 4-8, Troy Davis 1-1.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 25-132, Bob Christian 1-6, Tim Dwight
1-4, Steve Deberg 3-minus 2.
New Orleans passing: Billy Joe Tolliver 14-29 for 261 yards, 1 INT, 2
TD.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 7-10 for 129 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD,
Steve Deberg 7-10 for 60 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD, Tim Dwight 0-1 for 0
yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New Orleans receiving: Keith Poole 3-154, Cameron Cleeland 3-42, Sean
Dawkins 2-25, Lamar Smith 2-15, Ray Zellars 2-5, Brett Bech 1-11,
Andre Hastings 1-9.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 7-116, Terance Mathis 2-35, O.j.
Santiago 2-26, Bob Christian 2-5, Jamal Anderson 1-7.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Chad Cota 6-1-0,
Sammy Knight 5-0-0, Wayne Martin 5-0-1, Kevin Mitchell 3-2-0.5, Mark
Fields 3-0-1, Joe Johnson 3-0-0, La'roi Glover 2-1-0, Keith Mitchell
2-1-0.5, Tyronne Drakeford 2-0-0, Alex Molden 2-0-0, Jared Tomich
2-0-1, Je'rod Cherry 1-0-1, Fred Weary 1-0-0, Troy Wilson 1-0-0,
Julian Pittman 0-1-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Chuck Smith 6-1-0,
Cornelius Bennett 5-0-0, Eugene Robinson 5-0-0, Ray Buchanan 4-1-0,
Jessie Tuggle 4-0-0, Shane Dronett 2-0-1, Craig Sauer 2-0-0, Lester
Archambeau 2-0-0, Devin Bush 1-1-0, Travis Hall 1-0-0, Esera Tuaolo
1-0-0, John Burrough 1-0-0, William White 1-0-0, Michael Booker 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Eugene Robinson 1 for 25 yards).
Fumbles lost: New Orleans (Lamar Smith, Billy Joe Tolliver, Qadry
Ismail, Ray Zellars); Atlanta (Steve Deberg, Tim Dwight).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Lester Archambeau, Travis
Hall, Cornelius Bennett).
Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head
linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Don
Carey, Side judge-Tom Fincken, Field judge-Peter Morelli.
A: 60,774; T: 3:18.
WEEK 8 -- OCTOBER 25-- NY JETS 28, ATLANTA 3
--------------------------------------------
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 0 3 0 0 3
NY JETS 7 7 14 0 28
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NYJ - TD, CURTIS MARTIN 2 YD RUN (JOHN HALL KICK), 12:14.
Drive: 13 plays, 86 yards in 6:28. Key plays:
Testaverde 17-yard pass to Chrebet to New York
31; Testaverde 26-yard pass to Brady on
3rd-and-8 to Atlanta 29; Martin 9-yard run to
Atlanta 20; Martin 9-yard run to Atlanta 7;
Martin 8 carries 34 yards. NY JETS 7-0
2ND QUARTER: NYJ - TD, JEROME HENDERSON 53 YD FUMBLE RETURN (JOHN HALL
KICK), 0:09. NY JETS 14-0
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 53 YD, 15:00. Drive: 6 plays,
17 yards in 0:37. Key plays: Falcons take over
on downs at Atlanta 47; DeBerg 15-yard pass to
Kinchen on 3rd-and-14 to New York 42; DeBerg
6-yard pass to Anderson to New York 36. NY JETS
14-3
3RD QUARTER: NYJ - TD, KEYSHAWN JOHNSON 12 YD PASS FROM VINNY
TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 7:03. Drive: 10
plays, 65 yards in 5:33. Key plays: Testaverde
11-yard pass to Chrebet to New York 48; Martin
2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 32;
Testaverde 17-yard pass to Martin to Atlanta
15. NY JETS 21-3
NYJ - TD, KEITH BYARS 22 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE
(JOHN HALL KICK), 9:34. Drive: 3 plays, 40
yards in 1:24. Key plays: Lewis 11-yard
interception return to Atlanta 40; Testaverde
15-yard pass to Chrebet to Atlanta 22. NY JETS
28-3
4TH QUARTER: NONE
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL NYJ
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 13 21
Rushing 2 8
Passing 10 11
Penalty 1 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15 6-13
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 207 311
Total plays 60 65
Average gain 3.5 4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 55 119
Rushes 21 34
Average per rush 2.6 3.5
NET YARDS PASSING 152 192
Completed-attempted 16-34 16-29
Yards per pass 3.9 6.2
Sacked-yards lost 5-51 2-14
Had intercepted 2 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-41.0 5-32.8
RETURN YARDAGE 67 48
Punts-returns 2-11 1-5
Kickoffs-returns 2-56 1-32
Interceptions-returns 0-0 2-11
PENALTIES-YARDS 8-55 5-38
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:56 32:04
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 19-46, Tony Graziani 1-12, Tim Dwight
1-minus 3.
NY Jets rushing: Curtis Martin 25-101, Leon Johnson 6-22, Glenn Foley
3-minus 4.
Atlanta passing: Steve Deberg 9-20 for 117 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD, Tony
Graziani 7-14 for 86 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
NY Jets passing: Vinny Testaverde 16-29 for 206 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 4-37, Bob Christian 3-43, Todd
Kinchen 3-35, Jamal Anderson 2-26, Tim Dwight 1-20, Tony Martin 1-10,
O.j. Santiago 2-32.
NY Jets receiving: Wayne Chrebet 4-54, Keith Byars 3-38, Curtis
Martin 3-35, Leon Johnson 2-28, Keyshawn Johnson 2-20, Kyle Brady
1-26, Blake Spence 1-5.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Craig Sauer 9-2-0,
Cornelius Bennett 5-4-0, Michael Booker 4-1-0, William White 4-1-0,
Eugene Robinson 2-3-0, Jessie Tuggle 4-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 2-2-0,
Lester Archambeau 3-0-2, Devin Bush 3-0-0, Ruffin Hamilton 2-1-0,
Shane Dronett 2-1-0, Chuck Smith 1-2-0, John Burrough 1-2-0, Ray
Buchanan 2-0-0, Ben Talley 0-2-0, Shawn Swayda 1-0-0, Elijah Williams
1-0-0, Keith Brooking 0-1-0.
NY Jets tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Mo Lewis 4-1-1, Ernie
Logan 4-1-0, Ray Mickens 4-1-0, Bryan Cox 3-2-0, Dwayne Gordon 2-3-0,
Rick Lyle 4-0-1, Jason Ferguson 2-2-1, Aaron Glenn 3-0-0, Victor
Green 3-0-1, Pepper Johnson 2-1-0, Corwin Brown 2-1-0, Bobby Hamilton
2-0-0, James Farrior 1-1-0, Anthony Pleasant 1-1-1, Otis Smith 1-1-0,
Chris Hayes 1-1-0, Jerome Henderson 1-0-0, Marcus Coleman 1-0-0,
Scott Frost 0-1-0.
Interceptions: NY Jets (Aaron Glenn 1 for 0 yards, Mo Lewis 1 for 11
yards).
Fumbles lost: Atlanta (Steve Deberg).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: NY Jets (Jerome Henderson).
Officials: Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head
linesman-Tom Stabile, Line judge-Ron Phares, Back judge-Billy Smith,
Side judge-Larry Rose, Field judge-Bill Lovett.
A: 71,573; T: 2:50.
WEEK 9 -- NOVEMBER 1 -- ATLANTA 37, ST LOUIS 15
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ST LOUIS 0 7 0 8 15
ATLANTA 17 10 7 3 37
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 9 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 2:33. Drive: 4 plays,
77 yards in 2:33. Key plays: Chandler 62-yard
pass to Martin to St Louis 11. ATLANTA 7-0
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 23 YD, 8:28. Drive: 11 plays,
46 yards in 4:24. Key plays: 15-yard
unsportsmanlike conduct on Rams' Mike D Jones
to St Louis 34; Chandler 18-yard pass to Mathis
to St Louis 16; Christian 2-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to St Louis 5. ATLANTA 10-0
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 12 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN
KICK), 12:25. Drive: 4 plays, 42 yards in 2:10.
Key plays: Chandler 13-yard pass to Martin to
St Louis 29; Chandler 17-yard pass to Christian
to St Louis 12. ATLANTA 17-0
2ND QUARTER: STL - TD, RYAN MCNEIL 37 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JEFF
WILKINS KICK), 2:26. ATLANTA 17-7
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 22 YD, 10:14. Drive: 11 plays,
74 yards in 7:48. Key plays: J Anderson 14-yard
run to Atlanta 35; Chandler 21-yard pass to
Mathis on 2nd-and-11 to St.Louis 41; Chandler
19-yard pass to Santiago to St.Louis 12; Tobeck
6-yard return of Chandler fumble to St Louis 5.
ATLANTA 20-7
ATL - TD, TONY MARTIN 18 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 14:08. Drive: 9 plays,
77 yards in 1:42. Key plays: Chandler 22-yard
pass to J Anderson on 3rd-and-8 to St Louis 43;
5-yard illegal contact penalty on Rams McCleon
on 3rd-and-5 to St Louis 33; 15-yard
unnecessary roughness penalty on Rams Farr to
St Louis 18. ATLANTA 27-7
3RD QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 4 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
7:34. Drive: 4 plays, 55 yards in 2:30. Key
plays: Tualo recovery of Henley fumble at
Atlanta 45; J Anderson 48-yard run to St Louis
6;. ATLANTA 34-7
4TH QUARTER: STL - TD, ROLAND WILLIAMS 1 YD PASS FROM TONY BANKS (TONY
BANKS RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 7:09.
Drive: 13 plays, 87 yards in 6:58. Key plays:
Banks 12-yard pass to Proehl to St Louis 25;
Banks 22-yard pass to Hakim to St Louis 47;
Banks 9-yard pass to Hakim on 3rd-and-2 to
Atlanta 36; Henley 11-yard run to Atlanta 19;
Banks 20-yard pass to Proehl on 3rd-and-17 to
Atlanta 6. ATLANTA 34-15
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 43 YD, 10:59. Drive: 7 plays,
10 yards in 3:50. Key plays: Christian recovery
of on-side kick at St Louis 35; DeBerg 8- yard
pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-4 to St Louis 21.
ATLANTA 37-15
TEAM STATISTICS
STL ATL
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 16 25
Rushing 3 10
Passing 11 12
Penalty 2 3
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-10 5-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 247 434
Total plays 53 67
Average gain 4.7 6.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 46 199
Rushes 13 38
Average per rush 3.5 5.2
NET YARDS PASSING 201 235
Completed-attempted 23-37 13-28
Yards per pass 5.0 8.1
Sacked-yards lost 3-20 1-9
Had intercepted 0 1
PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-37.7 1-53.0
RETURN YARDAGE 212 66
Punts-returns 0-0 4-22
Kickoffs-returns 7-175 3-44
Interceptions-returns 1-37 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 12-95 5-35
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 2-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 23:56 36:04
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 29).
St Louis rushing: June Henley 9-37, Robert Holcombe 3-5, Tony Banks
1-4.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 22-172, Harold Green 11-26, Bob
Christian 1-2, Chris Chandler 2-1, Steve Deberg 2-minus 2.
St Louis passing: Tony Banks 23-37 for 221 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 12-26 for 236 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD,
Steve Deberg 1-2 for 8 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
St Louis receiving: June Henley 6-43, Ricky Proehl 5-70, Jerald Moore
4-32, Az-zahir Hakim 3-37, Roland Williams 3-16, Eddie Kennison 1-12,
J.t. Thomas 1-11.
Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 5-64, Tony Martin 3-93, O.j.
Santiago 2-39, Jamal Anderson 2-31, Bob Christian 1-17.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ryan Mcneil 6-2-0, Billy
Jenkins Jr. 6-1-0, Kevin Carter 5-1-1, Roman Phifer 5-1-0, Ray Agnew
3-2-0, Todd Lyght 3-2-0, Mike Jones 4-0-0, Keith Lyle 3-1-0, Eric
Hill 2-2-0, Joe Phillips 2-0-0, Mike D Jones 1-0-0, Jay Williams
1-0-0, Gerald Mcburrows 1-0-0, D'marco Farr 1-0-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Cornelius Bennett 7-0-0,
Keith Brooking 4-2-1, Randy Fuller 4-1-0, Michael Booker 4-0-0, Chuck
Smith 3-1-1, Shane Dronett 3-0-1, Eugene Robinson 2-1-0, Ray Buchanan
2-0-0, Devin Bush 1-1-0, Jessie Tuggle 0-2-0, Lester Archambeau
1-0-0, John Burrough 1-0-0, William White 1-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 0-1-0.
Interceptions: St Louis (Ryan Mcneil 1 for 37 yards).
Fumbles lost: St Louis (June Henley).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Esera Tuaolo).
Officials: Referee-Gerry Austin, Umpire-Jim Duke, Head linesman-Tom
Johnson, Line judge-Ron Baynes, Back judge-Jack Vaughan, Side
judge-Tommy Moore, Field judge-Keven Mack.
A: 37,996; T: 3:09.
WEEK 10 -- NOVEMBER 8 -- ATLANTA 41, NEW ENGLAND 10
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 14 14 3 10 41
NEW ENGLAND 3 0 7 0 10
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
2:50. Drive: 3 plays, 46 yards in 1:12. Key
plays: Chandler 39-yard pass to Christian plus
1-yard facemask penalty on Patriots' Law to New
England 1. ATLANTA 7-0
ATL - TD, O.J. SANTIAGO 7 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 5:12. Drive: 5 plays,
16 yards in 2:05. Key plays: Burrough recovery
of Bledsoe fumble at New England 16. Chandler
8-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-8 to New
England 6. ATLANTA 14-0
NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 40 YD, 12:31. Drive: 4 plays, 4
yards in 1:26. Key plays: Law 12-yard
interception return to Atlanta 27. ATLANTA 14-3
2ND QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 10 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN
KICK), 1:55. Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 4:24.
Key plays: J Anderson 20-yard run to midfield;
Chandler 24-yard pass to Santiago to New
England 26; J Anderson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3
to New England 15. ATLANTA 21-3
ATL - TD, CHUCK SMITH 71 YD FUMBLE RETURN (MORTEN
ANDERSEN KICK), 8:32. ATLANTA 28-3
3RD QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 40 YD, 10:33. Drive: 10 plays,
57 yards in 6:27. Key plays: Chandler 14-yard
pass to Mathis to Atlanta 35; Chandler 15-yard
pass to T Martin to midfield; 14-yard pass
interference penalty on Patriots' Law to New
England 31. ATLANTA 31-3
NWE - TD, BEN COATES 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM
VINATIERI KICK), 13:34. Drive: 2 plays, 48
yards in 0:53. Key plays: Law 4-yard
interception return to Atlanta 48; Bledsoe
46-yard pass to Jefferson to Atlanta 2. ATLANTA
31-10
4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, O.J. SANTIAGO 22 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 6:01. Drive: 12 plays,
80 yards in 7:27. Key plays: Chandler 22-yard
pass to Mathis to Atlanta 45; Chandler 21-yard
pass to Mathis to New England 32; Chandler
14-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-7 to New
England 15; Chandler 9-yard run on 3rd-and-7 to
New England 3. ATLANTA 38-10
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 32 YD, 13:11. Drive: 4 plays,
(-1) yards in 1:02. Key plays: Christian
recovery of Canty fumble at New England 14.
ATLANTA 41-10
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL NWE
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 22 15
Rushing 6 1
Passing 14 13
Penalty 2 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-13 5-16
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-3
TOTAL NET YARDS 366 223
Total plays 65 64
Average gain 5.6 3.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 117 18
Rushes 39 14
Average per rush 3.0 1.3
NET YARDS PASSING 249 205
Completed-attempted 16-25 22-44
Yards per pass 9.6 4.1
Sacked-yards lost 1-2 6-57
Had intercepted 2 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 3-44.3 6-42.8
RETURN YARDAGE 49 134
Punts-returns 2-15 3-11
Kickoffs-returns 2-22 6-107
Interceptions-returns 2-12 2-16
PENALTIES-YARDS 7-40 6-39
FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 3-3
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:30 25:30
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 47).
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 32-104, Chris Chandler 2-8, Ken
Oxendine 4-4, Harold Green 1-1.
New England rushing: Robert Edwards 10-11, Drew Bledsoe 2-6, Chris
Floyd 1-1, Sedrick Shaw 1-0.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 15-22 for 240 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD,
Tony Graziani 1-1 for 11 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Jamal Anderson 0-2 for 0
yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New England passing: Drew Bledsoe 19-34 for 229 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD,
Scott Zolak 3-10 for 33 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 8-117, O.j. Santiago 3-53, Bob
Christian 1-39, Tony Martin 1-15, Ken Oxendine 1-11, Jamal Anderson
1-8, Brian Kozlowski 1-8.
New England receiving: Robert Edwards 5-34, Ben Coates 5-13, Tony
Simmons 4-95, Sedrick Shaw 3-20, Shawn Jefferson 2-61, Henry Ellard
2-34, Derick Cullors 1-5.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Cornelius Bennett 3-6-0,
Jessie Tuggle 5-2-0, Eugene Robinson 3-4-0, Chuck Smith 4-1-3,
Michael Booker 4-0-0, Ray Buchanan 4-0-0, Lester Archambeau 3-1-2,
Henri Crockett 3-0-0, William White 3-0-0, Shane Dronett 2-1-0,
Elijah Williams 2-0-0, Randy Fuller 2-0-0, Antonio Edwards 1-1-0,
Travis Hall 1-0-1, John Burrough 1-0-0, Keith Brooking 0-1-0, Craig
Sauer 0-1-0.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ted Johnson 8-5-0,
Todd Collins 8-2-0, Lawyer Milloy 4-3-0, Mark Wheeler 4-3-0, Chad
Eaton 2-5-0, Chris Sullivan 4-1-0, Greg Spires 2-3-0, Tedy Bruschi
1-4-0, Ty Law 2-2-0, Willie Clay 2-2-0, Chris Canty 2-1-0, Ferric
Collons 2-1-0, Steve Israel 2-1-1, Leonta Rheams 2-1-0, Chris Slade
2-0-0, Henry Thomas 1-0-0, Vernon Crawford 1-0-0, Larry Whigham 1-0-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Eugene Robinson 1 for 0 yards, Keith Brooking
1 for 12 yards); New England (Ty Law 2 for 16 yards).
Fumbles lost: New England (Drew Bledsoe 2, Chris Canty).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Bob Christian, John Burrough,
Chuck Smith).
Officials: Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Hendi Ancich, Head
linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Dale Orem, Back judge-Ron Spitler,
Side judge-Laird Haynes, Field judge-Jim Saracino.
A: 59,790; T: 3:05.
WEEK 11 -- NOVEMBER 15 -- ATLANTA 31, NEW ENGLAND 19
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 0 3 3 13 19
ATLANTA 0 7 3 21 31
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 10 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN
KICK), 12:04. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in
7:40. Key plays: Chandler 13-yard run to
Atlanta 47; Chandler 12-yard pass to Martin to
San Francisco 30; J Anderson 7-yard run to San
Francisco 19; J Anderson 7 rushes 36 yards.
ATLANTA 7-0
SFO - FG, WADE RICHEY 24 YD, 14:41. Drive: 13 plays, 75
yards in 2:37. Key plays: Young 7-yard pass to
Rice on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 35; Young
20-yard pass to Rice to Atlanta 45; Young
10-yard pass to Rice to Atlanta 40; Young
18-yard pass to Owens to Atlanta 22; Young
11-yard run to Atlanta 11. ATLANTA 7-3
3RD QUARTER: SFO - FG, WADE RICHEY 28 YD, 4:02. Drive: 9 plays, 70
yards in 4:02. Key plays: Young 42-yard pass to
M Harris on 3rd-and-12 to Atlanta 40; Hearst
20-yard run to Atlanta 16. ATLANTA 7-6
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 37 YD, 14:06. Drive: 11 plays,
65 yards in 6:12. Key plays: Chandler 11-yard
pass to Christian to Atlanta 32; Chandler
13-yard pass to Martin to Atlanta 46; Chandler
19-yard pass to Christian to San Francisco 45;
Chandler 14-yard pass to Christian to San
Francisco 23. ATLANTA 10-6
4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 2 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
0:04. Drive: 3 plays, 1 yard in 0:32. Key
plays: Buchanan 34-yard interception return to
San Francisco 1. ATLANTA 17-6
ATL - TD, JESSIE TUGGLE 1 YD FUMBLE RETURN (MORTEN
ANDERSEN KICK), 1:00. ATLANTA 24-6
SFO - TD, TERRELL OWENS 54 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG
(TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 3:44. Drive: 9
plays, 80 yards in 2:44. Key plays: Young
9-yard pass to Clark on 3rd-and-3 to San
Francisco 36; Young 10-yard pass to Stokes on
3rd-and-10 to San Francisco 46. ATLANTA 24-12
SFO - TD, JERRY RICE 65 YD PASS FROM STEVE YOUNG (WADE
RICHEY KICK), 11:51. Drive: 3 plays, 85 yards
in 1:02. Key plays: Young 15-yard pass to Owens
to San Francisco 30. ATLANTA 24-19
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 78 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 12:09. Drive: 2 plays,
80 yards in 0:18. ATLANTA 31-19
TEAM STATISTICS
SFO ATL
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 18 19
Rushing 3 11
Passing 14 7
Penalty 1 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-14 4-10
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 383 298
Total plays 64 60
Average gain 6.0 5.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 76 114
Rushes 20 36
Average per rush 3.8 3.2
NET YARDS PASSING 307 184
Completed-attempted 21-40 12-21
Yards per pass 7.0 7.7
Sacked-yards lost 4-35 3-14
Had intercepted 1 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-42.2 5-42.4
RETURN YARDAGE 37 34
Punts-returns 4-minus 3 0-0
Kickoffs-returns 2-40 0-0
Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-34
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-30 5-30
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 1-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:30 34:30
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
San Francisco rushing: Garrison Hearst 16-56, Steve Young 3-15, Terry
Kirby 1-5.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 31-100, Chris Chandler 4-10, Ken
Oxendine 1-4.
San Francisco passing: Steve Young 21-40 for 342 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 12-21 for 198 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
San Francisco receiving: Jerry Rice 10-169, Terrell Owens 3-87, Marc
Edwards 2-18, Terry Kirby 2-8, Mark Harris 1-42, Jj Stokes 1-10, Greg
Clark 1-9, Garrison Hearst 1-minus 1.
Atlanta receiving: Bob Christian 4-48, Tony Martin 4-44, Terance
Mathis 1-78, O.j. Santiago 1-13, Jamal Anderson 1-8, Brian Kozlowski
1-7.
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ken Norton 7-1-0,
Winfred Tubbs 6-2-0, Lee Woodall 4-3-0, Bryant Young 4-2-1, R.w.
Mcquarters 5-0-0, Tim Mcdonald 4-0-0, Chris Doleman 2-1-0.5, Junior
Bryant 2-1-0, Jeff Posey 1-2-0.5, Merton Hanks 2-0-0, Gabe Wilkins
2-0-0, Roy Barker 2-0-1, Darnell Walker 1-0-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jessie Tuggle 6-0-0,
Shane Dronett 5-1-1.5, Michael Booker 5-0-0, Travis Hall 3-2-1, Ray
Buchanan 4-0-0, William White 3-0-0, Chuck Smith 2-0-1, Henri
Crockett 2-0-0, Randy Fuller 2-0-0, Keith Brooking 2-0-0, Devin Bush
2-0-0, Cornelius Bennett 1-1-0, Lester Archambeau 1-1-0.5, Eugene
Robinson 1-0-0, John Burrough 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Ray Buchanan 1 for 34 yards).
Fumbles lost: San Francisco (Steve Young); Atlanta (Jamal Anderson).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: San Francisco (Chris Doleman); Atlanta
(Jessie Tuggle).
Officials: Referee-Larry Nemmers, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head
linesman-Dale Hammer, Line judge-Ron Marinucci, Back judge-Boris
Cheek, Side judge-Rick Patterson, Field judge-Bobby Skelton.
A: 69,828; T: 3:08.
WEEK 12 -- NOVEMBER 22 -- ATLANTA 20, CHICAGO 13
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 0 3 10 0 13
ATLANTA 0 3 7 10 20
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 50 YD, 6:26. Drive: 9 plays, 44
yards in 4:55. Key plays: Buchanan interception
of Stenstrom pass at Arizona 24; Chandler
31-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-10 to Chicago
45; Chandler 14-yard pass to Martin to Chicago
32. ATLANTA 3-0
CHI - FG, JEFF JAEGER 35 YD, 13:54. Drive: 13 plays, 63
yards in 7:28. Key plays: Stenstrom 5-yard run
on 3rd-and-1 to Chicago 34; Chancey 10-yard run
to Atlanta 48; Bennett 9-yard ru to Atlanta 33;
Bennett 6-yard run to Atlanta 22. CHICAGO 3,
ATLANTA 3
3RD QUARTER: CHI - FG, JEFF JAEGER 32 YD, 2:35. Drive: 6 plays, 25
yards in 2:35. Key plays: Milburn 61-yard
kickoff return to Atlanta 38; Stenstrom 22-yard
pass to Conway to Atlanta 15. CHICAGO 6-3
CHI - TD, SHAWN LEE 15 YD FUMBLE RETURN (JEFF JAEGER
KICK), 3:39. CHICAGO 13-3
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 13 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 13:15. Drive: 8 plays,
71 yards in 4:00. Key plays: Chandler 19-yard
pass to Martin to Atlanta 48; Chandler 13-yard
run Chicago 39; Chandler 10-yard pass to Martin
on 3rd-and-10 to Chicago 28; J Anderson 15-yard
run to Chicago 13. CHICAGO 13-10
4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, TODD KINCHEN 11 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 5:28. Drive: 9 plays,
57 yards in 5:12. Key plays: J Anderson 9-yard
run to Chicago 34; Chandler 7-yard pass to
Christian to Chicago 27; J Anderson 8-yard run
to Chicago 19. ATLANTA 17-13
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 44 YD, 13:02. Drive: 4 plays, 5
yards in 1:11. Key plays: Bennett recovery of
Stenstrom fumble at Chicago 31. DeBerg 9-yard
pass to Kinchen to Chicago 35. ATLANTA 20-13
TEAM STATISTICS
CHI ATL
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 10 21
Rushing 5 5
Passing 5 14
Penalty 0 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-9 4-10
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 210 358
Total plays 47 62
Average gain 4.5 5.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 106 95
Rushes 27 28
Average per rush 3.9 3.4
NET YARDS PASSING 104 263
Completed-attempted 7-19 20-30
Yards per pass 5.2 7.7
Sacked-yards lost 1-5 4-23
Had intercepted 2 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-44.5 4-38.3
RETURN YARDAGE 74 77
Punts-returns 0-0 1-minus 1
Kickoffs-returns 2-74 4-78
Interceptions-returns 0-0 2-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 10-68 8-49
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 4-2
TIME OF POSSESSION 24:15 35:45
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Chicago rushing: Edgar Bennett 17-69, Steve Stenstrom 5-18, Robert
Chancey 2-12, Glyn Milburn 1-2, James Allen 2-5.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 24-72, Chris Chandler 2-25, Steve
Deberg 2-minus 2.
Chicago passing: Steve Stenstrom 7-18 for 109 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD,
Edgar Bennett 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 18-27 for 272 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD,
Steve Deberg 2-3 for 14 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Chicago receiving: Curtis Conway 3-64, Bobby Engram 3-42, Ty Hallock
1-3.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 6-100, Terance Mathis 5-76, Todd
Kinchen 4-59, Bob Christian 2-12, O.j. Santiago 1-17, Brian Kozlowski
1-13, Jamal Anderson 1-9.
Chicago tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Marty Carter 12-0-0, Sean
Harris 7-1-0, Walt Harris 5-0-0, Mike Wells 4-1-2, Tony Parrish
3-1-0, Terry Cousin 3-0-0, Ricardo Mcdonald 2-0-0, Andre Collins
2-0-0, Shawn Lee 2-0-1, Jim Flanigan 2-0-1, Ray Austin 1-1-0, Barry
Minter 1-1-0, Lemanski Hall 1-0-0, Mark Thomas 1-0-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): William White 9-0-0,
Chuck Smith 5-0-0, Shane Dronett 4-0-1, Eugene Robinson 2-2-0,
Cornelius Bennett 3-0-0, Ray Buchanan 3-0-0, Jessie Tuggle 2-0-0,
Henri Crockett 1-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 1-0-0, Keith Brooking 1-0-0,
Travis Hall 1-0-0, Lester Archambeau 1-0-0, Randy Fuller 0-1-0,
Antonio Edwards 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Ronnie Bradford 1 for 0 yards, Ray Buchanan 1
for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: Chicago (Steve Stenstrom); Atlanta (Todd Kinchen, Chris
Chandler).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Chicago (Shawn Lee, Terry Cousin);
Atlanta (Cornelius Bennett).
Officials: Referee-Bernie Kukar, Umpire-Brian Balliet, Head
linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Darryll Lewis, Back judge-Bill
Leavy, Side judge-Howard Slavin, Field judge-Tom Sifferman.
A: 60,804; T: 2:52.
WEEK 13 -- NOVEMBER 29 -- ATLANTA 21, ST LOUIS 10
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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ATLANTA 3 0 11 7 21
ST LOUIS 0 0 7 3 10
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 42 YD, 5:59. Drive: 11 plays,
54 yards in 5:59. Key plays: J Anderson 25-yard
run to St Louis 48; J Anderson 4-yard run on
3rd-and-2 to St Louis 36; Grazani 9-yard pass
to Dwight to St Louis 24. ATLANTA 3-0
2ND QUARTER: NONE
3RD QUARTER: STL - TD, TONY HORNE 102 YD KICKOFF RETURN (JEFF WILKINS
KICK), 0:19. ST LOUIS 7-3
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 32 YD, 4:54. Drive: 10 plays,
60 yards in 4:35. Key plays: DeBerg 12-yard
pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-5 to St. Louis 44; J
Anderson 37-yard run to St. Louis 7. ST LOUIS
7-6
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 27 YD PASS FROM STEVE DEBERG
(JAMAL ANDERSON RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION),
11:11. Drive: 3 plays, 28 yards in 0:39. Key
plays: Dwight 19-yard punt return to St. Louis
28. ATLANTA 14-7
4TH QUARTER: STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 39 YD, 2:26. Drive: 12 plays, 59
yards in 6:15. Key plays: Bono 21-yard pass to
Proehl on 3rd-and-4 to St. Louis 47; Holcombe
9-yard run to Atlanta 36; Bono 5-yard run on
3rd-and-5 to Atlanta 26. ATLANTA 14-10
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 27 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN
KICK), 11:47. Drive: 11 plays, 74 yards in
6:08. Key plays: DeBerg 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1
to Atlanta 37; DeBerg 15-yard pass to T Martin
to St. Louis 43; DeBerg 13-yard pass to
Santiago to St. Louis 28. ATLANTA 21-10
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL STL
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 20 12
Rushing 8 4
Passing 10 7
Penalty 2 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-16 4-15
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 374 174
Total plays 67 57
Average gain 5.6 3.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 204 45
Rushes 35 20
Average per rush 5.8 2.3
NET YARDS PASSING 170 129
Completed-attempted 13-31 16-34
Yards per pass 5.3 3.5
Sacked-yards lost 1-7 3-20
Had intercepted 1 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-42.4 9-46.0
RETURN YARDAGE 115 248
Punts-returns 7-75 2-22
Kickoffs-returns 2-40 4-206
Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-20
PENALTIES-YARDS 5-24 4-27
FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 2-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 33:25 26:35
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: St Louis (Jeff Wilkins 61, 48).
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 31-188, Tony Graziani 2-10, Gary
Downs 1-4, Steve Deberg 1-2.
St Louis rushing: Robert Holcombe 14-38, Steve Bono 1-5, Derrick
Harris 1-1, Tony Banks 2-1, Amp Lee 2-0.
Atlanta passing: Tony Graziani 8-18 for 102 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD, Steve
Deberg 5-12 for 75 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD, Tony Martin 0-1 for 0 yards, 0
INT, 0 TD.
St Louis passing: Tony Banks 10-21 for 95 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Steve
Bono 6-13 for 54 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 5-71, Tony Martin 2-31, O.j.
Santiago 2-25, Jamal Anderson 2-9, Todd Kinchen 1-32, Tim Dwight 1-9.
St Louis receiving: Ricky Proehl 6-80, Amp Lee 4-30, Roland Williams
2-15, Tyji Armstrong 1-10, June Henley 1-5, Derrick Harris 1-5, J.t.
Thomas 1-4.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jessie Tuggle 5-3-1,
William White 6-1-1, Shane Dronett 5-0-1, Keith Brooking 4-1-0, Chuck
Smith 3-1-0, Ronnie Bradford 3-0-0, Michael Booker 3-0-0, Eugene
Robinson 1-2-0, Travis Hall 2-0-0, John Burrough 2-0-0, Henri
Crockett 1-1-0, Lester Archambeau 0-2-0, Cornelius Bennett 1-0-0, Ray
Buchanan 1-0-0, Elijah Williams 1-0-0, Randy Fuller 1-0-0.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Keith Lyle 7-2-0, Roman
Phifer 7-2-0, Eric Hill 7-1-0, Ryan Mcneil 6-0-0, Mike Jones 4-2-0,
D'marco Farr 3-2-0, Kevin Carter 3-0-1, Grant Wistrom 2-1-0, Todd
Lyght 1-2-0, Dexter Mccleon 2-0-0, Ray Agnew 1-1-0, Billy Jenkins Jr.
1-1-0, Mike D Jones 1-0-0, London Fletcher 1-0-0, Joe Phillips 0-1-0.
Interceptions: St Louis (Keith Lyle 1 for 20 yards).
Fumbles lost: None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered: None.
Officials: Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head
linesman-Sanford Rivers, Line judge-Jeff Bergman, Back judge-Jeff
Triplette, Side judge-Ken Baker, Field judge-Steven Zimmer.
A: 47,971; T: 3:04.
WEEK 14 -- DECEMBER 6 -- ATLANTA 28, INDIANAPOLIS 21
----------------------------------------------------
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
INDIANAPOLIS 14 7 0 0 21
ATLANTA 7 14 7 0 28
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: IND - TD, MARSHALL FAULK 11 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING
(MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 3:08. Drive: 3 plays,
26 yards in 1:28. Key plays: Montgomery 8-yard
fumble return to Atlanta 26; 13-yard
roughing-the-passer penatly on Falcons' Dronett
to Atlanta 14. INDIANAPOLIS 7-0
IND - TD, TORRANCE SMALL 30 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING
(MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 9:24. Drive: 5 plays,
58 yards in 2:26. Key plays: Manning 11-yard
pass to Dilger on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 39.
INDIANAPOLIS 14-0
ATL - TD, TONY MARTIN 40 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 11:50. Drive: 5 plays,
81 yards in 2:26. Key plays: Chandler 19-yard
pass to Martin to Atlanta 39; Chandler 20-yard
pass to Mathis to Indianapolis 40. INDIANAPOLIS
14-7
2ND QUARTER: IND - TD, MARSHALL FAULK 3 YD RUN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK),
9:50. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards in 5:13. Key
plays: Manning 6-yard pass to Faulk on
3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 48; Manning 8-yard pass to
Small to Atlanta 31; Faulk 8-yard run to
Atlanta 21; Manning 18-yard pass to Dilger to
Atlanta 3. INDIANAPOLIS 21-7
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
13:39. Drive: 9 plays, 74 yards in 3:49. Key
plays: Chandler 13-yard pass to Martin to
Atlanta 39; Chandler 12-yard pass to Martin to
Indianapolis 43; Chandler 21-yard pass to
Anderson on 3rd-and-15 to Indianapolis 27;
Chandler 22-yard pass to Anderson to
Indianapolis 5. INDIANAPOLIS 21-14
ATL - TD, CHRIS CHANDLER 3 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
15:00. Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 0:32. Key
plays: Chandler 9-yard pass to Christian to
Atlanta 43; Chandler 32-yard pass to Martin
plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Colts' Hauck
to Indianapolis 19; Chandler 16-yard pass to
Mathis to Indianapolis 3. INDIANAPOLIS 21,
ATLANTA 21
3RD QUARTER: ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 3 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 1:43. Drive: 3 plays,
14 yards in 1:26. Key plays: Buchanan 18-yard
interception return to Indianapolis 14;
Chandler 10-yard pass to T Martin to
Indianapolis 4. ATLANTA 28-21
4TH QUARTER: NONE
TEAM STATISTICS
IND ATL
-------- --------
FIRST DOWNS 17 27
Rushing 6 8
Passing 9 15
Penalty 2 4
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-9 4-10
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 244 394
Total plays 48 68
Average gain 5.1 5.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 85 137
Rushes 21 35
Average per rush 4.0 3.9
NET YARDS PASSING 159 257
Completed-attempted 19-27 20-28
Yards per pass 5.9 7.8
Sacked-yards lost 0-0 5-40
Had intercepted 2 1
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-51.5 3-46.3
RETURN YARDAGE 30 135
Punts-returns 0-0 3-29
Kickoffs-returns 0-0 3-88
Interceptions-returns 1-30 2-18
PENALTIES-YARDS 8-57 8-65
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 3-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 24:23 35:37
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 47).
Indianapolis rushing: Marshall Faulk 19-76, Peyton Manning 1-7,
Torrance Small 1-2.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 30-122, Chris Chandler 4-14, Bob
Christian 1-1.
Indianapolis passing: Peyton Manning 19-27 for 159 yards, 2 INT, 2
TD.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 20-28 for 297 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Indianapolis receiving: Marshall Faulk 7-37, Ken Dilger 5-45,
Torrance Small 2-38, Jerome Pathon 2-16, E.g. Green 2-14, Marcus
Pollard 1-9.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 7-140, Jamal Anderson 4-58, Terance
Mathis 4-51, O.j. Santiago 3-33, Bob Christian 1-9, Brian Kozlowski
1-6.
Indianapolis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Michael Barber
8-2-0, Monty Montgomery 8-0-2, Tyrone Poole 6-0-0, Tim Hauck 5-1-0,
Ellis Johnson 4-1-1, Bert Berry 3-2-0, Anthony Jordan 2-3-0, Jason
Belser 4-0-0, Steve Morrison 2-2-0, Tony Mccoy 3-0-0, Rico Clark
2-1-0, Elijah Alexander 2-0-0, Jeff Herrod 1-0-0, Jason Chorak 1-0-0,
Kendel Shello 1-0-1, Van Tuinei 1-0-1.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jessie Tuggle 7-3-0,
William White 5-0-0, Travis Hall 4-1-0, Henri Crockett 3-2-0, Craig
Sauer 3-0-0, Michael Booker 3-0-0, Cornelius Bennett 3-0-0, Ray
Buchanan 1-2-0, Eugene Robinson 1-1-0, John Burrough 1-0-0, Ronnie
Bradford 1-0-0, Shane Dronett 1-0-0, Lester Archambeau 1-0-0.
Interceptions: Indianapolis (Rico Clark 1 for 30 yards); Atlanta
(Craig Sauer 1 for 0 yards, Ray Buchanan 1 for 18 yards).
Fumbles lost: Indianapolis (Marshall Faulk); Atlanta (O.j. Santiago).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Indianapolis (Monty Montgomery);
Atlanta (Chuck Smith).
Officials: Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head
linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Back judge-Don Dorkowski,
Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Field judge-Paul Baetz.
A: 61,141; T: 2:56.
WEEK 15 -- DECEMBER 13 -- ATLANTA 27, NEW ORLEANS 17
----------------------------------------------------
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 14 3 0 10 27
NEW ORLEANS 0 7 7 3 17
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - TD, BOB CHRISTIAN 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
8:03. Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards in 3:03. Key
plays: Chandler 10-yard pass to Martin on
3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 32; Chandler 31-yard
pass to Mathis to New Orleans 1. ATLANTA 7-0
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 62 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 8:35. Drive: 1 play, 62
yards in 0:09. Key plays: Buchanan interception
at Atlanta 38. ATLANTA 14-0
2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, FRED WEARY 63 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (DOUG
BRIEN KICK), 13:35. ATLANTA 14-7
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 49 YD, 14:57. Drive: 9 plays,
44 yards in 1:22. Key plays: Chandler 7-yard
pass to Christian on 3rd-and-6 to Atlanta 36;
Chandler 18-yard pass to Martin to New Orleans
46; Chandler 9- yard run to New Orleans 37;
Christian 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to New
Orleans 36. ATLANTA 17-7
3RD QUARTER: NOR - TD, MARK FIELDS 36 YD FUMBLE RETURN (DOUG BRIEN
KICK), 4:48. ATLANTA 17-14
4TH QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 33 YD, 0:30. Drive: 10 plays,
79 yards in 4:56. Key plays: J Anderson 13-yard
run to Atlanta 20; Chandler 12-yard pass to
Mathis to Atlanta 32; Chandler 19-yard pass to
Mathis to New Orleans 49; J Anderson 24-yard
run to New Orleans 25. ATLANTA 20-14
NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 36 YD, 6:26. Drive: 7 plays, 49
yards in 2:34. Key plays: Tolliver 17-yard pass
to Dawkins to midfield; Tolliver 13-yard run to
Atlanta 37; 15-yard personal foul penalty on
Falcons' Buchanan to Atlanta 18. ATLANTA 20-17
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 63 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 8:10. Drive: 3 plays,
80 yards in 1:44. Key plays: Chandler 12-yard
pass to Martin to Atlanta 32. ATLANTA 27-17
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL NOR
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FIRST DOWNS 25 15
Rushing 10 5
Passing 13 8
Penalty 2 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13 4-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1 1-2
TOTAL NET YARDS 504 216
Total plays 68 57
Average gain 7.4 3.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 182 52
Rushes 37 18
Average per rush 4.9 2.9
NET YARDS PASSING 322 164
Completed-attempted 19-28 18-38
Yards per pass 10.4 4.2
Sacked-yards lost 3-23 1-5
Had intercepted 2 3
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-37.8 4-40.0
RETURN YARDAGE 62 163
Punts-returns 2-5 1-1
Kickoffs-returns 2-57 5-98
Interceptions-returns 3-0 2-64
PENALTIES-YARDS 9-87 4-30
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 1-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:12 24:48
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 27-148, Chris Chandler 5-24, Bob
Christian 4-11, Ken Oxendine 1-minus 1.
New Orleans rushing: Aaron Craver 5-20, Wilmont Perry 5-14, Billy Joe
Tolliver 1-13, Lamar Smith 4-5, Troy Davis 3-0.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 19-28 for 345 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
New Orleans passing: Kerry Collins 6-14 for 87 yards, 3 INT, 0 TD,
Billy Joe Tolliver 12-23 for 82 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Lamar Smith 0-1
for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 8-109, Terance Mathis 6-198, Bob
Christian 2-11, O.j. Santiago 1-19, Jamal Anderson 1-4, Todd Kinchen
1-4.
New Orleans receiving: Sean Dawkins 4-56, Eric Guliford 3-23, Keith
Poole 2-27, Lamar Smith 2-21, Andre Hastings 2-21, Aaron Craver 2-7,
Cameron Cleeland 2-3, Brett Bech 1-11.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jessie Tuggle 7-3-0,
Eugene Robinson 7-2-0, Cornelius Bennett 5-4-0, Ray Buchanan 5-1-0,
Lester Archambeau 3-0-1, Michael Booker 2-1-0, Devin Bush 2-0-0,
Ronnie Bradford 2-0-0, Travis Hall 1-1-0, Antonio Edwards 1-1-0,
Henri Crockett 0-2-0, Keith Brooking 1-0-0, William White 1-0-0,
Shane Dronett 0-1-0, Chuck Smith 0-1-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Joe Johnson 8-0-1,
Alex Molden 7-1-0, Keith Mitchell 5-2-1, Sammy Knight 6-0-0, Chris
Bordano 4-1-0, Mark Fields 3-2-0, La'roi Glover 4-0-0, Tyronne
Drakeford 3-1-0, Jared Tomich 0-4-0, Fred Weary 3-0-0, Wayne Martin
2-1-0, Rob Kelly 2-1-0, Chad Cota 2-0-0, Austin Robbins 1-1-0, Brady
Smith 0-2-0, Ink Aleaga 1-0-0, Je'rod Cherry 1-0-0, Chris Hewitt
1-0-1, Troy Wilson 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Eugene Robinson 1 for 0 yards, Ronnie
Bradford 1 for 0 yards, Ray Buchanan 1 for 0 yards); New Orleans
(Fred Weary 2 for 64 yards).
Fumbles lost: Atlanta (Chris Chandler); New Orleans (Kerry Collins).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Eugene Robinson); New Orleans
(Mark Fields).
Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head
linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Don
Carey, Side judge-Tom Fincken, Field judge-Peter Morelli.
A: 61,678; T: 3:14.
WEEK 16 -- DECEMBER 20 -- ATLANTA 24, DETROIT 17
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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ATLANTA 7 3 0 14 24
DETROIT 7 7 3 0 17
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: DET - TD, TOMMIE BOYD 18 YD PASS FROM FRANK REICH (JASON
HANSON KICK), 9:47. Drive: 11 plays, 94 yards
in 5:26. Key plays: Sanders 20-yard run to
Detroit 26; 18-yard pass interference penalty
on Falcons' Bradford to Detroit 44; Reich
15-yard pass to Stablein on 3rd-and-7 to
Atlanta 38; Sanders 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to
Atlanta 11. DETROIT 7-0
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 8 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 14:44. Drive: 2 plays,
9 yards in 0:45. Key plays: C. Smith recovery
of Sanders fumble at Detroit 9. ATLANTA 7,
DETROIT 7
2ND QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 34 YD, 5:29. Drive: 10 plays,
58 yards in 4:46. Key plays: J. Anderson
11-yard run to Atlanta 37; Chandler 28-yard
pass to Green to Detroit 35; J. Anderson
10-yard run to Detroit 25; J. Anderson 5
carries for 33 yards. ATLANTA 10-7
DET - TD, HERMAN MOORE 2 YD PASS FROM FRANK REICH (JASON
HANSON KICK), 14:31. Drive: 9 plays, 57 yards
in 3:35. Key plays: Reich 11-yard pass to Rasby
to Atlanta 31; Sanders 7-yard run to Atlanta
20; Sanders 11-yard run to Atlanta 9; Sanders 5
carries for 30 yards. DETROIT 14-10
3RD QUARTER: DET - FG, JASON HANSON 30 YD, 13:17. Drive: 15 plays, 75
yards in 8:54. Key plays: 3-yard pass
interference penalty on Falcons' Brooking to
Detroit 21; Reich 21-yard pass to Moore on
3rd-and-8 to Detroit 44; Rivers 15-yard run on
3rd-and-6 to Atlanta 37 Reich 19-yard pass to
Boyd on 3rd-and-9 to Atlanta 17. DETROIT 17-10
4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 27 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 0:38. Drive: 5 plays,
65 yards in 2:21. Key plays: Chandler 14-yard
pass to Mathis to Atlanta 49; Anderson 9-yard
run plus 5-yard facemask penalty on Jeffries to
Detroit 37. ATLANTA 17, DETROIT 17
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
8:03. Drive: 8 plays, 56 yards in 4:15. Key
plays: Chandler 10-yard pass to Martin to
Detroit 45; Chandler 8-yard pass to Martin to
Detroit 23; J. Anderson 26-yard run on
3rd-and-4 to Detroit 1. ATLANTA 24-17
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL DET
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FIRST DOWNS 20 17
Rushing 9 6
Passing 9 8
Penalty 2 3
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-11 5-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 268 258
Total plays 58 57
Average gain 4.6 4.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 145 117
Rushes 35 30
Average per rush 4.1 3.9
NET YARDS PASSING 123 141
Completed-attempted 11-19 15-26
Yards per pass 5.3 5.2
Sacked-yards lost 4-23 1-7
Had intercepted 0 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-39.0 5-40.8
RETURN YARDAGE 89 116
Punts-returns 2-11 1-3
Kickoffs-returns 2-67 5-113
Interceptions-returns 2-11 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 7-49 7-49
FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 2-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:27 28:33
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 30-147, Chris Chandler 5-minus 2.
Detroit rushing: Barry Sanders 25-95, Ron Rivers 1-15, Tommy Vardell
1-3, Frank Reich 2-2, Cory Schlesinger 1-2.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 11-19 for 146 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Detroit passing: Frank Reich 15-26 for 148 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 4-42, Terance Mathis 2-41, Brian
Kozlowski 2-12, Harold Green 1-28, O.j. Santiago 1-15, Jamal Anderson
1-8.
Detroit receiving: Walter Rasby 4-34, Herman Moore 3-34, Tommie Boyd
2-37, Brian Stablein 2-22, David Sloan 2-12, Johnnie Morton 1-10,
Barry Sanders 1-minus 1.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Eugene Robinson 4-3-0,
Jessie Tuggle 4-3-1, Cornelius Bennett 3-3-0, William White 2-4-0,
Henri Crockett 4-1-0, Chuck Smith 3-0-0, Travis Hall 3-0-0, Ronnie
Bradford 3-0-0, Shane Dronett 2-1-0, Ray Buchanan 2-0-0, Keith
Brooking 2-0-0, John Burrough 0-2-0, Michael Booker 1-0-0, Devin Bush
0-1-0.
Detroit tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Richard Jordan 7-6-0, Ron
Rice 4-4-1, Rob Fredrickson 2-4-0, Allen Aldridge 2-3-0, Kevin Abrams
4-0-0, Robert Porcher 3-1-3, Mark Carrier 2-1-0, Terry Fair 1-2-0,
Greg Jeffries 1-2-0, Luther Elliss 1-1-0, Marvin Thomas 0-2-0, Marc
Spindler 0-2-0, Bryant Westbrook 1-0-0, Robert Bailey 0-1-0, Tracy
Scroggins 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Eugene Robinson 1 for 11 yards, William White
1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: Detroit (Barry Sanders).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Chuck Smith).
Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head
linesman-Paul Weidner, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Back judge-Bob
Lawing, Side judge-Terry Mcaulay, Field judge-Dick Creed.
A: 67,143; T: 3:00.
WEEK 17 -- DECEMBER 27 -- ATLANTA 38, MIAMI 16
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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MIAMI 0 6 10 0 16
ATLANTA 21 3 14 0 38
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - TD, O.J. SANTIAGO 62 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 0:24. Drive: 1 play, 62
yards in 0:24. ATLANTA 7-0
ATL - TD, O.J. SANTIAGO 2 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 3:52. Drive: 4 plays,
62 yards in 2:10. Key plays: Chandler 53-yard
pass to Martin on 3rd-and-4 to Miami 2;
Chandler 4-for-4 for 59 yards. ATLANTA 14-0
ATL - TD, RONNIE BRADFORD 11 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 8:00. ATLANTA 21-0
2ND QUARTER: MIA - TD, O.J. MCDUFFIE 12 YD PASS FROM DAN MARINO (PAT
BLOCKED), 3:14. Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards in
3:52. Key plays: Marino 28-yard pass to
McDuffie to Atlanta 33; Marino 21-yard pass to
Thomas to Atlanta 5. ATLANTA 21-6
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 35 YD, 10:13. Drive: 13 plays,
51 yards in 6:59. Key plays: DeBerg 14-yard
pass to Harris on 3rd-and-13 to Atlanta 43;
DeBerg 10-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-3 to
Miami 40; DeBerg 17-yard pass to Martin on
3rd-and-13 to Miami 26. ATLANTA 24-6
3RD QUARTER: ATL - TD, TONY MARTIN 35 YD PASS FROM STEVE DEBERG
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 0:51. Drive: 1 play, 35
yards in 0:07. Key plays: Hall recovery of
Moore fumble at Miami 35. ATLANTA 31-6
ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 36 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN
KICK), 2:36. Drive: 1 play, 36 yards in 0:10.
Key plays: Robinson 1-yard return of Avery
fumble to Miami 35. ATLANTA 38-6
MIA - TD, DAN MARINO 3 YD RUN (OLINDO MARE KICK), 8:56.
Drive: 11 plays, 71 yards in 6:20. Key plays:
Marino 22-yard pass to Thomas to Atlanta 49;
Marino 20-yard pass to Drayton to Atlanta 29;
Marino 11-yard pass to Gadsden to Atlanta 1;
3-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons'
Bennett on 3rd-and-6 at Atlanta 3. ATLANTA 38-13
MIA - FG, OLINDO MARE 26 YD, 13:05. Drive: 13 plays, 49
yards in 4:09. Key plays: Hollier recovery of
onside kick at Miami 43; Marino 10-yard pass to
Gasden on 3rd-and-8 to Atlanta 45; Marino
13-yard pass to Drayton to Atlanta 32; Marino
25-yard pass to Gasden on 4th- and-10 to
Atlanta 7. ATLANTA 38-16
4TH QUARTER: NONE
TEAM STATISTICS
MIA ATL
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FIRST DOWNS 20 15
Rushing 2 5
Passing 16 8
Penalty 2 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-11 4-9
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 400 346
Total plays 64 44
Average gain 6.3 7.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 38 143
Rushes 19 31
Average per rush 2.0 4.6
NET YARDS PASSING 362 203
Completed-attempted 25-42 8-13
Yards per pass 8.0 15.6
Sacked-yards lost 3-22 0-0
Had intercepted 2 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 2-41.0 2-43.0
RETURN YARDAGE 103 135
Punts-returns 0-0 1-11
Kickoffs-returns 5-103 3-86
Interceptions-returns 0-0 2-38
PENALTIES-YARDS 8-49 5-23
FUMBLES-LOST 4-4 2-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:16 27:44
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 19).
Miami rushing: John Avery 14-23, Ron Moore 4-12, Dan Marino 1-3.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 18-103, Ken Oxendine 5-32, Harold
Green 6-6, Chris Chandler 1-3, Tony Graziani 1-minus 1.
Miami passing: Dan Marino 21-36 for 320 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD, Damon
Huard 4-6 for 64 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 3-3 for 118 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD, Steve
Deberg 5-10 for 85 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Miami receiving: Oronde Gadsden 9-153, O.j. Mcduffie 5-82, Lamar
Thomas 4-79, Troy Drayton 4-61, Stanley Pritchett 2-8, Ron Moore 1-1.
Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 3-105, O.j. Santiago 2-65, Ronnie
Harris 1-14, Terance Mathis 1-10, Brian Kozlowski 1-9.
Miami tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Kenny Mixon 6-1-0, Brock
Marion 5-2-0, Lorenzo Bromell 3-2-0, Robert Jones 4-0-0, Calvin
Jackson 3-0-0, Tim Bowens 2-1-0, Daryl Gardener 1-2-0, Patrick
Surtain 2-0-0, Zach Thomas 2-0-0, Trace Armstrong 1-0-0, Derrick
Rodgers 1-0-0, Brian Walker 1-0-0, Terrell Buckley 1-0-0, Shane
Burton 1-0-0, Barron Tanner 0-1-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Cornelius Bennett 8-0-1,
William White 7-0-0, Henri Crockett 4-1-1, John Burrough 1-4-0, Devin
Bush 4-0-0, Travis Hall 3-0-0, Chuck Smith 3-0-1, Eugene Robinson
2-1-0, Shane Dronett 2-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 2-0-0, Michael Booker
2-0-0, Ray Buchanan 1-1-0, Shawn Swayda 1-1-0, Craig Sauer 1-0-0,
Jessie Tuggle 1-0-0, Keith Brooking 1-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Ronnie Bradford 1 for 11 yards, Michael
Booker 1 for 27 yards).
Fumbles lost: Miami (Oronde Gadsden 2, John Avery, Ron Moore).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Travis Hall 2, Michael Booker,
Eugene Robinson).
Officials: Referee-Johnny Grier, Umpire-Jim Daopoulos, Head
linesman-John Schleyer, Line judge-Gary Arthur, Back judge-Scott
Green, Side judge-Ken Baker, Field judge-Duke Carroll.
A: 69,754; T: 2:51.