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Box Score: Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions
Posted: Sun December 20, 1998 at 7:44 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
ATLANTA 7 3 0 14 24
DETROIT 7 7 3 0 17 FINAL
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
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.
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