| Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 24, 1989 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 7092 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 29 F Humidty: 27% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Richard Johnson 34 pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Greg Davis 25 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Barry Sanders 25 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Gene Lang 9 pass from Chris Miller (Greg Davis kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 39 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Barry Sanders 17 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Barry Sanders 18 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Keith Jones 1 run (Greg Davis kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Michael Haynes 6 pass from Chris Miller (Greg Davis kick) | 31 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 20 | 158 | 7.9 | 25t | 3 |
| Bob Gagliano | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Keith Jones | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Greg Paterra | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Settle | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bob Gagliano | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 1 | 213 | 7.1 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 76.1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Chris Miller | 66 | 37 | 56.1 | 1 | 334 | 5.1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 73.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Richard Johnson | 7 | 135 | 19.3 | 35 | 1 |
| Robert Clark | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 15 | 0 |
| John Ford | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jason Phillips | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Walter Stanley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Keith Jones | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 29 | 1 |
| Michael Haynes | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Shawn Collins | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Heller | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Greg Paterra | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Floyd Dixon | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Stacey Bailey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Settle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dennis Gibson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Tony Zackery | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Scott Fulhage | 7 | 293 | 41.9 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Walter Stanley | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 32 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Brian Jordan | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| James Griffin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Greg Paterra | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| Brian Jordan | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Marcus Cotton | 2.0 |
| Jessie Tuggle | 1.0 |
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