| New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics | 
| Date: October 1, 1995 Location: Atlanta, GA | 
| Venue: Georgia Dome Attendance: 47114 | 
| Weather: Indoors | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | ATL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Morten Andersen 34 FG | 0 | 3 | 
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Curtis Martin 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 3 | 
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Morten Andersen 54 FG | 7 | 6 | 
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Craig Heyward 9 run (Terance Mathis pass from Jeff George) | 7 | 14 | 
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Morten Andersen 31 FG | 7 | 17 | 
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Gash 2 pass from Scott Zolak (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 17 | 
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Matt Bahr 27 FG | 17 | 17 | 
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Morten Andersen 32 FG | 17 | 20 | 
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Morten Andersen 33 FG | 17 | 23 | 
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Eric Metcalf 33 pass from Jeff George (Morten Andersen kick) | 17 | 30 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Vincent Brisby | 
| 83 | WR | Will Moore | 
| 78 | LOT | Bruce Armstrong | 
| 61 | LOG | Bob Kratch | 
| 66 | C | Jeff Dellenbach | 
| 71 | ROG | Todd Rucci | 
| 68 | ROT | Max Lane | 
| 87 | TE | Ben Coates | 
| 16 | QB | Scott Zolak | 
| 28 | RB | Curtis Martin | 
| 33 | FB | Sam Gash | 
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Tim Roberts | 
| 92 | RDE | Ferric Collons | 
| 55 | LOLB | Willie McGinest | 
| 59 | LILB | Vincent Brown | 
| 53 | ROLB | Chris Slade | 
| 21 | LCB | Ricky Reynolds | 
| 23 | SS | Terry Ray | 
| 29 | FS | Myron Guyton | 
| 37 | RCB | Maurice Hurst | 
| 43 | NB | Vernon Lewis | 
| 24 | DB | Ty Law | 
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | J.J. Birden | 
| 87 | WR | Bert Emanuel | 
| 81 | WR | Terance Mathis | 
| 21 | WR | Eric Metcalf | 
| 70 | LOT | Bob Whitfield | 
| 69 | LOG | Gene Williams | 
| 61 | C | Robbie Tobeck | 
| 72 | ROG | Mike Zandofsky | 
| 62 | ROT | Dave Richards | 
| 1 | QB | Jeff George | 
| 34 | RB | Craig Heyward | 
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Chuck Smith | 
| 95 | LDT | Pierce Holt | 
| 67 | RDT | Moe Gardner | 
| 56 | RDE | Chris Doleman | 
| 57 | LLB | Clay Matthews | 
| 58 | MLB | Jessie Tuggle | 
| 99 | RLB | Darryl Talley | 
| 24 | LCB | Terry Taylor | 
| 36 | SS | Kevin Ross | 
| 47 | FS | Roger Harper | 
| 44 | RCB | D.J. Johnson | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Dave Meggett | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 21 | 0 | 
| Curtis Martin | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 8 | 1 | 
| Scott Zolak | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Craig Heyward | 18 | 84 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 | 
| Jeff George | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Scott Zolak | 45 | 24 | 53.3 | 0 | 252 | 5.6 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 77.3 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Jeff George | 38 | 26 | 68.4 | 1 | 295 | 7.8 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 89.3 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Vincent Brisby | 9 | 161 | 17.9 | 72 | 0 | 
| Troy Brown | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 31 | 0 | 
| Dave Meggett | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 | 
| Sam Gash | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 1 | 
| Ben Coates | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | 
| Will Moore | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| Curtis Martin | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Craig Heyward | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 | 
| Bert Emanuel | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 52 | 0 | 
| Eric Metcalf | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 33t | 1 | 
| Terance Mathis | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 30 | 0 | 
| J.J. Birden | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 | 
| Darryl Spencer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Terry Ray | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Pat O'Neill | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 46 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dan Stryzinski | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 44 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Eric Metcalf | 3 | 2 | 17 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Pat O'Neill | 4 | 270 | 67.5 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Morten Andersen | 8 | 552 | 69.0 | 3 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Rupert Grant | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Roell Preston | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| Eric Metcalf | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | 
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Vincent Brown | 1.0 | 
| Ricky Reynolds | 1.0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Lester Archambeau | 1.0 | 
| Chris Doleman | 1.0 | 
| Jumpy Geathers | 1.0 | 
| Chuck Smith | 1.0 | 
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