| Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: August 31, 1997 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 61244 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Morten Andersen 30 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Herman Moore 43 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Michael Haynes 24 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Stephen Boyd 42 opponents fumble recovery (Jason Hanson kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Jamal Anderson 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Herman Moore 25 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Reggie Brown 38 interception return (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 13 | 1 |
| ATL | Chris Chandler | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| ATL | Byron Hanspard | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| ATL | Harold Green | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Barry Sanders | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Scott Mitchell | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Tommy Vardell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Chris Chandler | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 3 | 290 | 8.1 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 56.5 |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| DET | Scott Mitchell | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 1 | 205 | 6.8 | 43t | 2 | 4 | 30 | 72.2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Harold Green | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 28 | 0 |
| ATL | Bert Emanuel | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 56 | 0 |
| ATL | Bob Christian | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| ATL | O.J. Santiago | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 30 | 0 |
| ATL | Michael Haynes | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 24t | 1 |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| ATL | Terance Mathis | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Herman Moore | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 43t | 2 |
| DET | Barry Sanders | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Glyn Milburn | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| DET | Tommy Vardell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Johnnie Morton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Ronnie Bradford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Reggie Brown | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 |
| DET | Stephen Boyd | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Greg Jeffries | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | Dan Stryzinski | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 52 | 0 |
| DET | John Jett | 8 | 355 | 44.4 | 54 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Todd Kinchen | 5 | 1 | 34 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Glyn Milburn | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| ATL | Morten Andersen | 4 | 281 | 70.3 | 0 |
| DET | Jason Hanson | 5 | 367 | 73.4 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Byron Hanspard | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 |
| ATL | Todd Kinchen | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DET | Glyn Milburn | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 42 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| ATL | Lester Archambeau | 2.0 |
| ATL | John Burrough | 1.0 |
| ATL | Chuck Smith | 1.0 |
| DET | Shane Bonham | 1.0 |
| DET | Luther Elliss | 1.0 |
| DET | Robert Porcher | 1.0 |
| DET | Antonio London | 0.5 |
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