FINAL
Atlanta 13, Carolina 12
 
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  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Carolina 3 3 3 3 12
Atlanta 3 0 0 10 13

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CAR   FG   JOE NEDNEY 35 YD, 7:58. Drive: 16 plays, 75 yards in 7:58. Key plays: 26-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons' Ambrose on 3rd-and-13 at Carlolina 31; Beuerlein 12-yard pass to Walls to Carolina 43; Beuerlein 8-yard pass to Hayes on 3rd-and-4 to Atlanta 30. CAROLINA 3-0
ATL   FG   MORTEN ANDERSEN 35 YD, 14:06. Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 6:08. Key plays: Chandler 11-yard pass to Mathis to Atlanta 47; Chandler 13-yard pass to Kelly to Carolina 40; Chandler 19-yard pass to Christian to Caroina 20. CAROLINA 3, ATLANTA 3
2ND QUARTER
CAR   FG   JOE NEDNEY 48 YD, 5:17. Drive: 8 plays, 9 yards in 3:39. Key plays: Gilbert interception at Atlanta 39; Beuerlein 7-yard pass to Muhammad on 4th-and-5 to Atlanta 27. CAROLINA 6-3
3RD QUARTER
CAR   FG   JOE NEDNEY 25 YD, 11:31. Drive: 12 plays, 51 yards in 5:52. Key plays: Minter 8-yard interception return to Carolina 42; Floyd 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 46; Beuerlein 19-yard pass to Hayes to Atlanta 21; Beuerlein 25-yard pass to Biakabutuka on 3rd-and-19 to Atlanta 5. CAROLINA 9-3
4TH QUARTER
CAR   FG   JOE NEDNEY 24 YD, 2:20. Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards in 4:13. Key plays: 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Falcons' Smith to Atlanta 34; Beuerlein 19-yard pass to Walls to Atlanta 15; 7-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Falcons' Jasper to Atlanta 8. CAROLINA 12-3
ATL   TD   JAMAL ANDERSON 2 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 9:56. Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 7:36. Key plays: Chandler 14-yard pass to Mathis to Atlanta 34; Chandler 9-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-3 to midfield; Chandler 14-yard pass to Mathis to Carolina 36; Chandler 13-yard pass to Dwight on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 19. CAROLINA 12-10
ATL   FG   MORTEN ANDERSEN 31 YD, 12:07. Drive: 4 plays, (-6) yards in 1:51. Key plays: Buchanan 13-yard interception return to Carolina 7. ATLANTA 13-12

TEAM STATISTICS
  CAR ATL
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
16
10
4-13
1-2
209
65
3.2
30
20
1.5
179
21-41
4.0
4-23
3-52.3
48
2-11
2-29
2-8
9-58
1-1
28:23
16
10
4-11
0-0
281
57
4.9
97
27
3.6
184
19-29
6.1
1-7
3-40.0
149
3-23
4-71
3-55
8-98
2-1
31:37

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Atlanta (Morten Andersen 46, 42).
Carolina rushing
Tim Biakabutuka 14-23, William Floyd 3-6, Steve Beuerlein 3-1.
Atlanta rushing
Jamal Anderson 25-90, Chris Chandler 2-7.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 21-41 for 202 yards, 3 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta passing
Chris Chandler 19-29 for 191 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD.
Carolina receiving
Tim Biakabutuka 4-51, Wesley Walls 4-47, Donald Hayes 4-41, Issac Byrd 3-26, William Floyd 3-20, Kris Mangum 2-10, Muhsin Muhammad 1-7.
Atlanta receiving
Terance Mathis 7-89, Jamal Anderson 5-15, Tim Dwight 3-37, Reggie Kelly 2-29, Bob Christian 2-21.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Lester Towns 7-0-0, Dean Wells 7-0-0, Sean Gilbert 5-2-0, Mike Minter 5-2-0, Eric Davis 4-0-0, Eugene Robinson 3-0-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 3-0-0, Hannibal Navies 3-0-1, Doug Evans 2-0-0, Al Lucas 1-1-0, Tim Morabito 1-0-0, Mike Rucker 1-0-0, Reggie White 1-0-0, Lee Woodall 1-0-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Jeff Kelly 7-0-0, Chris Draft 4-2-0, Mark Simoneau 3-2-0, Marty Carter 4-0-0, Ashley Ambrose 3-0-0, Ray Buchanan 3-0-0, Henri Crockett 3-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 2-1-0, Travis Hall 2-1-1, Chuck Wiley 1-2-1, Brady Smith 2-0-1, Patrick Kerney 2-0-0, Elijah Williams 2-0-0, Ed Jasper 3-0-1.
Interceptions
Carolina (Sean Gilbert 1 for 0 yards, Mike Minter 1 for 8 yards); Atlanta (Ray Buchanan 2 for 13 yards, Ashley Ambrose 1 for 42 yards).
Fumbles lost
Carolina (Steve Beuerlein); Atlanta (Ed Jasper).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Carolina (Doug Evans); Atlanta (Travis Hall).
Officials
Referee-Tom White, Umpire-Jim Quick, Head linesman-Ed Camp, Line judge-Gary Arthur, Field judge-Boris Cheek, Side judge-Tommy Moore, Back judge-Bob Waggoner.
A: 46,178; T: 3:07.

 


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Carolina Clubhouse

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