Sunday, September 12, 1982
Atlanta Falcons 16, New York Giants 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| New York Giants (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| ATL | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | ATL | William Andrews 13 yard rush (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NYG | Earnest Gray 33 yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 3rd | NYG | Earnest Gray 19 yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4th | ATL | Bob Glazebrook 91 yard fumble return (kick failed) | 13 | 14 |
| ATL | Mick Luckhurst 29 yard field goal | 16 | 14 |
| ATL | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-118-1 | 24-76-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-27-187-0-1 | 25-41-310-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-33 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 154 | 302 |
| Total yards | 272 | 378 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 5-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-48 | 5-44 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 15 | 27 | 187 | 0 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||
| William Andrews | ATL | 18 | 64 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 5 | 64 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 3 | 49 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Junior Miller | ATL | 2 | 38 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 9 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Lynn Cain | ATL | 6 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Floyd Hodge | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Scott Brunner | NYG | 25 | 41 | 310 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Mullady | NYG | 7 | 99 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Earnest Gray | NYG | 5 | 86 | 2 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Butch Woolfolk | NYG | 17 | 64 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Johnny Perkins | NYG | 4 | 57 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| John Mistler | NYG | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Larry Heater | NYG | 2 | 15 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Leon Perry | NYG | 3 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| Leon Bright | NYG | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Joe Morris | NYG | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Reggie Brown | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kenny Johnson | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Zele | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Leon Bright | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Carson | NYG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Dennis | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark Haynes | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Jackson | NYG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Beasley Reece | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lawrence Taylor | NYG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||