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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions - December 21st, 1986
Atlanta Falcons 20 at Detroit Lions 6
Sunday, December 21, 1986
Atlanta Falcons 20, Detroit Lions 6| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (7-8-1) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Detroit Lions (5-11-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Scoring
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Floyd Dixon 21 yard pass from Turk Schonert (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | ATL | Gerald Riggs 1 yard rush (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3rd | ATL | Ali Haji-Sheikh 25 yard field goal | 17 | 0 |
| 4th | DET | Pete Mandley 84 yard punt return (kick failed) | 17 | 6 |
| ATL | Ali Haji-Sheikh 21 yard field goal | 20 | 6 |
Team Stats
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-119-1 | 25-120-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-24-152-1-1 | 11-28-86-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-33 | 3-13 |
| Net pass yards | 119 | 73 |
| Total yards | 238 | 193 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-5 | 2-18 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| William Andrews | ATL | 18 | 76 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Turk Schonert | ATL | 17 | 24 | 152 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 11 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ken Whisenhunt | ATL | 4 | 39 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Brown | ATL | 3 | 35 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Austin | ATL | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Ron Middleton | ATL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Keith Williams | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Cox | ATL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| James R. Jones | DET | 11 | 67 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Garry James | DET | 11 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 3 | 39 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Herman Hunter | DET | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Chuck Long | DET | 8 | 15 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Ferguson | DET | 3 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Scott Case | ATL | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Casillas | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Harrison | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Pitts | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Williams | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Mike L. Cofer | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Donnie Elder | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| William Gay | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Herman Hunter | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Angelo King | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce McNorton | DET | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||