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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions - September 4th, 1988
Atlanta Falcons 17 at Detroit Lions 31
Sunday, September 4, 1988
Atlanta Falcons 17, Detroit Lions 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (0-1-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Detroit Lions (1-0-0) | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
Scoring
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Greg Davis 19 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | DET | Pete Mandley 7 yard pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 7 |
| DET | Eddie Murray 37 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| 3rd | DET | Garry James 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 17 |
| DET | George Jamison 4 yard fumble return (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 24 | |
| 4th | ATL | Alex Higdon 9 yard pass from Chris Miller (Greg Davis kick) | 10 | 24 |
| DET | Mark Lewis 1 yard pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 31 | |
| ATL | John Settle 2 yard rush (Greg Davis kick) | 17 | 31 |
Team Stats
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-172-1 | 34-142-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-38-209-1-1 | 13-19-107-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-22 | 3-19 |
| Net pass yards | 187 | 88 |
| Total yards | 359 | 230 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-71 | 9-63 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chris Miller | ATL | 24 | 36 | 205 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 29 | ||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 16 | 98 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 3 | 46 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 4 | 42 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| John Settle | ATL | 7 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | ATL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Aubrey Matthews | ATL | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Alex Higdon | ATL | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ken Whisenhunt | ATL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Steve Dils | ATL | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Garry James | DET | 24 | 96 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Tony Paige | DET | 9 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Chuck Long | DET | 13 | 19 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| Gary Lee | DET | 2 | 28 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Carl Bland | DET | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Butch Woolfolk | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Mark Lewis | DET | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Aundray Bruce | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Bryan | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Cotton | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tim Gordon | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Aubrey Matthews | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Moore | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 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 | |||||||||||||
| Jerry Holmes | DET | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Painter | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eric Williams | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Butch Woolfolk | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||