Sunday, September 10, 1989
Los Angeles Rams 31, Atlanta Falcons 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams (1-0-0) | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Atlanta Falcons (0-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| RAM | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Deion Sanders 68 yard punt return (Paul McFadden kick) | 0 | 7 |
| RAM | Mike Lansford 23 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | RAM | Greg Bell 2 yard rush (Mike Lansford kick) | 10 | 7 |
| ATL | Floyd Dixon 53 yard pass from Chris Miller (Paul McFadden kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| RAM | Henry Ellard 46 yard pass from Jim Everett (Mike Lansford kick) | 17 | 14 | |
| 3rd | RAM | Jim Everett 13 yard rush (Mike Lansford kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4th | RAM | Greg Bell 8 yard rush (Mike Lansford kick) | 31 | 14 |
| ATL | Michael Haynes 33 yard pass from Chris Miller (Paul McFadden kick) | 31 | 21 |
| RAM | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-168-3 | 15-43-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-25-206-1-0 | 23-37-299-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-11 | 5-28 |
| Net pass yards | 195 | 271 |
| Total yards | 363 | 314 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-15 | 6-44 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Greg Bell | RAM | 26 | 128 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Jim Everett | RAM | 14 | 25 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Henry Ellard | RAM | 5 | 99 | 1 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Pete Holohan | RAM | 5 | 76 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Damone Johnson | RAM | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Ron J. Brown | RAM | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Robert Delpino | RAM | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Buford McGee | RAM | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Gaston Green | RAM | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chris Miller | ATL | 23 | 37 | 299 | 2 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||
| Shawn Collins | ATL | 6 | 76 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 4 | 62 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| John Settle | ATL | 8 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 29 | ||||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 1 | 53 | 1 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lang | ATL | 6 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Ron Heller | ATL | 3 | 44 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Kenny Flowers | ATL | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ron J. Brown | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Delpino | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kevin Greene | RAM | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darryl Henley | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Doug Reed | RAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alvin Wright | RAM | 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 | |||
| Rick Bryan | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Deion Sanders | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| George Thomas | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||