Sunday, October 15, 1989
New England Patriots 15, Atlanta Falcons 16| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (2-4-0) | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Atlanta Falcons (2-4-0) | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| NWE | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Greg Davis 52 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| ATL | Paul McFadden 30 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| NWE | Greg Davis 32 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Greg Davis 32 yard field goal | 9 | 3 |
| ATL | Paul McFadden 30 yard field goal | 9 | 6 | |
| NWE | Cedric Jones 15 yard pass from Doug Flutie (kick failed) | 15 | 6 | |
| ATL | Keith L. Jones 1 yard rush (Paul McFadden kick) | 15 | 13 | |
| 4th | ATL | Paul McFadden 22 yard field goal | 15 | 16 |
| NWE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-93-0 | 21-72-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-30-172-1-3 | 19-34-265-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-24 | 4-25 |
| Net pass yards | 148 | 240 |
| Total yards | 241 | 312 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-15 | 5-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Doug Flutie | NWE | 12 | 30 | 172 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| John Stephens | NWE | 19 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Sammy Martin | NWE | 3 | 60 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 3 | 53 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Hart Lee Dykes | NWE | 3 | 41 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 10 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chris Miller | ATL | 19 | 34 | 265 | 0 | 1 | 46 | ||||||||
| Gene Lang | ATL | 9 | 48 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Keith L. Jones | ATL | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 46 | ||||||
| Gary Wilkins | ATL | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Collins | ATL | 2 | 30 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Ron Heller | ATL | 3 | 26 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 3 | 24 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Kenny Flowers | ATL | 8 | 18 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Brad Beckman | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sammy Martin | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry McGrew | NWE | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Rembert | NWE | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rodney Rice | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brent Williams | NWE | 2.0 | 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 | |||
| Aundray Bruce | ATL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Case | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Evan Cooper | ATL | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tim Gordon | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith L. Jones | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Deion Sanders | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||