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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons - December 24th, 1989
Detroit Lions 31 at Atlanta Falcons 24
Sunday, December 24, 1989
Detroit Lions 31, Atlanta Falcons 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (7-9-0) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| Atlanta Falcons (3-13-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Scoring
| DET | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Richard Johnson 34 yard pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | ATL | Greg Davis 25 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| DET | Barry Sanders 25 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| ATL | Gene Lang 9 yard pass from Chris Miller (Greg Davis kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| 3rd | DET | Eddie Murray 39 yard field goal | 17 | 10 |
| DET | Barry Sanders 17 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 24 | 10 | |
| 4th | DET | Barry Sanders 18 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 31 | 10 |
| ATL | Keith L. Jones 1 yard rush (Greg Davis kick) | 31 | 17 | |
| ATL | Michael Haynes 6 yard pass from Chris Miller (Greg Davis kick) | 31 | 24 |
Team Stats
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 27 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-179-3 | 21-89-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-30-213-1-1 | 37-66-334-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-16 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 197 | 324 |
| Total yards | 376 | 413 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-15 | 5-45 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Barry Sanders | DET | 20 | 158 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Richard Johnson | DET | 7 | 135 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gagliano | DET | 17 | 30 | 213 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Clark | DET | 6 | 67 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| John Ford | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Jason Phillips | DET | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Walter Stanley | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chris Miller | ATL | 37 | 66 | 334 | 2 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||
| Gene Lang | ATL | 3 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 73 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| Keith L. Jones | ATL | 7 | 37 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 6 | 62 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Collins | ATL | 6 | 58 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Greg Paterra | ATL | 8 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Ron Heller | ATL | 6 | 53 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| John Settle | ATL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Mike L. Cofer | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Gibson | DET | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mel J. Gray | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Griffin | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walter Stanley | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 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 | |||
| Marcus Cotton | ATL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brian Jordan | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Paterra | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jessie Tuggle | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Zackery | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||