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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions - October 6th, 1996
Atlanta Falcons 24 at Detroit Lions 28
Sunday, October 6, 1996
Atlanta Falcons 24, Detroit Lions 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (0-5-0) | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| Detroit Lions (4-2-0) | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Scoring
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Scott Mitchell 2 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | DET | Brett Perriman 9 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| DET | Herman Moore 25 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| DET | Herman Moore 50 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 28 | |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson 9 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Jamal Anderson 5 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 14 | 28 |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson 14 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 21 | 28 | |
| 4th | ATL | Morten Andersen 47 yard field goal | 24 | 28 |
Team Stats
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-116-3 | 32-95-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-36-180-0-1 | 20-37-276-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-15 | 2-14 |
| Net pass yards | 165 | 262 |
| Total yards | 281 | 357 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-75 | 7-51 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 16 | 103 | 3 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | ATL | 18 | 36 | 180 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Roell Preston | ATL | 6 | 74 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 5 | 54 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Tyrone Brown | ATL | 4 | 28 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Scott | ATL | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Craig Heyward | ATL | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Mitch Lyons | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Eric Metcalf | ATL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Scott Mitchell | DET | 20 | 37 | 276 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Herman Moore | DET | 3 | 107 | 2 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 26 | 86 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Brett Perriman | DET | 7 | 84 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Johnnie Morton | DET | 4 | 49 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | DET | 3 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Eric Metcalf | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Owens | ATL | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chuck Smith | ATL | 0.5 | 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 | |||
| Ryan McNeil | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Glyn Milburn | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Porcher | DET | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Rivers | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Henry Thomas | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Washington | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||