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Atlanta Falcons 17 at Detroit Lions 28
Sunday, August 31, 1997
Atlanta Falcons 17, Detroit Lions 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (0-1-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Detroit Lions (1-0-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| ATL | DET | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | Morten Andersen 30 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Herman Moore 43 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 3 | 7 |
| ATL | Michael Haynes 24 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 7 |
| DET | Stephen Boyd 42 yard fumble return (Jason Hanson kick) | 10 | 14 |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson 1 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 17 | 14 |
| DET | Herman Moore 25 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 21 |
| DET | Reggie D. Brown 38 yard interception return (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 28 |
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-55-1 | 23-46-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-37-290-1-3 | 12-30-205-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-22 | 4-30 |
| Net pass yards | 268 | 175 |
| Total yards | 323 | 221 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-1 | 6-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 13-93 | 5-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Chris Chandler | ATL | 20 | 36 | 290 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| Bert Emanuel | ATL | 4 | 88 | |||||||||
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 20 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 26 | ||||||
| Harold Green | ATL | 2 | 1 | 5 | 55 | |||||||
| O.J. Santiago | ATL | 2 | 47 | |||||||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 2 | 34 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bob Christian | ATL | 3 | 23 | |||||||||
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 2 | 17 | |||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Scott Mitchell | DET | 12 | 30 | 205 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| Herman Moore | DET | 7 | 115 | 2 | ||||||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 15 | 33 | 2 | 26 | |||||||
| Glyn Milburn | DET | 1 | 43 | |||||||||
| Tommy Vardell | DET | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| Johnnie Morton | DET | 1 | 7 | |||||||||