Sunday, October 26, 1997
Atlanta Falcons 12, Carolina Panthers 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (1-7-0) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Carolina Panthers (4-4-0) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| ATL | CAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | Tim Biakabutuka 12 yard rush (John Kasay kick) | 0 | 7 |
| CAR | Mark Carrier 16 yard pass from Kerry Collins (John Kasay kick) | 0 | 14 |
| ATL | Morten Andersen 34 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| ATL | Morten Andersen 44 yard field goal | 6 | 14 |
| CAR | Tim Biakabutuka 26 yard rush (John Kasay kick) | 6 | 21 |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson 14 yard pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (pass failed) | 12 | 21 |
| ATL | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-68-0 | 36-137-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-46-241-1-2 | 12-25-107-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-8 | 3-16 |
| Net pass yards | 233 | 91 |
| Total yards | 301 | 228 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 6-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-30 | 3-13 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 8 | 107 | |||||||||
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 15 | 50 | 1 | 14 | 1 | ||||||
| Bert Emanuel | ATL | 5 | 48 | |||||||||
| Harold Green | ATL | 3 | 34 | |||||||||
| Tony Graziani | ATL | 4 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 2 | 20 | |||||||||
| O.J. Santiago | ATL | 1 | 13 | |||||||||
| Bob Christian | ATL | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Tim Biakabutuka | CAR | 23 | 104 | 2 | ||||||||
| Kerry Collins | CAR | 12 | 25 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| Scott Greene | CAR | 6 | 27 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Mark Carrier | CAR | 3 | 34 | 1 | ||||||||
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 2 | 24 | |||||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 2 | 21 | |||||||||
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 1 | -4 | 2 | 14 | |||||||
| Rae Carruth | CAR | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Fred Lane | CAR | 1 | 3 | |||||||||