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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 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 | |
| 2nd | ATL | Morten Andersen 34 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| 3rd | ATL | Morten Andersen 44 yard field goal | 6 | 14 |
| 4th | 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 | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 8 | 107 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe Tolliver | ATL | 17 | 28 | 217 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 15 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Bert Emanuel | ATL | 5 | 48 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Harold Green | ATL | 3 | 34 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Tony Graziani | ATL | 4 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 2 | 20 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| O.J. Santiago | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Bob Christian | ATL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tim Biakabutuka | CAR | 23 | 104 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Kerry Collins | CAR | 12 | 25 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Scott Greene | CAR | 6 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Mark Carrier | CAR | 3 | 34 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 2 | 24 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 2 | 21 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Rae Carruth | CAR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Fred Lane | CAR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Lester Archambeau | ATL | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cornelius Bennett | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Juran Bolden | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray Buchanan | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Henri Crockett | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Todd Kinchen | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 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 | |||
| Michael Bates | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Toi Cook | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chad Cota | CAR | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eric Davis | CAR | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Les Miller | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||