Sunday, September 6, 1998
Atlanta Falcons 19, Carolina Panthers 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0) | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| Carolina Panthers (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| ATL | CAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | ATL | Terance Mathis 11 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CAR | Wesley Walls 6 yard pass from Kerry Collins (John Kasay kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Safety, Walters fell on punt snap in end zone | 9 | 7 |
| ATL | Tim Dwight 44 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 16 | 7 | |
| CAR | Rocket Ismail 56 yard pass from Kerry Collins (John Kasay kick) | 16 | 14 | |
| 4th | ATL | Morten Andersen 43 yard field goal | 19 | 14 |
| ATL | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-93-0 | 20-54-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-32-268-2-1 | 21-37-270-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-38 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 230 | 263 |
| Total yards | 323 | 317 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-72 | 5-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chris Chandler | ATL | 17 | 32 | 268 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 28 | 88 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Tony Martin | ATL | 4 | 92 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 6 | 74 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Tim Dwight | ATL | 1 | 44 | 1 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Todd Kinchen | ATL | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Bob Christian | ATL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Brian Kozlowski | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Harold Green | ATL | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Kerry Collins | CAR | 21 | 37 | 270 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | -11 | 0 | -11 |
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 6 | 119 | 1 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Rae Carruth | CAR | 4 | 59 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Fred Lane | CAR | 14 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Mark Carrier | CAR | 2 | 34 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Muhsin Muhammad | CAR | 2 | 24 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 2 | 20 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| William Floyd | CAR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Ken Walter | CAR | 2 | 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 | |||
| Ray Buchanan | ATL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Dwight | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Fuller | ATL | 1.0 | 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 Barrow | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Bates | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Brady | CAR | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Evans | CAR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Greene | CAR | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||