| Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 8, 1985 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 37785 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 88 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Gerald Riggs 1 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Charlie Brown 12 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Rick Bryan pass from David Archer) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | James Jones 8 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Jeff Chadwick 15 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Billy Johnson 35 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Jeff Chadwick 9 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | James Jones 21 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 46 FG | 28 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 31 FG | 28 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | James Jones | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 21t | 1 |
| DET | Wilbert Montgomery | 19 | 54 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Alvin Moore | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Eric Hipple | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 31 | 131 | 4.2 | 15 | 1 |
| ATL | Cliff Austin | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Joe Washington | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| ATL | Billy Johnson | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Eric Hipple | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 2 | 188 | 8.2 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 72.1 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 0 | 179 | 7.8 | 35t | 2 | 5 | 39 | 121.5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 56 | 2 |
| DET | James Jones | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 36 | 1 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | David Lewis | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| ATL | Joe Washington | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 11 | 0 |
| ATL | Charlie Brown | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 16 | 1 |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Billy Johnson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| ATL | Stacey Bailey | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| ATL | Arthur Cox | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| ATL | Cliff Benson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | James Britt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Scott Case | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Mike Black | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 57 | 0 |
| ATL | Rick Donnelly | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| ATL | Billy Johnson | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Alvin Moore | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| DET | Alvin Hall | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| ATL | Anthony Allen | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| ATL | Cliff Austin | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | Angelo King | 2.0 |
| DET | Demetrious Johnson | 1.0 |
| DET | Eric Williams | 1.0 |
| DET | Jimmy Williams | 1.0 |
| ATL | Mike Pitts | 2.0 |
| ATL | Mike Gann | 1.0 |
| ATL | Al Richardson | 0.5 |
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