| Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1986 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 35255 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Floyd Dixon 21 pass from Turk Schonert (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Gerald Riggs 1 run (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Ali Haji-Sheikh 25 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Pete Mandley 84 punt return (Eddie Murray kick failed) | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Ali Haji-Sheikh 21 FG | 20 | 6 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| William Andrews | 18 | 76 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Gerald Riggs | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Floyd Dixon | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Cliff Austin | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Keith Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Turk Schonert | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Garry James | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Herman Hunter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Long | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Turk Schonert | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 1 | 152 | 6.3 | 21t | 1 | 3 | 33 | 84.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chuck Long | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 1 | 46 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 31.5 |
| Joe Ferguson | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 40 | 3.1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 39.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Floyd Dixon | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 21t | 1 |
| Ken Whisenhunt | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Brown | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Gerald Riggs | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cliff Austin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Middleton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| William Andrews | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Arthur Cox | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| James Jones | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Herman Hunter | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Garry James | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Scott Case | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bruce McNorton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rick Donnelly | 5 | 243 | 48.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 53 | 0 |
| Eddie Murray | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 81t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Keith Williams | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Herman Hunter | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| Donnie Elder | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Tony Casillas | 1.0 |
| Dennis Harrison | 1.0 |
| Mike Pitts | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 1.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Angelo King | 1.0 |
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