| Washington Redskins at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1979 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 56819 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington Redskins | Mark Moseley 45 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | William Andrews 2 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | Mark Moseley 53 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | John Riggins 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Washington Redskins | Mark Moseley 37 FG | 16 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | John Riggins | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 11 | 1 |
| WAS | Buddy Hardeman | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| WAS | Clarence Harmon | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| WAS | Benny Malone | 14 | 18 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| WAS | Joe Theismann | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | William Andrews | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 10 | 1 |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| WAS | Joe Theismann | 26 | 19 | 73.1 | 1 | 233 | 9.0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 84.3 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 26 | 6 | 23.1 | 3 | 105 | 4.0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 4.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Danny Buggs | 10 | 134 | 13.4 | 0 | |
| WAS | Clarence Harmon | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| WAS | Johnny McDaniel | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| WAS | Buddy Hardeman | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| WAS | Don Warren | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| WAS | Jean Fugett | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| WAS | John Riggins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| ATL | Lynn Cain | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Joe Lavender | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 |
| WAS | Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Frank Reed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| WAS | Mike Bragg | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | John James | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Buddy Hardeman | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Lonnie Perrin | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 29 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 |
| ATL | Lynn Cain | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| WAS | Perry Brooks | 1.0 |
| WAS | Diron Talbert | 1.0 |
| WAS | Dave Butz | 1.0 |
| ATL | Jeff Yeates | 1.0 |
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