| Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 4, 1988 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 31075 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Greg Davis 19 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Pete Mandley 7 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Garry James 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | George Jamison 4 opponents fumble recovery (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Alex Higdon 9 pass from Chris Miller (Greg Davis kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Mark Lewis 1 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | John Settle 2 run (Greg Davis kick) | 17 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 16 | 98 | 6.1 | 20 | 0 |
| ATL | Chris Miller | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 29 | 0 |
| ATL | John Settle | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 8 | 1 |
| ATL | Sylvester Stamps | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Garry James | 24 | 96 | 4.0 | 16 | 1 |
| DET | Tony Paige | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| DET | Butch Woolfolk | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Chris Miller | 36 | 24 | 66.7 | 1 | 205 | 5.7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 79.1 |
| ATL | Steve Dils | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 |
| DET | Chuck Long | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 1 | 107 | 5.6 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 95.7 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Floyd Dixon | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| ATL | Sylvester Stamps | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 7 | 0 |
| ATL | Stacey Bailey | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17 | 0 |
| ATL | Aubrey Matthews | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| ATL | John Settle | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| ATL | Alex Higdon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| ATL | Ken Whisenhunt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DET | Tony Paige | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Lee | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DET | Garry James | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7t | 1 |
| DET | Carl Bland | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Mark Lewis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Robert Moore | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Jerry Holmes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | Rick Donnelly | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 52 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Arnold | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Aubrey Matthews | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Sylvester Stamps | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 20 | 0 |
| ATL | Tim Gordon | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Butch Woolfolk | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DET | Carl Painter | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| ATL | Aundray Bruce | 1.0 |
| ATL | Rick Bryan | 1.0 |
| ATL | Marcus Cotton | 1.0 |
| DET | Mike Cofer | 1.0 |
| DET | Eric Williams | 1.0 |
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