| Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 1996 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 58666 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Scott Mitchell 2 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Brett Perriman 9 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Herman Moore 25 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Herman Moore 50 pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Jamal Anderson 9 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Jamal Anderson 5 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Jamal Anderson 14 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Morten Andersen 47 FG | 24 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson | 16 | 103 | 6.4 | 14t | 3 |
| ATL | Craig Heyward | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| ATL | Bobby Hebert | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| ATL | Eric Metcalf | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DET | Barry Sanders | 26 | 86 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| DET | Scott Mitchell | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 7 | 1 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Bobby Hebert | 36 | 18 | 50.0 | 1 | 180 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 53.0 |
| DET | Scott Mitchell | 37 | 20 | 54.1 | 0 | 276 | 7.5 | 50t | 3 | 2 | 14 | 105.2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Roell Preston | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
| ATL | Terance Mathis | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 17 | 0 |
| ATL | Tyrone Brown | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Freddie Scott | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Mitch Lyons | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Brett Perriman | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 23 | 1 |
| DET | Johnnie Morton | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 24 | 0 |
| DET | Herman Moore | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 50t | 2 |
| DET | Pete Metzelaars | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Barry Sanders | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Ryan McNeil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | Dan Stryzinski | 7 | 319 | 45.6 | 48 | 0 |
| DET | Mark Royals | 6 | 247 | 41.2 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Eric Metcalf | 4 | 1 | 62 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| DET | Glyn Milburn | 4 | 2 | 51 | 12.8 | 33 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| ATL | Morten Andersen | 5 | 295 | 59.0 | 1 |
| DET | Jason Hanson | 5 | 360 | 72.0 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Eric Metcalf | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 36 | 0 |
| DET | Glyn Milburn | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| DET | Keith Washington | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Ron Rivers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| ATL | Dan Owens | 1.5 |
| ATL | Chuck Smith | 0.5 |
| DET | Robert Porcher | 2.0 |
| DET | Henry Thomas | 1.0 |
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