Week 7, 1989

played in Atlanta, GA

73 degrees, fair, calm

Carolina Panthers	7	17	10	3	-	37
Atlanta Falcons	3	7	0	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:38 ATL - Steve De Line 19 field goal
1Q: 06:04 CAR - Kenneth Davis 2 run (John Lee extra point)
2Q: 13:51 CAR - Kenneth Davis 3 run (John Lee extra point)
2Q: 12:35 ATL - Robb Thomas 82 pass from Sean Salisbury (Steve De Line extra point)
2Q: 05:08 CAR - John Lee 34 field goal
2Q: 01:23 CAR - Kenneth Davis 2 run (John Lee extra point)
3Q: 10:23 CAR - John Lee 18 field goal
3Q: 05:22 CAR - Kenneth Davis 72 run (John Lee extra point)
4Q: 13:00 CAR - John Lee 27 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:38 ATL - Steve De Line 19 field goal
1Q: 06:04 CAR - Kenneth Davis 2 run (John Lee extra point)
2Q: 13:51 CAR - Kenneth Davis 3 run (John Lee extra point)
2Q: 12:35 ATL - Robb Thomas 82 pass from Sean Salisbury (Steve De Line extra point)
2Q: 05:08 CAR - John Lee 34 field goal
2Q: 01:23 CAR - Kenneth Davis 2 run (John Lee extra point)
3Q: 10:23 CAR - John Lee 18 field goal
3Q: 05:22 CAR - Kenneth Davis 72 run (John Lee extra point)
4Q: 13:00 CAR - John Lee 27 field goal

Team Statistics CAR ATL
Record 4-3 3-3
First Downs 23 14
- by Rushing 14 4
- by Passing 8 10
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 465 327
- Offensive Plays 63 52
- Yards per Play 7.38 6.29
Net Rushing Yards 241 76
- Rushing Attempts 44 23
- Yards per Rush 5.48 3.30
Net Passing Yards 224 251
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 14 - 0 28 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 224 256
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 11.79 8.66
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/14 2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 3.9 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 0/0 5/36
Punt Returns/Yards 1/4 1/-1
Kick Returns/Yards 2/40 6/108
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 6 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/3 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 20
Time of Possession 36:04 23:56

Team Statistics	CAR	ATL
Record	4-3	3-3
First Downs	23	14
- by Rushing	14	4
- by Passing	8	10
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	465	327
- Offensive Plays	63	52
- Yards per Play	7.38	6.29
Net Rushing Yards	241	76
- Rushing Attempts	44	23
- Yards per Rush	5.48	3.30
Net Passing Yards	224	251
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 14 - 0	28 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	224	256
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	11.79	8.66
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/14	2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	3.9	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	0/0	5/36
Punt Returns/Yards	1/4	1/-1
Kick Returns/Yards	2/40	6/108
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	6	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/3	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 20
Time of Possession	36:04	23:56

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:33	3:37	OWN 28	6	72	Touchdown
1	4:02	5:21	OWN 25	11	75	Touchdown
2	12:21	7:19	OWN 20	12	63	Field Goal
2	3:18	2:03	OPP 26	5	26	Touchdown
2	0:16	0:16	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	4:45	OWN 18	8	81	Field Goal
3	7:29	2:23	OWN 11	5	89	Touchdown
3	2:23	4:31	OWN 37	9	53	Field Goal
4	8:33	1:53	OWN 33	3	7	Punt
4	5:35	2:26	OWN 46	3	6	Punt

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:27	OWN 28	10	70	Field Goal
1	5:56	1:54	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	13:41	1:20	OWN 16	2	84	Touchdown
2	5:02	1:44	OWN 30	3	6	Punt
2	1:15	0:59	OWN 20	5	31	Punt
3	10:15	2:46	OWN 20	7	35	Punt
3	5:06	2:43	OWN 33	7	-4	Punt
4	12:52	4:19	OWN 26	7	32	Interception
4	6:40	1:05	OWN 11	3	4	Punt
4	3:09	3:09	OWN 2	6	35	Game

Game MVP: Kenneth Davis, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
John Stephens	25	103	4.12	20	1	0
Kenneth Davis	18	139	7.72	72	1	4
Bill Kenney	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Thurman Thomas	18	57	3.17	11	1
Patrick Egu	4	16	4.00	6	0
Sean Salisbury	1	3	3.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Kenney	19	14	224	0/0	0	49	0	112.6

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Sean Salisbury	23	12	230	1/5	1	82	0	101.7
Vince Evans	5	2	26	0/0	0	24	1	17.5

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Doug Donley	3	3	87	29.00	18	34
TE Billy Griggs	3	3	41	13.67	13	28
WR Walter Stanley	2	2	53	26.50	13	49
WR Stephen Baker	2	3	9	4.50	4	6
RB John Stephens	2	3	14	7.00	0	11
TE Trey Junkin	1	1	17	17.00	1	17
FB Dennis Bligen	1	1	3	3.00	1	3
TE Earl Cooper	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Kenneth Davis	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Webster Slaughter	7	10	105	15.00	33	24	0
WR Robb Thomas	3	5	125	41.67	62	82	1
RB Thurman Thomas	2	2	19	9.50	5	10	0
WR Dwight Stone	1	6	2	2.00	4	2	0
RB Patrick Egu	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Stephone Paige	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Jonathan Hayes	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB John Rade	1	0	0.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luke Prestridge	2	94	47.0	47.5	48	2

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	6	211	35.2	31.2	51	1

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Lee	3/3	0/0	0/0	34	4/4

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Steve De Line	1/1	0/0	0/0	19	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Pete Mandley	1	4	4.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glen Kozlowski	1	-1	-1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Doug Donley	1	13	13.0	0
Pete Mandley	1	27	27.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glen Kozlowski	4	74	18.5	0
Stephone Paige	2	34	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Harvey Clayton	5	2	0.0	16	24
S Barney Bussey	5	2	0.0	11	9
OLB John Rade	4	0	1.0	20	25
S Carlton Williamson	4	7	0.0	21	26
CB Perry Williams	4	0	0.0	18	23
ILB Britt Hager	3	1	0.0	20	26
DE Mark Studaway	3	0	0.0	17	16
OLB Gary Plummer	2	1	0.0	11	20
DT Jeff Wright	2	0	0.0	21	13
CB A.J. Johnson	2	0	0.0	15	20
CB Bobby Watkins	1	0	0.0	12	13
ILB Jackie Shipp	1	0	0.0	5	5
S Solomon Wilcots	1	0	0.0	20	28
DE Sean Jones	0	2	0.0	18	20

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Rob McGovern	9	2	0.0	25	13
S Rich Johnson	5	1	0.0	33	14
S Bubba McDowell	4	2	0.0	35	18
OLB Derrick Thomas	4	2	0.0	38	14
S Rickey Dixon	4	1	0.0	23	7
ILB Hardy Nickerson	3	1	0.0	14	8
S Terry Wright	3	1	0.0	30	13
CB Stan Petry	3	1	0.0	37	14
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	3	1	0.0	7	2
OLB Brett Faryniarz	3	0	0.0	29	12
DT Kevin Kellin	2	2	0.0	30	12
DE Don Fielder	2	1	0.0	17	8
DE Curtis Maxie	2	1	0.0	25	13
DE Dennis Byrd	2	1	0.0	27	11
CB Reggie Sutton	1	3	0.0	30	15
OLB Alex Moyer	1	0	0.0	17	6
OLB Ravin Caldwell	1	0	0.0	6	7
WR Dwight Stone	1	0	---	---	---
DE Marvin Washington	1	0	0.0	36	14
CB Quintin Jones	0	1	0.0	25	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB John Rade	1.0	0	2	4	25
DE Mark Studaway	0.0	1	0	0	16
OLB Gary Plummer	0.0	0	3	1	20
DE Sean Jones	0.0	0	1	0	20

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Kevin Kellin	0.0	1	0	0	12
OLB Derrick Thomas	0.0	0	1	0	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Harvey Clayton	4	1	0	24
CB Perry Williams	4	0	0	23
CB A.J. Johnson	2	1	0	20
S Solomon Wilcots	1	1	0	28
OLB John Rade	1	0	1	25
OLB Gary Plummer	1	0	0	20
ILB Britt Hager	1	0	0	26

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Rickey Dixon	2	0	7
S Rich Johnson	2	0	14
ILB Rob McGovern	2	0	13
CB Stan Petry	1	2	14
OLB Alex Moyer	1	0	6
OLB Ravin Caldwell	1	0	7
DT Kevin Kellin	1	0	12
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	8
CB Reggie Sutton	1	0	15
S Terry Wright	1	0	13
S Bubba McDowell	1	0	18

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Marsharne Graves	5	9	0	35	16
Stefan Humpries	4	8	0	35	17
Dave Lutz	3	6	0	41	18
Dennis Bligen	3	4	0	31	10
Mike Baab	2	8	0	40	17
Keith Uecker	1	5	0	40	15
Tom Baugh	1	1	1	4	2
Trey Junkin	1	1	0	22	8
Tom Thayer	0	1	0	9	2

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeff Criswell	4	7	0	23	0	28
Ickey Woods	1	3	1	10	0	12
Bob Olderman	1	3	0	15	0	23
Doug Widell	1	2	0	13	1	15
Houston Hoover	0	4	0	18	0	20
Dermontti Dawson	0	3	0	22	0	26

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Kenneth Davis	2	16
Doug Donley	2	14
David Grayson	1	25
Walter Stanley	1	17
Trey Junkin	1	11

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Rickey Dixon	2	18
Reggie Sutton	1	5

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bill Kenney	44	19	---	---	---	63
Solomon Wilcots	---	---	20	28	12	60
Carlton Williamson	---	---	21	26	12	59
Dave Lutz	41	18	---	---	---	59
Mike Baab	40	17	---	---	---	57
John Rade	---	---	20	25	12	57
Stefan Humpries	35	17	---	---	5	57
Keith Uecker	40	15	---	---	---	55
Dennis Bligen	31	10	---	---	11	52
Kenneth Davis	26	10	---	---	16	52
Marsharne Graves	35	16	---	---	---	51
Billy Griggs	31	12	---	---	6	49
Britt Hager	---	---	20	26	1	47
Perry Williams	---	---	18	23	1	42
Trey Junkin	22	8	---	---	11	41
Stephen Baker	27	11	---	---	3	41
John Stephens	26	15	---	---	---	41
Harvey Clayton	---	---	16	24	---	40
Walter Stanley	15	8	---	---	17	40
Sean Jones	---	---	18	20	1	39
Doug Donley	15	9	---	---	14	38
Bobby Watkins	---	---	12	13	13	38
Jeff Wright	---	---	21	13	4	38
Earl Cooper	14	7	---	---	16	37
A.J. Johnson	---	---	15	20	---	35
David Grayson	---	---	4	5	25	34
Mark Studaway	---	---	17	16	---	33
Gary Plummer	---	---	11	20	2	33
Jeff Tupper	---	---	6	13	10	29
Barney Bussey	---	---	11	9	---	20
Glenn Montgomery	---	---	3	17	---	20
Pete Mandley	0	0	---	---	19	19
Byron Franklin	13	5	---	---	---	18
Terry Tausch	9	3	---	---	5	17
Tom Thayer	9	2	---	---	5	16
Jackie Shipp	---	---	5	5	6	16
Bruce Smith	---	---	5	9	---	14
Dan McQuaid	4	4	---	---	5	13
Howard Carson	---	---	7	4	---	11
Tom Baugh	4	2	---	---	5	11
John Lee	0	0	---	---	11	11
Otis Wilson	---	---	3	3	---	6
Kevin Robbins	3	1	---	---	---	4
Bobby Hebert	0	0	---	---	3	3
Luke Prestridge	0	0	---	---	2	2
Thomas Magnum	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Terry Wright	---	---	30	13	18	61
Bubba McDowell	---	---	35	18	5	58
Marvin Washington	---	---	36	14	5	55
Stan Petry	---	---	37	14	3	54
Derrick Thomas	---	---	38	14	2	54
Jeff Criswell	23	28	---	---	---	51
Reggie Sutton	---	---	30	15	5	50
Rich Johnson	---	---	33	14	3	50
Dermontti Dawson	22	26	---	---	---	48
Rickey Dixon	---	---	23	7	18	48
Webster Slaughter	17	21	---	---	8	46
Bob Olderman	15	23	---	---	7	45
Kevin Kellin	---	---	30	12	2	44
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	29	12	3	44
Stephone Paige	16	15	---	---	11	42
Curtis Maxie	---	---	25	13	3	41
Thurman Thomas	19	21	---	---	1	41
Lenny Robinson	20	20	---	---	---	40
Dennis Byrd	---	---	27	11	2	40
Rob McGovern	---	---	25	13	2	40
Sean Salisbury	14	24	---	---	---	38
Houston Hoover	18	20	---	---	---	38
Ickey Woods	10	12	---	---	16	38
Robb Thomas	6	19	---	---	13	38
Doug Widell	13	15	---	---	7	35
Jonathan Hayes	14	20	---	---	---	34
Dwight Stone	17	16	---	---	1	34
Quintin Jones	---	---	25	8	---	33
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	14	8	9	31
Patrick Egu	4	8	---	---	17	29
Alex Moyer	---	---	17	6	4	27
Don Fielder	---	---	17	8	1	26
Ravin Caldwell	---	---	6	7	12	25
Glen Kozlowski	3	2	---	---	19	24
Tyler Houston	3	10	---	---	7	20
Thornton Chandler	0	1	---	---	18	19
Vince Evans	9	5	---	---	---	14
Brian Kinchen	9	5	---	---	---	14
Mark Stepnoski	1	3	---	---	7	11
Derek Tennell	0	0	---	---	9	9
Derrick Fenner	0	5	---	---	4	9
Jerry Olsavsky	---	---	7	2	---	9
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	7	7
Steve De Line	0	0	---	---	4	4
Chris Chandler	0	0	---	---	---	0
Paul Green	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	17	71	4.2
Middle	10	95	9.5
Right	16	76	4.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	25	2.8
Middle	7	27	3.9
Right	7	24	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Kenney	19	14	5	0	1	2	1	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Sean Salisbury	23	12	2	1	2	3	5	4	0
Vince Evans	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	10	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	33	4.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	79	19.8
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	102	25.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	2	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	6	97	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	56	9.3
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	101	12.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Doug Donley	3	3	0	87	3	9
TE Billy Griggs	3	3	0	41	1	12
WR Stephen Baker	3	2	0	9	0	11
RB John Stephens	3	2	1	14	0	15
WR Walter Stanley	2	2	0	53	1	8
RB Kenneth Davis	2	0	0	0	0	10
TE Earl Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	7
TE Trey Junkin	1	1	0	17	0	8
FB Dennis Bligen	1	1	0	3	0	10

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Webster Slaughter	10	7	1	105	1	21
WR Dwight Stone	6	1	1	2	0	16
WR Robb Thomas	5	3	0	125	2	19
TE Jonathan Hayes	3	0	0	0	0	20
RB Thurman Thomas	2	2	0	19	0	21
WR Stephone Paige	1	0	0	0	0	15
RB Patrick Egu	1	1	0	5	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kenneth Davis	8	24	3.00	7.72
John Stephens	8	29	3.63	4.12

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Thurman Thomas	1	-1	-1.00	3.17

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Kenney	7	3	12	1.71	11.79

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Sean Salisbury	3	1	10	3.33	10.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Kenneth Davis	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB John Stephens	2	1	3	1.50	4.67
FB Dennis Bligen	1	1	3	3.00	3.00
TE Billy Griggs	1	1	6	6.00	13.67
WR Stephen Baker	1	0	0	0.00	3.00

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jonathan Hayes	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Webster Slaughter	1	1	10	10.00	10.50
WR Dwight Stone	1	0	0	0.00	0.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Kenneth Davis	6	5
John Stephens	3	2

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Sean Salisbury	1	0
Thurman Thomas	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Kenney	5	3	2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Sean Salisbury	5	2	1
Vince Evans	2	1	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB John Stephens	2	1	0
TE Trey Junkin	1	1	1
TE Billy Griggs	1	1	1
RB Kenneth Davis	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dwight Stone	3	1	0
TE Jonathan Hayes	1	0	0
WR Webster Slaughter	1	0	0
RB Thurman Thomas	1	1	1
RB Patrick Egu	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,700 (17,100)
End Zone 12,100 (12,400)
Mezzanine 6,900 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 10,600 (10,900)
Club Seats 14,700 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,200 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,700 (17,100)
End Zone	12,100 (12,400)
Mezzanine	6,900 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	10,600 (10,900)
Club Seats	14,700 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,200 (7,500)