Week 2, 1992

played in San Diego, CA

80 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	13	0	14	3	-	30
San Diego Chargers	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:19 ATL - John Kasay 49 field goal
1Q: 08:29 ATL - John Kasay 41 field goal
1Q: 05:54 SDO - Marvcus Patton 49 interception return (Tommy Pickles extra point)
1Q: 02:53 ATL - Thurman Thomas 50 run (John Kasay extra point)
3Q: 11:30 ATL - Rob Moore 6 pass from Chris Chandler (John Kasay extra point)
3Q: 00:43 ATL - Derrick Fenner 8 pass from Chris Chandler (John Kasay extra point)
4Q: 02:24 ATL - John Kasay 35 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:19 ATL - John Kasay 49 field goal
1Q: 08:29 ATL - John Kasay 41 field goal
1Q: 05:54 SDO - Marvcus Patton 49 interception return (Tommy Pickles extra point)
1Q: 02:53 ATL - Thurman Thomas 50 run (John Kasay extra point)
3Q: 11:30 ATL - Rob Moore 6 pass from Chris Chandler (John Kasay extra point)
3Q: 00:43 ATL - Derrick Fenner 8 pass from Chris Chandler (John Kasay extra point)
4Q: 02:24 ATL - John Kasay 35 field goal

Team Statistics ATL SDO
Record 1-1 0-2
First Downs 20 14
- by Rushing 7 2
- by Passing 13 12
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 412 263
- Offensive Plays 72 65
- Yards per Play 5.72 4.05
Net Rushing Yards 232 37
- Rushing Attempts 34 14
- Yards per Rush 6.82 2.64
Net Passing Yards 180 226
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 21 - 1 50 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 197 237
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/17 1/11
- Yards per Pass Play 4.74 4.43
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 7/17 4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/4
Penalties/Yards 3/25 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 3/3 2/22
Kick Returns/Yards 1/19 2/51
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/49
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 19
Time of Possession 34:48 25:12

Team Statistics	ATL	SDO
Record	1-1	0-2
First Downs	20	14
- by Rushing	7	2
- by Passing	13	12
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	412	263
- Offensive Plays	72	65
- Yards per Play	5.72	4.05
Net Rushing Yards	232	37
- Rushing Attempts	34	14
- Yards per Rush	6.82	2.64
Net Passing Yards	180	226
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 21 - 1	50 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	197	237
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/17	1/11
- Yards per Pass Play	4.74	4.43
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/17	4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/4
Penalties/Yards	3/25	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	3/3	2/22
Kick Returns/Yards	1/19	2/51
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/49
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 19
Time of Possession	34:48	25:12

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:59	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
1	14:01	0:49	OPP 33	3	1	Field Goal
1	11:39	3:16	OWN 32	8	44	Field Goal
1	6:24	0:40	OWN 27	2	8	Interception
1	5:44	3:12	OWN 24	5	76	Touchdown
2	14:14	4:18	OWN 20	10	32	Punt
2	7:35	1:57	OWN 12	4	8	Punt
2	3:21	3:21	OWN 1	9	70	Missed FG
3	12:57	1:35	OWN 46	4	54	Touchdown
3	6:03	5:26	OWN 35	10	65	Touchdown
4	13:37	2:52	OWN 20	5	27	Punt
4	7:53	2:24	OWN 30	3	-1	Punt
4	4:38	2:20	OPP 27	3	9	Field Goal
4	0:32	0:32	OWN 44	3	1	Punt

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:12	1:33	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	8:23	1:59	OWN 20	4	13	Punt
1	2:32	3:18	OWN 5	6	45	Punt
2	9:56	2:21	OWN 2	5	28	Punt
2	5:38	2:17	OWN 33	6	11	Punt
3	15:00	2:03	OWN 30	3	2	Punt
3	11:22	5:19	OWN 29	11	43	Missed FG
3	0:37	2:00	OWN 20	5	14	Punt
4	10:45	2:52	OWN 20	9	50	Downs
4	5:29	0:51	OWN 20	4	7	Downs
4	2:18	1:46	OWN 20	9	36	Downs

Game MVP: Thurman Thomas, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Thurman Thomas	25	201	8.04	50	4	1
Bill Jones	5	9	1.80	4	0	0
Ostell Miles	4	22	5.50	14	1	0

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Barry Sanders	9	15	1.67	7
Gary Anderson	2	4	2.00	3
John Friesz	2	10	5.00	6
Danny Peebles	1	8	8.00	8

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Chris Chandler	36	21	197	2/17	2	27	1	80.4

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
John Friesz	45	23	213	1/11	0	23	0	64.4
Cody Carlson	5	2	24	0/0	0	15	0	55.4

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Thurman Thomas	5	5	45	9.00	33	27	0
WR Stephone Paige	4	7	51	12.75	0	26	0
WR Rob Moore	4	11	46	11.50	2	21	1
WR Robb Thomas	3	5	25	8.33	2	14	0
RB Ostell Miles	3	3	8	2.67	6	6	0
FB Derrick Fenner	1	3	8	8.00	10	8	1
WR Dave Groh	1	2	14	14.00	4	14	0

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Robert Brooks	8	14	89	11.13	27	23
WR Anthony Miller	7	9	82	11.71	35	23
WR Reggie Langhorne	4	11	16	4.00	0	12
WR Danny Peebles	3	7	23	7.67	0	11
TE Steve Jordan	1	1	14	14.00	3	14
RB Gary Anderson	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2
WR Mike Young	1	4	15	15.00	5	15
RB Barry Sanders	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
FB Reggie Cobb	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Marvcus Patton	1	49	49.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Chris Chandler	1	1	0
Derrick Fenner	0	1	0
Curtis Maxie	0	0	1
Ostell Miles	0	0	1

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mark Jerue	1	0	0
John Friesz	1	0	0
Bruce Armstrong	0	1	0
Chris Mims	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Shawn McCarthy	6	282	47.0	43.3	62	4

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joe Prokop	7	333	47.6	44.3	59	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Kasay	3/4	2/3	0/0	49	3/3

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tommy Pickles	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stephone Paige	3	3	1.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mark Jerue	2	22	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Robert Van Winkle	1	19	19.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mark Jerue	1	30	30.0	0
Robert Brooks	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Derrick Thomas	6	0	0.0	14	46
ILB Hardy Nickerson	5	2	0.0	14	46
ILB Rob McGovern	4	0	0.0	12	21
DE Curtis Maxie	3	0	1.0	10	25
S Dave Whitmore	3	4	0.0	9	40
S Bubba McDowell	3	3	0.0	14	46
CB Quintin Jones	3	2	0.0	13	47
DE Dennis Byrd	2	1	0.0	7	28
CB Robert Van Winkle	2	1	0.0	14	48
DT Israel Miller	2	0	0.0	4	25
S Marcus Robertson	2	0	0.0	4	30
CB Duane Galloway	1	1	0.0	2	31
S John Booty	1	0	0.0	1	10
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	1	0	0.0	0	6
DE Ray Agnew	1	0	0.0	4	26
ILB Richard Newbill	1	0	0.0	0	6
DT Cortez Kennedy	0	1	0.0	10	26
DT Keith Hamilton	0	1	0.0	8	23

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Bill Romanowski	7	1	0.0	22	27
CB Maurice Hurst	7	0	0.0	25	36
OLB Marvcus Patton	5	2	0.0	19	11
DE Chris Mims	4	0	2.0	27	27
ILB Pat Swilling	4	1	0.0	26	35
OLB Vinson Smith	4	0	0.0	15	14
DT Greg Kragen	3	2	0.0	29	28
S Chuck Cecil	3	2	0.0	28	37
S Mark Jerue	3	0	0.0	10	9
S Devon Mitchell	3	0	0.0	33	36
CB Reggie Sutton	2	2	0.0	27	35
DT Dan Ralph	2	0	0.0	21	27
CB Ricky Reynolds	2	0	0.0	19	25
ILB Rick Vaughn	2	0	0.0	8	3
DE Tony Bennett	1	1	0.0	16	8
DE Donnell Thompson	1	0	0.0	10	10
S Harlon Barnett	1	0	0.0	9	2
DE Howie Long	0	2	0.0	13	28

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Curtis Maxie	1.0	1	1	25
OLB Brett Faryniarz	0.0	1	0	6
DE Dennis Byrd	0.0	0	2	28
ILB Hardy Nickerson	0.0	0	1	46

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Chris Mims	2.0	3	1	0	27
DE Howie Long	0.0	2	2	2	28

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Derrick Thomas	5	1	46
S Dave Whitmore	3	1	40
CB Quintin Jones	3	0	47
CB Robert Van Winkle	2	5	48
ILB Rob McGovern	2	2	21
DT Israel Miller	2	0	25
S Marcus Robertson	2	0	30
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	46
S John Booty	1	0	10
DE Curtis Maxie	1	0	25
S Bubba McDowell	1	0	46
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	1	0	6
ILB Richard Newbill	1	0	6
CB Duane Galloway	0	1	31

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Maurice Hurst	6	0	0	36
CB Reggie Sutton	3	1	0	35
OLB Vinson Smith	3	0	0	14
S Mark Jerue	2	0	0	9
ILB Pat Swilling	2	0	0	35
OLB Bill Romanowski	2	0	0	27
S Devon Mitchell	1	0	0	36
CB Ricky Reynolds	1	0	0	25
S Chuck Cecil	1	0	0	37
OLB Marvcus Patton	0	1	1	11

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Widell	6	10	34	1	38
Richard Cooper	3	5	33	1	38
Tony Mayberry	2	6	34	0	38
Dave Cullity	2	4	29	0	38
Brian Kinchen	1	2	25	0	30
Ellis Gardner	0	2	29	0	38
Mark Stepnoski	0	2	6	0	0
Nick Bell	0	2	10	0	4
Ken Whisenhunt	0	1	11	0	7

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kani Kauahi	2	3	14	0	45
Reggie Cobb	1	1	5	0	12
Barney Gumble	0	2	14	0	44
Ed King	0	2	14	0	44
Jeff Walker	0	1	14	1	51
Steve Jordan	0	1	9	0	17
Tim Wrightman	0	1	2	0	4
Bruce Armstrong	0	1	14	0	45

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
John Booty	1	17
Ostell Miles	1	13
Nick Bell	1	12
Mark Stepnoski	1	10

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Gaston Green	2	21
Reggie Langhorne	1	14
Anthony Miller	1	3

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Doug Widell	34	38	---	---	8	80
Ellis Gardner	29	38	---	---	10	77
Tony Mayberry	34	38	---	---	2	74
Chris Chandler	34	38	---	---	---	72
Richard Cooper	33	38	---	---	---	71
Brian Kinchen	25	30	---	---	14	69
Dave Cullity	29	38	---	---	2	69
Quintin Jones	---	---	13	47	8	68
Robert Van Winkle	---	---	14	48	2	64
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	14	46	2	62
Bubba McDowell	---	---	14	46	2	62
Derrick Thomas	---	---	14	46	1	61
Robb Thomas	25	33	---	---	---	58
Thurman Thomas	25	31	---	---	---	56
Rob Moore	22	33	---	---	---	55
Dave Whitmore	---	---	9	40	1	50
Duane Galloway	---	---	2	31	16	49
Stephone Paige	16	17	---	---	14	47
Derrick Fenner	15	22	---	---	7	44
Marcus Robertson	---	---	4	30	10	44
Cortez Kennedy	---	---	10	26	4	40
Curtis Maxie	---	---	10	25	3	38
Ray Agnew	---	---	4	26	8	38
Dennis Byrd	---	---	7	28	---	35
Wilber Marshall	---	---	8	25	1	34
Rob McGovern	---	---	12	21	---	33
Keith Hamilton	---	---	8	23	2	33
Ken Whisenhunt	11	7	---	---	12	30
Bill Jones	5	0	---	---	25	30
Israel Miller	---	---	4	25	---	29
John Booty	---	---	1	10	17	28
Nick Bell	10	4	---	---	12	26
Ostell Miles	4	7	---	---	13	24
Jerry Olsavsky	---	---	0	6	17	23
Ernie Mills	6	1	---	---	14	21
Dave Groh	6	5	---	---	9	20
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	6	6	7	19
Mark Stepnoski	6	0	---	---	10	16
Dermontti Dawson	5	0	---	---	8	13
Richard Newbill	---	---	0	6	5	11
John Kasay	0	0	---	---	11	11
Shawn McCarthy	0	0	---	---	10	10
Tim Wilmont	0	0	---	---	10	10
Sean Salisbury	0	0	---	---	---	0
Steve De Line	0	0	---	---	---	0
Scott Mitchell	0	0	---	---	---	0

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Devon Mitchell	---	---	33	36	11	80
Jeff Walker	14	51	---	---	8	73
Chuck Cecil	---	---	28	37	3	68
Reggie Sutton	---	---	27	35	4	66
Barney Gumble	14	44	---	---	8	66
Reggie Langhorne	9	42	---	---	14	65
Pat Swilling	---	---	26	35	4	65
Maurice Hurst	---	---	25	36	4	65
Greg Kragen	---	---	29	28	5	62
John Friesz	14	46	---	---	1	61
Kani Kauahi	14	45	---	---	---	59
Bruce Armstrong	14	45	---	---	---	59
Ed King	14	44	---	---	---	58
Anthony Miller	10	43	---	---	3	56
Robert Brooks	11	38	---	---	7	56
Chris Mims	---	---	27	27	2	56
Ricky Reynolds	---	---	19	25	11	55
Vinson Smith	---	---	15	14	24	53
Dan Ralph	---	---	21	27	4	52
Howie Long	---	---	13	28	10	51
Bill Romanowski	---	---	22	27	1	50
Danny Peebles	6	28	---	---	14	48
Steve Jordan	9	17	---	---	16	42
Joe Nash	---	---	17	20	3	40
Mark Jerue	---	---	10	9	17	36
Gary Anderson	5	26	---	---	1	32
Marvcus Patton	---	---	19	11	2	32
Barry Sanders	9	15	---	---	7	31
Harlon Barnett	---	---	9	2	20	31
Anthony Toney	2	11	---	---	13	26
Gaston Green	0	5	---	---	21	26
Tony Bennett	---	---	16	8	2	26
Reggie Cobb	5	12	---	---	6	23
Donnell Thompson	---	---	10	10	1	21
Mike Young	2	14	---	---	2	18
Rick Vaughn	---	---	8	3	7	18
Brett Miller	0	6	---	---	8	14
James Fitzpatrick	0	6	---	---	8	14
Tim Wrightman	2	4	---	---	7	13
Curt Marsh	0	8	---	---	---	8
Butch Rolle	0	0	---	---	8	8
Joe Prokop	0	0	---	---	7	7
Rich Umphrey	0	6	---	---	---	6
Cody Carlson	0	5	---	---	---	5
Tommy Pickles	0	0	---	---	3	3
Rich Gannon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	74	5.3
Middle	5	37	7.4
Right	15	121	8.1
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	3	1.5
Middle	11	26	2.4
Right	1	8	8.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Chris Chandler	36	21	3	1	3	2	3	2	1

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
John Friesz	45	23	3	6	2	9	4	0	0
Cody Carlson	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	50	7.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	10	84	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	3	37	6.2
Long (19+ Yds)	9	1	26	2.9

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	5	9	1.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	93	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	8	100	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	11	2	35	3.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rob Moore	11	4	0	46	1	33
WR Stephone Paige	7	4	1	51	1	17
RB Thurman Thomas	5	5	0	45	1	31
WR Robb Thomas	5	3	0	25	0	33
FB Derrick Fenner	3	1	1	8	0	22
RB Ostell Miles	3	3	0	8	0	7
WR Dave Groh	2	1	1	14	0	5

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Robert Brooks	14	8	1	89	2	38
WR Reggie Langhorne	11	4	1	16	0	42
WR Anthony Miller	9	7	0	82	1	43
WR Danny Peebles	7	3	0	23	0	28
WR Mike Young	4	1	1	15	0	14
RB Barry Sanders	2	0	0	0	0	15
TE Steve Jordan	1	1	0	14	0	17
RB Gary Anderson	1	1	0	-2	0	26
FB Reggie Cobb	1	0	0	0	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Thurman Thomas	3	8	2.67	8.04

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Chris Chandler	3	3	13	4.33	5.47

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Thurman Thomas	1	1	-1	-1.00	9.00
FB Derrick Fenner	1	1	8	8.00	2.67
WR Rob Moore	1	1	6	6.00	4.18

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Thurman Thomas	2	0
Bill Jones	2	0

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Gary Anderson	1	1
Barry Sanders	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Chris Chandler	12	10	7

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
John Friesz	12	4	3
Cody Carlson	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rob Moore	4	3	3
RB Thurman Thomas	2	2	1
WR Robb Thomas	2	2	1
RB Ostell Miles	2	2	1
WR Stephone Paige	1	0	0
FB Derrick Fenner	1	1	1

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Robert Brooks	4	2	1
WR Mike Young	3	0	0
WR Reggie Langhorne	2	1	1
WR Anthony Miller	2	1	1
WR Danny Peebles	2	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 56,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,700 (21,400)
End Zone 11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	56,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,700 (21,400)
End Zone	11,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)