Week 8, 1996

played in Atlanta, GA

74 degrees, fair, calm

Detroit Lions	0	0	7	10	-	17
Atlanta Falcons	0	7	7	0	-	14

Scoring Summary
2Q: 03:17 ATL - Freddie Bradley 74 run (Dale Dawson extra point)
3Q: 07:55 DET - Ken Norton Jr. 41 interception return (Matt Stover extra point)
3Q: 05:32 ATL - Tom Waddle 16 pass from Ramon Shonta (Dale Dawson extra point)
4Q: 08:06 DET - Matt Stover 54 field goal
4Q: 02:13 DET - Michael Jackson 20 pass from Johnny Utah (Matt Stover extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 03:17 ATL - Freddie Bradley 74 run (Dale Dawson extra point)
3Q: 07:55 DET - Ken Norton Jr. 41 interception return (Matt Stover extra point)
3Q: 05:32 ATL - Tom Waddle 16 pass from Ramon Shonta (Dale Dawson extra point)
4Q: 08:06 DET - Matt Stover 54 field goal
4Q: 02:13 DET - Michael Jackson 20 pass from Johnny Utah (Matt Stover extra point)

Team Statistics DET ATL
Record 2-5 2-5-1
First Downs 20 10
- by Rushing 3 4
- by Passing 16 6
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 385 342
- Offensive Plays 68 55
- Yards per Play 5.66 6.22
Net Rushing Yards 63 149
- Rushing Attempts 23 24
- Yards per Rush 2.74 6.21
Net Passing Yards 322 193
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 43 - 31 - 1 30 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 331 199
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/9 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 7.16 6.23
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.7 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/40 6/35
Punt Returns/Yards 5/39 1/7
Kick Returns/Yards 2/45 1/29
Interception Ret./Yards 1/41 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 21
Time of Possession 31:11 28:49

Team Statistics	DET	ATL
Record	2-5	2-5-1
First Downs	20	10
- by Rushing	3	4
- by Passing	16	6
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	385	342
- Offensive Plays	68	55
- Yards per Play	5.66	6.22
Net Rushing Yards	63	149
- Rushing Attempts	23	24
- Yards per Rush	2.74	6.21
Net Passing Yards	322	193
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	43 - 31 - 1	30 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	331	199
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/9	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	7.16	6.23
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.7	9.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/40	6/35
Punt Returns/Yards	5/39	1/7
Kick Returns/Yards	2/45	1/29
Interception Ret./Yards	1/41	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 21
Time of Possession	31:11	28:49

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:42	OWN 23	4	17	Punt
1	10:12	2:30	OWN 30	4	19	Punt
1	5:28	3:06	OWN 34	5	43	Missed FG
2	13:35	2:07	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	9:56	5:55	OWN 24	14	69	Interception
2	2:58	1:20	OWN 38	3	41	Fumble
2	0:21	0:21	OWN 24	1	6	Half
3	11:01	2:35	OWN 20	7	28	Punt
3	5:21	1:11	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	1:16	1:16	OWN 32	3	2	Punt
4	12:47	4:49	OWN 26	9	37	Field Goal
4	5:24	3:21	OWN 22	9	78	Touchdown
4	1:21	0:34	OPP 38	3	0	Punt

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:18	2:06	OWN 24	3	6	Punt
1	7:42	2:14	OWN 2	5	27	Punt
1	2:22	3:47	OWN 30	6	21	Punt
2	11:28	1:32	OWN 32	3	1	Punt
2	4:01	1:03	OWN 20	2	80	Touchdown
2	1:38	1:17	OWN 27	3	7	Punt
3	15:00	3:59	OWN 20	7	37	Punt
3	8:26	0:41	OWN 20	2	8	Interception
3	7:45	2:24	OWN 20	5	80	Touchdown
3	4:10	2:54	OWN 17	6	19	Punt
4	15:00	2:13	OWN 30	3	5	Punt
4	7:58	2:34	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	2:03	0:42	OWN 38	4	0	Downs
4	0:47	0:47	OWN 1	3	19	Game

Game MVP: Michael Jackson, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Randy Baldwin	19	54	2.84	9
Don Glass	3	3	1.00	2
Mike Buck	1	6	6.00	6

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Freddie Bradley	10	98	9.80	74	1	1
Steve Broussard	8	31	3.88	10	1	0
Ramon Shonta	4	22	5.50	8	0	0
Junior Tautalatasi	2	-2	-1.00	0	0	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mike Buck	29	20	227	2/9	0	42	1	77.8
Johnny Utah	14	11	104	0/0	1	20	0	121.4

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ramon Shonta	30	21	199	1/6	1	45	1	85.3

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Randy Baldwin	7	9	27	3.86	5	10	0
WR Michael Jackson	7	12	143	20.43	56	42	1
WR Willie Mays Hayes	6	7	48	8.00	6	11	0
WR Eddie Kennison	3	3	33	11.00	1	18	0
WR Don Beebe	2	2	33	16.50	14	21	0
TE Tomur Barnes	2	4	20	10.00	8	15	0
FB Ickey Woods	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Wesley Walls	1	2	8	8.00	3	8	0
RB Derrick Lassic	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Don Glass	1	1	13	13.00	4	13	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Willie Gault	7	11	119	17.00	26	45	0
WR Tom Waddle	4	5	44	11.00	0	16	1
WR Titus Dixon	3	3	4	1.33	0	4	0
WR Rob Moore	3	5	24	8.00	3	13	0
TE Brian Kinchen	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
FB Derrick Fenner	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
RB Steve Broussard	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
RB Freddie Bradley	1	1	3	3.00	1	3	0
WR Scott Schwedes	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	1	41	41.00	1

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Jerome Woods	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Mike Buck	1	0	0	0

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Cortez Kennedy	0	1	0	0
Greg Jefferson	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Gardocki	7	313	44.7	40.9	62	3

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Saxon	9	415	46.1	37.3	59	3

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Stover	1/2	1/2	1/1	54	2/2

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dale Dawson	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Kennison	5	39	7.8	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Gault	1	7	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Glass	2	45	22.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Robert Van Winkle	1	29	29.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Bryan Cox	6	3	0.5	22	28
ILB Chris Spielman	6	4	0.0	17	23
S Greg Jackson	6	0	0.0	24	31
S Danny Copeland	5	3	0.0	24	28
CB Torey Hunter	5	2	0.0	15	24
DE Marco Coleman	4	1	0.0	23	30
S Carl Lews	4	0	0.0	3	9
DT Jon Hand	2	0	0.0	19	26
DE Karl Dunbar	1	1	0.5	19	20
CB Terry McDaniel	1	1	0.0	23	29
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	1	0	0.0	7	7
TE Wesley Walls	1	0	---	---	---
QB Mike Buck	1	0	---	---	---
CB Terrell Buckley	1	0	0.0	24	31
OLB Ray Farmer	1	0	0.0	9	6
DE Simeon Rice	1	0	0.0	9	13
DT Don Davey	0	1	0.0	16	16

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Garth Algar	9	1	0.0	23	45
OLB Howard Dinkins	7	4	0.0	19	31
OLB Derrick Thomas	7	0	0.0	17	33
CB Robert Van Winkle	5	1	0.0	23	44
DE Greg Jefferson	4	0	2.0	19	36
ILB Yev Kassem	4	3	0.0	23	45
S Jerome Woods	4	1	0.0	23	45
CB Bob Knight	4	1	0.0	4	12
DT Cortez Kennedy	3	2	0.0	23	43
DE Orpheus Roye	2	2	0.0	22	45
CB Greg Jeffries	2	1	0.0	20	43
DT Chuck Osborne	2	0	0.0	17	30
S Shaft Covington	1	1	0.0	3	9
ILB Patrise Alexander	1	0	0.0	6	14
DE Michael Strahan	0	2	0.0	8	17

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	PPlay
DE Karl Dunbar	0.5	1	20
OLB Bryan Cox	0.5	0	28
DT Don Davey	0.0	1	16

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Greg Jefferson	2.0	1	2	0	36
OLB Derrick Thomas	0.0	1	0	0	33
S Jerome Woods	0.0	1	0	0	45
DE Michael Strahan	0.0	0	1	0	17
DE Orpheus Roye	0.0	0	1	0	45
DT Cortez Kennedy	0.0	0	0	1	43

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Chris Spielman	4	0	0	23
S Greg Jackson	4	0	0	31
CB Torey Hunter	4	0	0	24
CB Terrell Buckley	2	1	0	31
S Carl Lews	2	0	0	9
OLB Bryan Cox	2	0	0	28
S Danny Copeland	1	1	0	28
DE Karl Dunbar	1	0	0	20
DE Marco Coleman	1	0	0	30
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	0	0	1	7

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Robert Van Winkle	6	0	0	44
S Garth Algar	5	1	0	45
S Jerome Woods	4	1	1	45
OLB Howard Dinkins	4	0	0	31
OLB Derrick Thomas	3	0	0	33
CB Bob Knight	3	0	0	12
CB Greg Jeffries	2	0	0	43
ILB Yev Kassem	2	0	0	45
DE Greg Jefferson	1	0	0	36
ILB Patrise Alexander	1	0	0	14

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Compton	3	7	23	1	45
Kirk Scrafford	1	3	23	0	45
Keith Miller	1	3	23	0	45
Paul Jetton	0	5	23	0	45
Scott Gragg	0	3	23	1	45
Ickey Woods	0	1	13	0	22

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gregg Gamble	2	4	24	0	31
Joe Panos	2	3	24	1	31
Randy Shughart	1	5	24	0	31
Frank Wainright	1	1	3	0	6
Melvin Hayes	0	5	24	0	31
Hessley Hempstead	0	2	24	0	31

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Carwell Gardner	2	16

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Maurice Douglass	3	16
Titus Dixon	2	16
Junior Tautalatasi	1	22
Eric Kattus	1	16

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Paul Jetton	23	45	---	---	9	77
Danny Copeland	---	---	24	28	25	77
Scott Gragg	23	45	---	---	9	77
Kirk Scrafford	23	45	---	---	---	68
Mike Compton	23	45	---	---	---	68
Keith Miller	23	45	---	---	---	68
Wesley Walls	22	40	---	---	---	62
Marco Coleman	---	---	23	30	6	59
Willie Mays Hayes	13	36	---	---	8	57
Greg Jackson	---	---	24	31	---	55
Randy Baldwin	20	34	---	---	1	55
Terrell Buckley	---	---	24	31	---	55
Ickey Woods	13	22	---	---	19	54
Michael Jackson	20	33	---	---	---	53
Torey Hunter	---	---	15	24	14	53
Terry McDaniel	---	---	23	29	---	52
Bryan Cox	---	---	22	28	---	50
Chris Spielman	---	---	17	23	7	47
Jon Hand	---	---	19	26	---	45
Mike Buck	11	31	---	---	---	42
Eddie Kennison	7	17	---	---	18	42
Karl Dunbar	---	---	19	20	---	39
Tomur Barnes	12	13	---	---	13	38
Don Davey	---	---	16	16	5	37
Carwell Gardner	2	13	---	---	16	31
Johnny Utah	12	14	---	---	---	26
Derrick Lassic	0	2	---	---	24	26
Carl Lews	---	---	3	9	11	23
O.J. Brigance	---	---	2	3	18	23
Simeon Rice	---	---	9	13	---	22
Jerry Ball	---	---	7	7	7	21
Ken Norton Jr.	---	---	7	7	6	20
Don Glass	3	7	---	---	7	17
Don Beebe	3	5	---	---	8	16
Ray Farmer	---	---	9	6	---	15
Randy Grimes	0	0	---	---	9	9
Buddy Ferguson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Chris Gardocki	0	0	---	---	9	9
Billy Taylor	0	0	---	---	9	9
David Fulcher	---	---	1	6	---	7
Matt Stover	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ed McCaffrey	0	3	---	---	---	3
Donta Jones	---	---	0	1	2	3
Kendel Shello	---	---	0	3	---	3
Lomas Brown	0	0	---	---	---	0
Leroy Wickert	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Robert Van Winkle	---	---	23	44	7	74
Garth Algar	---	---	23	45	2	70
Yev Kassem	---	---	23	45	2	70
Orpheus Roye	---	---	22	45	2	69
Jerome Woods	---	---	23	45	1	69
Cortez Kennedy	---	---	23	43	2	68
Greg Jeffries	---	---	20	43	2	65
Randy Shughart	24	31	---	---	9	64
Hessley Hempstead	24	31	---	---	9	64
Greg Jefferson	---	---	19	36	8	63
Howard Dinkins	---	---	19	31	12	62
Willie Gault	21	26	---	---	12	59
Gregg Gamble	24	31	---	---	---	55
Ramon Shonta	24	31	---	---	---	55
Joe Panos	24	31	---	---	---	55
Melvin Hayes	24	31	---	---	---	55
Derrick Thomas	---	---	17	33	2	52
Brian Kinchen	21	21	---	---	7	49
Chuck Osborne	---	---	17	30	1	48
Derrick Fenner	14	18	---	---	8	40
Rob Moore	16	24	---	---	---	40
Michael Strahan	---	---	8	17	8	33
Tom Waddle	11	17	---	---	2	30
Steve Broussard	8	22	---	---	---	30
Patrise Alexander	---	---	6	14	5	25
Junior Tautalatasi	2	0	---	---	22	24
Eric Kattus	4	3	---	---	16	23
Titus Dixon	3	4	---	---	16	23
Freddie Bradley	14	9	---	---	---	23
Scott Schwedes	3	5	---	---	14	22
Bob Knight	---	---	4	12	6	22
Frank Wainright	3	6	---	---	9	18
Maurice Douglass	---	---	0	1	16	17
Shaft Covington	---	---	3	9	4	16
Sean Lumpkin	---	---	3	2	10	15
Mike Saxon	0	0	---	---	9	9
Drayton Swinton	0	0	---	---	9	9
Norberto Davidds-Garrido	0	0	---	---	9	9
Matt Landry	0	0	---	---	9	9
Mark Montreuil	---	---	0	0	7	7
Todd Jones	---	---	0	0	6	6
Trevor Wilmont	---	---	0	0	5	5
Gerald McBurrows	---	---	0	0	4	4
Dale Dawson	0	0	---	---	3	3
Scott Zolak	0	0	---	---	---	0
Craig Erickson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	37	3.7
Middle	11	27	2.5
Right	2	-1	-0.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	92	11.5
Middle	10	48	4.8
Right	6	9	1.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mike Buck	29	20	3	0	2	1	2	1	1
Johnny Utah	14	11	2	0	0	1	2	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ramon Shonta	30	21	3	0	3	2	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	7	29	3.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	12	106	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	10	156	13.0
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	40	8.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	4	0.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	36	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	75	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	84	21.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Michael Jackson	12	7	0	143	4	33
RB Randy Baldwin	9	7	1	27	0	34
WR Willie Mays Hayes	7	6	1	48	0	36
TE Tomur Barnes	4	2	0	20	0	13
WR Eddie Kennison	3	3	0	33	0	17
FB Ickey Woods	2	1	0	3	0	22
WR Don Beebe	2	2	0	33	1	5
TE Wesley Walls	2	1	0	8	0	40
RB Derrick Lassic	1	1	0	3	0	2
RB Don Glass	1	1	0	13	0	7

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Willie Gault	11	7	2	119	3	26
WR Tom Waddle	5	4	0	44	0	17
WR Rob Moore	5	3	1	24	0	24
WR Titus Dixon	3	3	0	4	0	4
WR Scott Schwedes	1	0	0	0	0	5
TE Brian Kinchen	1	1	0	-2	0	21
FB Derrick Fenner	1	1	0	2	0	18
RB Steve Broussard	1	1	0	5	0	22
RB Freddie Bradley	1	1	0	3	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mike Buck	5	1	13	2.60	7.83
Johnny Utah	1	1	20	20.00	7.43

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ramon Shonta	2	2	15	7.50	6.63

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Michael Jackson	3	1	20	6.67	11.92
FB Ickey Woods	1	0	0	0.00	1.50
TE Tomur Barnes	1	0	0	0.00	5.00
RB Don Glass	1	1	13	13.00	13.00

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tom Waddle	1	1	16	16.00	8.80
WR Rob Moore	1	1	-1	-1.00	4.80

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Randy Baldwin	3	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Freddie Bradley	3	2
Steve Broussard	1	0
Ramon Shonta	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mike Buck	7	6	2
Johnny Utah	5	5	2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ramon Shonta	9	6	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Randy Baldwin	7	7	2
WR Michael Jackson	2	1	1
WR Don Beebe	1	1	1
RB Derrick Lassic	1	1	0
WR Eddie Kennison	1	1	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Willie Gault	4	2	1
WR Tom Waddle	3	2	1
WR Titus Dixon	1	1	0
FB Derrick Fenner	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 57,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,500 (17,100)
End Zone 10,000 (12,400)
Mezzanine 5,700 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 8,900 (10,900)
Club Seats 12,600 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,600 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,500 (17,100)
End Zone	10,000 (12,400)
Mezzanine	5,700 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	8,900 (10,900)
Club Seats	12,600 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,600 (7,500)