Week 8, 1999

played in Atlanta, GA

57 degrees, fair, calm

Detroit Lions	3	0	0	0	-	3
Atlanta Falcons	3	3	3	10	-	19

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:14 DET - Teddy Garcia 40 field goal
1Q: 07:06 ATL - Neil Rackers 42 field goal
2Q: 08:04 ATL - Neil Rackers 30 field goal
3Q: 05:18 ATL - Neil Rackers 21 field goal
4Q: 12:57 ATL - Neil Rackers 27 field goal
4Q: 04:37 ATL - Jerome Pathon 13 pass from Duante Culpepper (Neil Rackers extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:14 DET - Teddy Garcia 40 field goal
1Q: 07:06 ATL - Neil Rackers 42 field goal
2Q: 08:04 ATL - Neil Rackers 30 field goal
3Q: 05:18 ATL - Neil Rackers 21 field goal
4Q: 12:57 ATL - Neil Rackers 27 field goal
4Q: 04:37 ATL - Jerome Pathon 13 pass from Duante Culpepper (Neil Rackers extra point)

Team Statistics DET ATL
Record 3-4 4-4
First Downs 7 17
- by Rushing 0 6
- by Passing 7 11
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 172 352
- Offensive Plays 48 73
- Yards per Play 3.58 4.82
Net Rushing Yards 46 127
- Rushing Attempts 23 38
- Yards per Rush 2.00 3.34
Net Passing Yards 126 225
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 15 - 1 32 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 132 244
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 3/19
- Yards per Pass Play 5.04 6.43
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 1/12 5/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/35 7/50
Punt Returns/Yards 2/15 6/55
Kick Returns/Yards 6/141 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 33
Time of Possession 22:59 37:01

Team Statistics	DET	ATL
Record	3-4	4-4
First Downs	7	17
- by Rushing	0	6
- by Passing	7	11
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	172	352
- Offensive Plays	48	73
- Yards per Play	3.58	4.82
Net Rushing Yards	46	127
- Rushing Attempts	23	38
- Yards per Rush	2.00	3.34
Net Passing Yards	126	225
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 15 - 1	32 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	132	244
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	3/19
- Yards per Pass Play	5.04	6.43
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	1/12	5/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/35	7/50
Punt Returns/Yards	2/15	6/55
Kick Returns/Yards	6/141	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 33
Time of Possession	22:59	37:01

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:35	3:26	OWN 28	7	49	Field Goal
1	7:01	1:50	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
1	3:41	2:11	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	13:30	2:15	OWN 20	3	-12	Punt
2	7:57	2:35	OWN 24	3	9	Punt
2	4:22	1:14	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
2	0:15	0:15	OWN 4	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	3:04	OWN 32	6	9	Punt
3	5:13	1:55	OWN 34	3	-1	Punt
4	12:50	2:06	OWN 40	3	7	Punt
4	6:53	1:29	OWN 20	4	-1	Downs
4	4:30	1:24	OWN 31	4	45	Interception
4	1:22	1:15	OWN 31	5	24	Downs

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:25	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	10:09	1:56	OWN 11	3	8	Punt
1	8:13	1:12	OPP 22	3	-3	Field Goal
1	5:11	1:30	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
1	1:30	3:00	OWN 40	6	20	Punt
2	11:15	3:18	OWN 38	8	49	Field Goal
2	5:22	1:00	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
2	3:08	2:53	OWN 9	7	48	Punt
3	11:56	6:43	OWN 20	13	76	Field Goal
3	3:18	5:28	OWN 36	9	54	Field Goal
4	10:44	3:51	OWN 25	6	25	Punt
4	5:24	0:54	OPP 19	2	19	Touchdown
4	3:06	1:44	OWN 20	6	13	Punt
4	0:07	0:07	OWN 45	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Duante Culpepper, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Sedrick Shaw	19	40	2.11	8
Rodney Hampton	3	8	2.67	5
Bill Musgrave	1	-2	-2.00	-2

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Tiki Barber	26	92	3.54	15	3
Olandis Gary	10	31	3.10	11	1
Duante Culpepper	2	4	2.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Musgrave	24	15	132	1/6	0	27	1	59.8

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Duante Culpepper	32	20	244	3/19	1	28	0	96.3

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Willie Mays Hayes	3	3	61	20.33	0	27
WR Michael Jackson	3	7	24	8.00	5	13
WR Nigea Carter	3	6	29	9.67	3	16
FB Kimble Anders	2	2	11	5.50	7	7
RB Brian Mitchell	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
RB Sedrick Shaw	1	1	-3	-3.00	0	-3
TE Chad Lewis	1	2	15	15.00	8	15
TE Rod Drake	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4
WR James McKnight	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Hart Lee Dykes	6	8	67	11.17	18	23	0
WR Jerome Pathon	5	7	64	12.80	27	27	1
FB Derrick Fenner	3	5	27	9.00	16	18	0
WR Tom Waddle	2	2	34	17.00	29	28	0
RB Tiki Barber	2	2	22	11.00	14	24	0
WR Ryan Thelwell	2	4	30	15.00	21	23	0
TE Tomur Barnes	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Eddie Watson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Olandis Gary	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Michael Booker	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Deion Sanders	1	0	0	0

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Rod Payne	0	1	0	0
Hardy Nickerson	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Gardocki	8	392	49.0	39.6	63	3

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Hentrich	8	389	48.6	39.3	69	2

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Teddy Garcia	1/1	1/1	0/0	40	0/0

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Neil Rackers	4/4	1/1	0/0	42	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Deion Sanders	2	15	7.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerome Pathon	6	55	9.2	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Mays Hayes	3	72	24.0	0
Jamel Williams	3	69	23.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Omar Stoutmire	10	4	1.0	36	34
OLB Bryan Cox	8	1	1.0	35	29
CB Kevin Smith	5	2	0.0	18	20
OLB Ray Farmer	5	2	0.0	36	33
CB Denard Walker	4	4	0.0	36	35
DT Tim Dennis	4	1	0.0	14	7
DE Patrick Kerney	4	1	0.0	30	26
DT Brenston Buckner	3	2	0.0	21	15
S Jamel Williams	3	2	0.0	33	30
DT Mike Collins	3	1	0.0	24	28
ILB Kivuusama Mays	3	0	0.0	6	8
OLB Peter Boulware	2	2	0.0	19	11
DT Michael Dean Perry	2	1	0.0	18	17
DE Grant Wistrom	1	0	1.0	8	10
DE Colin Powell	1	1	0.0	12	8
QB Bill Musgrave	1	0	---	---	---
CB Terrell Buckley	1	0	0.0	33	34
DE Joel Smeenge	0	1	0.0	26	27
S Marquis Smith	0	1	0.0	6	8

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Yev Kassem	8	3	0.0	20	25
S Jason Perry	5	0	0.0	19	15
DE Michael Strahan	4	2	1.0	20	23
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	4	0	0.0	14	17
DE Orpheus Roye	3	1	0.0	21	23
OLB Jeff Posey	3	1	0.0	17	10
S Jerome Woods	2	2	0.0	21	25
DT Chuck Johnson	2	1	0.0	9	6
S Garth Algar	2	0	0.0	4	10
CB Charles Woodson	2	0	0.0	23	25
DT Spencer Curley	1	2	0.0	16	12
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	0.0	13	10
CB Michael Booker	1	0	0.0	23	25
DE Raylee Johnson	0	1	0.0	10	8
CB Eric Warfield	0	1	0.0	2	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	PPlay
OLB Bryan Cox	1.0	0	29
S Omar Stoutmire	1.0	0	34
DE Grant Wistrom	1.0	0	10
DE Patrick Kerney	0.0	2	26
DT Michael Dean Perry	0.0	1	17

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Michael Strahan	1.0	1	1	23
DE Orpheus Roye	0.0	1	1	23
DT D'Marco Farr	0.0	0	1	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Bryan Cox	5	0	29
CB Terrell Buckley	2	1	34
OLB Ray Farmer	2	1	33
CB Kevin Smith	2	0	20
CB Denard Walker	2	0	35
S Omar Stoutmire	2	0	34
S Jamel Williams	2	0	30
OLB Peter Boulware	1	0	11
ILB Kivuusama Mays	1	0	8
DE Patrick Kerney	1	0	26
DE Grant Wistrom	0	1	10

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	3	0	0	17
CB Charles Woodson	2	1	0	25
ILB Yev Kassem	2	0	0	25
S Jerome Woods	2	0	0	25
OLB Jeff Posey	2	0	0	10
S Jason Perry	2	0	0	15
CB Michael Booker	1	1	1	25
DE Orpheus Roye	1	0	0	23
ILB Hardy Nickerson	0	2	0	10

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Mayberry	2	4	1	23	0	25
Chester Karinen	1	5	0	23	0	25
Mike Rosenthal	0	5	0	23	1	25
Kirk Scrafford	0	5	0	23	0	25
Nathan Parks	0	2	0	23	0	25
Rod Drake	0	1	0	6	0	3

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Randy Shughart	4	9	0	38	1	35
Joe Panos	3	8	1	38	0	35
Doug Brzezinski	2	5	0	38	0	35
Courtney Hall	2	3	0	38	0	35
Barry Sims	1	7	0	38	2	35
Derrick Fenner	0	3	0	26	0	25
Tomur Barnes	0	1	0	31	0	30

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Brian Mitchell	2	25
Willie Mays Hayes	1	17
Rod Drake	1	17
James McKnight	1	14
Kimble Anders	1	9

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Hardy Nickerson	3	33
Henry Anderko	2	20
Tom Waddle	2	17
Hart Lee Dykes	1	7

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Omar Stoutmire	---	---	36	34	13	83
Denard Walker	---	---	36	35	4	75
Ray Farmer	---	---	36	33	4	73
Jamel Williams	---	---	33	30	9	72
Terrell Buckley	---	---	33	34	4	71
Bryan Cox	---	---	35	29	4	68
Patrick Kerney	---	---	30	26	7	63
Willie Mays Hayes	21	24	---	---	17	62
Mike Collins	---	---	24	28	6	58
Joel Smeenge	---	---	26	27	4	57
Mike Rosenthal	23	25	---	---	9	57
Nigea Carter	15	23	---	---	11	49
Tony Mayberry	23	25	---	---	---	48
Kirk Scrafford	23	25	---	---	---	48
Bill Musgrave	23	25	---	---	---	48
Chester Karinen	23	25	---	---	---	48
Nathan Parks	23	25	---	---	---	48
Deion Sanders	---	---	4	2	39	45
Kevin Smith	---	---	18	20	6	44
Sedrick Shaw	20	22	---	---	---	42
Brenston Buckner	---	---	21	15	4	40
Michael Dean Perry	---	---	18	17	3	38
Eric Green	13	11	---	---	8	32
Kimble Anders	16	7	---	---	9	32
Kivuusama Mays	---	---	6	8	18	32
Brian Mitchell	2	4	---	---	25	31
Chad Lewis	12	11	---	---	8	31
Peter Boulware	---	---	19	11	---	30
Tim Dennis	---	---	14	7	5	26
Rod Drake	6	3	---	---	17	26
Colin Powell	---	---	12	8	5	25
Marquis Smith	---	---	6	8	8	22
Grant Wistrom	---	---	8	10	3	21
James McKnight	3	3	---	---	14	20
Michael Jackson	4	14	---	---	---	18
Parker Copper	---	---	3	3	7	13
Chris Gardocki	0	0	---	---	9	9
Matt Landry	0	0	---	---	9	9
Hector Mathis	0	0	---	---	9	9
Drew Koplitz	0	0	---	---	9	9
Marcos Webb	0	0	---	---	9	9
Rodney Hampton	3	3	---	---	---	6
Teddy Garcia	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ebby Laroush	0	0	---	---	---	0
Charlie Batch	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Doug Brzezinski	38	35	---	---	12	85
Courtney Hall	38	35	---	---	---	73
Randy Shughart	38	35	---	---	---	73
Joe Panos	38	35	---	---	---	73
Duante Culpepper	38	35	---	---	---	73
Barry Sims	38	35	---	---	---	73
Tomur Barnes	31	30	---	---	8	69
Hart Lee Dykes	29	31	---	---	7	67
Jerome Pathon	34	25	---	---	8	67
Derrick Fenner	26	25	---	---	10	61
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	13	10	33	56
Michael Strahan	---	---	20	23	9	52
Tiki Barber	26	23	---	---	2	51
Michael Booker	---	---	23	25	3	51
Charles Woodson	---	---	23	25	3	51
Jason Perry	---	---	19	15	17	51
Jerome Woods	---	---	21	25	1	47
Yev Kassem	---	---	20	25	1	46
Orpheus Roye	---	---	21	23	1	45
Ryan Thelwell	14	13	---	---	18	45
D'Marco Farr	---	---	14	19	2	35
Eddie Watson	3	4	---	---	27	34
Olandis Gary	12	13	---	---	9	34
Tom Waddle	9	7	---	---	17	33
Clint Kreiwaldt	---	---	14	17	1	32
Henry Anderko	6	4	---	---	20	30
Spencer Curley	---	---	16	12	---	28
Jeff Posey	---	---	17	10	---	27
Garth Algar	---	---	4	10	8	22
Chuck Johnson	---	---	9	6	7	22
Eric Warfield	---	---	2	10	8	20
Raylee Johnson	---	---	10	8	1	19
Oliver Augustynowicz	---	---	4	9	3	16
Brian Johnston	0	0	---	---	12	12
Derrick Thomas	---	---	0	3	9	12
Craig Hentrich	0	0	---	---	12	12
Rod Payne	0	0	---	---	12	12
Scott Rehberg	0	0	---	---	12	12
Marcus Spriggs	0	0	---	---	12	12
Neil Rackers	0	0	---	---	10	10
Patrise Alexander	---	---	3	0	4	7
Ramon Shonta	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jon Kitna	0	0	---	---	---	0
Todd Washington	0	0	---	---	---	0
Stanley Bridges	0	0	---	---	---	0
Todd McClure	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	1	0.3
Middle	14	34	2.4
Right	5	13	2.6
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	59	4.5
Middle	10	31	3.1
Right	14	38	2.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Musgrave	24	15	2	1	1	4	2	3	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Duante Culpepper	32	20	5	4	2	3	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	6	0.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	4	3	31	7.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	42	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	53	6.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	6	47	5.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	116	9.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	58	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	23	7.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Michael Jackson	7	3	0	24	0	14
WR Nigea Carter	6	3	1	29	0	23
WR Willie Mays Hayes	3	3	0	61	2	24
FB Kimble Anders	2	2	0	11	0	7
TE Chad Lewis	2	1	0	15	0	11
RB Brian Mitchell	1	1	0	-1	0	4
WR James McKnight	1	0	0	0	0	3
RB Sedrick Shaw	1	1	0	-3	0	22
TE Rod Drake	1	1	0	-4	0	3

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Hart Lee Dykes	8	6	1	67	1	31
WR Jerome Pathon	7	5	0	64	1	25
FB Derrick Fenner	5	3	1	27	0	25
WR Ryan Thelwell	4	2	0	30	1	13
WR Tom Waddle	2	2	0	34	1	7
RB Tiki Barber	2	2	0	22	1	23
RB Olandis Gary	2	0	0	0	0	13
TE Tomur Barnes	1	0	0	0	0	30
RB Eddie Watson	1	0	0	0	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Olandis Gary	2	1	0.50	3.10
Tiki Barber	1	1	1.00	3.54

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Musgrave	1	1	-3	-3.00	5.50

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Duante Culpepper	7	3	32	4.57	7.63

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Sedrick Shaw	1	1	-3	-3.00	-3.00

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Hart Lee Dykes	3	2	19	6.33	8.38
WR Jerome Pathon	2	1	13	6.50	9.14
RB Eddie Watson	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Olandis Gary	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Sedrick Shaw	3	0
Rodney Hampton	2	0

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Tiki Barber	2	2
Olandis Gary	2	0
Duante Culpepper	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Musgrave	6	4	1

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Duante Culpepper	12	7	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Kimble Anders	2	2	0
WR Willie Mays Hayes	1	1	1
WR James McKnight	1	0	0
RB Sedrick Shaw	1	1	0
TE Chad Lewis	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Hart Lee Dykes	3	2	0
WR Jerome Pathon	3	2	1
FB Derrick Fenner	2	1	1
WR Ryan Thelwell	2	1	1
RB Tiki Barber	1	1	0
RB Olandis Gary	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,300 (17,100)
End Zone 10,200 (12,400)
Mezzanine 6,100 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 9,700 (10,900)
Club Seats 13,800 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 7,400 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,300 (17,100)
End Zone	10,200 (12,400)
Mezzanine	6,100 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	9,700 (10,900)
Club Seats	13,800 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	7,400 (7,500)