Week 16, 2001

played in Buffalo, NY

40 degrees, rain, 14 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	10	7	0	17	-	34
Buffalo Bills	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:58 ATL - Spencer George 8 run (Derek Whaley extra point)
1Q: 04:07 ATL - Derek Whaley 18 field goal
2Q: 10:11 ATL - Charles Johnson 4 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
2Q: 00:30 BUF - David Beckham 38 field goal
4Q: 14:32 ATL - Chad Johnson 26 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
4Q: 05:32 ATL - Derek Whaley 41 field goal
4Q: 01:28 ATL - Spencer George 19 run (Derek Whaley extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:58 ATL - Spencer George 8 run (Derek Whaley extra point)
1Q: 04:07 ATL - Derek Whaley 18 field goal
2Q: 10:11 ATL - Charles Johnson 4 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
2Q: 00:30 BUF - David Beckham 38 field goal
4Q: 14:32 ATL - Chad Johnson 26 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
4Q: 05:32 ATL - Derek Whaley 41 field goal
4Q: 01:28 ATL - Spencer George 19 run (Derek Whaley extra point)

Team Statistics ATL BUF
Record 7-8 6-9
First Downs 28 10
- by Rushing 10 2
- by Passing 15 8
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 477 235
- Offensive Plays 75 65
- Yards per Play 6.36 3.62
Net Rushing Yards 224 44
- Rushing Attempts 41 18
- Yards per Rush 5.46 2.44
Net Passing Yards 253 191
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 20 - 1 45 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 271 197
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/18 2/6
- Yards per Pass Play 7.44 4.06
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 3/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.2 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/3
Penalties/Yards 4/25 5/45
Punt Returns/Yards 4/14 2/17
Kick Returns/Yards 2/36 1/18
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 21
Time of Possession 37:52 22:08

Team Statistics	ATL	BUF
Record	7-8	6-9
First Downs	28	10
- by Rushing	10	2
- by Passing	15	8
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	477	235
- Offensive Plays	75	65
- Yards per Play	6.36	3.62
Net Rushing Yards	224	44
- Rushing Attempts	41	18
- Yards per Rush	5.46	2.44
Net Passing Yards	253	191
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 20 - 1	45 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	271	197
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/18	2/6
- Yards per Pass Play	7.44	4.06
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	3/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.2	7.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/3
Penalties/Yards	4/25	5/45
Punt Returns/Yards	4/14	2/17
Kick Returns/Yards	2/36	1/18
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 21
Time of Possession	37:52	22:08

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:11	OWN 22	8	78	Touchdown
1	9:39	5:38	OWN 29	10	70	Field Goal
2	14:53	4:50	OWN 1	10	99	Touchdown
2	9:03	1:38	OWN 37	3	1	Punt
2	5:40	1:27	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	3:21	1:21	OWN 20	3	45	Interception
2	0:23	0:23	OWN 31	2	13	Half
3	13:19	4:14	OWN 20	10	53	Punt
3	7:26	1:55	OWN 14	3	1	Punt
3	3:58	1:24	OWN 44	3	8	Punt
3	1:28	2:09	OWN 48	5	52	Touchdown
4	13:17	2:12	OWN 35	3	3	Punt
4	9:45	4:21	OWN 40	8	36	Field Goal
4	4:13	1:42	OPP 26	3	4	Missed FG
4	1:36	0:21	OPP 25	2	25	Touchdown

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:49	1:10	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	4:01	4:08	OWN 20	8	37	Punt
2	10:03	1:00	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
2	7:25	1:45	OWN 17	7	28	Punt
2	4:13	0:52	OWN 35	4	21	Punt
2	2:00	1:37	OWN 20	7	59	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:41	OWN 20	4	19	Punt
3	9:05	1:39	OWN 20	5	21	Punt
3	5:31	1:33	OWN 48	4	8	Downs
3	2:34	1:06	OWN 6	3	6	Punt
4	14:19	1:02	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
4	11:05	1:20	OWN 6	3	8	Punt
4	5:24	1:11	OWN 26	4	0	Downs
4	2:31	0:55	OWN 29	4	-4	Downs
4	1:15	1:15	OWN 20	3	23	Game

Game MVP: Drew Brees, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Spencer George	22	137	6.23	19	4	2
Sedrick Shaw	13	60	4.62	11	2	0
Olandis Gary	3	10	3.33	6	0	0
Drew Brees	3	17	5.67	9	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	9	9	1.00	6	0
Curtis Alexander	5	21	4.20	14	1
Aaron Stecker	3	6	2.00	8	0
Tee Martin	1	8	8.00	8	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Drew Brees	31	20	271	3/18	2	37	1	100.3

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tee Martin	37	14	183	1/2	0	28	0	54.2
Trent Dilfer	8	1	14	1/4	0	14	0	39.6

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Chad Johnson	9	11	162	18.00	111	37	1
WR Charles Johnson	4	6	30	7.50	19	13	1
WR Mike Pritchard	3	5	40	13.33	23	21	0
WR Craig Yeast	2	3	6	3.00	0	10	0
RB Sedrick Shaw	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Bobby Collins	1	1	22	22.00	4	22	0
TE Ken Dilger	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB George Irwin	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Brian Finneran	5	7	60	12.00	24	27
TE Stephen Alexander	3	12	39	13.00	8	16
TE Eric Johnson	3	9	26	8.67	0	13
WR T.J. Housmandzadeh	3	7	66	22.00	22	28
RB Curtis Alexander	1	6	6	6.00	1	6
RB Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Todd Pinkston	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S John Heeter	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Louie Aguiar	6	265	44.2	38.0	56	3

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joe Prokop	10	482	48.2	40.8	61	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Derek Whaley	2/3	1/1	0/0	41	4/4

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Beckham	1/1	0/0	0/0	38	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terry Fair	4	14	3.5	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
T.J. Housmandzadeh	2	17	8.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Penn	1	16	16.0	0
Kevin Mathis	1	20	20.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
T.J. Housmandzadeh	1	18	18.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Zeke Moreno	9	0	1.0	17	41
CB Terry Fair	5	0	0.0	7	35
ILB Yev Kassem	4	1	0.0	16	37
DE Orpheus Roye	4	1	0.0	16	38
CB Charles Woodson	4	1	0.0	18	41
S Willie Clay	3	1	0.0	16	42
DE Duane Ashman	2	1	1.0	10	28
DT Ed Jasper	1	2	0.0	10	26
DE Derrick Burgess	1	2	0.0	17	36
S Shawn Williams	1	0	0.0	17	42
S Tyrone Carter	1	0	0.0	2	14
QB Drew Brees	1	0	---	---	---
DT Jerry Drake	0	1	0.0	10	24
CB Donnie Abraham	0	1	0.0	17	43

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S John Heeter	8	2	0.0	34	33
CB Phillippi Sparks	6	1	0.0	34	30
CB Jason Sehorn	6	0	0.0	41	31
OLB Jamir Miller	5	3	0.0	25	16
ILB Eric Hill	5	3	0.0	38	32
S Zach Bronson	5	2	0.0	36	31
DT John Thornton	4	1	0.0	28	23
OLB Vernon Crawford	4	0	0.0	11	13
DE Jamal Duff	3	0	1.0	24	18
DE Darren Howard	3	3	0.0	34	30
ILB Phil Glover	3	0	0.0	9	4
CB Robert Bean	2	2	0.0	28	18
OLB Robert Jones	1	2	1.0	28	29
DE Chidi Ahanotu	1	1	1.0	15	8
DT Bill Goldberg	1	2	0.0	13	11
CB Rashard Cook	1	1	0.0	8	7
DE Carl Powell	1	0	0.0	9	12
ILB Rahim Abdullah	1	0	0.0	9	5
S Darren Perry	0	1	0.0	13	7

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Duane Ashman	1.0	0	1	1	28
ILB Zeke Moreno	1.0	0	0	0	41
DT Jerry Drake	0.0	1	1	0	24
DE Orpheus Roye	0.0	1	1	0	38
DE Derrick Burgess	0.0	1	0	0	36
DT Casey Hayward	0.0	1	0	0	27
OLB Mike Barber	0.0	0	1	0	8
ILB Shannon Taylor	0.0	0	1	0	2

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Robert Jones	1.0	0	0	1	29
DE Chidi Ahanotu	1.0	0	0	0	8
DE Jamal Duff	1.0	0	0	0	18
DE Darren Howard	0.0	1	2	0	30
ILB Eric Hill	0.0	0	2	0	32
OLB Jamir Miller	0.0	0	1	0	16
DE Carl Powell	0.0	0	1	0	12

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Yev Kassem	3	1	37
CB Terry Fair	3	0	35
ILB Zeke Moreno	3	0	41
S Willie Clay	2	1	42
DE Orpheus Roye	2	0	38
S Shawn Williams	1	5	42
CB Charles Woodson	1	2	41
OLB Mike Barber	0	1	8
S Tyrone Carter	0	1	14

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Phillippi Sparks	4	0	0	30
CB Jason Sehorn	2	1	0	31
S John Heeter	2	0	1	33
DE Jamal Duff	2	0	0	18
OLB Vernon Crawford	2	0	0	13
DT Bill Goldberg	1	0	0	11
ILB Barry Minter	1	0	0	16
OLB Jamir Miller	1	0	0	16
ILB Eric Hill	1	0	0	32
S Zach Bronson	1	0	0	31
DT John Thornton	1	0	0	23
ILB Phil Glover	1	0	0	4
CB Robert Bean	1	0	0	18
OLB Robert Jones	0	1	0	29

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Travis Claridge	6	12	0	39	1	34
Cooper Carlisle	4	9	1	41	0	34
Marco Rivera	3	6	0	40	0	34
L.J. Shelton	2	2	0	41	1	34
George Irwin	2	2	0	23	0	19
Marcus Spriggs	1	8	1	41	1	34

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Gray	1	5	16	0	46
Reggie Nelson	1	3	17	0	41
Chris Conrad	0	3	16	1	40
Antonio Stofa	0	2	18	0	44
Matt Lehr	0	2	18	0	43
Flozell Adkins	0	1	2	1	8
Brian Habib	0	1	2	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Shevin Smith	2	35
Mike Barber	1	15

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Curtis Alexander	1	26
David Sloan	1	20
Todd Pinkston	1	19
Rahim Abdullah	1	17
Joey Galloway	1	14
Antonio Stofa	1	11

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Charles Johnson	37	31	---	---	18	86
Cooper Carlisle	41	34	---	---	9	84
Marcus Spriggs	41	34	---	---	---	75
L.J. Shelton	41	34	---	---	---	75
Drew Brees	41	34	---	---	---	75
Marco Rivera	40	34	---	---	---	74
Travis Claridge	39	34	---	---	---	73
George Irwin	23	19	---	---	25	67
Chad Johnson	35	32	---	---	---	67
Donnie Abraham	---	---	17	43	2	62
Willie Clay	---	---	16	42	3	61
Charles Woodson	---	---	18	41	2	61
Shawn Williams	---	---	17	42	1	60
Zeke Moreno	---	---	17	41	1	59
Spencer George	24	17	---	---	17	58
Orpheus Roye	---	---	16	38	1	55
Yev Kassem	---	---	16	37	1	54
Derrick Burgess	---	---	17	36	1	54
Terry Fair	---	---	7	35	11	53
Clint Kreiwaldt	---	---	6	15	28	49
Shevin Smith	---	---	4	8	35	47
Mike Pritchard	24	22	---	---	---	46
Casey Hayward	---	---	9	27	10	46
Jerry Drake	---	---	10	24	11	45
Ken Dilger	20	19	---	---	1	40
Duane Ashman	---	---	10	28	---	38
Ed Jasper	---	---	10	26	---	36
Craig Yeast	14	6	---	---	11	31
Mike Barber	---	---	4	8	15	27
Tyrone Carter	---	---	2	14	11	27
Sedrick Shaw	14	10	---	---	1	25
Kevin Mathis	---	---	2	10	8	20
Henry Anderko	0	2	---	---	17	19
Bobby Collins	6	2	---	---	11	19
Olandis Gary	5	7	---	---	2	14
Rick Delrio	2	0	---	---	9	11
Chris Penn	3	3	---	---	4	10
Derek Whaley	0	0	---	---	10	10
Troy Sadowski	0	0	---	---	9	9
Todd McClure	1	0	---	---	8	9
Shannon Taylor	---	---	0	2	7	9
Casey Webster	0	0	---	---	9	9
Louie Aguiar	0	0	---	---	6	6
Kerry Collins	0	0	---	---	3	3
Bernard Robertson	0	0	---	---	1	1
Ramon Shonta	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jason Sehorn	---	---	41	31	3	75
Chris Gray	16	46	---	---	11	73
Antonio Stofa	18	44	---	---	11	73
Eric Hill	---	---	38	32	3	73
Darren Howard	---	---	34	30	9	73
Zach Bronson	---	---	36	31	2	69
John Heeter	---	---	34	33	1	68
Stephen Alexander	15	43	---	---	10	68
Phillippi Sparks	---	---	34	30	3	67
Chris Conrad	16	40	---	---	11	67
Eric Johnson	18	47	---	---	1	66
Robert Bean	---	---	28	18	15	61
Matt Lehr	18	43	---	---	---	61
Robert Jones	---	---	28	29	3	60
Reggie Nelson	17	41	---	---	---	58
Jamir Miller	---	---	25	16	16	57
Tee Martin	16	38	---	---	1	55
John Thornton	---	---	28	23	3	54
Curtis Alexander	5	22	---	---	26	53
Jamal Duff	---	---	24	18	2	44
David Sloan	8	15	---	---	20	43
Mark Campbell	12	23	---	---	6	41
Barry Minter	---	---	14	16	9	39
Brian Finneran	10	26	---	---	---	36
Darren Perry	---	---	13	7	14	34
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	10	24	---	---	---	34
T.J. Housmandzadeh	6	15	---	---	13	34
Vernon Crawford	---	---	11	13	8	32
Rahim Abdullah	---	---	9	5	17	31
Todd Pinkston	3	7	---	---	19	29
Bill Goldberg	---	---	13	11	4	28
Chidi Ahanotu	---	---	15	8	3	26
Aaron Stecker	3	12	---	---	9	24
Rashard Cook	---	---	8	7	9	24
Flozell Adkins	2	8	---	---	11	21
Carl Powell	---	---	9	12	---	21
Joey Galloway	0	1	---	---	14	15
Phil Glover	---	---	9	4	---	13
Trent Dilfer	2	9	---	---	---	11
Albert Fix	0	0	---	---	11	11
Joe Prokop	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brian Habib	2	7	---	---	---	9
Wayne McGarity	0	0	---	---	8	8
Kevin Sargent	1	6	---	---	---	7
David Beckham	0	0	---	---	3	3
Dave Schnell	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	62	6.2
Middle	18	84	4.7
Right	13	78	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	27	4.5
Middle	7	2	0.3
Right	5	15	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Drew Brees	31	20	7	0	1	2	6	1	1

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tee Martin	37	14	3	6	2	8	4	1	0
Trent Dilfer	8	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	56	14.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	14	182	10.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	2	33	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	8	96	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	6	73	4.1
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	28	3.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Chad Johnson	11	9	1	162	4	32
WR Charles Johnson	6	4	0	30	0	31
WR Mike Pritchard	5	3	0	40	2	22
TE Ken Dilger	3	0	0	0	0	19
WR Craig Yeast	3	2	0	6	0	6
RB Sedrick Shaw	1	1	0	11	0	10
FB George Irwin	1	0	0	0	0	19
TE Bobby Collins	1	1	0	22	1	2

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Stephen Alexander	12	3	1	39	0	43
TE Eric Johnson	9	3	1	26	0	47
WR Brian Finneran	7	5	0	60	1	26
WR T.J. Housmandzadeh	7	3	1	66	2	15
RB Curtis Alexander	6	1	1	6	0	22
RB Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	2	0	0	0	0	24
WR Todd Pinkston	2	0	0	0	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sedrick Shaw	3	7	2.33	4.62
Spencer George	3	33	11.00	6.23
Olandis Gary	1	3	3.00	3.33

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Drew Brees	3	2	15	5.00	8.74

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Charles Johnson	1	1	4	4.00	5.00
TE Ken Dilger	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Sedrick Shaw	1	1	11	11.00	11.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Olandis Gary	3	0
Spencer George	2	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Aaron Stecker	2	1
Tee Martin	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Drew Brees	8	4	2

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tee Martin	12	3	2
Trent Dilfer	2	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mike Pritchard	2	1	0
WR Charles Johnson	2	1	1
WR Chad Johnson	2	2	1
TE Ken Dilger	1	0	0
WR Craig Yeast	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Stephen Alexander	5	0	0
RB Curtis Alexander	2	1	1
WR Brian Finneran	2	1	1
TE Eric Johnson	2	1	0
RB Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	1	0	0
WR Todd Pinkston	1	0	0
WR T.J. Housmandzadeh	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,400 (21,400)
End Zone 13,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,400 (21,400)
End Zone	13,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)