Week 6, 2004

played in St. Louis, MO

73 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	7	14	6	13	-	40
St. Louis Cardinals	10	3	0	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:28 STL - Jeremy Shockey 16 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
1Q: 08:54 ATL - Charles Johnson 2 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
1Q: 01:48 STL - Adam Vinatieri 31 field goal
2Q: 14:22 ATL - Charles Johnson 28 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
2Q: 08:30 STL - Adam Vinatieri 37 field goal
2Q: 04:09 ATL - Charles Johnson 18 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
3Q: 12:20 ATL - Derek Whaley 41 field goal
3Q: 05:52 ATL - Derek Whaley 25 field goal
4Q: 12:52 ATL - Quentin Griffin 2 run (Derek Whaley extra point)
4Q: 07:07 ATL - Derek Whaley 29 field goal
4Q: 02:13 ATL - Derek Whaley 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:28 STL - Jeremy Shockey 16 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
1Q: 08:54 ATL - Charles Johnson 2 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
1Q: 01:48 STL - Adam Vinatieri 31 field goal
2Q: 14:22 ATL - Charles Johnson 28 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
2Q: 08:30 STL - Adam Vinatieri 37 field goal
2Q: 04:09 ATL - Charles Johnson 18 pass from Drew Brees (Derek Whaley extra point)
3Q: 12:20 ATL - Derek Whaley 41 field goal
3Q: 05:52 ATL - Derek Whaley 25 field goal
4Q: 12:52 ATL - Quentin Griffin 2 run (Derek Whaley extra point)
4Q: 07:07 ATL - Derek Whaley 29 field goal
4Q: 02:13 ATL - Derek Whaley 19 field goal

Team Statistics ATL STL
Record 3-2 2-4
First Downs 26 16
- by Rushing 11 4
- by Passing 14 12
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 424 290
- Offensive Plays 65 58
- Yards per Play 6.52 5.00
Net Rushing Yards 182 84
- Rushing Attempts 39 14
- Yards per Rush 4.67 6.00
Net Passing Yards 242 206
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 18 - 0 38 - 25 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 242 238
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 6/32
- Yards per Pass Play 9.31 4.68
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 5/11 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 7/50 3/15
Punt Returns/Yards 1/14 1/2
Kick Returns/Yards 1/39 5/89
Interception Ret./Yards 1/20 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/3 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 46 OWN 20
Time of Possession 33:00 27:00

Team Statistics	ATL	STL
Record	3-2	2-4
First Downs	26	16
- by Rushing	11	4
- by Passing	14	12
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	424	290
- Offensive Plays	65	58
- Yards per Play	6.52	5.00
Net Rushing Yards	182	84
- Rushing Attempts	39	14
- Yards per Rush	4.67	6.00
Net Passing Yards	242	206
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 18 - 0	38 - 25 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	242	238
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	6/32
- Yards per Pass Play	9.31	4.68
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	5/11	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	7/50	3/15
Punt Returns/Yards	1/14	1/2
Kick Returns/Yards	1/39	5/89
Interception Ret./Yards	1/20	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/3	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 46	OWN 20
Time of Possession	33:00	27:00

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:22	3:16	OWN 20	6	10	Punt
1	8:54	0:07	OPP 2	1	2	Touchdown
1	1:42	2:34	OWN 47	4	53	Touchdown
2	8:24	4:24	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
2	1:15	1:15	OWN 29	6	33	Punt
3	15:00	2:45	OWN 20	6	56	Field Goal
3	8:38	2:51	OPP 33	5	25	Field Goal
3	1:57	4:11	OWN 32	11	68	Touchdown
4	12:21	5:21	OPP 39	8	27	Field Goal
4	5:49	3:43	OPP 31	7	29	Field Goal
4	1:05	1:05	OWN 45	2	1	Game

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:38	OWN 26	5	74	Touchdown
1	9:06	0:12	OWN 21	1	-8	Fumble
1	8:47	7:05	OWN 20	12	66	Field Goal
2	14:08	5:44	OWN 18	10	62	Field Goal
2	4:00	2:45	OWN 19	6	24	Punt
3	12:15	3:37	OWN 19	6	14	Downs
3	5:47	3:50	OWN 20	8	48	Fumble
4	12:46	0:25	OWN 20	3	0	Interception
4	7:00	1:11	OWN 23	4	8	Downs
4	2:06	1:01	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt

Game MVP: Drew Brees, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Quentin Griffin	27	137	5.07	24	6	1
Spencer George	6	15	2.50	7	0	0
Drew Brees	6	30	5.00	10	1	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Artose Pinner	11	63	5.73	12	1	0
Brett Favre	3	21	7.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Drew Brees	26	18	242	0/0	3	41	0	137.0

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brett Favre	38	25	238	6/32	1	29	1	80.8

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Charles Johnson	5	6	83	16.60	40	28	3
RB Quentin Griffin	5	5	49	9.80	24	15	0
WR Antonio Nicas	3	8	54	18.00	5	41	0
WR Chad Johnson	3	5	28	9.33	9	20	0
WR Peter Warrick	2	2	28	14.00	10	14	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Jeremy Shockey	6	6	80	13.33	18	22	1
WR Wes Welker	6	11	51	8.50	4	29	0
RB Artose Pinner	4	5	12	3.00	4	5	0
WR Michael Clayton	4	6	45	11.25	15	16	0
WR Antwaan Randle El	2	7	19	9.50	8	13	0
TE Jason Witten	2	2	28	14.00	0	25	0
TE Byron Chamberlain	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Donnie Abraham	1	20	20.00	0

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Recov	Force
Clint Kreiwaldt	1	0
Craig Terrill	1	0
Trevor Pryce	0	1
Derrick Burgess	0	1

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Brett Favre	1	0	0	0
Artose Pinner	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Flaherty	2	89	44.5	33.5	51	1

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Jarrett	2	80	40.0	33.0	42	1

Kicking Statistics

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

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Adam Vinatieri	2/2	0/0	0/0	37	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kevin Mathis	1	14	14.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Michael Clayton	1	2	2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Charles Woodson	1	39	39.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jacques Reeves	4	67	16.8	0
Tony Baxter	1	22	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Derrick Burgess	5	0	2.5	11	40
OLB Ty Myers	5	3	0.0	11	29
OLB Ian Gold	5	1	0.0	13	41
S Matt Bowmen	5	0	0.0	14	42
DT Trevor Pryce	4	2	1.5	14	41
CB Charles Woodson	4	0	0.0	12	39
S Shaunard Harts	4	0	0.0	14	34
DE Brandon Green	3	0	2.0	12	34
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	3	0	0.0	13	41
DT Ryan Pickett	2	0	0.0	8	30
CB Donnie Abraham	1	0	0.0	13	43
CB Kevin Mathis	1	0	0.0	2	16
S Tyrone Carter	1	0	0.0	0	14
CB Benjamin Gerhardt	1	0	0.0	1	2
DE Gavin Schneider	0	2	0.0	3	4

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB London Fletcher	10	3	0.0	35	23
S Bob Sanders	7	2	0.0	32	24
OLB Ben Wallace	6	2	0.0	29	23
DT Osi Umenyiora	5	0	0.0	21	13
DT Daryl Gardnener	3	1	0.0	22	14
S Roman Conway	3	0	0.0	8	8
DE DeLawrence Grant	3	0	0.0	26	16
CB Jacques Reeves	3	0	0.0	27	20
CB Shawn Springs	2	3	0.0	31	23
DT Jamal Williams	2	1	0.0	30	22
S Jason Bell	2	1	0.0	35	25
ILB Don Davis	2	0	0.0	9	4
DE Donte Rocco	1	0	0.0	22	16
OLB Peter Sirmon	1	0	0.0	10	3
G Johnnie Linquist	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Hunter Hillenmeyer	1	0	0.0	11	5
CB Tony Baxter	1	0	0.0	35	26
WR Wes Welker	1	0	---	---	---
S Brock Marion	0	1	0.0	7	2
DE La'roi Glover	0	1	0.0	17	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Derrick Burgess	2.5	0	1	1	40
DE Brandon Green	2.0	0	0	0	34
DT Trevor Pryce	1.5	0	1	2	41
OLB Ian Gold	0.0	1	1	0	41
DT Ryan Pickett	0.0	1	1	0	30
DT Craig Terrill	0.0	0	1	0	13

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jamal Williams	0.0	1	1	1	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Charles Woodson	4	0	0	39
S Matt Bowmen	4	0	0	42
OLB Ty Myers	4	0	0	29
OLB Ian Gold	3	1	0	41
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	2	0	0	41
DT Ryan Pickett	2	0	0	30
CB Donnie Abraham	1	0	1	43
CB Kevin Mathis	1	0	0	16
S Tyrone Carter	1	0	0	14
DE Derrick Burgess	1	0	0	40
S Shaunard Harts	1	0	0	34
CB Benjamin Gerhardt	1	0	0	2

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Bob Sanders	4	0	24
ILB London Fletcher	3	0	23
S Roman Conway	3	0	8
CB Jacques Reeves	3	0	20
OLB Ben Wallace	2	0	23
OLB Peter Sirmon	1	0	3
S Jason Bell	1	0	25
DT Osi Umenyiora	1	0	13
CB Tony Baxter	0	1	26

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Chris Samuels	5	7	1	39	26
Leander Jordan	3	9	0	39	26
Travis Claridge	3	8	1	39	26
Cooper Carlisle	3	5	1	39	26
L.J. Shelton	1	5	0	39	26

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Shaun O'Hara	2	5	1	14	0	44
Kendall Simmons	2	3	0	14	2	43
Langston Walker	1	1	1	14	2	42
Johnnie Linquist	0	1	0	14	2	42
Jeremy Shockey	0	1	0	14	0	33

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Damian Vaughn	2	18
Spencer George	1	21
Kevin Mathis	1	19
Benjamin Gerhardt	1	14
Ty Myers	1	10

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Byron Chamberlain	1	17
Jason Witten	1	7

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
L.J. Shelton	39	26	---	---	6	71
Leander Jordan	39	26	---	---	6	71
Cooper Carlisle	39	26	---	---	1	66
Travis Claridge	39	26	---	---	---	65
Chris Samuels	39	26	---	---	---	65
Drew Brees	39	26	---	---	---	65
Charles Johnson	32	17	---	---	14	63
Chad Johnson	34	25	---	---	---	59
Donnie Abraham	---	---	13	43	2	58
Antonio Nicas	32	26	---	---	---	58
Matt Bowmen	---	---	14	42	2	58
Quentin Griffin	32	26	---	---	---	58
Trevor Pryce	---	---	14	41	2	57
Charles Woodson	---	---	12	39	5	56
Clint Kreiwaldt	---	---	13	41	2	56
Ian Gold	---	---	13	41	2	56
Derrick Burgess	---	---	11	40	1	52
Ty Myers	---	---	11	29	10	50
Shaunard Harts	---	---	14	34	1	49
Brandon Green	---	---	12	34	2	48
Ryan Pickett	---	---	8	30	2	40
Kevin Mathis	---	---	2	16	19	37
Spencer George	10	2	---	---	21	33
George Irwin	8	9	---	---	16	33
Tyrone Carter	---	---	0	14	15	29
Damian Vaughn	6	3	---	---	18	27
Erron Kinney	17	10	---	---	---	27
Chris Baker	7	4	---	---	16	27
Peter Warrick	16	8	---	---	---	24
Andra Davis	---	---	4	7	12	23
Marcus Robinson	1	0	---	---	18	19
Craig Terrill	---	---	6	13	---	19
Benjamin Gerhardt	---	---	1	2	14	17
Derek Whaley	0	0	---	---	13	13
Lance Perea	---	---	2	10	---	12
Gavin Schneider	---	---	3	4	5	12
Lonnie Paxton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Darnell Alford	0	0	---	---	6	6
Marcus Spriggs	0	0	---	---	5	5
Kerry Collins	0	0	---	---	4	4
Tom Blackwell	---	---	1	2	1	4
Mike Flaherty	0	0	---	---	2	2
Chris Cooper	---	---	0	0	2	2
Quincy Monk	---	---	0	0	2	2
Terrence Kiel	---	---	0	2	---	2
Adam Dunn	0	0	---	---	---	0

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tony Baxter	---	---	35	26	13	74
Jason Bell	---	---	35	25	5	65
Jacques Reeves	---	---	27	20	18	65
London Fletcher	---	---	35	23	4	62
Jon Jansen	14	44	---	---	1	59
Shaun O'Hara	14	44	---	---	1	59
Johnnie Linquist	14	42	---	---	3	59
Bob Sanders	---	---	32	24	3	59
Brett Favre	14	44	---	---	---	58
Shawn Springs	---	---	31	23	3	57
Kendall Simmons	14	43	---	---	---	57
Langston Walker	14	42	---	---	---	56
Ben Wallace	---	---	29	23	3	55
Jamal Williams	---	---	30	22	3	55
Jeremy Shockey	14	33	---	---	8	55
Antwaan Randle El	10	33	---	---	10	53
Wes Welker	12	38	---	---	---	50
DeLawrence Grant	---	---	26	16	2	44
Artose Pinner	14	29	---	---	---	43
D.J. Gartman	11	17	---	---	15	43
Daryl Gardnener	---	---	22	14	4	40
Donte Rocco	---	---	22	16	2	40
Osi Umenyiora	---	---	21	13	2	36
La'roi Glover	---	---	17	10	6	33
Bubba Small	0	13	---	---	19	32
Michael Clayton	2	14	---	---	15	31
Eddie Drummond	2	14	---	---	14	30
Jason Witten	5	18	---	---	7	30
Peter Sirmon	---	---	10	3	14	27
Don Davis	---	---	9	4	13	26
Byron Chamberlain	0	7	---	---	17	24
Dante Wesley	---	---	8	3	13	24
James Reed	---	---	14	6	2	22
Roman Conway	---	---	8	8	2	18
Hunter Hillenmeyer	---	---	11	5	2	18
Brock Marion	---	---	7	2	1	10
Bert Emanuel	0	4	---	---	3	7
Adam Vinatieri	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mark Baniewicz	0	2	---	---	4	6
Wendell Lai	0	2	---	---	3	5
Vince Manuwai	0	1	---	---	4	5
Snarky Robinson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Marques Tuiasosopo	0	0	---	---	2	2
Craig Jarrett	0	0	---	---	2	2
Rex Grossman	0	0	---	---	---	0
Matt Nichols	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	79	6.1
Middle	18	98	5.4
Right	7	6	0.9
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	38	7.6
Middle	7	37	5.3
Right	2	9	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Drew Brees	26	18	4	1	4	1	1	1	0

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brett Favre	38	25	3	0	4	1	5	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	23	7.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	133	11.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	45	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	41	13.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	11	1.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	10	59	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	8	114	11.4
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	54	6.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Antonio Nicas	8	3	1	54	1	26
WR Charles Johnson	6	5	1	83	2	17
WR Chad Johnson	5	3	2	28	1	25
RB Quentin Griffin	5	5	0	49	0	26
WR Peter Warrick	2	2	0	28	0	8

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wes Welker	11	6	2	51	1	38
WR Antwaan Randle El	7	2	2	19	0	33
TE Jeremy Shockey	6	6	0	80	1	33
WR Michael Clayton	6	4	0	45	0	14
RB Artose Pinner	5	4	0	12	0	29
TE Jason Witten	2	2	0	28	1	18
TE Byron Chamberlain	1	1	0	3	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Quentin Griffin	10	40	4.00	5.07
Spencer George	3	3	1.00	2.50
Drew Brees	1	10	10.00	5.00

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Drew Brees	5	3	23	4.60	9.31

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brett Favre	3	1	16	5.33	6.26

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Charles Johnson	2	2	20	10.00	13.83
WR Antonio Nicas	2	0	0	0.00	6.75
WR Chad Johnson	1	1	3	3.00	5.60

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Antwaan Randle El	2	0	0	0.00	2.71
TE Jeremy Shockey	1	1	16	16.00	13.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Quentin Griffin	3	1
Drew Brees	2	1

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Brett Favre	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Drew Brees	6	3	3

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brett Favre	9	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Nicas	2	1	1
WR Charles Johnson	1	0	0
WR Peter Warrick	1	1	1
WR Chad Johnson	1	0	0
RB Quentin Griffin	1	1	1

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Jeremy Shockey	3	3	2
WR Michael Clayton	3	2	1
WR Antwaan Randle El	2	1	0
WR Wes Welker	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 69,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	69,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)