Arizona Cardinals at Atlanta Falcons

December 26, 1999

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Arizona Cardinals	0	14	0	0	14
Atlanta Falcons	7	13	7	10	37

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
8:01	Atl	TD	Terance Mathis 23 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 7, Ari 0
2nd Quarter
0:40	Ari	TD	Mario Bates 1 run (Chris Jacke Kick)	Atl 7, Ari 7
6:30	Ari	TD	Mario Bates 1 run (Chris Jacke Kick)	Ari 14, Atl 7
10:21	Atl	TD	Bob Christian 1 run (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 14, Ari 14
14:18	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 28	Atl 17, Ari 14
15:00	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 24	Atl 20, Ari 14
3rd Quarter
10:21	Atl	TD	Byron Hanspard 1 run (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 27, Ari 14
4th Quarter
4:54	Atl	TD	Bob Christian 33 run (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 34, Ari 14
11:57	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 41	Atl 37, Ari 14

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 47,074

Team Statistics

Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons

First downs 17 22

Rushes - yards 24 - 77 39 - 163

Passing 212 230

Punt returns 2 - 17 3 - 21

Kickoff returns 6 - 104 3 - 66

Interception returns 0 - 0 2 - 23

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 15 - 26 - 2 14 - 23 - 0

Sacked - yards lost 1 - 5 0 - 0

Punts 3 - 44.3 2 - 43.5

Fumbles - lost 1 - 0 1 - 0

Penalties - yards 8 - 57 4 - 24

Time of possession 24:40 35:20

Passing

Arizona Cardinals Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Jake Plummer 26 15 217 8.35 0 2 63 1 5 52.9

Atlanta Falcons Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Chris Chandler 23 14 230 10.00 1 0 36 0 0 109.0

Rushing

Arizona Cardinals Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Mario Bates 14 39 2.8 8 2

Jake Plummer 6 21 3.5 7 0

Adrian Murrell 3 10 3.3 5 0

Joel Makovicka 1 7 7.0 7 0

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Byron Hanspard 26 102 3.9 12 1

Bob Christian 9 54 6.0 33t 2

Winslow Oliver 1 8 8.0 8 0

Chris Chandler 1 0 0.0 0 0

Tony Graziani 2 -1 -0.5 0 0

Receiving

Arizona Cardinals Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Terry Hardy 4 38 9.5 19 0

Frank Sanders 3 106 35.3 63 0

David Boston 3 32 10.7 14 0

Rob Moore 3 32 10.7 27 0

Johnny McWilliams 1 11 11.0 11 0

Mario Bates 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Terance Mathis 4 41 10.3 23t 1

Tim Dwight 3 52 17.3 29 0

Bob Christian 3 46 15.3 36 0

Eugene Baker 2 52 26.0 36 0

Reggie Kelly 1 29 29.0 29 0

Winslow Oliver 1 10 10.0 10 0

Kickoff Returns

Arizona Cardinals Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Mario Bates 6 104 17.3 0 24 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Winslow Oliver 3 66 22.0 0 23 0

Punt Returns

Arizona Cardinals Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Mac Cody 2 17 8.5 0 15 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tim Dwight 3 21 7.0 0 8 0

Punting

Arizona Cardinals Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Scott Player 3 133 44.3 49 0 0 0 37.3 3 21

Atlanta Falcons Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Dan Stryzinski 2 87 43.5 48 0 0 0 35.0 2 17

Defense

Atlanta Falcons Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Gerald McBurrows 1 23 23.0 23 0 0.0 0.0

Michael Booker 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Chuck Smith 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 5.0

1999 NFL Scoreboard
Week 16

Fri, Dec 24, 1999

Dallas
New Orleans 24
31 Final

Sat, Dec 25, 1999

Denver
Detroit 17
7 Final

Sun, Dec 26, 1999

Minnesota
NY Giants 34
17 Final

Jacksonville
Tennessee 14
41 Final

Arizona
Atlanta 14
37 Final

Cincinnati
Baltimore 0
22 Final

Buffalo
New England 13
10 F/OT

Carolina
Pittsburgh 20
30 Final

Chicago
St. Louis 12
34 Final

Indianapolis
Cleveland 29
28 Final

Green Bay
Tampa Bay 10
29 Final

Oakland
San Diego 20
23 Final

Kansas City
Seattle 14
23 Final

Washington
San Francisco 26
20 F/OT

Mon, Dec 27, 1999

NY Jets
Miami 38
31 Final

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