San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons

September 3, 2000

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
San Francisco 49ers	7	7	7	7	28
Atlanta Falcons	6	16	14	0	36

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
4:35	SF	TD	Fred Beasley 4 pass from Jeff Garcia (Wade Richey Kick)	SF 7, Atl 0
7:00	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 43	SF 7, Atl 3
13:13	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 44	SF 7, Atl 6
2nd Quarter
5:19	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 24	Atl 9, SF 7
9:22	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 44	Atl 12, SF 7
12:48	Atl	TD	Terance Mathis 44 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 19, SF 7
13:53	SF	TD	Fred Beasley 1 run (Wade Richey Kick)	Atl 19, SF 14
15:00	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 48	Atl 22, SF 14
3rd Quarter
0:54	Atl	TD	Shawn Jefferson 48 pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 29, SF 14
5:50	SF	TD	Fred Beasley 4 pass from Jeff Garcia (Wade Richey Kick)	Atl 29, SF 21
9:35	Atl	TD	Ashley Ambrose 36 interception return (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 36, SF 21
4th Quarter
12:10	SF	TD	Terrell Owens 6 pass from Jeff Garcia (Wade Richey Kick)	Atl 36, SF 28

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 54,626

Team Statistics

San Francisco 49ers Atlanta Falcons

First downs 23 22

Rushes - yards 24 - 92 32 - 95

Passing 247 264

Punt returns 1 - 0 2 - 21

Kickoff returns 5 - 85 5 - 145

Interception returns 0 - 0 1 - 36

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 23 - 36 - 1 16 - 31 - 0

Sacked - yards lost 1 - 6 0 - 0

Punts 5 - 39.2 2 - 47.5

Fumbles - lost 3 - 0 2 - 1

Penalties - yards 7 - 42 4 - 51

Time of possession 27:28 32:32

Passing

San Francisco 49ers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Jeff Garcia 36 23 253 7.03 3 1 25 1 6 100.8

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

Chris Chandler 31 16 264 8.52 2 0 48t 0 0 102.1

Rushing

San Francisco 49ers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Charlie Garner 15 62 4.1 13 0

Jeff Garcia 2 22 11.0 11 0

Fred Beasley 5 10 2.0 3 1

Terry Jackson 1 0 0.0 0 0

Jerry Rice 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Jamal Anderson 24 77 3.2 13 0

Chris Chandler 4 12 3.0 16 0

Bob Christian 3 5 1.7 5 0

Shawn Jefferson 1 1 1.0 1 0

Receiving

San Francisco 49ers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Terrell Owens 7 72 10.3 19 1

Jerry Rice 5 59 11.8 18 0

Greg Clark 4 27 6.8 11 0

Charlie Garner 3 45 15.0 24 0

Fred Beasley 3 25 8.3 17 2

J.J. Stokes 1 25 25.0 25 0

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Shawn Jefferson 7 148 21.1 48t 1

Terance Mathis 3 72 24.0 44t 1

Reggie Kelly 2 10 5.0 7 0

Jamal Anderson 1 20 20.0 20 0

Bob Christian 1 12 12.0 12 0

Brian Kozlowski 1 6 6.0 6 0

Chris Chandler 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0

Kickoff Returns

San Francisco 49ers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Kevin Williams 4 67 16.8 0 21 0

Travis Jervey 1 18 18.0 0 18 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tim Dwight 3 74 24.7 0 48 0

Darrick Vaughn 1 57 57.0 0 57 0

Brian Kozlowski 1 14 14.0 0 14 0

Punt Returns

San Francisco 49ers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Kevin Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tim Dwight 2 21 10.5 2 15 0

Punting

San Francisco 49ers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Chad Stanley 5 196 39.2 49 0 0 0 35.0 2 21

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

Dan Stryzinski 2 95 47.5 51 1 0 0 37.5 1 0

Defense

Atlanta Falcons Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Ashley Ambrose 1 36 36.0 36t 1 0.0 0.0

Henri Crockett 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 6.0

2000 NFL Scoreboard
Week 1

Sun, Sep 3, 2000

Detroit
New Orleans 14
10 Final

Carolina
Washington 17
20 Final

San Francisco
Atlanta 28
36 Final

Indianapolis
Kansas City 27
14 Final

Baltimore
Pittsburgh 16
0 Final

Tampa Bay
New England 21
16 Final

Jacksonville
Cleveland 27
7 Final

Chicago
Minnesota 27
30 Final

Arizona
NY Giants 16
21 Final

San Diego
Oakland 6
9 Final

Philadelphia
Dallas 41
14 Final

Seattle
Miami 0
23 Final

NY Jets
Green Bay 20
16 Final

Tennessee
Buffalo 13
16 Final

Mon, Sep 4, 2000

Denver
St. Louis 36
41 Final

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