Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers

September 17, 2000

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Atlanta Falcons	3	7	0	5	15
Carolina Panthers	0	10	0	0	10

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
5:56	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 38	Atl 3, Car 0
2nd Quarter
4:03	Atl	TD	Jamal Anderson 26 run (Morten Andersen Kick)	Atl 10, Car 0
10:38	Car	FG	FG Richie Cunningham 33	Atl 10, Car 3
14:45	Car	TD	Muhsin Muhammad 9 pass from Steve Beuerlein (Richie Cunningham Kick)	Car 10, Atl 10
4th Quarter
10:50	Atl	FG	FG Morten Andersen 27	Atl 13, Car 10
12:48	Atl	SAF	Safety, Doug Evans out of bounds in end zone	Atl 15, Car 10

Missed Field Goals: Atl - Morten Andersen 50, 47; Car - Richie Cunningham 25

Attendance: 66,498

Team Statistics

Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers

First downs 10 17

Rushes - yards 30 - 108 16 - 59

Passing 154 225

Punt returns 2 - 0 2 - 5

Kickoff returns 4 - 77 3 - 87

Interception returns 2 - 75 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 21 - 27 - 0 21 - 38 - 2

Sacked - yards lost 2 - 20 4 - 16

Punts 6 - 42.8 5 - 29.4

Fumbles - lost 3 - 2 3 - 2

Penalties - yards 7 - 57 4 - 28

Time of possession 33:14 26:46

Passing

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

Chris Chandler 27 21 174 6.44 0 0 26 2 20 93.5

Carolina Panthers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Steve Beuerlein 37 21 241 6.51 1 2 25 4 16 63.0

Ken Walter 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6

Rushing

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Jamal Anderson 22 97 4.4 42 1

Bob Christian 2 7 3.5 7 0

Chris Chandler 6 4 0.7 4 0

Carolina Panthers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Tim Biakabutuka 12 45 3.8 14 0

Steve Beuerlein 4 14 3.5 7 0

Receiving

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Bob Christian 6 26 4.3 7 0

Shawn Jefferson 5 77 15.4 26 0

Terance Mathis 5 42 8.4 15 0

Brian Finneran 3 17 5.7 11 0

Jamal Anderson 2 12 6.0 6 0

Carolina Panthers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Tim Biakabutuka 5 62 12.4 22 0

Muhsin Muhammad 5 34 6.8 9t 1

Donald Hayes 4 69 17.3 25 0

Wesley Walls 3 45 15.0 21 0

Kris Mangum 2 16 8.0 10 0

William Floyd 1 9 9.0 9 0

Isaac Byrd 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kickoff Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Darrick Vaughn 3 66 22.0 0 28 0

Winslow Oliver 1 11 11.0 0 11 0

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Michael Bates 2 57 28.5 0 35 0

Isaac Byrd 1 30 30.0 0 30 0

Punt Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Winslow Oliver 2 0 0.0 1 0 0

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Michael Bates 1 5 5.0 1 5 0

Jimmy Hitchcock 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Eric Davis 0 0 0.0 1 0 0

Punting

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

Dan Stryzinski 6 257 42.8 49 1 1 0 38.7 2 5

Carolina Panthers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Ken Walter 4 147 36.8 49 0 1 1 29.4 2 0

Defense

Atlanta Falcons Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Ray Buchanan 1 38 38.0 38 0 0.0 0.0

Ashley Ambrose 1 37 37.0 37 0 0.0 0.0

Travis Hall 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 6.0

Chuck Wiley 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 6.0

Shane Dronett 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 4.0

Carolina Panthers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Reggie White 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 13.0

Jason Peter 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 7.0

2000 NFL Scoreboard
Week 3

Sun, Sep 17, 2000

Cincinnati
Jacksonville 0
13 Final

Philadelphia
Green Bay 3
6 Final

Atlanta
Carolina 15
10 Final

Tampa Bay
Detroit 31
10 Final

San Diego
Kansas City 10
42 Final

Pittsburgh
Cleveland 20
23 Final

San Francisco
St. Louis 24
41 Final

Buffalo
NY Jets 14
27 Final

New Orleans
Seattle 10
20 Final

Minnesota
New England 21
13 Final

Denver
Oakland 33
24 Final

NY Giants
Chicago 14
7 Final

Baltimore
Miami 6
19 Final

Mon, Sep 18, 2000

Dallas
Washington 27
21 Final

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