Atlanta Falcons at San Francisco 49ers
September 9, 2001
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 13:36 | Atl | TD | Jamal Anderson 1 run (Jay Feely Kick) | Atl 7, SF 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 3:35 | SF | FG | FG Jose Cortez 39 | Atl 7, SF 3 |
| 10:55 | Atl | FG | FG Jay Feely 28 | Atl 10, SF 3 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 10:11 | Atl | FG | FG Jay Feely 24 | Atl 13, SF 3 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 3:31 | SF | TD | J.J. Stokes 16 pass from Jeff Garcia (Jose Cortez Kick) | Atl 13, SF 10 |
| 14:52 | SF | FG | FG Jose Cortez 20 | SF 13, Atl 13 |
| Overtime | ||||
| 4:04 | SF | FG | FG Jose Cortez 24 | SF 16, Atl 13 |
Attendance: 65,989
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | San Francisco 49ers | |
| First downs | 13 | 20 |
| Rushes - yards | 31 - 134 | 28 - 105 |
| Passing | 107 | 324 |
| Punt returns | 1 - 9 | 0 - 0 |
| Kickoff returns | 4 - 58 | 4 - 77 |
| Interception returns | 1 - -6 | 0 - 0 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 11 - 22 - 0 | 26 - 40 - 1 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 2 - 14 | 2 - 11 |
| Punts | 6 - 37.3 | 5 - 30.8 |
| Fumbles - lost | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 3 - 25 | 6 - 60 |
| Time of possession | 30:27 | 33:37 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Chris Chandler | 18 | 11 | 121 | 6.72 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 81.0 |
| Michael Vick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| San Francisco 49ers | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Jeff Garcia | 40 | 26 | 335 | 8.38 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 11 | 89.1 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Jamal Anderson | 26 | 86 | 3.3 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
| Michael Vick | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Chandler | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Garrison Hearst | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeff Garcia | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevan Barlow | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Beasley | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Owens | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Tony Martin | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| Terance Mathis | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Christian | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Jamal Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Terrell Owens | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 40 | 0 | 5 |
| J.J. Stokes | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 47 | 1 | 4 |
| Eric Johnson | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| Garrison Hearst | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Tai Streets | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 52 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevan Barlow | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Swift | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Darrick Vaughn | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Brian Kozlowski | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Vinny Sutherland | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jonas Lewis | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Darrien Gordon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Vinny Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Chris Mohr | 6 | 224 | 37.3 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Jason Baker | 5 | 154 | 30.8 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 9 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Shane Dronett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Travis Hall | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Conrad Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Swayda | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hudson | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Maurice Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Edward Jasper | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Kerney | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Brady Smith | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Mark Simoneau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Darrien Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Finneran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Buchanan | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Chris Draft | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Henri Crockett | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Marty Carter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ashley Ambrose | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Artie Ulmer | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Keith Brooking | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrick Vaughn | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Jason Webster | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Smith | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Ulbrich | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dana Stubblefield | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Schulters | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed Plummer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chike Okeafor | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevan Barlow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Zack Bronson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Carter | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Engelberger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Heard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Rashad Holman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Jackson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Killens | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Lewis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| John Milem | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Bryant Young | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 NFL Scoreboard - Week 1
Sunday, September 9, 2001
| Seattle | 9 |
| Cleveland | 6 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Indianapolis | 45 |
| NY Jets | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 24 |
| Minnesota | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Oakland | 27 |
| Kansas City | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh | 3 |
| Jacksonville | 21 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Detroit | 6 |
| Green Bay | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay | 10 |
| Dallas | 6 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New England | 17 |
| Cincinnati | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New Orleans | 24 |
| Buffalo | 6 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Chicago | 6 |
| Baltimore | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Atlanta | 13 |
| San Francisco | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| Washington | 3 |
| San Diego | 30 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 20 |
| Philadelphia | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| Miami | 31 |
| Tennessee | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, September 10, 2001
| NY Giants | 20 |
| Denver | 31 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
