Atlanta Falcons at Arizona Cardinals

September 30, 2001

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Atlanta Falcons	10	3	7	14	34
Arizona Cardinals	0	0	7	7	14

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
8:50	Atl	TD	Terance Mathis 17 pass from Chris Chandler (Jay Feely Kick)	Atl 7, Ari 0
12:27	Atl	FG	FG Jay Feely 34	Atl 10, Ari 0
2nd Quarter
14:56	Atl	FG	FG Jay Feely 55	Atl 13, Ari 0
3rd Quarter
2:35	Ari	TD	Michael Pittman 24 run (Bill Gramatica Kick)	Atl 13, Ari 7
10:09	Atl	TD	Terance Mathis 10 pass from Chris Chandler (Jay Feely Kick)	Atl 20, Ari 7
4th Quarter
0:45	Atl	TD	Maurice Smith 1 run (Jay Feely Kick)	Atl 27, Ari 7
3:33	Atl	TD	Maurice Smith 79 pass from Chris Chandler (Jay Feely Kick)	Atl 34, Ari 7
7:01	Ari	TD	Terry Hardy 12 pass from Jake Plummer (Bill Gramatica Kick)	Atl 34, Ari 14

Missed Field Goals: Ari - Bill Gramatica 49

Attendance: 28,878

Team Statistics

Atlanta Falcons Arizona Cardinals

First downs 22 21

Rushes - yards 34 - 111 15 - 90

Passing 268 245

Punt returns 3 - 54 0 - 0

Kickoff returns 1 - 20 4 - 78

Interception returns 3 - 42 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 20 - 28 - 0 23 - 35 - 3

Sacked - yards lost 2 - 18 4 - 31

Punts 4 - 37.5 3 - 43.7

Fumbles - lost 2 - 0 1 - 1

Penalties - yards 9 - 98 3 - 30

Time of possession 37:40 22:20

Passing

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

Chris Chandler 28 20 286 10.21 3 0 79t 2 18 139.9

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

Jake Plummer 35 23 276 7.89 1 3 58 4 31 63.5

Rushing

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Maurice Smith 21 70 3.3 15 1

Bob Christian 2 16 8.0 14 0

Doug Johnson 4 13 3.3 8 0

Jamal Anderson 4 6 1.5 4 0

Travis Jervey 3 6 2.0 2 0

Arizona Cardinals Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Michael Pittman 7 53 7.6 24t 1

Thomas Jones 5 21 4.2 12 0

David Boston 1 17 17.0 17 0

Jake Plummer 2 -1 -0.5 0 0

Receiving

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Terance Mathis 5 49 9.8 17t 2

Shawn Jefferson 5 40 8.0 19 0

Reggie Kelly 3 28 9.3 14 0

Maurice Smith 2 108 54.0 79t 1

Brian Finneran 2 33 16.5 22 0

Bob Christian 2 19 9.5 10 0

Jamal Anderson 1 9 9.0 9 0

Arizona Cardinals Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Michael Pittman 6 31 5.2 9 0

Frank Sanders 4 96 24.0 58 0

Thomas Jones 4 53 13.3 18 0

David Boston 4 49 12.3 21 0

MarTay Jenkins 2 26 13.0 18 0

Terry Hardy 2 25 12.5 13 1

Joel Makovicka 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0

Kickoff Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Darrick Vaughn 1 20 20.0 0 20 0

Arizona Cardinals Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

MarTay Jenkins 4 78 19.5 0 24 0

Punt Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Darrien Gordon 2 32 16.0 0 29 0

Chris Hudson 1 22 22.0 0 22 0

Punting

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

Chris Mohr 4 150 37.5 39 1 2 0 32.5 0 0

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

Scott Player 3 131 43.7 53 0 1 0 25.7 3 54

Defense

Atlanta Falcons Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Ray Buchanan 1 33 33.0 33 0 0.0 0.0

Keith Brooking 1 9 9.0 9 0 0.0 0.0

Darrick Vaughn 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Travis Hall 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 10.0

Patrick Kerney 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

Brady Smith 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 2.0

Shane Dronett 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 12.0

Arizona Cardinals Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Rob Fredrickson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

Kyle Vanden Bosch 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 4.5

Fred Wakefield 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 4.5

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 3

Sun, Sep 30, 2001

Pittsburgh
Buffalo 20
3 Final

Miami
St. Louis 10
42 Final

Tampa Bay
Minnesota 16
20 Final

Indianapolis
New England 13
44 Final

New Orleans
NY Giants 13
21 Final

Kansas City
Washington 45
13 Final

Green Bay
Carolina 28
7 Final

Atlanta
Arizona 34
14 Final

Cincinnati
San Diego 14
28 Final

Cleveland
Jacksonville 23
14 Final

Seattle
Oakland 14
38 Final

Baltimore
Denver 20
13 Final

Dallas
Philadelphia 18
40 Final

Mon, Oct 1, 2001

San Francisco
NY Jets 19
17 Final

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