Buffalo Bills at Atlanta Falcons

December 23, 2001

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Buffalo Bills	7	7	6	10	30
Atlanta Falcons	10	3	10	10	33

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
6:39	Atl	TD	Maurice Smith 1 run (Jay Feely Kick)	Atl 7, Buf 0
7:58	Buf	TD	Shawn Bryson 15 run (Shayne Graham Kick)	Atl 7, Buf 7
12:42	Atl	FG	FG Jay Feely 35	Atl 10, Buf 7
2nd Quarter
8:37	Buf	TD	Brandon Spoon 7 interception return (Shayne Graham Kick)	Buf 14, Atl 10
12:32	Atl	FG	FG Jay Feely 32	Buf 14, Atl 13
3rd Quarter
8:56	Atl	FG	FG Jay Feely 43	Atl 16, Buf 14
9:21	Buf	TD	Shawn Bryson 68 run (Pass failed)	Buf 20, Atl 16
13:20	Atl	TD	Tony Martin 63 pass from Chris Chandler (Jay Feely Kick)	Atl 23, Buf 20
4th Quarter
3:04	Atl	TD	Alge Crumpler 49 pass from Chris Chandler (Jay Feely Kick)	Atl 30, Buf 20
11:05	Buf	FG	FG Shayne Graham 28	Atl 30, Buf 23
14:12	Buf	TD	Eric Moulds 3 pass from Alex Van Pelt (Shayne Graham Kick)	Atl 30, Buf 30
15:00	Atl	FG	FG Jay Feely 52	Atl 33, Buf 30

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 43,320

Team Statistics

Buffalo Bills Atlanta Falcons

First downs 15 22

Rushes - yards 21 - 190 29 - 67

Passing 208 422

Punt returns 0 - 0 4 - 41

Kickoff returns 7 - 153 6 - 82

Interception returns 2 - 7 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 17 - 31 - 0 28 - 40 - 2

Sacked - yards lost 0 - 0 1 - 9

Punts 5 - 42.0 2 - 33.5

Fumbles - lost 0 - 0 2 - 0

Penalties - yards 12 - 95 5 - 43

Time of possession 24:12 35:48

Passing

Buffalo Bills Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Alex Van Pelt 31 17 208 6.71 1 0 31 0 0 86.5

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

Chris Chandler 40 28 431 10.78 2 2 63t 1 9 101.1

Rushing

Buffalo Bills Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Shawn Bryson 16 130 8.1 68t 2

Larry Centers 1 50 50.0 50 0

Eric Moulds 1 6 6.0 6 0

Sammy Morris 2 2 1.0 2 0

Alex Van Pelt 1 2 2.0 2 0

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Rodney Thomas 13 41 3.2 8 0

Maurice Smith 14 23 1.6 5 1

Bob Christian 1 3 3.0 3 0

Chris Chandler 1 0 0.0 0 0

Receiving

Buffalo Bills Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Peerless Price 5 73 14.6 29 0

Eric Moulds 4 43 10.8 21 1

Shawn Bryson 3 31 10.3 23 0

Larry Centers 3 21 7.0 8 0

Reggie Germany 2 40 20.0 31 0

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Terance Mathis 6 66 11.0 21 0

Brian Finneran 5 93 18.6 36 0

Bob Christian 5 22 4.4 7 0

Tony Martin 3 92 30.7 63t 1

Reggie Kelly 3 39 13.0 25 0

Alge Crumpler 2 54 27.0 49t 1

Shawn Jefferson 2 22 11.0 15 0

Brian Kozlowski 1 43 43.0 43 0

Maurice Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0

Kickoff Returns

Buffalo Bills Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Avion Black 4 71 17.8 0 27 0

Shawn Bryson 2 52 26.0 0 32 0

Chris Watson 1 30 30.0 0 30 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Darrick Vaughn 6 82 13.7 0 20 0

Punt Returns

Buffalo Bills Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Peerless Price 0 0 0.0 1 0 0

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Darrien Gordon 4 41 10.3 0 19 0

Punting

Buffalo Bills Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Brian Moorman 5 210 42.0 53 0 1 0 33.8 4 41

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

Chris Mohr 2 67 33.5 34 0 2 0 33.5 0 0

Defense

Buffalo Bills Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Brandon Spoon 1 7 7.0 7t 1 0.0 0.0

Nate Clements 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Keith Newman 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 15

Sat, Dec 22, 2001

Miami
New England 13
20 Final

Philadelphia
San Francisco 3
13 Final

Tennessee
Oakland 13
10 Final

Sun, Dec 23, 2001

Buffalo
Atlanta 30
33 Final

San Diego
Kansas City 17
20 Final

Jacksonville
Minnesota 33
3 Final

Seattle
NY Giants 24
27 Final

Detroit
Pittsburgh 14
47 Final

New Orleans
Tampa Bay 21
48 Final

Chicago
Washington 20
15 Final

St. Louis
Carolina 38
32 Final

Cincinnati
Baltimore 0
16 Final

Dallas
Arizona 10
17 Final

Cleveland
Green Bay 7
30 Final

NY Jets
Indianapolis 29
28 Final

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