Atlanta Falcons at New England Patriots
September 27, 2009
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| New England Patriots | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 5:39 | Atl | FG | FG Jason Elam 26 | Atl 3, NE 0 |
| 14:18 | NE | FG | FG Stephen Gostkowski 21 | NE 3, Atl 3 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 3:19 | NE | TD | Fred Taylor 8 run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 10, Atl 3 |
| 6:17 | Atl | TD | Michael Turner 2 run (Jason Elam Kick) | NE 10, Atl 10 |
| 14:40 | NE | FG | FG Stephen Gostkowski 33 | NE 13, Atl 10 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 5:59 | NE | FG | FG Stephen Gostkowski 22 | NE 16, Atl 10 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 0:05 | NE | FG | FG Stephen Gostkowski 33 | NE 19, Atl 10 |
| 7:13 | NE | TD | Chris Baker 36 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 26, Atl 10 |
Attendance: 68,756
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | New England Patriots | |
| First downs | 13 | 28 |
| Rushes - yards | 17 - 58 | 39 - 168 |
| Passing | 199 | 277 |
| Punt returns | 0 - 0 | 2 - 17 |
| Kickoff returns | 5 - 139 | 3 - 70 |
| Interception returns | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 17 - 28 - 0 | 25 - 42 - 0 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Punts | 5 - 37.6 | 2 - 43.5 |
| Fumbles - lost | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 7 - 54 | 2 - 10 |
| Time of possession | 20:11 | 39:49 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Matt Ryan | 28 | 17 | 199 | 7.11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 82.3 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 42 | 25 | 277 | 6.60 | 1 | 0 | 36t | 0 | 0 | 87.1 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Michael Turner | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Snelling | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Ryan | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Fred Taylor | 21 | 105 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 | 4 |
| Kevin Faulk | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Laurence Maroney | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Sammy Morris | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Michael Jenkins | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 26 | 0 | 3 |
| Sharod White | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Jason Snelling | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Finneran | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Marty Booker | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Randy Moss | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 21 | 0 | 8 |
| Sammy Morris | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| Julian Edelman | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Baker | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 36t | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Galloway | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Watson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Taylor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Eric Weems | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Eric Weems | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Michael Koenen | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34.2 | 2 | 17 |
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Chris Hanson | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| John Abraham | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Harris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Chris Houston | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Johnson | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Lewis | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lofton | 13 | 6 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Nicholas | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Peterson | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Sidbury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jason Snelling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Eric Weems | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Brian Williams | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Grimes | 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 | |
| Jonathan Babineaux | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Blalock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Kroy Biermann | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Coleman | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chauncey Davis | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamaal Anderson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas DeCoud | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Adalius Thomas | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Springs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Alexander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Terrence Wheatley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Aiken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Woods | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Guyton | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Chung | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Leigh Bodden | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon McGowan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Meriweather | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Pryor | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wright | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 NFL Scoreboard - Week 3
Sunday, September 27, 2009
| Tennessee | 17 |
| NY Jets | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Jacksonville | 31 |
| Houston | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cleveland | 3 |
| Baltimore | 34 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Giants | 24 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Atlanta | 10 |
| New England | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Francisco | 24 |
| Minnesota | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Green Bay | 36 |
| St. Louis | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Kansas City | 14 |
| Philadelphia | 34 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Washington | 14 |
| Detroit | 19 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New Orleans | 27 |
| Buffalo | 7 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Chicago | 25 |
| Seattle | 19 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Miami | 13 |
| San Diego | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Denver | 23 |
| Oakland | 3 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh | 20 |
| Cincinnati | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Indianapolis | 31 |
| Arizona | 10 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, September 28, 2009
| Carolina | 7 |
| Dallas | 21 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
