National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 34, Detroit 21
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 7, 2008
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ron Winter
Attendance: 62310
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 0147021
Atlanta 21010334
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:33
Atlanta TD Atlanta 7 - Detroit 0
Michael Jenkins 62 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick)
1st Quarter - 7:33
Atlanta TD Atlanta 14 - Detroit 0
Michael Turner 66 yd. run (Jason Elam kick)
1st Quarter - 3:20
Atlanta TD Atlanta 21 - Detroit 0
Michael Turner 5 yd. run (Jason Elam kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:06
Detroit TD Atlanta 21 - Detroit 7
Kevin Smith 3 yd. run (Jason Hanson kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:16
Detroit TD Atlanta 21 - Detroit 14
Roy Williams 21 yd. pass from Jon Kitna (Jason Hanson kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:45
Atlanta FG Atlanta 24 - Detroit 14
Jason Elam 50 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:57
Atlanta TD Atlanta 31 - Detroit 14
Jerious Norwood 10 yd. run (Jason Elam kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:40
Detroit TD Atlanta 31 - Detroit 21
Casey Fitzsimmons 1 yd. pass from Jon Kitna (Jason Hanson kick)
4th Quarter - 10:23
Atlanta FG Atlanta 34 - Detroit 21
Jason Elam 25 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Detroit Atlanta
1st Downs 21 23
Rushing 4 17
Passing 14 5
Penalty 3 1
3rd Down Conversions 2-9 3-9
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 6-42.5 3-38.3
Return Yards 123 128
Punts-Returns 0-0 5-15
Kickoffs-Returns 6-123 3-75
Int-Returns 0-0 1-38
Penalties-Yards 5-30 7-68
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 30:53 29:07
Total Net Yards 316 474
Total Plays 57 56
Average Gain 5.5 8.5
Net Yards Rushing 70 318
Rushes 21 42
Average/Rush 3.3 7.6
Net Yards Passing 246 156
Comp-Att 24-33 9-13
Yards/Pass 6.8 11.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 1-5
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 3
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-3-67%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Detroit Lions (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Kitna 24/33 262 2 1
Atlanta Falcons (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 9/13 161 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Smith 16 48 3.0 1 10
R. Johnson 3 14 4.7 0 12
J. Kitna 2 8 4.0 0 8
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Turner 22 220 10.0 2 66
J. Norwood 14 93 6.6 1 17
H. Douglas 1 7 7.0 0 7
M. Ryan 5 -2 -0.4 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Johnson 7 107 15.3 0 38
R. Williams 3 47 15.7 1 21
K. Smith 4 32 8.0 0 12
S. McDonald 4 29 7.2 0 11
D. Campbell 1 21 21.0 0 21
M. Furrey 2 14 7.0 0 12
M. Gaines 2 11 5.5 0 6
C. Fitzsimmons 1 1 1.0 1 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Jenkins 1 62 62.0 1 62
R. White 2 54 27.0 0 46
B. Hartsock 1 17 17.0 0 17
J. Peelle 1 13 13.0 0 13
J. Norwood 2 6 3.0 0 3
M. Turner 1 6 6.0 0 6
O. Mughelli 1 3 3.0 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Milloy 1 38 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
D. White 1.0 5.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Abraham 3.0 12.0
Tackles
  TK AST
D. Smith 6 2
E. Sims 5 1
G. Alexander 4 0
C. Redding 3 0
J. DeVries 3 0
P. Lenon 3 1
J. Dizon 3 1
L. Bodden 3 1
T. Fisher 2 0
S. Cody 2 0
R. Nece 2 0
C. Darby 2 0
D. Bullocks 1 0
B. Kelly 1 0
A. Lewis 1 0
D. White 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
B. Grimes 6 0
E. Coleman 6 0
M. Boley 6 1
L. Milloy 5 0
J. Abraham 4 0
C. Houston 3 0
J. Babineaux 3 0
G. Jackson 3 1
C. Jackson 2 0
K. Brooking 2 1
C. Lofton 2 2
K. Moorehead 1 0
C. Davis 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Kitna 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles