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Box Score: Atlanta Falcons at New England Patriots
Posted: Sun November 8, 1998 at 11:26 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
ATLANTA 14 14 3 10 41
NEW ENGLAND 3 0 7 0 10 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
2:50. Drive: 3 plays, 46 yards in 1:12. Key
plays: Chandler 39-yard pass to Christian plus
1-yard facemask penalty on Patriots' Law to New
England 1. ATLANTA 7-0
ATL - TD, O.J. SANTIAGO 7 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 5:12. Drive: 5 plays,
16 yards in 2:05. Key plays: Burrough recovery
of Bledsoe fumble at New England 16. Chandler
8-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-8 to New
England 6. ATLANTA 14-0
NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 40 YD, 12:31. Drive: 4 plays, 4
yards in 1:26. Key plays: Law 12-yard
interception return to Atlanta 27. ATLANTA 14-3
2ND QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 10 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN
KICK), 1:55. Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 4:24.
Key plays: J Anderson 20-yard run to midfield;
Chandler 24-yard pass to Santiago to New
England 26; J Anderson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3
to New England 15. ATLANTA 21-3
ATL - TD, CHUCK SMITH 71 YD FUMBLE RETURN (MORTEN
ANDERSEN KICK), 8:32. ATLANTA 28-3
3RD QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 40 YD, 10:33. Drive: 10 plays,
57 yards in 6:27. Key plays: Chandler 14-yard
pass to Mathis to Atlanta 35; Chandler 15-yard
pass to T Martin to midfield; 14-yard pass
interference penalty on Patriots' Law to New
England 31. ATLANTA 31-3
NWE - TD, BEN COATES 2 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM
VINATIERI KICK), 13:34. Drive: 2 plays, 48
yards in 0:53. Key plays: Law 4-yard
interception return to Atlanta 48; Bledsoe
46-yard pass to Jefferson to Atlanta 2. ATLANTA
31-10
4TH QUARTER: ATL - TD, O.J. SANTIAGO 22 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 6:01. Drive: 12 plays,
80 yards in 7:27. Key plays: Chandler 22-yard
pass to Mathis to Atlanta 45; Chandler 21-yard
pass to Mathis to New England 32; Chandler
14-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-7 to New
England 15; Chandler 9-yard run on 3rd-and-7 to
New England 3. ATLANTA 38-10
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 32 YD, 13:11. Drive: 4 plays,
(-1) yards in 1:02. Key plays: Christian
recovery of Canty fumble at New England 14.
ATLANTA 41-10
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL NWE
FIRST DOWNS 22 15
Rushing 6 1
Passing 14 13
Penalty 2 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-13 5-16
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-3
TOTAL NET YARDS 366 223
Total plays 65 64
Average gain 5.6 3.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 117 18
Rushes 39 14
Average per rush 3.0 1.3
NET YARDS PASSING 249 205
Completed-attempted 16-25 22-44
Yards per pass 9.6 4.1
Sacked-yards lost 1-2 6-57
Had intercepted 2 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 3-44.3 6-42.8
RETURN YARDAGE 49 134
Punts-returns 2-15 3-11
Kickoffs-returns 2-22 6-107
Interceptions-returns 2-12 2-16
PENALTIES-YARDS 7-40 6-39
FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 3-3
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:30 25:30
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 47).
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 32-104, Chris Chandler 2-8, Ken
Oxendine 4-4, Harold Green 1-1.
New England rushing: Robert Edwards 10-11, Drew Bledsoe 2-6, Chris
Floyd 1-1, Sedrick Shaw 1-0.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 15-22 for 240 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD,
Tony Graziani 1-1 for 11 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Jamal Anderson 0-2 for 0
yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New England passing: Drew Bledsoe 19-34 for 229 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD,
Scott Zolak 3-10 for 33 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 8-117, O.j. Santiago 3-53, Bob
Christian 1-39, Tony Martin 1-15, Ken Oxendine 1-11, Jamal Anderson
1-8, Brian Kozlowski 1-8.
New England receiving: Robert Edwards 5-34, Ben Coates 5-13, Tony
Simmons 4-95, Sedrick Shaw 3-20, Shawn Jefferson 2-61, Henry Ellard
2-34, Derick Cullors 1-5.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Cornelius Bennett 3-6-0,
Jessie Tuggle 5-2-0, Eugene Robinson 3-4-0, Chuck Smith 4-1-3,
Michael Booker 4-0-0, Ray Buchanan 4-0-0, Lester Archambeau 3-1-2,
Henri Crockett 3-0-0, William White 3-0-0, Shane Dronett 2-1-0,
Elijah Williams 2-0-0, Randy Fuller 2-0-0, Antonio Edwards 1-1-0,
Travis Hall 1-0-1, John Burrough 1-0-0, Keith Brooking 0-1-0, Craig
Sauer 0-1-0.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ted Johnson 8-5-0,
Todd Collins 8-2-0, Lawyer Milloy 4-3-0, Mark Wheeler 4-3-0, Chad
Eaton 2-5-0, Chris Sullivan 4-1-0, Greg Spires 2-3-0, Tedy Bruschi
1-4-0, Ty Law 2-2-0, Willie Clay 2-2-0, Chris Canty 2-1-0, Ferric
Collons 2-1-0, Steve Israel 2-1-1, Leonta Rheams 2-1-0, Chris Slade
2-0-0, Henry Thomas 1-0-0, Vernon Crawford 1-0-0, Larry Whigham 1-0-0.
Interceptions: Atlanta (Eugene Robinson 1 for 0 yards, Keith Brooking
1 for 12 yards); New England (Ty Law 2 for 16 yards).
Fumbles lost: New England (Drew Bledsoe 2, Chris Canty).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Bob Christian, John Burrough,
Chuck Smith).
Officials: Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Hendi Ancich, Head
linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Dale Orem, Back judge-Ron Spitler,
Side judge-Laird Haynes, Field judge-Jim Saracino.
A: 59,790; T: 3:05.
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