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Week 1: New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons

September 05, 2010
70°
Georgia Dome (Atlanta, GA) Attendance: 51,628 (69%)
New England Patriots 3 3 7 10 - 23
Atlanta Falcons 0 10 0 10 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) New England Patriots: 4-9-ATL 39 (8:09) 7-Robert Michael 58 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 0 NEW 3
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: 1-1-NEW 1 (7:22) 7-Kenneth Cooke pass complete to 83-Richard Suggs for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Juan Kauffman. ATL 7 NEW 3
(Qtr 2) Atlanta Falcons: 4-2-NEW 2 (2:07) 8-Juan Kauffman 20 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 10 NEW 3
(Qtr 2) New England Patriots: 1-10-ATL 38 (0:07) 7-Robert Michael 56 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 10 NEW 6
(Qtr 3) New England Patriots: 1-10-ATL 13 (7:49) 2-Wilson Long pass complete to 38-Nicholas Brown for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Robert Michael. ATL 10 NEW 13
(Qtr 4) New England Patriots: 4-3-ATL 4 (15:00) 7-Robert Michael 22 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 10 NEW 16
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 4-5-NEW 38 (9:47) 8-Juan Kauffman 55 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 13 NEW 16
(Qtr 4) New England Patriots: 3-3-ATL 5 (1:30) 38-Nicholas Brown ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Robert Michael. ATL 13 NEW 23
(Qtr 4) Atlanta Falcons: 1-10-ATL 44 (1:22) 7-Kenneth Cooke pass complete to 17-Jack Adcock for 56 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-Juan Kauffman. ATL 20 NEW 23

Team Statistics

Atlanta Falcons New England Patriots
First Downs 15 14
- Rushing 3 6
- Passing 11 8
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 341 272
- Offensive Plays 74 65
- Yards Per Play 4.61 4.18
Net Rushing Yards 104 114
- Rushing Attempts 27 24
- Yards Per Rush 3.85 4.75
Net Passing Yards 237 158
- Att/Comp/Int 45 / 24 / 2 40 / 23 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 255 166
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.04 3.85
- Yards Per Completion 10.63 7.22
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 3 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 17 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 6.3
4th Down Conversions 1 / 4 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 4 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 26 2 / 22
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 32 2 / 39
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 1 2 / 11
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 35
Time of Possession 32:20 27:39

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:24 2:05 OWN 44 4 8 Downs
1 10:23 0:55 OWN 4 3 1 Punt
1 8:05 2:16 OWN 25 4 18 Punt
1 4:16 2:27 OWN 33 7 11 Punt
1 0:15 5:08 OWN 43 10 49 Interception
2 8:37 1:17 OPP 14 3 14 Touchdown
2 5:50 3:46 OPP 49 6 46 Field Goal
2 1:18 0:51 OWN 37 6 29 Downs
2 0:02 0:02 OWN 25 1 2 Half
3 15:00 2:59 OWN 22 5 31 Punt
3 7:43 1:34 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 14:58 5:16 OWN 25 9 37 Field Goal
4 8:12 0:06 OWN 20 1 -5 Interception
4 7:19 2:04 OWN 6 3 7 Punt
4 3:09 1:21 OWN 12 7 24 Downs
4 1:27 0:13 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown

New England Patriots

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:36 OWN 11 3 9 Punt
1 11:18 0:55 OWN 48 3 6 Punt
1 9:28 1:23 OPP 40 3 1 Field Goal
1 5:49 1:33 OWN 18 3 4 Punt
1 1:49 1:34 OWN 7 3 2 Punt
2 10:07 1:30 OWN 2 3 5 Interception
2 7:20 1:30 OWN 20 4 18 Interception
2 2:04 0:47 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
2 0:27 0:24 OWN 39 5 23 Field Goal
3 12:01 4:18 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown
3 6:09 6:11 OWN 28 12 68 Field Goal
4 9:42 1:31 OWN 25 4 19 Punt
4 8:06 0:47 OPP 13 2 1 Interception
4 5:14 2:05 OWN 36 3 7 Punt
4 1:48 0:21 OPP 24 4 24 Touchdown
4 1:14 1:14 OPP 45 2 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Benjamin Robbins 19 58 3.05 8 0 0
Ken Bennett 5 42 8.40 19 1 0
Richard Suggs 2 5 2.50 9 0 0
Dan Hubbard 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

New England Patriots

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Keith Reynolds 14 69 4.93 12 2 0
Nicholas Brown 8 45 5.63 15 2 1
Wilson Long 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Kenneth Cooke 40 24 255 2 / 18 2 56 2 74.48
Rene Schmidt 5 0 0 0 / 0 0 - 0 39.58

New England Patriots

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Wilson Long 40 23 166 1 / 8 1 28 3 44.38

Receiving Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Benjamin Robbins 5 69 13.80 19 0
Jack Adcock 2 61 30.50 56 1
Richard Suggs 6 49 8.17 14 1
Mark Ng 2 34 17.00 21 0
Harry Cowell 4 32 8.00 19 0
Carey Sweet 1 7 7.00 7 0
Dan Hubbard 3 2 0.67 3 0
Ken Bennett 1 1 1.00 1 0

New England Patriots

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Keith Reynolds 7 74 10.57 28 0
Thomas Taplin 6 42 7.00 10 0
Thomas Mitchell 3 15 5.00 13 0
Nicholas Brown 1 13 13.00 13 1
Perry Reinke 2 12 6.00 6 0
David Gridley 1 8 8.00 8 0
Daryl Hawkins 3 2 0.67 3 0

Blocking Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Nick Benefield 55 44 2 3
Andrew Simmons 0 1 0 0
Melvin Wilhelm 0 1 0 0
Guy Wilkerson 2 1 0 0
Hubert Cusumano 0 3 0 0
Jean Turgeon 0 2 0 0
Daniel Townsend 0 3 0 0
George Sherrer 0 1 0 0
Mickey Brown 0 2 0 1
Kevin Carroll 0 1 0 0
Jack Adcock 0 5 0 0
Roger Farley 0 1 0 0
Douglas Morrow 2 1 0 0
Jeremy Cairns 2 0 0 0
Gerald Ruano 0 1 0 0
Jack Disney 0 1 0 1
Michael Pena 8 2 0 0
Wade Diaz 0 4 0 0
Clifford Williams 0 2 0 0
Edward Hogan 5 2 0 0
Mark Ng 0 14 0 0
Kenneth Gibson 57 36 0 1
Arturo James 53 38 0 3
Carey Sweet 0 21 0 0
Austin Jordan 51 42 0 0
Anthony Martinez 48 35 0 1
Richard Suggs 13 29 0 2
Harry Cowell 0 13 0 2
Daniel Parker 0 4 0 0
Benjamin Robbins 15 7 0 0
Dan Hubbard 21 14 0 1
John Kelly 1 3 0 0
Dave Bayless 10 5 0 0
Ken Bennett 1 1 0 0
Scott Norris 3 4 0 1
Clinton Smith 0 4 0 0
Charles White 0 1 0 0

New England Patriots

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Perry Reinke 6 26 1 3
Chris Crawford 0 3 0 0
Eric Quast 0 2 0 0
Steven Calkins 0 4 0 0
Lonnie Leonard 0 2 0 1
Andrew Patton 0 1 0 0
Jason King 8 4 0 0
Bryan White 0 9 0 0
James Griswold 0 1 0 1
David Gridley 0 18 0 0
Thomas Taplin 0 10 0 1
Nicholas Brown 3 0 0 0
James Drye 1 6 0 1
Jason Ingram 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Perez 0 1 0 0
Micheal McIntyre 0 1 0 0
Dwight Harrison 0 1 0 0
Keith Reynolds 4 1 0 1
Lowell Colella 5 3 0 0
Adam Stanley 49 31 0 1
Guy Clark 1 3 0 1
Juan Brown 0 2 0 0
Oscar Preston 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Garcia 0 5 0 0
Winston Howard 53 31 0 0
Carl Powell 0 6 0 1
Peter Darrow 0 12 0 0
Daryl Hawkins 13 9 0 0
Thomas Mitchell 0 1 0 0
Scott Short 48 26 0 0
Carl Rogers 53 39 0 1
Noel Wilkinson 53 31 0 1
Gregory Campos 4 3 0 0
Cody Pierce 12 0 0 0
Dustin Ikard 12 0 0 0
John Ybarra 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jack Disney 1 1 1.00 0
Hubert Cusumano 1 0 0.00 0
Scott Norris 1 0 0.00 0

New England Patriots

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Matthew Bowen 2 11 5.50 0

Fumble Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Benjamin Robbins 1 0 0 0
Jack Disney 0 0 1 0
Melvin Wilhelm 0 0 1 0
Dan Hubbard 0 1 0 0

New England Patriots

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Keith Reynolds 1 0 0 0
Thomas Taplin 1 0 0 0
David Gridley 1 2 0 0
Scott Short 0 1 0 0
Noel Wilkinson 0 1 0 0
Micheal McIntyre 0 0 1 0

Punting

Atlanta Falcons

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Bertram Brown 6 280 46.67 40.33 51 2

New England Patriots

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Kemble 7 342 48.86 42.43 57 2

Kicking

Atlanta Falcons

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Juan Kauffman 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 55 2 / 2

New England Patriots

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Michael 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 58 2 / 2

Punt Return

Atlanta Falcons

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jack Adcock 3 26 8.7 13 0

New England Patriots

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Gridley 2 22 11.0 13 0

Kick Return

Atlanta Falcons

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Ken Bennett 1 32 32.0 0

New England Patriots

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Nicholas Brown 2 39 19.5 0

Defensive Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Tackles Sacks
Jack Disney 7 0
Mickey Brown 6 0
Gerald Ruano 5 0
Clinton Smith 4 0
Hubert Cusumano 4 0
Scott Norris 3 0
John Kelly 3 1
George Sherrer 3 0
Daniel Townsend 3 0
Erick Howard 2 0
Melvin Wilhelm 2 0
Daniel Parker 2 0
Kevin Carroll 1 0
Jean Turgeon 1 0
Dave Bayless 1 0
Richard Suggs 1 0
Patrick Ford 1 0
Anthony Martinez 1 0
Carey Sweet 1 0

New England Patriots

Name Tackles Sacks
Oscar Preston 7 0
Lowell Colella 7 0
Chris Crawford 6 0
James Griswold 5 0
Micheal McIntyre 5 0
Lonnie Leonard 4 0
Guy Clark 3 0
Eric Quast 3 2
Peter Darrow 3 0
Kenneth Garcia 3 0
Lawrence Perez 2 0
Matthew Bowen 2 0
John Ybarra 2 0
Winston Miller 1 0
Gregory Campos 1 0
Darryl Giambrone 1 0
Steven Calkins 1 0
Dwight Harrison 1 0