Eagles 33-18 Falcons (22 Sep, 1996) Box Score

Philadelphia Eagles

3-1, 2-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHI					33
ATL					18

Atlanta Falcons

0-3, 0-2 home

Philadelphia Passing


Rodney Peete
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/29	199	6.9	0	0	3-4	76.7
16/29	195	6.9	0	0	3-4	76.7

Atlanta Passing


Jeff George
Bobby Hebert
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/23	217	9.4	1	2	1-10	77.6
17/26	149	5.7	1	3	2-5	53.7
33/49	351	7.5	2	5	3-15	63.4

Philadelphia Rushing


Ricky Watters
Charlie Garner
Rodney Peete
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
26	121	4.7	2	56
2	2	1.0	0	2
3	0	0.0	0	1
31	123	4.0	2	56

Atlanta Rushing


Jamal Anderson
Craig Heyward
Jeff George
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
7	36	5.1	20
3	4	1.3	2
1	0	0.0	0
11	40	3.6	20

Philadelphia Receiving


Jason Dunn
Irving Fryar
Kevin Turner
Ricky Watters
Chris T Jones
Mark Seay
Jimmie Johnson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	58	58.0	58
4	35	8.8	11
3	34	11.3	34
3	27	9.0	15
3	23	7.7	9
1	14	14.0	14
1	8	8.0	8
16	199	12.4	58

Atlanta Receiving


Eric Metcalf
Bert Emanuel
Tyrone Brown
Terance Mathis
Jamal Anderson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	97	19.4	0	67
9	93	10.3	1	23
7	91	13.0	0	27
7	58	8.3	1	12
5	27	5.4	0	9
33	366	11.1	2	67

Philadelphia Fumbles


Bobby Taylor
Rodney Peete
Mark Seay
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	1
1	0	0
1	0	0
3	1	1

Atlanta Fumbles


Jamal Anderson
Jeff George
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	1
1	0	0
2	1	1

Philadelphia Defense



Troy Vincent
Bobby Taylor
Mike Zordich
William Thomas
Marc Woodard
Brian Dawkins
William Fuller
Don Griffin
Mike Mamula
Greg Jefferson
Hollis Thomas
Barry Wilburn
James Willis
Rhett Hall
Adam Walker
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	0	0	3	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	2	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	2	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
2	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	37	3	0	10	0	1

Atlanta Defense



Jessie Tuggle
Cornelius Bennett
Darnell Walker
Tim McKyer
Travis Hall
Moe Gardner
Devin Bush
Ron George
Patrick Bates
Dan Owens
Lester Archambeau
Chuck Smith
David Brandon
Lenny McGill
John Burrough
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	1	0	1	0	0
8	5	0	0	3	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	2	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	45	3	0	6	0	0

Philadelphia Interceptions


William Thomas
Troy Vincent
Brian Dawkins
Mike Zordich
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	40	0
1	31	0
1	30	0
1	12	0
5	113	0

Atlanta Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Atlanta Interceptions

Philadelphia Kick Returns


Derrick Witherspoon
Mark Seay
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	144	48.0	97	1
1	5	5.0	5	0
4	149	37.3	97	1

Atlanta Kick Returns


Eric Metcalf
Lorenzo Styles
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	176	29.3	55
1	12	12.0	12
7	188	26.9	55

Philadelphia Punt Returns


Mark Seay
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	84	21.0	56	0
4	84	21.0	56	0

Atlanta Punt Returns


Eric Metcalf
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	23	11.5	12	0
2	23	11.5	12	0

Philadelphia Kicking


Gary Anderson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	39	3/3	15
4/4	100.0	39	3/3	15

Atlanta Kicking


Morten Andersen
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	43	1/1	4
1/1	100.0	43	1/1	4

Philadelphia Punting


Tom Hutton
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	225	37.5	1	3	50
6	225	37.5	1	3	50

Atlanta Punting


Dan Stryzinski
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	250	41.7	0	1	52
6	250	41.7	0	1	52

5:00 AM, 22 September 1996

Attendance: 40,107

Referees:
Walt Coleman

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia	12	3	.800	402	283
Washington	10	5	.667	432	348
Dallas	7	8	.467	324	404
New York	2	13	.133	215	362

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

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