Raiders 36-31 Falcons (14 Sep, 1997) Box Score

Oakland Raiders

1-2, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
OAK					36
ATL					31

Atlanta Falcons

0-3, 0-2 home

Oakland Passing


Jeff George
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/22	286	13.0	1	0	3-21	114.8
12/22	265	13.0	1	0	3-21	114.8

Atlanta Passing


Chris Chandler
Billy Joe Tolliver
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
16/25	199	8.0	2	2-17	115.3
10/17	100	5.9	1	4-32	95.2
26/42	250	7.1	3	6-49	107.1

Oakland Rushing


Napoleon Kaufman
Derrick Steven Fenner
Tim Brown
Jeff George
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	140	10.0	2	61
4	8	2.0	0	4
1	2	2.0	0	2
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
20	149	7.5	2	61

Atlanta Rushing


Byron Hanspard
Jamal Anderson
Chris Chandler
Harold Green
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	84	21.0	0	77
9	26	2.9	0	7
2	4	2.0	0	4
11	2	0.2	1	3
26	116	4.5	1	77

Oakland Receiving


Rickey Dudley
Tim Brown
James Jett
Napoleon Kaufman
Jerone Davison
Kenny Shedd
Derrick Steven Fenner
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	90	45.0	0	76
4	69	17.3	0	33
1	51	51.0	1	51
2	26	13.0	0	15
1	25	25.0	0	25
1	16	16.0	0	16
1	9	9.0	0	9
12	286	23.8	1	76

Atlanta Receiving


Bert Emanuel
Terance Mathis
Michael Haynes
O.J. Santiago
Byron Hanspard
Bob Christian
Harold Green
Jamal Anderson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	92	23.0	0	54
6	55	9.2	1	15
3	41	13.7	0	20
5	40	8.0	1	12
2	30	15.0	0	21
3	24	8.0	1	18
2	16	8.0	0	17
1	1	1.0	0	1
26	299	11.5	3	54

Oakland Fumbles


Eric Turner
Desmond Howard
Kenny Shedd
team

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

Atlanta Fumbles


Chris Chandler
Todd Kinchen
Billy Joe Tolliver
Bert Emanuel
Byron Hanspard
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	1
1	0	0
5	2	1

Oakland Defense



Rob Fredrickson
James Trapp
Anthony Smith
Greg Biekert
Eric Turner
Mike Morton
Lance Johnstone
Chester McGlockton
Darrell Russell
Lionel Washington
Russell Maryland
Albert Lewis
Terry McDaniel
Kevin Johnson
Perry Carter
Kenny Shedd
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	7	1	0	0	0	0
9	9	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	3	0	0	0	0
6	4	1	0	1	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1
69	50	6	0	6	0	2

Atlanta Defense



Travis Hall
Devin Bush
Jessie Tuggle
Chuck Smith
Lester Archambeau
William White
Ronnie Bradford
Cornelius Bennett
Ray Buchanan
Lenny McGill
Shane Dronett
David Brandon
Craig Sauer
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	2	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
37	31	3	0	4	0	0

Oakland Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Oakland Interceptions

Atlanta Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Atlanta Interceptions

Oakland Kick Returns


Desmond Howard
Tim Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	57	28.5	38
1	7	7.0	7
3	64	21.3	38

Atlanta Kick Returns


Juran Bolden
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	34	34.0	34	0
1	34	34.0	34	0

Oakland Punt Returns


Desmond Howard
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	0	0.0	0	0
2	0	0.0	0	0

Atlanta Punt Returns


Todd Kinchen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	35	8.8	11	0
4	35	8.8	11	0

Oakland Kicking


Cole Ford
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	49	4/4	10
2/2	100.0	49	4/4	10

Atlanta Kicking


Morten Andersen
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	51	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	51	4/4	7

Oakland Punting


Leo Araguz
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	318	45.4	0	3	58
7	318	45.4	0	3	58

Atlanta Punting


Dan Stryzinski
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	184	36.8	0	1	45
5	184	36.8	0	1	45

5:00 AM, 14 September 1997

Attendance: 47,922

Referees:
Jerry Markbreit

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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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