Patriots 26-10 Falcons (27 Sep, 2009) Box Score

Atlanta Falcons

2-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ATL	3	7	0	0	10
NE	3	10	3	10	26

New England Patriots

2-1, 2-0 home

Atlanta Passing


Matt Ryan
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
17/28	199	7.1	0	0	0-0	76.0	82.3
17/28	199	7.1	0	0	0-0	--	82.3

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
25/42	277	6.6	1	0	0-0	57.8	87.1
25/42	277	6.6	1	0	0-0	--	87.1

Atlanta Rushing


Michael Turner
Jason Snelling
Matt Ryan
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	56	3.7	1	7
1	3	3.0	0	3
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
17	58	3.4	1	7

New England Rushing


Fred Taylor
Kevin Faulk
Laurence Maroney
Sammy Morris
Julian Edelman
Tom Brady
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	105	5.0	1	19
5	25	5.0	0	11
4	17	4.3	0	5
5	16	3.2	0	15
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	0	0.0	0	2
39	168	4.3	1	19

Atlanta Receiving


Michael Jenkins
Jason Snelling
Roddy White
Brian Finneran
Marty Booker
Tony Gonzalez
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
5	78	15.6	26	8
3	41	13.7	21	4
4	24	6.0	14	6
2	23	11.5	13	3
2	17	8.5	11	5
1	16	16.0	16	2
17	199	11.7	26	28

New England Receiving


Randy Moss
Sammy Morris
Chris Baker
Ben Watson
Julian Edelman
Joey Galloway
Kevin Faulk
Fred Taylor
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
10	116	11.6	0	21	16
3	46	15.3	0	19	3
2	42	21.0	1	36	3
1	23	23.0	0	23	3
3	20	6.7	0	11	5
2	14	7.0	0	8	5
3	12	4.0	0	9	4
1	4	4.0	0	4	1
25	277	11.1	1	36	40

Atlanta Fumbles


Michael Turner
Michael Koenen
team

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

New England Fumbles


James Sanders
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Atlanta Defense



Curtis Lofton
Mike Peterson
Stephen Nicholas
Erik Coleman
Brian Williams
Trey Lewis
Chris Houston
Kroy Biermann
Thomas DeCoud
Chauncey Davis
Thomas Johnson
Jamaal Anderson
John Abraham
Eric Weems
Jonathan Babineaux
Justin Blalock
Brent Grimes
Lawrence Sidbury
Brian Finneran
Antoine Harris
Jason Snelling
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
19	13	0	0	0	0	0
11	5	0	0	0	0	0
9	5	0	0	0	0	0
9	4	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
103	63	0	0	2	0	0

New England Defense



Brandon Meriweather
Gary Guyton
Leigh Bodden
Brandon McGowan
Adalius Thomas
James Sanders
Patrick Chung
Myron Pryor
Shawn Springs
Mike Wright
Jarvis Green
Sam Aiken
Vince Wilfork
Pierre Woods
Ty Warren
Rob Ninkovich
Terrence Wheatley
Tully Banta-Cain
Eric Alexander
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	35	0	0	1	0	0

Atlanta Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Atlanta Interceptions

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Atlanta Kick Returns


Eric Weems
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	139	27.8	34	0
5	139	27.8	34	0

New England Kick Returns


Kevin Faulk
Laurence Maroney
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	49	24.5	28
1	21	21.0	21
3	70	23.3	28

Atlanta Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Atlanta Punt Returns

New England Punt Returns


Kevin Faulk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	17	8.5	15	0
2	17	8.5	15	0

Atlanta Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	26	1/1	4
1/1	100.0	26	1/1	4

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	33	2/2	14
4/4	100.0	33	2/2	14

Atlanta Punting


Michael Koenen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	188	37.6	0	1	48
5	188	37.6	0	1	48

New England Punting


Chris Hanson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	87	43.5	0	0	51
2	87	43.5	0	0	51

Gillette Stadium

6:00 PM, 27 September 2009

Foxborough, MA

Attendance: 68,756

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	105	5.0	1	19
5	25	5.0	0	11
4	17	4.3	0	5
5	16	3.2	0	15
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	0	0.0	0	2
39	168	4.3	1	19

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	105	5.0	1	19
5	25	5.0	0	11
4	17	4.3	0	5
5	16	3.2	0	15
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	0	0.0	0	2
39	168	4.3	1	19

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	105	5.0	1	19
5	25	5.0	0	11
4	17	4.3	0	5
5	16	3.2	0	15
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	0	0.0	0	2
39	168	4.3	1	19