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Box Score: Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons

Posted: Sun December 14, 1997 at 5:06 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

PHILADELPHIA 7 0 0 10 17 ATLANTA 0 7 7 6 20 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: PHI - TD, MICHAEL TIMPSON 3 YD PASS FROM BOBBY HOYING (CHRIS BONIOL KICK), 6:12. Drive: 12 plays, 89 yards in 6:12. Key plays: Watters 11-yard run to Philadelphia 22; Watters 27-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Atlanta 44; Hoying 15-yard pass to Dunn to Atlanta 29; Hoying 8-yard pass to Solomon on 3rd-and-6 to Atlanta 5. PHILADELPHIA 7-0 2ND QUARTER: ATL - TD, BYRON HANSPARD 10 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 5:22. Drive: 3 plays, 81 yards in 1:26. Key plays: Hanspard 53-yard run to Philadelphia 28; Chandler 18-yard pass to Mathis to Philadelphia 10. PHILADELPHIA 7, ATLANTA 7 3RD QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 2 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 7:07. Drive: 8 plays, 38 yards in 4:31. Key plays: Archambeau interception at Philadelphia 38; J Anderson 10-yard run to Philadelphia 28; Green 6-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Philadelphia 16; Green 13-yard run to Philadelphia 3. ATLANTA 14-7 4TH QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 21 YD, 4:21. Drive: 17 plays, 65 yards in 10:10. Key plays: Chandler 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Atlanta 43; Chandler 9-yard pass to Kinchen on 3rd-and-6 to Philadelphia 44; J Anderson 14-yard run to Philadelphia 30; J Anderson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Philadelphia 8. ATLANTA 17-7 PHI - TD, RICKY WATTERS 1 YD RUN (CHRIS BONIOL KICK), 7:12. Drive: 7 plays, 79 yards in 2:51. Key plays: Hoying 56-yard pass to Solomon to Atlanta 16; 15-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons' Bradford on 3rd-and-10 to Atlanta 1. ATLANTA 17-14 PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 39 YD, 13:05. Drive: 12 plays, 48 yards in 3:57. Key plays: Hoying 11-yard pass to Jones on 3rd-and-6 to Philadelphia 46; Hoying 15-yard pass to Fryar to Atlanta 33; Hoying 11-yard pass to Fryar on 4th-and-5 to Atlanta 22. PHILADELPHIA 17, ATLANTA 17 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 33 YD, 15:00. Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards in 1:49. Key plays: Chandler 47-yard pass to Green to Philadelphia 18. ATLANTA 20-17 TEAM STATISTICS PHI ATL
FIRST DOWNS 15 21 Rushing 6 12 Passing 8 9 Penalty 1 0 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-12 5-13 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1 1-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 277 386 Total plays 55 62 Average gain 5.0 6.2 NET YARDS RUSHING 106 211 Rushes 20 36 Average per rush 5.3 5.9 NET YARDS PASSING 171 175 Completed-attempted 16-34 12-21 Yards per pass 4.9 6.7 Sacked-yards lost 1-9 5-35 Had intercepted 1 0 PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-41.5 4-38.8 RETURN YARDAGE 88 94 Punts-returns 0-0 3-24 Kickoffs-returns 4-88 4-70 Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 6-50 4-35 FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 24:20 35:40 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 42). Philadelphia rushing: Ricky Watters 15-95, Bobby Hoying 2-6, Charlie Garner 3-5. Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 21-78, Byron Hanspard 5-76, Chris Chandler 7-38, Harold Green 3-19. Philadelphia passing: Bobby Hoying 16-34 for 180 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD. Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 12-21 for 210 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. Philadelphia receiving: Ricky Watters 4-35, Irving Fryar 3-35, Freddie Solomon 2-64, Kevin Turner 2-2, Jason Dunn 1-15, Chris T Jones 1-11, Chad Lewis 1-8, Charlie Garner 1-7, Michael Timpson 1-3. Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 4-57, Todd Kinchen 3-39, Brian Kozlowski 2-41, Harold Green 1-47, Bert Emanuel 1-16, Byron Hanspard 1-10. Philadelphia tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ray Farmer 6-0-1, Bryan Dawkins 5-0-0, Troy Vincent 5-0-0, Greg Jefferson 4-0-2, Hollis Thomas 4-0-0, Michael Zordich 4-0-0, James Darling 3-1-0, Richard Dent 2-1-1, Rhett Hall 2-1-0, Jon Harris 2-0-0, Edward Jasper 2-0-0, Mike Mamula 2-0-1, Tim Mctyer 4-0-0, Willie Clark 1-0-0, Jeff Herrod 1-0-0, James Willis 1-0-0, Deshawn Fogle 1-0-0, Randy Kinder 1-0-0, Duce Staley 1-0-0, Matt Stevens 1-0-0. Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Devin Bush 6-1-0, Ray Buchanan 6-0-0, William White 5-1-0, Jessie Tuggle 4-0-0, Henri Crockett 3-0-0, Cornelius Bennett 2-0-0, Michael Booker 4-0-0, Travis Hall 2-0-0, Lester Archambeau 1-1-0.5, Chuck Smith 1-1-0.5, Anthony Pleasant 1-0-0, Dan Owens 0-1-0, Bob Christian 0-1-0, Gary Downs 1-0-0, Ruffin Hamilton 1-0-0, Eddie Sutter 0-1-0. Interceptions: Atlanta (Lester Archambeau 1 for 0 yards). Fumbles lost: Atlanta (Chris Chandler). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Philadelphia (Hollis Thomas). Officials: Referee-Dick Hantak, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head linesman-Dale Williams, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Back judge-Lloyd Mcpeters, Side judge-Tom Fincken, Field judge-Mike Carey. A: 42,866; T: 2:57.


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