National Football League
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Atlanta 27,
San Diego 24
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, August 29, 2009
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Alberto Riveron
Attendance: 66718
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Alberto Riveron
Attendance: 66718
Final Scoring Summary
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 9:37 | ||
| San Diego | TD |
Atlanta 0 - San Diego 7 Darren Sproles 10 yd. run (Nate Kaeding kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 4:32 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 7 - San Diego 7 Brian Finneran 12 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 8:32 | ||
| San Diego | TD |
Atlanta 7 - San Diego 14 Michael Bennett 48 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 3:19 | ||
| Atlanta | FG |
Atlanta 10 - San Diego 14 Jason Elam 40 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 1:11 | ||
| San Diego | TD |
Atlanta 10 - San Diego 21 Malcom Floyd 10 yd. pass from Billy Volek (Nate Kaeding kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:00 | ||
| Atlanta | FG |
Atlanta 13 - San Diego 21 Jason Elam 39 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 10:21 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 20 - San Diego 21 Chris Redman 10 yd. run (Jason Elam kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 2:07 | ||
| San Diego | FG |
Atlanta 20 - San Diego 24 Nate Kaeding 37 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 0:09 | ||
| Atlanta | TD |
Atlanta 27 - San Diego 24 Eric Weems 5 yd. pass from Chris Redman (Jason Elam kick) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| San Diego | Atlanta | |
| 1st Downs | 21 | 21 |
| Rushing | 5 | 5 |
| Passing | 15 | 15 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 11-16 | 6-14 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Punts-Average | 3-38.7 | 4-43.5 |
| Return Yards | 101 | 109 |
| Punts-Returns | 2-9 | 1--1 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 4-92 | 5-110 |
| Int-Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 8-70 | 4-40 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Time of Possession | 31:35 | 28:25 |
| Total Net Yards | 438 | 359 |
| Total Plays | 63 | 64 |
| Average Gain | 7.0 | 5.6 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 118 | 88 |
| Rushes | 30 | 24 |
| Average/Rush | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Net Yards Passing | 320 | 271 |
| Comp-Att | 21-32 | 29-39 |
| Yards/Pass | 9.7 | 6.8 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 1-10 | 1-3 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
| Rushing | 1 | 1 |
| Passing | 2 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 2-3-67% | 3-3-100% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 1-1-100% | 1-1-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
San Diego Chargers
(1-2)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| P. Rivers | 10/15 | 185 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Volek | 7/9 | 102 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Whitehurst | 4/8 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
Atlanta Falcons
(2-1)
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| G. Johnson | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 0 | 42 |
| M. Bennett | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | 11 |
| D. Sproles | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | 10 |
| L. Naanee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Hester | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Whitehurst | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Tolbert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Turner | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | 11 |
| J. Snelling | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 7 |
| C. Redman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 10 |
| M. Ryan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| J. Norwood | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
| V. Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Brown | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Bennett | 4 | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 1 | 48 |
| V. Jackson | 2 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 32 |
| M. Floyd | 5 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 1 | 18 |
| C. Davis | 2 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 22 |
| D. Sproles | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 14 |
| C. Chambers | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| G. Johnson | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 |
| M. Tolbert | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 |
| B. Manumaleuna | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Hester | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Booker | 6 | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 21 |
| R. White | 8 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 22 |
| M. Jenkins | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 17 |
| T. Bergeron | 4 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 14 |
| R. Ferguson | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 18 |
| B. Finneran | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 | 12 |
| T. Brown | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| T. Gonzalez | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 |
| E. Weems | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Peelle | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Williams | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Norwood | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Turner | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Snelling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| A. Felder | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Sks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| B. Grimes | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| TK | AST | |
| A. Cason | 7 | 0 |
| K. Burnett | 6 | 0 |
| E. Weddle | 5 | 0 |
| C. Spillman | 3 | 0 |
| B. Hughes | 2 | 0 |
| S. Castille | 2 | 0 |
| A. Felder | 2 | 0 |
| P. Oliver | 2 | 0 |
| S. Cooper | 2 | 0 |
| Q. Jammer | 2 | 0 |
| I. Scott | 2 | 1 |
| D. Beckwith | 1 | 0 |
| A. Smith | 1 | 0 |
| A. Cromartie | 1 | 0 |
| K. Ellison | 1 | 0 |
| C. Hart | 1 | 0 |
| L. Castillo | 1 | 0 |
| E. Bakhtiari | 1 | 0 |
| S. Merriman | 1 | 0 |
| S. Gregory | 1 | 0 |
| B. Siler | 1 | 0 |
| T. Dobbins | 1 | 1 |
| A. Coleman | 1 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| TK | AST | |
| C. Lofton | 7 | 1 |
| E. Coleman | 6 | 1 |
| M. Peterson | 5 | 0 |
| S. Nicholas | 4 | 0 |
| C. Houston | 4 | 0 |
| K. Biermann | 4 | 0 |
| B. Grimes | 4 | 0 |
| T. Gilbert | 3 | 0 |
| C. Jackson | 2 | 0 |
| J. Abraham | 2 | 0 |
| P. Jerry | 1 | 0 |
| C. Wire | 1 | 0 |
| S. Adkins | 1 | 0 |
| C. Owens | 1 | 0 |
| L. Sidbury | 1 | 1 |
| T. Johnson | 1 | 1 |
| T. Lewis | 1 | 1 |
| J. Babineaux | 1 | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| No fumbles | |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| No fumbles | |