National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Atlanta 27, San Diego 3
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 23, 2012
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Temperature: 82°
Head Official: Jim Core
Attendance: 61297
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Atlanta 6140727
San Diego 00303
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:43
Atlanta TD San Diego 0 - Atlanta 6
Jacquizz Rodgers 8 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (run failed)
2nd Quarter - 2:32
Atlanta TD San Diego 0 - Atlanta 13
Tony Gonzalez 7 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:54
Atlanta TD San Diego 0 - Atlanta 20
Julio Jones 9 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:10
San Diego FG San Diego 3 - Atlanta 20
Nate Kaeding 41 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 8:51
Atlanta TD San Diego 3 - Atlanta 27
Michael Turner 7 yd. run (Matt Bryant kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Atlanta San Diego
1st Downs 25 15
Rushing 5 6
Passing 18 9
Penalty 2 0
3rd Down Conversions 8-13 5-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 5-44.6 4-51.5
Return Yards 32 45
Punts-Returns 2-34 2-11
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 1-31
Int-Returns 2--2 1-3
Penalties-Yards 2-15 4-17
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Time of Possession 36:14 23:46
Total Net Yards 384 280
Total Plays 68 56
Average Gain 5.6 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 119 116
Rushes 26 17
Average/Rush 4.6 6.8
Net Yards Passing 265 164
Comp-Att 30-40 21-38
Yards/Pass 6.3 4.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-10 1-9
Had Intercepted 1 2
Touchdowns 4 0
Rushing 1 0
Passing 3 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-4 0-0
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 4-5-80% 0-2-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Atlanta Falcons (3-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 30/40 275 3 1
San Diego Chargers (2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 21/38 173 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Turner 14 80 5.7 1 25
J. Rodgers 10 32 3.2 0 9
M. Ryan 1 4 4.0 0 4
J. Snelling 1 3 3.0 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Battle 3 55 18.3 0 52
R. Mathews 10 44 4.4 0 7
E. Royal 1 10 10.0 0 10
C. Brinkley 1 5 5.0 0 5
P. Rivers 2 2 1.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
T. Gonzalez 12 9 91 10.1 1 15
J. Jones 7 5 67 13.4 1 29
R. White 8 5 55 11.0 0 19
J. Rodgers 5 5 35 7.0 1 11
H. Douglas 2 2 13 6.5 0 10
J. Snelling 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
M. Turner 2 2 1 0.5 0 1
M. Palmer 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
T. Gallarda 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Floyd 9 3 52 17.3 0 28
R. Meachem 7 4 43 10.8 0 19
R. Mathews 8 5 32 6.4 0 11
A. Gates 7 3 22 7.3 0 14
C. Brinkley 2 2 12 6.0 0 7
E. Royal 3 2 7 3.5 0 4
R. McMichael 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
D. Rosario 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. DeCoud 2 -2 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Cason 1 3 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Abraham 1.0 9.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Barnes 1.0 9.0
V. Martin 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
A. Samuel 6 0
S. Weatherspoon 5 0
S. Nicholas 5 1
D. Robinson 5 2
W. Moore 4 1
D. Franks 3 0
T. DeCoud 3 0
J. Abraham 2 0
V. Walker 2 2
K. Biermann 1 0
J. Babineaux 1 0
A. Dent 1 2
L. Sidbury 0 1
P. Jerry 0 1
R. Edwards 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. Spikes 11 2
A. Bigby 11 4
D. Butler 8 4
A. Cason 5 0
V. Martin 5 1
A. Franklin 3 1
M. Gilchrist 3 1
E. Weddle 3 2
Q. Jammer 2 0
C. Lynch 1 0
A. Barnes 1 1
M. Ingram 1 1
K. Reyes 0 1
C. Thomas 0 1
D. Williams 0 1
S. Phillips 0 2
J. Johnson 0 4
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Abraham 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
V. Martin 1.0
A. Barnes 1.0
D. Butler 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Rosario 1
R. Mathews 1