09-10-2001 Georgia Dome Temp:70 Wind:Calm MVP:Ward 2001 New England Patriots (0-2) 5 0 0 7 12 2001 Atlanta Falcons (2-0) 7 7 7 3 24 1 New England SAFETY McKinnon 8:42 2-0 1 New England FG Vinatieri 22 (6-51-2:55) 5:38 5-0 1 Atlanta TD Ward 15 run (Elam) (6-83-3:38) 1:44 5-7 2 Atlanta TD McNown 2 pass to Ward (Elam) (7-23-2:24) 0:16 5-14 3 Atlanta TD McNown 4 pass to Ward (Elam) (8-38-3:08) 6:55 5-21 4 New England TD Faulk 3 run (Vinatieri) (16-61-5:47) 12:24 12-21 4 Atlanta FG Elam 45 (4-19-3:44) 8:27 12-24 New Atl First Downs 12 16 Rushes 27-116 30-104 Passes 37-13-101 24-20-202 Sacked 4-34 5-34 Fumble 2 3 Penalties 6-45 8-55 Turnovers 2 2 Time 28:50 31:08 Third Down 7-20 7-14 Fourth Down 2-4 0-0 Net Offense 183 272 Injuries:none 2001 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Faulk 18 62 3,4 1 3 12 1 Faulk 5 1 36 7,2 1 2 28 0 Jordan 4 36 9,0 1 1 34 0 Hakim 5 1 46 9,2 0 2 11 0 Bledsoe 4 18 4,5 1 1 14 0 Clark,D 2 0 15 7,5 0 1 12 0 Gash 1 0 0,0 0 0 0 0 Fryar 1 0 4 4,0 0 0 4 0 27 116 4,3 3 5 34 1 13 3 101 7,8 1 5 28 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bledsoe 37 13 35,1 101 7,8 28 3 1 1 2,7 4 0 0,0 32,6 37 13 35,1 101 7,8 28 3 1 1 2,7 4 0 0,0 32,6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Vinatieri 1 1 100,0 1 1 100,0 0,0 0,0 22 4 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Tupa 6 264 46 1 0 3 3 60 30,7 44,0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Marion 4 99 24,8 33 0 Hakim 2 1 16 8,0 12 0 McKinnon 1 11 11,0 11 0 2 1 16 8,0 12 0 5 110 22,0 33 0 Fumbles Bledsoe 1 Faulk 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Sapp,W 2 McKinnon 1 McKinnon 1 McKinnon 1 Webb 1 Kearse 2 McGinest 1 Kearse 1 Sapp,W 1 McKinnon 1 Kearse 1 Ruff 1 Ruff 1 Tackles Ruff 11 Kearse 5 Carter,C 4 Sapp,W 2 Curtis 2 Nguyen 1 Slade 7 Ambrose 5 Boulware 3 Marion 2 Dingle 2 Grant 1 McKinnon 7 Evans,D 4 Blevins 2 McGinest 2 Brown,C 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0,0 0 0 2001 Atlanta Falcons Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Allen 17 53 3,1 1 1 14 0 Hayes 5 0 48 9,6 0 2 13 0 McNown 7 30 4,3 0 1 9 0 Allen 4 0 22 5,5 0 1 11 0 Ward 1 15 15,0 1 1 15 1 Ward 4 0 29 7,3 0 3 17 2 Hetheringt 1 4 4,0 0 0 4 0 Connell 4 0 73 18,3 1 3 40 0 Rivers 1 3 3,0 0 0 3 0 Riemersma 1 0 11 11,0 0 1 11 0 Smith,T 1 0 0,0 0 0 0 0 Schlesinge 1 0 4 4,0 0 0 4 0 Martin 1 0 0,0 0 0 0 0 Hetheringt 1 0 15 15,0 0 1 15 0 Schlesinge 1 -1 -1,0 0 0 0 0 20 0 202 10,1 1 11 40 2 30 104 3,5 2 3 15 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate McNown 22 18 81,8 182 10,1 40 0 1 0 0,0 5 2 9,1 131,4 Batch 2 2 100,0 20 10,0 11 0 0 0 0,0 0 0 0,0 108,3 24 20 83,3 202 10,1 40 0 1 0 0,0 5 2 8,3 129,5 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Elam 3 3 100,0 2 1 50,0 100,0 0,0 45 6 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Stryzinski 4 181 58 1 0 0 2 16 36,3 45,3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Vaughn 3 81 27,0 40 0 Howard 3 0 60 20,0 23 0 3 81 27,0 40 0 3 0 60 20,0 23 0 Fumbles Allen 2 McNown 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Coleman 2 Coleman 6 Foley 1 Burris 2 Spellman 1 Burris 1 Spellman 1 Spellman 3 Harris,B 1 Brown,M 1 Foley 1 Fabini 1 Foley 1 Hunt 1 Westbroo 1 Harris,B 1 Tackles Westbroo 6 Burris 4 Brown,M 4 Dronett 2 Hunt 2 Logan 1 Foley 6 Peter 4 Spellman 3 Swayda 2 Holdman 1 Peterson 1 Harris,B 5 Minter 4 Coleman 3 Carter,T 2 Williams 1 Bartee 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Foley 1 0 0,0 0 0 1 0 0,0 0 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 New Marion return of 33 KO-deep 1 10 own35 14:50 New Bledsoe to Faulk X L-straight key-Z 2 10 own35 14:43 New Bledsoe sacked by Spellman M-seam key-M 3 17 own28 14:36 New Bledsoe to Hakim X L-hitch pas-Z 4 17 own28 14:29 New Punt Tupa 46,Howard 16 Pt-deep 1 10 own42 14:25 Atl Allen 3 Fmb offtackleL Bz1-Mi dlR 1 10 opp45 14:21 New Faulk 1 trapL key-Z 2 9 opp44 13:40 New Faulk 4 pitchL dou-M 3 5 opp40 12:53 New Bledsoe to Clark,D INT Fole M-seam pas-sZ 1 10 own24 12:46 Atl Allen 3 pitchL key-Z 2 7 own27 12:05 Atl McNown to Hayes 9 S-out Bz2-Z dlI 1 10 opp49 12:00 Atl McNown sacked by Sapp,W M-isolate bas-Z 2 19 own42 11:26 Atl Pen-Atl10 pitchL pas-Z con dl 2 29 own32 11:22 Atl McNown sacked by Kearse S-flat pas-Zi agg 3 35 own26 10:41 Atl Allen -3 pitchL Bz1-dM agg d 4 38 own23 9:52 Atl Punt Stryzinski 39,Hakim 12 Pt-deep 1 10 50 9:45 New Pen-New10 offtackleL dou-M 1 20 own40 9:39 New Bledsoe to Faulk -1 S-seam key-Z 2 21 own39 9:32 New Bledsoe to Hakim 11 M-slant pas-Z agg 3 10 50 8:54 New Bledsoe to Clark,D X M-seam pas-M 4 10 50 8:46 New Punt Tupa 43,Howard 0 Pt-side 1 10 own7 8:42 Atl McNown sacked by McKinnon M-out Bz2-tZi agg 2-0 2 17 own20 8:37 Atl Punt Stryzinski 40,Hakim 4 Pt-deep 1 10 own44 8:33 New Jordan 1 trapR dou-M 2 9 own45 7:52 New Pen-Atl15 S-shovel pas-Z 1 10 opp40 7:45 New Bledsoe to Hakim X B-post pas-Z 2 10 opp40 7:40 New Jordan 34 pitchL pas-Z agg 1 6 opp6 6:55 New Jordan 4 offtackleL bas-tZ 2 2 opp2 6:19 New Bledsoe to Clark,D X M-hitch goa-tM agg 3 2 opp2 6:15 New Jordan -3 sweepL goa-tZ agg 4 5 opp5 5:38 New FG Vinatieri 22 good FG 5-0 KO 5:32 Atl Vaughn return of 12 KO-deep 1 10 own17 5:22 Atl McNown to Connell 15 M-isolate key-Z dlL 1 10 own32 4:37 Atl McNown to Connell 40 L-slant Bz1-Zi agg d 1 10 opp28 3:59 Atl Allen 14 sweepL Bz1-M con dl 1 10 opp14 3:20 Atl Allen 3 draw bas-M 2 7 opp11 2:40 Atl McNown sacked by Kearse S-out dou-M 3 11 opp15 1:57 Atl Ward 15 TD reverse pas-Zo dlI 5-7 KO 1:44 New McKinnon return of 11 KO-deep 1 10 own12 1:37 New Bledsoe to Fryar 4 S-out key-Z 2 6 own16 0:52 New Faulk 4 offtackleL key-Z 3 2 own20 0:10 New Bledsoe to Faulk 7 M-straight key-sM 2nd Quarter 1 10 own27 15:00 New Faulk 7 pitchL pas-M 2 3 own34 14:26 New Faulk 1 trapR dou-M 3 2 own35 13:42 New Bledsoe to Hakim 9 S-slant run-Z 1 10 own44 13:03 New Pen-Atl5 offtackleL key-Z 1 5 own49 13:03 New Bledsoe to Faulk X L-out bas-Z 2 5 own49 12:56 New Pen-Atl5 offtackleL key-Z 1 10 opp46 12:50 New Faulk 7 pitchL bas-Z 2 3 opp39 12:08 New Bledsoe sacked by Coleman M-straight pas-Z 3 10 opp46 11:28 New Bledsoe to Shaw X M-isolate Bz2-Z agg 4 10 opp46 11:21 New Punt Tupa 46,Howard 0 Pt-side 1 10 own20 11:14 Atl McNown to Allen 10 S-hitch pas-Z agg dl 2 0 own30 10:30 Atl McNown to Hayes 9 S-flat Bz2-dZ agg d 1 10 own39 9:47 Atl McNown to Allen X M-isolate key-Z 2 10 own39 9:42 Atl Allen 6 pitchL pas-Z agg 3 4 own45 9:05 Atl McNown 6 offtackleL bas-Z 1 10 opp49 8:25 Atl McNown to Connell X M-slant key-Z 2 10 opp49 8:17 Atl McNown 4 sweepL pas-Mi con d 3 6 opp45 7:33 Atl McNown to Ward 17 S-flat pas-Z agg dl 1 10 opp28 6:56 Atl Allen 1 draw key-Z 2 9 opp27 6:14 Atl Allen 2 pitchL pas-Z dlO 3 7 opp25 5:28 Atl McNown to Connell 8 S-out Bz1-Z con dl 1 10 opp17 4:48 Atl McNown sacked by Sapp,W S-out key-Zo 2 18 opp25 4:12 Atl Allen -2 pitchL Bz1-sM agg d 3 20 opp27 3:37 Atl McNown to Hayes 13 M-out Bz3-sZ dlI 4 7 opp14 2:51 Atl FG blocked FG 1 10 own23 2:47 New Faulk 0 Fmb pitchL bas-Z 1 10 opp23 2:40 Atl McNown to Allen 1 S-flat key-Z 2 9 opp22 2:00 Atl Allen 3 pitchL pas-sZ con d 3 6 opp19 1:21 Atl McNown 7 offtackleL Bz1-Zo agg d 1 7 opp7 1:16 Atl Schlesinge -1 bootleg run-Zo dlR 2 8 opp8 0:38 Atl McNown to Ward 6 S-slant key-tZi agg 3 2 opp2 0:24 Atl McNown to Ward 2 TD S-hitch key-Z 5-14 KO 0:16 New Marion return of 18 KO-deep 1 10 own21 0:08 New Bledsoe to Shaw X L-out pre-vZ 2 10 own21 0:01 New Bledsoe -1 qbkneel pre-vZ 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Atl Vaughn return of 29 KO-deep 1 10 own34 14:48 Atl McNown to Allen X M-hitch key-Z 2 10 own34 14:42 Atl Allen 8 offtackleL pas-Z 3 2 own42 14:01 Atl McNown 0 dive pas-Z dlI 4 2 own42 13:54 Atl Punt Stryzinski 58,Hakim 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 13:50 New Bledsoe to Faulk X M-straight key-Z 2 10 own20 13:45 New Faulk 1 offtackleL key-Z 3 9 own21 12:57 New Bledsoe to Hakim 11 M-slant pas-Z agg 1 10 own32 12:11 New Pen-New5 sweepL key-Z 1 15 own27 12:07 New Faulk 4 offtackleL bas-M 2 11 own31 11:28 New Bledsoe to Clark,D 3 S-flat pas-Z 3 8 own34 10:52 New Bledsoe sacked by Coleman L-straight pas-Z agg 4 22 own20 10:15 Penalty Pt-deep 4 27 own15 10:08 New Punt Tupa 46,Howard 23 Pt-deep 1 10 opp38 10:03 Atl McNown to Schlesinge 4 L-slant key-Z 2 6 opp34 9:25 Atl McNown to Hayes 8 L-slant key-Z 1 10 opp26 8:42 Atl Pen-Atl5 L-slant run-Z 1 15 opp31 8:35 Atl McNown 1 L-slant Bz2-sM agg d 2 14 opp30 7:52 Atl Allen 6 pitchL Bz1-sZi agg 3 8 opp24 7:48 Atl Batch to Riemersma 11 M-hitch Bz2-sZ agg d 1 10 opp13 7:37 Atl Batch to Hayes 9 S-out bas-Z 2 1 opp4 6:59 Atl McNown to Ward 4 TD S-out pas-Z 5-21 KO 6:55 New Marion return of 25 KO-deep 1 10 own29 6:43 New Bledsoe to Graham X M-slant key-Z 2 10 own29 6:35 New Bledsoe to Faulk X S-slant pas-Z agg 3 10 own29 6:30 New Faulk 12 delaydraw pas-Z agg 1 10 own41 5:49 New Faulk 4 pitchL key-Z 2 6 own45 5:13 New Faulk 3 offtackleL key-Z 3 3 own48 4:27 New Bledsoe to Shaw X S-out pas-Z agg 4 3 own48 4:20 New Punt Tupa 40,Howard 0 Pt-side 1 10 own12 4:16 Atl McNown to Smith,T X S-flat bas-Z dlO 2 10 own12 4:12 Atl Allen 5 pitchL Bz2-Z dlO 3 5 own17 3:22 Atl Smith,T 0 pitchR pas-Z dlO 4 5 own17 3:18 Atl Punt Stryzinski 44,Hakim 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own39 3:11 New Pen-Atl5 sweepR key-Z 1 5 own44 3:06 New Pen-New5 M-seam key-Z 1 10 own39 3:01 New Bledsoe to Hakim X B-post key-Z 2 10 own39 2:54 New Faulk 4 sweepR pas-M 3 6 own43 2:19 New Bledsoe to Clark,D 12 M-seam Bz2-Z agg 1 10 opp45 1:38 New Gash 0 dive key-Z 2 10 opp45 1:02 New Bledsoe to Faulk -2 S-seam pas-Z 3 12 opp47 0:24 New Bledsoe to Faulk 28 L-straight pas-Z agg 4th Quarter 1 10 opp19 15:00 New Bledsoe to Graham X M-fade key-Z 2 10 opp19 14:56 New Faulk 2 delaydraw key-Z 3 8 opp17 14:12 New Pen/Offset M-cross pas-Z 3 8 opp17 14:08 New Bledsoe 14 M-seam pas-Z agg 1 3 opp3 13:22 New Bledsoe 0 bootleg goa-tZ agg 2 3 opp3 12:43 New Bledsoe to Hakim X M-fade goa-tM agg 3 3 opp3 12:35 New Bledsoe to Gash X M-out goa-tZ agg 4 3 opp3 12:31 New Faulk 3 TD offtackleL goa-tM agg 12-21 KO 12:24 Atl Vaughn return of 40 KO-deep 1 10 opp47 12:11 Atl McNown to Allen 11 S-flat key-Z 1 10 opp36 11:15 Atl Allen 0 offtackleL key-Z dlO 2 10 opp36 10:23 Atl McNown 9 L-slant Bz1-sM agg d 3 1 opp27 9:29 Atl Allen -1 dive run-sZ agg d 4 2 opp28 8:27 Atl FG Elam 45 good FG 12-24 KO 8:22 New Marion return of 23 KO-deep 1 10 own21 8:12 New Faulk 0 sweepR pas-M 2 10 own21 7:26 New Bledsoe sacked by Foley M-seam Bz1-Z agg 3 16 own15 6:44 New Bledsoe 5 S-shovel pas-Z agg 4 11 own20 6:11 New Punt Tupa 43,Howard 21 Pt-deep 1 10 opp42 6:06 Atl McNown to Hetheringt 15 S-flat run-Z dlO 1 10 opp27 5:14 Atl Allen 4 Fmb offtackleL Bz2-sZi agg 2 6 opp23 5:07 Atl Rivers 3 draw key-Z 3 3 opp20 4:18 Atl McNown 3 Fmb offtackleL run-Z dlI 1 10 own22 4:12 New Bledsoe to Hakim X M-out pas-dZ 2 10 own22 4:08 New Bledsoe to Hakim 10 M-out pas-Z 3 0 own32 4:01 New Bledsoe to Faulk X L-hitch pas-Z 4 0 own32 3:55 New Faulk 0 offtackleL run-Z 1 10 own32 3:11 New Faulk 5 sweepL pas-dZ 2 5 own37 3:05 New Bledsoe to Faulk X L-out pas-dM 3 5 own37 3:01 New Bledsoe to Graham X M-hitch pas-Z 4 5 own37 2:53 New Bledsoe to Faulk X M-slant bas-Z agg 1 10 opp37 2:46 Atl Pen-Atl10 S-cross run-Z agg dl 1 20 opp47 2:38 Atl Hetheringt 4 offtackleL pas-Zi dlO 2 16 opp43 2:26 Atl Allen 1 sweepL pas-sZi agg 3 15 opp42 2:15 Atl McNown to Connell 10 M-straight Bz1-sZi agg 4 5 opp32 2:00 Atl FG fumbled FG 1 10 own43 1:54 New Bledsoe to Fryar X L-out pas-dZ agg 2 21 own32 1:47 New Bledsoe to Faulk 4 S-out pas-dZ agg 3 17 own36 1:12 New Bledsoe to Hakim 5 M-out pas-dZ agg 4 12 own41 1:05 New Bledsoe to Shaw X S- pas-Z agg 1 10 opp41 1:01 Atl McNown to Allen 0 S-flat bas-Z 2 10 opp41 0:21 Atl Martin 0 qbkneel run-M