2004 Chargers 38 - 1993 Bills 17

This was a pretty businesslike beat down of a somewhat weaker team by a stronger one. The 93 Bills are not quite the high powered "K-gun" outfit of the previous three years, while the 04 Chargers are a well balanced team both offensively and defensively. Drew Breesplayed reasonably well, though held to short completions, while the Bolts ground game ate up yards and time efficiently. The Bills used a long pick six and a fumbled Chargers punt to keep close, but lost their last best chance to keep even when they got stoned on 4 straight runs from the San Diego 2 yard line.

1993 Buffalo 17, 2004 San Diego 38
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1993 Buffalo	7	3	7	0	0	17
2004 San Diego	14	7	17	0	0	38

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	7:39	2004 San Diego	K.McCardell 13 yd. pass from D.Brees (N.Kaeding kick)	7-0 SDA
1	5:59	1993 Buffalo	M.Kelso 92 yd. intercept (S.Christie kick)	7-7 SDA
1	1:26	2004 San Diego	J.Chatman 22 yd. run (N.Kaeding kick)	14-7 SDA
2	4:02	2004 San Diego	L.Tomlinson 15 yd. run (N.Kaeding kick)	21-7 SDA
2	0:30	1993 Buffalo	S.Christie 28 yd. field goal	21-10 SDA
3	11:17	2004 San Diego	N.Kaeding 37 yd. field goal	24-10 SDA
3	8:56	1993 Buffalo	B.Brooks 30 yd. pass from J.Kelly (S.Christie kick)	24-17 SDA
3	2:06	2004 San Diego	L.Tomlinson 2 yd. run (N.Kaeding kick)	31-17 SDA
3	0:08	2004 San Diego	K.McCardell 6 yd. pass from D.Brees (N.Kaeding kick)	38-17 SDA

Team Statistics
	1993 Buffalo	2004 San Diego
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	1-9-1-11	10-15-1-26
Third Down Efficiency	1-13-8%	7-13-54%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-4-25%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	3-14-21%	28-28-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	223-60-3.7	381-75-5.1
Total Net Yards Rushing	46	171
Total Rushes	26	39
Average Per Rush	1.8	4.4
Passes Completed/Attempted	15/32 (46.9%)	22/36 (61.1%)
Net Yards Passing	177	210
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.2	5.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/20	0/0
Punts/Average	6/43.0	5/43.4
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/4	4/50
Kickoffs/Returns	7/132	2/41
Interceptions/Returns	2/102	2/25
Penalties/Yards	8/60	3/20
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	3/2
Time of Possession	23 mins 3 secs	36 mins 57 secs
Average Drive Start	BUA 29	SDA 38

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1993 Buffalo
Jim Kelly	32	15	197	46.9	6.2	1	3.1	2	6.3	30	2/20	51.2
2004 San Diego
Drew Brees	36	22	210	61.1	5.8	2	5.6	2	5.6	15	0/0	72.7

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1993 Buffalo
Thurman Thomas	20	44	2.2	5	0	0	1/1
Kenneth Davis	4	-1	-0.3	3	0	0	0/0
Carwell Gardner	2	3	1.5	3	0	0	0/0
2004 San Diego
LaDainian Tomlinson	27	117	4.3	15	2	0	1/1
Jesse Chatman	5	37	7.4	22	1	0	0/0
Drew Brees	4	3	0.8	4	0	0	0/0
Michael Turner	2	12	6.0	11	0	0	0/0
Lorenzo Neal	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1993 Buffalo
Bill Brooks	4	77	19.3	30	1	0
Russell Copeland	3	45	15.0	28	0	0
Don Beebe	3	24	8.0	9	0	0
Pete Metzelaars	3	27	9.0	13	0	0
Steve Tasker	1	9	9.0	9	0	0
Andre Reed	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
2004 San Diego
Keenan McCardell	4	41	10.3	14	2	0
Justin Peelle	3	27	9.0	15	0	0
Reche Caldwell	3	29	9.7	15	0	0
Eric Parker	3	41	13.7	14	0	0
Lorenzo Neal	2	14	7.0	10	0	0
Antonio Gates	2	17	8.5	13	0	0
LaDainian Tomlinson	2	10	5.0	9	0	0
Kassim Osgood	2	25	12.5	13	0	0
Jesse Chatman	1	6	6.0	6	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1993 Buffalo
Steve Christie	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
2004 San Diego
Nate Kaeding	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1993 Buffalo
Chris Mohr	6	43.0	34.7	0	2	49	0
2004 San Diego
Mike Scifres	5	43.4	38.6	1	2	52	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1993 Buffalo
Russell Copeland	6	113	18.8	24	0
Don Beebe	1	19	19.0	19	0
2004 San Diego
Tim Dwight	2	41	20.5	22	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1993 Buffalo
Russell Copeland	1	1	4	4.0	4	0
2004 San Diego
Eric Parker	4	1	50	12.5	32	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1993 Buffalo
Cornelius Bennett	10	0	0
Darryl Talley	7	0	0
Marvcus Patton	7	0	0
Mark Maddox	5	0	1
Jeff D. Wright	5	0	0
Mickey Washington	5	0	0
Nate Odomes	4	0	0
Thomas Smith	3	0	0
Phil Hansen	2	0	0
Henry Jones	2	0	0
Mark Kelso	2	0	0
Richard C. Harvey	1	0	0
Matt Darby	1	0	0
Andre Reed	0	0	1
2004 San Diego
Jamal Williams	10	0	0
Donnie Edwards	6	0	0
Steve Foley	5	1	0
Terrence Kiel	5	0	0
Jerry Wilson	4	1	0
Jamar Fletcher	4	0	0
Ben Leber	3	0	0
Quentin Jammer	1	0	0
Hanik Milligan	1	0	0
Drayton Florence	1	0	0
DeQuincy Scott	1	0	0
Igor Olshansky	1	0	0
Mike Goff	0	0	1
Randall Godfrey	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1993 Buffalo
Mark Kelso	2	102	51.0	92	1
2004 San Diego
Sammy Davis	1	13	13.0	13	0
Terrence Kiel	1	12	12.0	12	0

Game Story

LaDainian Tomlinson was the star of the game as San Diego defeated Buffalo by the score of 38 to 17. Tomlinson carried for 117 yards scoring 2 times. Drew Brees passed 36 times for 210 yards and 2 touchdowns. San Diego won the matchups on third down, converting on 7 of 13 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing Buffalo 171 to 46 yards. San Diego controlled the ball for 36:57. San Diego got ahead early outscoring Buffalo 14 to 7 in the first quarter. They took the lead into the locker room at the half 21 to 10. San Diego led after three quarters 38 to 17.

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2012 Falcons 34 - 2003 Rams 19

This was a comparatively weak matchup. The 2012 Falcons have a superb passing attack, and don't make a lot of mistakes, but apart from that they are quite ordinary. The 2003 Rams are an extremely weak 12-4 team, with Marc Bulger leading a pretty good but strictly a dink n' dunk pass attack, and Marshall Faulk a shadow of himself from 99-01. The defense is kind of a mess, especiallt at Left Corner, and the kick coverage is godawful. That left corner, Jeremetrius Butler, got roasted alive by Roddy White for three long TD passes, and the Mike Martz model pass blocking allowed Bulger to get tossed around like a rag doll, to the tune of seven sacks. It would have taken more luck than the Rams got to pull this off, and it just wasn't happening. The Falcons move on, and this pale flaccid imitation of "The Greatest Show on Turf" that is the 203 Rams exits

2003 St. Louis 19, 2012 Atlanta 34
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2003 St. Louis	2	14	3	0	0	19
2012 Atlanta	3	17	7	7	0	34

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	9:19	2012 Atlanta	M.Bryant 40 yd. field goal	3-0 ATN
1	4:29	2003 St. Louis	Safety, M.Ryan sacked by L.Little in the end zone.	3-2 ATN
2	10:23	2003 St. Louis	B.Manumaleuna 6 yd. pass from M.Bulger (J.Wilkins kick)	9-3 SLN
2	9:05	2012 Atlanta	R.White 57 yd. pass from M.Ryan (M.Bryant kick)	10-9 ATN
2	5:24	2012 Atlanta	R.White 29 yd. pass from M.Ryan (M.Bryant kick)	17-9 ATN
2	0:00	2003 St. Louis	M.Faulk 5 yd. run (J.Wilkins kick)	17-16 ATN
2	0:22	2012 Atlanta	M.Bryant 47 yd. field goal	20-16 ATN
3	13:38	2012 Atlanta	R.White 64 yd. pass from M.Ryan (M.Bryant kick)	27-16 ATN
3	8:39	2003 St. Louis	J.Wilkins 39 yd. field goal	27-19 ATN
4	12:13	2012 Atlanta	M.Palmer 7 yd. pass from M.Ryan (M.Bryant kick)	34-19 ATN

Team Statistics
	2003 St. Louis	2012 Atlanta
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-17-1-25	2-17-1-20
Third Down Efficiency	6-13-46%	3-8-38%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	17-21-81%	7-14-50%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	405-75-5.4	394-52-7.6
Total Net Yards Rushing	118	46
Total Rushes	26	15
Average Per Rush	4.5	3.1
Passes Completed/Attempted	26/42 (61.9%)	23/36 (63.9%)
Net Yards Passing	287	348
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.0	9.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	7/47	1/6
Punts/Average	6/44.5	3/47.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/0	3/58
Kickoffs/Returns	2/24	3/77
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	2/15
Penalties/Yards	5/35	4/30
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/0	1/1
Time of Possession	34 mins 30 secs	25 mins 30 secs
Average Drive Start	SLN 16	ATN 32

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2003 St. Louis
Marc Bulger	42	26	334	61.9	8.0	1	2.4	2	4.8	39	7/47	74.9
2012 Atlanta
Matt Ryan	36	23	354	63.9	9.8	4	11.1	0	0	64	1/6	133.3

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2003 St. Louis
Marshall Faulk	17	87	5.1	17	1	0	0/0
Arlen Harris	4	25	6.3	15	0	0	0/0
Marc Bulger	3	-1	-0.3	1	0	0	1/0
Lamar Gordon	2	7	3.5	5	0	0	0/0
2012 Atlanta
Michael Turner	7	26	3.7	13	0	0	0/0
Jacquizz Rodgers	4	12	3.0	5	0	0	1/1
Matt Ryan	4	8	2.0	6	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2003 St. Louis
Isaac Bruce	8	77	9.6	16	0	0
Torry Holt	5	59	11.8	16	0	0
Marshall Faulk	3	52	17.3	30	0	0
Dane Looker	2	28	14.0	15	0	0
Shaun McDonald	2	48	24.0	39	0	0
Cam Cleeland	2	20	10.0	11	0	0
Mike Furrey	2	21	10.5	11	0	0
Lamar Gordon	1	23	23.0	23	0	0
Brandon Manumaleuna	1	6	6.0	6	1	0
2012 Atlanta
Tony Gonzalez	7	81	11.6	23	0	0
Roddy White	5	178	35.6	64	3	0
Jacquizz Rodgers	4	32	8.0	13	0	0
Jason Snelling	3	23	7.7	11	0	0
Michael Palmer	2	19	9.5	12	1	0
Julio Jones	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Harry Douglas	1	8	8.0	8	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2003 St. Louis
Jeff Wilkins	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
2012 Atlanta
Matt Bryant	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/2	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2003 St. Louis
Sean Landeta	6	44.5	34.8	0	3	57	0
2012 Atlanta
Matt Bosher	3	47.0	47.0	0	3	56	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2003 St. Louis
Mike Furrey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Arlen Harris	1	24	24.0	24	0
2012 Atlanta
Jacquizz Rodgers	3	77	25.7	29	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2003 St. Louis
Mike Furrey	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2012 Atlanta
Dominique Franks	3	2	58	19.3	25	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2003 St. Louis
Pisa Tinoisamoa	6	0	0
Robert Thomas	5	0	1
Tommy Polley	5	0	0
Travis Fisher	3	0	0
Adam Archuleta	3	0	0
Aeneas Williams	2	0	0
DeJuan Groce	2	0	0
Brian Young	2	0	0
Jerametrius Butler	2	0	0
Leonard Little	1	1	0
Ryan Pickett	1	0	0
J. Fred Weary	1	0	0
Torry Holt	0	0	1
2012 Atlanta
William Moore	8	0	0
Asante Samuel	7	0	0
Thomas DeCoud	7	1	0
Jonathan Babineaux	6	4	0
Dunta Robinson	5	0	0
Robert McClain	4	0	0
Stephen Nicholas	4	0	0
Akeem Dent	4	0	0
John Abraham	3	1	0
Vance Walker	2	1	0
Sean Weatherspoon	2	0	0
Dominique Franks	1	0	0
Chris Hope	1	0	0
Kroy Biermann	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2003 St. Louis
2012 Atlanta
Thomas DeCoud	2	15	7.5	15	0

Game Story

Roddy White had a huge game as Atlanta bested St. Louis by the score of 34 to 19. White smoked the St. Louis defense with 5 catches for 178 receiving yards scoring 3 times. Matt Ryan passed 36 times for 354 yards and 4 touchdowns. The fans were thrilled by a touchdown pass to Roddy White that covered 64 yards with 13:38 left in the 3rd quarter. Atlanta led at halftime 20 to 16. They led after three quarters 27 to 19. St. Louis out-rushed 0 118 to 46 yards. Despite the loss, St. Louis controlled the ball for 34:30.

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