1998 Falcons 31 - 2000 Titans 21

If you stake a stronger opponent to a 14 point lead courtesy of two fumbles early in the game you are likely to lose, and there is almost othing that will take the wind out of your sails quite like surrendering a TD and then fumbling the ensuing kickoff. Steve McNair put in a good performance, but the Titans have a ball control offense poorly suited to playing catch up. The terrifying Falcons run defense played their part as well, holding Eddie George in check and forcing a total of three lost fumbles, and the Titans suffered a fourth on a kickoff return. Falcons QB Chris Chandler is very very good if he can play with his ground game established,and not so much if Jamal Anderson can't get moving. This was almost an ideal game for him, as he had a lead and could get the time to hit his big play receivers pretty consistently. He threw three interceptions, but they generally were about as harmless as turnovers can be. The 98 Falcons are legit.

2000 Tennessee 21, 1998 Atlanta 31
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2000 Tennessee	0	14	0	7	0	21
1998 Atlanta	17	7	7	0	0	31

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:56	1998 Atlanta	J.Anderson 21 yd. run (M.Andersen kick)	7-0 ATN
1	9:44	1998 Atlanta	T.Martin 10 yd. pass from C.Chandler (M.Andersen kick)	14-0 ATN
1	2:39	1998 Atlanta	M.Andersen 25 yd. field goal	17-0 ATN
2	12:14	2000 Tennessee	F.Wycheck 49 yd. pass from S.McNair (A.Del Greco kick)	17-7 ATN
2	5:19	1998 Atlanta	T.Martin 56 yd. pass from C.Chandler (M.Andersen kick)	24-7 ATN
2	1:37	2000 Tennessee	F.Wycheck 9 yd. pass from S.McNair (A.Del Greco kick)	24-14 ATN
3	13:25	1998 Atlanta	J.Anderson 8 yd. run (M.Andersen kick)	31-14 ATN
4	2:44	2000 Tennessee	E.George 3 yd. pass from S.McNair (A.Del Greco kick)	31-21 ATN

Team Statistics
	2000 Tennessee	1998 Atlanta
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	5-10-2-17	5-9-3-17
Third Down Efficiency	2-9-22%	3-11-27%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-2-50%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-14-100%	17-28-61%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	262-58-4.5	330-58-5.7
Total Net Yards Rushing	83	107
Total Rushes	26	29
Average Per Rush	3.2	3.7
Passes Completed/Attempted	19/27 (70.4%)	17/27 (63.0%)
Net Yards Passing	179	223
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.0	9.0
Sacked/Yards Lost	5/38	2/19
Punts/Average	5/41.4	4/34.8
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/2	3/9
Kickoffs/Returns	5/115	2/52
Interceptions/Returns	3/49	0/0
Penalties/Yards	12/105	8/89
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	5/4	2/0
Time of Possession	30 mins 44 secs	29 mins 16 secs
Average Drive Start	TNA 31	ATN 39

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2000 Tennessee
Steve McNair	27	19	217	70.4	8.0	3	11.1	0	0	49	5/38	131.3
1998 Atlanta
Chris Chandler	27	17	242	63.0	9.0	2	7.4	3	11.1	56	2/19	77.0

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2000 Tennessee
Eddie George	17	57	3.4	12	0	0	3/3
Steve McNair	7	27	3.9	8	0	0	0/0
Rodney Thomas	2	-1	-0.5	0	0	0	1/0
1998 Atlanta
Jamal Anderson	23	102	4.4	23	2	0	1/0
Chris Chandler	3	0	0.0	2	0	0	0/0
Bob Christian	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0
Harold Green	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0	0	0/0
Ken Oxendine	1	7	7.0	7	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2000 Tennessee
Derrick Mason	5	66	13.2	30	0	0
Frank Wycheck	3	62	20.7	49	2	0
Eddie George	3	12	4.0	7	1	0
Carl Pickens	3	33	11.0	23	0	0
Chris Sanders	2	24	12.0	13	0	0
Yancey Thigpen	2	14	7.0	12	0	0
Erron Kinney	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
1998 Atlanta
Tony Martin	8	151	18.9	56	2	0
Terance Mathis	4	43	10.8	15	0	0
O.J. Santiago	3	25	8.3	9	0	0
Jamal Anderson	1	17	17.0	17	0	0
Bob Christian	1	6	6.0	6	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2000 Tennessee
1998 Atlanta
Morten Andersen	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/1	0/0	1/2	50.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2000 Tennessee
Craig Hentrich	5	41.4	39.6	0	3	55	0
1998 Atlanta
Dan Stryzinski	4	34.8	34.3	0	0	49	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2000 Tennessee
Derrick Mason	5	115	23.0	27	0
1998 Atlanta
Tim Dwight	2	52	26.0	28	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2000 Tennessee
Derrick Mason	2	0	2	1.0	1	0
1998 Atlanta
Tim Dwight	3	1	9	3.0	3	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2000 Tennessee
Greg Favors	8	1	0
Randall Godfrey	8	0	0
Samari Rolle	5	0	0
Eddie J. Robinson	4	0	0
Blaine Bishop	4	0	0
Denard Walker	3	0	0
Marcus Robertson	3	0	0
Jason Fisk	2	0	0
Jevon Kearse	2	0	0
John Thornton	1	0	0
Dainon Sidney	1	0	0
Joe Salave'a	1	1	0
Benji Olson	0	0	1
1998 Atlanta
Henri Crockett	7	0	2
Jessie Tuggle	6	0	0
William White	6	0	0
Lester Archambeau	5	4	0
Cornelius Bennett	4	0	3
Ronnie Bradford	4	0	0
Shane Dronett	3	0	0
Eugene Robinson	3	1	0
Chuck Smith	2	0	0
Esera Tuaolo	2	0	0
Travis Hall	2	0	0
Elijah Williams	1	0	0
Michael Booker	1	0	0
Adam Schreiber	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2000 Tennessee
Marcus Robertson	2	25	12.5	15	0
Eddie J. Robinson	1	24	24.0	24	0
1998 Atlanta

Game Story

Tony Martin had a game to remember as Atlanta defeated Tennessee by the score of 31 to 21. Martin burned the Tennessee defense with 8 catches for 151 receiving yards and grabbed 2 touchdown tosses. Chris Chandler threw 27 times for 242 yards and 2 touchdowns. Jamal Anderson rushed the ball 23 times for 102 yards scoring 2 times. The fans were brought to their feet by a touchdown pass to Tony Martin that gained 56 yards with 5:19 left in the 2nd quarter. Atlanta took the early lead outscoring Tennessee 17 to 0 in the first quarter. They were ahead at halftime 24 to 14.

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