2004 Chargers 27 - 2012 Falcons 24

A dramatic finish to what was a very good game, as the Chargers drop the Falcons despite a sterling 387 yard performance from Matty Ice. After the Chargers took a 3 point lead with @ 6 minutes or so to go, Matt Ryan led the Falcons on a long time consuming drive. the moment of truth came on a 4th and one at the Chargers 2. The Falcons didn't take the tie, and went for it - only to have their off tackle attempt stuffed by the tough Chargers run defense. The Chargers then converted a 3rd and 7 on a pass to Antonio Gates, and that was that. The Falcons were an interesting team, in that Matt Ryan and the receiving corps is really really good, and most other aspects of the team are just not. In fact the running game is quite weak, and the run defense even weaker than that. The Falcons had real trouble trying to stop laDainian Tomlinson, even though this is not his best year. Of note, young Michael Turner played for the '04 Bolts and old washed up Michael Turner played for Atlanta

2004 San Diego 27, 2012 Atlanta 24
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2004 San Diego	7	10	7	3	0	27
2012 Atlanta	7	3	7	7	0	24

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	8:59	2004 San Diego	S.Foley 41 yd. intercept (N.Kaeding kick)	7-0 SDA
1	6:45	2012 Atlanta	J.Jones 4 yd. pass from M.Ryan (M.Bryant kick)	7-7 ATN
2	12:38	2012 Atlanta	M.Bryant 39 yd. field goal	10-7 ATN
2	4:40	2004 San Diego	J.Chatman 2 yd. run (N.Kaeding kick)	14-10 SDA
2	0:01	2004 San Diego	N.Kaeding 38 yd. field goal	17-10 SDA
3	3:14	2012 Atlanta	J.Jones 4 yd. pass from M.Ryan (M.Bryant kick)	17-17 ATN
3	0:39	2004 San Diego	A.Gates 4 yd. pass from D.Brees (N.Kaeding kick)	24-17 SDA
4	13:25	2012 Atlanta	J.Jones 7 yd. pass from M.Ryan (M.Bryant kick)	24-24 ATN
4	7:37	2004 San Diego	N.Kaeding 30 yd. field goal	27-24 SDA

Team Statistics
	2004 San Diego	2012 Atlanta
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	11-11-1-23	2-21-0-23
Third Down Efficiency	7-13-54%	1-8-13%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	1-3-33%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	17-21-81%	21-28-75%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	354-60-5.9	439-63-7.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	169	52
Total Rushes	36	23
Average Per Rush	4.7	2.3
Passes Completed/Attempted	15/24 (62.5%)	27/40 (67.5%)
Net Yards Passing	185	387
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.7	9.7
Sacked/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
Punts/Average	5/40.4	3/51.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	0/0	2/12
Kickoffs/Returns	1/22	6/116
Interceptions/Returns	1/41	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/15	4/40
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	0/0	0/0
Time of Possession	28 mins 31 secs	31 mins 29 secs
Average Drive Start	SDA 19	ATN 26

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2004 San Diego
Drew Brees	24	15	185	62.5	7.7	1	4.2	0	0	39	0/0	100.2
2012 Atlanta
Matt Ryan	40	27	387	67.5	9.7	3	7.5	1	2.5	61	0/0	113.2

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2004 San Diego
LaDainian Tomlinson	21	93	4.4	14	0	0	0/0
Jesse Chatman	7	64	9.1	21	1	0	0/0
Drew Brees	4	7	1.8	5	0	0	0/0
Michael Turner	2	3	1.5	3	0	0	0/0
Lorenzo Neal	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
Andrew Pinnock	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0
2012 Atlanta
Michael Turner	15	29	1.9	7	0	0	0/0
Jacquizz Rodgers	4	7	1.8	6	0	0	0/0
Jason Snelling	3	14	4.7	11	0	0	0/0
Matt Ryan	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2004 San Diego
Antonio Gates	9	86	9.6	16	1	0
LaDainian Tomlinson	3	18	6.0	9	0	0
Eric Parker	2	42	21.0	29	0	0
Keenan McCardell	1	39	39.0	39	0	0
2012 Atlanta
Julio Jones	9	110	12.2	29	3	0
Tony Gonzalez	6	61	10.2	20	0	0
Jason Snelling	4	52	13.0	14	0	0
Roddy White	4	111	27.8	61	0	0
Harry Douglas	2	10	5.0	11	0	0
Jacquizz Rodgers	2	43	21.5	30	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2004 San Diego
Nate Kaeding	0/0	0/0	2/2	0/0	0/0	2/2	100
2012 Atlanta
Matt Bryant	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2004 San Diego
Mike Scifres	5	40.4	38.0	0	2	52	0
2012 Atlanta
Matt Bosher	3	51.7	45.0	1	2	57	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2004 San Diego
Tim Dwight	1	22	22.0	22	0
2012 Atlanta
Jacquizz Rodgers	5	111	22.2	23	0
Roddy White	1	5	5.0	5	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2004 San Diego
2012 Atlanta
Dominique Franks	2	1	12	6.0	6	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2004 San Diego
Jamal Williams	8	0	0
Donnie Edwards	7	0	0
Sammy Davis	6	0	0
Terrence Kiel	6	0	0
Quentin Jammer	5	0	0
Steve Foley	5	0	0
Ben Leber	3	0	0
Igor Olshansky	2	0	0
DeQuincy Scott	2	0	0
Jerry Wilson	2	0	0
Jamar Fletcher	1	0	0
2012 Atlanta
Akeem Dent	11	0	0
Stephen Nicholas	6	0	0
Dunta Robinson	5	0	0
Dominique Franks	5	0	0
William Moore	5	0	0
Asante Samuel	4	0	0
Kroy Biermann	3	0	0
Sean Weatherspoon	3	0	0
Jonathan Babineaux	2	0	0
John Abraham	2	0	0
Vance Walker	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2004 San Diego
Steve Foley	1	41	41.0	41	1
2012 Atlanta

Game Story

In a tightly fought contest the visiting team from San Diego squeaked by Atlanta by the score of 27 to 24. LaDainian Tomlinson carried the ball 21 times for 93 yards. San Diego was in control on third down, converting on 7 of 13 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing Atlanta 169 to 52 yards. San Diego was ahead at halftime 17 to 10. They led after three quarters 24 to 17. Matt Ryan passed 40 times for 387 yards and 3 touchdowns for Atlanta.

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