Sunday, September 21, 1986
| ATL | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 47 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Cowboys | Thornton Chandler 4 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 7 |
| Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 33 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| Falcons | Mike Pitts 22 yard fumble return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 13 | 7 | |
| Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 2 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 14 | |
| Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 2 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 21 | |
| 3rd | Falcons | Ken Whisenhunt 18 yard pass from David Archer (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 20 | 21 |
| Falcons | Bobby Butler 33 yard interception return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 27 | 21 | |
| Cowboys | Tony Hill 7 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 27 | 28 | |
| 4th | Cowboys | Mike Sherrard 22 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 27 | 35 |
| Falcons | Gerald Riggs 2 yard rush (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 34 | 35 | |
| Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 18 yard field goal | 37 | 35 |
| ATL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-187-1 | 25-152-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-29-269-1-0 | 23-30-280-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-36 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 233 | 263 |
| Total yards | 420 | 415 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-89 | 9-83 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| David Archer | ATL | 15 | 29 | 269 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 25 | 109 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 3 | 89 | 0 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Brown | ATL | 4 | 77 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Ken Whisenhunt | ATL | 2 | 39 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Allen | ATL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Austin | ATL | 3 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Arthur Cox | ATL | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | ATL | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Keith Williams | ATL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bret Clark | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 23 | 30 | 280 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 17 | 86 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 4 | 104 | 1 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 6 | 55 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Mike Sherrard | DAL | 2 | 53 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Gordon Banks | DAL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Thornton Chandler | DAL | 2 | 12 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Rick Bryan | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Butler | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Gann | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keith Williams | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jesse Baker | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darryl Clack | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Dutton | DAL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Lavette | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy White | DAL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Rick Donnelly | ATL | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 0 | ||||
| Mick Luckhurst | ATL | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Saxon | DAL | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 0 | ||||