Sunday, September 4, 1988
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Falcons | Greg Davis 19 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Lions | Pete Mandley 7 yard pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 7 |
| Lions | Eddie Murray 37 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Garry James 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 17 |
| Lions | George Jamison 4 yard fumble return (Eddie Murray kick) | 3 | 24 | |
| 4th | Falcons | Alex Higdon 9 yard pass from Chris Miller (Greg Davis kick) | 10 | 24 |
| Lions | Mark Lewis 1 yard pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 31 | |
| Falcons | John Settle 2 yard rush (Greg Davis kick) | 17 | 31 |
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-172-1 | 34-142-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-38-209-1-1 | 13-19-107-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-22 | 3-19 |
| Net pass yards | 187 | 88 |
| Total yards | 359 | 230 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-71 | 9-63 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Chris Miller | ATL | 24 | 36 | 205 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 29 | ||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 16 | 98 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 3 | 46 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 4 | 42 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| John Settle | ATL | 7 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | ATL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Aubrey Matthews | ATL | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Alex Higdon | ATL | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ken Whisenhunt | ATL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Steve Dils | ATL | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Garry James | DET | 24 | 96 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Tony Paige | DET | 9 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Chuck Long | DET | 13 | 19 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| Gary Lee | DET | 2 | 28 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Carl Bland | DET | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Butch Woolfolk | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Mark Lewis | DET | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Aundray Bruce | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Bryan | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Cotton | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tim Gordon | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Aubrey Matthews | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert Moore | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike L. Cofer | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jerry Holmes | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Painter | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eric Williams | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Butch Woolfolk | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Greg Davis | ATL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Donnelly | ATL | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Arnold | DET | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | DET | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |