Sunday, August 31, 1997
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Falcons | Morten Andersen 30 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Lions | Herman Moore 43 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 3 | 7 |
| Falcons | Michael Haynes 24 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| Lions | Stephen Boyd 42 yard fumble return (Jason Hanson kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| 4th | Falcons | Jamal Anderson 1 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 17 | 14 |
| Lions | Herman Moore 25 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| Lions | Reggie D. Brown 38 yard interception return (Jason Hanson kick) | 17 | 28 |
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-55-1 | 23-46-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-37-290-1-3 | 12-30-205-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-22 | 4-30 |
| Net pass yards | 268 | 175 |
| Total yards | 323 | 221 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-1 | 6-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 13-93 | 5-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Chris Chandler | ATL | 20 | 36 | 290 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Bert Emanuel | ATL | 4 | 88 | 0 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 |
| Harold Green | ATL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 28 | ||||||
| O.J. Santiago | ATL | 2 | 47 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 2 | 34 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Bob Christian | ATL | 3 | 23 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Scott Mitchell | DET | 12 | 30 | 205 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Herman Moore | DET | 7 | 115 | 2 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 15 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | DET | 1 | 43 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Vardell | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Johnnie Morton | DET | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Lester Archambeau | ATL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie Bradford | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Burrough | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Todd Kinchen | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Smith | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Shane Bonham | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Boyd | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Reggie D. Brown | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Luther Elliss | DET | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Greg Jeffries | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Antonio London | DET | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Glyn Milburn | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Porcher | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Morten Andersen | ATL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Stryzinski | ATL | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 0 | ||||
| John Jett | DET | 8 | 355 | 44.4 | 0 | ||||