Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons (September 22, 1996)

Game Recap

Week 4 in September of the 1996 NFL calendar had the 0 Philadelphia Eagles defeat the homestanding Atlanta Falcons 33-18. Eagles took the heading into the half 13-10 and stayed firm in the second half.

The Eagles were guided by Rodney Peete who threw for 199 passing yards in the air, zero INTs. Ricky Watters had 121 rush yards, 2 touchdowns.

For the Falcons, Jeff George finished with 217 yards passing in the air, 1 touchdown, was 16 of 23 passing. Eric Metcalf finished with 97 yards receiving.

The Eagles finished with 318 total yards, 14 first downs, 1 turnovers and 5 penalties. They were 4 of 15 on third downs. The Falcons ended with 391 total yards, 18 first downs, 6 turnovers and 11 penalties. They were 4 of 13 on third downs.

Notes

• Score: Philadelphia EaglesPHI defeat Atlanta FalconsATL 33-18
• Date: Sunday, September 22, 1996
• Game Time Kickoff: 8:00PM
• Philadelphia Eagles Stats - Yards: 318, Turnovers: 1
• Atlanta Falcons Stats - Yards: 391, Turnovers: 6

Box Score

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOT
PHI	3	10	10	10	33
ATL	0	10	0	8	18

Passing Leaders

PLAYER		C-A	YDS	TD	INT	LNG
Jeff George	ATL	16-23	217	1	2	67
Rodney Peete	PHI	16-29	199	0	0	58
Bobby Hebert	ATL	17-26	149	1	3	27

Rushing Leaders

PLAYER		ATT	YDS	TD	LNG
Ricky Watters	PHI	26	121	2	56
Jamal Anderson	ATL	7	36	0	20
Craig Heyward	ATL	3	4	0	2
Charlie Garner	PHI	2	2	0	2
Jeff George	ATL	1	0	0	0
Rodney Peete	PHI	3	0	0	1

Receiving Leaders

PLAYER		REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Eric Metcalf	ATL	5	97	0	67
Bert Emanuel	ATL	9	93	1	23
Tyrone Brown	ATL	7	91	0	27
Terance Mathis	ATL	7	58	1	12
Jason Dunn	PHI	1	58	0	58
Irving Fryar	PHI	4	35	0	11
Kevin Turner	PHI	3	34	0	34
Jamal Anderson	ATL	5	27	0	9

Team Total Rushing

TM	ATT	YDS	TD
ATL	11	40	0
PHI	31	123	2

Team Total Passing

TM	C-A	YDS	TD	INT	SCK
ATL	33-49	366	2	5	3
PHI	16-29	199	0	0	3

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