After the Falcons jumped out to a 24-0 lead, Trent threw his first NFL interception and followed it up with two more in quick succession as both teams played fast and loose with the football. All three Buc quarterbacks saw time but the result was long decided before third-stringer Casey Weldon got his turn behind center.

GAME SCORING ATL 9:59-1Q Heyward 1 run (Johnson kick) ATL 1:13-1Q Rison 36 pass from George (Johnson kick) ATL 11:59-2Q Johnson FG27 ATL 1:02-2Q Heyward 5 run (Johnson kick) TB 0:00-2Q Husted FG35 ATL 6:59-3Q Johnson FG29 TB 14:11-4Q Harris 11 pass from Erickson (Husted kick) ATL 6:28-4Q Mathis 32 pass from George (Johnson kick) TB 0:00-4Q Husted FG38

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STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 72 Ahanotu LG 76 Dill DT 71 Dotson C 61 Mayberry DT 73 Culpepper RG 62 Beckles DE 75 Curry RT 78 Irwin LB 27 Bussey TE 81 Harris DB 21 McGruder WR 84 Wilson DB 45 Stargell WR 85 Hawkins LCB 35 Mayhew FB 33 McDowell RCB 39 DImry RB 46 Workman SS 25 Covington QB 7 Erickson FS 22 Everett PLAYED 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 11 Weldon, 12 Dilfer, , 23 Carter, 26 Green, 28 Buckley, 30 Turner, 31 Royster, 32 Rhett, , 47 Lynch, 53 E Brady, 55 Marts, 57 J Brady, 67 Sullivan, , 77 Wheeler, 79 Love, 83 Moore, 86 Armstrong, 87 Thomas, 88 Copeland, 91 K Wilson, 92 Price, 93 DuBose INACTIVE 43 Harris, 56 Nickerson, 60 Pyne, 70 McRae, 82 Green, 89 Bishop, 95 Powe

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Erickson 3-20, Rhett 6-14, Workman 7-(-2). FALCONS: Heyward 18-87, George 2-1, Alexander 1-0, Pegram 2-(-3). PASSING BUCS: Erickson 30-18-172-0-1, Dilfer 11-6-81-3-0, Weldon 6-6-58-0-0. FALCONS: George 35-23-269-2-2, Hebert 1-1-6-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: J.Harris 6-58, Rhett 5-40, Thomas 4-59, McDowell 4-27, Royster 3-16, Hawkins 2-40, Wilson 2-34, Copeland 2-22, Armstrong 2-15. FALCONS: Rison 7-77, Sanders 6-72, Mathis 6-71, Heyward 3-37, Emanuel 2-18. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Everett 1-26, Dimry 1-0. FALCONS: Clark 2-95, Ross 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Turner 7-151. FALCONS: Verdin 1-21. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Turner 2-8. FALCONS: Verdin 3-7. SACKS BUCS: Wilson 1-4, Bussey 0.5-0, Curry 0.5-0. FALCONS: Smith 1-8, Matthews 1-5, Doleman 1-4, Goldberg 1-4, Geathers 1-2.