Week 2, 2016

played in San Diego, CA

56 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	0	0	3	10	-	13
San Diego Chargers	0	13	0	3	-	16

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:23 SDO - Wade Horseman 46 pass from Neil Harvey (Tito Brady extra point)
2Q: 05:29 SDO - Bruce Kirsch 9 run (Tito Brady extra point failed)
3Q: 11:54 ATL - Stephen Gostkowski 20 field goal
4Q: 09:11 ATL - Stephen Gostkowski 29 field goal
4Q: 02:13 SDO - Tito Brady 40 field goal
4Q: 00:18 ATL - Brian Leonard 6 pass from Erik Ainge (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:23 SDO - Wade Horseman 46 pass from Neil Harvey (Tito Brady extra point)
2Q: 05:29 SDO - Bruce Kirsch 9 run (Tito Brady extra point failed)
3Q: 11:54 ATL - Stephen Gostkowski 20 field goal
4Q: 09:11 ATL - Stephen Gostkowski 29 field goal
4Q: 02:13 SDO - Tito Brady 40 field goal
4Q: 00:18 ATL - Brian Leonard 6 pass from Erik Ainge (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)

Team Statistics ATL SDO
Record 1-1 1-1
First Downs 17 13
- by Rushing 4 6
- by Passing 12 7
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 296 257
- Offensive Plays 71 61
- Yards per Play 4.17 4.21
Net Rushing Yards 92 165
- Rushing Attempts 23 38
- Yards per Rush 4.00 4.34
Net Passing Yards 204 92
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 47 - 26 - 0 21 - 10 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 209 102
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 2/10
- Yards per Pass Play 4.25 4.00
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/16 5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/40 4/37
Punt Returns/Yards 3/-3 3/14
Kick Returns/Yards 3/83 2/30
Interception Ret./Yards 1/24 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 31
Time of Possession 29:45 30:15

Team Statistics	ATL	SDO
Record	1-1	1-1
First Downs	17	13
- by Rushing	4	6
- by Passing	12	7
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	296	257
- Offensive Plays	71	61
- Yards per Play	4.17	4.21
Net Rushing Yards	92	165
- Rushing Attempts	23	38
- Yards per Rush	4.00	4.34
Net Passing Yards	204	92
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	47 - 26 - 0	21 - 10 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	209	102
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	2/10
- Yards per Pass Play	4.25	4.00
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/16	5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	7.6
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/40	4/37
Punt Returns/Yards	3/-3	3/14
Kick Returns/Yards	3/83	2/30
Interception Ret./Yards	1/24	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 31
Time of Possession	29:45	30:15

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:50	OWN 32	3	8	Punt
1	12:21	1:16	OWN 47	3	9	Punt
1	7:19	2:37	OWN 28	6	19	Fumble
1	3:10	1:01	OWN 3	3	3	Punt
2	13:26	1:54	OWN 1	3	8	Punt
2	11:04	2:27	OWN 17	5	16	Punt
2	5:21	2:00	OWN 34	5	17	Punt
2	0:57	0:57	OWN 32	6	33	Half
3	14:07	2:20	OPP 15	4	12	Field Goal
3	5:49	1:44	OWN 2	3	5	Punt
3	2:27	2:48	OWN 3	6	33	Punt
4	13:34	4:31	OWN 36	10	52	Field Goal
4	6:20	2:52	OWN 29	6	10	Downs
4	2:06	1:56	OWN 49	8	51	Touchdown

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:10	0:49	OWN 9	3	0	Punt
1	11:05	3:46	OWN 1	6	13	Punt
1	4:42	1:32	OPP 47	3	9	Punt
1	2:09	3:43	OWN 43	6	8	Punt
2	11:32	0:28	OPP 35	3	35	Touchdown
2	8:37	3:16	OWN 24	6	76	Touchdown
2	3:21	2:24	OWN 10	6	9	Punt
3	15:00	0:53	OWN 20	3	-3	Interception
3	11:47	5:58	OWN 15	11	34	Punt
3	4:05	1:38	OWN 45	3	5	Punt
4	14:39	1:05	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	9:03	2:43	OWN 22	4	17	Punt
4	3:28	1:22	OPP 39	4	16	Field Goal
4	0:10	0:10	OPP 44	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Bruce Kirsch, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Zach Huffman	17	66	3.88	10	1
Brandon Jacobs	5	24	4.80	12	1
Erik Ainge	1	2	2.00	2	0

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bruce Kirsch	21	69	3.29	15	2	1
Ted Shea	13	73	5.62	41	1	0
Neil Harvey	2	15	7.50	16	1	0
Wade Horseman	2	8	4.00	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Erik Ainge	47	26	209	1/5	1	24	0	73.7

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Neil Harvey	21	10	102	2/10	1	46	1	58.0

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Warren Nieto	9	12	85	9.44	3	24	0
WR Eddie Royal	5	10	45	9.00	0	20	0
WR Mark Daum	3	5	29	9.67	0	21	0
FB Brian Leonard	3	6	22	7.33	15	12	1
TE Shaun Clancy	2	3	13	6.50	4	7	0
RB Zach Huffman	2	5	7	3.50	0	6	0
RB Brandon Jacobs	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Bob Brown	1	2	5	5.00	0	5	0

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Martrez Milner	5	6	32	6.40	7	11	0
WR Lavelle Hawkins	2	2	13	6.50	2	7	0
RB Bruce Kirsch	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Russell Lucas	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Wade Horseman	1	1	46	46.00	44	46	1
WR Cris Browning	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Norbert England	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Dan Wells	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Artie Humphrey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Chad Neasman	1	24	24.00	0

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Warren Nieto	1	0	0
Erik Ainge	1	0	0
Eddie Royal	0	1	0
Terna Nande	0	0	1

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force
Neil Harvey	1	0	0
Charles Dann	0	1	0
Mark Chipokas	0	1	0
Grady Peters	0	0	1
Kevin Payne	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ricky Taylor	8	359	44.9	43.1	51	3

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brian Moorman	9	396	44.0	44.3	60	4

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	2/2	0/0	0/0	29	1/1

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tito Brady	1/1	1/1	0/0	40	1/2

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bob Brown	2	-5	-2.5	0
Skip Middleton	1	2	2.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dan Wells	3	14	4.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg
Chad Neasman	1	35	35.0
Bob Brown	1	22	22.0
Julio Baker	1	26	26.0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dan Wells	2	30	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT J.J. Wirthel	7	3	0.0	36	22
S Dana Washington	6	4	0.0	37	21
CB Corey Alston	6	3	0.0	27	20
ILB Tom Small	5	4	0.0	34	21
OLB Terna Nande	5	3	0.0	24	20
DE Chuck Ward	3	2	2.0	35	23
S Clyde Ingalls	3	2	0.0	29	22
DE Damon Bromell	3	1	0.0	32	22
CB Chad Neasman	3	0	0.0	36	23
OLB Mel Wagner	2	1	0.0	8	3
OLB Kroy Biermann	2	1	0.0	17	2
OLB Steven Franklin	1	1	0.0	6	3
DT George Hitchcock	1	0	0.0	9	1
DT Claude Wroten	0	1	0.0	19	20

San Diego	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Ross Pieper	8	5	0.0	21	46
CB Steve Pauley	8	0	0.0	22	47
S Grady Peters	7	2	0.0	22	46
OLB Shawne Merriman	5	1	0.0	23	48
S Kevin Payne	4	0	1.0	22	46
CB Jared Bates	4	0	0.0	18	42
CB Trevor Concepcion	3	0	0.0	21	46
S Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie	3	0	0.0	5	15
DT Mark Chipokas	2	3	0.0	21	46
ILB Ron Pfeifer	2	0	0.0	4	7
DE Lawrence Jackson	1	2	0.0	21	45
DE Mack Hayes	1	1	0.0	23	47
WR Dan Wells	1	0	---	---	---
CB Danny Duff	1	0	0.0	2	3
DT Barry Dennis	0	1	0.0	17	31

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Chuck Ward	2.0	1	0	23
DT J.J. Wirthel	0.0	3	1	22
DE Damon Bromell	0.0	1	1	22

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
S Kevin Payne	1.0	0	0	46
DT Mark Chipokas	0.0	1	1	46
DE Lawrence Jackson	0.0	0	2	45
DE Mack Hayes	0.0	0	1	47
ILB Ross Pieper	0.0	0	1	46

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Tom Small	2	0	0	21
CB Corey Alston	2	0	0	20
CB Chad Neasman	1	1	1	23
OLB Terna Nande	1	1	0	20
OLB Steven Franklin	1	0	0	3
S Dana Washington	1	0	0	21
S Clyde Ingalls	1	0	0	22
DE Chuck Ward	1	0	0	23
CB Calvin Borders	0	1	0	22

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Steve Pauley	8	2	47
ILB Ross Pieper	5	1	46
OLB Shawne Merriman	3	1	48
CB Jared Bates	3	1	42
CB Trevor Concepcion	2	1	46
S Kevin Payne	1	1	46
S Grady Peters	1	0	46
CB Danny Duff	1	0	3
ILB Ron Pfeifer	1	0	7
S Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie	1	0	15

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Pollak	4	5	0	23	0	43
Davin Joseph	2	5	1	16	0	33
Wesley Covington	2	3	0	22	0	43
Burt Cavoretto	1	4	0	16	1	39
Sammy Madison	1	1	0	8	0	20
Shane Fields	0	2	0	21	0	42
Brian Leonard	0	1	0	12	0	20
Brian Boone	0	1	0	7	0	14

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jake Long	3	10	0	38	1	23
Hunter Keisel	2	5	0	31	0	15
Charles Dann	2	5	0	29	0	15
Martrez Milner	2	2	1	37	0	18
Max Jean-Gilles	1	4	0	33	0	18
Junior Cook	1	1	0	7	0	8
Van Kelley	0	6	0	27	0	17
Jeremy Zuttah	0	2	0	11	1	6
Arron Sears	0	1	0	9	0	8

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Les Fincher	2	23
Mel Wagner	1	19
Dan Fabrizio	1	18
Julio Baker	1	16

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Dan Wells	2	20
Wade Horseman	2	13
Jon Apolonio	1	24
Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie	1	10

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Shaun Clancy	20	46	---	---	17	83
Erik Ainge	23	48	---	---	---	71
Mike Pollak	23	43	---	---	---	66
Wesley Covington	22	43	---	---	---	65
Shane Fields	21	42	---	---	---	63
Chad Neasman	---	---	36	23	4	63
Burt Cavoretto	16	39	---	---	7	62
Calvin Borders	---	---	36	22	2	60
Dana Washington	---	---	37	21	1	59
J.J. Wirthel	---	---	36	22	1	59
Chuck Ward	---	---	35	23	1	59
Eddie Royal	21	37	---	---	---	58
Tom Small	---	---	34	21	2	57
Warren Nieto	16	39	---	---	---	55
Damon Bromell	---	---	32	22	1	55
Davin Joseph	16	33	---	---	3	52
Clyde Ingalls	---	---	29	22	1	52
Zach Huffman	18	33	---	---	---	51
Mark Daum	5	29	---	---	16	50
Brian Leonard	12	20	---	---	17	49
Corey Alston	---	---	27	20	1	48
Terna Nande	---	---	24	20	1	45
Claude Wroten	---	---	19	20	4	43
Brandon Jacobs	5	16	---	---	20	41
Sammy Madison	8	20	---	---	10	38
Julio Baker	---	---	17	3	16	36
Les Fincher	6	4	---	---	23	33
Bob Brown	5	12	---	---	15	32
Brian Boone	7	14	---	---	10	31
Mel Wagner	---	---	8	3	19	30
Dan Fabrizio	7	4	---	---	18	29
Ricardo Barnhill	---	---	2	1	19	22
Kroy Biermann	---	---	17	2	3	22
Jason Lynch	---	---	6	1	15	22
George Hitchcock	---	---	9	1	8	18
Barry Richardson	2	6	---	---	10	18
Steven Franklin	---	---	6	3	6	15
Skip Middleton	---	---	0	0	13	13
Ricky Taylor	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bart Shea	---	---	0	0	8	8
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	6	6
Anthony Montgomery	---	---	4	1	---	5
Monty Blackwell	---	---	3	0	---	3
Rico Burton	---	---	1	2	---	3
Ronnie Harvey	0	0	---	---	2	2
Xavier Canales	0	0	---	---	---	0

San Diego	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mack Hayes	---	---	23	47	8	78
Trevor Concepcion	---	---	21	46	7	74
Shawne Merriman	---	---	23	48	2	73
Martrez Milner	37	18	---	---	17	72
Steve Pauley	---	---	22	47	2	71
Grady Peters	---	---	22	46	2	70
Kevin Payne	---	---	22	46	2	70
Ross Pieper	---	---	21	46	2	69
Mark Chipokas	---	---	21	46	2	69
Lawrence Jackson	---	---	21	45	2	68
Jared Bates	---	---	18	42	2	62
Jake Long	38	23	---	---	---	61
Neil Harvey	38	23	---	---	---	61
Max Jean-Gilles	33	18	---	---	9	60
Ted Shea	14	15	---	---	26	55
Norbert England	28	11	---	---	14	53
Russell Lucas	33	18	---	---	1	52
Barry Dennis	---	---	17	31	4	52
Hunter Keisel	31	15	---	---	---	46
Dan Wells	11	14	---	---	20	45
Van Kelley	27	17	---	---	---	44
Charles Dann	29	15	---	---	---	44
Lavelle Hawkins	8	14	---	---	14	36
Cris Browning	19	12	---	---	---	31
Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie	---	---	5	15	10	30
Neil Swinger	10	2	---	---	18	30
Danny Duff	---	---	2	3	24	29
Bruce Kirsch	22	5	---	---	1	28
Arron Sears	9	8	---	---	10	27
Jeremy Zuttah	11	6	---	---	10	27
Jon Apolonio	---	---	1	0	24	25
Wade Horseman	8	3	---	---	13	24
Ron Pfeifer	---	---	4	7	4	15
Junior Cook	7	8	---	---	---	15
Leon Weber	---	---	3	4	8	15
Artie Humphrey	0	3	---	---	10	13
Jackie Brecher	---	---	4	7	---	11
R.J. Mifflin	---	---	3	1	7	11
Bryce Cook	5	5	---	---	1	11
Brian Moorman	0	0	---	---	10	10
Zack Edwards	0	0	---	---	10	10
Marlon Ford	---	---	0	1	4	5
Tito Brady	0	0	---	---	5	5
Trent Woodland	0	0	---	---	3	3
Rich Funk	0	0	---	---	---	0
Paul Sellers	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	20	4.0
Middle	12	52	4.3
Right	6	20	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	46	15.3
Middle	23	94	4.1
Right	11	26	2.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Erik Ainge	47	26	3	4	2	7	5	0	0

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Neil Harvey	21	10	1	2	0	3	5	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	5	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	25	15	74	3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	46	5.1
Long (19+ Yds)	9	4	84	9.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	49	24.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	6	36	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	2	2	17	8.5
Long (19+ Yds)	8	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Warren Nieto	12	9	0	85	1	39
WR Eddie Royal	10	5	1	45	1	37
FB Brian Leonard	6	3	0	22	0	20
WR Mark Daum	5	3	1	29	1	29
RB Zach Huffman	5	2	0	7	0	33
TE Shaun Clancy	3	2	0	13	0	46
RB Brandon Jacobs	2	1	0	3	0	16
WR Bob Brown	2	1	0	5	0	12

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Martrez Milner	6	5	32	0	18
WR Dan Wells	4	0	0	0	14
WR Russell Lucas	3	1	3	0	18
RB Bruce Kirsch	2	1	8	0	5
WR Lavelle Hawkins	2	2	13	0	14
WR Cris Browning	1	0	0	0	12
TE Norbert England	1	0	0	0	11
RB Wade Horseman	1	1	46	1	3
WR Artie Humphrey	1	0	0	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Zach Huffman	2	8	4.00	3.88

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bruce Kirsch	2	9	4.50	3.29

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Erik Ainge	9	5	28	3.11	4.45

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Warren Nieto	2	2	10	5.00	7.08
WR Eddie Royal	2	2	12	6.00	4.50
RB Brandon Jacobs	1	0	0	0.00	1.50
FB Brian Leonard	1	1	6	6.00	3.67
RB Zach Huffman	1	0	0	0.00	1.40

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Zach Huffman	2	0

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Wade Horseman	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Erik Ainge	13	7	4

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Neil Harvey	12	7	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Eddie Royal	4	3	2
TE Shaun Clancy	2	2	0
WR Warren Nieto	2	1	1
WR Mark Daum	2	1	1
RB Brandon Jacobs	1	0	0
FB Brian Leonard	1	0	0
RB Zach Huffman	1	0	0

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Martrez Milner	4	4	3
WR Russell Lucas	2	1	0
WR Lavelle Hawkins	2	2	2
WR Cris Browning	1	0	0
RB Bruce Kirsch	1	0	0
WR Dan Wells	1	0	0
WR Artie Humphrey	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 43,500 (71,600 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,600 (22,000)
End Zone 9,700 (15,800)
Mezzanine 5,600 (9,100)
Sideline Seats 8,600 (14,000)
Club Seats 4,600 (7,900)
Luxury Boxes 1,400 (2,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	43,500 (71,600 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,600 (22,000)
End Zone	9,700 (15,800)
Mezzanine	5,600 (9,100)
Sideline Seats	8,600 (14,000)
Club Seats	4,600 (7,900)
Luxury Boxes	1,400 (2,800)