Week 9, 2027

played in Dallas, TX

81 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	14	14	3	3	-	34
Dallas Cowboys	3	7	0	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:47 ATL - Dez Bryant 28 pass from Myron Herrlich (Isaac Petit extra point)
1Q: 07:13 DAL - Albert McElroy 18 field goal
1Q: 00:48 ATL - Jamie Marx 2 pass from Myron Herrlich (Isaac Petit extra point)
2Q: 07:41 ATL - Vince Ussery 23 run (Isaac Petit extra point)
2Q: 05:29 DAL - Derrick Williams 44 pass from Tom Estell (Albert McElroy extra point)
2Q: 02:07 ATL - Vince Ussery 7 run (Isaac Petit extra point)
3Q: 09:22 ATL - Isaac Petit 32 field goal
4Q: 10:44 ATL - Isaac Petit 37 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:47 ATL - Dez Bryant 28 pass from Myron Herrlich (Isaac Petit extra point)
1Q: 07:13 DAL - Albert McElroy 18 field goal
1Q: 00:48 ATL - Jamie Marx 2 pass from Myron Herrlich (Isaac Petit extra point)
2Q: 07:41 ATL - Vince Ussery 23 run (Isaac Petit extra point)
2Q: 05:29 DAL - Derrick Williams 44 pass from Tom Estell (Albert McElroy extra point)
2Q: 02:07 ATL - Vince Ussery 7 run (Isaac Petit extra point)
3Q: 09:22 ATL - Isaac Petit 32 field goal
4Q: 10:44 ATL - Isaac Petit 37 field goal

Team Statistics ATL DAL
Record 5-3 5-4
First Downs 22 17
- by Rushing 9 4
- by Passing 11 11
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 380 316
- Offensive Plays 65 57
- Yards per Play 5.85 5.54
Net Rushing Yards 172 91
- Rushing Attempts 41 13
- Yards per Rush 4.20 7.00
Net Passing Yards 208 225
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 18 - 0 41 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 208 241
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/16
- Yards per Pass Play 8.67 5.11
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 10/15 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.5 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 5/25 3/25
Punt Returns/Yards 1/14 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 3/75 6/131
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 26
Time of Possession 34:11 25:49

Team Statistics	ATL	DAL
Record	5-3	5-4
First Downs	22	17
- by Rushing	9	4
- by Passing	11	11
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	380	316
- Offensive Plays	65	57
- Yards per Play	5.85	5.54
Net Rushing Yards	172	91
- Rushing Attempts	41	13
- Yards per Rush	4.20	7.00
Net Passing Yards	208	225
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 18 - 0	41 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	208	241
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/16
- Yards per Pass Play	8.67	5.11
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	10/15	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.5	6.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	5/25	3/25
Punt Returns/Yards	1/14	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	3/75	6/131
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 39	OWN 26
Time of Possession	34:11	25:49

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:25	OWN 42	6	58	Touchdown
1	7:07	6:29	OWN 39	11	61	Touchdown
2	10:31	3:07	OWN 36	6	64	Touchdown
2	5:08	3:08	OWN 36	9	64	Touchdown
2	0:42	0:42	OWN 27	1	8	Half
3	13:56	4:42	OWN 20	9	65	Field Goal
3	7:56	1:46	OPP 48	5	11	Punt
3	6:04	1:17	OPP 27	3	2	Missed FG
3	1:52	6:15	OWN 30	12	50	Field Goal
4	2:51	1:53	OWN 7	3	6	Punt
4	0:30	0:30	OPP 33	1	1	Game

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:35	4:28	OWN 20	9	79	Field Goal
1	0:38	5:07	OWN 27	9	44	Missed FG
2	7:24	2:16	OWN 22	5	78	Touchdown
2	2:00	1:18	OWN 22	3	3	Punt
3	15:00	1:04	OWN 43	3	4	Punt
3	9:14	1:18	OWN 26	3	-11	Punt
3	6:10	0:06	OWN 20	1	7	Fumble
3	4:47	2:55	OWN 32	6	45	Missed FG
4	10:37	7:46	OWN 16	14	77	Downs
4	0:58	0:28	OWN 33	4	0	Downs

Game MVP: Myron Herrlich, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Vince Ussery	29	114	3.93	23	5	2
Gabe Kaplan	9	40	4.44	14	1	0
Myron Herrlich	2	14	7.00	9	0	0
Jamie Marx	1	4	4.00	4	0	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Charlie McAdams	7	50	7.14	35	1
Erik Yates	5	38	7.60	22	2
Tom Estell	1	3	3.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Myron Herrlich	24	18	208	0/0	2	44	0	128.4

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Estell	28	15	187	2/11	1	44	0	86.4
Ricky Turner	13	6	54	1/5	0	14	0	57.8

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dez Bryant	5	5	86	17.20	44	44	1
WR Jamie Marx	4	6	43	10.75	12	19	1
WR Jonathan Snyder	4	6	23	5.75	3	12	0
FB Darrin Strickland	3	3	27	9.00	19	11	0
TE Erik Bishop	1	2	21	21.00	8	21	0
TE Alvin Glover	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Frank Schneider	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jeremy Breeze	7	12	94	13.43	15	32	0
WR Derrick Williams	6	12	97	16.17	36	44	1
RB Gerald Clark	2	2	4	2.00	0	4	0
TE Cedric Vonnegut	2	6	14	7.00	3	11	0
WR Glen Strickland	2	3	16	8.00	2	11	0
RB Erik Yates	1	3	9	9.00	0	9	0
WR Alex Propson	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Charlie McAdams	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Joseph Sweeney	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ronnie White	0	1	0	0
Pat Zimmerman	0	0	1	0

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Alex Propson	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Corey Seder	2	91	45.5	35.5	54	0

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Steve Watanabe	3	148	49.3	38.0	53	0

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Isaac Petit	2/3	0/1	0/0	37	4/4

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Albert McElroy	1/3	0/2	0/0	18	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Butch Dawson	1	14	14.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Frank Schneider	2	50	25.0	0
Joshua Thomas	1	25	25.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg
Alex Propson	3	73	24.3
Erik Yates	2	41	20.5
Jay Garrett	1	17	17.0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Desmond Hampton	5	0	0.0	9	42
S Ronnie White	5	0	0.0	11	37
CB Vinny Forbes	4	0	0.0	5	30
DE Adrian Clayborn	3	1	1.5	7	23
ILB Scott McKillop	3	2	0.0	11	24
CB Adam Potts	3	0	0.0	10	40
ILB Dan Conner	2	1	0.0	5	23
DE Chris Long	2	0	0.0	7	27
OLB Pat Zimmerman	2	0	0.0	13	36
DE Wayne Maher	1	3	1.5	7	32
DT Marty Reilly	1	2	0.0	6	26
OLB Cary Torres	1	0	0.0	2	2
OLB Anthony Oland	1	0	0.0	9	15
DT Marcus Withers	1	0	0.0	10	18
CB Kendrick Rison	1	0	0.0	5	26
OLB Lamar Penarroya	0	1	0.0	1	4
S Butch Dawson	0	1	0.0	10	41

Dallas	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Albert Markwald	11	2	38	20
OLB Phil Seibert	9	1	40	24
S Claude Coglan	5	1	36	23
OLB Lionel Schneider	4	1	24	13
DE Tyrone Maciel	4	1	30	17
S William Moore	3	1	22	14
DE Brett Allen	3	1	27	12
DE Robert Quinn	3	0	29	15
S Xavier Gardner	2	3	35	20
DT Daniel Brazinski	2	2	26	17
CB Malcolm Hardy	2	0	25	12
CB Jay Garrett	2	0	23	11
DT Earnest May	2	0	14	12
CB Max Weber	2	0	19	15
DT C.J. Breeding	1	0	15	7
OLB Gene Slatken	0	3	20	11
DE Edgar Cole	0	2	12	9
ILB Wendell Sellers	0	1	3	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Wayne Maher	1.5	0	2	32
DE Adrian Clayborn	1.5	0	0	23
DE Chris Long	0.0	1	1	27
DT Marty Reilly	0.0	0	1	26
OLB Pat Zimmerman	0.0	0	1	36

Dallas	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Brett Allen	1	1	2	12
DE Tyrone Maciel	0	1	0	17
DT Daniel Brazinski	0	1	0	17
DT Earnest May	0	1	0	12
DE Emmitt Brady	0	0	1	7

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Ronnie White	4	0	37
S Desmond Hampton	3	2	42
CB Vinny Forbes	3	1	30
CB Adam Potts	3	1	40
ILB Scott McKillop	2	0	24
OLB Pat Zimmerman	2	0	36
OLB Anthony Oland	1	1	15
DE Chris Long	1	0	27
ILB Dan Conner	1	0	23
CB Kendrick Rison	1	0	26

Dallas	Caught	PPlay
OLB Phil Seibert	4	24
CB Max Weber	3	15
CB Malcolm Hardy	2	12
OLB Lionel Schneider	2	13
S Claude Coglan	2	23
S William Moore	1	14
ILB Albert Markwald	1	20
CB Jay Garrett	1	11
DT Daniel Brazinski	1	17
DE Robert Quinn	1	15

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Deion Collier	3	11	2	34	18
Harvey Ancheta	2	6	0	32	17
Renaldo Becker	2	3	0	38	20
Zane Beadles	1	8	0	34	18
Eddie Di Pardo	1	6	0	34	23
Jason Pinkston	1	2	0	12	7
Erik Bishop	1	1	0	26	12
Darrin Strickland	0	2	0	27	14

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Cory Greer	2	4	1	13	1	42
Luther Panos	1	4	1	13	0	42
Timothy Floyd	1	2	0	13	1	43
Kendrick Meehan	0	1	0	2	1	10
Martin Baxter	0	1	0	11	0	35

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Cary Torres	3	10
Kenneth Wright	1	15
Dan Conner	1	12
Vinny Forbes	1	12

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Tommie Frederick	1	17
William Moore	1	16
Derrick Williams	1	11
Daniel Thomas	1	11

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Myron Herrlich	41	24	---	---	---	65
Butch Dawson	---	---	10	41	11	62
Renaldo Becker	38	20	---	---	2	60
Vince Ussery	31	15	---	---	14	60
Deion Collier	34	18	---	---	5	57
Adam Potts	---	---	10	40	7	57
Eddie Di Pardo	34	23	---	---	---	57
Zane Beadles	34	18	---	---	3	55
Desmond Hampton	---	---	9	42	3	54
Jamie Marx	24	16	---	---	12	52
Pat Zimmerman	---	---	13	36	3	52
Leonard Moriarty	---	---	8	31	12	51
Ronnie White	---	---	11	37	2	50
Harvey Ancheta	32	17	---	---	---	49
Erik Bishop	26	12	---	---	11	49
Vinny Forbes	---	---	5	30	12	47
Darrin Strickland	27	14	---	---	6	47
Jonathan Snyder	20	14	---	---	12	46
Wayne Maher	---	---	7	32	3	42
Dan Conner	---	---	5	23	12	40
Alvin Glover	22	14	---	---	4	40
Scott McKillop	---	---	11	24	4	39
Chris Long	---	---	7	27	2	36
Dez Bryant	23	12	---	---	---	35
Adrian Clayborn	---	---	7	23	5	35
Marty Reilly	---	---	6	26	2	34
Kendrick Rison	---	---	5	26	3	34
Marcus Withers	---	---	10	18	4	32
Kenneth Wright	9	4	---	---	15	28
John Greco	11	9	---	---	5	25
Anthony Oland	---	---	9	15	---	24
Jason Pinkston	12	7	---	---	5	24
Ronald Forbes	10	8	---	---	5	23
Gabe Kaplan	10	9	---	---	1	20
Louie Strickland	11	8	---	---	1	20
Cary Torres	---	---	2	2	10	14
Lamar Penarroya	---	---	1	4	8	13
Ike Brothers	---	---	5	6	---	11
Frank Schneider	2	2	---	---	5	9
T.J. Greenberg	0	0	---	---	7	7
Joshua Thomas	---	---	2	0	4	6
Robert Henson	---	---	0	1	3	4
Andrew Ward	0	0	---	---	3	3
Isaac Petit	0	0	---	---	3	3
Corey Seder	0	0	---	---	2	2
Taylor Yates	0	0	---	---	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Phil Seibert	---	---	40	24	3	67
Albert Markwald	---	---	38	20	3	61
Cory Greer	13	42	---	---	6	61
Luther Panos	13	42	---	---	6	61
Claude Coglan	---	---	36	23	2	61
Xavier Gardner	---	---	35	20	4	59
Derrick Williams	10	36	---	---	11	57
Timothy Floyd	13	43	---	---	---	56
William Moore	---	---	22	14	16	52
Tyrone Maciel	---	---	30	17	3	50
Martin Baxter	11	35	---	---	4	50
Cedric Vonnegut	5	31	---	---	14	50
Jay Garrett	---	---	23	11	15	49
Jeremy Breeze	8	34	---	---	5	47
Kenyon Richardson	11	34	---	---	1	46
Daniel Brazinski	---	---	26	17	3	46
Robert Quinn	---	---	29	15	2	46
Gene Slatken	---	---	20	11	13	44
Tom Estell	13	30	---	---	---	43
Brett Allen	---	---	27	12	3	42
Ricky Hodges	7	20	---	---	14	41
Max Weber	---	---	19	15	6	40
Lionel Schneider	---	---	24	13	2	39
Malcolm Hardy	---	---	25	12	1	38
Erik Yates	5	14	---	---	18	37
Charlie McAdams	7	28	---	---	1	36
Glen Strickland	7	24	---	---	---	31
Earnest May	---	---	14	12	1	27
Alex Propson	4	9	---	---	12	25
C.J. Breeding	---	---	15	7	1	23
Edgar Cole	---	---	12	9	2	23
Tommie Frederick	---	---	2	1	17	20
Gerald Clark	5	13	---	---	2	20
Emmitt Brady	---	---	11	7	1	19
Joseph Sweeney	6	9	---	---	4	19
Kendrick Meehan	2	10	---	---	6	18
Jonathan Luigs	2	9	---	---	6	17
Ricky Turner	0	14	---	---	---	14
Daniel Thomas	1	2	---	---	11	14
Wendell Sellers	---	---	3	4	---	7
Albert McElroy	0	0	---	---	6	6
Steve Watanabe	0	0	---	---	6	6
Dennis Hannam	0	4	---	---	---	4
Alex Groce	0	1	---	---	---	1
Andy Dalton	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	16	94	5.9
Middle	8	14	1.8
Right	17	64	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	9	4.5
Middle	9	47	5.2
Right	2	35	17.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Myron Herrlich	24	18	3	0	1	0	4	3	0

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Estell	28	15	2	2	4	5	2	0	0
Ricky Turner	13	6	0	0	3	0	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	16	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	10	68	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	96	13.7
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	28	9.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	11	82	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	8	127	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	32	16.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jamie Marx	6	4	0	43	0	16
WR Jonathan Snyder	6	4	1	23	0	14
WR Dez Bryant	5	5	0	86	2	12
FB Darrin Strickland	3	3	0	27	0	14
TE Erik Bishop	2	1	0	21	1	12
WR Frank Schneider	1	0	0	0	0	2
TE Alvin Glover	1	1	0	8	0	14

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Derrick Williams	12	6	4	97	1	36
WR Jeremy Breeze	12	7	1	94	1	34
TE Cedric Vonnegut	6	2	0	14	0	31
RB Erik Yates	3	1	1	9	0	14
WR Glen Strickland	3	2	1	16	0	24
RB Gerald Clark	2	2	0	4	0	13
RB Charlie McAdams	1	0	0	0	0	28
WR Alex Propson	1	1	0	7	0	9
TE Joseph Sweeney	1	0	0	0	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Vince Ussery	4	5	1.25	3.93
Myron Herrlich	1	9	9.00	7.00

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Charlie McAdams	2	0	0.00	7.14
Erik Yates	1	0	0.00	7.60

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Myron Herrlich	4	3	18	4.50	8.67

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ricky Turner	3	1	9	3.00	4.15

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jamie Marx	1	1	2	2.00	7.17
WR Dez Bryant	1	1	5	5.00	17.20
WR Jonathan Snyder	1	0	0	0.00	3.83
FB Darrin Strickland	1	1	11	11.00	9.00

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Derrick Williams	1	0	0	0.00	8.08
RB Erik Yates	1	1	9	9.00	3.00
TE Cedric Vonnegut	1	0	0	0.00	2.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Vince Ussery	7	4
Myron Herrlich	1	1
Gabe Kaplan	1	1

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Erik Yates	3	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Myron Herrlich	6	4	4

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Estell	5	1	1
Ricky Turner	2	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jamie Marx	1	1	1
WR Frank Schneider	1	0	0
TE Erik Bishop	1	1	1
WR Dez Bryant	1	1	1
WR Jonathan Snyder	1	0	0
FB Darrin Strickland	1	1	1

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Cedric Vonnegut	2	0	0
WR Jeremy Breeze	2	1	1
RB Charlie McAdams	1	0	0
WR Derrick Williams	1	0	0
RB Erik Yates	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 52,500 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,200 (20,900)
End Zone 10,200 (15,100)
Mezzanine 6,400 (8,700)
Sideline Seats 10,200 (13,300)
Club Seats 9,900 (14,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,600 (3,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	52,500 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,200 (20,900)
End Zone	10,200 (15,100)
Mezzanine	6,400 (8,700)
Sideline Seats	10,200 (13,300)
Club Seats	9,900 (14,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,600 (3,000)