The Atlanta Falcons beat the New York Giants 17-14 on Sep 26, 2021 at MetLife Stadium.
Final · MetLife Stadium
Top performers
- Matt Ryan threw for 243 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Falcons.
- Cordarrelle Patterson ran for 20 yards on 7 carries.
- Daniel Jones threw for 266 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Giants.
- Saquon Barkley ran for 51 yards on 16 carries.
Atlanta Falcons box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 7 | 20 | 0 | 11 |
| Matt Ryan | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 8 | 19 | 0 | 11 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 6 | 7 | 82 | 0 | 28 |
| Calvin Ridley | 8 | 11 | 61 | 0 | 20 |
| Kyle Pitts Sr. | 2 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 25 |
| Olamide Zaccheaus | 3 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 14 |
| Lee Smith | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Team | 22 | 30 | 217 | 2 | 28 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foyesade Oluokun | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Jones | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Jarrett | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Fowler Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Means | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Oliver | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Duron Harmon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bullard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Moreau | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Copeland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 42 | 30 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
New York Giants box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saquon Barkley | 16 | 51 | 1 | 15 |
| Daniel Jones | 8 | 39 | 0 | 12 |
| Team | 24 | 90 | 1 | 15 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Golladay | 4 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 19 |
| Saquon Barkley | 6 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 14 |
| Evan Engram | 2 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 13 |
| Sterling Shepard | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 12 |
| Darius Slayton | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 15 | 22 | 152 | 0 | 19 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tae Crowder | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Logan Ryan | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Xavier McKinney | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Williams | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adoree' Jackson | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Love | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dexter Lawrence II | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Azeez Ojulari | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blake Martinez | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Bradberry IV | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darnay Holmes | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 48 | 22 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Falcons · 2021 season · Previous Sep 19, 2021: ATL 25, TB 48 · Next Oct 3, 2021: WSH 34, ATL 30
- Giants · 2021 season · Previous Sep 16, 2021: NYG 29, WSH 30 · Next Oct 3, 2021: NYG 27, NO 21