The Atlanta Falcons beat the Miami Dolphins 30-28 on Oct 24, 2021 at Hard Rock Stadium.
Final · Hard Rock Stadium
Top performers
- Matt Ryan threw for 336 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception for the Falcons.
- Cordarrelle Patterson ran for 60 yards on 14 carries.
- Tua Tagovailoa threw for 291 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for the Dolphins.
- Salvon Ahmed ran for 26 yards on 7 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 | 14 | 60 | 1 | 13 |
| Matt Ryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 17 | 60 | 1 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Pitts Sr. | 7 | 8 | 163 | 0 | 39 |
| Calvin Ridley | 4 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 11 |
| Olamide Zaccheaus | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Lee Smith | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Keith Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 16 | 27 | 210 | 1 | 39 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deion Jones | 15 | 11 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foyesade Oluokun | 13 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Duron Harmon | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Terrell Jr. | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grady Jarrett | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Moreau | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bullard | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daren Bates | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Means | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Copeland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylinn Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 55 | 33 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Miami Dolphins 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tua Tagovailoa | 4 | 29 | 0 | 9 |
| Salvon Ahmed | 7 | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 11 | 55 | 0 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gesicki | 7 | 8 | 85 | 1 | 27 |
| Jaylen Waddle | 7 | 8 | 83 | 0 | 19 |
| Durham Smythe | 3 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 18 |
| Salvon Ahmed | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 17 |
| Mack Hollins | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| Team | 21 | 25 | 244 | 2 | 27 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Rowe | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Van Ginkel | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Jones | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jevon Holland | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zach Sieler | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Jones | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavien Howard | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Ogbah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jerome Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason McCourty | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 24 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Falcons · 2021 season · Previous Oct 10, 2021: NYJ 20, ATL 27 · Next Oct 31, 2021: CAR 19, ATL 13
- Dolphins · 2021 season · Previous Oct 17, 2021: MIA 20, JAX 23 · Next Oct 31, 2021: MIA 11, BUF 26