Falcons 44,
Seahawks 41
ATLANTA - Chris Redman gave the Atlanta Falcons a feel-good finish to an otherwise ugly season.
Redman set a career high with four touchdown passes, including two to Alge Crumpler, and the Falcons rode three fourth-quarter touchdowns to a victory over Seattle that should give the Seahawks cause for concern.
Seattle, the NFC West champion, allowed the woeful Falcons to best their previous scoring high by 17 points.
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Sea-Alexander 2 run (Brown kick)
Sea-FG Brown 54
Atl-Horn 4 pass from Redman (Andersen kick)
Atl-Dunn 5 run (Andersen kick)
Sea-Engram 30 pass from Hasselbeck (Brown kick)
Atl-FG Andersen 30
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Sea-FG Brown 51
Atl-FG Andersen 37
Sea-Morris 29 run (Brown kick)
Atl-Crumpler 55 pass from Redman (Andersen kick)
Atl-Crumpler 7 pass from Redman (Andersen kick)
Atl-White 10 pass from Redman (Andersen kick)
Sea-Burleson 45 pass from Wallace (Brown kick)
Atl-FG Andersen 32
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Sea-Burleson 13 pass from Wallace (Brown kick) SeaAtl First downs 3019Total Net Yards 501364Rushes-yards 31-16729-124Passing 334240Punt Returns 2-92-4Kickoff Returns 6-1058-237Interceptions Ret. 0-01-18Comp-Att-Int 32-47-117-27-0Sacked-Yards Lost 4-192-11Punts 2-36.53-45.0Fumbles-Lost 2-21-0Penalties-Yards 9-855-41Time of Possession 34:5825:02INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Seattle, Morris 13-91, Weaver 8-34, Alexander 8-31, Hasselbeck 1-9, S.Wallace 1-2. Atlanta, Dunn 12-70, Norwood 11-46, Redman 5-10, Snelling 1-(minus 2).
PASSING-Seattle, S.Wallace 17-22-1-206, Hasselbeck 15-25-0-147. Atlanta, Redman 17-27-0-251.
RECEIVING-Seattle, Burleson 7-119, Weaver 6-39, Engram 4-65, Hackett 4-41, Morris 4-18, Pollard 3-39, Taylor 2-13, Obomanu 1-10, Heller 1-9. Atlanta, White 5-62, Crumpler 3-67, Horn 3-32, Norwood 2-41, Dunn 2-10, Jennings 1-28, Robinson 1-11.