Panthers 27,
Falcons 20
ATLANTA - Joey Harrington earned plenty of cheers from all those Atlanta fans wearing Michael Vick jerseys. It wasn't enough to give the Falcons their first win without No. 7.
Carolina overcame a 361-yard, two-touchdown performance by Harrington and an injury to Jake Delhomme, taking control after Pro Bowl cornerback DeAngelo Hall lost his cool to beat the Falcons.
DeShaun Foster rushed 122 yards and scored two touchdowns.
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Car-FG Kasay 45, 10:53.
Atl-R.White 69 pass from Harrington (Andersen kick), 9:19.
Car-Foster 13 pass from Delhomme (Kasay kick), 4:32.
Atl-FG Andersen 24, :11.
Atl-Crumpler 13 pass from Harrington (Andersen kick), 9:09.
Car-King 5 pass from Delhomme (Kasay kick), 7:13.
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Car-Foster 10 run (Kasay kick), :47.
Car-FG Kasay 49, 7:36.
Atl-FG Andersen 25, 3:03.
CarAtl First downs 2421Total Net Yards 313442Rushes-yards 36-17519-91Passing 138351Punt Returns 1-92-5Kickoff Returns 2-376-172Interceptions Ret. 0-00-0Comp-Att-Int 13-22-031-44-0Sacked-Yards Lost 3-271-10Punts 4-44.84-43.8Fumbles-Lost 0-02-2Penalties-Yards 3-4510-135Time of Possession 30:4729:13INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Carolina, Foster 20-122, Williams 11-47, S.Smith 1-6, Delhomme 2-1, Carr 2-(minus 1). Atlanta, Dunn 11-55, Norwood 6-32, Harrington 1-4.
PASSING-Carolina, Delhomme 10-18-0-109, Carr 3-4-0-56. Atlanta, Harrington 31-44-0-361.
RECEIVING-Carolina, King 4-56, Colbert 3-52, Hoover 2-9, Carter 1-17, Foster 1-13, S.Smith 1-10, Fauria 1-8. Atlanta, R.White 7-127, Jenkins 6-76, Crumpler 6-63, Dunn 4-13, Horn 3-36, Norwood 3-34, Milner 1-7, Mughelli 1-5.
MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.
