2009 · Week 1
Miami Dolphins at Atlanta Falcons
Sep 13, 2009 · Georgia Dome · dome · fieldturf
Recap
Atlanta Falcons defeated Miami Dolphins 19–7. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Falcons (60%). Falcons improve to 1-0; Dolphins fall to 0-1. Matt Ryan paced the offense with 229 passing yards and 2 TDs. Dolphins turned it over 3 times to Falcons's 0.
Team stats
| MIA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | First downs | 18 |
| 272 | Total yards | 297 |
| 176 | Passing yards | 229 |
| 96 | Rushing yards | 68 |
| 21/30 | Comp / Att | 22/36 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIA
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Pennington | 21/29 | 176 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat White | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Brown | 10 | 43 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 7 | 39 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Lousaka Polite | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Pat White | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davone Bess | 7 | 7 | 57 | 0 |
| Ronnie Brown | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 2 | 4 | 19 | 1 |
| Ted Ginn | 2 | 5 | 26 | 0 |
| Joey Haynos | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Greg Camarillo | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Brian Hartline | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Anthony Fasano | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Lousaka Polite | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 22/36 | 229 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | 22 | 65 | 0 |
| Jerious Norwood | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Gonzalez | 5 | 9 | 73 | 1 |
| Michael Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerious Norwood | 5 | 6 | 49 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 5 | 10 | 42 | 0 |
| Michael Jenkins | 4 | 5 | 41 | 0 |
| Ovie Mughelli | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 |
| Jason Snelling | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |