Atlanta Falcons

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Atlanta Falcons lost to the Denver Broncos

1-0 27 – 7

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Game Details

Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta) · 68,183 fans · KUSA-TV (9NEWS), ESPN Unlimited

Recap

Barron returns pick 97 yards for a TD as Stidham leads Broncos to runaway 27-7 win over Falcons

Jarrett Stidham threw a touchdown pass in his bid to keep his hold on Denver’s backup job and Jahdae Barron returned an interception 97 yards for a touchdown as the Broncos...

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Mercedes-Benz Stadium · Atlanta

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	7	17	0	3	27
ATL	0	0	7	0	7

Win Probability · Atlanta Falcons

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Game Leaders

Denver Broncos

Jarrett Stidham · 9/15, 131 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Cameron Ross · 1 CAR, 28 YDSRushing Yards
Courtland Sutton · 3 REC, 60 YDSReceiving Yards
Drew Sanders · 1Sacks
Red Murdock · 9Tackles

Atlanta Falcons

Cooper Rush · 7/19, 62 YDS, 2 INTPassing Yards
Tyler Goodson · 7 CAR, 28 YDSRushing Yards
Chris Blair · 2 REC, 37 YDSReceiving Yards
Azeez Ojulari · 0.5Sacks
Josh Woods · 6Tackles

2026 AFC West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT
Kansas City	4	0	1.000
Las Vegas	3	1	.750
Denver	2	2	.500
Los Angeles	0	4	.000

2026 NFC South Standings

Team	W	L	PCT
Carolina	2	2	.500
Atlanta	1	2	.333
New Orleans	1	2	.333
Tampa Bay	0	4	.000

Scoring

Q4 4:53

FG Wil Lutz 46 Yd Field Goal27–7

Q3 2:05

TD Jack Strand 1 Yd Rush (Nick Folk Kick)24–7

Q2 1:28

TD Jahdae Barron 97 Yd Interception Return (Wil Lutz Kick)24–0

Q2 10:47

TD Jaleel McLaughlin 5 Yd pass from Jarrett Stidham (Wil Lutz Kick)17–0

Q2 13:35

FG Wil Lutz 43 Yd Field Goal 10–0

Q1 11:39

TD Adam Prentice 1 Yd Rush (Wil Lutz Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Denver BroncosAtlanta Falcons

Offense

359 Total Yards 192

197 Passing Yards 133

162 Rushing Yards 59

24 First Downs 11

5.2 Yards per Play 3.2

Efficiency

5-14 3rd Down 4-15

0-1 4th Down 1-2

2-2 Red Zone 1-2

19/29 Completions 16/36

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 2

1-1 Sacks Allowed 1-1

8-64 Penalties 9-78

36:20 Possession 23:40

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
Jarrett Stidham	9/15	131	8.7	1	1-1	110.7
Sam Ehlinger	10/14	67	4.8	0	0-0	81.5
Team	19/29	197	6.8	1	1-1	96.6

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cameron Ross	1	28	28.0	0	28
Jonah Coleman	4	24	6.0	0	13
Jaleel McLaughlin	6	24	4.0	0	12
Sam Ehlinger	6	21	3.5	0	9
Tyler Badie	5	18	3.6	0	5
Cody Schrader	7	17	2.4	0	14
RJ Harvey	5	16	3.2	0	6
Adam Prentice	3	8	2.7	1	4
Jarrett Stidham	1	6	6.0	0	6
Jeremy Crawshaw	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	39	162	4.2	1	28

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Courtland Sutton	3	60	20.0	0	40	3
Joseph Manjack IV	3	40	13.3	0	20	3
Evan Engram	1	24	24.0	0	24	3
Troy Franklin	1	23	23.0	0	23	2
Pat Bryant	1	15	15.0	0	15	1
Kolbe Katsis	1	15	15.0	0	15	2
Cody Schrader	2	6	3.0	0	4	2
Jaleel McLaughlin	1	5	5.0	1	5	2
Lucas Krull	1	4	4.0	0	4	1
Lil'Jordan Humphrey	1	3	3.0	0	3	1
Dane Key	1	2	2.0	0	2	2
Cameron Ross	2	1	0.5	0	1	3
Hakeem Butler	0	0	0.0	0	0	2
Kyrese Rowan	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Justin Joly	1	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	19	198	10.4	1	40	29

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jaleel McLaughlin	1	1	0
Luke Basso	1	0	0
Jeremy Crawshaw	0	0	1
Team	2	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Red Murdock	9	4	0	0	0	0	0
JL Skinner	5	3	0	1	1	0	0
Devon Key	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jahdae Barron	3	2	0	0	1	0	1
Dondrea Tillman	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Que Robinson	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jonathon Cooper	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Reese Taylor	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jonah Elliss	2	2	0	0	2	0	0
Karene Reid	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
Brent Austin	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Sanders	2	1	1	1	0	1	0
Alex Singleton	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Taurean York	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tycen Anderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kristian Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Strnad	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Levelle Bailey	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ricardo Hallman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Miles Scott	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Parker Robertson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lil'Jordan Humphrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Fresch	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sai'vion Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaleel McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Allen	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Malcolm Roach	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jordan Jackson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Riley Moss	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team	56	32	1	3	9	4	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jahdae Barron	1	97	1
Riley Moss	1	2	0
Team	2	99	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Kolbe Katsis	1	22	22.0	22
Cameron Ross	1	21	21.0	21
Team	2	43	21.5	22

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cameron Ross	3	7	2.3	5
Sean Fresch	1	6	6.0	6
Team	4	13	3.3	6

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Wil Lutz	2/3	66.7	46	3/3	9
Team	2/3	66.7	46	3/3	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jeremy Crawshaw	3	147	49.0	0	2	62
Team	3	147	49.0	0	2	62

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
Cooper Rush	7/19	62	3.3	2	0-0	6.8
Jack Strand	6/12	50	4.2	0	1-1	61.1
Tua Tagovailoa	3/5	22	4.4	0	0-0	70.4
Team	16/36	133	3.7	2	1-1	31.5

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tyler Goodson	7	28	4.0	0	8
Cash Jones	3	8	2.7	0	4
Nathan Carter	6	8	1.3	0	4
Brian Robinson Jr.	2	6	3.0	0	6
Jack Strand	2	3	1.5	1	2
Trey Sermon	1	3	3.0	0	3
Zachariah Branch	1	3	3.0	0	3
Tua Tagovailoa	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	23	59	2.6	1	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
Chris Blair	2	37	18.5	21	3
Joshua Simon	2	29	14.5	18	2
Kyle Pitts Sr.	3	22	7.3	11	4
Dylan Drummond	1	14	14.0	14	5
Nick Muse	2	13	6.5	10	2
Zachariah Branch	2	6	3.0	7	4
Kristian Wilkerson	1	5	5.0	5	3
Vinny Anthony II	1	5	5.0	5	3
Nathan Carter	1	3	3.0	3	1
Trey Sermon	0	0	0.0	0	1
Tyler Goodson	1	0	0.0	0	1
Jack Velling	0	0	0.0	0	2
Cash Jones	0	0	0.0	0	1
Team	16	134	8.4	21	32

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Tua Tagovailoa	1	1
Jammie Robinson	0	1
Team	1	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Josh Woods	6	4	0	1	0	0
Sydney Brown	6	1	0	0	0	0
Cobee Bryant	4	4	0	0	1	0
Malcolm DeWalt IV	4	4	0	0	1	0
Jammie Robinson	4	3	0	0	0	0
DeMarcco Hellams	4	3	0	0	0	0
Marlon Tuipulotu	4	1	0	0	0	0
Christian Harris	4	1	0	0	0	0
Azeez Ojulari	3	2	0.5	1	0	1
Mike Hughes	3	1	0	0	0	0
Cameron Thomas	3	1	0	0	0	0
Clark Phillips III	3	1	0	0	1	0
Kendal Daniels	3	0	0.5	0	0	1
Darren Hall	2	2	0	0	0	0
Keidron Smith	2	2	0	0	0	0
A.J. Woods	2	2	0	1	0	0
Daveren Rayner	2	2	0	0	0	0
A.J. Terrell Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	0
Brandon Dorlus	2	1	0	0	0	0
James Pearce Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	0
Devonnsha Maxwell	2	0	0	0	0	1
JD Bertrand	2	0	0	0	0	0
Samson Ebukam	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Ford Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
C.J. Henderson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dylan Drummond	1	1	0	0	0	0
Zach Harrison	1	1	0	0	0	0
Harold Perkins Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Carlos Allen Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darnay Holmes	1	0	0	0	1	0
Keshawn Banks	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team	79	44	1	3	4	4

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Vinny Anthony II	3	90	30.0	32
Tyler Goodson	1	30	30.0	30
Olamide Zaccheaus	1	24	24.0	24
Team	5	144	28.8	32

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Zachariah Branch	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team	1	6	6.0	6	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Nick Folk	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jake Bailey	4	198	49.5	0	2	57
Matthew Hayball	4	178	44.5	1	3	59
Team	8	376	47.0	1	5	59

Injury Report

Atlanta Falcons

Yasir Abdullah LBQuestionable
Divine Deablo LBQuestionable
Samson Ebukam DEQuestionable
A.J. Terrell Jr. CBInjured Reserve
Da'Shawn Hand DTInjured Reserve

Denver Broncos

Pat Surtain II CBQuestionable
Pat Bryant WRQuestionable
Riley Moss CBQuestionable
Dallen Bentley TEOut
Dondrea Tillman LBOut

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