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Week 8: New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons

October 25, 2026
60°
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA) Attendance: 45,537 (64%)
Patriots 3 21 3 0 - 27
Falcons 5 0 0 0 - 5

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Falcons: 4-3-PAT 29 (10:51) 19-Reginald Martin 46 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 3 PAT 0
(Qtr 1) Patriots: 4-1-ATL 26 (4:08) 15-Francisco Solis 44 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 3 PAT 3
(Qtr 1) Falcons: 1-10-PAT 1 (0:03) 46-Frank Kinyon ran for -1 yards. Tackle by 93-Sean Lawton. SAFETY! (93-Sean Lawton) ATL 5 PAT 3
(Qtr 2) Patriots: 1-2-ATL 2 (9:57) 46-Frank Kinyon ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Francisco Solis. ATL 5 PAT 10
(Qtr 2) Patriots: 2-3-ATL 3 (4:24) 43-John Patel ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Francisco Solis. ATL 5 PAT 17
(Qtr 2) Patriots: 1-10-PAT 27 (3:02) 7-Fernando Ater pass complete to 10-Lewis Redding for 73 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Francisco Solis. ATL 5 PAT 24
(Qtr 3) Patriots: 4-1-ATL 5 (10:40) 15-Francisco Solis 23 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 5 PAT 27

Team Statistics

Falcons Patriots
First Downs 11 16
- Rushing 3 5
- Passing 5 10
- Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 172 346
- Offensive Plays 58 65
- Yards Per Play 2.97 5.32
Net Rushing Yards 71 92
- Rushing Attempts 24 31
- Yards Per Rush 2.96 2.97
Net Passing Yards 101 254
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 16 / 1 32 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 126 270
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 25 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.97 7.47
- Yards Per Completion 7.88 12.86
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.7 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 5 / 42
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 42 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 31
Time of Possession 26:29 33:32

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:13 OWN 25 7 46 Field Goal
1 6:44 1:22 OWN 20 4 13 Interception
1 4:04 4:01 OWN 25 7 29 Punt
1 0:01 0:48 OWN 31 2 6 Fumble
2 9:54 2:05 OWN 17 3 -9 Punt
2 4:21 1:20 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 2:51 1:38 OWN 25 4 7 Punt
3 10:37 0:49 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 7:54 2:17 OWN 19 4 24 Punt
3 4:06 1:33 OWN 28 3 6 Punt
3 1:44 3:54 OWN 34 9 37 Missed FG
4 10:50 0:52 OWN 12 3 8 Punt
4 7:47 1:02 OWN 26 3 6 Punt
4 2:39 0:35 OWN 17 3 1 Punt

New England Patriots

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:47 4:03 OWN 25 7 27 Punt
1 5:22 1:18 OPP 35 3 9 Field Goal
1 0:03 0:02 OWN 1 1 -2 Safety
2 14:13 4:18 OPP 43 7 43 Touchdown
2 7:50 3:28 OPP 50 7 50 Touchdown
2 3:01 0:10 OWN 27 1 73 Touchdown
2 1:14 1:14 OWN 24 3 13 Half
3 15:00 4:23 OWN 25 9 70 Field Goal
3 9:48 1:54 OWN 22 5 16 Punt
3 5:37 1:32 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
3 2:33 0:49 OWN 22 3 -2 Punt
4 12:49 2:00 OWN 36 3 1 Punt
4 9:58 2:10 OWN 37 3 -2 Punt
4 6:46 4:07 OWN 24 6 16 Punt
4 2:04 2:04 OWN 33 4 23 Game

Rushing Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Shockley 13 43 3.31 11 1 0
David Noel 10 25 2.50 8 0 0
John Waters 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

New England Patriots

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Frank Kinyon 10 29 2.90 11 2 1
John Patel 10 22 2.20 10 1 1
Rodolfo Barrios 5 22 4.40 10 1 0
Joseph Dinardo 6 19 3.17 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Christopher Carrier 32 16 126 2 / 25 0 23 1 47.14

New England Patriots

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Fernando Ater 32 21 270 2 / 16 1 73 0 102.34

Receiving Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Scott Hernandez 4 56 14.00 19 0
Michael Shockley 2 26 13.00 23 0
Mark Lear 3 19 6.33 7 0
Clemente Anderson 3 13 4.33 6 0
Franklin Davis 3 8 2.67 6 0
Vaughn Rico 1 4 4.00 4 0

New England Patriots

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lewis Redding 2 89 44.50 73 1
Alvin Fancher 7 79 11.29 40 0
Rodolfo Barrios 4 29 7.25 14 0
Vincent Chance 3 26 8.67 14 0
Rocky Cherry 1 14 14.00 14 0
Justin Broadhurst 1 12 12.00 12 0
William Lujan 1 11 11.00 11 0
John Patel 1 9 9.00 9 0
Frank Kinyon 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Powell 34 27 1 2
Jonathan Sparrow 34 29 1 5
Tyrone Dufour 35 36 0 4
Jerry Barmore 11 3 0 0
Brooks Holt 0 2 0 0
Chad Barber 0 2 0 0
John Gordon 0 2 0 0
Clyde Brown 0 2 0 0
William Rodriguez 0 3 0 0
Daniel Lando 0 2 0 0
Michael Page 0 3 0 2
John Worrell 0 3 0 0
John Eure 0 2 0 0
Joshua Kelly 0 3 0 0
Scott Hernandez 0 1 0 0
Carlos Rehberg 9 7 0 0
Michael Shockley 9 1 0 0
Clemente Anderson 0 5 0 0
Bryan Shores 12 3 0 0
David Noel 5 1 0 0
John Perry 12 7 0 1
Franklin Davis 0 1 0 0
Mark Lear 0 6 0 0
Vaughn Rico 10 22 0 2
Freddie Davis 44 27 0 3
Don Nalley 46 35 0 2
Phillip Bell 28 19 0 1
John Waters 6 1 0 0

New England Patriots

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Donald Strayer 39 37 1 1
William Frazier 44 38 0 3
Daniel Nicholson 0 3 0 0
Charles Ceja 1 0 0 0
Richard Brown 1 0 0 0
Justin Broadhurst 0 3 0 0
Bobby Kim 0 1 0 0
Kareem Jackson 0 2 0 1
William Millsap 0 1 0 0
Jean Garrett 0 2 0 0
William Lujan 5 5 0 0
David Shaffer 0 3 0 0
Dorian Clark 0 1 0 0
Frederick Hopkins 0 1 0 0
Marlin Weston 5 0 0 0
Horace Winters 0 2 0 0
Elbert Lee 0 1 0 0
Charles Wilder 45 46 0 1
William Rosenfeld 0 2 0 0
Thomas Teeter 3 1 0 0
Robert Byrd 10 1 0 0
Frank Kinyon 5 1 0 0
John Patel 4 1 0 0
Rodolfo Barrios 15 21 0 1
Vincent Chance 11 30 0 1
Alvin Fancher 0 21 0 1
Robert Hunter 2 1 0 0
Rocky Cherry 0 11 0 0
William Stam 34 38 0 6
Lewis Redding 0 29 0 1
Allen Roldan 45 45 0 5
Joseph Dinardo 3 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Atlanta Falcons

New England Patriots

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
William Millsap 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Noel 1 0 0 0
Norman Ferrier 1 1 0 0

New England Patriots

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Horace Winters 0 1 1 0

Punting

Atlanta Falcons

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dale Cherry 10 477 47.70 43.90 61 1

New England Patriots

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Brian Riordan 7 328 46.86 42.00 51 3

Kicking

Atlanta Falcons

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Reginald Martin 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 46 0 / 0

New England Patriots

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Francisco Solis 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 3 / 3

Punt Return

Atlanta Falcons

New England Patriots

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John Patel 1 10 10.0 10 0
Jean Garrett 1 7 7.0 7 0

Kick Return

Atlanta Falcons

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Norman Ferrier 2 42 21.0 0

New England Patriots

Defensive Stats

Atlanta Falcons

Name Tackles Sacks
Joshua Kelly 9 0
Daniel Lando 7 0
Clyde Brown 6 0
George Perez 5 0
John Browning 4 2
James Warden 4 0
Jerry Foster 3 0
Michael Page 2 0
Sean Lawton 2 0
John Perry 2 0
Robert Cain 2 0
William Rodriguez 2 0
Reinaldo Lucero 2 0
Carlos Rehberg 1 0
Gerald Krum 1 0
John Worrell 1 0
Scott Hernandez 1 0
John Eure 1 0

New England Patriots

Name Tackles Sacks
David Shaffer 8 0
Frederick Hopkins 6 0
Daniel Nicholson 5 0
Scott Bosley 5 0
William Millsap 3 0
Rick Devaughn 3 1
Kareem Jackson 2 0
Dorian Clark 2 0
Horace Winters 2 0
Thomas Teeter 2 0
Timothy Brooks 1 0
Justin Simmons 1 0
Elbert Lee 1 1
Nathanial Ballard 1 0
Bobby Kim 1 0