Atlanta 34 San Diego 28 OT

Atlanta, getting healthy after a bye week, host San Diego.  The Falcons come out

Andre Rison

raring to go and take opening drive to the house. San Diego comes right back and go 86 yards on a 7;30 minute opening TD drive and after 1 it is 7-7.  After both teams punt, Atlanta facing a 3rd and 10 from their own 8 show why they are a dangerous Offense.  George hits Rison on a quick slant and Rison explodes for 81 yards to the SD 11 before being pushed out. George then finds Mathis in the end zone and Atlanta goes up 14-7. SD seems to be driving right back but Matthews strip sacks Humphries and Atlanta recovers on SD 47. George, playing as good George, leads the team down for another TD this time hitting Sanders from 11 out, and at half Atlanta leads 21-7. 
San Diego takes 3rd Q opening drive to mid field then punts and traps Atlanta at their 4 yard line. Atlanta goes 96 yards on 11 plays, the big play a 40 yard screen pass to Heyward, to take a seemingly insurmountable 28-7 lead. As the 3rd quarter winds down the game changes on 2 long Humphries' passes. First he hits Jefferson for 23, then on the very next play tosses a 42 yard TD bomb to Martin and after 3 , it is 28-14.  The 4th Quarter is ALL San Diego. SD has a long drive stall on a 4th down, but score a quick Defensive TD as George(bad George in 4th Q) is strip sacked and the fumble is returned all the way to the house and SD is suddenly within 7. Atlanta then  punts it right back.  Humphries quickly hits TE Mitchell for a huge 43 yard gain, and 3 plays later tosses a TD strike to Jefferson and we are TIED at 28 with just under 3 to go! Atlanta has a drive stall and punts to SD who also stall and we head to OT.
Atlanta gets the ball to start OT. Atlanta starts from the 11. They move down to their 48 on crisp short passes, when disaster appears to strike..on 1st down SD blitzes 3 and Whitfield (All-Pro) commits his 3rd hold of the game.  Then just as quickly the game ends as George hits Rison on a medium cross and Rison will not be caught and goes 62 yards for the victory!
Final: Atlanta 34-28 in OT

Pittsburgh 31 Arizona 13

The Steelers came into the Desert having won 6 in a row while the Cardinals had lost 5 in the row... The trend continues .

This game was close throughout . 10-7 Steelers at the half 10-10 after 3 .... Then all hell broke lose in the 4th for the home team 

as O'Donnell threw 3 4th quarter touchdowns . The turning point came with 8:40 left in the game ,The Steelers had the ball on their own 21.... Arenas Williams jumped a short slant and had what appeared to be his 6th pick of the year in what would have been a huge turnover in a 17-13 game unfortunately for the home team Starting Safety Terry Hoage decided to inflict some pain but was a little to rough and was called for a 15 yard roughing penalty which nullified the turnover . The Steelers drive down the field put 7 more on the board and close out with another a few minutes later to win the game 31-13.

Pittsburgh 41 NY Giants 7

Barry Foster

Even with no Neil O"Donnell, Mike Tomczak had no trouble carving up the reeling New York Giants. Tomczak threw for 255 yards and 3 scores and Barry Foster ran for 113 and another score and the Steelers roughed up the Giants 41-7. New York turned the ball over four times in the first half, all turnovers leading to Pittsburgh touchdowns. 

San Francisco 27 Tampa Bay 17

49ers were handed a tough game and were showing RUN = F and Pass = D most

Dana Stubblefield

of the game with Dana Stubblefield playing OT, Yikes! Good effort from Tony to scare the 49ers straight.

Green Bay 27 Minnesota 20

The Packers get revenge for their opening day loss by

Robert Brooks

shutting down Moon and the Vikings.

New Orleans 24 LA Rams 13

Jim Everrett

Saints QB and Game MVP Jim Everett completed 25 of 35 passes for 339 yds and3TDs. He threw 2tds in the 4th Qtr to bring the Saints from behind to defeat the Rams in the Superdome 24 to 13. Next week the Saints and Rams have a Bye. 

Atlanta 31 LA Raiders 14

Jeff George redeems himself after last weeks brutal performance, and leads his visiting Falcons to a

Andre Rison

big road win.  Atlanta jumped out early scoring 2 TD's , but LA came charging back and tied it at 14 late in 2nd Q. The key point may have been right after as Atlanta took over on their 20 with just over 2:30 in half. Atlanta went 74 yards to LA 6 and with the half expiring kicked a FG for a 3 point lead. Atlanta like in 1st half would score TD's on their opening 2 2nd half drives and salt away a 31-14 win.
George was 30 of 37 for 385 yards and 4 TD's. Mathis and Rison also had huge games, Mathis 12 for 176, 2TD's and Rison 9 for 111, 1 TD. They would have to be as Atlanta could not run the ball at all...and mid way through 4th lost Heywood and had NO running backs.  The Raidas were led by harvey Williams 18 rushes for 90 yards.  

San Francisco 42 Atlanta 17

This was a rough one for the hometown fans. Atlanta got mauled in every aspect of

Steve Young & Jerry Rice

the game.  Including 3 penalties on kick returns, 3 fumbles and 3 picks, including and most hurtful a 46 yard INT, pick 6 by former Falcon Deion Sanders! .  San Fran was completely unstoppable on offense and never punted in the game.  Young was nearly perfect going 15/20, 242 yards 3 TD's (154.6 passer rtg..think that is perfect), Jerry Rice was on fire 7 out of 7 passes caught for 132 yards and a TD.  For Atlanta George was brutal esp. after 3 of his first 5 passes were picked, overall he was 20/33, 221 yds, 2 TD's , 3 INT, 3 sacks and a lost fumble! 
Total 49er domination in this one going up 28-0 early 2nd and never looking back.

New Orleans 42 San Diego 38

It was a shootout in the Superdome as the 5 -0 Chargers marched into the Big Easy to

Torrance Small

face the 5 - 1 Saints. A total of 80 points were scored, 9 turnovers, 755 yds of Offense and the lead would change hands 8 times before a winner would be declaired. Charger QB Stan Humphries completed 22 of 36 passes for 331 yds 4 TDs but the killer 5 INTs. While, Saints QB Jim Everett completed 27 of 43 passes for 322 yds 4 TDs and 2 Ints. The Chargers started the scoring with a 2 yd run by RB Natrone Means, two plays later the Saints tied it 7 - 7 on a 59 yd TD pass from Jim Everett to WR Micheal Haynes. The Chargers then march to the Saints 19 yradline and was forced to kick a FG, Chargers 10 - Saints 7 at the end of the 1st Qtr.  The Saints in the 2nd Qtr marched 58 yds and scored to take the lead 14 - 10 on a 28 yd TD pass from Jim Everett to TE Wesley Walls. Then, on the Chargers next possession Saints CB Sean Lumpkin Intercepted a Stan Humhries pass to setup the Saints on the Charger 47 yard line  where the Saints QB Jim Everett took advantage  by marching the Saints 47 YDs to a TD, a 3 yd pass to Micheal Haynes ( his second of the day). Saints 21 - Chargers 10 at the break. In the 3rd the Chargers and QB Stan Humphries stormed back with 2 unanswered TD passes, one 8 yarder to WR Shawn Jefferson and a 12 yarder to WR Tony Martin to take the lead 24 - 21. However, the Saints march back 67 yds in 11 plays to score on a 2 yd run by RB Mario Bates and reclaim the lead 28 - 24 at the end of the 3rd Qtr.  In the 4th Qtr, Charger QB Stan Humphries and Saint QB Jim Everett would exchange TD Passes 2 each. The final TD pass in this shootout would come from Saint QB Jim Everett for the win. Late in the 4th Qtr the Saints got the ball first and 10 on their own 39 yardline with 2:31 left in the game, trailing 38 - 35. The Saints marched to the Charger 8 yardline where they had a 3rd and Goal with 4 second left in regulation. QB Jim Everett then Hit WR Torrance Small on the short slant for 8 yds and the win. It was a great game and a big win for the Saints. Next week the Saints play the Rams at home and the Chargers go home to face the Broncos.  

Pittsburgh 26 Cincinnati 0

The Steelers Improved to 5 - 1  with a 26 - 0 win over the Bengals in Three Rivers.

The Steeler Offense controlled the ball and the Steel Defense kept the Bengals Offense from ever getting on track. Next week the Steelers play the Giants in the Meadowlands and the Bengals travel to the city of brotherly love to play the Eagles.