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Week 18 Saturday, 1/3/2009 4:30 PM

NFC Wild Card Game

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Key Performance Information

Key performance records for ATLANTA

ATLANTA is 11-5 in all games this season. (22-26 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 8-4 against conference opponents this season. (16-20 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 0-1 when playing on a Saturday over the last 3 seasons. (7-3 since 1992.)

ATLANTA is 10-4 when playing with 6 or less days rest this season. (19-18 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 1-0 against NFC West division opponents this season. (4-2 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 8-2 in dome games this season. (14-18 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 8-2 in games played on turf this season. (15-18 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 0-0 in January games over the last 3 seasons. (5-7 since 1992.)

ATLANTA is 0-0 in playoff games over the last 3 seasons. (4-4 since 1992.)

ATLANTA is 0-0 in the Wild Card round of the playoffs over the last 3 seasons. (1-0 since 1992.)

ATLANTA is 1-3 after scoring 30 points or more last game this season. (2-4 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 1-3 after 2 or more consecutive wins this season. (1-7 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 4-2 when playing against a team with a winning record this season. (7-11 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 3-1 when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season. (4-8 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 5-3 vs. good offensive teams - scoring 24 or more points/game this season. (6-9 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 3-2 vs. good offensive teams - scoring 24 or more points/game in the second half of the season this season. (3-6 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 2-3 versus good offensive teams - averaging >=5.65 yards/play this season. (2-11 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 2-2 versus good offensive teams - averaging >=5.65 yards/play in the second half of the season this season. (2-8 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 11-5 in all lined games this season. (22-26 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 4-4 in road games this season. (9-15 over the last 3 seasons.)

ATLANTA is 4-4 in road lined games this season. (9-15 over the last 3 seasons.)

Key performance records for ARIZONA

ARIZONA is 9-7 in all games this season. (22-26 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 7-5 against conference opponents this season. (17-19 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 0-0 when playing on a Saturday over the last 3 seasons. (3-4 since 1992.)

ARIZONA is 6-6 when playing with 6 or less days rest this season. (18-21 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 0-1 against NFC South division opponents this season. (1-5 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 3-2 off a division game this season. (6-10 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 7-2 in dome games this season. (18-12 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 7-3 in games played on turf this season. (19-13 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 0-0 in January games over the last 3 seasons. (3-4 since 1992.)

ARIZONA is 0-0 in playoff games over the last 3 seasons. (1-1 since 1992.)

ARIZONA is 0-0 in the Wild Card round of the playoffs over the last 3 seasons. (0-0 since 1992.)

ARIZONA is 2-1 off a win by 10 points or more over a division rival this season. (3-1 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 3-2 off a win against a division rival this season. (4-7 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 3-3 after scoring 30 points or more last game this season. (7-6 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 2-4 when playing against a team with a winning record this season. (6-11 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 0-3 when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season. (3-6 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 2-3 vs. good offensive teams - scoring 24 or more points/game this season. (6-6 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 0-3 vs. good offensive teams - scoring 24 or more points/game in the second half of the season this season. (3-5 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 4-1 versus poor defensive teams - allowing >=5.65 yards/play this season. (8-3 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 3-1 versus poor defensive teams - allowing >=5.65 yards/play in the second half of the season this season. (6-2 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 2-1 versus good offensive teams - averaging >=5.65 yards/play this season. (7-3 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 1-1 versus good offensive teams - averaging >=5.65 yards/play in the second half of the season this season. (5-3 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 9-7 in all lined games this season. (22-26 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 6-2 in home games this season. (15-9 over the last 3 seasons.)

ARIZONA is 6-2 in home lined games this season. (15-9 over the last 3 seasons.)

Team Season Statistics

ATLANTA - Current Season Statistics
					Rushing		Passing				Total
	PPG	Half	FD	TOP	ATT-YDS	YPR	CMP-ATT	PCT	YDS	PYA	ATT-YDS	YPP	YPPT
Offense (All Games)	24.4	14.6	19.6	31:10	35-153	(4.4)	17-27	61.1%	208	(7.7)	62-361	(5.8)	(14.8)
Opponents Defensive Avg.	23.6	12.2	18.8	31:35	28-125	(4.4)	20-32	60.7%	215	(6.6)	61-340	(5.6)	(14.4)
Offense Road Games	19.2	13.2	20.2	32:44	34-133	(3.9)	18-31	58.5%	197	(6.4)	65-330	(5.1)	(17.2)
Defense (All Games)	20.3	8.7	19.4	29:26	26-127	(4.9)	20-34	59.2%	220	(6.4)	60-347	(5.8)	(17.1)
Opponents Offensive Avg.	23.2	11.7	18.3	30:51	27-116	(4.3)	20-33	60.5%	223	(6.7)	60-338	(5.6)	(14.6)
Defense Road Games	20.1	9.7	17.9	28:06	26-130	(5)	18-31	58.5%	194	(6.3)	57-324	(5.7)	(16.1)

ATLANTA - Turnovers, Penalties and Special Teams Statistics
	Turnovers Lost				Third Downs		Fourth Downs		Kickoff Returns		Punt Returns		Penalties
	INT	FL	TO	DIFF	#-MADE	PCT	#-MADE	PCT	KR-YDS	YPKR	PR-YDS	YPPR	PEN-YDS
Stats For (All Games)	0.7	0.6	1.3	-0.2	14-6	43.4%	1-0	46.2%	4-88	(23.9)	3-24	(8.8)	4-42
Opponents Avg. Stats Against	0.9	0.7	1.6	1.9	13-5	39.7%	1-0	51.4%	4-98	(23.2)	23-2	(9.3)	5-67
Stats For (Road Games)	0.7	0.6	1.4	-0.2	15-6	42.7%	1-0	40.0%	4-78	(21.6)	2-18	(8)	5-42
Stats Against (All Games)	0.6	0.5	1.1		13-5	38.2%	1-1	47.4%	4-96	(21.6)	1-4	(2.9)	7-67
Opponents Avg. Stats For	1	0.6	1.6		13-5	39.6%	1-0	48.4%	4-97	(22.9)	21-2	(9.8)	6-42
Stats Against (Road Games)	0.2	0.9	1.1		12-4	35.1%	1-0	37.5%	4-83	(22.2)	2-4	(2.2)	7-67

ARIZONA - Current Season Statistics
					Rushing		Passing				Total
	PPG	Half	FD	TOP	ATT-YDS	YPR	CMP-ATT	PCT	YDS	PYA	ATT-YDS	YPP	YPPT
Offense (All Games)	26.7	11.3	20.4	30:07	21-74	(3.5)	26-39	66.3%	291	(7.4)	61-365	(6)	(13.7)
Opponents Defensive Avg.	22.3	11.9	18.1	30:05	27-111	(4.1)	20-33	60.8%	215	(6.6)	59-326	(5.5)	(14.6)
Offense Home Games	30.2	13.4	20.5	30:01	21-67	(3.3)	27-39	69.9%	299	(7.7)	60-367	(6.1)	(12.1)
Defense (All Games)	26.6	14.6	19.5	30:45	28-110	(4)	20-32	62.4%	221	(6.8)	60-331	(5.5)	(12.4)
Opponents Offensive Avg.	21.4	11.7	18.3	30:08	28-120	(4.3)	19-32	60.4%	201	(6.4)	59-321	(5.4)	(15)
Defense Home Games	22.2	13.5	17.9	30:03	27-106	(3.9)	20-33	60.5%	218	(6.5)	60-323	(5.4)	(14.5)

ARIZONA - Turnovers, Penalties and Special Teams Statistics
	Turnovers Lost				Third Downs		Fourth Downs		Kickoff Returns		Punt Returns		Penalties
	INT	FL	TO	DIFF	#-MADE	PCT	#-MADE	PCT	KR-YDS	YPKR	PR-YDS	YPPR	PEN-YDS
Stats For (All Games)	0.9	0.9	1.9	0	12-5	41.9%	1-0	50.0%	5-102	(21.7)	2-15	(7.2)	7-53
Opponents Avg. Stats Against	0.8	0.7	1.5	1.6	13-5	38.4%	1-0	53.3%	4-93	(22.9)	24-2	(10.2)	6-58
Stats For (Home Games)	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.6	13-6	45.5%	1-0	66.7%	4-98	(25.3)	2-20	(9.6)	7-53
Stats Against (All Games)	0.8	1.1	1.9		13-6	44.4%	1-1	76.5%	4-108	(25)	2-24	(13.1)	6-58
Opponents Avg. Stats For	0.9	0.7	1.6		13-5	37.9%	1-1	56.2%	4-99	(23.3)	21-2	(9.6)	5-53
Stats Against (Home Games)	0.7	1.1	1.9		14-6	43.6%	1-1	70.0%	5-131	(28.3)	2-31	(17.5)	8-58

Season Results And Upcoming Games

Here are the season to date results and upcoming schedules for the two teams involved.

ATLANTA - Season Results
				Team Stats			Opp Stats
Date	Opponent	Score	W/L	Rushing	Passing	TO	Rushing	Passing	TO
9/7/2008	DETROIT	34-21	W	42-318	9-13-156	0	21-62	24-33-246	1
9/14/2008	@ TAMPA BAY	9-24	L	28-105	13-33-129	2	28-164	18-31-147	1
9/21/2008	KANSAS CITY	38-14	W	36-186	12-18-192	1	33-184	14-36-117	3
9/28/2008	@ CAROLINA	9-24	L	23-118	21-41-150	0	33-107	20-29-294	0
10/5/2008	@ GREEN BAY	27-24	W	36-176	16-26-194	1	23-104	25-37-304	1
10/12/2008	CHICAGO	22-20	W	30-75	22-30-301	1	23-79	26-43-282	1
10/26/2008	@ PHILADELPHIA	14-27	L	24-77	23-44-258	3	32-192	19-34-240	1
11/2/2008	@ OAKLAND	24-0	W	57-252	17-22-201	1	11-67	6-19-10	2
11/9/2008	NEW ORLEANS	34-20	W	36-113	16-23-248	0	17-105	31-58-416	3
11/16/2008	DENVER	20-24	L	35-114	20-33-250	1	25-124	19-27-208	0
11/23/2008	CAROLINA	45-28	W	33-133	17-27-259	1	26-134	21-35-274	0
11/30/2008	@ SAN DIEGO	22-16	W	43-141	17-23-207	3	19-70	17-30-131	0
12/7/2008	@ NEW ORLEANS	25-29	L	30-99	24-33-315	1	30-184	18-32-230	0
12/14/2008	TAMPA BAY	13-10	W	43-175	15-23-198	3	26-99	26-37-226	1
12/21/2008	@ MINNESOTA	24-17	W	32-98	13-24-124	0	31-155	22-36-195	4
12/28/2008	ST LOUIS	31-27	W	32-263	10-21-154	3	37-202	19-32-206	0
1/3/2009	@ ARIZONA

ARIZONA - Season Results
				Team Stats			Opp Stats
Date	Opponent	Score	W/L	Rushing	Passing	TO	Rushing	Passing	TO
9/7/2008	@ SAN FRANCISCO	23-13	W	39-109	19-30-176	0	20-108	14-20-183	5
9/14/2008	MIAMI	31-10	W	31-81	20-26-364	0	24-72	17-32-164	0
9/21/2008	@ WASHINGTON	17-24	L	23-116	17-31-197	2	31-136	23-31-187	0
9/28/2008	@ NY JETS	35-56	L	15-42	40-57-426	7	26-89	24-34-284	1
10/5/2008	BUFFALO	41-17	W	34-123	33-42-250	0	17-84	18-24-203	4
10/12/2008	DALLAS	30-24	W	19-50	22-30-226	3	22-73	24-39-301	1
10/26/2008	@ CAROLINA	23-27	L	14-50	36-51-375	2	29-113	20-28-238	1
11/2/2008	@ ST LOUIS	34-13	W	33-177	23-34-333	0	20-61	16-33-170	3
11/10/2008	SAN FRANCISCO	29-24	W	19-46	32-42-328	0	28-118	19-40-217	3
11/16/2008	@ SEATTLE	26-20	W	24-76	32-44-382	3	22-43	17-29-153	4
11/23/2008	NY GIANTS	29-37	L	15-23	32-52-348	2	27-87	26-33-234	0
11/27/2008	@ PHILADELPHIA	20-48	L	10-25	21-39-235	4	40-185	27-39-252	1
12/7/2008	ST LOUIS	34-10	W	22-63	24-33-272	1	25-85	22-38-223	3
12/14/2008	MINNESOTA	14-35	L	7-43	31-49-261	2	44-239	11-17-157	1
12/21/2008	@ NEW ENGLAND	7-47	L	15-44	12-32-142	2	42-183	21-38-331	0
12/28/2008	SEATTLE	34-21	W	19-111	24-38-346	2	28-87	24-43-243	3
1/3/2009	ATLANTA

Recent Head-to-Head Matchups

Summary of past games in this series since 1992

ATLANTA is 6-4 in past games against ARIZONA since 1992

The average score in these games was ATLANTA 24, ARIZONA 19

Summary of games over the last 3 seasons.

ARIZONA is 1-1 in past games against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons

The average score in these games was ATLANTA 30, ARIZONA 20

Summary of past games in this series played at ARIZONA since 1992

ARIZONA is 3-1 in past games against ATLANTA since 1992

The average score in these games was ATLANTA 31, ARIZONA 28

Summary of games played at ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons.

ARIZONA is 1-0 in past games against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons

The average score in these games was ARIZONA 30, ATLANTA 27

						Rushing	Passing		Turnovers		Penalties
Date	Teams	Score	Half	FD	TOP	ATT-YDS	CMP-ATT	YDS	FL	INT	PEN-YDS
12/23/2007	ATLANTA	27	14	21	28:21	23-102	28-42	303	0	1	10-74
	ARIZONA	30	24	24	37:09	27-76	36-53	361	0	0	4-57
10/1/2006	ARIZONA	10	10	14	28:34	25-31	16-28	156	2	2	4-19
	ATLANTA	32	12	19	31:26	40-262	13-22	143	0	1	5-40

Key Player Injuries

ATLANTA

[CB] David Irons IR - Knee - 12/16/08

[CB] Von Hutchins IR - Foot - 07/28/08

[OT] Renardo Foster is out for the rest of the season. - Knee - 11/21/08

[RB] Thomas Brown IR - Leg - 08/30/08

[S] Antoine Harris IR - Groin - 12/09/08

[TE] Ben Hartsock IR - Toe - 11/26/08

[WR] Laurent Robinson IR - Hamstring - 12/17/08

ARIZONA

[LB] Ali Highsmith IR - Knee - 11/03/08

[LB] Clark Haggans expected to miss at least 2 weeks - Foot - 12/15/08

[LB] Pago Togafau missed last game, "?" - Knee - 12/14/08

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