SportsDirect Inc. staff
Nov 11, 2010
Matt Ryan connected with Roddy White for a 33-yard touchdown pass with 20 seconds to play, lifting the Atlanta Falcons to a 26-21 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night.
Ryan's second scoring pass to White capped a seven-play, 80-yard drive after Baltimore (6-3) had taken the lead with 65 seconds remaining.
White, who was questionable for the game with a knee injury, caught 12 passes for 138 yards, including a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns as the Falcons (7-2) won their third straight game.
Ryan finished 32 of 50 for 316 yards and three touchdowns in improving to 5-0 at home this season and 18-1 in his career at the Georgia Dome.
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco had rallied his team from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit, connecting on scoring passes of 6 yards to Derrick Mason and 9 yards to tight end Todd Heap to put Baltimore ahead 21-20 with 1:05 to play
Flacco finished 22 of 34 for 216 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. He also threw a 5-yard scoring pass to Anquan Boldin in the third quarter.
Atlanta had totally dominated play in taking a 10-0 lead into halftime.
Ryan's 28-yard scoring pass to Jason Snelling early in the second quarter accounted for the only touchdown of the half.
Matt Bryant added a 28-yard field goal with 17 seconds left on a drive kept alive when Baltimore's Lardarius Webb fumbled away a punt.