page_title: 2006 Atlanta Falcons season
section_title: Week 6: vs. New York Giants
hierarchical_section_title: 2006 Atlanta Falcons season / Regular season / Week 6: vs. New York Giants
caption_attribution_description: Had to get one picture of Michael Vick. His back was good enough.
context_page_description: The 2006 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 41st in the National Football League. The team attempted to improve on their 8–8 record in 2005.
  Falcons quarterback Michael Vick became the first quarterback in modern NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards, with 1,039. Running back Warrick Dunn rushed for 1,140 yards, making the 2006 Falcons only the fourth team in the history of the NFL and AFL to have two 1,000-yard rushers. The Falcons are, however, the only team to have multiple 1,000-yard rushers and finish the season with a losing record.
  This was the end of the Michael Vick era in Atlanta as his dog fighting case led to his departure from the team the following season.
context_section_description: Coming off their Bye Week, the Falcons lost their second game of the season against the New York Giants.
  A defensive battle early in the game, the first quarter went scoreless.  The Giants got on the board first when former Falcons kicker Jay Feely connected on a 21-yard field goal midway through the second quarter.  The Falcons responded when quarterback Michael Vick scored on a 22-yard rushing touchdown to take a 7–3 halftime lead.  Falcons running back Warrick Dunn opened the second half in a big way, scoring on a franchise record 90-yard touchdown run.  That was all the Falcons had left as the Giants proceeded to score 24 unanswered points to take control of the game when many of the Falcons' vaunted defensive starters had to leave the game due to injury.  Quarterback Eli Manning hit tight end Jeremy Shockey twice for touchdowns in the second half, and backup running back Brandon Jacobs ran one in.  Giants running back Tiki Barber rushed for a season high 185 yards, and Feely added another field goal.
  With the loss, the Falcons fell to 3–2.
caption: Michael Vick (among other players) on the sidelines during week 6
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