Mark Rypien picked Atlanta's defense to shreds and Washington posted another impressive blowout victory.

The Falcons opened the scoring with a field goal, but Rypien threw a TD to tight end Terry Orr to give Washington a 7-3 first quarter lead. The Skins broke the game open in the second quarter, with Rypien hitting Gary Clark twice and running the ball in himself for another score. Washington led 28-3 at halftime.

Atlanta made their move to get back in the game in the third quarter, scoring twice to close to 28-17. But Rypien got back to work late in the third, hitting Monk for a score to open things up to 35-17. Washington receivers kept getting open deep in the fourth quarter, and Clark and Monk both caught long bombs to make the score a whopping 49-17. The embarrasment wasn't over for the Falcons, as linebacker Andre Collins intercepted Billy Joe Tolliver late in the fourth and returned the ball for another TD, bringing the score to 56-17.