Falcons Stay In Play-Off Hunt With Win Over Carolina, 45-28

ATLANTA (AP) - Michael Turner scored four touchdowns in what has

been a career year, but the Atlanta Falcons have gotten used to

their running back coming up big.

They never could've imagined what Harry Douglas was going to do

Sunday.

The rookie receiver scored on a 7-yard end around, caught a

69-yard pass that set up a touchdown, then finished off the

Carolina Panthers with a 61-yard punt return that carried the

Falcons to a 45-28 win in a game they couldn't afford to lose in

the NFC South.

Bouncing back from its first home loss, Atlanta (7-4) jumped out

to a 17-0 lead, endured a Carolina comeback and blew it open in the

fourth quarter to close within a game of the division lead.