ATLANTA (AP)  Marcus Mariota threw a pair of touchdown pa ses and ran for another score against the NFL's top-ranked defense, leading the Atlanta Falcons to a 28-14 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Mariota completed his first 13 pa ses for the Falcons (3-3), finally throwing his lone incompletion on his final attempt of the day with le s than 11 minutes remaining. He finished with 129 yards through the air in Atlanta's conservative pa sing game, on six carries.The Niners (3-3) couldn't  Lance Lynn Jersey overcome and a fumble that was returned for a touchdown by the Falcons. caught his first TD pa s of the season and just the second of his 22-game career, hauling in a 7-yard throw from Mariota that prompted the young tight end to break out the vintage Dirty Bird dance.Veteran tight end MyCole Pruitt, who was elevated from the practice squad for the game, collected the other scoring pa s from Mariota, a 2-yarder to cap an 11-play, 74-yard drive on Atlanta's opening po se sion Bob Gibson Jersey . in the final minute of the first half to the put the Falcons ahead to stay, 21-14.Atlanta's defense outshined the Niners' touted unit, making things tough on Garoppolo, limiting San Francisco to 50 yards rushing and even scoring a touchdown of its own.On a third-and-1 plunge into the line, Orlando Cepeda Jersey  Jeff Wilson had the ball knocked away by Rashaan Evans. A.J. Terrell scooped it up at the San Francisco 21 and took off for the end zone. He fumbled, too, trying to stretch for a TD, to put the Falcons ahead 14-0.San Francisco tied it with touchdowns on back-to-back po se sions in the second quarter, both of them on TD throws to Brandon Aiyuk.Garoppolo connected with Aiyuk on a 12-yard score, the Falcons went three-and-out, Ray-Ray McCloud broke off a 35-yard punt return, and Garoppolo returned to Aiyuk for a 14-yard TD to s.But that was about all the offense the Niners could Vince Coleman Jersey  muster. The Falcons controlled the clock by outrushing San Francisco 168-50 on a season-high 40 carries.INJURIES49ers: Already without DE Nick Bosa because of a groin injury, San Francisco lost two more starters during the game. CB Charvarius Ward (groin) and OT Mike McGlinchey (left calf) both hobbled off the field in the first half and didn't return. WR Ray-Ray McCloud III and S Talanoa Hufunga also mi sed time being evaluated for po sible concu sions. Both were cleared to return to the game.Falcons: CB A.J. Terrell (thigh) was injured in the second half and didn't return. Atlanta's other starting corner, Casey Hayward, also hobbled off late in the game with a shoulder injury. UP NEXT49ers: Return home from two weeks on the East Coast to host the Roger Maris Jersey  Kansas City Chiefs next Sunday.Falcons: Wrap up a tough stretch of games to begin the season by traveling to Cincinnati to face the defending AFC champion Bengals on Sunday.___Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at pnewberry1963___More AP NFL: hub/nfl and AP_NFL   in this topic Click here Click here Click here