Falcons Walk All Over Bengals : Interconference: Deion Sanders returns a punt 79 yards for a touchdown, and Scott Case forces two turnovers to set up Atlanta scores.

Deion Sanders went into his high-step routine on a 79-yard punt return, but was low-key afterward.

Sanders’ touchdown and two others set up by Scott Case’s take-aways helped the Atlanta Falcons trounce the Cincinnati Bengals, 38-17, Sunday night.

“It was supposed to go left, but I saw a seam the other way,” Sanders said. “I got a hell of a block. I don’t know who it was. I can’t wait to see the film.”

It was a game between two coaches who feuded in the past, but neither Jerry Glanville of the Falcons nor Sam Wyche of the Bengals had harsh words publicly for the other during the week.

Wyche made a reference to Glanville’s style of play after the game in which players got into a shoving match more than a dozen times. No one was ejected and there were no penalties called.

“There were still some marginal hits,” Wyche said. “I guess someone will have to be carried off on a stretcher before the league does anything about it.”

Glanville, who as coach of the Houston Oilers last season, was on the short end of a 61-7 rout by Cincinnati, didn’t gloat.

“I’m a little bit pleased,” Glanville said. “We did all this against what I consider a good football team.”

The Bengals had to punt only once--the 49-yarder by Lee Johnson that Sanders returned for the touchdown.

The Bengals scored on three of their possessions, turned it over four times and ran out of downs on their other two.

Chris Miller hit Floyd Dixon with scoring passes of three and 11 yards and Steve Broussard ran 50 yards for another touchdown as the Falcons (3-4) snapped a two-game losing streak.

It was the second loss in three games for the Bengals (5-3), who were playing their fifth consecutive game on the road.

Sanders fielded Johnson’s punt at the Atlanta 21, sped past the first defender and then sped through a narrow crease to pop into the clear around midfield. He gave a high step at the Cincinnati 40, then began looking back over his shoulder for the final 25 yards of the longest punt return in Atlanta history.

“All the credit has to go to those guys that threw the blocks,” Sanders said.

Case set up a 33-yard scoring drive with an interception of a pass by Boomer Esiason late in the opening period and his recovery of a fumble by James Brooks at the Cincinnati three set up another touchdown just before halftime.

Miller hit Broussard with a 13-yard pass on the first play after Case’s interception and five plays later Mike Rozier plunged the final yard for the touchdown, giving the Falcons a 10-0 lead with 58 seconds left in the first quarter.

Miller’s three-yard scoring pass to Dixon followed Case’s recovery.

The Falcons also got a 27-yard field goal from Greg Davis on a game-opening 71-yard drive.

The 11-yarder to Dixon came just after the Bengals cut the lead to 24-10.

The Bengals cut Atlanta’s lead to 10-7 in the second quarter on Brooks’ six-yard touchdown run.

Esiason hit Eddie Brown on a four-yard scoring pass midway through the final quarter and Jim Breech kicked a 35-yard field goal in the third quarter.