| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (0-3-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions (2-1-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Tiger Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 56 degrees, relative humidity 58%, wind 9 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Gail Cogdill 13 yard pass from Milt Plum (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Lions | Joe Don Looney 24 yard rush (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 0 | 14 |
| Lions | Tom Nowatzke 2 yard rush (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| Falcons | Ernie Wheelwright 1 yard rush (Lou Kirouac kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| 3rd | Falcons | Lou Kirouac 40 yard field goal | 10 | 21 |
| 4th | Lions | Tom Nowatzke 7 yard pass from Milt Plum (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 10 | 28 |
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-155-1 | 30-136-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-24-116-0-0 | 19-27-230-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 2-22 |
| Net pass yards | 104 | 208 |
| Total yards | 259 | 344 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-44 | 8-88 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Junior Coffey | ATL | 16 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Randy Johnson | ATL | 5 | 14 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dennis Claridge | ATL | 4 | 10 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Perry Lee Dunn | ATL | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Wheelwright | ATL | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alex Hawkins | ATL | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Angelo Coia | ATL | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Barnes | ATL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Martin | ATL | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Milt Plum | DET | 19 | 27 | 230 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Amos Marsh | DET | 10 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gail Cogdill | DET | 7 | 74 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pat Studstill | DET | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Nowatzke | DET | 12 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Kramer | DET | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Don Looney | DET | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bruce McLenna | DET | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Walker | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Junior Coffey | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Reaves | ATL | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marion Rushing | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Smith | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jerry Mazzanti | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Todd | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Vaughn | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Lou Kirouac | ATL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Lothridge | ATL | 5 | 219 | 43.8 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Pat Studstill | DET | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne H. Walker | DET | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||