Sunday, September 26, 1971
Atlanta Falcons 20, Los Angeles Rams 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (1-0-1) | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Los Angeles Rams (0-1-1) | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| ATL | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | RAM | David Ray 45 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| RAM | Bob Klein 1 yard pass from Jerry Rhome (David Ray kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | ATL | Bill Bell 25 yard field goal | 3 | 10 |
| ATL | Bill Bell 30 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| ATL | Cannonball Butler 27 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 13 | 10 | |
| 3rd | RAM | Willie Ellison 50 yard rush (David Ray kick) | 13 | 17 |
| ATL | Joe Profit 4 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 20 | 17 | |
| 4th | RAM | David Ray 47 yard field goal | 20 | 20 |
| ATL | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-150-1 | 37-192-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-22-301-1-1 | 16-30-145-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 2-20 |
| Net pass yards | 287 | 125 |
| Total yards | 437 | 317 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-45 | 1-5 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Berry | ATL | 15 | 22 | 301 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Art Malone | ATL | 17 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cannonball Butler | ATL | 19 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Harmon Wages | ATL | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrow | ATL | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Profit | ATL | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wes Chesson | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Willie Ellison | RAM | 19 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roman Gabriel | RAM | 15 | 29 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Les Josephson | RAM | 12 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | RAM | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Snow | RAM | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Smith | RAM | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Klein | RAM | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Rhome | RAM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Willie Belton | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom McCauley | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Profit | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 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 | |||
| Alvin Haymond | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gene Howard | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Isiah Robertson | RAM | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Travis Williams | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||