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St. Louis Cardinals 26 at Atlanta Falcons 9

Sunday, October 10, 1971

St. Louis Cardinals 26, Atlanta Falcons 9

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St. Louis Cardinals (2-2-0)6107326
Atlanta Falcons (1-2-1)03069

Scoring

STLATL
1stSTLJim Bakken 37 yard field goal30
STLJim Bakken 45 yard field goal60
2ndSTLMacArthur Lane 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)130
ATLBill Bell 15 yard field goal133
STLJim Bakken 33 yard field goal163
3rdSTLRoy Shivers 2 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)233
4thATLTom Hayes 25 yard blocked punt return (kick failed)239
STLJim Bakken 26 yard field goal269

Team Stats

STLATL
First downs1615
Rush-yards-TDs42-151-226-94-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT12-27-121-0-013-27-138-0-4
Sacked-yards1-92-19
Net pass yards112119
Total yards263213
Fumbles-lost1-02-2
Turnovers06
Penalties-yards8-814-48

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Roy Shivers STL 21 88 1 0 1 7 0 0
Cid Edwards STL 12 47 0 0 5 40 0 0
Jim Hart STL 10 19 100 0 0 0 1 -1 0 0
John Gilliam STL 1 4 0 0 2 35 0 0
MacArthur Lane STL 6 10 1 0 2 21 0 0
Pete Beathard STL 2 8 21 0 0 0
Dave L. Williams STL 1 10 0 0
Jackie Smith STL 1 8 0 0
Paul White STL 1 3 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bob Berry ATL 13 27 138 0 4 0 3 19 0 0
Ray Poage ATL 4 71 0 0
Cannonball Butler ATL 15 48 0 0
Wes Chesson ATL 4 37 0 0
Art Malone ATL 6 24 0 0 2 11 0 0
Willie Belton ATL 2 3 0 0 1 10 0 0
Harmon Wages ATL 1 7 0 0
Sonny Campbell ATL 1 2 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Mel Gray STL 0 0 0 0 2 34 17.0 0 0
Jerry Stovall STL 2 20 0 0
Norm Thompson STL 0 0 0 0 1 45 45.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Roger Wehrli STL 1 6 0 0
Larry Willingham STL 0 0 0 0 2 27 13.5 0 0
Larry Wilson STL 1 23 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Willie Belton ATL 0 0 0 0 5 142 28.4 0 0 4 17 4.3 0 0
John Matlock ATL 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 0
Joe Profit ATL 0 0 0 0 1 26 26.0 0 0