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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons - October 24th, 1971
New Orleans Saints 6 at Atlanta Falcons 28
Sunday, October 24, 1971
New Orleans Saints 6, Atlanta Falcons 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (2-3-1) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Atlanta Falcons (2-3-1) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
Scoring
| NOR | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Dick Shiner 4 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 7 |
| ATL | Harmon Wages 17 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | ATL | Jim R. Mitchell 14 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 21 |
| NOR | Charlie Durkee 28 yard field goal | 3 | 21 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Charlie Durkee 24 yard field goal | 6 | 21 |
| 4th | ATL | Willie Belton 13 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 6 | 28 |
Team Stats
| NOR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 15-58-0 | 53-284-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-41-163-0-2 | 9-16-94-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-19 | 1-14 |
| Net pass yards | 144 | 80 |
| Total yards | 202 | 364 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-62 | 11-102 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 12 | 30 | 138 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Danny Abramowicz | NOR | 4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Ford | NOR | 10 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Parks | NOR | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tony Baker | NOR | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Newland | NOR | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Hargett | NOR | 2 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Hoyle Granger | NOR | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | NOR | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cannonball Butler | ATL | 20 | 114 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Harmon Wages | ATL | 12 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Belton | ATL | 9 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Shiner | ATL | 9 | 15 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Art Malone | ATL | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrow | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wes Chesson | ATL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sonny Campbell | ATL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leo Hart | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Al Dodd | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Delles Howell | NOR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reynaud Moore | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 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 | |||
| Willie Belton | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cannonball Butler | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Mallory | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Reaves | ATL | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||