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Atlanta Falcons 3 at San Francisco 49ers 24

Sunday, December 12, 1971

Atlanta Falcons 3, San Francisco 49ers 24

1234Final
Atlanta Falcons (6-6-1)03003
San Francisco 49ers (8-5-0)7140324

Scoring

ATLSFO
1stSFOKen Willard 1 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)07
2ndSFOLarry Schreiber 23 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)014
SFOJohn Brodie 5 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)021
ATLBill Bell 18 yard field goal321
4thSFOBruce Gossett 48 yard field goal324

Team Stats

ATLSFO
First downs818
Rush-yards-TDs22-61-046-171-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT9-23-80-0-29-18-126-1-1
Sacked-yards2-111-7
Net pass yards69119
Total yards130290
Fumbles-lost3-23-0
Turnovers41
Penalties-yards3-184-40

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bob Berry ATL 9 23 80 0 2 0 2 6 0 0
Harmon Wages ATL 2 31 0 0 1 9 0 0
Jim R. Mitchell ATL 1 -8 0 0 3 40 0 0
Art Malone ATL 4 13 0 0 1 9 0 0
Cannonball Butler ATL 12 14 0 0 2 6 0 0
Ken Burrow ATL 2 16 0 0
Sonny Campbell ATL 1 5 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Brodie SFO 9 18 126 1 1 0 2 17 1 0
Larry Schreiber SFO 6 54 0 0 1 23 1 0
Vic Washington SFO 13 33 0 0 3 30 0 0
Ken Willard SFO 22 62 1 0
Gene A. Washington SFO 2 45 0 0
Ted Kwalick SFO 1 12 0 0 2 12 0 0
Dick Witcher SFO 1 16 0 0
John Isenbarger SFO 1 1 0 0
Jimmy Thomas SFO 1 -8 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
Willie Belton ATL 0 0 0 0 2 42 21.0 0 0 2 2 1.0 0 0
Greg Brezina ATL 1 4 0 0
Ray Brown ATL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Cannonball Butler ATL 0 0 0 0 2 41 20.5 0 0
Sonny Campbell ATL 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 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
Jimmy Johnson SFO 1 0 0 0
Preston Riley SFO 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0
Bruce Taylor SFO 0 0 0 0 2 7 3.5 0 0
Skip Vanderbundt SFO 1 10 0 0
Vic Washington SFO 0 0 0 0 1 40 40.0 0 0