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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints - December 19th, 1971
Atlanta Falcons 24 at New Orleans Saints 20
Sunday, December 19, 1971
Atlanta Falcons 24, New Orleans Saints 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (7-6-1) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| New Orleans Saints (4-8-2) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
Scoring
| ATL | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Art Malone 6 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NOR | Bob Gresham 6 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | NOR | Charlie Durkee 30 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| ATL | Bill Bell 10 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Archie Manning 6 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4th | ATL | Art Malone 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 17 | 17 |
| NOR | Charlie Durkee 36 yard field goal | 17 | 20 | |
| ATL | Ken Burrow 22 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 24 | 20 |
Team Stats
| ATL | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-57-2 | 39-165-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-27-269-1-0 | 17-26-174-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 5-39 |
| Net pass yards | 262 | 135 |
| Total yards | 319 | 300 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-49 | 5-56 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Burrow | ATL | 8 | 190 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Berry | ATL | 18 | 27 | 269 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Malone | ATL | 8 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cannonball Butler | ATL | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wes Chesson | ATL | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Harmon Wages | ATL | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| George Kunz | ATL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 17 | 26 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Gresham | NOR | 18 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Strong | NOR | 17 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Newland | NOR | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Danny Abramowicz | NOR | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Parks | NOR | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Virgil Robinson | NOR | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Willie Belton | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cannonball Butler | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sonny Campbell | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 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 | |||
| Danny Abramowicz | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Gresham | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Virgil Robinson | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||