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Atlanta Falcons 24 at New Orleans Saints 20

Sunday, December 19, 1971

Atlanta Falcons 24, New Orleans Saints 20

1234Final
Atlanta Falcons (7-6-1)7301424
New Orleans Saints (4-8-2)737320

Scoring

ATLNOR
1stATLArt Malone 6 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)70
NORBob Gresham 6 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)77
2ndNORCharlie Durkee 30 yard field goal710
ATLBill Bell 10 yard field goal1010
3rdNORArchie Manning 6 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)1017
4thATLArt Malone 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)1717
NORCharlie Durkee 36 yard field goal1720
ATLKen Burrow 22 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick)2420

Team Stats

ATLNOR
First downs1420
Rush-yards-TDs22-57-239-165-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT18-27-269-1-017-26-174-0-0
Sacked-yards1-75-39
Net pass yards262135
Total yards319300
Fumbles-lost3-13-1
Turnovers11
Penalties-yards6-495-56

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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