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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons - October 8th, 1972
Detroit Lions 26 at Atlanta Falcons 23
Sunday, October 8, 1972
Detroit Lions 26, Atlanta Falcons 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (3-1-0) | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| Atlanta Falcons (2-2-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
Scoring
| DET | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Errol Mann 39 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| ATL | Bill Bell 22 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | DET | Errol Mann 37 yard field goal | 6 | 3 |
| DET | Steve Owens 8 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 13 | 3 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Art Malone 10 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 13 | 10 |
| DET | Ron Jessie 82 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 20 | 10 | |
| 4th | ATL | Art Malone 2 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 20 | 17 |
| ATL | Bill Bell 32 yard field goal | 20 | 20 | |
| ATL | Bill Bell 12 yard field goal | 20 | 23 | |
| DET | Steve Owens 3 yard rush (kick failed) | 26 | 23 |
Team Stats
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-180-2 | 38-199-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 5-17-142-1-3 | 10-17-105-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 4-26 |
| Net pass yards | 134 | 79 |
| Total yards | 314 | 278 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 4-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-40 | 9-88 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Altie Taylor | DET | 13 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 3 | 102 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 5 | 17 | 142 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Owens | DET | 19 | 77 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dave Hampton | ATL | 16 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Art Malone | ATL | 12 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Berry | ATL | 10 | 17 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Profit | ATL | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrow | ATL | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Belton | ATL | 2 | 7 | 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 | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Naumoff | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mickey Zofko | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 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 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clarence Ellis | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Hampton | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Hayes | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Nobis | ATL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||