Sunday, November 12, 1972
New Orleans Saints 20, Atlanta Falcons 36| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (1-7-1) | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| Atlanta Falcons (5-4-0) | 7 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 36 |
| NOR | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Art Malone 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NOR | Happy Feller 19 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | ATL | Dave Hampton 16 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 3 | 14 |
| ATL | Safety, Manning tackled by Lewis in end zone | 3 | 16 | |
| ATL | Bob Berry 2 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 3 | 23 | |
| ATL | Bill Bell 37 yard field goal | 3 | 26 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Ken Burrow 15 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 3 | 33 |
| NOR | Happy Feller 25 yard field goal | 6 | 33 | |
| NOR | Bob Gresham 1 yard rush (Happy Feller kick) | 13 | 33 | |
| 4th | ATL | Bill Bell 32 yard field goal | 13 | 36 |
| NOR | Robert Brown 2 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 20 | 36 |
| NOR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-109-1 | 41-189-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-31-173-1-0 | 12-21-174-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-18 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 155 | 163 |
| Total yards | 264 | 352 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 4-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-53 | 9-87 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 13 | 31 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Danny Abramowicz | NOR | 5 | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Butler | NOR | 10 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Newland | NOR | 4 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Margene Adkins | NOR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Williams | NOR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Strong | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | NOR | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Brown | NOR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Ford | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Parks | NOR | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dave Hampton | ATL | 14 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Art Malone | ATL | 10 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Berry | ATL | 10 | 13 | 142 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Burrow | ATL | 2 | 55 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Ray | ATL | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pat Sullivan | ATL | 2 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Jarvis | ATL | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Belton | ATL | 8 | 13 | 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 | |||
| Margene Adkins | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bivian Lee | NOR | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 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 | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wes Chesson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Germany | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||