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Atlanta Falcons 62 at New Orleans Saints 7

Sunday, September 16, 1973

Atlanta Falcons 62, New Orleans Saints 7

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Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0)024211762
New Orleans Saints (0-1-0)00707

Scoring

ATLNOR
2ndATLArt Malone 2 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)70
ATLNick Mike-Mayer 21 yard field goal100
ATLTom Hayes 65 yard interception return (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)170
ATLKen Burrow 34 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)240
3rdATLKen Burrow 23 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)310
NORBill Butler 5 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick)317
ATLWes Chesson 16 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)387
ATLJoe Profit 3 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)457
4thATLNick Mike-Mayer 45 yard field goal487
ATLEddie Ray 8 yard pass from Bob Lee (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)557
ATLEddie Ray 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)627

Team Stats

ATLNOR
First downs3211
Rush-yards-TDs52-218-331-152-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT17-22-283-4-08-24-57-1-6
Sacked-yards2-53-22
Net pass yards27835
Total yards496187
Fumbles-lost6-22-2
Turnovers28
Penalties-yards3-265-59

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jim R. Mitchell ATL 1 9 0 0 7 111 0 0
Dick Shiner ATL 13 15 227 3 0 0 3 -2 0 0
Dave Hampton ATL 19 104 0 0
Art Malone ATL 11 57 1 0 2 40 0 0
Ken Burrow ATL 3 64 2 0
Eddie Ray ATL 5 25 1 0 2 17 1 0
Wes Chesson ATL 2 36 1 0
Bob Lee ATL 4 7 56 1 0 0 1 -5 0 0
Joe Profit ATL 9 19 1 0
Al Dodd ATL 1 15 0 0
Harmon Wages ATL 3 11 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jess Phillips NOR 8 58 0 0
Bob Newland NOR 2 48 0 0
Bill Butler NOR 8 40 0 0 2 7 1 0
Archie Manning NOR 5 13 62 1 5 0 2 9 0 0
Howard Stevens NOR 4 22 0 0
Bob Davis NOR 3 11 -5 0 1 0 3 10 0 0
Danny Abramowicz NOR 1 7 0 0
Robert Brown NOR 2 4 0 0
Henry Matthews NOR 2 3 0 0
Lincoln Minor NOR 2 2 0 0
Odell Lawson NOR 2 8 0 0 1 -9 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
Greg Brezina ATL 1 3 0 0
Ray Brown ATL 1 22 0 0 4 35 8.8 0 0
Don Hansen ATL 1 0 0 0
Tom Hayes ATL 2 81 1 0
Tony Plummer ATL 0 0 0 0 1 37 37.0 0 0
Ken Reaves ATL 1 9 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
Mike Fink NOR 0 0 0 0 3 58 19.3 0 0
Howard Stevens NOR 0 0 0 0 5 117 23.4 0 0