Sunday, September 21, 1975
Atlanta Falcons 20, St. Louis Cardinals 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (0-1-0) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (1-0-0) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| ATL | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Terry Metcalf 39 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | STL | Jim Bakken 22 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| ATL | Dave Hampton 6 yard rush (kick failed) | 13 | 10 | |
| STL | Jim Bakken 39 yard field goal | 13 | 13 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Dave Hampton 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 4th | STL | Earl Thomas 8 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 20 | 20 |
| STL | Jim Bakken 25 yard field goal | 20 | 23 |
| ATL | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 51-236-3 | 36-167-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-16-81-0-1 | 12-23-150-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-23 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 58 | 150 |
| Total yards | 294 | 317 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-40 | 1-8 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dave Hampton | ATL | 23 | 135 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Woody Thompson | ATL | 13 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 9 | 50 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 8 | 16 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrow | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 20 | 99 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 16 | 68 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 12 | 23 | 150 | 1 | 2 | 29 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 3 | 65 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Earl Thomas | STL | 2 | 24 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jackie Smith | STL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ray Brown | ATL | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Hayes | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Mabra | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gerald Tinker | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | |||
| Pete Barnes | STL | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roger Wehrli | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||