| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (0-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions (1-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Pontiac Silverdome (dome) |
| Start Time | 1:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 72 degrees, no wind |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Falcons | Bubba Bean 5 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3rd | Falcons | Nick Mike-Mayer 41 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| 4th | Lions | Greg Landry 5 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 7 |
| Lions | Errol Mann 32 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| Lions | Ed O'Neil 32 yard pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| Lions | James Hunter 39 yard interception return (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 24 |
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-177-1 | 41-198-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 5-16-59-0-3 | 8-20-124-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 5-27 |
| Net pass yards | 59 | 97 |
| Total yards | 236 | 295 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-10 | 10-85 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 22 | 98 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 10 | 54 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 3 | 47 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 5 | 16 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Woody Thompson | ATL | 7 | 25 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | ATL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Dave Hampton | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 15 | 79 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Joe Reed | DET | 5 | 11 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Horace King | DET | 4 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 13 | 51 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 3 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ed O'Neil | DET | 1 | 32 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | DET | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Ray Jarvis | DET | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Thompson | DET | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Rick Byas | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ralph Ortega | ATL | 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 | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Hunter | DET | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Jauron | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Levi Johnson | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| John James | ATL | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Mike-Mayer | ATL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Errol Mann | DET | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Weaver | DET | 7 | 308 | 44.0 | 0 | ||||