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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons - December 4th, 1977
New England Patriots 16 at Atlanta Falcons 10
Sunday, December 4, 1977
New England Patriots 16, Atlanta Falcons 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (8-4-0) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Atlanta Falcons (6-6-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Scoring
| NWE | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | John Smith 36 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | NWE | John Smith 32 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| 3rd | NWE | John Smith 29 yard field goal | 9 | 0 |
| ATL | Wallace Francis 15 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 9 | 7 | |
| 4th | ATL | Fred Steinfort 25 yard field goal | 9 | 10 |
| NWE | Stanley Morgan 33 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 16 | 10 |
Team Stats
| NWE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-97-0 | 28-67-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-26-179-1-3 | 7-18-124-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 8-67 |
| Net pass yards | 170 | 57 |
| Total yards | 267 | 124 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-61 | 4-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 12 | 26 | 179 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 5 | 90 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 4 | 71 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 15 | 32 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ike Forte | NWE | 10 | 27 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 10 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Al Chandler | NWE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 7 | 18 | 124 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 3 | 63 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 3 | 54 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 12 | 36 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Woody Thompson | ATL | 13 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
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 | |||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Fox | NWE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Prentice McCray | NWE | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jess Phillips | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 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 | |||
| Ray Brown | ATL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Byas | ATL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Karl Farmer | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Moriarty | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||