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New England Patriots 16 at Atlanta Falcons 10

Sunday, December 4, 1977

New England Patriots 16, Atlanta Falcons 10

1234Final
New England Patriots (8-4-0)333716
Atlanta Falcons (6-6-0)007310

Scoring

NWEATL
1stNWEJohn Smith 36 yard field goal30
2ndNWEJohn Smith 32 yard field goal60
3rdNWEJohn Smith 29 yard field goal90
ATLWallace Francis 15 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick)97
4thATLFred Steinfort 25 yard field goal910
NWEStanley Morgan 33 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)1610

Team Stats

NWEATL
First downs139
Rush-yards-TDs41-97-028-67-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT12-26-179-1-37-18-124-1-4
Sacked-yards1-98-67
Net pass yards17057
Total yards267124
Fumbles-lost1-02-1
Turnovers35
Penalties-yards7-614-35

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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