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Detroit Lions 0 at Atlanta Falcons 14

Sunday, October 15, 1978

Detroit Lions 0, Atlanta Falcons 14

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Detroit Lions (1-6-0)00000
Atlanta Falcons (3-4-0)070714

Scoring

DETATL
2ndATLBilly Ryckman 24 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)07
4thATLBubba Bean 25 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick)014

Team Stats

DETATL
First downs1315
Rush-yards-TDs26-22-035-126-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-29-195-0-211-17-162-1-0
Sacked-yards4-485-40
Net pass yards147122
Total yards169248
Fumbles-lost3-10-0
Turnovers30
Penalties-yards10-8010-72

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Gary Danielson DET 14 29 195 0 2 47 1 2 0 2
Freddie Scott DET 4 76 0 47
Horace King DET 11 20 0 11 2 22 0 12
Jesse Thompson DET 3 42 0 21
David Hill DET 2 27 0 15
Dexter Bussey DET 14 0 0 7 2 24 0 13
Luther Blue DET 1 4 0 4
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bubba Bean ATL 15 78 1 25 2 15 0 11
Steve Bartkowski ATL 11 17 162 1 0 32 4 5 0 0
Ricky Patton ATL 5 23 0 11 1 32 0 32
Billy Ryckman ATL 3 41 1 24
Haskel Stanback ATL 10 25 0 6 1 15 0 15
Wallace Francis ATL 1 -5 0 -5 3 36 0 16
Dennis Pearson ATL 1 23 0 23

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
Freddie Scott DET 0 0 0 0 1 23 23.0 0 0 5 29 5.8 0 0
Jesse Thompson DET 0 0 0 0 1 29 29.0 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
Rolland Lawrence ATL 1 0 0 0
Dennis Pearson ATL 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0
Tom Pridemore ATL 1 0 0 0
Billy Ryckman ATL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0