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Atlanta Falcons 21 at St. Louis Cardinals 42

Sunday, December 17, 1978

Atlanta Falcons 21, St. Louis Cardinals 42

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Atlanta Falcons (9-7-0)777021
St. Louis Cardinals (6-10-0)0287742

Scoring

ATLSTL
1stATLRay Strong 1 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick)70
2ndSTLDave Stief 37 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)77
STLAl Chandler 12 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)714
ATLDennis Pearson 100 yard kickoff return (Tim Mazzetti kick)1414
STLPat Tilley 26 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)1421
STLJim Hart 2 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)1428
3rdSTLSteve Jones 3 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)1435
ATLRicky Patton 8 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)2135
4thSTLJim Hart 9 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)2142

Team Stats

ATLSTL
First downs1824
Rush-yards-TDs18-41-136-79-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT21-42-312-1-323-42-362-3-1
Sacked-yards4-422-14
Net pass yards270348
Total yards311427
Fumbles-lost3-31-1
Turnovers62
Penalties-yards5-276-45

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Steve Bartkowski ATL 16 32 257 1 2 56
Alfred Jackson ATL 5 102 0 56
Wallace Francis ATL 3 80 0 51
Ray Strong ATL 11 27 1 8 3 22 0 8
Jim R. Mitchell ATL 3 44 0 23
Billy Ryckman ATL 3 29 0 14
June Jones ATL 5 10 55 0 1 0
Haskel Stanback ATL 6 15 0 5 1 9 0 9
James Wright ATL 1 18 0 18
Ricky Patton ATL 1 -1 0 -1 2 8 1 8
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dave Stief STL 9 183 1 37
Jim Hart STL 22 40 333 3 1 37 2 11 2 9
Pat Tilley STL 7 105 1 26
Al Chandler STL 4 48 1 21
Gordon Bell STL 7 23 0 9 1 9 0 9
Jim Otis STL 13 27 0 7
Steve Jones STL 6 9 1 3 2 17 0 9
Mike Wood STL 1 1 29 0 0 29
Willard Harrell STL 7 12 0 4
Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -3 0 -3

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
Edgar Fields ATL 0 0 0 0 2 21 10.5 0 0
George Franklin ATL 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0
Rolland Lawrence ATL 1 0 0 0
Dennis Pearson ATL 0 0 0 0 2 117 58.5 1 0
Billy Ryckman ATL 0 0 0 0 2 3 1.5 0 0
James Wright ATL 0 0 0 0 2 31 15.5 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
Carl Allen STL 2 39 0 0
Gordon Bell STL 0 0 0 0 2 54 27.0 0 0 1 8 8.0 0 0
Eric D. Williams STL 1 24 0 0
Rolly Woolsey STL 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 0