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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions - September 23rd, 1979
Atlanta Falcons 23 at Detroit Lions 24
Sunday, September 23, 1979
Atlanta Falcons 23, Detroit Lions 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (2-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 23 |
| Detroit Lions (1-3-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Scoring
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Freddie Scott 15 yard pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | ATL | Tim Mazzetti 24 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| DET | Benny Ricardo 20 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Steve Bartkowski 1 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 10 | 10 |
| ATL | Tim Mazzetti 26 yard field goal | 13 | 10 | |
| ATL | Tim Mazzetti 22 yard field goal | 16 | 10 | |
| 4th | DET | Luther Blue 13 yard pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 17 |
| DET | Rick Kane 26 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 24 | |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback 55 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 23 | 24 |
Team Stats
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-144-2 | 36-151-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-25-158-0-1 | 19-36-289-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-32 | 4-40 |
| Net pass yards | 126 | 249 |
| Total yards | 270 | 400 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-34 | 5-44 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 12 | 25 | 158 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 3 | 64 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| William Andrews | ATL | 7 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 3 | 50 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Cain | ATL | 11 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 2 | 37 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| James Mayberry | ATL | 5 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jeff Komlo | DET | 19 | 35 | 289 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 15 | 64 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 40 | ||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 3 | 55 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 4 | 55 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 3 | 54 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Bo Robinson | DET | 9 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 6 | 35 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Gene A. Washington | DET | 3 | 28 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Scott Hunter | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Pridemore | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 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 | |||
| Luther Bradley | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Ellis | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||