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Atlanta Falcons 3 at New York Giants 24

Sunday, November 11, 1979

Atlanta Falcons 3, New York Giants 24

1234Final
Atlanta Falcons (4-7-0)00303
New York Giants (5-6-0)0107724

Scoring

ATLNYG
2ndNYGTerry Jackson 47 yard blocked punt return (Joe Danelo kick)07
NYGJoe Danelo 42 yard field goal010
3rdATLTim Mazzetti 23 yard field goal310
NYGBilly Taylor 1 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick)317
4thNYGGary Shirk 35 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick)324

Team Stats

ATLNYG
First downs1615
Rush-yards-TDs30-120-027-75-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-32-178-0-214-33-155-1-0
Sacked-yards7-493-11
Net pass yards129144
Total yards249219
Fumbles-lost3-25-4
Turnovers44
Penalties-yards14-1227-60

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Alfred Jenkins ATL 6 105 0 29
William Andrews ATL 11 73 0 19
Bubba Bean ATL 15 42 0 10 3 20 0 8
Steve Bartkowski ATL 9 24 94 0 2 0
Wallace Francis ATL 3 44 0 20
June Jones ATL 4 8 84 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim R. Mitchell ATL 1 9 0 9
Ray Strong ATL 1 4 0 4
Haskel Stanback ATL 1 2 0 2
James Mayberry ATL 1 -1 0 -1
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Phil Simms NYG 14 32 155 1 0 35 1 9 0 9
Gary Shirk NYG 4 64 1 35
Doug Kotar NYG 16 52 0 16 1 7 0 7
Johnny Perkins NYG 2 31 0 19
Jim Robinson NYG 4 31 0 11
Ken Johnson NYG 7 20 0 9
Earnest Gray NYG 1 13 0 13
Dwight Scales NYG 2 9 0 6
Randy Dean NYG 0 1 0 0 0 0
Billy Taylor NYG 3 -6 1 1

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
Alfred Jackson ATL 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
James Mayberry ATL 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 0
Dennis Pearson ATL 0 0 0 0 2 44 22.0 0 0 2 4 2.0 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
Terry Jackson NYG 1 0 0 0
Dan Lloyd NYG 1 7 0 0
Steve Odom NYG 0 0 0 0 2 38 19.0 0 0 4 -1 -0.3 0 0