1971 Atlanta Falcons Game Log

Record: 7-6-1, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (7-6-1)

Points For: 274 (19.6/g) 13th of 26

Points Against: 277 (19.8/g) 13th of 26

Expected W-L: 6.9-7.1

SRS: 1.29 (11th of 26), SOS: 1.50

Defensive Coordinator: Marion Campbell

Other Notable Asst.: Fred Bruney (Defensive Backs) and Harry Gilmer (Receivers)

Stadium: Atlanta Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

Head Coach/General Manager: Norm Van Brocklin

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina)

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 19	boxscore	W			San Francisco 49ers	20	17	16	21	165	2	0	3	20	8.8	6.9	76.2	130.1	36	101	2.8	0	2	3	2	2	4	160
2	Sun	September 26	boxscore	T		@	Los Angeles Rams	20	20	15	22	287	1	1	2	14	13.7	12.0	68.2	107.2	39	150	3.8	1	2	4	2	2	2	59
3	Sun	October 3	boxscore	L		@	Detroit Lions	38	41	13	23	295	3	3	2	14	13.4	11.8	56.5	101.3	21	47	2.2	1	1	1	5	5	1	37
4	Sun	October 10	boxscore	L			St. Louis Cardinals	9	26	13	27	119	0	4	2	19	5.1	4.1	48.1	21.0	26	94	3.6	0	1	1	0	1	4	143
5	Sun	October 17	boxscore	L			Los Angeles Rams	16	24	10	19	135	1	4	4	38	9.1	5.9	52.6	53.5	33	114	3.5	0	1	1	1	2	5	178
6	Sun	October 24	boxscore	W			New Orleans Saints	28	6	9	16	80	2	1	1	14	5.9	4.7	56.3	83.3	53	284	5.4	2	0	1	4	4	3	114
7	Sun	October 31	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	31	14	7	10	142	2	0	0	0	14.2	14.2	70.0	152.1	54	175	3.2	1	1	1	4	4	4	132
8	Sun	November 7	boxscore	W		@	Cincinnati Bengals	9	6	7	15	112	1	0	4	38	10.0	5.9	46.7	94.3	45	155	3.4	0	1	2	0	1	6	221
9	Sun	November 14	boxscore	L			New York Giants	17	21	11	20	139	1	2	4	28	8.4	5.8	55.0	54.0	28	80	2.9	1	1	1	2	2	5	196
10	Mon	November 22	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	28	21	16	21	182	1	0	1	9	9.1	8.3	76.2	117.6	55	204	3.7	3	0	1	2	3	4	141
11	Sun	November 28	boxscore	L		@	Minnesota Vikings	7	24	11	23	55	0	3	4	21	3.3	2.0	47.8	14.9	22	68	3.1	0	0	1	1	1	9	321
12	Sun	December 5	boxscore	W			Oakland Raiders	24	13	12	18	214	1	1	1	6	12.2	11.3	66.7	102.5	38	113	3.0	1	1	1	3	3	4	148
13	Sun	December 12	boxscore	L		@	San Francisco 49ers	3	24	9	23	69	0	2	2	11	3.5	2.8	39.1	11.0	22	61	2.8	0	1	1	0	0	4	154
14	Sun	December 19	boxscore	W		@	New Orleans Saints	24	20	18	27	262	1	0	1	7	10.0	9.4	66.7	110.4	22	57	2.6	2	1	2	3	3	5	212

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 19	boxscore	W			San Francisco 49ers	20	17	17	34	206	1	4	2	19	6.6	5.7	50.0	39.2	30	166	5.5	1	1	1	2	2	2	194
2	Sun	September 26	boxscore	T		@	Los Angeles Rams	20	20	16	30	125	1	0	2	20	4.8	3.9	53.3	75.0	37	192	5.2	1	2	2	2	2	4	77
3	Sun	October 3	boxscore	L		@	Detroit Lions	38	41	7	12	95	2	1	3	28	10.3	6.3	58.3	88.5	57	223	3.9	1	2	2	5	5	3	156
4	Sun	October 10	boxscore	L			St. Louis Cardinals	9	26	12	27	112	0	0	1	9	4.5	4.0	44.4	56.4	42	151	3.6	2	4	5	2	2	6	135
5	Sun	October 17	boxscore	L			Los Angeles Rams	16	24	14	24	182	0	0	4	27	8.7	6.5	58.3	82.3	36	124	3.4	3	1	1	3	3	4	72
6	Sun	October 24	boxscore	W			New Orleans Saints	28	6	14	41	144	0	2	3	19	4.0	3.3	34.1	24.8	15	58	3.9	0	2	2	0	0	4	72
7	Sun	October 31	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	31	14	9	19	88	1	4	2	20	5.7	4.2	47.4	38.8	20	65	3.3	1	0	0	2	2	4	76
8	Sun	November 7	boxscore	W		@	Cincinnati Bengals	9	6	10	24	73	0	2	1	15	3.7	2.9	41.7	14.8	30	94	3.1	0	2	3	0	0	6	155
9	Sun	November 14	boxscore	L			New York Giants	17	21	14	26	152	1	1	0	0	5.8	5.8	53.8	68.1	39	172	4.4	2	0	0	3	3	4	80
10	Mon	November 22	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	28	21	3	8	40	1	1	5	32	9.0	3.1	37.5	54.2	20	103	5.2	1	0	0	3	3	6	152
11	Sun	November 28	boxscore	L		@	Minnesota Vikings	7	24	10	23	47	0	2	1	12	2.6	2.0	43.5	14.6	47	257	5.5	3	1	1	3	3	6	131
12	Sun	December 5	boxscore	W			Oakland Raiders	24	13	12	31	120	1	2	1	10	4.2	3.8	38.7	34.3	42	208	5.0	0	2	2	1	1	4	58
13	Sun	December 12	boxscore	L		@	San Francisco 49ers	3	24	9	18	119	1	1	1	7	7.0	6.3	50.0	66.7	46	171	3.7	2	1	2	3	3	5	97
14	Sun	December 19	boxscore	W		@	New Orleans Saints	24	20	17	26	135	0	0	5	39	6.7	4.4	65.4	78.2	39	165	4.2	2	2	2	2	2	5	109