| Pittsburgh Steelers at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1966 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 56229 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 58 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 57 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 33 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Roy Jefferson | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 1 | |
| Jim Butler | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 2 | |
| Dick Hoak | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Amos Bullocks | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Willie Asbury | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ron Rector | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Junior Coffey | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 1 | |
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 0 | 334 | 13.4 | 2 | 137.5 | |||
| Ron Meyer | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 56.2 | |||
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 3 | 215 | 8.3 | 2 | 57.9 | |||
| Dennis Claridge | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 86 | 12.3 | 2 | 140.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Gary Ballman | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 1 | |
| John Hilton | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| Jerry Simmons | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| J.R. Wilburn | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Jeter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alex Hawkins | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 0 | |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 2 | |
| Taz Anderson | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 2 | |
| Billy Martin | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bill Saul | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Lambert | 3 | 152 | 50.7 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Roy Jefferson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bill Saul | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ballman | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 5 | 155 | 31.0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Rassas | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Morris | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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