| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 24, 1971 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 58850 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 72 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Dick Shiner 4 run (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Harmon Wages 17 pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Jim Mitchell 14 pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 28 FG | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 24 FG | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Willie Belton 13 run (Bill Bell kick) | 6 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Ford | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Butler | 20 | 114 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Harmon Wages | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Shiner | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Sonny Campbell | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 2 | 138 | 4.6 | 0 | 26.8 | |||
| Edd Hargett | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 25 | 2.3 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 94 | 6.3 | 2 | 90.0 | |||
| Leo Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Dave Parks | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Ford | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Harmon Wages | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| Art Malone | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Burrow | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Wes Chesson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Delles Howell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ken Reaves | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| John Mallory | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reynaud Moore | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Al Dodd | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jim Butler | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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