| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1973 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Sugar Bowl Attendance: 66428 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 85 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 62 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Art Malone 2 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Nick Mike-Mayer 21 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Tom Hayes 65 interception return (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Ken Burrow 34 pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Ken Burrow 23 pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 31 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Bill Butler 5 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Wes Chesson 16 pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 38 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Joe Profit 3 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 45 | 7 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Nick Mike-Mayer 45 FG | 48 | 7 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Eddie Ray 8 pass from Bob Lee (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 55 | 7 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Eddie Ray 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 62 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 19 | 104 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Eddie Ray | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Joe Profit | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| Harmon Wages | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Lee | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Odell Lawson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Henry Matthews | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Lincoln Minor | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 15 | 13 | 86.7 | 0 | 227 | 15.1 | 3 | 158.3 | |||
| Bob Lee | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 56 | 8.0 | 1 | 122.6 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 5 | 62 | 4.8 | 1 | 40.1 | |||
| Bob Davis | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | -5 | -0.5 | 0 | 1.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Mitchell | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrow | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 2 | |
| Art Malone | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Wes Chesson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Eddie Ray | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Bob Brown | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Odell Lawson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Tom Hayes | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 1 | |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Brezina | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 2 | 122 | 61.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 7 | 329 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ray Brown | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Tony Plummer | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fink | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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