| Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 25, 1966 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 47615 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 61 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Gail Cogdill 13 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Joe Don Looney 24 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Tom Nowatzke 2 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ernie Wheelwright 1 run (Lou Kirouac kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Lou Kirouac 40 FG | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Tom Nowatzke 7 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 48 | SE | Angelo Coia |
| 72 | LOT | Don Talbert |
| 75 | LOG | Ed Cook |
| 53 | C | Frank Marchlewski |
| 67 | ROG | Dan Grimm |
| 73 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 85 | TE | Billy Martin |
| 11 | QB | Randy Johnson |
| 34 | HB | Junior Coffey |
| 25 | FL | Alex Hawkins |
| 30 | FB | Ernie Wheelwright |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Bobby Richards |
| 71 | LDT | Joe Szczecko |
| 77 | RDT | Chuck Sieminski |
| 88 | RDE | Sam Williams |
| 52 | LLB | Marion Rushing |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 57 | RLB | Bill Jobko |
| 40 | LCB | Ron Smith |
| 43 | LS | Jerry Richardson |
| 20 | RS | Bob Riggle |
| 22 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 70 | LOT | Daryl Sanders |
| 66 | LOG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 72 | ROT | J.D. Smith |
| 88 | TE | Ron Kramer |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 31 | HB | Amos Marsh |
| 25 | FL | Pat Studstill |
| 35 | FB | Tom Nowatzke |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 59 | LLB | Ernie Clark |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Thompson |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Junior Coffey | 16 | 82 | 5.1 | 33 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Dennis Claridge | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Amos Marsh | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Joe Don Looney | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bruce McLenna | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 0 | 47 | 3.4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 45.8 |
| Dennis Claridge | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 69 | 6.9 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 27 | 19 | 70.4 | 2 | 230 | 8.5 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 90.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Junior Coffey | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Alex Hawkins | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Angelo Coia | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gary Barnes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gail Cogdill | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Amos Marsh | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Ron Kramer | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Joe Don Looney | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Marion Rushing | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Vaughn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Todd | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ken Reaves | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ron Smith | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Junior Coffey | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Jerry Mazzanti | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
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