| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| 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 SaintsNO | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Dick Shiner 4 run (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Harmon Wages 17 pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jim Mitchell 14 pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 28 FG | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 24 FG | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Willie Belton 13 run (Bill Bell kick) | 6 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 25 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Tony Baker |
| 28 | RB | Jim Ford |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 89 | RDT | Dave Long |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 60 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 55 | MLB | Jim Flanigan |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 22 | LCB | D'Artagnan Martin |
| 21 | SS | Reynaud Moore |
| 18 | FS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 81 | WR | Wes Chesson |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 67 | ROG | Malcolm Snider |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 11 | QB | Dick Shiner |
| 33 | RB | Jim Butler |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 66 | LDT | John Small |
| 88 | RDT | Glen Condren |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 52 | LLB | Ron Acks |
| 58 | MLB | Don Hansen |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 22 | LS | John Mallory |
| 34 | RS | Ray Brown |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | 15 | / | / | 4 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| ATL | 25 | / | / | 11 | 102 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Ford | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Butler | 20 | 114 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Belton | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Art Malone | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4t | 1 |
| Sonny Campbell | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 53 | 284 | 5.4 | 16 | 2 |
| 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 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 26.8 |
| Edd Hargett | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 25 | 2.3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 39.6 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 14 | 34.1 | 2 | 163 | 4.0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 26.8 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 94 | 6.3 | 17t | 2 | 1 | 14 | 90.0 |
| Leo Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 94 | 5.9 | 17t | 2 | 1 | 14 | 87.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Newland | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 163 | 11.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Harmon Wages | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17t | 1 |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Art Malone | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Burrow | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Willie Belton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wes Chesson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 94 | 10.4 | 17t | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Delles Howell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ken Reaves | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 56 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 182 | 45.0 | 56 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Willie Belton | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| John Mallory | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reynaud Moore | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Willie Belton | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |