| New York Giants at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 14, 1971 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 58850 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 71 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Harmon Wages 2 run (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Tucker 10 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bill Bell 17 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jim Mitchell 23 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Bobby Duhon 4 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Fran Tarkenton 2 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 58 | WR | Coleman Zeno |
| 65 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 70 | LOG | Bob Hyland |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 61 | ROT | Charlie Harper |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 26 | RB | Bobby Duhon |
| 24 | RB | Tucker Frederickson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 73 | LDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 76 | RDT | Roland Lakes |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 51 | RLB | John Douglas |
| 21 | LCB | Otto Brown |
| 20 | LS | Scott Eaton |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 81 | WR | Wes Chesson |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 63 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 15 | 52 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Rocky Thompson | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Charlie Evans | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Art Malone | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Harmon Wages | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Sonny Campbell | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Dick Shiner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 1 | 152 | 5.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.1 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 63 | 5.7 | 0 | 25.9 | |||
| Bob Berry | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 104 | 11.6 | 1 | 103.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Rich Houston | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Coleman Zeno | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Butler | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 1 | |
| Wes Chesson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Harmon Wages | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrow | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ralph Heck | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 4 | 199 | 49.8 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pete Athas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| John Mallory | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jim Butler | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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