| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1971 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Sugar Bowl Attendance: 75554 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 72 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Art Malone 6 run (Bill Bell kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Bob Gresham 6 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 30 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Bill Bell 10 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Archie Manning 6 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Art Malone 1 run (Bill Bell kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Charlie Durkee 36 FG | 17 | 20 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Ken Burrow 22 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 24 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Art Malone | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 2 | |
| ATL | Jim Butler | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| ATL | Harmon Wages | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Bob Berry | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| NO | Jim Strong | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| NO | Bob Gresham | 18 | 52 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| NO | Archie Manning | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| NO | Virgil Robinson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Bob Berry | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 269 | 10.0 | 1 | 111.5 | |||
| NO | Archie Manning | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 0 | 174 | 6.7 | 0 | 84.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Ken Burrow | 8 | 190 | 23.8 | 1 | |
| ATL | Jim Mitchell | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| ATL | Art Malone | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Wes Chesson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| ATL | Harmon Wages | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| ATL | George Kunz | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| ATL | Jim Butler | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| NO | Bob Gresham | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Bob Newland | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | |
| NO | Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Jim Strong | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Virgil Robinson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Dave Parks | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | Billy Lothridge | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 0 | |
| NO | Julian Fagan | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Jim Butler | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Sonny Campbell | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Virgil Robinson | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Bob Gresham | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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