| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 15, 1972 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 66294 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 82 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ernie Jackson 85 opponents fumble recovery (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Archie Manning 3 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jim Mitchell 10 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jim Mitchell 5 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ken Burrow 23 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 21 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 81 | WR | Wes Chesson |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 56 | ROG | Dennis Havig |
| 79 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 17 | QB | Bob Berry |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| 23 | RB | Joe Profit |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 88 | LDT | Glen Condren |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 58 | LLB | Don Hansen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 34 | LS | Ray Brown |
| 29 | RS | Clarence Ellis |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 65 | LOG | Remi Prudhomme |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 45 | RB | Art Green |
| 24 | RB | Joe Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 89 | RDE | Dave Long |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Joe Profit | 19 | 72 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 18 | 68 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Berry | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Archie Manning | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Art Green | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Dave Parks | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 0 | 185 | 7.1 | 3 | 121.5 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 51 | 2.8 | 0 | 42.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ken Burrow | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| Wes Chesson | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 2 | |
| Ronnie Lamb | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Art Green | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Art Malone | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Willie Germany | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Art Green | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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