| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 12, 1972 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 58850 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 36 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Art Malone 1 run (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Happy Feller 19 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Dave Hampton 16 run (Bill Bell kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Safety, Archie Manning tackled in end zone by Mike Lewis | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bob Berry 2 run (Bill Bell kick) | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bill Bell 37 FG | 3 | 26 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ken Burrow 15 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Happy Feller 25 FG | 6 | 33 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bob Gresham 1 run (Happy Feller kick) | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bill Bell 32 FG | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bob Brown 2 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 20 | 36 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 61 | LOG | Del Williams |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 36 | TE | Bob Brown |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 35 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 29 | LCB | Billie Hayes |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 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 |
| 56 | ROG | Dennis Havig |
| 79 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 17 | QB | Bob Berry |
| 43 | RB | Dave Hampton |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bill Butler | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Art Malone | 10 | 77 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Dave Hampton | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Eddie Ray | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Pat Sullivan | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Berry | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 31 | 13 | 41.9 | 0 | 173 | 5.6 | 1 | 71.0 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 0 | 142 | 10.9 | 1 | 137.3 | |||
| Pat Sullivan | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | 4.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrow | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Eddie Ray | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bivian Lee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Wes Chesson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Germany | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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