| Denver Broncos at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1972 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 58850 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 44 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Joe Dawkins 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 13 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 38 FG | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Safety, Charley Johnson tackled in end zone by Claude Humphrey | 13 | 2 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Art Malone 1 run (Bill Bell kick) | 13 | 9 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Art Malone 1 run (Bill Bell kick) | 13 | 16 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Wes Chesson 27 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rod Sherman 34 pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick) | 20 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 84 | WR | Rod Sherman |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Pete Duranko |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 76 | RDT | Tom Domres |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 52 | LLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 83 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 23 | RS | Steve Preece |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| 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 |
| 79 | LDT | Chuck Walker |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Joe Dawkins | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Floyd Little | 19 | 29 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 19 | 66 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 116 | 6.4 | 1 | 89.1 | |||
| Charley Johnson | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 113 | 16.1 | 0 | 113.7 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 16 | 13 | 81.3 | 0 | 194 | 12.1 | 1 | 138.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| Rod Sherman | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| Billy Masters | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Art Malone | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrow | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Wes Chesson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Berry | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Randy Montgomery | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Dave Hampton | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
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