| Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1975 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 45218 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Haskel Stanback 17 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Horace King 5 run (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Gerald Tinker 26 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 29 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Dennis Franklin |
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 64 | LOG | Gordon Jolley |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 74 | RDT | Larry Hand |
| 70 | RDE | Billy Howard |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 26 | RS | Dick Jauron |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 63 | LOT | Nick Bebout |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 64 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 65 | ROT | Len Gotshalk |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 43 | RB | Dave Hampton |
| 48 | RB | Woody Thompson |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 58 | LLB | Don Hansen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 32 | SS | Ray Easterling |
| 34 | FS | Ray Brown |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Greg Landry | 8 | 50 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 1 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 21 | 86 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Woody Thompson | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Haskel Stanback | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| Oscar Reed | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 0 | 146 | 7.0 | 0 | 78.7 | |||
| Bill Munson | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | 62.5 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 22 | 7 | 31.8 | 1 | 104 | 4.7 | 1 | 44.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ray Jarvis | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Dennis Franklin | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| Jon Staggers | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ken Burrow | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Gerald Tinker | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Dave Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Laslavic | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 8 | 363 | 45.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dick Jauron | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | ||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ron Mabra | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Gregg McCrary | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Brad Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
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