| Washington Redskins at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1978 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 54178 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 36 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Haskel Stanback 1 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | John Riggins 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington Redskins | Mark Moseley 21 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 21 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Bubba Bean 1 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Washington Redskins | Mike Thomas 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 32 FG | 17 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | John Riggins | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 |
| WAS | Benny Malone | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 31 | 0 |
| WAS | Joe Theismann | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 19 | 0 |
| WAS | Mike Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1t | 1 |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 17 | 58 | 3.4 | 6 | 1 |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 9 | 1 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Ray Strong | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| WAS | Joe Theismann | 33 | 12 | 36.4 | 0 | 144 | 4.4 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 50.6 |
| WAS | Mike Bragg | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 37 | 16 | 43.2 | 0 | 190 | 5.1 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 59.5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Danny Buggs | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 19 | 0 |
| WAS | Johnny McDaniel | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
| WAS | Terry Anderson | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| WAS | John Riggins | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| WAS | Jean Fugett | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| WAS | Mike Thomas | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 20 | 0 |
| ATL | Billy Ryckman | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 |
| ATL | Jim Mitchell | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| ATL | Alfred Jackson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| WAS | Mike Bragg | 9 | 295 | 32.8 | 45 | 1 |
| ATL | John James | 12 | 383 | 31.9 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Terry Anderson | 4 | 2 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| ATL | Billy Ryckman | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| WAS | Tony Green | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 24 | 0 |
| WAS | Terry Anderson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 39 | 0 |
| ATL | George Franklin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| WAS | Coy Bacon | 2.0 |
| WAS | Perry Brooks | 2.0 |
| WAS | Mike Curtis | 1.0 |
| ATL | Edgar Fields | 1.0 |
| ATL | Robert Pennywell | 1.0 |
| ATL | Dewey McClain | 1.0 |
| ATL | Greg Brezina | 0.5 |
| ATL | Wilson Faumuina | 0.5 |
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