| Atlanta Falcons at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1978 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 40022 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 44 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ray Strong 1 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Dave Stief 37 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Al Chandler 12 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Dennis Pearson 100 kickoff return (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Pat Tilley 26 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Hart 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Jones 3 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ricky Patton 8 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Hart 9 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wallace Francis |
| 82 | WR | Billy Ryckman |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 70 | LOG | Dave Scott |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 73 | ROT | Phil McKinnely |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 24 | HB | Haskel Stanback |
| 25 | FB | Ray Strong |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jeff Yeates |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Bailey |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 54 | LLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 59 | MLB | Robert Pennywell |
| 59 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 28 | SS | Frank Reed |
| 27 | FS | Tom Pridemore |
| 38 | RCB | Rick Byas |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Dave Stief |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Al Chandler |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 39 | HB | Willard Harrell |
| 35 | FB | Jim Otis |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 83 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 55 | LILB | Eric Williams |
| 56 | RILB | Tim Kearney |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 40 | SS | Doug Greene |
| 37 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ray Strong | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Haskel Stanback | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Otis | 13 | 27 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9t | 2 |
| Steve Jones | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 3t | 1 |
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 2 | 257 | 8.0 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 61.6 |
| June Jones | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 55 | 5.5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 27.1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 40 | 22 | 55.0 | 1 | 333 | 8.3 | 37t | 3 | 2 | 14 | 97.2 |
| Mike Wood | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jackson | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 56 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Ryckman | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Strong | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Dave Stief | 9 | 183 | 20.3 | 37t | 1 |
| Pat Tilley | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Al Chandler | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Allen | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Eric Williams | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mike Wood | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Billy Ryckman | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rolly Woolsey | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Dennis Pearson | 2 | 117 | 58.5 | 100t | 1 | |
| Jim Wright | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Edgar Fields | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| George Franklin | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gordon Bell | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Rolly Woolsey | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Steve Stewart | 1.0 |
| Dewey McClain | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Mike Dawson | 2.0 |
| Bob Pollard | 1.0 |
| Curtis Townsend | 1.0 |
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