| Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1979 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 56249 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 23 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Freddie Scott 15 pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 24 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 20 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Steve Bartkowski 1 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 26 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 22 FG | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Luther Blue 13 pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Rick Kane 26 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Haskel Stanback 55 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 23 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 1 | |
| ATL | Lynn Cain | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| ATL | William Andrews | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| ATL | James Mayberry | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Rick Kane | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 1 | |
| DET | Bo Robinson | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| DET | David Hill | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Jeff Komlo | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Lawrence Gaines | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 1 | 158 | 6.3 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 51.7 |
| DET | Jeff Komlo | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 0 | 289 | 8.3 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 100.8 |
| DET | Scott Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | William Andrews | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| ATL | James Mayberry | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| ATL | Lynn Cain | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| DET | David Hill | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| DET | Luther Blue | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| DET | Gene Washington | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| DET | Bo Robinson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Luther Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | John James | 8 | 357 | 44.6 | 53 | 0 |
| DET | Larry Swider | 8 | 307 | 38.4 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 1 | 3 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 3 | 0 | 65 | 21.7 | 31 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Ellis | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Tom Pridemore | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 20 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| ATL | Edgar Fields | 1.5 |
| ATL | Frank Reed | 1.0 |
| ATL | Don Smith | 1.0 |
| ATL | Ray Easterling | 0.5 |
| DET | Dave Pureifory | 1.0 |
| DET | Dave Washington | 1.0 |
| DET | Bubba Baker | 0.5 |
| DET | Ken Sanders | 0.5 |
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