| Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1979 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 56184 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 68 F Humidty: 31% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Alfred Jenkins 9 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 23 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Safety, David Whitehurst tackled in end zone by Mike Lewis | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 48 FG | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers | Barty Smith 11 pass from David Whitehurst (Chester Marcol kick) | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 42 FG | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | James Mayberry 8 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 7 | 25 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| GB | Steve Atkins | 12 | 79 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| GB | David Whitehurst | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| GB | Terdell Middleton | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| GB | Barty Smith | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| GB | Nate Simpson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| ATL | William Andrews | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| ATL | James Mayberry | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| ATL | Lynn Cain | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| GB | David Whitehurst | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 2 | 209 | 7.0 | 50 | 1 | 8 | 51 | 50.6 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 0 | 144 | 5.0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 74.5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| GB | Aundra Thompson | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | |
| GB | James Lofton | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| GB | Paul Coffman | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| GB | Barty Smith | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| GB | Steve Atkins | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| ATL | Alfred Jackson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | William Andrews | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| ATL | Ray Easterling | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| GB | David Beverly | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 50 | 0 |
| ATL | John James | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| GB | Steve Odom | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Billy Ryckman | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| GB | Steve Odom | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 28 | 0 |
| ATL | Lynn Cain | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 38 | 0 |
| ATL | Rick Byas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| GB | Mike Douglass | 0.5 |
| GB | Earl Edwards | 0.5 |
| ATL | Don Smith | 3.0 |
| ATL | Wilson Faumuina | 1.0 |
| ATL | Mike Lewis | 1.0 |
| ATL | Dewey McClain | 1.0 |
| ATL | Jeff Yeates | 1.0 |
| ATL | Frank Reed | 1.0 |
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