NFLMeta
New England Patriots
New England Patriots
@
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
Date
December 4, 1977
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
NE 16 — ATL 10 F

Stadium

Capacity: 71,000

Inaugurated: 01/01/1965

Broadcast

Announcers

Vin Scully/Sonny Jurgensen

Summary

NE and ATL combined for 303 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Sam Cunningham led NE with 32 rushing yards while Haskel Stanback paced ATL with 36. Through the air, Stanley Morgan topped NE with 90 receiving yards while Wallace Francis led ATL with 63.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat NE ATL
First Downs 13 9
Rush-Yds-TDs 41-97-0 28-67-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 12-26-179-1-3 7-18-124-1-4
Sacked-Yards 1-9 8-67
Net Pass Yards 170 57
Total Yards 267 124
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Turnovers 3 5
Penalties-Yards 7-61 4-35

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat NE ATL
First Downs 13 9
Rush-Yds-TDs 41-97-0 28-67-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 12-26-179-1-3 7-18-124-1-4
Sacked-Yards 1-9 8-67
Net Pass Yards 170 57
Total Yards 267 124
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Turnovers 3 5
Penalties-Yards 7-61 4-35

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Patriots John Smith 36 yard field goal 3-0
2 Patriots John Smith 32 yard field goal 6-0
3 Patriots John Smith 29 yard field goal 9-0
Falcons Wallace Francis 15 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) 9-7
4 Falcons Fred Steinfort 25 yard field goal 9-10
Patriots Stanley Morgan 33 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) 16-10

Back to games