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New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
@
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
Date
November 12, 1972
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
NO 20 — ATL 36 F

Stadium

Capacity: 71,000

Inaugurated: 01/01/1965

Broadcast

Announcers

Don Criqui, Irv Cross, Andy Musser

Summary

NO and ATL combined for 315 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Bill Butler led NO with 59 rushing yards while Art Malone paced ATL with 77. Through the air, Danny Abramowicz topped NO with 85 receiving yards while Ken Burrow led ATL with 55.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat NO ATL
First Downs 19 21
Rush-Yds-TDs 22-109-1 41-189-3
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 13-31-173-1-0 12-21-174-1-1
Sacked-Yards 3-18 1-11
Net Pass Yards 155 163
Total Yards 264 352
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-0
Turnovers 2 1
Penalties-Yards 6-53 9-87

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat NO ATL
First Downs 19 21
Rush-Yds-TDs 22-109-1 41-189-3
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 13-31-173-1-0 12-21-174-1-1
Sacked-Yards 3-18 1-11
Net Pass Yards 155 163
Total Yards 264 352
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-0
Turnovers 2 1
Penalties-Yards 6-53 9-87

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Falcons Art Malone 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) 0-7
Saints Happy Feller 19 yard field goal 3-7
2 Falcons Dave Hampton 16 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) 3-14
Falcons Safety, Manning tackled by Lewis in end zone 3-16
Falcons Bob Berry 2 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) 3-23
Falcons Bill Bell 37 yard field goal 3-26
3 Falcons Ken Burrow 15 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) 3-33
Saints Happy Feller 25 yard field goal 6-33
Saints Bob Gresham 1 yard rush (Happy Feller kick) 13-33
4 Falcons Bill Bell 32 yard field goal 13-36
Saints Robert Brown 2 yard pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) 20-36

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