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New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
@
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
Date
October 24, 1971
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
NO 6 — ATL 28 F

Stadium

Capacity: 71,000

Inaugurated: 01/01/1965

Broadcast

Announcers

Don Criqui, Irv Cross, Frank Clarke

Summary

NO and ATL combined for 232 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, James Ford led NO with 41 rushing yards while Cannonball Butler paced ATL with 114. Through the air, Danny Abramowicz topped NO with 66 receiving yards while Harmon Wages led ATL with 32.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat NO ATL
First Downs 15 25
Rush-Yds-TDs 15-58-0 53-284-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14-41-163-0-2 9-16-94-2-1
Sacked-Yards 3-19 1-14
Net Pass Yards 144 80
Total Yards 202 364
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Turnovers 2 1
Penalties-Yards 4-62 11-102

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat NO ATL
First Downs 15 25
Rush-Yds-TDs 15-58-0 53-284-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14-41-163-0-2 9-16-94-2-1
Sacked-Yards 3-19 1-14
Net Pass Yards 144 80
Total Yards 202 364
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Turnovers 2 1
Penalties-Yards 4-62 11-102

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Falcons Dick Shiner 4 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) 0-7
Falcons Harmon Wages 17 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) 0-14
2 Falcons Jim Mitchell 14 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) 0-21
Saints Charlie Durkee 28 yard field goal 3-21
3 Saints Charlie Durkee 24 yard field goal 6-21
4 Falcons Willie Belton 13 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) 6-28

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