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Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
@
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
Date
October 31, 1971
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
ATL 31 — CLE 14 F

Stadium

Cleveland Stadium

Capacity: 67,895

Inaugurated: 01/01/1931

Broadcast

Announcers

Don Criqui, Irv Cross, Frank Clarke

Summary

ATL and CLE combined for 223 passing yards and 3 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Cannonball Butler led ATL with 63 rushing yards while Bo Scott paced CLE with 46. Through the air, Ken Burrow topped ATL with 71 receiving yards while Gary Collins led CLE with 36.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat ATL CLE
First Downs 17 10
Rush-Yds-TDs 54-175-1 20-65-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 7-10-142-2-0 9-19-108-1-4
Sacked-Yards 0-0 2-20
Net Pass Yards 142 88
Total Yards 317 153
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Turnovers 0 4
Penalties-Yards 5-45 4-51

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat ATL CLE
First Downs 17 10
Rush-Yds-TDs 54-175-1 20-65-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 7-10-142-2-0 9-19-108-1-4
Sacked-Yards 0-0 2-20
Net Pass Yards 142 88
Total Yards 317 153
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Turnovers 0 4
Penalties-Yards 5-45 4-51

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Falcons Ken Burrow 39 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) 7-0
Falcons Don Hansen 40 yard interception return (Bill Bell kick) 14-0
2 Falcons Jim Mitchell 23 yard pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) 21-0
3 Falcons Cannonball Butler 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) 28-0
Browns Bo Scott 12 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) 28-7
4 Falcons Bill Bell 27 yard field goal 31-7
Browns Gary Collins 24 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) 31-14

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