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Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
@
New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
Date
December 19, 1971
Kickoff
02:00 PM ET
11:00 AM PT
Score
ATL 24 — NO 20 F

Stadium

Capacity: 73,208

Inaugurated: 01/01/1926

Broadcast

Announcers

Lindsey Nelson, Johnny Sauer, Frank Clarke

Summary

ATL and NO combined for 443 passing yards and 1 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Art Malone led ATL with 24 rushing yards while Jim Strong paced NO with 73. Through the air, Ken Burrow topped ATL with 190 receiving yards while Bob Gresham led NO with 60.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat ATL NO
First Downs 14 20
Rush-Yds-TDs 22-57-2 39-165-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 18-27-269-1-0 17-26-174-0-0
Sacked-Yards 1-7 5-39
Net Pass Yards 262 135
Total Yards 319 300
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1
Turnovers 1 1
Penalties-Yards 6-49 5-56

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat ATL NO
First Downs 14 20
Rush-Yds-TDs 22-57-2 39-165-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 18-27-269-1-0 17-26-174-0-0
Sacked-Yards 1-7 5-39
Net Pass Yards 262 135
Total Yards 319 300
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1
Turnovers 1 1
Penalties-Yards 6-49 5-56

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Falcons Art Malone 6 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) 7-0
Saints Bob Gresham 6 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick) 7-7
2 Saints Charlie Durkee 30 yard field goal 7-10
Falcons Bill Bell 10 yard field goal 10-10
3 Saints Archie Manning 6 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick) 10-17
4 Falcons Art Malone 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) 17-17
Saints Charlie Durkee 36 yard field goal 17-20
Falcons Ken Burrow 22 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) 24-20

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