| Atlanta Falcons at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1972 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 55701 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 84 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 37 |
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | John Zook 26 opponents fumble recovery (Bill Bell kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Bob Parsons 6 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Bill Bell 22 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Ken Burrow 32 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Bob Berry 1 run (Bill Bell kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Art Malone 57 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Earl Thomas 38 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Bill Bell 39 FG | 34 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Jim Harrison 1 run (Mac Percival kick) | 34 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Bill Bell 36 FG | 37 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Art Malone | 19 | 77 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Harrison | 20 | 113 | 5.7 | 1 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Cyril Pinder | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Roger Lawson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Earl Thomas | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Don Shy | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Farmer | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 151 | 16.8 | 2 | 109.7 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 73 | 6.1 | 2 | 60.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Art Malone | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrow | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Todd Snyder | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Earl Thomas | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 1 | |
| Roger Lawson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Tom Hayes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Dave Hampton | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Cecil Turner | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Clemons | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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