| St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Falcons |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 11, 1966 Location: Atlanta, GA Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 57169 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 46 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ernie Wheelwright 9 pass from Randy Johnson (Lou Kirouac kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 27 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Lou Kirouac 26 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Lou Kirouac 47 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Lou Kirouac 14 FG | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Terry Nofsinger 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Sonny Randle |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 66 | LOG | Rick Sortun |
| 55 | C | Irv Goode |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 14 | QB | Terry Nofsinger |
| 23 | HB | Johnny Roland |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 22 | FB | Prentice Gautt |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 72 | LDT | Sam Silas |
| 79 | RDT | Chuck Walker |
| 86 | RDE | Don Brumm |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 62 | MLB | Dale Meinert |
| 34 | RLB | Bill Koman |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 21 | LS | Jerry Stovall |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 42 | RCB | Abe Woodson |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Vern Burke |
| 72 | LOT | Don Talbert |
| 75 | LOG | Ed Cook |
| 53 | C | Frank Marchlewski |
| 67 | ROG | Dan Grimm |
| 73 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 85 | TE | Billy Martin |
| 11 | QB | Randy Johnson |
| 34 | HB | Junior Coffey |
| 25 | FL | Alex Hawkins |
| 30 | FB | Ernie Wheelwright |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Bobby Richards |
| 74 | LDT | Karl Rubke |
| 77 | RDT | Chuck Sieminski |
| 88 | RDE | Sam Williams |
| 52 | LLB | Marion Rushing |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 57 | RLB | Bill Jobko |
| 40 | LCB | Ron Smith |
| 43 | LS | Jerry Richardson |
| 20 | RS | Bob Riggle |
| 22 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 16 | / | / | 5 | 32 | 1 | |||||
| ATL | 11 | / | / | 8 | 64 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 101 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Junior Coffey | 18 | 42 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Lothridge | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 22 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Terry Nofsinger | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 2 | 175 | 5.0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 42.0 |
| Johnny Roland | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 20 | 54.1 | 2 | 211 | 5.7 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 48.4 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 32 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 105 | 3.3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 105 | 3.3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jackie Smith | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 211 | 10.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Martin | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Taz Anderson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Alex Hawkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Vern Burke | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Sherlag | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 26 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Abe Woodson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Lee Calland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Marion Rushing | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jackie Smith | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 42 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 9 | 397 | 44.1 | 58 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 397 | 44.1 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Shivers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Shivers | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 55 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ray Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Nick Rassas | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ron Smith | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bob Sherlag | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||