| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 25, 1970 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 58850 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 65 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 32 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Kenny Vinyard 16 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Harmon Wages 1 run (Kenny Vinyard kick failed) | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 30 pass from Edd Hargett (Tom Dempsey kick) | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Kenny Vinyard 49 FG | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tom McCauley 77 punt return (Kenny Vinyard kick) | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Todd Snyder 20 pass from Bob Berry (Kenny Vinyard kick blocked) | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ken Burrough 10 pass from Billy Kilmer (Tom Dempsey kick) | 14 | 25 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Randy Marshall EZ opponents fumble recovery (Kenny Vinyard kick) | 14 | 32 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 25 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 72 | LOT | Don Talbert |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 73 | C | Jerry Sturm |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 70 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 14 | QB | Edd Hargett |
| 38 | RB | Tony Baker |
| 22 | RB | Elijah Pitts |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 71 | RDE | Willie Townes |
| 57 | LLB | Mike Morgan |
| 53 | MLB | Dick Absher |
| 55 | RLB | Jackie Burkett |
| 23 | LCB | Doug Wyatt |
| 24 | LS | Elijah Nevett |
| 21 | RS | Joe Scarpati |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Paul Flatley |
| 80 | WR | Todd Snyder |
| 65 | LOT | Bob Breitenstein |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 67 | ROG | Malcolm Snider |
| 61 | ROT | Bill Sandeman |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 17 | QB | Bob Berry |
| 33 | RB | Jim Butler |
| 5 | RB | Harmon Wages |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Randy Marshall |
| 72 | LDT | Greg Lens |
| 88 | RDT | Glen Condren |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 54 | LLB | Grady Allen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 58 | RLB | Don Hansen |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 49 | LS | Al Lavan |
| 20 | RS | Tom McCauley |
| 47 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Baker | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Harmon Wages | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Jim Butler | 16 | 40 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Gipson | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Campbell | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 1 | 90 | 6.4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76.5 |
| Edd Hargett | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 0 | 87 | 6.2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 1 | 147 | 6.7 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Baker | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 30t | 1 |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Todd Snyder | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Jim Mitchell | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jackie Burkett | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Al Lavan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Dicky Lyons | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Tom McCauley | 1 | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77t | 1 |
| John Mallory | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Bill Dusenbery | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dicky Lyons | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jim Butler | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Mike Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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