| St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Falcons |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 10, 1971 Location: Atlanta, GA Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 58850 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 61 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 37 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 45 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | MacArthur Lane 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bill Bell 15 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 33 FG | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Roy Shivers 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 23 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tom Hayes 25 blocked punt recovery (Bill Bell kick blocked) | 23 | 9 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 26 FG | 26 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 80 | WR | Dave Williams |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 55 | LOG | Irv Goode |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 63 | ROG | Clyde Williams |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 10 | QB | Pete Beathard |
| 36 | RB | MacArthur Lane |
| 27 | RB | Roy Shivers |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 74 | LDT | Fred Heron |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 79 | RDE | Chuck Walker |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 53 | MLB | Jamie Rivers |
| 56 | RLB | Mike McGill |
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr |
| 21 | LS | Jerry Stovall |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 81 | WR | Wes Chesson |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 67 | RPG | Malcolm Snider |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 85 | TE | Ray Poage |
| 17 | QB | Bob Berry |
| 33 | RB | Jim Butler |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 72 | LDT | Greg Lens |
| 88 | RDT | Glen Condren |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 58 | LLB | Don Hansen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 47 | LS | Rudy Redmond |
| 20 | RS | Tom McCauley |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roy Shivers | 21 | 88 | 4.2 | 10 | 1 |
| Cid Edwards | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 6 | 1 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul White | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Butler | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Belton | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 100 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 67.9 |
| Pete Beathard | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 21 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 4 | 138 | 5.1 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 23.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Cid Edwards | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ray Poage | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Wes Chesson | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Willie Belton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Sonny Campbell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jerry Stovall | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Chuck Latourette | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 53 | 1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bill Bell | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Larry Willingham | 2 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Willie Belton | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Willie Belton | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 51 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| John Matlock | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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