| Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1972 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 58850 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 39 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Bill Bell 22 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 37 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Steve Owens 8 run (Errol Mann kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Art Malone 10 run (Bill Bell kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Ron Jessie 82 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Art Malone 2 pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Bill Bell 32 FG | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Bill Bell 12 FG | 20 | 23 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Steve Owens 3 run (Errol Mann kick blocked) | 26 | 23 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Altie Taylor | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| DET | Steve Owens | 19 | 77 | 4.1 | 2 | |
| DET | Greg Landry | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| ATL | Dave Hampton | 16 | 85 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| ATL | Art Malone | 12 | 77 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| ATL | Joe Profit | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| ATL | Bob Berry | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| ATL | Jim Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Greg Landry | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 3 | 142 | 8.4 | 1 | 41.9 | |||
| ATL | Bob Berry | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 1 | 105 | 6.2 | 1 | 71.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Ron Jessie | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 1 | |
| DET | Altie Taylor | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Art Malone | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| ATL | Dave Hampton | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| ATL | Jim Mitchell | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Ken Burrow | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Paul Naumoff | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| ATL | Clarence Ellis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| ATL | Tommy Nobis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Tom Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Herman Weaver | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 0 | |
| ATL | John James | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Lem Barney | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Mickey Zofko | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Ron Jessie | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| ATL | Dave Hampton | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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