| Houston Oilers at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1972 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 58850 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 59 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Dave Hampton 3 run (Bill Bell kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bill Bell 27 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bill Bell 16 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 37 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Dave Hampton 4 run (Bill Bell kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Dan Pastorini 9 run (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | WR | Rhett Dawson |
| 87 | WR | Dave Smith |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 60 | LOG | Tom Regner |
| 50 | C | Guy Murdock |
| 64 | ROG | Ron Saul |
| 63 | ROT | Levert Carr |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 14 | QB | Kent Nix |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| 21 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 78 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 73 | RDT | Leo Brooks |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 56 | RLB | Guy Roberts |
| 42 | LCB | Jim Tolbert |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 48 | RS | Bob Atkins |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 81 | WR | Wes Chesson |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 56 | ROG | Dennis Havig |
| 79 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 17 | QB | Bob Berry |
| 43 | RB | Dave Hampton |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 79 | LDT | Chuck Walker |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 58 | LLB | Don Hansen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 34 | LS | Ray Brown |
| 29 | RS | Clarence Ellis |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Paul Robinson | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Willie Rodgers | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Fred Willis | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Al Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 25 | 88 | 3.5 | 2 | |
| Art Malone | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Berry | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 182 | 8.7 | 0 | 66.0 | |||
| Kent Nix | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Fred Willis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 1 | 183 | 7.6 | 0 | 61.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Robinson | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Art Malone | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Wes Chesson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrow | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ray Brown | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Nobis | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Don Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ray Brown | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Lewis Jolley | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Rodgers | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
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