| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 16, 1973 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 66428 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 85 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 62 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Art Malone 2 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Nick Mike-Mayer 21 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tom Hayes 65 interception return (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ken Burrow 34 pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ken Burrow 23 pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 31 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill Butler 5 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Wes Chesson 16 pass from Dick Shiner (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 38 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Joe Profit 3 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 45 | 7 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Nick Mike-Mayer 45 FG | 48 | 7 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Eddie Ray 8 pass from Bob Lee (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 55 | 7 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Eddie Ray 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 62 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Wes Chesson |
| 41 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 11 | QB | Dick Shiner |
| 43 | RB | Dave Hampton |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 86 | WR | Jubilee Dunbar |
| 77 | LOT | Carl Johnson |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 36 | TE | Bob Brown |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | RDT | Elex Price |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 56 | LLB | Willie Hall |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 57 | RLB | Jim Merlo |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 25 | LS | Jerry Moore |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 32 | / | / | 3 | 26 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| NO | 11 | / | / | 5 | 59 | 2 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 19 | 104 | 5.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 14 | 1 |
| Eddie Ray | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Joe Profit | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Harmon Wages | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 218 | 4.2 | 3 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Howard Stevens | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Odell Lawson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Henry Matthews | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Lincoln Minor | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 152 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 15 | 13 | 86.7 | 0 | 227 | 15.1 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 158.3 |
| Bob Lee | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 56 | 8.0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 122.6 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 0 | 283 | 12.9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 158.1 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 5 | 62 | 4.8 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.1 |
| Bob Davis | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | -5 | -0.5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1.7 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 6 | 57 | 2.4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Mitchell | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Burrow | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 34 | 2 |
| Art Malone | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Wes Chesson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Eddie Ray | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 283 | 16.6 | 4 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Bob Brown | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Odell Lawson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Tom Hayes | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 65t | 1 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Brezina | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 1 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 2 | 122 | 61.0 | 72 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 122 | 61.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 7 | 329 | 47.0 | 71 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 329 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ray Brown | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| Al Dodd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Tony Plummer | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 27 | 0 | |
| Mike Fink | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |