| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1973 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 34147 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 37 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Eddie Ray 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Eddie Ray 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bob Newland 6 pass from Bobby Scott (Bill McClard kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 11 FG | 10 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jubilee Dunbar |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 61 | LOT | Del Williams |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 85 | TE | John Beasley |
| 12 | QB | Bobby Scott |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| 23 | RB | Joe Profit |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | RDT | Elex Price |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 84 | WR | Tom Geredine |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 56 | ROG | Dennis Havig |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 19 | QB | Bob Lee |
| 43 | RB | Dave Hampton |
| 44 | RB | Eddie Ray |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 18 | 49 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Scott | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Neal | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 27 | 84 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Eddie Ray | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 2 | |
| Bob Lee | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 2 | 90 | 4.3 | 1 | 21.2 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 168 | 8.8 | 0 | 82.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| Jubilee Dunbar | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| John Beasley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Profit | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Al Dodd | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Tom Geredine | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Larry Mialik | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Eddie Ray | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ray Brown | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Doug Winslow | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ray Brown | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Mike Fink | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Joe Washington | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
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