| Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 19, 1976 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 50115 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Bubba Bean 5 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Nick Mike-Mayer 41 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Greg Landry 5 run (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 32 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Ed O'Neil 32 pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | James Hunter 39 interception return (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bubba Bean | 22 | 98 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Haskel Stanback | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Woody Thompson | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 15 | 79 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 3 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 | 3.9 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Reed | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 0 | 78 | 7.1 | 1 | 99.8 | |||
| Greg Landry | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | 51.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Ed O'Neil | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Hunter | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 7 | 308 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rick Byas | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Ortega | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Wallace Francis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| James Hunter | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Jeff Merrow | 1.0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 1.0 |
| Jim Bailey | 1.0 |
| Fulton Kuykendall | 1.0 |
| Mike Tilleman | 1.0 |
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