| New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1977 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 57911 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 69 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | John Smith 36 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | John Smith 32 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | John Smith 29 FG | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Wallace Francis 15 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Fred Steinfort 25 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Stanley Morgan 33 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 16 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Ike Forte | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Don Calhoun | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Haskel Stanback | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Woody Thompson | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Steve Bartkowski | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 3 | 179 | 6.9 | 1 | 42.5 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 4 | 124 | 6.9 | 1 | 42.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Stanley Morgan | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | |
| Don Hasselbeck | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Wallace Francis | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Woody Thompson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Haynes | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Prentice McCray | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Tim Fox | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rick Byas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Patrick | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 1 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 7 | 284 | 40.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ray Clayborn | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 0 | ||
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Tom Moriarty | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| Karl Farmer | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Julius Adams | 5.0 |
| Ray Hamilton | 1.0 |
| Steve Zabel | 1.0 |
| Ray Clayborn | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Claude Humphrey | 1.0 |
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