| Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 15, 1978 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 51172 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 58 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Billy Ryckman 24 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Bubba Bean 25 run (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 0 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Horace King | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 11 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 25t | 1 |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| ATL | Ricky Patton | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 2 | 195 | 6.7 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 41.6 |
| ATL | Steve Bartkowski | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 0 | 162 | 9.5 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 115.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 47 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 |
| DET | David Hill | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| ATL | Billy Ryckman | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 24t | 1 |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| ATL | Ricky Patton | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Tom Pridemore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 6 | 289 | 48.2 | 63 | 0 |
| ATL | John James | 8 | 322 | 40.3 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 5 | 0 | 29 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| ATL | Billy Ryckman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| ATL | Dennis Pearson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | Bubba Baker | 2.0 |
| DET | John Woodcock | 2.0 |
| DET | Ed O'Neil | 0.5 |
| DET | Ken Sanders | 0.5 |
| ATL | Jeff Yeates | 1.0 |
| ATL | Jeff Merrow | 1.0 |
| ATL | Robert Pennywell | 1.0 |
| ATL | Tom Pridemore | 1.0 |
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