| Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1971 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 76825 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ken Burrow 39 pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Don Hansen 40 interception return (Bill Bell kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jim Mitchell 23 pass from Dick Shiner (Bill Bell kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jim Butler 1 run (Bill Bell kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 12 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bill Bell 27 FG | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 24 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 31 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 81 | WR | Wes Chesson |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 67 | ROG | Malcolm Snider |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 11 | QB | Dick Shiner |
| 33 | RB | Jim Butler |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 66 | LDT | John Small |
| 88 | RDT | Glen Condren |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 52 | LLB | Ron Acks |
| 58 | MLB | Don Hansen |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 22 | LS | John Mallory |
| 34 | RS | Ray Brown |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Gary Collins |
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 40 | RS | Erich Barnes |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Butler | 21 | 63 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Art Malone | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Harmon Wages | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Sonny Campbell | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Wes Chesson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 115 | 12.8 | 2 | 149.3 | |||
| Billy Lothridge | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 4 | 108 | 5.7 | 1 | 43.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Mitchell | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| Ken Burrow | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 1 | |
| John Mallory | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Wes Chesson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Bo Scott | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Don Hansen | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 1 | |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 191 | 47.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Reece Morrison | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 0 | ||
| Ken Brown | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Cleveland Browns | |
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