| New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 20, 1974 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 47217 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 62 F Humidty: 31% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Nick Mike-Mayer 47 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Paul Seal 36 pass from Bobby Scott (Bill McClard kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 41 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 31 FG | 13 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 88 | WR | Joel Parker |
| 65 | LOT | Dave Thompson |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Rocky Rasley |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 12 | QB | Bobby Scott |
| 28 | RB | Alvin Maxson |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 82 | RDE | Bob Pollard |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 40 | RCB | Terry Schmidt |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ken Burrow |
| 80 | WR | Louis Neal |
| 65 | LOT | Len Gotshalk |
| 55 | LOG | Jim Miller |
| 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 |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| 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 |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 34 | LS | Ray Brown |
| 29 | RS | Clarence Ellis |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 25 | 91 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Rod McNeill | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Bobby Scott | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Cipa | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Dave Hampton | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Bob Lee | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 1 | 78 | 4.9 | 1 | 48.4 | |||
| Larry Cipa | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 20 | 2.9 | 20 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Bill McClard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Pat Sullivan | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 1 | 122 | 5.1 | 0 | 47.6 | |||
| Bob Lee | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 1 | 44 | 3.1 | 0 | 21.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Seal | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Joel Parker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Mitchell | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Louis Neal | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Eddie Ray | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrow | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Ernie Jackson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Federspiel | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Greg Brezina | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Clarence Ellis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 10 | 401 | 40.1 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 10 | 432 | 43.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ray Brown | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Al Dodd | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Tinker | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rick Byas | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Tinker | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
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