| Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 10, 1976 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 51521 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 6 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jim Merlo 83 interception return (Rich Szaro kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mike Strachan 2 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bobby Scott 1 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 18 FG | 0 | 23 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jim Thaxton 25 pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 61 | LOT | Brent Adams |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 64 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 65 | ROT | Len Gotshalk |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 10 | QB | Steve Bartkowski |
| 44 | RB | Bubba Bean |
| 24 | RB | Haskel Stanback |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 72 | RDT | Jim Bailey |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 54 | LLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 34 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 32 | FS | Ray Easterling |
| 38 | RCB | Frank Reed |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Larry Burton |
| 87 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Wickert |
| 71 | LOG | Kurt Schumacher |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 12 | QB | Bobby Scott |
| 34 | RB | Tony Galbreath |
| 33 | RB | Mike Strachan |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 63 | RDE | Steve Baumgartner |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 60 | RLB | Greg Westbrooks |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 44 | S | Chuck Crist |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Bubba Bean | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Woody Thompson | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Kim McQuilken | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Haskel Stanback | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Sonny Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Mike Strachan | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Bobby Scott | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 1 | |
| Tony Galbreath | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Kim Jones | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Kim McQuilken | 24 | 7 | 29.2 | 1 | 68 | 2.8 | 0 | 22.2 | |||
| Steve Bartkowski | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | 39.3 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 1 | 182 | 5.9 | 1 | 74.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Woody Thompson | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | |
| Bubba Bean | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sonny Collins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike Strachan | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Thaxton | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | |
| Henry Childs | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Alvin Maxson | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Burton | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tinker Owens | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Merlo | 1 | 83 | 83.0 | 83t | 1 |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 9 | 400 | 44.4 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 9 | 371 | 41.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Pete Athas | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 0 | ||
| Rick Byas | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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