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Sunday November 15, 1970
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NFL game summary for 11/15/1970:



Philadelphia free safety Steve Preece picked up a ball fumbled by Atlanta's Harmon Wages and raced 21 yards for a touchdown and Mark Moseley added the tying extra point midway through the final period. Atlanta escaped with its second straight tie when Moseley missed a 27-yard field goal attempt with eight seconds remaining.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Atlanta FalconsOFFENSE116.5  (16)145.4  (17)261.9  (18)23
DEFENSE121.6  (16)150.2  (11)271.9  (10)19
Philadelphia EaglesOFFENSE122.9  (12)180.6  (9)303.5  (4)27
DEFENSE134.2  (19)139.1  (6)273.4  (12)17

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Atlanta Falcons (3-4-2)733013
Philadelphia Eagles (1-7-1)330713

( 0- 3) PHI Mark Moseley 41 yard field goal
( 7- 3) ATL Jim Mitchell 2 yard pass from Bob Berry (Ken Vinyard kick)
( 7- 6) PHI Mark Moseley 17 yard field goal
(10- 6) ATL Ken Vinyard 15 yard field goal
(13- 6) ATL Ken Vinyard 32 yard field goal
(13-13) PHI Steve Preece 21 yard fumble return (Mark Moseley kick)
                     ATL             PHI
First Downs:         15              15
Rushes-yards:        32-124          26-78
Yards/rush:          3.9             3.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-16-143-1     17-28-170-0
Sacked-yards:        5-31            2-18
Net pass yards:      112             152
Net yards/pass:      5.3             5.1
Total net yards:     236             230
Total plays:         53 (60% run)    56 (46% run)  
Yards/play:          4.5             4.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             0-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     9-143           6-97

Attendance: 55,425
Passing:
ATL: Bob Berry, 10 of 16 for 143 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
PHI: Norm Snead, 17 of 28 for 170 yards

Rushing:
ATL: Cannonball Butler, 15 for 79 yards; Harmon Wages, 6 for 8 yards; Paul Gipson, 5 for 17 yards; Art Malone, 4 for 11 yards; Bob Berry, 1 for 5 yards; Sonny Campbell, 1 for 4 yards
PHI: Lee Bouggess, 15 for 33 yards; Cyril Pinder, 9 for 28 yards; Norm Snead, 2 for 17 yards

Receiving:
ATL: Todd Snyder, 3 for 89 yards; Jim Mitchell, 3 for 25 yards and 1 TD; Paul Flatley, 1 for 12 yards; Art Malone, 1 for 8 yards; Harmon Wages, 1 for 7 yards; Cannonball Butler, 1 for 2 yards
PHI: Cyril Pinder, 8 for 79 yards; Lee Bouggess, 3 for 10 yards; Steve Zabel, 2 for 30 yards; Harold Jackson, 2 for 20 yards; Gary Ballman, 1 for 26 yards; Ben Hawkins, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
ATL: Sonny Campbell, 1 for 25 yards; Harmon Wages, 1 for 22 yards; Cannonball Butler, 1 for 19 yards
PHI: Billy Walik, 3 for 54 yards; Gary Pettigrew, 1 for 11 yards

Punt returns:
ATL: Tom McCauley, 2 for 11 yards; John Mallory, 1 for 0 yards
PHI: Billy Walik, 2 for 10 yards; Ben Hawkins, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
PHI: Ray Jones, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
ATL: Billy Lothridge, 3 for 125 yards
PHI: Bill Bradley, 4 for 156 yards

Field Goals:
ATL: Ken Vinyard, 2/2
PHI: Mark Moseley, 2/4




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