NFL game summary for 11/14/1971:

Taking possession with 9:01 remaining, the Giants executed 16 plays and marched 64 yards for the winning touchdown while consuming 8:30 of the clock. Fran Tarkenton, who earlier threw his 213th touchdown pass to become fourth on the all-time list in that category, scored the final TD on a two-yard burst through a hole in the right side of the Atlanta line.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New York Giants	OFFENSE	106.5  (19)	177.0  (5)	283.5  (14)	22
	DEFENSE	152.5  (19)	179.1  (23)	331.6  (23)	21
Atlanta Falcons	OFFENSE	140.0  (12)	166.9  (8)	306.9  (10)	19
	DEFENSE	134.1  (16)	128.1  (5)	262.2  (8)	24

Line: Falcons by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (4-5-0)	7	0	7	7	21
Atlanta Falcons (4-4-1)	7	3	7	0	17

( 0- 7) ATL Harmon Wages 2 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)
( 7- 7) NYG Bob Tucker 10 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)
( 7-10) ATL Bill Bell 17 yard field goal
( 7-17) ATL Jim Mitchell 23 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick)
(14-17) NYG Bobby Duhon 4 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
(21-17) NYG Fran Tarkenton 2 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)

                     NYG             ATL
First Downs:         19              13
Rushes-yards:        39-172          28-80
Yards/rush:          4.4             2.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-26-152-1     11-20-167-2
Sacked-yards:        0-0             4-28
Net pass yards:      152             139
Net yards/pass:      5.8             5.8
Total net yards:     324             219
Total plays:         65 (60% run)    52 (53% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             0-0
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     7-63            5-45

Attendance: 58,850

Passing:
NYG: Fran Tarkenton, 14 of 26 for 152 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
ATL: Dick Shiner, 5 of 11 for 63 yards (1 int); Bob Berry, 6 of 9 for 104 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
NYG: Bobby Duhon, 15 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Tucker Frederickson, 14 for 83 yards; Rocky Thompson, 4 for 17 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 4 for 12 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Evans, 1 for 5 yards; Joe Morrison, 1 for 3 yards
ATL: Cannonball Butler, 9 for 20 yards; Art Malone, 7 for 33 yards; Willie Belton, 5 for 13 yards; Harmon Wages, 4 for 6 yards and 1 TD; Sonny Campbell, 2 for 5 yards; Dick Shiner, 1 for 3 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Bob Tucker, 5 for 69 yards and 1 TD; Joe Morrison, 3 for 50 yards; Bobby Duhon, 2 for 20 yards; Rich Houston, 1 for 11 yards; Coleman Zeno, 1 for 7 yards; Don Herrmann, 1 for -1 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 1 for -4 yards
ATL: Cannonball Butler, 3 for 38 yards; Jim Mitchell, 2 for 47 yards and 1 TD; Wes Chesson, 2 for 31 yards; Harmon Wages, 2 for 25 yards; Ken Burrow, 1 for 17 yards; Art Malone, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Rocky Thompson, 2 for 42 yards; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 19 yards
ATL: Cannonball Butler, 3 for 67 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Pete Athas, 1 for 6 yards; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 0 yards
ATL: Willie Belton, 3 for 13 yards; John Mallory, 1 for 1 yard

Interceptions:
NYG: Ralph Heck, 1 for 17 yards; Willie Williams, 1 for 7 yards
ATL: Ken Reaves, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 4 for 199 yards
ATL: Billy Lothridge, 5 for 196 yards

Field Goals:
ATL: Bill Bell, 1/1

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