NFL game summary for 12/19/1971:

Bob Berry threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Ken Burrow with 34 seconds remaining to bring Atlanta a 24-20 victory and a 7-6-1 record, the Falcons' first winning record in their six-year history. Burrow caught eight passes for 190 yards.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Atlanta Falcons	OFFENSE	126.6  (13)	153.4  (12)	280.0  (16)	35
	DEFENSE	152.6  (20)	115.6  (1)	268.2  (7)	37
New Orleans Saints	OFFENSE	118.9  (18)	140.0  (20)	258.9  (19)	24
	DEFENSE	164.8  (23)	152.0  (13)	316.8  (22)	44

Line: Falcons by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Atlanta Falcons (7-6-1)	7	3	0	14	24
New Orleans Saints (4-8-2)	7	3	7	3	20

( 7- 0) ATL Art Malone 6 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)
( 7- 7) NO  Bob Gresham 6 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)
( 7-10) NO  Charlie Durkee 30 yard field goal
(10-10) ATL Bill Bell 10 yard field goal
(10-17) NO  Archie Manning 6 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)
(17-17) ATL Art Malone 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)
(17-20) NO  Charlie Durkee 36 yard field goal
(24-20) ATL Ken Burrow 22 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick)

                     ATL             NO
First Downs:         14              20
Rushes-yards:        22-57           39-165
Yards/rush:          2.6             4.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     18-27-269-0     17-26-174-0
Sacked-yards:        1-7             5-39
Net pass yards:      262             135
Net yards/pass:      9.4             4.4
Total net yards:     319             300
Total plays:         50 (44% run)    70 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          6.4             4.3
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             3-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     6-49            5-56

Attendance: 75,554

Passing:
ATL: Bob Berry, 18 of 27 for 269 yards and 1 TD
NO: Archie Manning, 17 of 26 for 174 yards

Rushing:
ATL: Art Malone, 8 for 24 yards and 2 TDs; Cannonball Butler, 8 for 22 yards; Harmon Wages, 4 for 8 yards; Bob Berry, 2 for 3 yards
NO: Bob Gresham, 18 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Jim Strong, 17 for 73 yards; Archie Manning, 3 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Virgil Robinson, 1 for 12 yards

Receiving:
ATL: Ken Burrow, 8 for 190 yards and 1 TD; Jim Mitchell, 3 for 37 yards; Art Malone, 3 for 12 yards; Wes Chesson, 1 for 19 yards; Harmon Wages, 1 for 10 yards; George Kunz, 1 for 2 yards; Cannonball Butler, 1 for -1 yards
NO: Bob Gresham, 6 for 60 yards; Bob Newland, 4 for 59 yards; Danny Abramowicz, 2 for 24 yards; Jim Strong, 2 for 10 yards; Virgil Robinson, 2 for 2 yards; Dave Parks, 1 for 19 yards

Kick returns:
ATL: Cannonball Butler, 2 for 58 yards; Sonny Campbell, 2 for 40 yards
NO: Virgil Robinson, 2 for 66 yards; Bob Gresham, 2 for 44 yards

Punt returns:
ATL: Willie Belton, 4 for 6 yards
NO: Danny Abramowicz, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
ATL: Billy Lothridge, 5 for 212 yards
NO: Julian Fagan, 5 for 218 yards

Field Goals:
ATL: Bill Bell, 1/2
NO: Charlie Durkee, 2/2

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