NFL game summary for 12/03/1972:

The Falcons intercepted five passes, including two by Ray Brown, and Dave Hampton and Art Malone again powered the attack with 88 and 62 rushing yards, respectively. Hampton scored twice. This victory, coupled with San Francisco's loss the following night, advanced Atlanta into first place in the NFC West.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Houston Oilers	OFFENSE	111.5  (21)	115.3  (23)	226.7  (25)	21
	DEFENSE	195.2  (25)	156.6  (14)	351.8  (25)	20
Atlanta Falcons	OFFENSE	154.3  (8)	133.6  (20)	287.9  (17)	24
	DEFENSE	143.9  (18)	134.2  (5)	278.1  (10)	26

Line: Falcons by 14

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Houston Oilers (1-11-0)	0	0	10	0	10
Atlanta Falcons (7-5-0)	10	3	7	0	20

( 0- 7) ATL Dave Hampton 3 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)
( 0-10) ATL Bill Bell 27 yard field goal
( 0-13) ATL Bill Bell 16 yard field goal
( 3-13) HOU Skip Butler 37 yard field goal
( 3-20) ATL Dave Hampton 4 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)
(10-20) HOU Dan Pastorini 9 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)

                     HOU             ATL
First Downs:         13              17
Rushes-yards:        30-88           42-161
Yards/rush:          2.9             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-30-189-5     13-24-183-1
Sacked-yards:        3-35            3-16
Net pass yards:      154             167
Net yards/pass:      4.7             6.2
Total net yards:     242             328
Total plays:         63 (47% run)    69 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             3-2
Turnovers:           6               3
Penalties-yards:     4-36            9-85

Attendance: 58,850

Passing:
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 12 of 21 for 182 yards (1 int); Kent Nix, 2 of 8 for 7 yards (3 int); Fred Willis, 0 of 1 for 0 yards (1 int)
ATL: Bob Berry, 13 of 24 for 183 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
HOU: Paul Robinson, 10 for 41 yards; Fred Willis, 10 for 8 yards; Willie Rodgers, 8 for 23 yards; Dan Pastorini, 1 for 9 yards and 1 TD; Al Johnson, 1 for 7 yards
ATL: Dave Hampton, 25 for 88 yards and 2 TDs; Art Malone, 14 for 62 yards; Bob Berry, 2 for 9 yards; Joe Profit, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
HOU: Ken Burrough, 4 for 106 yards; Paul Robinson, 4 for 50 yards; Dave Smith, 3 for 40 yards; Fred Willis, 3 for -7 yards
ATL: Art Malone, 4 for 80 yards; Dave Hampton, 4 for 26 yards; Jim Mitchell, 2 for 35 yards; Wes Chesson, 2 for 27 yards; Ken Burrow, 1 for 15 yards

Kick returns:
HOU: Lewis Jolley, 2 for 62 yards; Willie Rodgers, 2 for 29 yards
ATL: Willie Belton, 1 for 24 yards

Punt returns:
HOU: Ken Houston, 1 for -3 yards
ATL: Ray Brown, 1 for 29 yards

Interceptions:
HOU: Bob Atkins, 1 for 34 yards
ATL: Ray Brown, 2 for 46 yards; Tommy Nobis, 1 for 37 yards; Don Hansen, 1 for 0 yards; Tom Hayes, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 5 for 205 yards
ATL: John James, 5 for 230 yards

Field Goals:
HOU: Skip Butler, 1/1
ATL: Bill Bell, 2/3

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