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Sunday September 29, 1974
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NFL game summary for 09/29/1974:



The Saints' Jess Phillips ran over from the 8-yard line and Bill McClard added the decisive point on the first play after Elex Price recovered a Falcons' fumble with five minutes remaining. The New Orleans' defense halted an Atlanta threat in the final two minutes when they sacked passer Pat Sullivan for a six-yard loss to the Saints' 38 and on the next play linebacker Wayne Colman intercepted a Falcons' pass.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Atlanta FalconsOFFENSE95.5  (22)63.0  (25)158.5  (26)11
DEFENSE202.5  (25)139.0  (13)341.5  (22)4
New Orleans SaintsOFFENSE119.0  (18)139.5  (13)258.5  (15)7
DEFENSE157.5  (20)103.0  (7)260.5  (11)4

Line: Falcons by 5

Team1234F
Atlanta Falcons (0-3-0)073313
New Orleans Saints (1-2-0)070714

( 0- 7) NO  Joel Parker 13 yard pass from Archie Manning (Bill McClard kick)
( 7- 7) ATL Gerald Tinker 72 yard punt return (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
(10- 7) ATL Nick Mike-Mayer 21 yard field goal
(13- 7) ATL Nick Mike-Mayer 27 yard field goal
(13-14) NO  Jess Phillips 8 yard rush (Bill McClard kick)
                     ATL             NO
First Downs:         12              15
Rushes-yards:        38-167          47-172
Yards/rush:          4.4             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-20-74-1       6-14-47-1
Sacked-yards:        2-11            3-23
Net pass yards:      63              24
Net yards/pass:      2.9             1.4
Total net yards:     230             196
Total plays:         60 (63% run)    64 (73% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             3.1
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             2-1
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     8-54            2-23

Attendance: 55,025
Passing:
ATL: Pat Sullivan, 7 of 20 for 74 yards (1 int)
NO: Archie Manning, 6 of 14 for 47 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
ATL: Haskel Stanback, 18 for 73 yards; Art Malone, 16 for 60 yards; Pat Sullivan, 3 for 19 yards; Jim Mitchell, 1 for 15 yards
NO: Jack DeGrenier, 18 for 60 yards; Jess Phillips, 16 for 63 yards and 1 TD; Alvin Maxson, 6 for 20 yards; Bill Butler, 5 for 30 yards; Archie Manning, 2 for -1 yards

Receiving:
ATL: Haskel Stanback, 3 for 15 yards; Jim Mitchell, 2 for 40 yards; Al Dodd, 2 for 19 yards
NO: Jack DeGrenier, 2 for -2 yards; John Beasley, 1 for 30 yards; Joel Parker, 1 for 13 yards and 1 TD; Jess Phillips, 1 for 10 yards; Bob Newland, 1 for -4 yards

Kick returns:
ATL: Tom Geredine, 2 for 48 yards; Gerald Tinker, 1 for 28 yards
NO: Howard Stevens, 4 for 106 yards

Punt returns:
ATL: Gerald Tinker, 2 for 102 yards and 1 TD; Al Dodd, 2 for 35 yards
NO: Howard Stevens, 4 for 52 yards

Interceptions:
ATL: Clarence Ellis, 1 for 6 yards
NO: Wayne Colman, 1 for 17 yards

Punting:
ATL: John James, 6 for 244 yards
NO: Tom Blanchard, 7 for 328 yards

Field Goals:
ATL: Nick Mike-Mayer, 2/2




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