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Sunday October 13, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/13/1974:



Nick Mike-Mayer kicked a 31-yard field goal with six seconds remaining to give Atlanta its second straight victory. The winning three-pointer was set up by a pair of completions from Bob Lee to Louis Neal for 21 yards and to Ken Burrow for 28 to the Chicago 14-yard line. The Falcons had taken possession at their own 36 with only 37 seconds remaining.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Chicago BearsOFFENSE103.2  (21)175.5  (6)278.8  (13)8
DEFENSE110.8  (4)141.2  (11)252.0  (9)7
Atlanta FalconsOFFENSE128.8  (14)79.2  (25)208.0  (25)17
DEFENSE187.2  (26)97.8  (5)285.0  (13)8

Line: Bears by 4

Team1234F
Chicago Bears (2-3-0)0001010
Atlanta Falcons (2-3-0)073313

( 0- 7) ATL Bob Lee 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
( 0-10) ATL Nick Mike-Mayer 35 yard field goal
( 7-10) CHI Bo Rather 59 yard pass from Gary Huff (Mirro Roder kick)
(10-10) CHI Mirro Roder 37 yard field goal
(10-13) ATL Nick Mike-Mayer 31 yard field goal
                     CHI             ATL
First Downs:         13              15
Rushes-yards:        36-88           34-121
Yards/rush:          2.4             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-25-177-2     10-18-121-2
Sacked-yards:        5-53            4-28
Net pass yards:      124             93
Net yards/pass:      4.1             4.2
Total net yards:     212             214
Total plays:         66 (54% run)    56 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             3.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-3
Turnovers:           3               5
Penalties-yards:     10-73           7-45

Attendance: 47,835
Passing:
CHI: Gary Huff, 14 of 25 for 177 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
ATL: Bob Lee, 10 of 18 for 121 yards (2 int)

Rushing:
CHI: Carl Garrett, 14 for 50 yards; Ken Grandberry, 12 for 20 yards; Perry Williams, 9 for 22 yards; Gary Huff, 1 for -4 yards
ATL: Haskel Stanback, 19 for 77 yards; Eddie Ray, 11 for 31 yards; Bob Lee, 2 for 9 yards and 1 TD; Art Malone, 1 for 5 yards; Louis Neal, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Bo Rather, 6 for 114 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Wade, 4 for 24 yards; Ken Grandberry, 2 for 22 yards; Perry Williams, 2 for 17 yards
ATL: Ken Burrow, 4 for 76 yards; Louis Neal, 2 for 25 yards; Jim Mitchell, 2 for 16 yards; Eddie Ray, 1 for 3 yards; Haskel Stanback, 1 for 1 yard

Kick returns:
CHI: Ken Grandberry, 2 for 33 yards; Cliff Taylor, 1 for 22 yards
ATL: Gerald Tinker, 1 for 30 yards; Tom Geredine, 1 for 27 yards; Ken Mitchell, 1 for 9 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Bill Knox, 3 for 16 yards; Ike Hill, 1 for 3 yards
ATL: Al Dodd, 6 for 108 yards; Gerald Tinker, 2 for 9 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Bill Knox, 1 for 21 yards; Garry Lyle, 1 for 0 yards
ATL: Ray Brown, 2 for 35 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bob Parsons, 9 for 372 yards
ATL: John James, 6 for 246 yards

Field Goals:
CHI: Mirro Roder, 1/1
ATL: Nick Mike-Mayer, 2/2




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