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Sunday December 15, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/15/1974:



The Falcons used a five-yard touchdown run by Dave Hampton and a 47-yard field goal by Nick Mike-Mayer to snap an eight-game losing streak. Strong safety Ray Brown had his eighth interception, tops in the NFC. Chester Marcol's field goal gave him 94 points and the NFL scoring title by one point over Pittsburgh's Roy Gerela. The actual attendance of 10,020 was the smallest of the season in the NFL, and the 48,830 no-shows was the largest ever recorded.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Green Bay PackersOFFENSE111.2  (19)146.0  (16)257.2  (21)34
DEFENSE116.3  (7)148.6  (12)264.9  (7)31
Atlanta FalconsOFFENSE104.9  (21)95.3  (26)200.2  (26)51
DEFENSE187.6  (26)110.3  (2)297.9  (16)26

Line: Packers by 5

Team1234F
Green Bay Packers (6-8-0)00303
Atlanta Falcons (3-11-0)730010

( 0- 7) ATL Dave Hampton 5 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
( 0-10) ATL Nick Mike-Mayer 47 yard field goal
( 3-10) GB  Chester Marcol 43 yard field goal
                     GB              ATL
First Downs:         14              10
Rushes-yards:        30-125          38-129
Yards/rush:          4.2             3.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-38-138-2     7-20-68-3
Sacked-yards:        0-0             0-0
Net pass yards:      138             68
Net yards/pass:      3.6             3.4
Total net yards:     263             197
Total plays:         68 (44% run)    58 (65% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             3.4
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             1-1
Turnovers:           3               4
Penalties-yards:     3-35            7-38

Attendance: 10,020
Passing:
GB: John Hadl, 15 of 38 for 138 yards (2 int)
ATL: Kim McQuilken, 7 of 20 for 68 yards (3 int)

Rushing:
GB: John Brockington, 20 for 65 yards; Eric Torkelson, 6 for 47 yards; MacArthur Lane, 4 for 13 yards
ATL: Dave Hampton, 23 for 94 yards and 1 TD; Vince Kendrick, 12 for 39 yards; Kim McQuilken, 1 for 0 yards; Eddie Ray, 1 for 0 yards; Gerald Tinker, 1 for -4 yards

Receiving:
GB: John Brockington, 5 for 17 yards; Jon Staggers, 3 for 31 yards; Rich McGeorge, 2 for 38 yards; Ken Payne, 1 for 18 yards; Steve Odom, 1 for 15 yards; MacArthur Lane, 1 for 10 yards; Barry Smith, 1 for 7 yards; Eric Torkelson, 1 for 2 yards
ATL: Vince Kendrick, 3 for 25 yards; Tom Geredine, 2 for 27 yards; Ken Burrow, 2 for 16 yards

Kick returns:
GB: Steve Odom, 2 for 47 yards; Steve Okoniewski, 1 for 11 yards
ATL: Ray Easterling, 1 for 21 yards; Molly McGee, 1 for 19 yards

Punt returns:
GB: Jon Staggers, 2 for 23 yards; Steve Odom, 1 for 2 yards
ATL: Al Dodd, 4 for 40 yards; Gerald Tinker, 1 for 15 yards

Interceptions:
GB: Ken Ellis, 1 for 18 yards; Ted Hendricks, 1 for 14 yards; Jim Carter, 1 for 0 yards
ATL: Ray Brown, 1 for 15 yards; Tommy Nobis, 1 for 10 yards

Punting:
GB: Randy Walker, 6 for 231 yards
ATL: John James, 7 for 298 yards

Field Goals:
GB: Chester Marcol, 1/4
ATL: Nick Mike-Mayer, 1/1




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