NFL game summary for 09/28/1975:

Altie Taylor's one-yard touchdown bolt with 1:20 remaining climaxed a 35-yard drive that provided the Lions with their second straight victory and their eighth in a row without a loss over the Falcons. Detroit quarterback Greg Landry connected on a 14-yard, fourth-down pass to Ray Jarvis to keep the decisive march alive.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Detroit Lions	OFFENSE	117.0  (16)	113.0  (17)	230.0  (19)	2
	DEFENSE	93.0  (4)	124.0  (11)	217.0  (6)	3
Atlanta Falcons	OFFENSE	236.0  (2)	58.0  (22)	294.0  (11)	2
	DEFENSE	167.0  (20)	150.0  (16)	317.0  (20)	3

Line: Falcons by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Detroit Lions (2-0-0)	0	7	3	7	17
Atlanta Falcons (0-2-0)	0	7	7	0	14

( 0- 7) ATL Haskel Stanback 17 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
( 7- 7) DET Horace King 5 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)
( 7-14) ATL Gerald Tinker 26 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
(10-14) DET Errol Mann 29 yard field goal
(17-14) DET Altie Taylor 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)

                     DET             ATL
First Downs:         20              13
Rushes-yards:        44-184          37-156
Yards/rush:          4.2             4.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-27-193-0     7-22-104-1
Sacked-yards:        3-20            1-10
Net pass yards:      173             94
Net yards/pass:      5.8             4.1
Total net yards:     357             250
Total plays:         74 (59% run)    60 (61% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-1
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     4-40            6-53

Attendance: 45,218

Passing:
DET: Greg Landry, 12 of 21 for 146 yards; Bill Munson, 2 of 6 for 47 yards
ATL: Steve Bartkowski, 7 of 22 for 104 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
DET: Altie Taylor, 16 for 63 yards and 1 TD; Dexter Bussey, 12 for 41 yards; Greg Landry, 8 for 50 yards; Horace King, 5 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Thompson, 3 for 2 yards
ATL: Dave Hampton, 21 for 86 yards; Woody Thompson, 10 for 45 yards; Haskel Stanback, 3 for 25 yards and 1 TD; Oscar Reed, 3 for 0 yards

Receiving:
DET: Ray Jarvis, 5 for 64 yards; Charlie Sanders, 3 for 34 yards; Dennis Franklin, 2 for 55 yards; Jon Staggers, 2 for 29 yards; Dexter Bussey, 2 for 11 yards
ATL: Ken Burrow, 3 for 43 yards; Jim Mitchell, 2 for 35 yards; Gerald Tinker, 1 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Dave Hampton, 1 for 0 yards

Kick returns:
DET: Leonard Thompson, 2 for 52 yards
ATL: Wallace Francis, 2 for 37 yards; Greg McCrary, 1 for 18 yards; Brad Davis, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
DET: Dick Jauron, 3 for 16 yards; Lem Barney, 2 for 45 yards
ATL: Ron Mabra, 1 for 2 yards

Interceptions:
DET: Jim Laslavic, 1 for 10 yards

Punting:
DET: Herman Weaver, 6 for 243 yards
ATL: John James, 8 for 363 yards

Field Goals:
DET: Errol Mann, 1/2

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