1971 Atlanta Falcons 7-7
Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot
Atlanta 37 83 84 71 0 275
Opponent 50 95 71 113 0 329
Team Opp W/L Game Scores
Points 275 329
First Downs 223 259
Rush 89 124
Pass 120 116
Pen 14 19
Penalties 79 84
Yards 653 766
Rushing Att 512 502
Yards 1794 2571
Ave 3.5 5.1
TD 12 23
Passing Att 291 378
Comp 178 186
% 61.2 49.2
Int 23 19
% 7.9 5.0
TD 16 9
% 5.5 2.4
Yards 2592 2186
Sacked 30 29
Punt Return 37 37
Yards 98 84
Ave 2.6 2.3
Kick Return 74 64
Yards 1718 1414
Ave 23.2 22.1
Punts 66 60
Yards 2389 2454
Ave 36.2 40.9
FG Att 31 37
Made 18 26
% 58.1 70.3
Third Downs 183 201
Made 70 77
% 38.3 38.3
Fourth Downs 7 10
Made 3 6
% 42.9 60.0
Safeties 0 0
Fumbles 44 34
Lost 20 17
Turnovers 43 36
Net Offense 4140 4551
Per Play 5.0 5.0
1971 Atlanta Falcons
Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD
Butler 188 578 3.1 7 25 19 3 Malone 37 1 303 8.2 0 18 19 1
Malone 130 528 4.1 11 23 22 6 Mitchell,J 36 2 788 21.9 10 28 71 7
Wages 64 269 4.2 5 11 13 1 Burrow 35 4 655 18.7 7 28 53 5
Belton 56 237 4.2 7 12 21 2 Chesson 23 1 282 12.3 2 13 32 0
Campbell 29 76 2.6 0 6 9 0 Wages 20 2 290 14.5 2 15 52 1
Berry 20 35 1.8 0 5 5 0 Butler 15 1 130 8.7 0 9 16 1
Shiner 16 21 1.3 0 0 3 0 Poage 5 0 93 18.6 1 5 34 0
Burrow 1 17 17.0 1 1 17 0 Belton 3 0 32 10.7 0 2 15 1
Profit 3 15 5.0 0 0 5 0 Campbell 3 0 9 3.0 0 1 5 0
Mitchell,J 4 14 3.5 2 2 16 0 Maurer 1 0 10 10.0 0 1 10 0
Chesson 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 178 12 2592 14.6 22120 71 16
512 1794 3.5 33 89 22 12
Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate
Shiner 70 41 58.6 638 15.6 71 7 6 5 7.1 4 5 7.1 82.9
Berry 221 137 62.0 1954 14.3 66 15 16 18 8.1 26 11 5.0 73.2
291 178 61.2 2592 14.6 71 22 22 23 7.9 30 16 5.5 75.6
Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts
Bell 32 29 90.6 31 18 58.1 37.5 0.0 42 83
Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross
Bell 23 755 50 1 0 2 15 49 29.8 32.8
Lothridge 43 1634 56 5 0 8 22 35 34.9 38.0
Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD
Butler 14 401 28.6 83 0 Belton 30 2 97 3.2 15 0
Wages 1 24 24.0 24 0 Mallory 7 3 1 0.1 5 0
Belton 36 845 23.5 37 0 37 5 98 2.6 15 0
Profit 12 272 22.7 36 0
Campbell 5 98 19.6 28 0
Enderle 6 78 13.0 38 0
Sandeman 1 0 0.0 0 0
74 1718 23.2 83 0
Fumbles
Butler 11 Malone 7 Shiner 4 Chesson 2 Wages 2
Belton 9 Berry 4 Mitchell 2 Enderle 2 Poage 1
Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec
Humphrey 12 Humphrey 14 Humphrey 19 Reaves 12 Humphrey 8 Brezina 4
Zook 8 Zook 9 Hansen 10 Hayes 8 Hansen 5 Chesson 4
Small 4 Condren 5 Zook 7 Brown,R 8 Bramlett 3 Van Note 4
Condren 3 Small 3 Nobis 4 Mallory 6 Brezina 3 Small 3
Hansen 2 Hansen 1 Small 3 Hansen 5 Zook 3 Kunz 3
Lens 1 Condren 3 Brezina 4 Jarvis 2 Mallory 2
Mallory 1 Humphrey 4 Brown,R 1 Nobis 2
Acks 1 Zook 2 Condren 1 Condren 2
Allen 1 Nobis 1 Mallory 1 Snider 2
Brown,R 1 Acks 1 Nobis 1 Lens 2
Allen 1 Reaves 1 Zook 2
Small 1 Mitchell 1
Walker,C 1 Hansen 1
Acks 1 Poage 1
Reaves 1
Sandeman 1
Shiner 1
Humphrey 1
Butler 1
Berry 1
Burrow 1
Tackles
Hansen 133 Zook 56 Hayes 40 Acks 21 Allen 12 Redmond 8
Humphrey 91 Mallory 47 Small 33 Bramlett 17 Marshall 11 McCauley 6
Brezina 79 Reaves 44 Condren 30 Walker,C 14 Shears 9 Lewis 4
Brown,R 69 Nobis 41 Plummer 26 Kuechenb 12 Jarvis 8 Lens 3
Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD
Reaves 5 31 6.2 15 0
Brown,R 3 29 9.7 17 1
Hansen 3 100 33.3 67 1
Hayes 3 35 11.7 22 0
Brezina 3 29 9.7 18 0
McCauley, 1 0 0.0 0 0
Acks 1 0 0.0 0 0
19 224 11.8 67 2
1971 Atlanta Falcons Coach:Norm Van Brocklin
Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy
QB Berry,Bob 3 O 2 1
QB Hart,Leo 2 O 2 1
QB Shiner,Dick 3 O 2 1
Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy
RB Belton,Willie 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET
RB Butler,Cannonball 1 0 4 B 4 2 KR
RB Campbell,Sonny 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR
RB Malone,Art 2 0 4 B 4 2
RB Profit,Joe 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR
RB Wages,Harmon 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR
WR Burrow,Ken 0 0 5 O 1 1
WR Chesson,Wes 0 0 5 O 1 1
WR Jarvis,Ray 0 0 2 O 1 3
WR Snyder,Todd 0 0 2 O 1 1
TE Donohoe,Mike 2 0 3 O 1 1
TE Mitchell,Jim 3 0 4 O 1 1
TE Poage,Ray 2 0 2 O 1 1
Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur
G Enderle,Dick 4 4 5 KR
G Maurer,Andy 5 5 5
G Miller,Jim 3 3 5
T Kunz,George 8 8 5
T Sandeman,Bill 4 4 5
C Matlock,John 3 3 4 KR
G-T Snider,Mal 4 4 4
C-G Van Note,Jeff 6 6 5
Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur
DT Condren,Glen 4 3 0 1 4
DT Small,John 4 3 0 1 5 KR
DL Lens,Greg 4 3 0 1 2
DL Lewis,Mike 4 3 0 1 3
DL Marshall,Randy 3 2 0 1 2
DE Humphrey,Claude 9 5 0 4 5
DE Zook,John 7 5 0 2 5
ILB Nobis,Tommy 7 4 3 0 2
LB Acks,Ron 4 2 2 0 5
LB Kuechenberg,Rudy 3 2 1 0 2
LB Walker,Cleo 3 2 1 0 3
OLB Allen,Grady 3 2 1 0 2
OLB Bramlett,John 3 2 1 0 2
OLB Brezina,Greg 6 2 4 0 5
OLB Hansen,Don 7 2 4 1 5
CB Hayes,Tom 7 0 7 0 5
CB Reaves,Ken 7 0 7 0 5
CB Shears,Larry 3 0 3 0 3
DB Redmond,Rudy 3 0 3 0 2
S Brown,Ray 7 1 6 0 3 PR
S Mallory,John 5 1 4 0 5 PR
S McCauley,Tom 4 1 3 0 2 PR
S Plummer,Tony 3 1 2 0 2
Special Teams
K-P Bell,Bill
P Lothridge,Billy