1972 Atlanta Falcons 7-7 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Atlanta 30 81 48 81 0 240 Opponent 22 105 32 61 0 220 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 240 220 0-1 10 @Chicago 21 82ø 5-15 Rain First Downs 214 219 1-1 52 @New England 7 79ø 0-5 Rain Rush 103 96 2-1 26 Los Angeles 17 82ø Light Rain Pass 108 112 2-2 7 Detroit 16 86ø 0-5 Rain Pen 3 11 3-2 10 @New Orleans 3 70ø Penalties 58 64 3-3 10 @Green Bay 20 59ø 0-5 Yards 445 533 3-4 3 San Francisco 33 71ø 0-5 3-5 7 @Los Angeles 20 69ø Rushing Att 457 459 4-5 13 New Orleans 7 67ø 0-10 Yards 1985 1792 4-6 14 @Washington 33 50ø 5-15 Ave 4.3 3.9 5-6 24 Denver 16 56ø 0-5 TD 17 11 6-6 48 Houston 14 64ø 0-10 7-6 13 @San Francisco 7 60ø 0-10 Passing Att 282 302 7-7 3 Kansas City 6 48ø 5-15 Rain Comp 140 153 % 49.6 50.7 Int 10 17 % 3.5 5.6 TD 10 11 % 3.5 3.6 Yards 2224 2392 Sacked 54 27 Punt Return 39 39 Yards 314 239 Ave 8.1 6.1 Kick Return 51 54 Yards 985 1129 Ave 19.3 20.9 Punts 66 66 Yards 2848 2804 Ave 43.2 42.5 FG Att 26 30 Made 17 17 % 65.4 56.7 Third Downs 166 171 Made 55 62 % 33.1 36.3 Fourth Downs 13 7 Made 2 2 % 15.4 28.6 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 39 30 Lost 18 13 Turnovers 28 30 Net Offense 3834 4007 Per Play 4.8 5.1 1972 Atlanta Falcons Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Hampton 215 982 4.6 16 50 49 10 Malone 51 2 717 14.1 5 36 39 3 Malone 179 821 4.6 10 48 33 7 Burrow 27 4 676 25.0 10 26 75 3 Profit 23 88 3.8 3 4 19 0 Mitchell 24 7 314 13.1 0 20 22 1 Berry 24 50 2.1 0 0 9 0 Hampton 20 5 198 9.9 0 10 22 2 Belton 10 25 2.5 0 0 8 0 Chesson 15 1 277 18.5 3 14 40 0 Ray,E 3 17 5.7 1 1 10 0 Jarvis 2 0 34 17.0 0 1 19 1 Burrow 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Belton 1 0 8 8.0 0 1 8 0 Mitchell,J 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Profit 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Havig 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 0 140 20 2224 15.9 18 108 75 10 457 1985 4.3 30 103 49 17 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Berry 282 140 49.6 2224 15.9 75 23 18 10 3.5 54 10 3.5 73.4 282 140 49.6 2224 15.9 75 23 18 10 3.5 54 10 3.5 73.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Bell,B 27 27 100.0 26 17 65.4 0.0 0.0 36 78 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross James,J 66 2848 62 7 0 11 39 239 37.4 43.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Belton 16 343 21.4 35 0 Ellis,C 6 0 27 4.5 9 0 Plummer 1 21 21.0 21 0 Belton 25 3 201 8.0 18 0 Hampton 27 521 19.3 46 0 Brown,R 8 5 86 10.8 18 0 Malone 5 76 15.2 25 0 39 8 314 8.1 18 0 Germany 2 24 12.0 12 0 Burrow 1 0 0.0 0 0 Fritsch 1 0 0.0 0 0 51 985 19.3 46 0 Fumbles Berry 10 Hampton 6 Profit 3 Jarvis 1 Benson 1 Malone 9 Belton 5 Brown,R 2 Germany 1 Ray,E 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Humphrey 9 Humphrey 12 Zook 18 Nobis 11 Humphrey 4 Berry 6 Nobis 5 Zook 12 Humphrey 9 Hayes 7 Lewis 3 Chesson 3 Lewis 4 Lewis 5 Lewis 5 Ellis,C 7 Hansen 2 Kunz 3 Condren 3 Small 2 Nobis 4 Brown,R 6 Hayes 2 Nobis 3 Zook 3 Nobis 2 Brezina 3 Brezina 6 Brezina 2 Humphrey 2 Brezina 1 Walker,C 1 Small 3 Reaves 5 Brown,R 2 Brown,R 2 Small 1 Brezina 1 Hansen 3 Hansen 4 Nobis 2 Hansen 2 Walker,C 1 Condren 1 Zook 2 Zook 2 Profit 2 Hansen 1 Ellis,C 1 Humphrey 1 Allen 1 Zook 2 Manning, 1 Benson 1 Condren 1 Condren 1 Plummer 1 Lewis 1 Shears 1 Malone 1 Small 1 Mitchell 1 Snyder 1 Burrow 1 Walker,C 1 Havig 1 Easterli 1 Reaves 1 Sandeman 1 Van Note 1 Hayes 1 Tackles Humphrey 75 Hayes 60 Condren 20 Small 14 Van Note 6 Zook 71 Hansen 53 Walker,C 17 Manning, 11 Chesson 6 Nobis 69 Lewis 47 Easterli 17 Plummer 8 Allen 6 Brezina 68 Brown,R 45 Snyder 14 Benson 7 Germany 4 Ellis,C 64 Reaves 43 Shears 14 Jenke 7 Jarvis 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Reaves 4 53 13.3 30 0 Hansen 3 0 0.0 0 0 Brown,R 2 79 39.5 41 0 Hayes 2 1 0.5 1 0 Nobis 2 54 27.0 40 0 Ellis,C 2 0 0.0 0 0 Brezina 1 1 1.0 1 0 Lewis 1 8 8.0 8 0 17 196 11.5 41 0 1972 Atlanta Falcons Coach: Norm Van Brocklin Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Berry,Bob 5 O 2 1 QB Sullivan,Pat 5 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Hampton,Dave 1 1 4 230 995 56 4.3 5 23 244 43 10.6 KR RB Malone,Art 2 1 5 180 798 27 4.4 9 50 585 57 11.7 KR RB Profit,Joe 2 1 3 40 132 14 3.3 1 3 22 14 7.3 RB Belton,Willie 2 1 5 10 20 8 2.0 1 1 -1 -1 -1.0 RET RB Ray,Eddie 2 1 2 8 34 9 4.3 1 1 14 14 14.0 RB Lamb,Ron 2 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 10 10 10.0 WR Burrow,Ken 0 0 5 3 3 2 1.0 6 29 492 40 17.0 WR Chesson,Wes 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 4 18 338 46 18.8 KR WR Jarvis,Ray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 18 18 18.0 WR Snyder,Todd 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 19 19 19.0 TE Mitchell,Jim 5 3 5 2 19 18 9.5 5 28 470 40 16.8 TE Mialik,Larry 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Fritsch,Ted 4 4 5 G Maurer,Andy 6 6 5 G Havig,Dennis 5 5 5 G Miller,Jim 3 3 1 T Kunz,George 8 8 5 T Sandeman,Bill 6 6 5 T Gotshalk,Len 4 4 5 C-G Van Note,Jeff 6 6 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Condren,Glen 4 4 0 1 3 2 0 DT Small,John 4 4 0 1 3 1 0 PR DT Manning,Rosie 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 DE Humphrey,Claude 10 7 0 9 5 9 0 DE Zook,John 7 6 0 4 5 6 0 DL Lewis,Mike 5 5 0 1 5 3 1 DL Walker,Chuck 4 4 0 1 4 1 0 ILB Nobis,Tommy 7 5 3 1 5 2 3 OLB Brezina,Greg 6 4 3 1 5 0 0 OLB Hansen,Don 5 3 2 0 5 0 1 OLB Allen,Grady 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 OLB Jenke,Noel 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 LB Benson,Duane 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 CB Hayes,Tom 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 CB Reaves,Ken 5 0 5 0 5 0 3 CB Shears,Larry 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 S Ellis,Clarence 6 2 4 0 4 0 3 PR S Brown,Ray 6 2 4 0 5 0 2 PR S Plummer,Tony 4 1 3 0 5 0 0 KR S Germany,Willie 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 KR S Easterling,Ray 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 Special Teams K Bell,Bill P James,John