1972 Atlanta Falcons 9-5 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Atlanta 73 130 41 69 0 313 Opponent 53 64 87 62 0 266 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 313 266 1-0 21 @Chicago 10 First Downs 245 274 2-0 17 @New England 10 Rush 115 96 3-0 37 Los Angeles 10 Pass 121 159 3-1 16 Detroit 20 Pen 9 19 4-1 36 @New Orleans 17 Penalties 69 74 4-2 10 @Green Bay 29 Yards 598 630 5-2 31 San Francisco 19 5-3 14 @Los Angeles 21 Rushing Att 515 417 5-4 21 New Orleans 37 Yards 2354 1946 6-4 31 @Washington 27 Ave 4.6 4.7 6-5 24 Denver 31 TD 13 9 7-5 22 Houston 7 8-5 9 @San Francisco 7 Passing Att 260 452 9-5 24 Kansas City 21 Comp 159 245 % 61.2 54.2 Int 8 17 % 3.1 3.8 TD 20 20 % 7.7 4.4 Yards 2345 3035 Sacked 32 32 Punt Return 24 37 Yards 215 229 Ave 9.0 6.2 Kick Return 59 70 Yards 1236 1391 Ave 20.9 19.9 Punts 61 53 Yards 2572 2139 Ave 42.2 40.4 FG Att 29 33 Made 22 19 % 75.9 57.6 Third Downs 170 197 Made 67 78 % 39.4 39.6 Fourth Downs 11 27 Made 9 20 % 81.8 74.1 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 32 16 Lost 12 7 Turnovers 20 24 Net Offense 4473 4766 Per Play 5.5 5.3 1972 Atlanta Falcons Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Hampton 241 1248 5.2 29 53 54 8 Malone 51 3 696 13.6 2 38 29 1 Malone 192 890 4.6 21 50 32 5 Burrow 30 4 547 18.2 5 25 48 3 Profit 33 135 4.1 4 6 12 0 Mitchell,J 30 4 381 12.7 3 22 39 7 Berry 22 49 2.2 0 2 7 0 Chesson 21 2 314 15.0 1 17 39 4 Belton 10 43 4.3 1 2 16 0 Hampton 19 4 258 13.6 3 10 38 4 Lamb 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Profit 3 0 69 23.0 1 3 37 0 Ray,E 4 1 0.3 0 0 2 0 Belton 2 0 14 7.0 0 2 8 0 Burrow 3 -1 -0.3 0 0 3 0 Jarvis 1 0 27 27.0 1 1 27 0 Sullivan,P 7 -4 -0.6 0 0 0 0 Ray,E 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 Mitchell,J 2 -9 -4.5 0 0 0 0 Snyder 1 0 26 26.0 1 1 26 1 515 2354 4.6 55 115 54 13 159 17 2345 14.7 17121 48 20 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Berry 260 159 61.2 2345 14.7 48 17 17 8 3.1 32 20 7.7 103.4 260 159 61.2 2345 14.7 48 17 17 8 3.1 32 20 7.7 103.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Bell,B 35 35 100.0 29 22 75.9 75.0 0.0 47 101 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross James,J 61 2572 62 2 0 18 37 229 37.8 42.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Belton 26 580 22.3 41 0 Brown,R 8 8 97 12.1 16 0 Hampton 26 552 21.2 37 0 Belton 16 4 118 7.4 15 0 Malone 2 39 19.5 23 0 24 12 215 9.0 16 0 Chesson 3 34 11.3 12 0 Germany 3 31 10.3 13 0 Mitchell,J 1 0 0.0 0 0 59 1236 20.9 41 0 Fumbles Hampton 11 Berry 4 Ellis,C 2 Germany 1 Malone 8 Belton 3 Profit 2 Chesson 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Humphrey 10 Humphrey 14 Zook 14 Hayes 11 Lewis 3 Berry 4 Zook 9 Zook 7 Humphrey 4 Nobis 9 Hansen 2 Mitchell 3 Lewis 6 Lewis 3 Brezina 4 Hansen 8 Brown,R 2 Zook 3 Condren 4 Walker,C 2 Nobis 3 Reaves 8 Ellis,C 1 Havig 2 Nobis 2 Condren 1 Lewis 2 Humphrey 5 Germany 1 Kunz 2 Walker,C 1 Hansen 1 Ellis,C 4 Brezina 1 Malone 2 Hayes 1 Brown,R 4 Hayes 1 Chesson 2 Brezina 3 Humphrey 1 Nobis 2 Walker,C 3 Jenke 1 Hampton 2 Zook 3 Benson 1 Hayes 1 Condren 2 Reaves 1 Hansen 1 Germany 1 Profit 1 Lewis 1 Sandeman 1 Condren 1 Tackles Nobis 120 Zook 57 Jenke 23 Condren 16 Small 5 Hansen 86 Hayes 50 Jarvis 21 Benson 14 Allen 3 Brown,R 80 Ellis,C 40 Germany 21 Easterli 10 Manning, 2 Humphrey 71 Reaves 32 Walker,C 17 Plummer 10 Snyder 1 Brezina 63 Lewis 27 Shears 17 Chesson 9 Van Note 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Hayes 7 0 0.0 0 0 Reaves 3 58 19.3 31 0 Ellis,C 2 2 1.0 1 0 Nobis 2 76 38.0 38 2 Brown,R 2 57 28.5 46 0 Hansen 1 0 0.0 0 0 17 193 11.4 46 2 1972 Atlanta Falcons Coach:Norm Van Brocklin Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Berry,Bob 5 O 2 1 QB Sullivan,Pat 5 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Belton,Willie 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Hampton,Dave 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Lamb,Ron 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Malone,Art 2 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Profit,Joe 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Ray,Eddie 1 0 2 B 3 3 WR Burrow,Ken 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Chesson,Wes 0 0 4 O 1 1 KR WR Jarvis,Ray 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Snyder,Todd 0 0 5 O 1 1 TE Mialik,Larry 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Mitchell,Jim 3 0 5 O 1 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Havig,Dennis 5 5 5 G Maurer,Andy 6 6 5 G Miller,Jim 3 3 2 T Gotshalk,Len 4 4 5 T Kunz,George 8 8 5 T Sandeman,Bill 6 6 5 C Fritsch,Ted 4 4 5 C-G Van Note,Jeff 6 6 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Condren,Glen 4 3 0 1 3 DT Manning,Rosie 3 2 0 1 2 DT Small,John 4 3 0 1 3 PR DL Lewis,Mike 5 4 0 1 5 DL Walker,Cleo 4 3 0 1 3 DE Humphrey,Claude 10 7 0 3 5 DE Zook,John 7 5 0 2 5 ILB Nobis,Tommy 8 3 4 1 5 LB Benson,Duane 4 2 2 0 5 OLB Allen,Grady 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Brezina,Greg 6 3 3 0 5 OLB Hansen,Don 6 2 4 0 5 OLB Jenke,Noel 3 2 1 0 2 CB Hayes,Tom 5 0 5 0 5 CB Reaves,Ken 5 0 5 0 5 CB Shears,Larry 3 0 3 0 2 S Brown,Ray 6 1 5 0 5 PR S Easterling,Ray 3 1 2 0 2 S Ellis,Clarence 6 1 5 0 4 PR S Germany,Willie 4 1 3 0 4 KR S Plummer,Tony 4 1 3 0 5 KR Special Teams K Bell,Bill P James,John