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Sunday, October 3, 1971
Scoring
| ATL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Mike Weger 52 yard fumble return (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Lions | Steve Owens 2 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| Falcons | Jim R. Mitchell 13 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Falcons | Bill Bell 36 yard field goal | 10 | 14 |
| Lions | Ron Jessie 97 yard kickoff return (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 21 | |
| Falcons | Ken Burrow 56 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| Falcons | Art Malone 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 24 | 21 | |
| Lions | Larry Walton 56 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 24 | 28 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Charlie Sanders 16 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 24 | 35 |
| Lions | Errol Mann 18 yard field goal | 24 | 38 | |
| Falcons | Ken Burrow 25 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick) | 31 | 38 | |
| 4th | Lions | Errol Mann 13 yard field goal | 31 | 41 |
| Falcons | Tom Hayes 20 yard blocked punt return (Bill Bell kick) | 38 | 41 |
Team Stats
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-47-1 | 57-223-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-23-309-3-3 | 7-12-123-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 3-28 |
| Net pass yards | 295 | 95 |
| Total yards | 342 | 318 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-2 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-33 | 8-72 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Ken Burrow | ATL | 6 | 190 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Berry | ATL | 13 | 23 | 309 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 3 | 60 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Malone | ATL | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cannonball Butler | ATL | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Jarvis | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Profit | ATL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Owens | DET | 22 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 7 | 12 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Altie Taylor | DET | 19 | 77 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl McCullouch | DET | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel Farr | DET | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | DET | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Willie Belton | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Hayes | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Profit | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Harmon Wages | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Craig Cotton | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dick LeBeau | DET | 0.0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Parson | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Wayne Rasmussen | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bill Bell | ATL | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 |
| Errol Mann | DET | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Weaver | DET | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | ||||
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