Sunday, October 15, 1978
| DET | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Falcons | Billy Ryckman 24 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 4th | Falcons | Bubba Bean 25 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 0 | 14 |
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-22-0 | 35-126-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-29-195-0-2 | 11-17-162-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-48 | 5-40 |
| Net pass yards | 147 | 122 |
| Total yards | 169 | 248 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-80 | 10-72 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Gary Danielson | DET | 14 | 29 | 195 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 4 | 76 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Thompson | DET | 3 | 42 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 11 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 15 | 78 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 11 | 17 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ricky Patton | ATL | 5 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 3 | 41 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 10 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Thompson | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Pridemore | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Benny Ricardo | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Skladany | DET | 6 | 289 | 48.2 | 0 | ||||
| John James | ATL | 8 | 322 | 40.3 | 0 | ||||