ATL 21 @ STL 42 - 1978 NFL

1978 Week 16

Atlanta FalconsATL

21-42

St. Louis CardinalsSTL

Sun, December 17, 1978 · 2:00PM · Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium

Surface: astroturfLine: St. Louis Cardinals -1.0

ATL: Leeman Bennett · STL: Bud Wilkinson

ATL

Team Stats

STL

1st Downs

18-41

Rushing

36-79

21-42-312

Passing

23-42-362

311

Total Yards

427

Scoring

1st Quarter

Ray Strong 1 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick)

2nd Quarter

Dave Stief 37 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)

Al Chandler 12 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
ATL
Passing
Steve Bartkowski	16/32	257	1	2	2	61.6
June Jones	5/10	55	0	1	2	27.1
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Ray Strong	11	27	1	8	0
Haskel Stanback	6	15	0	5	0
Ricky Patton	1	-1	0	-1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Jim Mitchell	7	3	44	0	23
Billy Ryckman	6	3	29	0	14
James Wright	1	1	18	0	18
Ray Strong	4	3	22	0	8
Haskel Stanback	1	1	9	0	9
Ricky Patton	2	2	8	1	8
Alfred Jackson	10	5	102	0	56
Wallace Francis	10	3	80	0	51
STL

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
ATL
Rolland Lawrence			0	1			0	0
Ron McCartney			0					1
STL
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
ATL
Tim Mazzetti	3/3	-	0	0	-	-
John James	-	-	4	139	34.8	-
STL
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
ATL
Billy Ryckman	0	0	0	2	3	0
Edgar Fields	2	21	0	0	0	0
Dennis Pearson	2	117	1	0	0	0
James Wright	2	31	0	0	0	0
George Franklin	1	25	0	0	0	0
STL
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD

ATL

Expected Points Added

STL

-23.6Total23.6

-13.4Off Total15.2

-12.3Off Pass15.5

-4.6Off Rush-3.1

-15.2Def Total13.4

-15.5Def Pass12.3

3.1Def Rush4.6

Starting Lineups

ATL

QBSteve Bartkowski

RBRay Strong

RBHaskel Stanback

WRWallace Francis

WRBilly Ryckman

TEJim Mitchell

LTMike Kenn

LGDave Scott

CJeff Van Note

RGR.C. Thielemann

ATL at ARI, 1978 NFL game