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1970--Reimaging NFL-AFL Merger: Week 2--Giants@Falcons

Sunday, September 27, N.Y. Giants @ Atlanta Falcons

Falcons Edge Giants, 21-17

Atlanta -- Behind the hard running of back Jim "Cannonball" Butler and the efficient passing of quarterback Bob Berry, the Atlanta Falcons defeated the New York Giants in their home opener, 21-17, to improve to 2-0 in the NFC Eastern division. Butler gained 76 yards on the ground and scored a touchdown while Berry completed 16-of-23 passes for 241 yards and also tossed a TD pass.

The Falcons' defense clamped down on former Michigan All-American running back Ron Johnson. After spending last season with the Cleveland Browns, the big back only managed to gain 18 yards on 13 carries for the Giants.  The only highlights for Johnson was leading the Giants with six reception for 58-yards and scoring on a two-yard TD run in the first quarter that put New York on the scoreboard.  The only real offense for the Giants was generated by QB Fran Tarkenton, who completed 17-of-30 passes for 234 yards.  He also threw a seven-yard TD to Clifton McNeil in the final period at the 9:04 mark to narrow the Atlanta lead to four.  However, the Falcons' defense would make that lead stand, forcing the Giants to turn the ball over on downs at the Falcons' 40 yard-line with 1:07 left to play on New York's last serious scoring drive of the game. The Giants did get the ball back at their own four yard-line with 0:01 to play, but on the final snap of the game, Tarkenton was sacked at the one yard-line by defensive tackle Greg Lens.


09-27-1970 Fulton County Stadiu  Temp:83 Wind:0-5 Light Rain  No Line  MVP:Mitchell  HFA:ON(3)     
                                                                                                   
                                 1   2   3   4       Tot                                           
1970 New York (N) (0-2)          0   7   3   7        17                                           
1970 Atlanta (2-0)               0  14   0   7        21                                           
                                                                                                   
Scoring Summary                                                                                    
2  8:11  Atlanta         TD Butler 9 run (Vinyard) (9-53-4:37)                      0-7            
2  5:22  New York (N)    TD Johnson 2 run (Gogolak) (5-67-2:42)                     7-7            
2  1:30  Atlanta         TD Berry 11 pass to Mitchell (Vinyard) (10-78-3:47)        7-14           
3  4:23  New York (N)    FG Gogolak 11 (5-20-2:52)                                 10-14           
4 14:54  Atlanta         TD Wages 2 run (Vinyard) (7-68-4:21)                      10-21           
4  9:04  New York (N)    TD Tarkenton 7 pass to McNeil (Gogolak) (11-65-5:41)      17-21           
                                                                                                   
Drive Summary                                                                                      
 1 Atlanta         Atl 25  8 plays  55 yards  4:40   Fumble                                        
 1 New York (N)    NYG 20  3 plays   8 yards  2:07   Punt                                          
 1 Atlanta         Atl 28  9 plays  38 yards  4:55   Missed Field Goal                             
 1 New York (N)    NYG 20  6 plays  15 yards  2:56   Punt                                          
 2 Atlanta         Atl 25  3 plays  -2 yards  1:36   Punt                                          
 2 New York (N)    NYG 34  4 plays  11 yards  0:27   Interception                                  
 2 Atlanta         Atl 47  9 plays  53 yards  4:37   Touchdown, NYG 0 Atl 7                        
 2 New York (N)    NYG 33  5 plays  67 yards  2:42   Touchdown, NYG 7 Atl 7                        
 2 Atlanta         Atl 22 10 plays  78 yards  3:47   Touchdown, NYG 7 Atl 14                       
 2 New York (N)    NYG 9   6 plays  29 yards  1:21   End Half                                      
 3 New York (N)    NYG 18  6 plays  12 yards  3:21   Punt                                          
 3 Atlanta         Atl 26  7 plays  13 yards  4:06   Interception                                  
 3 New York (N)    Atl 24  5 plays  20 yards  2:52   Field Goal, NYG 10 Atl 14                     
 3 Atlanta         Atl 32  7 plays  68 yards  4:21   Touchdown, NYG 10 Atl 21                      
 4 New York (N)    NYG 35 11 plays  65 yards  5:41   Touchdown, NYG 17 Atl 21                      
 4 Atlanta         Atl 11 10 plays  49 yards  5:44   Punt                                          
 4 New York (N)    NYG 10  9 plays  50 yards  1:56   Turnover on downs                             
 4 Atlanta         Atl 40  3 plays   8 yards  0:40   Punt                                          
 4 New York (N)    NYG 4   1 plays  -3 yards  0:13   Game Over                                     
                                                                                                   
                   NYG        Atl                                                                  
First Downs         15         23                                                                  
Rushes           22-57     38-145                                                                  
Passes       30-17-234  23-16-241                                                                  
Sacked            2-12       3-11                                                                  
Fumble               0          3                                                                  
Penalties         4-31       5-42                                                                  
Turnovers            1          2                                                                  
Missed Tackles       7          3                                                                  
Dropped Passes       2          1                                                                  
Bad Passes           4          4                                                                  
Passes 25+           2          1                                                                  
Runs 10+             1          6                                                                  
Blitzes             19         16                                                                  
Time             24:29      35:31                                                                  
Third Down        6-13       8-13                                                                  
Fourth Down        1-2        0-0                                                                  
Red Att/Td/Fg    3/2/1      4/3/0                                                                  
Net Offense        279        375                                                                  
                                                                                                   
Injury Report                                                                                      
1  7:26 NYG Kanicki      20 Plays           1  1:46 Atl Lens         15 Plays                      
1  5:01 NYG Shay         20 Plays           1  0:58 Atl Allen        Questionable                  
1  0:05 NYG Johnson,B    Out 1 Weeks        2  7:22 Atl Humphrey     10 Plays                      
2 14:19 NYG Eaton        Out 8 Weeks        2  1:21 Atl Condren      20 Plays                      
2  8:30 NYG Lurtsema     10 Plays           2  0:15 Atl Sullivan     Out 9 Weeks                   
2  2:54 NYG Lockhart     10 Plays           3  8:23 Atl Snyder       20 Plays                      
2  1:56 NYG Kanicki      Probable           3  8:10 Atl Mitchell     15 Plays                      
3  9:17 NYG Files        15 Plays           3  7:18 Atl Cottrell     20 Plays                      
3  4:15 NYG Williams     20 Plays                                                                  
4  8:56 NYG Heck         10 Plays                                                                  
                                                                                                   
Highlights                                                                                         
1 10:15  Atl Campbell 0 yard run, lost fumble                                                      
2 12:48  NYG Tarkenton pass intercepted by Lavan                                                   
2  5:28  NYG Tarkenton 43 yard pass to Fredericks                                                  
3  7:18  Atl Berry pass intercepted by Williams                                                    
3  1:41  Atl Berry 60 yard pass to Mitchell                                                        
4  2:50  NYG Tarkenton 36 yard pass to McNeil                                                      
4  1:43  NYG Fredericks 3 yard run, 4th down converted                                             
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
New York (N) New York                       Atlanta                                                
Passing    Att Cmp Yds 25 In Td Sk  Rate    Passing     Att Cmp Yds 25 In Td Sk  Rate              
Tarkenton   30  17 234  2  1  1  2  79.0    Berry        23  16 241  1  1  1  3 100.1              
                                                                                                   
Rushing    Att Yds  Avg FD 10 Lg TD         Rushing     Att Yds  Avg FD 10 Lg TD                   
Fredericks   7  21  3.0  3  0  7  0         Butler       16  76  4.8  5  3 16  1                   
Johnson,R   13  18  1.4  1  0  5  1         Wages        11  28  2.5  2  1 13  1                   
Tarkenton    2  18  9.0  1  1 16  0         Campbell      5  21  4.2  2  1 13  0                   
            22  57  2.6  5  1 16  1         Berry         2  11  5.5  1  1 10  0                   
                                            Gipson        2   4  2.0  0  0  2  0                   
                                            Mitchell      1   3  3.0  0  0  3  0                   
                                            Malone        1   2  2.0  0  0  2  0                   
                                                         38 145  3.8 10  6 16  2                   
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
Receiving   No Dp Att Yds  Avg FD 25 Lg TD  Receiving    No Dp Att Yds  Avg FD 25 Lg TD            
Johnson,R    6  0  10  58  9.7  2  0 17  0  Flatley       5  0   6  58 11.6  3  0 19  0            
McNeil       4  0   7  64 16.0  3  1 36  1  Mitchell      5  1   7 113 22.6  5  1 60  1            
Fredericks   3  0   4  60 20.0  1  1 43  0  Wages         3  0   4  38 12.7  2  0 23  0            
Herrmann     2  2   6  21 10.5  1  0 16  0  Campbell      1  0   1  14 14.0  1  0 14  0            
Thomas       2  0   3  31 15.5  2  0 19  0  Snyder        1  0   2  13 13.0  1  0 13  0            
            17  2  30 234 13.8  9  2 43  1  Butler        1  0   3   5  5.0  0  0  5  0            
                                                         16  1  23 241 15.1 12  1 60  1            
                                                                                                   
Fumbles       No Rec TD                     Fumbles        No Rec TD                               
Dryer          0   1  0                     Wages           1   1  0                               
                                            Campbell        1   0  0                               
                                            Butler          1   0  0                               
                                            Snider          0   1  0                               
                                                                                                   
Kick Returns  No Yds  Avg  Lg TD            Kick Returns   No Yds  Avg  Lg TD                      
Shy            2  41 20.5  32  0            Butler          4  80 20.0  25  0                      
Houston        1  24 24.0  24  0                                                                   
Duhon          1  14 14.0  14  0                                                                   
                                                                                                   
Punt Returns  No Fc Yds  Avg  Lg TD         Punt Returns   No Fc Yds  Avg  Lg TD                   
Duhon          1  0   4  4.0   4  0         McCauley        2  1  -1 -0.5   1  0                   
                                                                                                   
Kicking         Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts                      
Gogolak        1-1  11  2-2    5            Vinyard         0-1   0  3-3    3                      
                                                                                                   
Punting       No Yds  Avg Tb 20 Bk Lg       Punting        No Yds  Avg Tb 20 Bk Lg                 
Johnson,B      3 127 42.3  0  0  0 45       Lothridge       3 125 41.7  0  2  0 48                 
                                                                                                   
Defense    Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF   INT      Defense     Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF   INT                
Baker       10  1   0   1   0  0   0-0      Allen         8  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                
Lurtsema     7  1   0   0   1  0   0-0      Humphrey      6  0   0   1   2  0   0-0                
Longo        7  0   1   0   0  0   0-0      Hansen        5  1   0   0   0  0   0-0                
Files        7  0   0   0   0  1   0-0      Lens          4  1   0   0   0  0   0-0                
Heck         5  1   0   1   0  0   0-0      McCauley      4  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                
Shay         4  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Reaves        3  0   1   0   0  0   0-0                
Kanicki      3  0   0   0   2  1   0-0      Cottrell      3  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                
Lockhart     3  0   1   0   0  0   0-0      Lavan         2  0   0   0   0  0   1-9                
Hazeltine    3  0   0   0   0  1   0-0      Redmond       2  0   3   0   0  0   0-0                
Hickl        3  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Halverson     2  0   1   0   0  0   0-0                
Brown        3  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Zook          2  0   1   0   0  0   0-0                
Williams     2  0   1   0   0  0  1-32      Condren       1  0   0   0   1  0   0-0                
Eaton        2  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Mallory       1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                
Dryer        1  0   0   0   1  0   0-0      Matlock       1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                
Brenner      1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Sullivan      1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                
                                            Freeman       1  0   0   0   0  0  
0-0                

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