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Record: 7 - 6 - 1 (pythagorean: 6 - 8, .492) Coaching: Norm Van Brocklin 7 - 6 - 1  1971 Pro Bowl Players: T - George Kunz DE - Claude Humphrey 1971 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-7 (7) - Joe Profit, Northeast Louisiana, RB   2-7 (33) - Ken Burrow, San Diego State, WR   3-7 (59) - Leo Hart, Duke, QB   4-7 (85) - Mike Potchad, Pittsburg (KS), T   5-7 (111) - Ray Jarvis, Norfolk State, WR   6-7 (137) - Tom Hayes, San Diego State, DB   6-18 (148) - Ray Brown, West Texas State, DB   7-7 (163) - Wesley Chesson, Duke, WR   8-7 (189) - Dennis Havig, Colorado, G   9-7 (215) - Alvin Griffin, Tuskegee, WR   10-7 (241) - Faddie Tillman, Boise State, DE   11-7 (267) - Larry Shears, Lincoln (MO), DB   12-7 (293) - Ronnie Lowe, Ft. Valley State, WR   13-7 (319) - Dan Crooks, Wisconsin, DB   14-7 (345) - Daryl Comer, Texas, TE   15-7 (371) - Wallace Clark, Auburn, RB   16-7 (397) - Lindsey James, San Diego State, RB   17-7 (423) - Willie Martin, Johnson C. Smith, RB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 SFO 17 at ATL 20 Week 2 ATL 20 at LAM 20 Week 3 ATL 38 at DET 41 Week 4 SLC 26 at ATL 9 Week 5 LAM 24 at ATL 16 Week 6 NOR 6 at ATL 28 Week 7 ATL 31 at CLE 14 Week 8 ATL 9 at CIN 6 Week 9 NYG 21 at ATL 17 Week 10 GNB 21 at ATL 28 Week 11 ATL 7 at MIN 24 Week 12 OAK 13 at ATL 24 Week 13 ATL 3 at SFO 24 Week 14 ATL 24 at NOR 20
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 274 3959 34 99 108 14 221   285 167 2495 16 21 31 239   494 1703 12   79 723 39 15 -- DEFENSE 277 3787 31 114 106 17 237   343 164 1895 9 20 31 257   500 2149 19   61 614 32 -- 18     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 37 174 0   OPP: 26 117 0   OWN: 59 1477 0   OPP: 52 1228 1     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 60 2216 0 1 0   OPP: 63 2606   OWN: 29 34 13 21   OPP: 31 31 20 23
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Bob Berry 11 226 136 60.2 2005 8.87 11 16 21 150 75.9   19 31 1.6 0 9   0 0 0.0 0 0 Dick Shiner 10 57 30 52.6 463 8.12 5 5 10 89 72.5   10 9 0.9 1 4t   0 0 0.0 0 0 Billy Lothridge 9 1 1 100.0 27 27.00 0 0 0 0 118.8   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Leo Hart 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jim Butler 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   186 594 3.2 2 19   15 143 9.5 2 27t Art Malone 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   120 438 3.7 6 19   34 380 11.2 2 46t Harmon Wages 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   64 266 4.2 1 27   19 249 13.1 1 47 Willie Belton 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   56 237 4.2 1 16   3 22 7.3 0 10 Sonny Campbell 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   29 79 2.7 0 8   3 40 13.3 0 29 Jim Mitchell 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   4 25 6.3 0 24   33 593 18.0 5 43 Joe Profit 4 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 10 3.3 1 4t   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ken Burrow 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 5 5.0 0 5   33 741 22.5 6 84 Wes Chesson 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -4 -4.0 0 -4   20 224 11.2 0 24 Ray Jarvis 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 13 13.0 0 13   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ray Poage 4 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 71 17.8 0 31 Greg Brezina 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 3 3.0 0 3 John Mallory 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 27 27.0 0 27 George Kunz 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 2 2.0 0 2   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Willie Belton 14 30 163 5.4 3 32 0   28 706 25.2 58 0 John Mallory 14 5 3 0.6 2 2 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Don McCauley 1 8 8.0 1 8 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ray Brown 10 1 0 0.0 2 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jim Butler 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   13 372 28.6 82 0 Joe Profit 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   10 247 24.7 35 0 Sonny Campbell 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 95 23.8 33 0 John Matlock 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 4 4.0 4 0 Dick Enderle 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 20 20.0 20 0 John Small 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 12 12.0 12 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Bill Bell 14 16 577 48 0 0 0 0.0 36.1   4/4 5/7 3/5 1/5 0/0 41 13 21 29 33 Billy Lothridge 9 44 1639 58 1 2 0 0.0 37.3   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Ron Acks 14 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Greg Brezina 14 0.0 0   3 22 11 0 Don Hansen 14 0.0 0   3 56 40t 1 Tom Hayes 14 0.0 0   3 27 27 0 Ken Reaves 14 0.0 0   6 43 31 0 Ray Brown 10 0.0 0   3 32 23 0 Tom McCauley 4 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Ron Acks 14 0 0 0 0 0 Grady Allen 3 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Bell 14 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Belton 14 9 1 0 0 0 Bob Berry 11 4 2 0 0 0 John Bramlett 7 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Brezina 14 0 0 3 8 0 Ray Brown 10 0 0 1 11 0 Ken Burrow 14 1 1 0 0 0 Jim Butler 14 7 3 0 0 0 Sonny Campbell 14 1 2 0 11 0 Wes Chesson 14 0 0 0 0 0 Glen Condren 12 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Donohoe 10 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Enderle 14 0 0 0 0 0 Don Hansen 14 0 0 3 14 0 Leo Hart 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Hayes 14 0 0 3 69 1 Claude Humphrey 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Jarvis 3 0 0 0 0 0 Rudy Kuechenberg 3 0 0 0 0 0 George Kunz 14 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Lens 7 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Lewis 9 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Lothridge 9 0 0 0 0 0 John Mallory 14 1 1 2 54 1 Art Malone 13 5 3 0 0 0 Randy Marshall 6 0 0 0 0 0 John Matlock 13 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Maurer 14 0 0 0 0 0 Don McCauley 0 0 0 0 0 Tom McCauley 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Miller 14 0 1 0 0 0 Jim Mitchell 13 3 1 0 55 1 Tommy Nobis 4 0 0 1 0 0 Tony Plummer 7 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Poage 4 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Profit 4 2 1 0 0 0 Ken Reaves 14 0 0 1 0 0 Rudy Redmond 8 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Sandeman 14 0 1 0 0 0 Larry Shears 9 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Shiner 10 3 2 0 -6 0 John Small 14 0 1 2 17 0 Malcolm Snider 13 0 0 0 0 0 Todd Snyder 6 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Van Note 14 1 0 0 0 0 Harmon Wages 14 2 1 0 0 0 Cleo Walker 10 0 0 0 0 0 John Zook 14 0 0 0 0 0

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