Week 4, 1974

played in Carolina, NC

79 degrees, fair, 11 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	3	14	3	6	-	26
Carolina Panthers	3	0	0	3	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:15 CAR - Don Cockroft 40 field goal
1Q: 00:48 ATL - Ricky Fisher 49 field goal
2Q: 07:34 ATL - Vince Wilkerson 2 run (Ricky Fisher extra point)
2Q: 01:25 ATL - Vince Wilkerson 7 run (Ricky Fisher extra point)
3Q: 05:07 ATL - Ricky Fisher 27 field goal
4Q: 14:57 CAR - Don Cockroft 41 field goal
4Q: 02:25 ATL - Ricky Fisher 43 field goal
4Q: 00:27 ATL - Ricky Fisher 36 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:15 CAR - Don Cockroft 40 field goal
1Q: 00:48 ATL - Ricky Fisher 49 field goal
2Q: 07:34 ATL - Vince Wilkerson 2 run (Ricky Fisher extra point)
2Q: 01:25 ATL - Vince Wilkerson 7 run (Ricky Fisher extra point)
3Q: 05:07 ATL - Ricky Fisher 27 field goal
4Q: 14:57 CAR - Don Cockroft 41 field goal
4Q: 02:25 ATL - Ricky Fisher 43 field goal
4Q: 00:27 ATL - Ricky Fisher 36 field goal

Team Statistics ATL CAR
Record 2-2 2-2
First Downs 15 9
- by Rushing 8 1
- by Passing 6 7
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 247 125
- Offensive Plays 63 60
- Yards per Play 3.92 2.08
Net Rushing Yards 153 49
- Rushing Attempts 41 15
- Yards per Rush 3.73 3.27
Net Passing Yards 94 76
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 14 - 0 42 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 115 99
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/21 3/23
- Yards per Pass Play 4.27 1.69
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.3 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/34 3/24
Punt Returns/Yards 5/52 2/-4
Kick Returns/Yards 2/68 7/140
Interception Ret./Yards 1/7 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/3 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 33
Time of Possession 35:24 24:36

Team Statistics	ATL	CAR
Record	2-2	2-2
First Downs	15	9
- by Rushing	8	1
- by Passing	6	7
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	247	125
- Offensive Plays	63	60
- Yards per Play	3.92	2.08
Net Rushing Yards	153	49
- Rushing Attempts	41	15
- Yards per Rush	3.73	3.27
Net Passing Yards	94	76
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 14 - 0	42 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	115	99
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/21	3/23
- Yards per Pass Play	4.27	1.69
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.3	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/34	3/24
Punt Returns/Yards	5/52	2/-4
Kick Returns/Yards	2/68	7/140
Interception Ret./Yards	1/7	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/3	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 33
Time of Possession	35:24	24:36

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:22	1:50	OWN 5	3	4	Punt
1	4:07	3:26	OWN 41	7	27	Field Goal
2	14:39	2:30	OWN 21	5	26	Punt
2	11:00	3:32	OPP 42	7	42	Touchdown
2	5:21	4:02	OWN 19	10	81	Touchdown
2	0:27	0:27	OWN 3	1	1	Half
3	13:24	1:52	OWN 16	3	6	Punt
3	10:19	1:55	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
3	6:23	1:22	OPP 13	3	3	Field Goal
3	2:28	1:19	OWN 18	3	-9	Punt
4	14:50	4:08	OWN 20	6	18	Punt
4	8:22	6:03	OPP 43	9	17	Field Goal
4	1:33	1:13	OPP 26	3	7	Field Goal

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:38	OWN 37	6	6	Punt
1	9:32	5:25	50	10	27	Field Goal
1	0:41	1:02	OWN 30	3	6	Punt
2	12:09	1:09	OWN 6	3	5	Punt
2	7:28	2:07	OWN 18	5	22	Punt
2	1:19	0:52	OWN 45	5	5	Punt
3	14:52	1:28	OPP 41	3	6	Punt
3	11:32	1:13	OWN 49	3	6	Punt
3	8:24	2:01	OWN 15	5	4	Fumble
3	5:01	2:33	OWN 42	3	4	Punt
3	1:09	1:19	OPP 45	4	21	Field Goal
4	10:42	2:20	OWN 4	4	13	Punt
4	2:19	0:46	OWN 24	4	0	Interception
4	0:20	0:20	OWN 28	2	9	Game

Game MVP: Ricky Fisher, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Vince Wilkerson	21	51	2.43	9	0	2
Mack Herron	18	95	5.28	20	5	0
Fred Willis	2	7	3.50	6	0	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Vic Washington	9	29	3.22	10	1
Brian Molinaro	4	13	3.25	7	0
Bob Hudson	1	6	6.00	6	0
Dale Zorn	1	1	1.00	1	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Wayne England	19	14	115	3/21	0	15	0	88.7

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dale Zorn	42	18	99	3/23	0	14	1	40.4

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Willie Frazier	2	2	19	9.50	0	10
WR Ken Grandberry	2	3	16	8.00	5	13
RB Mack Herron	2	3	15	7.50	7	12
FB Mark Van Eeghen	2	2	13	6.50	0	8
WR Charley Young	2	3	13	6.50	0	7
WR Lionel Summers	2	3	28	14.00	10	15
TE Zach Muirbrook	1	1	8	8.00	0	8
RB Vince Wilkerson	1	2	3	3.00	0	3

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Vic Washington	5	10	20	4.00	1	7
WR David Knight	3	7	14	4.67	0	8
FB Hugh McKinnis	3	4	30	10.00	1	14
WR Drew Pearson	2	6	16	8.00	0	9
TE Andrew James	2	3	8	4.00	0	5
WR Isaac Curtis	1	3	3	3.00	0	3
RB Bob Hudson	1	2	8	8.00	0	8
RB Brian Molinaro	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Harold Jaeger	0	4	0	0.00	0	0
TE Richard Hooper	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Irving Merchant	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Rolland Lawrence	1	7	7.00	0

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Dick Gordon	1	0	0
Mack Herron	1	0	0
Jeff Van Note	0	1	0
John Zook	0	1	0
Bo Rather	0	0	1
Clyde Werner	0	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
Edddie Brown	1	0	0
Dale Zorn	1	0	0
David Knight	0	1	0
Andrew James	0	1	0
Honor Jackson	0	0	1
Carlos Nixon	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tom Wittum	6	249	41.5	42.2	53	2

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John James	9	392	43.6	35.6	52	6

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ricky Fisher	4/4	2/2	0/0	49	2/2

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Don Cockroft	2/2	2/2	0/0	41	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mack Herron	5	52	10.4	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glen Edwards	2	-4	-2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dick Gordon	2	68	34.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edddie Brown	5	112	22.4	0
C.J. Garrett	2	28	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB John Pergine	8	2	1.0	14	45
CB Allan Ellis	7	2	0.0	13	39
CB Randy Logan	5	0	0.0	11	33
ILB Tom MacLeod	4	3	0.0	15	42
OLB Clyde Werner	3	0	1.0	13	20
DE John Zook	2	0	1.0	11	42
CB Ernie McGee	2	0	0.0	2	6
DT Randy Crowder	1	1	0.0	13	43
DT Earl Edwards	1	1	0.0	2	2
CB Rolland Lawrence	1	0	0.0	14	42
S Ralph McGill	1	0	0.0	12	37
S Nate Crane	1	0	0.0	4	12

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Honor Jackson	9	4	0.0	35	20
OLB Gary Weaver	8	3	0.0	39	19
CB Karl Lynch	6	1	0.0	25	17
OLB Waymond Bryant	5	3	0.0	32	17
OLB Steve King	4	0	0.0	40	21
DT Jim Wolf	3	2	1.5	37	18
DE Dennis Johnson	3	1	1.5	34	17
DE Tony Cline	3	1	0.0	34	21
S Glen Edwards	3	1	0.0	37	21
CB J.T. Thomas	3	1	0.0	40	20
CB C.J. Garrett	3	0	0.0	36	19
ILB Carlos Nixon	2	1	0.0	16	5
DE Kenyon Hill	2	0	0.0	11	6
ILB Sam Monson	1	2	0.0	8	6
WR Drew Pearson	1	0	---	---	---
TE Richard Hooper	1	0	---	---	---
DT Floyd Tongue	1	0	0.0	8	4
S Edddie Brown	0	2	0.0	9	3
ILB Rick Kay	0	1	0.0	2	1

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE John Zook	1.0	5	0	42
OLB Clyde Werner	1.0	1	1	20
OLB John Pergine	1.0	0	0	45
CB Allan Ellis	0.0	1	0	39

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jim Wolf	1.5	1	0	0	18
DE Dennis Johnson	1.5	0	1	0	17
OLB Steve King	0.0	0	1	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Allan Ellis	6	1	0	39
CB Randy Logan	3	1	0	33
OLB John Pergine	3	1	0	45
OLB Clyde Werner	2	0	0	20
CB Ernie McGee	2	0	0	6
S Ralph McGill	1	2	0	37
CB Rolland Lawrence	1	0	1	42
S Bernie Jackson	0	1	0	42
ILB Tom MacLeod	0	1	0	42

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Gary Weaver	4	0	19
OLB Steve King	3	0	21
CB Karl Lynch	2	0	17
CB C.J. Garrett	2	0	19
S Glen Edwards	1	1	21
S Honor Jackson	1	0	20
CB J.T. Thomas	1	0	20

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jon Morris	3	6	26	0	16
Jeff Van Note	2	9	36	1	17
Matt Atkins	2	3	22	0	11
Ted Fritsch	1	6	34	0	21
George Kunz	1	5	31	1	17
Wally Watson	1	4	15	0	6
Mickey Gmerek	1	2	14	0	7
Mark Van Eeghen	0	3	23	0	11
Travis Roach	0	1	25	1	15
Willie Frazier	0	1	35	0	16
Zach Muirbrook	0	1	8	0	8

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Julio Bauer	2	3	13	0	33
Andy Dawson	1	1	2	1	17
Hugh McKinnis	1	1	7	0	22
Steve Riley	0	2	15	1	44
Quinn Hoffman	0	2	11	1	37
Noah Jackson	0	2	14	0	38
Kenny Frame	0	2	10	0	22
Perry Williams	0	1	1	0	4

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Dick Gordon	2	18
Nate Crane	2	12
Ernie McGee	1	25
Zach Muirbrook	1	20
Charlie Ford	1	16
Bo Rather	1	15
Ralph McGill	1	13

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Carlos Nixon	2	19
Hugh McKinnis	2	14
Bob Hudson	1	26
Andrew James	1	19
Ed Torrice	1	14

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Wayne England	41	22	---	---	4	67
Ted Fritsch	34	21	---	---	10	65
Ralph McGill	---	---	12	37	13	62
John Pergine	---	---	14	45	2	61
Willie Frazier	35	16	---	---	9	60
Rolland Lawrence	---	---	14	42	3	59
Tom MacLeod	---	---	15	42	2	59
Randy Crowder	---	---	13	43	2	58
Mack Herron	18	13	---	---	27	58
George Kunz	31	17	---	---	10	58
Bernie Jackson	---	---	13	42	2	57
John Zook	---	---	11	42	3	56
Allan Ellis	---	---	13	39	2	54
Jeff Van Note	36	17	---	---	---	53
Carl Wafer	---	---	12	38	3	53
Jon Morris	26	16	---	---	5	47
Randy Logan	---	---	11	33	2	46
Travis Roach	25	15	---	---	5	45
Dick Gordon	19	7	---	---	18	44
Charlie Ford	---	---	2	23	16	41
Mark Van Eeghen	23	11	---	---	7	41
Charley Young	24	13	---	---	3	40
Ken Grandberry	21	15	---	---	3	39
Ken Mitchell	---	---	3	8	28	39
Zach Muirbrook	8	8	---	---	20	36
Mickey Gmerek	14	7	---	---	14	35
Clyde Werner	---	---	13	20	1	34
Kyle Mathis	16	7	---	---	10	33
Matt Atkins	22	11	---	---	---	33
Ernie McGee	---	---	2	6	25	33
Wally Watson	15	6	---	---	10	31
Lionel Summers	20	10	---	---	---	30
Vince Wilkerson	21	9	---	---	---	30
Nate Crane	---	---	4	12	12	28
Jermaine Perkins	---	---	3	7	9	19
Bo Rather	0	1	---	---	15	16
Richie Minter	---	---	2	6	8	16
Fred Willis	2	0	---	---	10	12
Ricky Fisher	0	0	---	---	11	11
Jorge Ballard	---	---	2	5	3	10
Dave Rowe	---	---	0	0	8	8
Bennie Tapeh	---	---	4	3	---	7
Tom Wittum	0	0	---	---	6	6
Earl Edwards	---	---	2	2	---	4
Reuben Fields	0	0	---	---	---	0
Buddy Ursino	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
J.T. Thomas	---	---	40	20	13	73
Steve King	---	---	40	21	10	71
Glen Edwards	---	---	37	21	10	68
C.J. Garrett	---	---	36	19	10	65
Gary Weaver	---	---	39	19	4	62
Dale Zorn	15	45	---	---	---	60
Tony Cline	---	---	34	21	4	59
Honor Jackson	---	---	35	20	4	59
Steve Riley	15	44	---	---	---	59
Jim Wolf	---	---	37	18	4	59
Noah Jackson	14	38	---	---	3	55
Dennis Johnson	---	---	34	17	4	55
Julio Bauer	13	33	---	---	7	53
Waymond Bryant	---	---	32	17	3	52
Karl Lynch	---	---	25	17	10	52
Richard Hooper	12	30	---	---	8	50
Quinn Hoffman	11	37	---	---	---	48
Hugh McKinnis	7	22	---	---	14	43
Andrew James	4	19	---	---	19	42
Drew Pearson	13	27	---	---	1	41
David Knight	7	18	---	---	15	40
Kenny Frame	10	22	---	---	8	40
Carlos Nixon	---	---	16	5	19	40
Isaac Curtis	7	31	---	---	---	38
Vic Washington	10	27	---	---	---	37
Dave Dalby	5	25	---	---	6	36
Harold Jaeger	9	27	---	---	---	36
Andy Dawson	2	17	---	---	11	30
Bob Hudson	1	2	---	---	26	29
Rick Kay	---	---	2	1	24	27
Kenyon Hill	---	---	11	6	6	23
Brian Molinaro	4	16	---	---	1	21
Rodney Bridges	4	8	---	---	9	21
Edddie Brown	---	---	9	3	8	20
Sam Monson	---	---	8	6	6	20
Floyd Tongue	---	---	8	4	7	19
Perry Williams	1	4	---	---	13	18
Ed Torrice	---	---	0	2	14	16
Irving Merchant	0	2	---	---	13	15
J.B. Shepard	1	1	---	---	11	13
Terry Schmidt	---	---	8	3	---	11
John James	0	0	---	---	9	9
Don Cockroft	0	0	---	---	5	5
Terry Hanratty	0	0	---	---	2	2
Steve Neils	---	---	0	2	---	2
Tony Adams	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	15	60	4.0
Middle	22	76	3.5
Right	4	17	4.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	15	3.0
Middle	5	11	2.2
Right	5	23	4.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Wayne England	19	14	0	1	0	1	2	1	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dale Zorn	42	18	0	3	6	7	7	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	65	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	50	7.1
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-2	-2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	12	58	2.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	5	43	3.1
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Ken Grandberry	3	2	16	15
RB Mack Herron	3	2	15	13
WR Charley Young	3	2	13	13
WR Lionel Summers	3	2	28	10
TE Willie Frazier	2	2	19	16
FB Mark Van Eeghen	2	2	13	11
RB Vince Wilkerson	2	1	3	9
TE Zach Muirbrook	1	1	8	8

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Vic Washington	10	5	2	20	27
WR David Knight	7	3	1	14	18
WR Drew Pearson	6	2	0	16	27
FB Hugh McKinnis	4	3	0	30	22
WR Harold Jaeger	4	0	2	0	27
WR Isaac Curtis	3	1	0	3	31
TE Andrew James	3	2	0	8	19
RB Bob Hudson	2	1	0	8	2
RB Brian Molinaro	1	1	0	0	16
TE Richard Hooper	1	0	0	0	30
WR Irving Merchant	1	0	1	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mack Herron	5	20	4.00	5.28
Vince Wilkerson	2	9	4.50	2.43

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Wayne England	3	2	23	7.67	6.05

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Willie Frazier	1	1	10	10.00	9.50
WR Ken Grandberry	1	1	13	13.00	5.33
RB Vince Wilkerson	1	0	0	0.00	1.50

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Mack Herron	6	2
Fred Willis	1	0
Vince Wilkerson	1	1

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Wayne England	7	4	2

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dale Zorn	16	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ken Grandberry	2	1	1
RB Mack Herron	2	1	0
WR Charley Young	2	1	0
RB Vince Wilkerson	1	1	1

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Vic Washington	5	2	1
WR Drew Pearson	3	1	0
TE Andrew James	3	2	1
RB Bob Hudson	2	1	1
WR Isaac Curtis	1	1	1
WR David Knight	1	0	0
WR Harold Jaeger	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 51,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,800 (21,400)
End Zone 10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,000 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	51,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,800 (21,400)
End Zone	10,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,000 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)