Exhibition Week 4, 1975

played in Atlanta, GA

84 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

New York (A) Titans	3	7	0	3	-	13
Atlanta Falcons	0	10	3	3	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:43 NYT - Pat Leahy 42 field goal
2Q: 14:28 ATL - Ricky Fisher 20 field goal
2Q: 04:56 NYT - Robert Holmes 2 run (Pat Leahy extra point)
2Q: 00:56 ATL - Mack Herron 3 run (Ricky Fisher extra point)
3Q: 06:02 ATL - Ricky Fisher 18 field goal
4Q: 15:00 NYT - Pat Leahy 21 field goal
4Q: 03:28 ATL - Ricky Fisher 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:43 NYT - Pat Leahy 42 field goal
2Q: 14:28 ATL - Ricky Fisher 20 field goal
2Q: 04:56 NYT - Robert Holmes 2 run (Pat Leahy extra point)
2Q: 00:56 ATL - Mack Herron 3 run (Ricky Fisher extra point)
3Q: 06:02 ATL - Ricky Fisher 18 field goal
4Q: 15:00 NYT - Pat Leahy 21 field goal
4Q: 03:28 ATL - Ricky Fisher 38 field goal

Team Statistics NYT ATL
Record 0-3 3-0
First Downs 15 19
- by Rushing 6 10
- by Passing 8 9
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 179 313
- Offensive Plays 53 59
- Yards per Play 3.38 5.31
Net Rushing Yards 53 196
- Rushing Attempts 19 39
- Yards per Rush 2.79 5.03
Net Passing Yards 126 117
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 21 - 0 17 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 148 138
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/22 3/21
- Yards per Pass Play 3.71 5.85
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/11 7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/25 9/46
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/40
Kick Returns/Yards 4/97 4/103
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 39
Time of Possession 28:13 31:47

Team Statistics	NYT	ATL
Record	0-3	3-0
First Downs	15	19
- by Rushing	6	10
- by Passing	8	9
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	179	313
- Offensive Plays	53	59
- Yards per Play	3.38	5.31
Net Rushing Yards	53	196
- Rushing Attempts	19	39
- Yards per Rush	2.79	5.03
Net Passing Yards	126	117
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 21 - 0	17 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	148	138
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/22	3/21
- Yards per Pass Play	3.71	5.85
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/11	7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/25	9/46
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/40
Kick Returns/Yards	4/97	4/103
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 39
Time of Possession	28:13	31:47

Drive Charts

New York (A) Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:24	OWN 34	11	41	Field Goal
1	8:06	1:19	OWN 44	3	5	Punt
1	4:13	0:36	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
2	14:23	9:35	OWN 20	16	80	Touchdown
2	0:47	0:47	OWN 34	1	-9	Half
3	5:57	6:05	OWN 39	11	57	Field Goal
4	10:28	2:07	OWN 2	4	19	Punt
4	3:23	1:45	OWN 39	4	-8	Downs

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:36	1:30	OWN 26	3	-1	Punt
1	6:47	2:34	OWN 35	5	32	Interception
1	3:37	4:14	OPP 44	8	41	Field Goal
2	4:48	4:01	OWN 29	10	71	Touchdown
3	15:00	9:03	OWN 26	13	73	Field Goal
4	14:52	4:24	OWN 29	6	30	Punt
4	8:21	4:58	OWN 42	9	37	Field Goal
4	1:38	1:38	OPP 31	5	15	Game

Game MVP: Mack Herron, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Robert Holmes	10	27	2.70	7	1
O.J. Simpson	8	23	2.88	7	0
Tim Gray	1	3	3.00	3	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Vince Wilkerson	18	77	4.28	17	3	0
Mack Herron	17	111	6.53	31	3	1
Wayne England	4	8	2.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Namath	16	8	52	0/0	0	11	0	57.3
Tim Gray	16	13	96	2/22	0	16	0	91.7

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Wayne England	10	9	96	2/13	0	20	0	106.7
Buddy Ursino	7	4	42	1/8	0	32	1	35.1

Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Bob Pickard	6	9	48	8.00	4	16
RB O.J. Simpson	4	5	32	8.00	7	11
WR Everett Conley	3	5	23	7.67	3	9
WR Tim George	2	5	16	8.00	0	8
RB Robert Holmes	2	2	9	4.50	0	7
TE Eric Sanderson	2	2	9	4.50	0	7
WR Bo Rather	1	2	10	10.00	0	10
RB Ricky Baker	1	1	1	1.00	0	1
TE Irv Newton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Charley Young	4	4	43	10.75	4	12
TE Willie Frazier	2	2	20	10.00	0	13
WR Fred Willis	2	3	28	14.00	6	20
WR Ken Grandberry	1	2	32	32.00	17	32
RB Mack Herron	1	1	3	3.00	1	3
FB Mark Van Eeghen	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
WR Lionel Summers	1	2	15	15.00	0	15
RB Vince Wilkerson	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2
WR Dick Gordon	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New York (A)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Greg Brezina	1	0	0.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New York (A)	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bob Pickard	1	0	0
Tim Gray	1	0	0
Robert Holmes	0	1	0
Todd Watkins	0	1	0
Jim LeClair	0	0	1
Richard Neal	0	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Buddy Ursino	1	0	0
Vince Wilkerson	1	0	0
Willie Frazier	0	1	0
Travis Roach	0	1	0
Bernie Jackson	0	0	1
John Zook	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New York (A)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marvin Tuupo	3	117	39.0	25.7	51	0

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tom Wittum	2	70	35.0	35.0	39	1

Kicking Statistics

New York (A)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Pat Leahy	2/2	1/1	0/0	42	1/1

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ricky Fisher	3/3	0/0	0/0	38	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mack Herron	3	40	13.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Robert Holmes	3	72	24.0	0
O.J. Simpson	1	25	25.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dick Gordon	2	54	27.0	0
Ken Grandberry	2	49	24.5	0

Defensive Statistics

New York (A)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jim LeClair	12	1	1.0	38	20
OLB Greg Brezina	7	2	0.0	37	19
OLB Mike Kolen	7	1	0.0	27	16
DE Richard Neal	6	3	2.0	36	19
S Ron Smith	6	3	0.0	36	19
S Roderick Vance	4	0	0.0	24	14
DE Ron Acks	2	1	0.0	35	18
CB Lawrence Wiggins	2	1	0.0	36	17
DT Pete Cusick	2	0	0.0	11	3
ILB John Ebersole	1	1	0.0	17	7
S Ed Jones	1	1	0.0	8	2
CB Kennedy McCargo	1	0	0.0	25	15
DE Deron DeLorraine	1	0	0.0	3	1
DT Roosevelt Winters	1	0	0.0	7	2
DT Rickey McBeal	0	3	0.0	32	18
ILB Tyrus Heskew	0	1	0.0	6	2

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Tom MacLeod	8	0	0.0	18	31
S Bernie Jackson	7	0	0.0	14	30
OLB John Pergine	6	3	0.0	18	33
DT Randy Crowder	4	1	1.0	15	30
OLB Richie Minter	3	1	0.0	6	8
S Ralph McGill	3	0	0.0	14	33
OLB Ken Mitchell	2	1	0.0	9	7
S Nate Crane	2	0	0.0	11	25
DE John Zook	1	0	1.0	15	31
CB Rolland Lawrence	1	1	0.0	17	30
DE Carl Wafer	1	1	0.0	15	26
DE Coy Bacon	1	0	0.0	4	8
CB Allan Ellis	1	0	0.0	13	28
CB Randy Logan	1	0	0.0	2	3
WR Fred Willis	1	0	---	---	---
CB Charlie Ford	0	1	0.0	4	9
OLB Jorge Ballard	0	1	0.0	15	29

Pass Rush Statistics

New York (A)	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Richard Neal	2.0	0	0	0	19
ILB Jim LeClair	1.0	0	0	0	20

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE John Zook	1.0	2	2	31
DT Randy Crowder	1.0	0	0	30
OLB Jorge Ballard	0.0	2	0	29
DE Carl Wafer	0.0	1	0	26

Pass Defense Statistics

New York (A)	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Greg Brezina	5	1	19
ILB Jim LeClair	4	0	20
OLB Mike Kolen	1	0	16
S Ron Smith	1	0	19
CB Kennedy McCargo	1	0	15
S Roderick Vance	1	0	14

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Bernie Jackson	6	1	30
OLB John Pergine	4	1	33
S Ralph McGill	3	2	33
ILB Tom MacLeod	3	1	31
OLB Richie Minter	2	0	8
CB Allan Ellis	1	1	28
DE Coy Bacon	1	0	8
CB Rolland Lawrence	1	0	30

Blocking Statistics

New York (A)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
David Shiancoe	2	3	10	1	20
Bob Johnson	2	3	8	0	13
John Riggins	1	2	8	0	13
Todd Watkins	1	2	16	0	30
Wayne Mulligan	1	1	11	1	21
Unknown	1	1	8	0	21
Jesse Burgess	0	2	11	0	13
Randal Farley	0	2	10	0	19
Karl Chandler	0	1	11	0	10
Kurt Schumacher	0	1	10	0	23

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeff Van Note	3	7	1	24	0	12
Travis Roach	3	6	0	32	0	15
George Kunz	2	7	0	39	2	20
Ted Fritsch	2	4	0	15	0	8
Jon Morris	1	3	0	22	0	11
Mark Van Eeghen	1	3	0	24	0	11
Matt Atkins	1	3	0	39	0	20
Dave Burk	1	1	0	17	0	9
Len Garrett	0	2	0	12	0	4
Kyle Mathis	0	0	0	7	1	5

Special Teams Tackles

New York (A)	Tackles	STPlays
Daniel Reiner	3	12
Pete Banaszak	1	16
Robert Holmes	1	14
Everett Conley	1	10
Karl Chandler	1	5

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Charlie Ford	3	11
Randy Logan	1	8

Participation

New York (A)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Greg Brezina	---	---	37	19	5	61
Jim LeClair	---	---	38	20	3	61
Ron Smith	---	---	36	19	5	60
Richard Neal	---	---	36	19	3	58
Ron Acks	---	---	35	18	3	56
Lawrence Wiggins	---	---	36	17	3	56
Earlie Thomas	---	---	32	18	5	55
Rickey McBeal	---	---	32	18	3	53
Kennedy McCargo	---	---	25	15	6	46
Todd Watkins	16	30	---	---	---	46
Mike Kolen	---	---	27	16	2	45
Eric Sanderson	13	21	---	---	6	40
Everett Conley	10	20	---	---	10	40
Roderick Vance	---	---	24	14	2	40
Robert Holmes	11	14	---	---	14	39
Wayne Mulligan	11	21	---	---	5	37
Bo Rather	7	17	---	---	11	35
David Shiancoe	10	20	---	---	5	35
Irv Newton	10	12	---	---	12	34
John Ebersole	---	---	17	7	9	33
Bob Pickard	10	22	---	---	1	33
Kurt Schumacher	10	23	---	---	---	33
Tim Gray	12	18	---	---	2	32
Randal Farley	10	19	---	---	3	32
Tim George	8	19	---	---	3	30
Unknown	---	---	8	21	---	29
Karl Chandler	11	10	---	---	5	26
Bob Johnson	8	13	---	---	5	26
John Riggins	8	13	---	---	5	26
O.J. Simpson	8	16	---	---	2	26
Jesse Burgess	11	13	---	---	2	26
Ricky Baker	10	8	---	---	7	25
Pete Banaszak	0	8	---	---	16	24
Joe Namath	7	16	---	---	---	23
Daniel Reiner	---	---	4	3	12	19
Pete Cusick	---	---	11	3	3	17
Christian Howe	---	---	8	2	5	15
Ed Jones	---	---	8	2	4	14
Antonio Dodge	---	---	3	3	7	13
Tyrus Heskew	---	---	6	2	4	12
Roosevelt Winters	---	---	7	2	2	11
Pat Leahy	0	0	---	---	6	6
Greg Foggie	---	---	4	2	---	6
Deron DeLorraine	---	---	3	1	---	4
Marvin Tuupo	0	0	---	---	3	3
Dusty Malinsky	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
George Kunz	39	20	---	---	5	64
Matt Atkins	39	20	---	---	---	59
John Pergine	---	---	18	33	2	53
Tom MacLeod	---	---	18	31	3	52
Travis Roach	32	15	---	---	4	51
Ralph McGill	---	---	14	33	3	50
Rolland Lawrence	---	---	17	30	2	49
John Zook	---	---	15	31	2	48
Randy Crowder	---	---	15	30	2	47
Willie Frazier	29	13	---	---	5	47
Bernie Jackson	---	---	14	30	3	47
Jorge Ballard	---	---	15	29	2	46
Vince Wilkerson	21	10	---	---	15	46
Allan Ellis	---	---	13	28	3	44
Carl Wafer	---	---	15	26	2	43
Wayne England	31	12	---	---	---	43
Mark Van Eeghen	24	11	---	---	6	41
Fred Willis	25	15	---	---	---	40
Nate Crane	---	---	11	25	2	38
Jeff Van Note	24	12	---	---	---	36
Charley Young	22	14	---	---	---	36
Lionel Summers	25	11	---	---	---	36
Jon Morris	22	11	---	---	1	34
Ken Mitchell	---	---	9	7	17	33
Mack Herron	18	8	---	---	5	31
Dave Burk	17	9	---	---	5	31
Ted Fritsch	15	8	---	---	5	28
Len Garrett	12	4	---	---	12	28
Dick Gordon	14	8	---	---	3	25
Charlie Ford	---	---	4	9	11	24
Van Terry	---	---	6	6	11	23
Buddy Ursino	8	8	---	---	3	19
Kyle Mathis	7	5	---	---	5	17
Ken Grandberry	0	4	---	---	12	16
Richie Minter	---	---	6	8	2	16
Coy Bacon	---	---	4	8	3	15
Robert Miller	0	2	---	---	12	14
Randy Logan	---	---	2	3	8	13
Russ Francis	5	0	---	---	8	13
Dave Pear	---	---	4	4	3	11
Dave Rowe	---	---	7	3	---	10
Steve Shull	---	---	2	0	8	10
Ricky Fisher	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jim Robinson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Tom Wittum	0	0	---	---	2	2
Reuben Fields	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	2	1.0
Middle	12	31	2.6
Right	5	20	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	59	5.9
Middle	21	91	4.3
Right	7	47	6.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Namath	16	8	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Tim Gray	16	13	0	0	0	2	1	2	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Wayne England	10	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Buddy Ursino	7	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	8	2.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	14	89	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	51	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	1	0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	4	26	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	91	11.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	20	20.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Bob Pickard	9	6	48	22
WR Tim George	5	2	16	19
RB O.J. Simpson	5	4	32	16
WR Everett Conley	5	3	23	20
RB Robert Holmes	2	2	9	14
WR Bo Rather	2	1	10	17
TE Eric Sanderson	2	2	9	21
RB Ricky Baker	1	1	1	8
TE Irv Newton	1	0	0	12

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Charley Young	4	4	0	43	0	14
WR Fred Willis	3	2	0	28	1	15
TE Willie Frazier	2	2	0	20	0	13
WR Ken Grandberry	2	1	1	32	1	4
WR Lionel Summers	2	1	0	15	0	11
WR Dick Gordon	1	0	1	0	0	8
RB Mack Herron	1	1	0	3	0	8
FB Mark Van Eeghen	1	1	0	-1	0	11
RB Vince Wilkerson	1	1	0	-2	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Robert Holmes	4	4	1.00	2.70

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mack Herron	5	19	3.80	6.53
Vince Wilkerson	5	6	1.20	4.28
Wayne England	2	-1	-0.50	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tim Gray	4	3	14	3.50	6.00

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Buddy Ursino	2	1	8	4.00	6.00
Wayne England	1	1	12	12.00	9.60

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Robert Holmes	1	1	2	2.00	4.50
WR Bob Pickard	1	1	5	5.00	5.33
TE Eric Sanderson	1	1	7	7.00	4.50
TE Irv Newton	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ken Grandberry	1	0	0	0.00	16.00
WR Fred Willis	1	1	8	8.00	9.33
WR Charley Young	1	1	12	12.00	10.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Holmes	1	1
O.J. Simpson	1	0

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Vince Wilkerson	3	2
Mack Herron	2	2
Wayne England	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Namath	5	2	2
Tim Gray	3	3	2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Buddy Ursino	4	1	1
Wayne England	3	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bob Pickard	4	2	1
WR Tim George	2	1	1
RB O.J. Simpson	1	1	1
WR Everett Conley	1	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Fred Willis	2	1	1
TE Willie Frazier	1	1	1
WR Dick Gordon	1	0	0
WR Ken Grandberry	1	0	0
WR Charley Young	1	1	1
WR Lionel Summers	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 41,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 12,100 (21,400)
End Zone 9,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	41,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	12,100 (21,400)
End Zone	9,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,800 (3,300)