Box Score

1980 New England 17, 1980 Atlanta 10
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1980 New England	7	0	0	10	0	17
1980 Atlanta	7	3	0	0	0	10

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:48	1980 New England	M.Hawkins 14 yd. intercept (J.Smith kick)	7-0 NEA
1	0:18	1980 Atlanta	W.Andrews 12 yd. pass from S.Bartkowski (T.Mazzetti kick)	7-7 ATN
2	0:00	1980 Atlanta	T.Mazzetti 28 yd. field goal	10-7 ATN
4	7:12	1980 New England	J.Smith 27 yd. field goal	10-10 ATN
4	1:07	1980 New England	D.Calhoun 1 yd. run (J.Smith kick)	17-10 NEA

Other Highlights
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Event	Player	Yards
1	13:30	1980 New England	Intercept	Raymond Clayborn	29
1	1:48	1980 Atlanta	QBSack	Julius Adams	-10
1	0:00	1980 New England	Return	Horace Ivory	33
2	8:24	1980 New England	Intercept	Rick Sanford	0
2	2:00	1980 Atlanta	Pass	Alfred Jenkins	32
3	10:30	1980 New England	QBSack	Don Smith	-9
3	10:12	1980 New England	Missed Field Goal	John Smith	48
3	6:36	1980 New England	QBSack	Al Richardson	-2
4	13:30	1980 Atlanta	Missed Field Goal	Tim Mazzetti	32
4	12:00	1980 Atlanta	Fumble	Reggie Smith
4	0:37	1980 Atlanta	Run	William Andrews	33
4	0:22	1980 New England	Intercept	Tim Fox	0

Team Statistics
	1980 New England	1980 Atlanta
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	5-10-2-17	7-11-1-19
Third Down Efficiency	6-17-35%	3-12-25%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-3-33%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	10-21-48%	10-21-48%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	256-70-3.7	329-63-5.2
Total Net Yards Rushing	103	146
Total Rushes	30	30
Average Per Rush	3.4	4.9
Passes Completed/Attempted	17/38 (44.7%)	14/32 (43.8%)
Net Yards Passing	153	183
Avg Yards Per Pass	4.3	6.0
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/11	1/10
Punts/Average	5/39.4	4/42.5
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/2	4/45
Kickoffs/Returns	2/45	4/62
Interceptions/Returns	4/43	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/30	8/59
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	0/0	1/1
Time of Possession	31 mins 57 secs	28 mins 3 secs
Average Drive Start	NEA 29	ATN 22

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1980 New England
Matt Cavanaugh	38	17	164	44.7	4.3	0	0	0	0	18	2/11	57.3
1980 Atlanta
Steve Bartkowski	32	14	193	43.8	6.0	1	3.1	4	12.5	32	1/10	34.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1980 New England
Vagas Ferguson	14	61	4.4	17	0	0	0/0
Don Calhoun	13	32	2.5	17	1	0	0/0
Matt Cavanaugh	3	10	3.3	6	0	0	0/0
1980 Atlanta
William Andrews	22	110	5.0	33	0	0	0/0
Lynn Cain	7	31	4.4	12	0	0	0/0
Steve Bartkowski	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1980 New England
Harold Jackson	6	58	9.7	18	0	0
Stanley Morgan	3	40	13.3	17	0	0
Russ Francis	3	24	8.0	11	0	0
Vagas Ferguson	3	15	5.0	14	0	0
Andy Johnson	2	27	13.5	14	0	0
1980 Atlanta
William Andrews	7	76	10.9	15	1	0
Alfred Jenkins	4	89	22.3	32	0	0
Lynn Cain	3	28	9.3	13	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1980 New England
John Smith	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/1	0/0	1/2	50.0
1980 Atlanta
Tim Mazzetti	0/0	1/1	0/1	0/0	0/0	1/2	50.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1980 New England
Mike Hubach	5	39.4	30.4	0	3	42	0
1980 Atlanta
John James	4	42.5	42.0	0	2	48	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1980 New England
Horace Ivory	1	33	33.0	33	0
Preston Brown	1	12	12.0	12	0
1980 Atlanta
Reggie Smith	3	47	15.7	16	0
Ray Strong	1	15	15.0	15	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1980 New England
Mike Haynes	2	0	2	1.0	2	0
Roland James	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
1980 Atlanta
Reggie Smith	3	0	29	9.7	23	0
Kenny Johnson	1	0	16	16.0	16	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1980 New England
Rod Shoate	6	0	0
Ray Hamilton	6	0	0
Steve Nelson	6	0	0
Raymond Clayborn	5	0	0
Mike Hawkins	5	0	0
John Zamberlin	4	0	0
Julius Adams	3	1	0
Mike Haynes	3	0	0
Rick Sanford	3	0	0
Roland James	1	0	0
Tony E. McGee	1	0	0
Tim Fox	1	0	0
Harold Jackson	0	0	1
1980 Atlanta
Fulton Kuykendall	8	0	0
Rolland Lawrence	7	0	0
Al Richardson	6	1	0
Buddy Curry	5	0	0
Bob Glazebrook	4	0	0
Don Smith	4	1	0
Jeff Yeates	4	0	0
Kenny Johnson	4	0	0
Tom Pridemore	2	0	0
Joel Williams	2	0	0
Rick Byas	1	0	0
Jeff Merrow	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1980 New England
Tim Fox	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Hawkins	1	14	14.0	14	1
Raymond Clayborn	1	29	29.0	29	0
Rick Sanford	1	0	0.0	0	0
1980 Atlanta

Game Story
It was a disheartening defeat for the home team, as the visitors from New England topped Atlanta by the score of 17 to 10. New England had 164 yards passing and 103 yards running for the game. William Andrews carried the ball 22 times gaining 110 yards for Atlanta .

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