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Green Bay Packers (6-1) 56, Atlanta Falcons (0-7) 3

Sunday October 23rd 1966 (at Milwaukee)

GAME RECAP (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE)

((MILWAUKEE) - 

ATLANTA   -  0  0  3  0 -  3

GREEN BAY -  7 21  7 21 - 56

                         ATLANTA     GREEN BAY

First Downs                   15            19

Rush-yards-TDs          29-140-0      28-126-3

Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 11-29-142-0-4 10-19-251-2-0

Sacked-yards                8-66          2-20

Net pass yards                76           231

Total yards                  216           357

Fumbles-lost                 1-0           0-0

Turnovers                      4             0

Penalties-yards             4-48          6-64

SCORING

2nd - GB - Jim Taylor, 1-yard run (Don Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 14-0

2nd - GB - Carroll Dale, 51-yard pass from Bart Starr (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 21-0

2nd - GB - Donny Anderson, 5-yard run (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 28-0

3rd - ATL - Lou Kirouac, 41-yard field goal GREEN BAY 28-3

3rd - GB - Herb Adderley, 68-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 35-3

4th - GB - Max McGee, 24-yard pass from Zeke Bratkowski (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 42-3

4th - GB - Anderson, 77-yard punt return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 49-3

4th - GB - Doug Hart, 40-yard interception return (Chandler kick) GREEN BAY 56-3

RUSHING

GREEN BAY - Jim Grabowski 7-52, Jim Taylor 10-50 1 TD, Donny Anderson 5-15 1 TD, Elijah Pitts 6-9 1 TD

ATLANTA - Ernie Wheelwright 8-51, Junior Coffey 10-41, Dennis Claridge 3-22, Randy Johnson 2-20, Charlie Scales 2-3, Rudy Johnson 2-3

PASSING

GREEN BAY - Bart Starr 13-8-220 1 TD, Zeke Bratkowski 6-2-31 1 TD

ATLANTA - Dennis Claridge 11-6-51 1 INT, Randy Johnson 17-5-91 3 INT, Billy Lothridge 1-0-0

RECEIVING

GREEN BAY - Carroll Dale 4-110 1 TD, Elijah Pitts 2-66, Boyd Dowler 2-41, Max McGee 1-24 1 TD, Marv Fleming 1-10

ATLANTA - Bill Martin 4-42, Alex Hawkins 2-36, Vern Burke 2-22, Junior Coffey 1-21, Taz Anderson 1-16, Ernie Wheelwright 1-5

Green Bay Packers Donny Anderson (44) in action vs Atlanta Falcons CREDIT: Photo by James Drake (Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)

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