Lynn Dwight Cain
Position: RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: October 16, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 4th round (100th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 26 (3863rd overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2012.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 1 | 1979 | 1 | 1979-09-02 | 23-321 | ATL | @ | NOR | W 40-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1979 | 4 | 1979-09-23 | 23-342 | ATL | @ | DET | L 23-24 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1979 | 5 | 1979-09-30 | 23-349 | ATL | WAS | L 7-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 1979 | 6 | 1979-10-07 | 23-356 | ATL | GNB | W 25-7 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 27.50 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 1979 | 7 | 1979-10-14 | 23-363 | ATL | @ | OAK | L 19-50 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 1 | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 61 | 30.50 | 0 |
| 6 | 1979 | 8 | 1979-10-21 | 24-005 | ATL | @ | SFO | L 15-20 | 11 | 58 | 5.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 1979 | 9 | 1979-10-29 | 24-013 | ATL | SEA | L 28-31 | 13 | 99 | 7.62 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 1979 | 10 | 1979-11-04 | 24-019 | ATL | TAM | W 17-14 | 21 | 65 | 3.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 9 | 1980 | 1 | 1980-09-07 | 24-327 | ATL | @ | MIN | L 23-24 | 24 | 123 | 5.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 1980 | 2 | 1980-09-14 | 24-334 | ATL | @ | NWE | W 37-21 | 19 | 44 | 2.32 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1980 | 3 | 1980-09-21 | 24-341 | ATL | MIA | L 17-20 | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 1980 | 4 | 1980-09-28 | 24-348 | ATL | @ | SFO | W 20-17 | 15 | 57 | 3.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 1980 | 5 | 1980-10-05 | 24-355 | ATL | DET | W 43-28 | 21 | 102 | 4.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | 1980 | 6 | 1980-10-12 | 24-362 | ATL | NYJ | L 7-14 | 15 | 66 | 4.40 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 1980 | 7 | 1980-10-19 | 25-003 | ATL | @ | NOR | W 41-14 | 17 | 44 | 2.59 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 1980 | 8 | 1980-10-26 | 25-010 | ATL | RAM | W 13-10 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 1980 | 9 | 1980-11-02 | 25-017 | ATL | @ | BUF | W 30-14 | 18 | 59 | 3.28 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 1980 | 10 | 1980-11-09 | 25-024 | ATL | @ | STL | W 33-27 | 13 | 53 | 4.08 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 1980 | 11 | 1980-11-16 | 25-031 | ATL | NOR | W 31-13 | 18 | 93 | 5.17 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 1980 | 12 | 1980-11-23 | 25-038 | ATL | CHI | W 28-17 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 1980 | 13 | 1980-11-30 | 25-045 | ATL | WAS | W 10-6 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 1980 | 14 | 1980-12-07 | 25-052 | ATL | @ | PHI | W 20-17 | 9 | 72 | 8.00 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 1980 | 15 | 1980-12-14 | 25-059 | ATL | SFO | W 35-10 | 19 | 66 | 3.47 | 0 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 1980 | 16 | 1980-12-21 | 25-066 | ATL | @ | RAM | L 17-20 | 19 | 81 | 4.26 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 25 | 1981 | 1 | 1981-09-06 | 25-325 | ATL | NOR | W 27-0 | 11 | 53 | 4.82 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 9.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 1981 | 2 | 1981-09-13 | 25-332 | ATL | @ | GNB | W 31-17 | 9 | 15 | 1.67 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 1981 | 3 | 1981-09-20 | 25-339 | ATL | SFO | W 34-17 | 12 | 48 | 4.00 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | 1981 | 4 | 1981-09-27 | 25-346 | ATL | @ | CLE | L 17-28 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 1981 | 5 | 1981-10-05 | 25-354 | ATL | @ | PHI | L 13-16 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | 1981 | 6 | 1981-10-11 | 25-360 | ATL | RAM | L 35-37 | 12 | 33 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 31 | 1981 | 7 | 1981-10-18 | 26-002 | ATL | STL | W 41-20 | 16 | 79 | 4.94 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 1981 | 8 | 1981-10-25 | 26-009 | ATL | NYG | L 24-27 | 13 | 49 | 3.77 | 1 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 1981 | 9 | 1981-11-01 | 26-016 | ATL | @ | NOR | W 41-10 | 14 | 29 | 2.07 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 1981 | 10 | 1981-11-08 | 26-023 | ATL | @ | SFO | L 14-17 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 1981 | 11 | 1981-11-15 | 26-030 | ATL | PIT | L 20-34 | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 1981 | 12 | 1981-11-23 | 26-038 | ATL | MIN | W 31-30 | 11 | 67 | 6.09 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 8.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | 1981 | 13 | 1981-11-29 | 26-044 | ATL | @ | HOU | W 31-27 | 7 | 12 | 1.71 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 1981 | 14 | 1981-12-06 | 26-051 | ATL | @ | TAM | L 23-24 | 10 | 57 | 5.70 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | 1981 | 15 | 1981-12-14 | 26-059 | ATL | @ | RAM | L 16-21 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | 1981 | 16 | 1981-12-20 | 26-065 | ATL | CIN | L 28-30 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 1 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 41 | 1982 | 1 | 1982-09-12 | 26-331 | ATL | @ | NYG | W 16-14 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | 1982 | 2 | 1982-09-19 | 26-338 | ATL | RAI | L 14-38 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 1982 | 3 | 1982-11-21 | 27-036 | ATL | RAM | W 34-17 | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 44 | 1982 | 4 | 1982-11-28 | 27-043 | ATL | STL | L 20-23 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 45 | 1982 | 5 | 1982-12-05 | 27-050 | ATL | @ | DEN | W 34-27 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 46 | 1982 | 6 | 1982-12-12 | 27-057 | ATL | NOR | W 35-0 | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 47 | 1982 | 7 | 1982-12-19 | 27-064 | ATL | @ | SFO | W 17-7 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | 1982 | 8 | 1982-12-26 | 27-071 | ATL | GNB | L 7-38 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 49 | 1982 | 9 | 1983-01-02 | 27-078 | ATL | @ | NOR | L 6-35 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 50 | 1983 | 1 | 1983-09-04 | 27-323 | ATL | @ | CHI | W 20-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | ||
| 51 | 1983 | 2 | 1983-09-11 | 27-330 | ATL | NYG | L 13-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | |||
| 52 | 1983 | 3 | 1983-09-18 | 27-337 | ATL | @ | DET | W 30-14 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | 1983 | 4 | 1983-09-25 | 27-344 | ATL | @ | SFO | L 20-24 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | |
| 54 | 1983 | 6 | 1983-10-09 | 27-358 | ATL | NOR | L 17-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | |||
| 55 | 1983 | 7 | 1983-10-16 | 28-000 | ATL | @ | RAM | L 21-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | ||
| 56 | 1983 | 8 | 1983-10-23 | 28-007 | ATL | @ | NYJ | W 27-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | ||
| 57 | 1983 | 11 | 1983-11-14 | 28-029 | ATL | RAM | L 13-36 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 58 | 1983 | 13 | 1983-11-27 | 28-042 | ATL | GNB | W 47-41 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 59 | 1983 | 14 | 1983-12-04 | 28-049 | ATL | @ | WAS | L 21-37 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 60 | 1983 | 16 | 1983-12-18 | 28-063 | ATL | BUF | W 31-14 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 61 | 1984 | 1 | 1984-09-02 | 28-322 | ATL | @ | NOR | W 36-28 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 62 | 1984 | 2 | 1984-09-09 | 28-329 | ATL | DET | L 24-27 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 63 | 1984 | 3 | 1984-09-16 | 28-336 | ATL | @ | MIN | L 20-27 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 64 | 1984 | 5 | 1984-09-30 | 28-350 | ATL | @ | SFO | L 5-14 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | 1984 | 6 | 1984-10-07 | 28-357 | ATL | @ | RAM | W 30-28 | 35 | 145 | 4.14 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 66 | 1984 | 7 | 1984-10-14 | 28-364 | ATL | NYG | L 7-19 | 15 | 29 | 1.93 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 67 | 1984 | 10 | 1984-11-05 | 29-020 | ATL | @ | WAS | L 14-27 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 68 | 1984 | 11 | 1984-11-11 | 29-026 | ATL | NOR | L 13-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 69 | 1984 | 12 | 1984-11-18 | 29-033 | ATL | CLE | L 7-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 70 | 1984 | 13 | 1984-11-25 | 29-040 | ATL | @ | CIN | L 14-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 71 | 1984 | 14 | 1984-12-02 | 29-047 | ATL | SFO | L 17-35 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 72 | 1984 | 15 | 1984-12-09 | 29-054 | ATL | @ | TAM | L 6-23 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 73 | 1984 | 16 | 1984-12-16 | 29-061 | ATL | PHI | W 26-10 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 74 | 1985 | 1 | 1985-09-08 | 29-327 | RAM | DEN | W 20-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 75 | 1985 | 2 | 1985-09-15 | 29-334 | RAM | @ | PHI | W 17-6 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 76 | 1985 | 3 | 1985-09-23 | 29-342 | RAM | @ | SEA | W 35-24 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | |
| 77 | 1985 | 4 | 1985-09-29 | 29-348 | RAM | ATL | W 17-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | |||
| 78 | 1985 | 5 | 1985-10-06 | 29-355 | RAM | MIN | W 13-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | ||
| 79 | 1985 | 6 | 1985-10-13 | 29-362 | RAM | @ | TAM | W 31-27 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 80 | 1985 | 7 | 1985-10-20 | 30-004 | RAM | @ | KAN | W 16-0 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 80 Games | 615 | 2309 | 3.75 | 19 | 127 | 1061 | 8.35 | 6 | 25 | 150 | 24 | 464 | 19.33 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 1 | 1980 | 17 | 1981-01-04 | 25-080 | ATL | DAL | L 27-30 | 13 | 43 | 3.31 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | ||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 2 | 1982 | 10 | 1983-01-09 | 27-085 | ATL | @ | MIN | L 24-30 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Games | 16 | 60 | 3.75 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||