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1969 Atlanta Falcons

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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFL Coastal Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 276 points (19.7/g), 11th of 16 in the NFL.
 Allowed 268 points (19.1/g), 6th.
 Differential of 8 points (0.6/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 7.2-6.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.1/g), 2nd.

Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (6-8-0)

1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 21 box W 1-0 San Francisco 49ers 24 12 13 308 79 229 2 19 331 200 131 5
2 Sun September 28 box L 1-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 7 17 13 178 22 156 3 16 269 162 107 2
3 Sun October 5 box L 1-2 Baltimore Colts 14 21 19 302 168 134 2 17 260 154 106 4
4 Sun October 12 box L 1-3 Dallas Cowboys 17 24 14 213 125 88 2 19 397 232 165 1
5 Sun October 19 box W 2-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 7 17 284 93 191 3 19 295 205 90 7
6 Sun October 26 box L 2-4 @ Green Bay Packers 10 28 19 219 55 164 3 26 337 96 241 4
7 Sun November 2 box L 2-5 Los Angeles Rams 6 38 15 279 172 107 5 17 430 296 134 2
8 Sun November 9 box L 2-6 @ Detroit Lions 21 27 15 279 122 157 3 15 241 70 171 1
9 Sun November 16 box W 3-6 Chicago Bears 48 31 16 356 194 162 2 23 346 123 223 3
10 Sun November 23 box L 3-7 @ Washington Redskins 20 27 17 251 118 133 1 24 411 263 148 2
11 Sun November 30 box L 3-8 @ Baltimore Colts 6 13 14 283 169 114 20 312 151 161 1
12 Sun December 7 box W 4-8 New Orleans Saints 45 17 15 376 213 163 1 17 287 204 83 2
13 Sun December 14 box W 5-8 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 3 17 372 173 199 1 13 234 87 147 4
14 Sun December 21 box W 6-8 Minnesota Vikings 10 3 5 111 50 61 3 9 167 42 125 8

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 276 3811 800 4.8 209 149 282 1753 20 12 5.1 89 455 2058 9 4.5 97 31 19 23
Team Defense 268 4317 888 4.9 388 225 383 2285 13 19 5.5 120 475 2032 14 4.3 254 46 27 14
Lg Rank Offense 11 13 14 16 14 9 3 14 5 3 13 1 7 14
Lg Rank Defense 6 9 7 7 7 3 7 6 14 14 8 11 1 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bob Berry* 27 QB 7 7 4-3-0 71 124 57.3 1087 10 8.1 2 1.6 88 8.8 8.8 15.3 155.3 106.5 31 219 5.6 5.7 20.0
Randy Johnson 25 qb 6 5 2-3-0 51 93 54.8 788 8 8.6 5 5.4 65 8.5 6.9 15.5 131.3 89.4 18 152 5.7 4.4 16.2
Bruce Lemmerman 24 7 2 0-2-0 25 62 40.3 330 1 1.6 4 6.5 57 5.3 2.6 13.2 47.1 36.4 14 106 2.9 0.7 18.4
Paul Gipson 23 10 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Billy Lothridge 27 P 14 0 1 1 100.0 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.6 104.2 0 0 9.0 9.0 0.0
Harmon Wages 23 HB 14 0 1 1 100.0 16 1 100.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 26.0 16.0 1.1 158.3 0 0 16.0 26.0 0.0
Team Total 25.0 14 6-8-0 149 282 52.8 2230 20 7.1 12 4.3 88 7.9 6.7 15.0 159.3 85.0 63 477 5.1 4.1 18.3
Opp Total 14 225 383 58.7 2285 13 3.4 19 5.0 6.0 4.1 10.2 163.2 66.5 30 251 5.5 3.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Cannonball Butler* 26 FB 14 0 163 655 3 39 4.0 46.8 11.6 17 297 17.5 2 65 1.2 21.2 952 5 3
Harmon Wages 23 HB 14 0 72 375 2 66 5.2 26.8 5.1 22 228 10.4 1 88 1.6 16.3 603 3 3
Paul Gipson 23 10 0 62 303 1 33 4.9 30.3 6.2 4 33 8.3 0 18 0.4 3.3 336 1 8
Charlie Bryant 28 RET 14 0 50 246 0 41 4.9 17.6 3.6 2 15 7.5 0 9 0.1 1.1 261 0 2
Junior Coffey 27 6 0 49 168 1 19 3.4 28.0 8.2 8 64 8.0 2 19 1.3 10.7 232 3 0
Bob Berry* 27 QB 7 7 20 68 0 30 3.4 9.7 2.9 68 0 6
Randy Johnson 25 qb 6 5 11 55 1 13 5.0 9.2 1.8 55 1 3
Bruce Lemmerman 24 7 2 10 57 1 20 5.7 8.1 1.4 57 1 4
Gary McDermott 21 4 0 7 6 0 3 0.9 1.5 1.8 6 0 0
Jim R. Mitchell* 22 TE 14 0 5 77 0 40 15.4 5.5 0.4 22 339 15.4 4 42 1.6 24.2 416 4 1
Jeff Stanciel 22 2 0 4 -1 0 4 -0.3 -0.5 2.0 -1 0 1
Tom McCauley 22 14 0 2 49 0 32 24.5 3.5 0.1 49 0 1
Paul Flatley 28 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 834 18.5 6 71 3.2 59.6 834 6 1
Gail Cogdill 32 SE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 374 15.6 5 52 1.8 28.8 374 5 0
Ralph Smith 31 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 17 8.5 0 10 0.1 1.2 17 0 0
Greg Brezina* 23 RLB 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 9 0 0
Monte Ledbetter 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.5 8.0 16 0 0
Jerry Simmons 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.5 2.0 4 0 0
Team Total 25.0 14 455 2058 9 66 4.5 147.0 32.5 149 2230 15.0 20 88 10.6 159.3 4288 29 37
Opp Total 14 475 2032 14 4.3 145.1 33.9 225 2285 10.2 13 16.1 163.2 4317 27 37

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Charlie Bryant 28 RET 14 0 21 407 0 39 19.4 668
Cannonball Butler* 26 FB 14 0 13 405 0 61 31.2 1357
John Mallory 23 RS 13 0 13 42 0 15 3.2 42
Paul Gipson 23 10 0 9 145 0 27 16.1 481
Harmon Wages 23 HB 14 0 6 76 0 23 12.7 679
Mike Freeman 25 14 0 4 30 0 12 7.5 30
Tom McCauley 22 14 0 4 -11 0 0 -2.8 38
Nate Wright 23 3 0 4 21 0 11 5.3 21
Dave Cahill 27 RDT 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
George Kunz* 22 RT 14 14 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Mal Snider 22 RG 14 0 1 48 1 48 48.0 48
Jeff Stanciel 22 2 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 9
Team Total 25.0 14 26 82 0 15 3.2 52 1104 1 61 21.2 5474
Opp Total 14 38 0 52 1132 2 21.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Billy Lothridge 27 P 14 0 69 2846 57 0 41.2
Bob Etter* 24 K 14 0 6 6 5 5 8 4 9 2 30 15 50.0% 33 33 100.0%
Team Total 25.0 14 6 6 5 5 8 4 9 2 30 15 50.0% 33 33 100.0% 69 2846 57 0 41.2
Opp Total 14 27 14 51.9% 32 32 100.0% 56 2173 38.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Ron Acks 25 14 0 0 1 0 0
Grady Allen 23 LLB 14 0 1 6 0 6 0 2 0 0
Bob Berry* 27 QB 7 7 6 1 -5 0
Greg Brezina* 23 RLB 14 0 1 2 0 2 0 5 0 0
Charlie Bryant 28 RET 14 0 2 2 0 0
Cannonball Butler* 26 FB 14 0 3 2 0 0
Gail Cogdill 32 SE 13 0 0 2 0 0
Dick Enderle 22 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
James Ferguson 27 2 0 1 0 -24 0
Paul Flatley 28 FL 14 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Freeman 25 14 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Gipson 23 10 0 8 4 0 0
Don Hansen 25 MLB 11 0 2 51 0 40
Claude Humphrey 25 LDE 14 0 0 1 24 1
Randy Johnson 25 qb 6 5 3 0 0 0
George Kunz* 22 RT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Al Lavan 23 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Bruce Lemmerman 24 7 2 4 2 0 0
John Mallory 23 RS 13 0 1 22 0 22 1 2 14 0
Tom McCauley 22 14 0 1 0 0 0
Jim R. Mitchell* 22 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Tommy Nobis 26 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Reaves* 25 LCB 14 0 3 14 0 14 0 1 0 0
Rudy Redmond 22 RCB 14 0 5 50 0 32 0 2 0 0
Jerry Shay 25 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jeff Stanciel 22 2 0 1 0 0 0
Harmon Wages 23 HB 14 0 3 1 0 0
Jim Waskiewicz 25 12 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Weatherford 23 LS 14 0 1 18 0 18 0 3 74 1
Nate Wright 23 3 0 1 0 0 0
John Zook 22 RDE 14 0 2 22 0 15 0 1 7 0
Team Total 25.0 14 19 200 0 40 37 42 90 2
Opp Total 14 63 37 10 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bob Etter* 24 K 14 0 33 15 78
Paul Flatley 28 FL 14 0 6 36
Cannonball Butler* 26 FB 14 0 3 2 30
Gail Cogdill 32 SE 13 0 5 30
Jim R. Mitchell* 22 TE 14 0 4 24
Junior Coffey 27 6 0 1 2 18
Harmon Wages 23 HB 14 0 2 1 18
Ron Acks 25 14 0 1 6
Paul Gipson 23 10 0 1 6
Claude Humphrey 25 LDE 14 0 1 6
Randy Johnson 25 qb 6 5 1 6
Bruce Lemmerman 24 7 2 1 6
Mal Snider 22 RG 14 0 1 6
Jim Weatherford 23 LS 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.0 14 9 20 1 2 1 33 15 276
Opp Total 14 14 13 2 32 14 1 268