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1970 Atlanta Falcons

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Record: 4-8-2, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 206 points (14.7/g), 22nd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 261 points (18.6/g), 10th.
 Differential of -55 points (-3.9/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 16th.

Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (4-8-2)

1970 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 20 box W 1-0 @ New Orleans Saints 14 3 14 265 116 149 2 9 235 150 85 2
2 Sun September 27 box L 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 24 27 19 384 272 112 5 15 344 258 86 3
3 Sun October 4 box W 2-1 San Francisco 49ers 21 20 18 356 204 152 2 18 326 163 163 2
4 Sun October 11 box L 2-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 0 13 9 128 44 84 3 13 257 39 218 3
5 Sun October 18 box L 2-3 @ Denver Broncos 10 24 15 216 140 76 5 18 223 132 91 1
6 Sun October 25 box W 3-3 New Orleans Saints 32 14 20 274 147 127 2 12 272 176 96 3
7 Sun November 1 box L 3-4 Chicago Bears 14 23 17 278 131 147 3 10 154 65 89 2
8 Sun November 8 box T 3-4-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 10 7 194 109 85 1 20 364 219 145 3
9 Sun November 15 box T 3-4-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 13 13 15 236 112 124 2 15 230 152 78
10 Sun November 22 box L 3-5-2 Los Angeles Rams 7 17 14 272 185 87 5 10 222 99 123 2
11 Mon November 30 box L 3-6-2 Miami Dolphins 7 20 15 271 160 111 1 16 304 86 218 2
12 Sun December 6 box L 3-7-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 24 13 205 52 153 1 20 354 259 95 3
13 Sun December 13 box W 4-7-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 27 16 11 221 74 147 2 14 193 94 99 6
14 Sun December 20 box L 4-8-2 Minnesota Vikings 7 37 12 131 85 46 4 21 398 262 136 3

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 206 3431 826 4.2 199 197 342 1831 18 21 4.6 110 431 1600 4 3.7 76 38 17 13
Team Defense 261 3876 857 4.5 329 191 348 2154 11 19 5.7 98 479 1722 14 3.6 211 35 16 20
Lg Rank Offense 22 23 21 20 23 9 13 25 17 15 24 15 17 22
Lg Rank Defense 10 11 7 6 8 3 14 16 22 15 18 9 11 5

Passing

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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 28 QB 12 12 3-7-2 156 269 58.0 1806 16 5.9 13 4.8 51 6.7 5.1 11.6 150.5 78.1 36 274 5.0 3.6 11.8
Randy Johnson 26 4 2 1-1-0 40 72 55.6 443 2 2.8 8 11.1 34 6.2 1.4 11.1 110.8 43.7 16 148 3.4 -0.5 18.2
Harmon Wages 24 RB 13 0 1 1 100.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 13.0 13.0 13.0 1.0 118.7 1 9 2.0 2.0 50.0
Team Total 24.9 14 4-8-2 197 342 57.6 2262 18 5.3 21 6.1 51 6.6 4.4 11.5 161.6 69.6 53 431 4.6 2.7 13.4
Opp Total 14 191 348 54.9 2154 11 3.2 19 5.5 6.2 4.0 11.3 153.9 61.4 30 243 5.7 3.1

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 27 FB 14 0 166 636 0 33 3.8 45.4 11.9 24 151 6.3 1 25 1.7 10.8 787 1 10
Harmon Wages 24 RB 13 0 119 422 1 40 3.5 32.5 9.2 26 153 5.9 2 24 2.0 11.8 575 3 4
Paul Gipson 24 13 0 52 177 0 16 3.4 13.6 4.0 16 186 11.6 3 51 1.2 14.3 363 3 2
Art Malone 22 14 0 40 136 0 12 3.4 9.7 2.9 9 38 4.2 1 9 0.6 2.7 174 1 0
Sonny Campbell 22 11 0 28 116 2 15 4.1 10.5 2.5 7 92 13.1 0 27 0.6 8.4 208 2 1
Bob Berry 28 QB 12 12 13 60 0 16 4.6 5.0 1.1 60 0 6
Randy Johnson 26 4 2 7 21 0 14 3.0 5.3 1.8 21 0 0
Jim R. Mitchell 23 TE 14 0 5 23 1 12 4.6 1.6 0.4 44 650 14.8 6 51 3.1 46.4 673 7 0
Mike Brunson 23 8 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 1.1 0.1 9 0 0
Paul Flatley 29 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 544 13.9 1 35 2.8 38.9 544 1 0
Todd Snyder 22 WR 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 311 13.5 2 43 1.9 25.9 311 2 0
Gail Cogdill 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 101 14.4 1 30 1.2 16.8 101 1 0
Mike Donohoe 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 36 18.0 1 22 0.1 2.6 36 1 0
Team Total 24.9 14 431 1600 4 40 3.7 114.3 30.8 197 2262 11.5 18 51 14.1 161.6 3862 22 24
Opp Total 14 479 1722 14 3.6 123.0 34.2 191 2154 11.3 11 13.6 153.9 3876 25 22

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
John Mallory 24 SS 14 0 17 203 1 75 11.9 203
Cannonball Butler 27 FB 14 0 14 284 0 29 20.3 1071
Tom McCauley 23 FS 14 0 14 138 1 77 9.9 138
Sonny Campbell 22 11 0 10 230 0 30 23.0 438
Paul Gipson 24 13 0 8 189 0 32 23.6 552
Art Malone 22 14 0 5 66 0 25 13.2 240
Mike Brunson 23 8 0 4 54 0 26 13.5 63
Mike Freeman 26 14 0 3 15 0 7 5.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 15
Grady Cavness 23 4 0 3 61 0 25 20.3 61
Al Lavan 24 13 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Harmon Wages 24 RB 13 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 597
Team Total 24.9 14 34 356 2 77 10.5 47 916 0 32 19.5 5134
Opp Total 14 40 0 41 983 1 24.0

Kicking & Punting

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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 28 P 14 0 76 2944 59 0 38.7
Ken Vinyard 23 K 14 0 5 4 2 7 4 9 1 2 25 9 36.0% 26 23 88.5%
Team Total 24.9 14 5 4 2 7 4 9 1 2 25 9 36.0% 26 23 88.5% 76 2944 59 0 38.7
Opp Total 14 40 20 50.0% 29 27 93.1% 60 2472 41.2

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
Grady Allen 24 LLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Berry 28 QB 12 12 6 1 0 0
Cannonball Butler 27 FB 14 0 10 2 0 0
Sonny Campbell 22 11 0 1 0 0 0
Glen Condren 28 RDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Freeman 26 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 0
Paul Gipson 24 13 0 2 0 0 0
Don Hansen 26 RLB 14 0 1 15 0 15
Claude Humphrey* 26 LDE 12 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 3 0
Al Lavan 24 13 0 3 11 0 8 0 2 4 0
John Mallory 24 SS 14 0 1 9 0 9 1 2 17 1
Randy Marshall 24 9 0 0 1 0 1
John Matlock 26 14 0 0 1 0 0
Tom McCauley 23 FS 14 0 1 32 0 32 0 1 42 0
Tommy Nobis* 27 MLB 14 0 2 36 0 19 0 2 0 0
Ken Reaves 26 LCB 14 0 6 44 0 28 0 1 0 0
Rudy Redmond 23 RCB 14 0 1 12 0 12
Gary Roberts 24 11 0 0 1 0 0
Jeff Van Note 24 C 14 14 0 1 0 0
Harmon Wages 24 RB 13 0 4 1 0 0
John Zook 23 RDE 14 0 1 24 0 24 0 2 8 0
Team Total 24.9 14 19 191 0 32 24 23 74 2
Opp Total 14 53 22 6

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ken Vinyard 23 K 14 0 23 9 50
Jim R. Mitchell 23 TE 14 0 1 6 42
Paul Gipson 24 13 0 3 18
Harmon Wages 24 RB 13 0 1 2 18
Sonny Campbell 22 11 0 2 12
John Mallory 24 SS 14 0 1 1 12
Todd Snyder 22 WR 12 0 2 12
Cannonball Butler 27 FB 14 0 1 6
Gail Cogdill 33 6 0 1 6
Mike Donohoe 25 14 0 1 6
Paul Flatley 29 WR 14 0 1 6
Art Malone 22 14 0 1 6
Randy Marshall 24 9 0 1 6
Tom McCauley 23 FS 14 0 1 6
Team Total 24.9 14 4 18 2 2 23 9 206
Opp Total 14 14 11 1 27 20 261