Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Teams > Atlanta Falcons > 1970 Statistics & Players

News: s-r blog:NFL Draft Tools Added to PI Player Season Finder

1970 Atlanta Falcons

Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season

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.

Simple Rating System: Total -2.3, Offense: -3.5, Defense: 1.2, SoS: 1.6, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Norm Van Brocklin

 Defensive Coordinator: Marion Campbell

Training Camp: East Tennessee State (Johnson City, Tennessee)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 4.5 211 191 348 2154 11 19 5.7 98 479 1722 14 3.6 93 35 16 20
Lg Rank Offense 22 23 21 20 23 9 13 23 17 15 24 15 17 22
Lg Rank Defense 10 11 7 6 8 3 14 17 22 15 18 9 11 5

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
17 Bob Berry 28 QB 12 12 3-7-2 156 269 58.0 1806 16 5.9 13 4.8 51 6.7 5.7 11.6 150.5 78.1 36 274 5.02 4.15 11.8 2 2
11 Randy Johnson 26 qb 4 2 1-1-0 40 72 55.6 443 2 2.8 8 11.1 34 6.2 1.7 11.1 110.8 43.7 16 148 3.35 -0.28 18.2
5 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 2.00 2.00 50.0
Team Total 24.9 14 4-8-2 197 342 57.6 2262 18 5.3 21 6.1 51 6.6 4.9 11.5 161.6 69.6 53 431 4.64 3.15 13.4 2 2
Opp Total 14 191 348 54.9 2397 11 3.2 19 5.5 6.9 5.06 12.5 171.2 64.3 30 243 5.7 4.0 7.9

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
33 Cannonball Butler 27 FB/KR 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
5 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
40 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
25 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
45 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
17 Bob Berry 28 QB 12 12 13 60 0 16 4.6 5.0 1.1 60 0 6
11 Randy Johnson 26 qb 4 2 7 21 0 14 3.0 5.3 1.8 21 0 0
86 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
19 Mike Brunson 23 8 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 1.1 0.1 9 0 0
85 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
80 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
15 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
84 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 John Mallory 24 PR/SS 14 0 17 203 1 75 11.9 203
33 Cannonball Butler 27 FB/KR 14 0 14 284 0 29 20.3 1071
20 Tom McCauley 23 FS 14 0 14 138 1 77 9.9 138
45 Sonny Campbell 22 11 0 10 230 0 30 23.0 438
40 Paul Gipson 24 13 0 8 189 0 32 23.6 552
25 Art Malone 22 14 0 5 66 0 25 13.2 240
19 Mike Brunson 23 8 0 4 54 0 26 13.5 63
28 Mike Freeman 26 14 0 3 15 0 7 5.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 15
32 Grady Cavness 23 4 0 3 61 0 25 20.3 61
49 Al Lavan 24 13 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
5 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
26 Billy Lothridge 28 P 14 0 76 2944 59 0 38.7
8 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
33 Cannonball Butler 27 FB/KR 14 0 0 10 2 0 0
17 Bob Berry 28 QB 12 12 0 6 1 0 0
36 Ken Reaves 26 LCB 14 0 6 44 0 28 0 0 0 1 0 0
49 Al Lavan 24 13 0 3 11 0 8 0 0 0 2 4 0
5 Harmon Wages 24 RB 13 0 0 4 1 0 0
22 John Mallory 24 PR/SS 14 0 1 9 0 9 0 0 1 2 17 1
60 Tommy Nobis* 27 MLB 14 0 2 36 0 19 0 0 0 2 0 0
28 Mike Freeman 26 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
71 John Zook 23 RDE 14 0 1 24 0 24 0 0 0 2 8 0
54 Grady Allen 24 LLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
40 Paul Gipson 24 13 0 0 2 0 0 0
87 Claude Humphrey* 26 LDE 12 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 3 0
20 Tom McCauley 23 FS 14 0 1 32 0 32 0 0 0 1 42 0
45 Sonny Campbell 22 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
88 Glen Condren 28 RDT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
58 Don Hansen 26 RLB 14 0 1 15 0 15 0
89 Randy Marshall 24 9 0 0 0 1 0 1
53 John Matlock 26 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
47 Rudy Redmond 23 RCB 14 0 1 12 0 12 0
62 Gary Roberts 24 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
57 Jeff Van Note 24 C 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 24.9 14 19 191 0 32 0 0 24 23 74 2
Opp Total 14 53 22 6

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
8 Ken Vinyard 23 K 14 0 23 9 50
86 Jim R. Mitchell 23 TE 14 0 1 6 7 42
40 Paul Gipson 24 13 0 3 3 18
5 Harmon Wages 24 RB 13 0 1 2 3 18
45 Sonny Campbell 22 11 0 2 2 12
22 John Mallory 24 PR/SS 14 0 1 1 2 12
80 Todd Snyder 22 WR 12 0 2 2 12
33 Cannonball Butler 27 FB/KR 14 0 1 1 6
15 Gail Cogdill 33 6 0 1 1 6
84 Mike Donohoe 25 14 0 1 1 6
85 Paul Flatley 29 WR 14 0 1 1 6
25 Art Malone 22 14 0 1 1 6
89 Randy Marshall 24 9 0 1 1 6
20 Tom McCauley 23 FS 14 0 1 1 6
Team Total 24.9 14 4 18 2 2 26 23 9 206
Opp Total 14 14 11 1 27 20 261