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1970 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-8-2, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (4-8-2)

Points For: 206 (14.7/g) 22nd of 26

Points Against: 261 (18.6/g) 10th of 26

Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9

SRS: -2.28 (18th of 26), SOS: 1.65

Defensive Coordinator: Marion Campbell

Other Notable Asst.: Fred Bruney (Defensive Backs) and Harry Gilmer (Receivers)

Stadium: Atlanta Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

Head Coach/General Manager: Norm Van Brocklin

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	206	3431	826	4.2	38	17	199	197	342	1831	18	21	4.6	110	431	1600	4	3.7	76	76	807	13
Opp. Stats	261	3876	857	4.5	35	16	211	191	348	2154	11	19	5.7	98	479	1722	14	3.6	93	93	897	20
Lg Rank Offense	22	23			17	22	21		20	23	9	13	23		17	15	24	15
Lg Rank Defense	10	11			11	5	7		6	8	3	14	17		22	15	18	9

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										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	1:30PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	New Orleans Saints	14	3	14	265	116	149	2	9	235	150	85	2
2	Sun	September 27	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	24	27	19	384	272	112	5	15	344	258	86	3
3	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		San Francisco 49ers	21	20	18	356	204	152	2	18	326	163	163	2
4	Sun	October 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	0	13	9	128	44	84	3	13	257	39	218	3
5	Sun	October 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Denver Broncos	10	24	15	216	140	76	5	18	223	132	91	1
6	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		New Orleans Saints	32	14	20	274	147	127	2	12	272	176	96	3
7	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4		Chicago Bears	14	23	17	278	131	147	3	10	154	65	89	2
8	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		3-4-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	10	10	7	194	109	85	1	20	364	219	145	3
9	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	T		3-4-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	13	13	15	236	112	124	2	15	230	152	78
10	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5-2		Los Angeles Rams	7	17	14	272	185	87	5	10	222	99	123	2
11	Mon	November 30	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6-2		Miami Dolphins	7	20	15	271	160	111	1	16	304	86	218	2
12	Sun	December 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	24	13	205	52	153	1	20	354	259	95	3
13	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-7-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	27	16	11	221	74	147	2	14	193	94	99	6
14	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8-2		Minnesota Vikings	7	37	12	131	85	46	4	21	398	262	136	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	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	11.80	5.02	4.2	2	2
2	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	18.18	3.35	-0.3	0	0
3	Harmon Wages	24	FB	13	11		1	1	100.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	13.0	13.0	13.0	1.0	118.7	1	9	50.00	2.00	2.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-8-2	197	342	57.6	1831	18	5.3	21	6.1	51	6.6	4.9	11.5	130.8	69.6	53	431	13.42	4.64	3.15	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Cannonball Butler	27	RB	14	12	166	636	0	33	3.8	45.4	11.9	24	151	6.3	1	25	1.7	10.8	190	4.1	787	1	10
2	Jim Mitchell	23	TE	14	14	5	23	1	12	4.6	1.6	0.4	44	650	14.8	6	51	3.1	46.4	49	13.7	673	7	0
3	Harmon Wages	24	FB	13	11	119	422	1	40	3.5	32.5	9.2	26	153	5.9	2	24	2.0	11.8	145	4.0	575	3	4
4	Paul Flatley	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	39	544	13.9	1	35	2.8	38.9	39	13.9	544	1	0
5	Paul Gipson	24	RB	13	2	52	177	0	16	3.4	13.6	4.0	16	186	11.6	3	51	1.2	14.3	68	5.3	363	3	2
6	Todd Snyder	22	WR	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	311	13.5	2	43	1.9	25.9	23	13.5	311	2	0
7	Sonny Campbell	22	RB	11	0	28	116	2	15	4.1	10.5	2.5	7	92	13.1	0	27	0.6	8.4	35	5.9	208	2	1
8	Art Malone	22	RB	14	3	40	136	0	12	3.4	9.7	2.9	9	38	4.2	1	9	0.6	2.7	49	3.6	174	1	0
9	Gail Cogdill	33	WR	6	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	101	14.4	1	30	1.2	16.8	7	14.4	101	1	0
10	Bob Berry	28	QB	12	12	13	60	0	16	4.6	5.0	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	4.6	60	0	6
11	Mike Donohoe	25	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	36	18.0	1	22	0.1	2.6	2	18.0	36	1	0
12	Randy Johnson	26	QB	4	2	7	21	0	14	3.0	5.3	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	3.0	21	0	0
13	Mike Brunson	23	RB	8	0	1	9	0	9	9.0	1.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	431	1600	4	40	3.7	114.3	30.8	197	2262	11.5	18	51	14.1	161.6	628	6.1	3862	22	23

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Glen Condren	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
2	Don Hansen	26	RLB	14	14	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
3	Tommy Nobis	27	MLB	14	14	2	36	0	19	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Rudy Redmond	23	RCB	14	14	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Jeff Van Note	24	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	John Zook	23	RDE	14	14	1	24	0	24	0	2	8	0	9.0	0
7	Ken Reaves	26	LCB	14	13	6	44	0	28	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Grady Allen	24	LLB	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bob Berry	28	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Cannonball Butler	27	RB	14	12	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Claude Humphrey	26	LDE	12	12	1	5	0	5	0	1	3	0	10.0	0	PB
12	Tom McCauley	23	FS	14	12	1	32	0	32	0	1	42	0	1.0	0
13	Harmon Wages	24	FB	13	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Greg Lens	25	LDT	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	0
15	Al Lavan	24	SS	13	9	3	11	0	8	0	2	4	0	0.0	0
16	Gary Roberts	24	RG	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	John Mallory	24	SS	14	5	1	9	0	9	1	2	17	1	0.0	0
18	Ron Acks	26	LB	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Mike Freeman	26	DB	14	2	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Paul Gipson	24	RB	13	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Randy Marshall	24	DE	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0
22	Sonny Campbell	22	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	John Matlock	26	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	191	0	32	24	23	74	2	31.5	0

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