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1973 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-5-0, 2nd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (9-5-0)

Points For: 318 (22.7/g) 7th of 26

Points Against: 224 (16.0/g) 9th of 26

Expected W-L: 9.8-4.2

SRS: 5.86 (8th of 26), SOS: -0.86

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: Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina)

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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	318	4038	879	4.6	33	21	240	168	320	2001	14	12	5.5	100	518	2037	18	3.9	123	66	598	17
Opp. Stats	224	3559	873	4.1	37	15	212	151	324	1430	11	22	4.1	92	520	2129	12	4.1	104	58	562	16
Lg Rank Offense	7	15			13	22	9		16	12	13	3	13		9	10	2	15
Lg Rank Defense	9	6			7	16	8		7	3	5	3	2		20	18	13	15

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 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	New Orleans Saints	62	7	32	496	278	218	2	11	187	35	152	8
2	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	0	31	2	70	4	66	1	24	351	142	209
3	Mon	October 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Detroit Lions	6	31	15	188	70	118	5	15	297	39	258	1
4	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		San Francisco 49ers	9	13	15	271	138	133	1	16	290	139	151	1
5	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		Chicago Bears	46	6	21	422	247	175	1	13	158	21	137	4
6	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3	@	San Diego Chargers	41	0	25	338	142	196	2	11	177	88	89	5
7	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	3	19	377	194	183	2	13	178	85	93
8	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Los Angeles Rams	15	13	18	261	168	93	2	14	226	100	126	2
9	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	44	27	22	292	122	170	1	20	333	205	128	2
10	Mon	November 19	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3		Minnesota Vikings	20	14	18	347	171	176	3	17	291	209	82	3
11	Sun	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	New York Jets	28	20	15	288	141	147	3	15	290	173	117	6
12	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4		Buffalo Bills	6	17	12	272	147	125	3	17	334	95	239	1
13	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5		St. Louis Cardinals	10	32	9	120	31	89	5	15	252	9	243	2
14	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5		New Orleans Saints	14	10	17	296	148	148	2	11	195	90	105	2

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 Lee	27	QB	12	10	8-2-0	120	230	52.2	1786	10	4.3	8	3.5	57	7.8	7.1	14.9	148.8	77.9	28	256	10.85	5.93	5.3	1	2
2	Dick Shiner	31	QB	4	4	1-3-0	34	64	53.1	401	3	4.7	4	6.3	34	6.3	4.4	11.8	100.3	62.0	11	86	14.67	4.20	2.6	0	0
3	Pat Sullivan	23	QB	4	0		14	26	53.8	175	1	3.8	0	0.0	21	6.7	7.5	12.5	43.8	87.8	2	19	7.14	5.57	6.3	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	9-5-0	168	320	52.5	2001	14	4.4	12	3.8	57	7.4	6.6	14.1	142.9	75.5	41	361	11.36	5.54	4.82	1	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	Dave Hampton	26	RB	14	14	263	997	4	25	3.8	71.2	18.8	25	273	10.9	1	22	1.8	19.5	288	4.4	1270	5	7
2	Eddie Ray	26	RB	14	6	96	434	9	17	4.5	31.0	6.9	19	192	10.1	2	39	1.4	13.7	115	5.4	626	11	8
3	Ken Burrow	25	WR	9	8	2	17	0	9	8.5	1.9	0.2	31	567	18.3	7	57	3.4	63.0	33	17.7	584	7	1
4	Art Malone	25	FB	10	8	76	336	2	14	4.4	33.6	7.6	19	177	9.3	1	33	1.9	17.7	95	5.4	513	3	2
5	Jim Mitchell	26	TE	14	14	5	34	0	13	6.8	2.4	0.4	32	420	13.1	0	50	2.3	30.0	37	12.3	454	0	0
6	Al Dodd	28	WR	13	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	291	15.3	0	25	1.5	22.4	19	15.3	291	0	1
7	Tom Geredine	23	WR	12	5	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0.1	12	231	19.3	1	46	1.0	19.3	13	17.5	228	1	1
8	Louis Neal	22	WR	5	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	131	26.2	1	50	1.0	26.2	5	26.2	131	1	0
9	Bob Lee	27	QB	12	10	29	67	0	11	2.3	5.6	2.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	29	2.3	67	0	6
10	Harmon Wages	27	RB	6	0	18	47	1	13	2.6	7.8	3.0	2	14	7.0	0	14	0.3	2.3	20	3.1	61	1	0
11	Joe Profit	24	RB	3	0	18	55	2	9	3.1	18.3	6.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	3.1	55	2	3
12	Wes Chesson	24	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	36	18.0	1	20	1.0	18.0	2	18.0	36	1	0
13	Joe Washington	22	RB	9	0	4	36	0	16	9.0	4.0	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	9.0	36	0	0
14	Larry Mialik	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	30	15.0	0	17	0.1	2.1	2	15.0	30	0	0
15	Pat Sullivan	23	QB	4	0	3	19	0	9	6.3	4.8	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	6.3	19	0	1
16	Dick Shiner	31	QB	4	4	3	-2	0	3	-0.7	-0.5	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-0.7	-2	0	4
	Team Totals			14	14	518	2037	18	25	3.9	145.5	37.0	168	2362	14.1	14	57	12.0	168.7	686	6.4	4399	32	34

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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	Greg Brezina	27	RLB	14	14	3	51	0	36	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
2	Ray Brown	24	SS	14	14	6	99	0	24	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Clarence Ellis	23	FS	14	14	2	90	0	48	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Dave Hampton	26	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Don Hansen	29	LLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	0
6	Tom Hayes	27	RCB	14	14	4	142	2	65	0	1	16	0	0.0	0
7	Claude Humphrey	29	LDE	14	14	1	6	0	6	0	1	22	0	11.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	George Kunz	26	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Mike Lewis	24	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
10	Jim Mitchell	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Tommy Nobis	30	MLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ken Reaves	29	LCB	14	14	2	20	0	11	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	John Zook	26	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0	PB
14	Dennis Havig	24	RG	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Andy Maurer	25	LG	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Mike Tilleman	29	LDT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
17	Bill Sandeman	31	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Al Dodd	28	WR	13	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	0	0.0	0
19	Bob Lee	27	QB	12	10	0	0	0	0	6	4	-5	0	0.0	0
20	Ken Burrow	25	WR	9	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Art Malone	25	FB	10	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Eddie Ray	26	RB	14	6	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Tom Geredine	23	WR	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	Dick Shiner	31	QB	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Chuck Walker	32	DT	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
26	Rolland Lawrence	22	DB	14	0	1	81	0	81	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
27	Larry Mialik	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Ken Mitchell	25	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
29	Tony Plummer	26	DB	14	0	1	39	0	39	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
30	Joe Profit	24	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
31	Pat Sullivan	23	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Lonnie Warwick	31	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	22	528	2	81	40	32	41	0	28.0	1

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