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1976 Atlanta Falcons
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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 172 points (12.3/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 312 points (22.3/g), 22nd.
Differential of -140 points (-10.0/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 2.7-11.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 18th.
Coached by Marion Campbell (1-4-0) and Pat Peppler (3-6-0)
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1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Scott Hunter | 29 | 5 | 6 | 51 for 110, 633 yards, 5 td, 4 int, & 14 rushes for 41 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 140th pick / 1971 |
| QB | Steve Bartkowski | 24 | 1 | 5 | 57 for 120, 677 yards, 2 td, 9 int, & 8 rushes for -10 yards and 1 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1975 |
| RB | Sonny Collins | 23 | Rook | 0 | 91 rushes for 319 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 37 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1976 |
| FB | Mike Esposito | 23 | Rook | 0 | 60 rushes for 317 yards, 2 td, & 17 catches for 88 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 159th pick / 1975 |
| WR | John Gilliam | 31 | 9 | 0 | 21 catches for 292 yards, 2 td | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1967 |
| WR | Alfred Jenkins | 24 | 1 | 14 | 41 catches for 710 yards, 6 td | |
| TE | Jim R. Mitchell | 29 | 7 | 0 | 17 catches for 209 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for -6 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 81st pick / 1969 |
| LT | Brent Adams | 24 | 1 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 185th pick / 1975 |
| LG | Larron Jackson | 27 | 5 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 81st pick / 1971 |
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| C | Jeff Van Note | 30 | 7 | 10 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 262nd pick / 1969 |
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| RG | Greg Kindle | 26 | 2 | 10 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1974 |
| RT | Len Gotshalk | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 186th pick / 1971 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Claude Humphrey | 32 | 8 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 3rd pick / 1968 |
| LDT | Mike Tilleman | 32 | 10 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 163rd pick / 1965 |
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| RDT | Mike Lewis | 27 | 5 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | Jim Bailey | 28 | 6 | 6 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 44th pick / 1970 |
| RDE | Jeff Merrow | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 263rd pick / 1975 |
| LLB | Fulton Kuykendall | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 132nd pick / 1975 |
| LLB | Dewey McClain | 22 | Rook | 5 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Tommy Nobis | 33 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1966 |
| RLB | Greg Brezina | 30 | 8 | 11 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 275th pick / 1968 |
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| LCB | Rolland Lawrence | 25 | 3 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Frank Reed | 22 | Rook | 14 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 219th pick / 1976 |
| SS | Ray Brown | 27 | 5 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 148th pick / 1971 |
| FS | Ray Easterling | 27 | 4 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 223rd pick / 1972 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Nick Mike-Mayer | 26 | 3 | 0 | 10 of 21 field goals & 20 of 20 extra points | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 248th pick / 1973 |
| P | John James* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 101 punts for a 42.1 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Rolland Lawrence | 25 | 3 | 14 | 54 punt returns for a 6.9 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Rolland Lawrence | 25 | 3 | 14 | 21 kick returns for a 24.8 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bob Adams | 30 | TE-T | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Pacific | 8/15/1946 | 7 | |
| Brent Adams | 24 | T | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-5 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 6/26/1952 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 185th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Bailey | 28 | DT-DE | 7 | 6 | 253 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/9/1948 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 44th pick / 1970 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 24 | QB | 5 | 5 | 216 | 6-4 | California | 11/12/1952 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1975 |
| Bubba Bean | 22 | RB | 14 | 4 | 195 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 1/26/1954 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 9th pick / 1976 |
| Greg Brezina | 30 | LB | 11 | 11 | 226 | 6-0 | Houston | 1/7/1946 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 275th pick / 1968 |
| Ray Brown | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 208 | 6-1 | West Texas A&M | 1/12/1949 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 148th pick / 1971 |
| Rick Byas | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Eastern Michigan,Wayne State (MI) | 10/19/1950 | 2 | |
| Sonny Collins | 23 | RB | 11 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 1/17/1953 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1976 |
| Jim Cope | 23 | LB | 6 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 6/23/1953 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 119th pick / 1975 |
| Brad Davis | 23 | RB | 1 | 0 | 204 | 5-10 | LSU | 2/9/1953 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 211th pick / 1975 |
| Ron East | 33 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Montana State,Oregon State | 8/26/1943 | 9 | |
| Ray Easterling | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-0 | Richmond | 9/3/1949 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 223rd pick / 1972 |
| Mike Esposito | 23 | RB | 10 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Boston College | 4/24/1953 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 159th pick / 1975 |
| Karl Farmer | 22 | WR | 1 | 0 | 165 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 8/28/1954 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 193rd pick / 1976 |
| Wallace Francis | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 11/7/1951 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 110th pick / 1973 |
| Steve George | 25 | DT | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Houston | 4/11/1951 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 60th pick / 1974 |
| John Gilliam | 31 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | South Carolina State | 8/7/1945 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1967 |
| Len Gotshalk | 27 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 259 | 6-4 | Humboldt State | 10/21/1949 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 186th pick / 1971 |
| Dave Hampton | 29 | RB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Wyoming | 5/7/1947 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 220th pick / 1969 |
| Claude Humphrey | 32 | DE | 13 | 13 | 252 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 6/29/1944 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 3rd pick / 1968 |
| Scott Hunter | 29 | QB | 8 | 6 | 205 | 6-2 | Alabama | 11/11/1947 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 140th pick / 1971 |
| Larron Jackson | 27 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Missouri | 8/26/1949 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 81st pick / 1971 |
| John James* | 27 | P | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-3 | Florida | 1/21/1949 | 4 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 24 | WR | 14 | 14 | 170 | 5-10 | Morris Brown | 1/25/1952 | 1 | |
| Bob Jones | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Virginia Union | 2/10/1951 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 146th pick / 1973 |
| Greg Kindle | 26 | G-T | 10 | 10 | 265 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 9/16/1950 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1974 |
| Fulton Kuykendall | 23 | LB | 7 | 7 | 225 | 6-4 | UCLA | 6/10/1953 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 132nd pick / 1975 |
| Rolland Lawrence | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 179 | 5-10 | Tabor | 3/24/1951 | 3 | |
| Mike Lewis | 27 | DT-DE-NT | 12 | 12 | 261 | 6-4 | Ark-Pine Bluff,Wiley | 7/14/1949 | 5 | |
| Ron Mabra | 25 | DB | 8 | 0 | 166 | 5-10 | Howard | 6/4/1951 | 1 | |
| Greg Marderian | 24 | DT | 1 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | USC | 1/15/1952 | Rook | |
| Dewey McClain | 22 | LB | 14 | 5 | 236 | 6-3 | East Central (OK) | 4/25/1954 | Rook | |
| Phil McKinnely | 22 | T-G-TE | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | UCLA | 7/8/1954 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 246th pick / 1976 |
| Kim McQuilken | 25 | QB | 8 | 3 | 203 | 6-2 | Lehigh | 2/26/1951 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 69th pick / 1974 |
| Jeff Merrow | 23 | DE-DT-LB | 14 | 14 | 236 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 7/12/1953 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 263rd pick / 1975 |
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-8 | Temple | 3/1/1950 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 248th pick / 1973 |
| Jim R. Mitchell | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Prairie View | 10/19/1947 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 81st pick / 1969 |
| Tommy Nobis | 33 | LB | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Texas | 9/20/1943 | 10 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1966 |
| Ralph Ortega | 23 | LB | 14 | 4 | 220 | 6-2 | Florida | 7/6/1953 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 29th pick / 1975 |
| Wally Pesuit | 22 | G-C-T-DE | 1 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 3/4/1954 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 151st pick / 1976 |
| Scott Piper | 22 | WR | 13 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Arizona | 6/18/1954 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 171st pick / 1976 |
| Billy Pritchett | 25 | RB | 6 | 1 | 230 | 6-3 | West Texas A&M | 2/22/1951 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 146th pick / 1974 |
| Frank Reed | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 193 | 5-11 | Washington | 5/13/1954 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 219th pick / 1976 |
| Guy Roberts | 26 | LB | 14 | 3 | 217 | 6-1 | Maryland | 6/12/1950 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 187th pick / 1972 |
| Paul Ryczek | 24 | C | 14 | 4 | 230 | 6-2 | Virginia | 6/25/1952 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 252nd pick / 1974 |
| Dave Scott | 23 | G-T | 13 | 0 | 276 | 6-4 | Kansas | 12/26/1953 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 71st pick / 1976 |
| Royce Smith | 27 | G | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Georgia | 6/17/1949 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 8th pick / 1972 |
| Haskel Stanback | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 3/19/1952 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 114th pick / 1974 |
| Woody Thompson | 24 | RB | 7 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 8/20/1952 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 65th pick / 1975 |
| Mike Tilleman | 32 | DT | 14 | 14 | 272 | 6-7 | Montana | 3/30/1944 | 10 | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 163rd pick / 1965 |
| Jeff Van Note | 30 | C-G-LB | 10 | 10 | 247 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 2/7/1946 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 262nd pick / 1969 |
| Jim Weatherly | 24 | C | 3 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Mount San Antonio Junior College | 4/13/1952 | Rook | |
| Bill Windauer | 27 | DT-DT | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Iowa | 11/22/1949 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 191st pick / 1973 |
| Jeff Yeates | 25 | DE-DT-G | 2 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston College | 8/3/1951 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 103rd pick / 1973 |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 223.1 | 6-1.8 | 3.0 |