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1977 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 2nd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Leeman Bennett (7-7-0)

Points For: 179 (12.8/g) 25th of 28

Points Against: 129 (9.2/g) 1st of 28

Expected W-L: 9.6-4.4

SRS: .50 (13th of 28), SOS: -3.07

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Champion (Defensive Line), Jerry Glanville (Defensive Backs), John North (Offensive Backs), Ted Plumb (Receivers) and Doug Shively (Linebackers)

Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

General Manager: Eddie LeBaron

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +10000

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	179	3246	919	3.5	25	9	198	140	297	1356	8	16	4.0	80	582	1890	9	3.2	102	101	898	16
Opp. Stats	129	3242	866	3.7	48	22	192	141	320	1384	9	26	3.8	76	504	1858	5	3.7	100	99	860	16
Lg Rank Offense	25	25			2	2	25		27	27	24	6	25		5	17	21	26
Lg Rank Defense	1	2			2	4	1		7	1	2	3	2		9	11	1	13

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 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Los Angeles Rams	17	6	14	264	108	156		9	167	108	59	3
2	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Washington Redskins	6	10	16	341	234	107		15	252	147	105	3
3	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		New York Giants	17	3	18	295	144	151	3	10	177	72	105	4
4	Sun	October 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	7	0	11	243	130	113		12	188	35	153	1
5	Sun	October 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Buffalo Bills	0	3	15	200	86	114	2	15	314	96	218	2
6	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Chicago Bears	16	10	11	217	90	127		17	249	131	118	5
7	Sun	October 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		Minnesota Vikings	7	14	10	212	78	134	2	17	357	212	145	5
8	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4		San Francisco 49ers	3	10	13	155	29	126	3	8	97	25	72	2
9	Sun	November 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		Detroit Lions	17	6	13	171	61	110	3	12	145	33	112	4
10	Sun	November 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	New Orleans Saints	20	21	18	245	35	210	3	19	296	84	212	3
11	Sun	November 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	0	18	222	47	175	1	8	78	16	62	5
12	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6		New England Patriots	10	16	9	124	57	67	5	13	267	170	97	3
13	Sun	December 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-7	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	23	10	213	149	64	2	20	386	121	265	3
14	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-7		New Orleans Saints	35	7	22	344	108	236	1	17	269	134	135	5

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	Scott Hunter	30	QB	7	7	4-3-0	70	151	46.4	898	2	1.3	3	2.0	49	5.9	5.3	12.8	128.3	61.6	11	88	6.79	5.00	4.4	0	0
2	Steve Bartkowski	25	QB	8	7	3-4-0	64	136	47.1	796	5	3.7	13	9.6	73	5.9	2.3	12.4	99.5	38.4	29	296	17.58	3.03	0.1	0	0
3	Kim McQuilken	26	QB	7	0		5	7	71.4	47	1	14.3	0	0.0	14	6.7	9.6	9.4	6.7	129.2	0	0	0.00	6.71	9.6	0	0
4	Mike Esposito	24	RB	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
5	John James	28	P	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0	PB,AP-2
6	June Jones	24	QB	1	0		1	1	100.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	79.2	0	0	0.00	-1.00	-1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-7-0	140	297	47.1	1356	8	2.7	16	5.4	73	5.9	4.0	12.4	96.9	52.3	40	384	11.87	4.02	2.36	0	0

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	Haskel Stanback	25	RB	14	14	247	873	6	35	3.5	62.4	17.6	30	261	8.7	0	36	2.1	18.6	277	4.1	1134	6	8
2	Alfred Jenkins	25	WR	14	14	2	7	0	9	3.5	0.5	0.1	39	677	17.4	4	73	2.8	48.4	41	16.7	684	4	2
3	Woody Thompson	25	FB	14	7	132	478	1	22	3.6	34.1	9.4	12	56	4.7	0	9	0.9	4.0	144	3.7	534	1	4
4	Wallace Francis	26	WR	14	14	4	6	0	11	1.5	0.4	0.3	26	390	15.0	1	32	1.9	27.9	30	13.2	396	1	0
5	Monroe Eley	28	RB	7	7	97	273	1	16	2.8	39.0	13.9	9	60	6.7	0	14	1.3	8.6	106	3.1	333	1	0
6	Jim Mitchell	30	TE	12	12	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0.1	17	178	10.5	0	17	1.4	14.8	18	9.6	172	0	0
7	Mike Esposito	24	RB	14	0	34	101	0	23	3.0	7.2	2.4	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	35	2.9	100	0	0
8	Secdrick McIntyre	23	RB	6	0	13	65	0	11	5.0	10.8	2.2	1	27	27.0	1	27	0.2	4.5	14	6.6	92	1	0
9	Scott Hunter	30	QB	7	7	28	70	1	18	2.5	10.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	28	2.5	70	1	3
10	Greg McCrary	25	TE	13	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	48	24.0	1	49	0.2	3.7	2	24.0	48	1	0
11	Karl Farmer	23	WR	14	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	2	39	19.5	0	23	0.1	2.8	3	14.3	43	0	2
12	Steve Bartkowski	25	QB	8	7	18	13	0	8	0.7	1.6	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	0.7	13	0	5
13	Billy Pritchett	26	RB	9	0	3	7	0	6	2.3	0.8	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	2.3	7	0	0
14	Billy Ryckman	22	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	1	5	0.1	0.4	1	5.0	5	1	0
15	Kim McQuilken	26	QB	7	0	2	-1	0		-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-0.5	-1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	582	1890	9	35	3.2	135.0	41.6	140	1740	12.4	8	73	10.0	124.3	722	5.0	3630	17	24

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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	Jim Bailey	29	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
2	Greg Brezina	31	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
3	Ray Brown	28	SS	14	14	5	56	0	24	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Warren Bryant	22	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Ray Easterling	28	FS	14	14	4	46	0	36	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
6	Claude Humphrey	33	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	0	PB,AP-2
7	Alfred Jenkins	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Rolland Lawrence	26	LCB	14	14	7	138	0	36	3	3	16	0	1.0	0	PB,AP-1
9	Mike Lewis	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
10	Jeff Merrow	24	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0
11	Ralph Ortega	24	MLB	14	14	4	15	0	6	0	5	14	1	0.0	0
12	Dave Scott	24	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Haskel Stanback	25	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	0.0	0
14	R.C. Thielemann	22	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Rick Byas	27	RCB	14	11	3	122	1	72	0	2	4	0	0.0	0
16	Robert Pennywell	23	LLB	14	9	2	30	1	20	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
17	Steve Bartkowski	25	QB	8	7	0	0	0	0	5	1	-1	0	0.0	0
18	Scott Hunter	30	QB	7	7	0	0	0	0	3	2	-2	0	0.0	0
19	Woody Thompson	25	FB	14	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Fulton Kuykendall	24	LLB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Mike Esposito	24	RB	14	0	1	55	0	55	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Karl Farmer	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.0	0
23	Wilson Faumuina	23	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
24	Ron McCartney	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
25	Dewey McClain	23	LB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
26	Phil McKinnely	23	T	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Andy Spiva	22	LB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	26	462	2	72	28	41	31	1	41.5	0

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