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1977 Atlanta Falcons
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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 179 points (12.8/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 129 points (9.2/g), 1st.
Differential of 50 points (3.6/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 9.6-4.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (1.6/g), 1st.
Coached by Leeman Bennett (7-7-0)
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1977 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1977 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 6 | ATL | Warren Bryant | T | 8 | 1977 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 104 | Kentucky | |||||||||||
| 1 | 20 | ATL | Wilson Faumuina | DT | 5 | 1977 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | San Jose State | |||||||||||
| 2 | 36 | ATL | R.C. Thielemann | G | 12 | 1977 | 1988 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 157 | Arkansas | |||||||||||
| 3 | 63 | ATL | Edgar Fields | DT | 5 | 1977 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | Texas A&M | |||||||||||
| 4 | 89 | ATL | Allan Leavitt | K | 1 | 1977 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Georgia | |||||||||||
| 5 | 120 | ATL | Shelton Diggs | WR | 1 | 1977 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | USC | ||||||||
| 6 | 161 | ATL | Keith Jenkins | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cincinnati | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 203 | ATL | Walter Packer | DB | 1 | 1977 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Mississippi State | |||||||||||
| 9 | 230 | ATL | John Maxwell | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Boston College | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 242 | ATL | Robert Speer | DE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arkansas State | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 257 | ATL | Billy Ryckman | WR | 3 | 1977 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 50 | 743 | 5 | Louisiana Tech | ||||||||
| 11 | 287 | ATL | Dave Farmer | RB | 1 | 1978 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | USC | |||||||||||
| 12 | 314 | ATL | Don Parrish | NT | 5 | 1978 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71 | Pittsburgh | |||||||||||