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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
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 | Steve Bartkowski | 25 | 2 | 7 | 64 for 136, 796 yards, 5 td, 13 int, & 18 rushes for 13 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1975 |
| QB | Scott Hunter | 30 | 6 | 7 | 70 for 151, 898 yards, 2 td, 3 int, & 28 rushes for 70 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 140th pick / 1971 |
| RB | Haskel Stanback | 25 | 3 | 0 | 247 rushes for 873 yards, 6 td, & 30 catches for 261 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 114th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Woody Thompson | 25 | 2 | 0 | 132 rushes for 478 yards, 1 td, & 12 catches for 56 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 65th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Wallace Francis | 26 | 4 | 14 | 26 catches for 390 yards, 1 td, & 4 rushes for 6 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 110th pick / 1973 |
| WR | Alfred Jenkins | 25 | 2 | 14 | 39 catches for 677 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for 7 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Jim R. Mitchell | 30 | 8 | 0 | 17 catches for 178 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for -6 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 81st pick / 1969 |
| LT | Brent Adams | 25 | 2 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 185th pick / 1975 |
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| LG | Dave Scott | 24 | 1 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 71st pick / 1976 |
| C | Jeff Van Note | 31 | 8 | 14 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 262nd pick / 1969 |
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| RG | R.C. Thielemann | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1977 |
| RT | Warren Bryant | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 6th pick / 1977 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Claude Humphrey* | 33 | 9 | 14 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 3rd pick / 1968 |
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| LDT | Jim Bailey | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 44th pick / 1970 |
| RDT | Mike Lewis | 28 | 6 | 0 | ||
| RDE | Jeff Merrow | 24 | 2 | 14 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 263rd pick / 1975 |
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| LLB | Robert Pennywell | 23 | Rook | 9 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 168th pick / 1976 |
| LLB | Fulton Kuykendall | 24 | 2 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 132nd pick / 1975 |
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| MLB | Ralph Ortega | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 29th pick / 1975 |
| RLB | Greg Brezina | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 275th pick / 1968 |
| LCB | Rolland Lawrence*+ | 26 | 4 | 14 | 7 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Rick Byas | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Ray Brown | 28 | 6 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 148th pick / 1971 |
| FS | Ray Easterling | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 223rd pick / 1972 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Nick Mike-Mayer | 27 | 4 | 0 | 7 of 19 field goals & 7 of 7 extra points | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 248th pick / 1973 |
| P | John James* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 105 punts for a 41.4 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Rolland Lawrence*+ | 26 | 4 | 14 | 51 punt returns for a 6.9 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Karl Farmer | 23 | 1 | 0 | 21 kick returns for a 20.0 average and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 193rd pick / 1976 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Brent Adams | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-5 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 6/26/1952 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 185th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Bailey | 29 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/9/1948 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 44th pick / 1970 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 25 | QB | 8 | 7 | 216 | 6-4 | California | 11/12/1952 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1975 |
| Greg Brezina | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-0 | Houston | 1/7/1946 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 275th pick / 1968 |
| Ray Brown | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-1 | West Texas A&M | 1/12/1949 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 148th pick / 1971 |
| Warren Bryant | 22 | T | 14 | 14 | 273 | 6-6 | Kentucky | 11/11/1955 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 6th pick / 1977 |
| Rick Byas | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Eastern Michigan,Wayne State (MI) | 10/19/1950 | 3 | |
| Ray Easterling | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Richmond | 9/3/1949 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 223rd pick / 1972 |
| Monroe Eley | 28 | RB | 7 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 4/17/1949 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 128th pick / 1974 |
| Mike Esposito | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Boston College | 4/24/1953 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 159th pick / 1975 |
| Karl Farmer | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 165 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 8/28/1954 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 193rd pick / 1976 |
| Wilson Faumuina | 23 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | San Jose State | 8/11/1954 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 20th pick / 1977 |
| Edgar Fields | 23 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 3/10/1954 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1977 |
| Wallace Francis | 26 | WR | 14 | 14 | 190 | 5-11 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 11/7/1951 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 110th pick / 1973 |
| Claude Humphrey* | 33 | DE | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 6/29/1944 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 3rd pick / 1968 |
| Scott Hunter | 30 | QB | 7 | 7 | 205 | 6-2 | Alabama | 11/11/1947 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 140th pick / 1971 |
| John James* | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-3 | Florida | 1/21/1949 | 5 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 170 | 5-10 | Morris Brown | 1/25/1952 | 2 | |
| June Jones | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | Hawaii,Oregon,Portland State | 2/19/1953 | Rook | |
| Rick Kay | 28 | LB | 7 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Colorado | 11/10/1949 | 4 | |
| Greg Kindle | 27 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 9/16/1950 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1974 |
| Fulton Kuykendall | 24 | LB | 5 | 5 | 225 | 6-4 | UCLA | 6/10/1953 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 132nd pick / 1975 |
| Rolland Lawrence*+ | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 179 | 5-10 | Tabor | 3/24/1951 | 4 | |
| Mike Lewis | 28 | DT-DE-NT | 14 | 0 | 261 | 6-4 | Ark-Pine Bluff,Wiley | 7/14/1949 | 6 | |
| Ron McCartney | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/20/1954 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1976 |
| Dewey McClain | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 236 | 6-3 | East Central (OK) | 4/25/1954 | 1 | |
| Greg McCrary | 25 | TE | 13 | 2 | 233 | 6-1 | Clark (GA) | 3/24/1952 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 123rd pick / 1975 |
| Secdrick McIntyre | 23 | RB | 6 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Auburn | 6/2/1954 | Rook | |
| Phil McKinnely | 23 | T-G-TE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | UCLA | 7/8/1954 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 246th pick / 1976 |
| Kim McQuilken | 26 | QB | 7 | 0 | 203 | 6-2 | Lehigh | 2/26/1951 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 69th pick / 1974 |
| Jeff Merrow | 24 | DE-DT-LB | 14 | 14 | 236 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 7/12/1953 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 263rd pick / 1975 |
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 27 | K | 7 | 0 | 186 | 5-8 | Temple | 3/1/1950 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 248th pick / 1973 |
| Jim R. Mitchell | 30 | TE | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Prairie View | 10/19/1947 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 81st pick / 1969 |
| Tom Moriarty | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Bowling Green | 4/7/1953 | Rook | |
| Ralph Ortega | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Florida | 7/6/1953 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 29th pick / 1975 |
| Robert Pennywell | 23 | LB | 14 | 9 | 222 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 11/6/1954 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 168th pick / 1976 |
| Billy Pritchett | 26 | RB | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | West Texas A&M | 2/22/1951 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 146th pick / 1974 |
| Frank Reed | 23 | DB | 14 | 3 | 193 | 5-11 | Washington | 5/13/1954 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 219th pick / 1976 |
| Billy Ryckman | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 172 | 5-11 | Louisiana Tech | 2/28/1955 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 257th pick / 1977 |
| Paul Ryczek | 25 | C | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Virginia | 6/25/1952 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 252nd pick / 1974 |
| Dave Scott | 24 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 276 | 6-4 | Kansas | 12/26/1953 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 71st pick / 1976 |
| Andy Spiva | 22 | LB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 2/6/1955 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 135th pick / 1977 |
| Haskel Stanback | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 3/19/1952 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 114th pick / 1974 |
| Fred Steinfort | 25 | K | 7 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Boston College | 11/3/1952 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 146th pick / 1976 |
| R.C. Thielemann | 22 | G-C | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 8/12/1955 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1977 |
| Woody Thompson | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 8/20/1952 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 65th pick / 1975 |
| Jeff Van Note | 31 | C-G-LB | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 2/7/1946 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 262nd pick / 1969 |
| Jeff Yeates | 26 | DE-DT-G | 13 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston College | 8/3/1951 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 103rd pick / 1973 |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 220.3 | 6-1.7 | 2.7 |