1979 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-10-0, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Leeman Bennett (6-10-0)

Points For: 300 (18.8/g) 19th of 28

Points Against: 388 (24.3/g) 26th of 28

Expected W-L: 5.6-10.4

SRS: -6.61 (24th of 28), SOS: -1.11

Defensive Coordinator: Jerry Glanville

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

Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

General Manager: Eddie LeBaron

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +5000

Training Camp: Atlanta Falcons Training Facility (Suwanee, Georgia)

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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	300	4929	1033	4.8	43	20	303	251	479	2729	19	23	5.1	150	500	2200	15	4.4	126	107	1026	27
Opp. Stats	388	5759	1071	5.4	36	21	311	268	487	3596	17	15	7.0	177	555	2163	27	3.9	109	98	815	25
Lg Rank Offense	19	17			22	22	13		11	15	12	16	23		19	16	18	5
Lg Rank Defense	26	25			20	5	18		22	26	9	24	27		20	13	28	11

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	1-0	@	New Orleans Saints	40	34	35	552	295	257	2	23	512	324	188	2	23.22	-9.45	-7.23
2	Mon	September 10	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Philadelphia Eagles	14	10	14	247	102	145	2	16	241	184	57	2	-1.35	12.12	-2.59
3	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	2-1		Denver Broncos	17	20	19	382	326	56		18	369	201	168	2	8.78	-2.10	-8.41
4	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Detroit Lions	23	24	11	270	126	144	1	22	400	249	151	1	-7.99	-3.01	11.33
5	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Washington Redskins	7	16	14	156	86	70	3	20	359	228	131	1	-14.55	0.77	2.51
6	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		Green Bay Packers	25	7	19	286	134	152	1	17	275	158	117	3	0.16	14.09	3.34
7	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4	@	Oakland Raiders	19	50	27	434	313	121	6	25	347	191	156		-1.93	-14.21	-13.18
8	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	15	20	13	214	119	95	2	22	397	237	160	2	-10.59	-4.20	-0.21
9	Mon	October 29	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6		Seattle Seahawks	28	31	19	315	162	153	2	19	411	206	205	4	4.25	-6.50	1.89
10	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-6		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	14	18	266	54	212	1	13	268	194	74	3	-3.62	7.81	-0.27
11	Sun	November 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7	@	New York Giants	3	24	16	249	129	120	4	15	219	144	75	4	-22.76	18.75	-5.50
12	Mon	November 19	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8	@	Los Angeles Rams	14	20	19	336	135	201	4	18	339	160	179	3	-10.20	-0.50	0.37
13	Sun	November 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-9		New Orleans Saints	6	37	13	237	135	102	6	18	415	276	139	2	-31.75	4.96	-5.63
14	Sun	December 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-9	@	San Diego Chargers	28	26	22	375	222	153	2	22	410	324	86	2	8.09	-2.48	-3.05
15	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-10		Los Angeles Rams	13	34	24	347	239	108	5	15	348	177	171	2	-12.03	-6.31	-3.80
16	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-10		San Francisco 49ers	31	21	20	263	152	111	2	28	449	343	106	3	1.35	4.32	0.87

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Steve Bartkowski	27	QB	14	14	6-8-0	204	380	53.7	2505	17	4.5	20	5.3	123	40.8	57	6.6	5.1	12.3	178.9	67.3	39	286	9.31	5.30	4.0	5	4
2	June Jones	26	QB	5	2	0-2-0	38	83	45.8	505	2	2.4	3	3.6	22	31.3	49	6.1	4.9	13.3	101.0	58.6	13	100	13.54	4.22	3.2	0	0
3	Mike Moroski	22	QB	2	0		8	15	53.3	97	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	41.2	23	6.5	6.5	12.1	48.5	73.5	2	12	11.76	5.00	5.0	0	0
4	John James	30	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	20	20.0	20.0	20.0	1.3	118.7	0	0	0.00	20.00	20.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	6-10-0	251	479	52.4	2729	19	4.0	23	4.8	150	39.2	57	6.5	5.2	12.5	170.6	66.2	54	398	10.13	5.12	3.89	5	4

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	William Andrews	24	FB	15	15	239	1023	3	56	52.7	23	4.3	68.2	15.9	63	39	309	7.9	2	16	46.0	34	2.6	20.6	61.9	4.9	278	4.8	1332	5	5
2	Wallace Francis	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	142	74	1013	13.7	8	46	43.7	42	4.6	63.3	52.1	7.1	74	13.7	1013	8	3
3	Alfred Jenkins	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	105	50	858	17.2	3	41	43.8	57	3.1	53.6	47.6	8.2	50	17.2	858	3	1
4	Bubba Bean	25	RB	11	11	88	393	1	22	51.1	60	4.5	35.7	8.0	16	12	137	11.4	0	5	56.3	49	1.1	12.5	75.0	8.6	100	5.3	530	1	0
5	Lynn Cain	24	RB	10	2	63	295	2	16	54.0	35	4.7	29.5	6.3	17	15	181	12.1	2	10	82.4	28	1.5	18.1	88.2	10.6	78	6.1	476	4	2
6	Haskel Stanback	27	RB	13	3	36	202	5	12	61.1	55	5.6	15.5	2.8	21	13	89	6.8	0	3	33.3	22	1.0	6.8	61.9	4.2	49	5.9	291	5	2
7	James Mayberry	22	RB	16	1	45	193	1	11	46.7	21	4.3	12.1	2.8	10	7	48	6.9	0	1	50.0	19	0.4	3.0	70.0	4.8	52	4.6	241	1	1
8	Alfred Jackson	24	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	11	156	14.2	0	9	50.0	23	0.9	13.0	55.0	7.8	11	14.2	156	0	0
9	Dennis Pearson	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	7	119	17.0	0	6	43.8	40	0.4	7.4	43.8	7.4	7	17.0	119	0	4
10	Jim Mitchell	32	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	32	16	118	7.4	2	8	40.6	14	1.0	7.4	50.0	3.7	16	7.4	118	2	0
11	Billy Ryckman	24	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	4	59	14.8	2	3	40.0	20	0.3	4.2	40.0	5.9	4	14.8	59	2	0
12	Steve Bartkowski	27	QB	14	14	14	36	2	5	42.9	18	2.6	2.6	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			14	2.6	36	2	4
13	Mike Moroski	22	QB	2	0	3	31	1	3	100.0	19	10.3	15.5	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	10.3	31	1	1
14	Bob Glazebrook	23	DB	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	20	20.0	0	1	100.0	20	0.1	1.5	100.0	20.0	1	20.0	20	0	0
15	June Jones	26	QB	5	2	6	19	0	0	16.7	9	3.2	3.8	1.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	3.2	19	0	4
16	Russ Mikeska	24	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	14	14.0	0	1	33.3	14	0.1	0.9	33.3	4.7	1	14.0	14	0	0
17	Ray Strong	23	RB	6	0	2	7	0	1	50.0	4	3.5	1.2	0.3	1	1	6	6.0	0	0	100.0	6	0.2	1.0	100.0	6.0	3	4.3	13	0	2
18	Ricky Patton	25	RB	4	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	2	0.3	0.3	0.8	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	0.3	1	0	0
19	John James	30	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	500	2200	15	126	51.8	60	4.4	137.5	31.3	459	251	3127	12.5	19	150	45.5	57	15.7	195.4	54.7	6.8	751	7.1	5327	34	29

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Greg Brezina	33	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
2	Rick Byas	29	RCB	16	16	1	34	0	34	0	0	2	30	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Ray Easterling	30	FS/SS	16	16	2	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	Wallace Francis	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Alfred Jenkins	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Mike Kenn	23	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Fulton Kuykendall	26	LLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
8	Rolland Lawrence	28	LCB	16	16	6	120	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Robert Pennywell	25	MLB	16	16	1	39	1	39	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Jeff Van Note	33	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
11	Jeff Yeates	28	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
12	William Andrews	24	FB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Edgar Fields	25	RDT	16	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
14	Don Smith	22	RDE	16	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	0	9.0	0	0	0	0
15	Steve Bartkowski	27	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Wilson Faumuina	25	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
17	Frank Reed	25	SS	11	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
18	R.C. Thielemann	24	RG	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Tom Pridemore	23	FS	16	5	2	20	0	20	3	0	1	33	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Haskel Stanback	27	RB	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Lynn Cain	24	RB	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	June Jones	26	QB	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Mike Lewis	30	DT	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1
24	James Mayberry	22	RB	16	1	1	6	1	6	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	John James	30	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Dewey McClain	25	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
27	Mike Moroski	22	QB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Dennis Pearson	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Paul Ryczek	27	C	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-21	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Ray Strong	23	RB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Joel Williams	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
32	Mike Zele	23	DT	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	15	224	2	39	17	31	30	65	1	28.0	0	0	0	1

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