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1980 Atlanta Falcons

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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 405 points (25.3/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 272 points (17.0/g), 5th.
 Differential of 133 points (8.3/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 11.5-4.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.0/g), 1st.

Coached by Leeman Bennett (12-4-0)

1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box L 0-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 23 24 20 314 156 158 1 28 448 371 77 1
2 Sun September 14 box W 1-1 @ New England Patriots 37 21 22 404 237 167 1 21 260 153 107 3
3 Sun September 21 box L 1-2 Miami Dolphins 17 20 18 359 310 49 2 19 246 186 60 1
4 Sun September 28 box W 2-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 17 19 242 83 159 19 401 318 83 2
5 Sun October 5 box W 3-2 Detroit Lions 43 28 19 365 174 191 2 17 370 298 72 4
6 Sun October 12 box L 3-3 New York Jets 7 14 18 240 143 97 4 19 279 89 190
7 Sun October 19 box W 4-3 @ New Orleans Saints 41 14 24 355 193 162 17 338 302 36 4
8 Sun October 26 box W 5-3 Los Angeles Rams 13 10 15 272 151 121 2 15 317 199 118 2
9 Sun November 2 box W 6-3 @ Buffalo Bills 30 14 19 311 161 150 3 20 364 270 94 5
10 Sun November 9 box W 7-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 33 27 34 563 354 209 2 19 415 329 86 5
11 Sun November 16 box W 8-3 New Orleans Saints 31 13 22 370 164 206 17 317 235 82 3
12 Sun November 23 box W 9-3 Chicago Bears 28 17 18 326 239 87 2 18 283 151 132 2
13 Sun November 30 box W 10-3 Washington Redskins 10 6 18 341 210 131 11 193 108 85 3
14 Sun December 7 box W 11-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 17 23 375 193 182 3 20 276 190 86 2
15 Sun December 14 box W 12-3 San Francisco 49ers 35 10 26 463 292 171 1 15 310 204 106 3
16 Sun December 21 box L 12-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 17 20 21 349 184 165 3 23 447 191 256 2
Playoffs
Division Sun January 4 box L 12-5 Dallas Cowboys 27 30

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 405 5649 1061 5.3 336 259 467 3244 31 17 6.5 166 559 2405 15 4.3 145 26 9 25
Team Defense 272 5264 1051 5.0 496 333 564 3594 24 26 5.9 175 441 1670 8 3.8 298 42 16 23
Lg Rank Offense 5 3 3 18 9 1 5 8 8 5 14 4 1 3
Lg Rank Defense 5 16 14 28 25 20 6 12 1 3 1 10 7 11

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Steve Bartkowski* 28 QB 16 16 257 463 55.5 3544 31 6.7 16 3.5 81 7.7 6.8 13.8 221.5 88.2 35 324 6.5 5.6 7.0
Mike Moroski 23 3 0 2 3 66.7 24 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 8.0 8.0 12.0 8.0 91.0 0 0 8.0 8.0 0.0
John James 31 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Team Total 25.2 16 259 467 55.5 3568 31 6.6 17 3.6 81 7.6 6.7 13.8 223.0 87.1 35 324 6.5 5.6 7.0
Opp Total 16 333 564 59.0 3594 24 4.3 26 4.6 6.4 4.7 10.8 224.6 72.8 46 396 5.9 3.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
William Andrews* 25 FB 16 16 265 1308 4 33 4.9 81.8 16.6 51 456 8.9 1 26 3.2 28.5 1764 5 6
Lynn Cain 25 RB 16 16 235 914 8 37 3.9 57.1 14.7 24 223 9.3 1 30 1.5 13.9 1137 9 6
Steve Bartkowski* 28 QB 16 16 25 35 2 11 1.4 2.2 1.6 35 2 6
James Mayberry 23 16 0 18 88 0 24 4.9 5.5 1.1 3 1 0.3 0 6 0.2 0.1 89 0 0
Anthony Anderson 24 16 0 6 5 0 8 0.8 0.3 0.4 5 0 0
Ray Strong 24 16 0 6 42 1 21 7.0 2.6 0.4 42 1 4
Junior Miller* 23 TE 16 14 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 46 584 12.7 9 36 2.9 36.5 582 9 2
Wallace Francis 29 WR 16 16 1 2 0 1 2.0 0.1 0.1 54 862 16.0 7 81 3.4 53.9 864 7 0
John James 31 P 16 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 0.8 0.1 13 0 0
Alfred Jenkins* 28 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 58 1035 17.8 6 57 3.6 64.7 1035 6 0
Alfred Jackson 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 403 18.3 7 54 1.4 25.2 403 7 0
Russ Mikeska 25 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 4 0 0
Team Total 25.2 16 559 2405 15 37 4.3 150.3 34.9 259 3568 13.8 31 81 16.2 223.0 5973 46 32
Opp Total 16 441 1670 8 3.8 104.4 27.6 333 3594 10.8 24 20.8 224.6 5264 32 33

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Reggie Smith 24 RET 8 0 27 262 0 25 9.7 25 512 0 35 20.5 774
Kenny Johnson 22 RCB 16 16 23 281 0 56 12.2 281
Ray Strong 24 16 0 10 168 0 31 16.8 210
Anthony Anderson 24 16 0 7 97 0 23 13.9 102
Alfred Jackson 25 16 0 3 70 0 36 23.3 473
Rolland Lawrence 29 LCB 16 16 3 -7 0 6 -2.3 -7
Tom Pridemore 24 FS 16 16 3 39 0 20 13.0 39
Mike T. Smith 22 5 0 3 58 0 26 19.3 58
Tony Daykin 25 16 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Edgar Fields 26 14 1 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Team Total 25.2 16 53 536 0 56 10.1 53 958 0 36 18.1 7467
Opp Total 16 36 0 73 1579 0 21.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
John James 31 P 16 0 79 3087 59 0 39.1
Tim Mazzetti 24 K 16 0 2 2 8 8 7 4 8 4 2 1 27 19 70.4% 49 46 93.9%
Team Total 25.2 16 2 2 8 8 7 4 8 4 2 1 27 19 70.4% 49 46 93.9% 79 3087 59 0 39.1
Opp Total 16 25 16 64.0% 32 30 93.8% 85 3510 41.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
William Andrews* 25 FB 16 16 6 2 0 0
Steve Bartkowski* 28 QB 16 16 6 2 0 0
Warren Bryant 25 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Lynn Cain 25 RB 16 16 6 2 0 0
Buddy Curry 22 RILB 16 16 3 13 0 9 1 1 30 1
Tony Daykin 25 16 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Glazebrook 24 SS 16 9 2 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
Alfred Jenkins* 28 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0
Kenny Johnson 22 RCB 16 16 4 49 0 33 2 4 7 0
Earl Jones 23 16 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Kenn*+ 24 LT 16 16 0 3 0 0
Jim Laughlin 22 lilb 16 6 1 7 0 7
Rolland Lawrence 29 LCB 16 16 3 37 0 37 2 4 0 0
James Mayberry 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
Junior Miller* 23 TE 16 14 2 0 0 0
Tom Pridemore 24 FS 16 16 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Al Richardson 23 LOLB 16 16 7 139 0 52 0 3 0 1
Reggie Smith 24 RET 8 0 3 1 0 0
Ray Strong 24 16 0 4 1 0 0
R.C. Thielemann 25 RG 16 16 0 2 0 0
Joel Williams 24 ROLB 16 16 2 55 0 32 0 3 42 1 1
Jeff Yeates 29 LDE 16 14 1 5 0 5 0 1 4 0
Mike Zele 24 11 4 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.2 16 26 313 0 52 32 37 83 3 1
Opp Total 16 35 33 17 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Tim Mazzetti 24 K 16 0 46 19 103
Lynn Cain 25 RB 16 16 8 1 54
Junior Miller* 23 TE 16 14 9 54
Wallace Francis 29 WR 16 16 7 42
Alfred Jackson 25 16 0 7 42
Alfred Jenkins* 28 WR 16 16 6 36
William Andrews* 25 FB 16 16 4 1 30
Steve Bartkowski* 28 QB 16 16 2 12
Joel Williams 24 ROLB 16 16 1 1 8
Buddy Curry 22 RILB 16 16 1 6
Frank Reed 26 ss 16 7 1 6
Al Richardson 23 LOLB 16 16 1 6
Ray Strong 24 16 0 1 6
Team Total 25.2 16 15 31 3 1 46 19 1 405
Opp Total 16 8 24 30 16 1 272