Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Teams > Atlanta Falcons > 1980 Statistics & Players

News: s-r blog:New Drive Finder Play Index Tool

1980 Atlanta Falcons

Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season

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.

Simple Rating System: Total 7.8, Offense: 4.5, Defense: 3.4, SoS: -0.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Leeman Bennett

 Defensive Coordinator: Jerry Glanville

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

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 5.0 298 333 564 3594 24 26 5.9 175 441 1670 8 3.8 100 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 11 28 25 20 6 13 1 3 1 10 7 11

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 boxscore L 0-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 23 24 20 314 156 158 1 28 448 371 77 1
2 Sun September 14 boxscore W 1-1 @ New England Patriots 37 21 22 404 237 167 1 21 260 153 107 3
3 Sun September 21 boxscore L 1-2 Miami Dolphins 17 20 18 359 310 49 2 19 246 186 60 1
4 Sun September 28 boxscore W 2-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 17 19 242 83 159 19 401 318 83 2
5 Sun October 5 boxscore W 3-2 Detroit Lions 43 28 19 365 174 191 2 17 370 298 72 4
6 Sun October 12 boxscore L 3-3 New York Jets 7 14 18 240 143 97 4 19 279 89 190
7 Sun October 19 boxscore W 4-3 @ New Orleans Saints 41 14 24 355 193 162 17 338 302 36 4
8 Sun October 26 boxscore W 5-3 Los Angeles Rams 13 10 15 272 151 121 2 15 317 199 118 2
9 Sun November 2 boxscore W 6-3 @ Buffalo Bills 30 14 19 311 161 150 3 20 364 270 94 5
10 Sun November 9 boxscore W OT 7-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 33 27 34 563 354 209 2 19 415 329 86 5
11 Sun November 16 boxscore W 8-3 New Orleans Saints 31 13 22 370 164 206 17 317 235 82 3
12 Sun November 23 boxscore W 9-3 Chicago Bears 28 17 18 326 239 87 2 18 283 151 132 2
13 Sun November 30 boxscore W 10-3 Washington Redskins 10 6 18 341 210 131 11 193 108 85 3
14 Sun December 7 boxscore W 11-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 17 23 375 193 182 3 20 276 190 86 2
15 Sun December 14 boxscore W 12-3 San Francisco 49ers 35 10 26 463 292 171 1 15 310 204 106 3
16 Sun December 21 boxscore L OT 12-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 17 20 21 349 184 165 3 23 447 191 256 2
Playoffs
Division Sun January 4 boxscore L 12-5 Dallas Cowboys 27 30 18 371 285 86 2 22 422 310 112 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
10 Steve Bartkowski* 28 QB 16 16 12-4-0 257 463 55.5 3544 31 6.7 16 3.5 81 7.7 7.4 13.8 221.5 88.2 35 324 6.47 6.27 7.0 3 4
15 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 8.00 8.00 0.0
6 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 0.00 -45.00 0.0
Team Total 25.2 16 12-4-0 259 467 55.5 3568 31 6.6 17 3.6 81 7.6 7.3 13.8 223.0 87.1 35 324 6.46 6.17 7.0 3 4
Opp Total 16 333 564 59.0 3990 24 4.3 26 4.6 7.1 5.85 12.0 249.4 75.7 46 396 5.9 4.8 7.5

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
31 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
21 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
10 Steve Bartkowski* 28 QB 16 16 25 35 2 11 1.4 2.2 1.6 35 2 6
39 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
33 Anthony Anderson 24 16 0 6 5 0 8 0.8 0.3 0.4 5 0 0
25 Ray Strong 24 16 0 6 42 1 21 7.0 2.6 0.4 42 1 4
80 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
89 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
6 John James 31 P 16 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 0.8 0.1 13 0 0
84 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
85 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
87 Russ Mikeska 25 te 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
16 Reggie Smith 24 KR/PR 8 0 27 262 0 25 9.7 25 512 0 35 20.5 774
37 Kenny Johnson 22 RCB 16 16 23 281 0 56 12.2 281
25 Ray Strong 24 16 0 10 168 0 31 16.8 210
33 Anthony Anderson 24 16 0 7 97 0 23 13.9 102
85 Alfred Jackson 25 16 0 3 70 0 36 23.3 473
22 Rolland Lawrence 29 LCB 16 16 3 -7 0 6 -2.3 -7
27 Tom Pridemore 24 FS 16 16 3 39 0 20 13.0 39
86 Mike T. Smith 22 5 0 3 58 0 26 19.3 58
55 Tony Daykin 25 16 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
77 Edgar Fields 26 dt 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
6 John James 31 P 16 0 79 3087 59 0 39.1
4 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
37 Kenny Johnson 22 RCB 16 16 4 49 0 33 0 0 2 4 7 0
56 Al Richardson 23 LOLB 16 16 7 139 0 52 0 0 0 3 0 1
22 Rolland Lawrence 29 LCB 16 16 3 37 0 37 0 0 2 4 0 0
31 William Andrews* 25 FB 16 16 0 6 2 0 0
10 Steve Bartkowski* 28 QB 16 16 0 6 2 0 0
21 Lynn Cain 25 RB 16 16 0 6 2 0 0
50 Buddy Curry 22 RILB 16 16 3 13 0 9 0 0 1 1 30 1
25 Ray Strong 24 16 0 0 4 1 0 0
58 Joel Williams 24 ROLB 16 16 2 55 0 32 0 0 0 3 42 1 1
27 Tom Pridemore 24 FS 16 16 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 Reggie Smith 24 KR/PR 8 0 0 3 1 0 0
36 Bob Glazebrook 24 SS 16 9 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0
78 Mike Kenn*+ 24 LT 16 16 0 0 3 0 0
80 Junior Miller* 23 TE 16 14 0 2 0 0 0
68 R.C. Thielemann 25 RG 16 16 0 0 2 0 0
79 Jeff Yeates 29 LDE 16 14 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 4 0
66 Warren Bryant 25 RT 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
55 Tony Daykin 25 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
84 Alfred Jenkins* 28 WR 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
20 Earl Jones 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0
51 Jim Laughlin 22 lilb 16 6 1 7 0 7 0
39 James Mayberry 23 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
63 Mike Zele 24 nt 11 4 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.2 16 26 313 0 52 0 0 32 37 83 3 1
Opp Total 16 35 33 17 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
4 Tim Mazzetti 24 K 16 0 46 19 103
21 Lynn Cain 25 RB 16 16 8 1 9 54
80 Junior Miller* 23 TE 16 14 9 9 54
89 Wallace Francis 29 WR 16 16 7 7 42
85 Alfred Jackson 25 16 0 7 7 42
84 Alfred Jenkins* 28 WR 16 16 6 6 36
31 William Andrews* 25 FB 16 16 4 1 5 30
10 Steve Bartkowski* 28 QB 16 16 2 2 12
58 Joel Williams 24 ROLB 16 16 1 1 1 8
50 Buddy Curry 22 RILB 16 16 1 1 6
28 Frank Reed 26 ss 16 7 1 1 6
56 Al Richardson 23 LOLB 16 16 1 1 6
25 Ray Strong 24 16 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.2 16 15 31 3 1 50 46 19 1 405
Opp Total 16 8 24 30 16 1 272