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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.
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)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Steve Bartkowski* | 28 | 5 | 16 | 257 for 463, 3,544 yards, 31 td, 16 int, & 25 rushes for 35 yards and 2 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1975 |
| RB | Lynn Cain | 25 | 1 | 16 | 235 rushes for 914 yards, 8 td, & 24 catches for 223 yards and 1 td | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 100th pick / 1979 |
| FB | William Andrews* | 25 | 1 | 16 | 265 rushes for 1,308 yards, 4 td, & 51 catches for 456 yards and 1 td | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 79th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Wallace Francis | 29 | 7 | 16 | 54 catches for 862 yards, 7 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 110th pick / 1973 |
| WR | Alfred Jenkins* | 28 | 5 | 16 | 58 catches for 1,035 yards, 6 td | |
| TE | Junior Miller* | 23 | Rook | 14 | 46 catches for 584 yards, 9 td, & 2 rushes for -2 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 7th pick / 1980 |
| LT | Mike Kenn*+ | 24 | 2 | 16 | 3 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 13th pick / 1978 |
| LG | Dave Scott | 27 | 4 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 71st pick / 1976 | |
| C | Jeff Van Note* | 34 | 11 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 262nd pick / 1969 | |
| RG | R.C. Thielemann | 25 | 3 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1977 |
| RT | Warren Bryant | 25 | 3 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 6th pick / 1977 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jeff Yeates | 29 | 6 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 103rd pick / 1973 |
| NT | Don L. Smith | 23 | 1 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 17th pick / 1979 | |
| RDE | Jeff Merrow | 27 | 5 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 263rd pick / 1975 | |
| LOLB | Al Richardson | 23 | Rook | 16 | 7 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 201st pick / 1980 |
| LILB | Fulton Kuykendall | 27 | 5 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 132nd pick / 1975 | |
| RILB | Buddy Curry | 22 | Rook | 16 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1980 |
| ROLB | Joel Williams | 24 | 1 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Rolland Lawrence | 29 | 7 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Kenny Johnson | 22 | Rook | 16 | 4 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 137th pick / 1980 |
| SS | Bob Glazebrook | 24 | 2 | 9 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 304th pick / 1978 |
| FS | Tom Pridemore | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 236th pick / 1978 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tim Mazzetti | 24 | 2 | 0 | 19 of 27 field goals & 46 of 49 extra points | |
| P | John James | 31 | 8 | 0 | 79 punts for a 39.1 average, 0 blocked | |
| KR | Reggie Smith | 24 | Rook | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 20.5 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Reggie Smith | 24 | Rook | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 20.5 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Anthony Anderson | 24 | 16 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Temple | 9/27/1956 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 31 | William Andrews* | 25 | FB | 16 | 16 | 206 | 6-0 | Auburn | 12/25/1955 | 1 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 79th pick / 1979 |
| 10 | Steve Bartkowski* | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 216 | 6-4 | California | 11/12/1952 | 5 | 14 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1975 |
| 61 | Jon Brooks | 23 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Clemson | 6/22/1957 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 92nd pick / 1979 | |
| 66 | Warren Bryant | 25 | RT | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-6 | Kentucky | 11/11/1955 | 3 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 6th pick / 1977 |
| 38 | Rick Byas | 30 | 15 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | East. Michigan,Wayne State (MI) | 10/19/1950 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 21 | Lynn Cain | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 205 | 6-1 | USC | 10/16/1955 | 1 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 100th pick / 1979 |
| 53 | Chuck Correal | 24 | 16 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 5/17/1956 | Rook | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 196th pick / 1979 | |
| 50 | Buddy Curry | 22 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 224 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 6/4/1958 | Rook | 10 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1980 |
| 55 | Tony Daykin | 25 | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 5/13/1955 | 3 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 293rd pick / 1977 | |
| 74 | Wilson Faumuina | 26 | dt | 14 | 4 | 275 | 6-5 | San Jose St. | 8/11/1954 | 3 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 20th pick / 1977 |
| 77 | Edgar Fields | 26 | dt | 14 | 1 | 255 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 3/10/1954 | 3 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1977 |
| 89 | Wallace Francis | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 190 | 5-11 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 11/7/1951 | 7 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 110th pick / 1973 |
| 36 | Bob Glazebrook | 24 | SS | 16 | 9 | 200 | 6-1 | Fresno St. | 3/7/1956 | 2 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 304th pick / 1978 |
| 61 | Chuck Herman | 22 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 10/7/1958 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 64 | Pat Howell | 23 | 5 | 0 | 257 | 6-5 | USC | 3/12/1957 | 1 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 49th pick / 1979 | |
| 85 | Alfred Jackson | 25 | 16 | 0 | 176 | 5-11 | Texas | 8/3/1955 | 2 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 167th pick / 1978 | |
| 6 | John James | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 197 | 6-3 | Florida | 1/21/1949 | 8 | 0 | |
| 84 | Alfred Jenkins* | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 170 | 5-10 | Morris Brown | 1/25/1952 | 5 | 11 | |
| 37 | Kenny Johnson | 22 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 176 | 5-10 | Mississippi St. | 1/7/1958 | Rook | 10 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 137th pick / 1980 |
| 20 | Earl Jones | 23 | 16 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Norfolk St. | 7/19/1957 | Rook | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1980 | |
| 78 | Mike Kenn*+ | 24 | LT | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-7 | Michigan | 2/9/1956 | 2 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 13th pick / 1978 |
| 30 | Jerome King | 25 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Purdue | 1/4/1955 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 54 | Fulton Kuykendall | 27 | LILB | 10 | 8 | 225 | 6-4 | UCLA | 6/10/1953 | 5 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 132nd pick / 1975 |
| 51 | Jim Laughlin | 22 | lilb | 16 | 6 | 222 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 7/5/1958 | Rook | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 91st pick / 1980 |
| 22 | Rolland Lawrence | 29 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 179 | 5-10 | Tabor | 3/24/1951 | 7 | 10 | |
| 39 | James Mayberry | 23 | 16 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Colorado | 11/5/1957 | 1 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 75th pick / 1979 | |
| 4 | Tim Mazzetti | 24 | K | 16 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | Pennsylvania | 2/1/1956 | 2 | 0 | |
| 52 | Dewey McClain | 26 | 15 | 0 | 236 | 6-3 | East Central (OK) | 4/25/1954 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 73 | Phil McKinnely | 26 | 7 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | UCLA | 7/8/1954 | 4 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 246th pick / 1976 | |
| 75 | Jeff Merrow | 27 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 7/12/1953 | 5 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 263rd pick / 1975 |
| 87 | Russ Mikeska | 25 | te | 16 | 2 | 225 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 9/10/1955 | 1 | 1 | |
| 67 | Calvin Miller | 27 | 2 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Oklahoma St. | 8/31/1953 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 80 | Junior Miller* | 23 | TE | 16 | 14 | 239 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 11/26/1957 | Rook | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 7th pick / 1980 |
| 15 | Mike Moroski | 23 | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | California-Davis | 9/4/1957 | 1 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 154th pick / 1979 | |
| 59 | Robert Pennywell | 26 | lb | 16 | 2 | 222 | 6-1 | Grambling St. | 11/6/1954 | 3 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 168th pick / 1976 |
| 27 | Tom Pridemore | 24 | FS | 16 | 16 | 186 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 4/29/1956 | 2 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 236th pick / 1978 |
| 28 | Frank Reed | 26 | ss | 16 | 7 | 193 | 5-11 | Washington | 5/13/1954 | 4 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 219th pick / 1976 |
| 56 | Al Richardson | 23 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 211 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 9/23/1957 | Rook | 12 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 201st pick / 1980 |
| 70 | Dave Scott | 27 | LG | 16 | 16 | 276 | 6-4 | Kansas | 12/26/1953 | 4 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 71st pick / 1976 |
| 65 | Don L. Smith | 23 | NT | 16 | 9 | 256 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 5/9/1957 | 1 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 17th pick / 1979 |
| 86 | Mike T. Smith | 22 | 5 | 0 | 194 | 5-10 | Grambling St. | 4/28/1958 | Rook | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 172nd pick / 1980 | |
| 16 | Reggie Smith | 24 | KR | 8 | 0 | 168 | 5-4 | North Carolina Central | 7/15/1956 | Rook | 0 | |
| 25 | Ray Strong | 24 | 16 | 0 | 184 | 5-9 | UNLV | 5/7/1956 | 2 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 263rd pick / 1978 | |
| 61 | Stan Sytsma | 24 | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 5/3/1956 | Rook | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 176th pick / 1979 | |
| 68 | R.C. Thielemann | 25 | RG | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 8/12/1955 | 3 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 36th pick / 1977 |
| 57 | Jeff Van Note* | 34 | C | 16 | 16 | 247 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 2/7/1946 | 11 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 262nd pick / 1969 |
| 58 | Joel Williams | 24 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 222 | 6-1 | Peru St.,Wisc-LaCrosse | 12/13/1956 | 1 | 10 | |
| 79 | Jeff Yeates | 29 | LDE | 16 | 14 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston Col. | 8/3/1951 | 6 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 103rd pick / 1973 |
| 63 | Mike Zele | 24 | nt | 11 | 4 | 239 | 6-3 | Kent St. | 7/3/1956 | 1 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 127th pick / 1979 |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 16 | 218.5 | 6-1.5 | 2.5 |
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