1983 Atlanta Falcons

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 370 points (23.1/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 389 points (24.3/g), 23rd.
Differential of -19 points (-1.2/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 14th.

Simple Rating System: Total 0.9, Offense: 2.9, Defense: -2.1, SoS: 2.0, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Dan Henning (7-9-0)
Defensive Coordinator: John Marshall

Training Camp: Falcons Training Facility (Suwanee, Georgia)

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Team Stats and Rankings

						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	370	5628	1054	5.3	325	321	507	3404	24	10	6.1	190	492	2224	17	4.5	118	29	19	17
Team Defense	389	5826	1023	5.7	342	313	493	3517	28	15	6.7	187	499	2309	20	4.6	139	30	15	16
Lg Rank Offense	10	8			9		12	11	13	1	13		18	11	10	3		3	15
Lg Rank Defense	23	25			25		12	20	24	25	26		11	22	22	27		26	21

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 4	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Chicago Bears	20	17	18	317	185	132	1	21	401	251	150	1
2	Sun	September 11	boxscore	L	OT	1-1		New York Giants	13	16	14	298	235	63	3	19	343	187	156	1
3	Sun	September 18	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Detroit Lions	30	14	26	535	350	185		18	280	235	45	2
4	Sun	September 25	boxscore	L		2-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	24	19	319	184	135	1	28	418	261	157	2
5	Sun	October 2	boxscore	L		2-3		Philadelphia Eagles	24	28	21	365	174	191		16	315	220	95	1
6	Sun	October 9	boxscore	L		2-4		New Orleans Saints	17	19	20	292	203	89	1	19	311	148	163	1
7	Sun	October 16	boxscore	L		2-5	@	Los Angeles Rams	21	27	15	268	158	110	1	29	321	218	103	2
8	Sun	October 23	boxscore	W		3-5	@	New York Jets	27	21	19	407	277	130	2	19	404	221	183	2
9	Sun	October 30	boxscore	W		4-5		New England Patriots	24	13	28	430	235	195	2	22	417	248	169	5
10	Sun	November 6	boxscore	L		4-6	@	New Orleans Saints	10	27	14	213	120	93	3	17	366	128	238	1
11	Mon	November 14	boxscore	L		4-7		Los Angeles Rams	13	36	17	209	116	93	4	23	442	173	269
12	Sun	November 20	boxscore	W		5-7		San Francisco 49ers	28	24	19	373	275	98		22	308	174	134	2
13	Sun	November 27	boxscore	W	OT	6-7		Green Bay Packers	47	41	25	445	293	152	1	32	500	366	134	3
14	Sun	December 4	boxscore	L		6-8	@	Washington Redskins	21	37	24	398	269	129	6	21	370	215	155	1
15	Sat	December 10	boxscore	L		6-9	@	Miami Dolphins	24	31	21	365	179	186	2	22	353	229	124	2
16	Sun	December 18	boxscore	W		7-9		Buffalo Bills	31	14	25	394	151	243	2	14	277	243	34	4

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	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
10	Steve Bartkowski	31	QB	14	14	6-8-0	274	432	63.4	3167	22	5.1	5	1.2	76	7.3	7.8	11.6	226.2	97.6	51	348	5.8	6.3	10.6	3	3
15	Mike Moroski	26		16	2	1-1-0	45	70	64.3	575	2	2.9	4	5.7	50	8.2	6.2	12.8	35.9	75.6	4	41	7.2	5.3	5.4	1	0
83	Floyd Hodge	24	wr	12	6		1	2	50.0	28	0	0.0	1	50.0	28	14.0	-8.5	28.0	2.3	56.2	0	0	14.0	-8.5	0.0
31	William Andrews*	28	RB	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1	Ralph Giacomarro	22	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	23.0	23.0	23.0	1.4	118.7	0	0	23.0	23.0	0.0
81	Billy Johnson*	31	PR	16	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total	25.6		16		7-9-0	321	507	63.3	3793	24	4.7	10	2.0	76	7.5	7.5	11.8	237.1	93.6	55	389	6.1	6.1	9.8	4	3
	Opp Total			16			313	493	63.5	3734	28	5.7	15	3.0		7.6	7.3	11.9	233.4	92.8	31	217	6.7	6.5	5.9

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*	28	RB	16	16	331	1567	7	27	4.7	97.9	20.7	59	609	10.3	4	40	3.7	38.1	2176	11	6
42	Gerald Riggs	23		14	0	100	437	8	40	4.4	31.2	7.1	17	149	8.8	0	25	1.2	10.6	586	8	7
21	Lynn Cain	28		16	0	19	63	1	10	3.3	3.9	1.2	3	24	8.0	0	11	0.2	1.5	87	1	1
10	Steve Bartkowski	31	QB	14	14	16	38	1	10	2.4	2.7	1.1								38	1	7
81	Billy Johnson*	31	PR	16	1	15	83	0	36	5.5	5.2	0.9	64	709	11.1	4	47	4.0	44.3	792	4	4
33	Bo Robinson	27	TE	12	9	3	9	0	7	3.0	0.8	0.3	12	100	8.3	0	15	1.0	8.3	109	0	1
82	Stacey Bailey	23	WR	14	12	2	-5	0	0	-2.5	-0.4	0.1	55	881	16.0	6	53	3.9	62.9	876	6	1
1	Ralph Giacomarro	22	P	16	0	2	13	0	13	6.5	0.8	0.1								13	0	1
15	Mike Moroski	26		16	2	2	12	0	7	6.0	0.8	0.1								12	0	2
80	Junior Miller	26	te	15	6	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	16	125	7.8	0	19	1.1	8.3	127	0	1
22	Richard Williams	23	KR	14	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1								5	0	1
84	Alfred Jenkins	31	WR	10	10	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	38	487	12.8	1	26	3.8	48.7	487	1	0
83	Floyd Hodge	24	wr	12	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	25	280	11.2	4	76	2.1	23.3	280	4	0
85	Alfred Jackson	28		4	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	220	16.9	3	54	3.3	55.0	220	3	0
88	Arthur Cox	22	TE	16	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	83	9.2	1	19	0.6	5.2	83	1	1
86	Ben Young	23	te	11	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	74	12.3	1	19	0.5	6.7	74	1	0
49	Allama Matthews	22		16	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	37	12.3	0	23	0.2	2.3	37	0	0
89	William Curran	24		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.1	0.9	15	0	1
	Team Total	25.6		16		492	2224	17	40	4.5	139.0	30.8	321	3793	11.8	24	76	20.1	237.1	6017	41	36
	Opp Total			16		499	2309	20		4.6	144.3	31.2	313	3517	11.2	28		19.6	219.8	5826	48	26

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
81	Billy Johnson*	31	PR	16	1	46	489	1	71	10.6						1281
22	Richard Williams	23	KR	14	0						23	461	0	34	20.0	466
42	Gerald Riggs	23		14	0						17	330	0	35	19.4	916
21	Lynn Cain	28		16	0						11	200	0	24	18.2	287
37	Kenny Johnson	25	RCB	16	16						11	224	0	28	20.4	224
89	William Curran	24		16	0						2	26	0	16	13.0	41
36	Bob Glazebrook	27	fs	16	8						2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Bobby Butler	24	LCB	16	16						1	17	0	17	17.0	17
	Team Total	25.6		16		46	489	1	71	10.6	67	1258	0	35	18.8	7764
	Opp Total			16		34		0			60	1212	0		20.2

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
1	Ralph Giacomarro	22	P	16	0																	70	2823	57	1	40.3
18	Mick Luckhurst	25	K	16	0			5	4	5	4	11	9	1		22	17	77.3%	45	43	95.6%
	Team Total	25.6		16				5	4	5	4	11	9	1		22	17	77.3%	45	43	95.6%	70	2823	57	1	40.3
	Opp Total			16												26	17	65.4%	49	44	89.8%	67	2814			42.0

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
74	Mike Pitts	23		16	4	7.0						0	0	1	26	0	75	0
31	William Andrews*	28	RB	16	16							0	6	2	0	0
10	Steve Bartkowski	31	QB	14	14							0	7	1	0	0
42	Gerald Riggs	23		14	0							0	7	1	0	0
81	Billy Johnson*	31	PR	16	1							0	4	2	0	0
65	Don L. Smith	26	RDT	14	13	6.0
23	Bobby Butler	24	LCB	16	16		4	12	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0
50	Buddy Curry	25	RLB	16	16	4.0						0	0	1	0	0
36	Bob Glazebrook	27	fs	16	8		3	30	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0
79	Jeff Yeates	32	LDE	16	16	4.0						0	0	1	0	0
37	Kenny Johnson	25	RCB	16	16		2	57	2	31	0	0	1	1	0	0
75	Jeff Merrow	30	RDE	16	12	3.0						0	0	1	0	0
27	Tom Pridemore	27	SS	16	16		4	56	0	25	0
59	John Rade	23	LLB	16	11	1.5						0	0	2	16	1
58	David Frye	22		16	2	1.0						0	0	2	0	0
72	Andrew Provence	22	LDT	16	12	1.5						0	0	1	26	0
82	Stacey Bailey	23	WR	14	12							0	1	1	0	0
1	Ralph Giacomarro	22	P	16	0							0	1	1	0	0
20	Earl Jones	26		16	0		1	19	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0
54	Fulton Kuykendall	30	MLB	14	14	1.0						0	0	1	0	0
15	Mike Moroski	26		16	2							0	2	0	0	0
22	Richard Williams	23	KR	14	0							0	1	1	0	0
69	Dan Benish	22		16	3	1.0
21	Lynn Cain	28		16	0							0	1	0	0	0
88	Arthur Cox	22	TE	16	9							0	1	0	0	0
89	William Curran	24		16	0							0	1	0	0	0
34	Blane Gaison	25		16	0							0	0	1	64	1
78	Mike Kenn*	27	LT	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
49	Allama Matthews	22		16	1							0	0	1	0	0
80	Junior Miller	26	te	15	6							0	1	0	0	0
56	Al Richardson	26	llb	5	5		1	38	0	38	0
33	Bo Robinson	27	TE	12	9							0	1	0	0	0
68	R.C. Thielemann*	28	LG	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
63	Mike Zele	27		5	4	1.0
	Team Total	25.6		16		31.0	15	212	2	38	0	0	36	27	132	2	75	0
	Opp Total			16		55							26	11

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
18	Mick Luckhurst	25	K	16	0							43	17	94
31	William Andrews*	28	RB	16	16	7	4				11			66
42	Gerald Riggs	23		14	0	8					8			48
82	Stacey Bailey	23	WR	14	12		6				6			36
81	Billy Johnson*	31	PR	16	1		4	1			5			30
83	Floyd Hodge	24	wr	12	6		4				4			24
85	Alfred Jackson	28		4	4		3				3			18
37	Kenny Johnson	25	RCB	16	16					2	2			12
10	Steve Bartkowski	31	QB	14	14	1					1			6
21	Lynn Cain	28		16	0	1					1			6
88	Arthur Cox	22	TE	16	9		1				1			6
34	Blane Gaison	25		16	0				1		1			6
84	Alfred Jenkins	31	WR	10	10		1				1			6
59	John Rade	23	LLB	16	11				1		1			6
86	Ben Young	23	te	11	6		1				1			6
	Team Total	25.6		16		17	24	1	2	2	46	43	17	370
	Opp Total			16		20	28					44	17	389

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