1984 Atlanta Falcons

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

Scored 281 points (17.6/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 382 points (23.9/g), 22nd.
Differential of -101 points (-6.3/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 5.2-10.8.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 23rd.

Simple Rating System: Total -6.6, Offense: -3.7, Defense: -2.9, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Dan Henning (4-12-0)
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	281	5044	1034	4.9	292	294	478	3050	14	20	5.6	151	489	1994	16	4.1	123	41	21	18
Team Defense	382	5279	1019	5.2	317	262	443	3126	27	12	6.5	162	538	2153	16	4.0	131	32	20	24
Lg Rank Offense	22	19			21		22	20	24	12	19		14	15	12	13		22	28
Lg Rank Defense	22	15			18		3	7	23	27	23		22	21	18	17		20	6

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 2	boxscore	W		1-0	@	New Orleans Saints	36	28	22	422	173	249	3	23	268	148	120	4
2	Sun	September 9	boxscore	L	OT	1-1		Detroit Lions	24	27	22	380	289	91		28	449	241	208
3	Sun	September 16	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	20	27	13	258	147	111	2	23	414	234	180	1
4	Sun	September 23	boxscore	W		2-2		Houston Oilers	42	10	18	331	193	138	1	20	277	187	90	4
5	Sun	September 30	boxscore	L		2-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	5	14	22	418	257	161	3	17	310	149	161	2
6	Sun	October 7	boxscore	W		3-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	30	28	18	356	209	147	1	17	323	167	156	1
7	Sun	October 14	boxscore	L		3-4		New York Giants	7	19	16	282	179	103	4	16	337	247	90	1
8	Mon	October 22	boxscore	L		3-5		Los Angeles Rams	10	24	11	224	138	86	3	16	302	113	189	3
9	Sun	October 28	boxscore	L		3-6	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	35	15	296	193	103	3	17	314	141	173	3
10	Mon	November 5	boxscore	L		3-7	@	Washington Redskins	14	27	16	272	124	148	3	24	255	129	126	2
11	Sun	November 11	boxscore	L		3-8		New Orleans Saints	13	17	20	280	160	120	1	17	322	235	87	1
12	Sun	November 18	boxscore	L		3-9		Cleveland Browns	7	23	18	210	139	71	4	17	330	217	113	2
13	Sun	November 25	boxscore	L		3-10	@	Cincinnati Bengals	14	35	19	314	197	117	3	26	392	271	121	1
14	Sun	December 2	boxscore	L		3-11		San Francisco 49ers	17	35	23	414	261	153	6	15	290	147	143	3
15	Sun	December 9	boxscore	L		3-12	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	23	15	274	204	70	2	21	335	192	143
16	Sun	December 16	boxscore	W		4-12		Philadelphia Eagles	26	10	24	313	187	126	2	20	361	308	53	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	32	QB	11	11	3-8-0	181	269	67.3	2158	11	4.1	10	3.7	61	8.0	7.2	11.9	196.2	89.7	40	300	6.0	5.3	12.9	1	1
15	Mike Moroski	27	qb	16	5	1-4-0	102	191	53.4	1207	2	1.0	9	4.7	48	6.3	4.4	11.8	75.4	56.8	20	151	5.0	3.3	9.5
16	David Archer	22		2	0		11	18	61.1	181	1	5.6	1	5.6	34	10.1	8.7	16.5	90.5	90.3	7	45	5.4	4.4	28.0
	Team Total	25.6		16		4-12-0	294	478	61.5	3546	14	2.9	20	4.2	61	7.4	6.1	12.1	221.6	76.6	67	496	5.6	4.5	12.3	1	1
	Opp Total			16			262	443	59.1	3413	27	6.1	12	2.7		7.7	7.7	13.0	213.3	92.5	38	287	6.5	6.5	7.9

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
42	Gerald Riggs	24	RB	15	14	353	1486	13	57	4.2	99.1	23.5	42	277	6.6	0	21	2.8	18.5	1763	13	11
21	Lynn Cain	29		15	2	77	276	3	31	3.6	18.4	5.1	12	87	7.3	0	18	0.8	5.8	363	3	2
15	Mike Moroski	27	qb	16	5	21	98	0	17	4.7	6.1	1.3								98	0	6
10	Steve Bartkowski	32	QB	11	11	15	34	0	8	2.3	3.1	1.4								34	0	7
16	David Archer	22		2	0	6	38	0	12	6.3	19.0	3.0								38	0	1
39	Cliff Austin	24		15	0	4	7	0	3	1.8	0.5	0.3								7	0	0
87	Cliff Benson	23	TE	16	16	3	8	0	6	2.7	0.5	0.2	26	244	9.4	0	30	1.6	15.3	252	0	0
81	Billy Johnson	32	PR	6	0	3	8	0	11	2.7	1.3	0.5	24	371	15.5	3	45	4.0	61.8	379	3	1
84	Sylvester Stamps	23	KR	10	0	3	15	0	8	5.0	1.5	0.3	4	48	12.0	0	31	0.4	4.8	63	0	2
83	Floyd Hodge	25		12	1	2	17	0	9	8.5	1.4	0.2	24	234	9.8	0	26	2.0	19.5	251	0	1
1	Ralph Giacomarro	23	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	1
27	Tom Pridemore	28	FS	16	16	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.4	0.1								7	0	0
82	Stacey Bailey	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	67	1138	17.0	6	61	4.2	71.1	1138	6	1
85	Alfred Jackson	29	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	52	731	14.1	2	50	3.3	45.7	731	2	0
88	Arthur Cox	23	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	34	329	9.7	3	23	2.1	20.6	329	3	1
80	Mike Landrum	23		15	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	66	11.0	0	30	0.4	4.4	66	0	0
89	William Curran	25		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.5	7	0	2
49	Allama Matthews	23		6	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.2	1.2	7	0	0
86	Perry Tuttle	25		5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.2	1.4	7	0	0
	Team Total	25.6		16		489	1994	16	57	4.1	124.6	30.6	294	3546	12.1	14	61	18.4	221.6	5540	30	39
	Opp Total			16		538	2153	16		4.0	134.6	33.6	262	3126	11.9	27		16.4	195.4	5279	43	36

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
37	Kenny Johnson	26	SS	16	16	10	79	0	14	7.9	19	359	0	27	18.9	438
89	William Curran	25		14	0	9	21	0	10	2.3	11	219	0	42	19.9	247
84	Sylvester Stamps	23	KR	10	0						19	452	0	50	23.8	515
81	Billy Johnson	32	PR	6	0	15	152	0	37	10.1	2	39	0	21	19.5	570
41	Virgil Seay	26		3	0	7	12	0	7	1.7	2	55	0	28	27.5	67
44	Rodney Tate	25		7	0						9	148	0	31	16.4	148
39	Cliff Austin	24		15	0						4	77	0	23	19.3	84
34	Blane Gaison	26		15	0						1	15	0	15	15.0	15
52	Rydell Malancon	22		7	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
49	Allama Matthews	23		6	0						1	3	0	3	3.0	10
32	Tim Tyrrell	23		11	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Total	25.6		16		41	264	0	37	6.4	70	1367	0	50	19.5	7171
	Opp Total			16		42		1			48	1053	0		21.9

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	23	P	16	0																	68	2855	58	2	42.0
18	Mick Luckhurst	26	K	16	0			4	4	10	9	9	4	4	3	27	20	74.1%	31	31	100.0%
	Team Total	25.6		16				4	4	10	9	9	4	4	3	27	20	74.1%	31	31	100.0%	68	2855	58	2	42.0
	Opp Total			16												30	16	53.3%	48	46	95.8%	60	2496			41.6

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	24	LDE	14	13	5.5						0	0	2	0	0	88	0
25	Scott Case	22		16	0												42	0	1
42	Gerald Riggs	24	RB	15	14							0	11	2	0	0
10	Steve Bartkowski	32	QB	11	11							0	7	4	-11	0
37	Kenny Johnson	26	SS	16	16	1.0	5	75	0	28	0	0	2	0	0	0
15	Mike Moroski	27	qb	16	5							0	6	2	0	0
65	Don L. Smith	27	RDE	16	16	6.0						0	0	2	0	0
56	Al Richardson	27	RLB	16	14	3.5						0	0	3	0	0
73	Gary Burley	32	LDT	12	8	5.0
58	David Frye	23	LLB	16	11	2.0						0	0	2	0	0
51	Jeff Jackson	23		16	0	2.0	1	35	1	35	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	Tom Pridemore	28	FS	16	16		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
72	Andrew Provence	23		16	3	2.5						0	0	1	0	0
23	Bobby Butler	25	LCB	15	15		2	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	10	0
89	William Curran	25		14	0							0	2	1	0	0
54	Fulton Kuykendall	31		16	0	1.0						0	0	2	9	0
32	Tim Tyrrell	23		11	0							0	0	3	0	0
53	Thomas Benson	23		16	0	2.0
77	Rick Bryan	22	RDT	16	16	2.0													1
21	Lynn Cain	29		15	2							0	2	0	0	0
1	Ralph Giacomarro	23	P	16	0							0	1	1	0	0
75	Roy Harris	23		15	0	1.0						0	0	1	0	0
84	Sylvester Stamps	23	KR	10	0							0	2	0	0	0
44	Rodney Tate	25		7	0							0	1	1	0	0
79	Jeff Yeates	33		8	0	2.0
50	Buddy Curry	26	MLB	16	16	0.5						0	0	1	4	0
16	David Archer	22		2	0							0	1	0	0	0
82	Stacey Bailey	24	WR	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
69	Dan Benish	23	ldt	15	8	1.0
26	James Britt	24	RCB	16	16		1	10	0	10	0
88	Arthur Cox	23	TE	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
34	Blane Gaison	26		15	0							0	0	1	0	0
83	Floyd Hodge	25		12	1							0	1	0	0	0
85	Alfred Jackson	29	WR	16	15							0	0	1	0	0
81	Billy Johnson	32	PR	6	0							0	1	0	0	0
80	Mike Landrum	23		15	0							0	0	1	0	0
59	John Rade	24	llb	7	7							0	0	1	0	0
61	John Scully	26	RG	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
48	Gerald Small	28		16	1		1	2	0	2	0
68	R.C. Thielemann	29	LG	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	25.6		16		37.0	12	147	1	35	0	0	39	38	12	0	130	0	2
	Opp Total			16		67							36	16

Scoring Summary

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
18	Mick Luckhurst	26	K	16	0						31	20		91
42	Gerald Riggs	24	RB	15	14	13				13				78
82	Stacey Bailey	24	WR	16	16		6			6				36
21	Lynn Cain	29		15	2	3				3				18
88	Arthur Cox	23	TE	16	16		3			3				18
81	Billy Johnson	32	PR	6	0		3			3				18
85	Alfred Jackson	29	WR	16	15		2			2				12
51	Jeff Jackson	23		16	0				1	1				6
77	Rick Bryan	22	RDT	16	16								1	2
25	Scott Case	22		16	0								1	2
	Team Total	25.6		16		16	14		1	31	31	20	2	281
	Opp Total			16		16	27	1			46	16		382

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