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1986 Atlanta Falcons
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Record: 7-8-1, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 280 points (17.5/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 280 points (17.5/g), 6th.
Differential of 0 points (0.0/g), 16th.
Expected W-L: 8.0-8.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 12th.
Coached by Dan Henning (7-8-1)
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1986 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 7 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 31 | 10 | 28 | 442 | 197 | 245 | 2 | 14 | 176 | 101 | 75 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | 2-0 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 13 | 23 | 342 | 152 | 190 | 15 | 265 | 159 | 106 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | 3-0 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 37 | 35 | 26 | 420 | 233 | 187 | 1 | 22 | 415 | 263 | 152 | 4 |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 4-0 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 23 | 20 | 28 | 490 | 241 | 249 | 2 | 18 | 322 | 147 | 175 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | L | 4-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 0 | 16 | 15 | 228 | 173 | 55 | 3 | 15 | 309 | 212 | 97 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 5-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 26 | 14 | 16 | 275 | 108 | 167 | 2 | 19 | 290 | 184 | 106 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | T | 5-1-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 10 | 21 | 356 | 139 | 217 | 5 | 17 | 254 | 139 | 115 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | L | 5-2-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 14 | 8 | 151 | 55 | 96 | 3 | 18 | 335 | 101 | 234 | 5 |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | L | 5-3-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 17 | 25 | 21 | 366 | 148 | 218 | 1 | 16 | 349 | 263 | 86 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | L | 5-4-1 | New York Jets | 14 | 28 | 23 | 393 | 305 | 88 | 2 | 22 | 426 | 322 | 104 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | L | 5-5-1 | Chicago Bears | 10 | 13 | 11 | 159 | 41 | 118 | 3 | 15 | 368 | 203 | 165 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 5-6-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 20 | 12 | 229 | 154 | 75 | 1 | 21 | 365 | 210 | 155 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | 6-6-1 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 20 | 14 | 13 | 362 | 143 | 219 | 1 | 16 | 375 | 303 | 72 | 4 |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 6-7-1 | Indianapolis Colts | 23 | 28 | 25 | 408 | 189 | 219 | 3 | 14 | 225 | 151 | 74 | 3 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | L | 6-8-1 | New Orleans Saints | 9 | 14 | 18 | 247 | 185 | 62 | 3 | 14 | 241 | 161 | 80 | 1 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | W | 7-8-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 20 | 6 | 17 | 238 | 119 | 119 | 1 | 12 | 193 | 73 | 120 | 4 |
Team Stats and Rankings
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 280 | 5106 | 1086 | 4.7 | 305 | 246 | 452 | 2582 | 14 | 17 | 5.1 | 137 | 578 | 2524 | 12 | 4.4 | 149 | 33 | 16 | 19 |
| Team Defense | 280 | 4908 | 964 | 5.1 | 425 | 241 | 453 | 2992 | 19 | 22 | 6.2 | 139 | 485 | 1916 | 10 | 4.0 | 268 | 36 | 14 | 18 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 21 | 17 | 12 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 13 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 17 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Archer | 24 | QB | 11 | 11 | 150 | 294 | 51.0 | 2007 | 10 | 3.4 | 9 | 3.1 | 65 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 13.4 | 182.5 | 71.6 | 34 | 249 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 10.4 |
| Turk Schonert | 29 | qb | 8 | 5 | 95 | 154 | 61.7 | 1032 | 4 | 2.6 | 8 | 5.2 | 41 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 10.9 | 129.0 | 68.4 | 21 | 206 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 12.0 |
| Scott Campbell | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 42.4 | 1 | 9 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 25.0 | |
| Gerald Riggs* | 26 | RB | 16 | 15 | 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 | 26.1 | 16 | 246 | 452 | 54.4 | 3046 | 14 | 3.1 | 17 | 3.8 | 65 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 12.4 | 190.4 | 70.2 | 56 | 464 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 11.0 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 241 | 453 | 53.2 | 2992 | 19 | 4.2 | 22 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 12.4 | 187.0 | 67.7 | 26 | 177 | 6.2 | 4.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Gerald Riggs* | 26 | RB | 16 | 15 | 343 | 1327 | 9 | 31 | 3.9 | 82.9 | 21.4 | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 0 | 11 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 1463 | 9 | 6 |
| Cliff Austin | 26 | 15 | 1 | 62 | 280 | 1 | 22 | 4.5 | 18.7 | 4.1 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 301 | 1 | 1 | |
| William Andrews | 31 | 15 | 0 | 52 | 214 | 1 | 13 | 4.1 | 14.3 | 3.5 | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 14 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 249 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Archer | 24 | QB | 11 | 11 | 52 | 298 | 0 | 22 | 5.7 | 27.1 | 4.7 | 298 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 30 | 220 | 0 | 48 | 7.3 | 15.7 | 2.1 | 20 | 221 | 11.1 | 1 | 39 | 1.4 | 15.8 | 441 | 1 | 4 |
| Floyd Dixon | 22 | WR | 16 | 12 | 11 | 67 | 0 | 23 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 42 | 617 | 14.7 | 2 | 65 | 2.6 | 38.6 | 684 | 2 | 3 |
| Turk Schonert | 29 | qb | 8 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 12 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Billy Johnson | 34 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | 27 | 1.5 | 14.3 | 82 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Williams | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12 | 164 | 13.7 | 1 | 32 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 182 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bret Clark | 25 | FS | 16 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ken Whisenhunt | 24 | TE | 16 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 20 | 184 | 9.2 | 3 | 23 | 1.3 | 11.5 | 204 | 3 | 0 |
| Joey Jones | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 7 | 141 | 20.1 | 0 | 41 | 0.6 | 12.8 | 148 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stacey Bailey | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 21 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aubrey Matthews | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scott Campbell | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie Brown | 28 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 63 | 918 | 14.6 | 4 | 42 | 3.9 | 57.4 | 918 | 4 | 1 | |
| Arthur Cox | 25 | TE | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 301 | 12.5 | 1 | 49 | 1.5 | 18.8 | 301 | 1 | 1 | |
| Anthony Allen | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 156 | 15.6 | 2 | 32 | 2.0 | 31.2 | 156 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ron Middleton | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 8 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 578 | 2524 | 12 | 48 | 4.4 | 157.8 | 36.1 | 246 | 3046 | 12.4 | 14 | 65 | 15.4 | 190.4 | 5570 | 26 | 31 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 485 | 1916 | 10 | 4.0 | 119.8 | 30.3 | 241 | 2992 | 12.4 | 19 | 15.1 | 187.0 | 4908 | 29 | 30 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Floyd Dixon | 22 | WR | 16 | 12 | 26 | 151 | 0 | 16 | 5.8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 848 |
| Sylvester Stamps | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 24 | 514 | 0 | 35 | 21.4 | 963 |
| Keith Williams | 22 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 255 | 0 | 32 | 18.2 | 437 | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 34 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 87 | 0 | 30 | 10.9 | 169 | ||||||
| Cliff Austin | 26 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 120 | 0 | 25 | 17.1 | 421 | ||||||
| Joey Jones | 24 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 5.1 | 184 | ||||||
| William Andrews | 31 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 22 | 17.8 | 320 | ||||||
| Aubrey Matthews | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 20 | 14.0 | 79 | ||||||
| Anthony Allen | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 5.0 | 166 | ||||||
| David Croudip | 28 | lcb | 15 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 44 | 292 | 0 | 30 | 6.6 | 54 | 1035 | 0 | 35 | 19.2 | 6897 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 47 | 3 | 59 | 1190 | 0 | 20.2 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Rick Donnelly | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 78 | 3421 | 71 | 1 | 43.9 | |||||||||||||
| Mick Luckhurst | 28 | K | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 58.3% | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Ali Haji-Sheikh | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 75.0% | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | |||||||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 63.9% | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | 78 | 3421 | 71 | 1 | 43.9 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 26 | 15 | 57.7% | 34 | 31 | 91.2% | 83 | 3436 | 41.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| David Archer | 24 | QB | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Gann | 23 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 5.5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bret Clark | 25 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 5 | 94 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Pitts | 26 | 16 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||
| Rick Bryan | 24 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Riggs* | 26 | RB | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Turk Schonert | 29 | qb | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | -2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Dixon | 22 | WR | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scott Case | 24 | RCB | 16 | 15 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 69 | |||||||||
| Arthur Cox | 25 | TE | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Allen | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Austin | 26 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Britt | 26 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tony Casillas | 23 | NT | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 111 | |||||||
| Wendell Cason | 23 | ss | 16 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Costello | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Croudip | 28 | lcb | 15 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Buddy Curry | 28 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Harrison | 30 | 11 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Moore | 22 | SS | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Rade | 26 | RILB | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Scully | 28 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Wilkes | 30 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Joel Williams | 30 | ROLB | 15 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Woodberry | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William Andrews | 31 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Brown | 28 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Butler | 27 | LCB | 7 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Jamie Dukes | 22 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Brett Miller | 28 | RT | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Radloff | 25 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Keith Williams | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 25.0 | 22 | 294 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 31 | 29 | 99 | 2 | 214 | 1 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 56 | 30 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mick Luckhurst | 28 | K | 10 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 63 | |||||||||
| Gerald Riggs* | 26 | RB | 16 | 15 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Ali Haji-Sheikh | 25 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Brown | 28 | WR | 16 | 15 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ken Whisenhunt | 24 | TE | 16 | 14 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Allen | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Dixon | 22 | WR | 16 | 12 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| William Andrews | 31 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Austin | 26 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| James Britt | 26 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Butler | 27 | LCB | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Cox | 25 | TE | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mike Pitts | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Turk Schonert | 29 | qb | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | 25 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Joel Williams | 30 | ROLB | 15 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Keith Williams | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mike Gann | 23 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Rick Donnelly | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 280 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 280 |