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1987 Atlanta Falcons

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Record: 3-12-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 205 points (13.7/g), 28th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 436 points (29.1/g), 28th.
 Differential of -231 points (-15.4/g), 28th.
 Expected W-L: 2.1-12.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -22 (-1.5/g), 28th.

Coached by Marion Campbell (3-12-0)

1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 box L 0-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 48 13 197 134 63 3 30 460 333 127 2
2 Sun September 20 box W 1-1 Washington Redskins 21 20 18 394 269 125 1 21 335 190 145 3
3 Sun October 4 box L 1-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 12 28 13 215 148 67 4 19 361 219 142 3
4 Sun October 11 box L 1-3 San Francisco 49ers 17 25 20 238 188 50 2 20 361 122 239 1
5 Sun October 18 box W 2-3 Los Angeles Rams 24 20 22 342 296 46 5 21 350 164 186 4
6 Sun October 25 box L 2-4 @ Houston Oilers 33 37 14 304 183 121 5 24 439 234 205 2
7 Sun November 1 box L 2-5 New Orleans Saints 0 38 12 183 128 55 5 29 410 166 244
8 Sun November 8 box L 2-6 @ Cleveland Browns 3 38 13 243 126 117 2 24 365 192 173 1
9 Sun November 15 box L 2-7 Cincinnati Bengals 10 16 13 266 147 119 2 27 416 146 270 2
10 Sun November 22 box L 2-8 @ Minnesota Vikings 13 24 16 290 194 96 1 18 302 169 133 1
11 Sun November 29 box L 2-9 St. Louis Cardinals 21 34 18 267 147 120 4 24 476 363 113 2
12 Sun December 6 box W 3-9 @ Dallas Cowboys 21 10 18 364 253 111 4 24 354 263 91 3
13 Sun December 13 box L 3-10 @ Los Angeles Rams 0 33 13 269 210 59 2 28 494 256 238
14 Sun December 20 box L 3-11 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 35 13 216 165 51 4 26 461 206 255 1
15 Sun December 27 box L 3-12 Detroit Lions 13 30 14 278 180 98 5 19 323 150 173 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 205 4066 880 4.6 230 247 501 2768 17 32 5.1 139 333 1298 5 3.9 73 49 17 18
Team Defense 436 5907 1070 5.5 546 243 453 3173 26 15 6.8 164 600 2734 24 4.6 354 27 12 28
Lg Rank Offense 28 28 28 10 22 20 28 26 28 28 27 18 28 14
Lg Rank Defense 28 28 27 5 18 24 22 28 28 28 28 27 25 22

Passing

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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%
Scott Campbell 25 QB 12 9 2-7-0 136 260 52.3 1728 11 4.2 14 5.4 44 6.6 4.6 12.7 144.0 65.0 25 178 5.4 3.6 8.8
Erik Kramer 23 3 2 1-1-0 45 92 48.9 559 4 4.3 5 5.4 33 6.1 4.1 12.4 186.3 60.0 10 82 4.7 2.9 9.8
Chris Miller 22 3 2 0-2-0 39 92 42.4 552 1 1.1 9 9.8 57 6.0 1.7 14.2 184.0 26.4 5 37 5.3 1.2 5.2
Jeff Van Raaphorst 24 2 1 0-1-0 18 34 52.9 174 1 2.9 2 5.9 24 5.1 2.8 9.7 87.0 52.8 3 19 4.2 2.0 8.1
David Archer 25 9 1 0-1-0 9 23 39.1 95 0 0.0 2 8.7 33 4.1 0.2 10.6 10.6 15.7 3 24 2.7 -0.7 11.5
Team Total 25.6 15 3-12-0 247 501 49.3 3108 17 3.4 32 6.4 57 6.2 3.7 12.6 259.0 53.7 46 340 5.1 2.7 8.4
Opp Total 15 243 453 53.6 3173 26 5.7 15 3.3 7.0 6.1 13.1 211.5 81.3 17 118 6.8 5.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Gerald Riggs* 27 RB 12 12 203 875 2 44 4.3 72.9 16.9 25 199 8.0 0 48 2.1 16.6 1074 2 4
Rick Badanjek 25 2 2 29 87 1 31 3.0 43.5 14.5 6 35 5.8 0 16 3.0 17.5 122 1 1
Scott Campbell 25 QB 12 9 21 102 2 24 4.9 8.5 1.8 102 2 4
John Settle 22 9 1 19 72 0 12 3.8 8.0 2.1 11 153 13.9 0 36 1.2 17.0 225 0 2
Michael Williams 26 3 1 14 49 0 9 3.5 16.3 4.7 9 70 7.8 0 15 3.0 23.3 119 0 0
Kenny Flowers 23 8 1 14 61 0 14 4.4 7.6 1.8 7 50 7.1 0 24 0.9 6.3 111 0 1
Norm Granger 26 3 1 6 12 0 6 2.0 4.0 2.0 2 34 17.0 0 26 0.7 11.3 46 0 1
Joe McIntosh 25 2 0 5 11 0 5 2.2 5.5 2.5 3 15 5.0 1 9 1.5 7.5 26 1 0
Chris Miller 22 3 2 4 21 0 11 5.3 7.0 1.3 21 0 0
Floyd Dixon 23 WR 12 12 3 -3 0 7 -1.0 -0.3 0.3 36 600 16.7 5 51 3.0 50.0 597 5 0
Rick Donnelly 25 P 12 0 3 -6 0 0 -2.0 -0.5 0.3 -6 0 2
David Archer 25 9 1 2 8 0 7 4.0 0.9 0.2 8 0 0
Erik Kramer 23 3 2 2 10 0 11 5.0 3.3 0.7 10 0 0
Aubrey Matthews 25 wr 12 6 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 32 537 16.8 3 57 2.7 44.8 533 3 2
Lenny Taylor 26 3 2 1 -13 0 -13 -13.0 -4.3 0.3 12 171 14.3 1 28 4.0 57.0 158 1 0
Larry Emery 23 5 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 1.0 0.2 5 31 6.2 0 13 1.0 6.2 36 0 0
Sylvester Stamps 26 RET 7 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.9 0.1 4 40 10.0 0 19 0.6 5.7 46 0 1
Jerry K. Butler 26 1 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 2 7 3.5 0 4 2.0 7.0 8 0 0
Darryl Oliver 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.5 1.0 2 0 0
Steve B. Griffin 24 4 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.5 0.3 -2 0 0
Jeff Van Raaphorst 24 2 1 1 6 0 6 6.0 3.0 0.5 6 0 1
Stacey Bailey 27 WR 7 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 325 16.3 3 35 2.9 46.4 325 3 1
Ken Whisenhunt 25 TE 7 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 145 8.5 1 26 2.4 20.7 145 1 1
Arthur Cox 26 TE 12 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 101 9.2 0 19 0.9 8.4 101 0 2
Milton Barney 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 175 17.5 2 32 3.3 58.3 175 2 1
Billy Johnson 35 RET 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 84 10.5 0 19 0.7 7.0 84 0 2
Sylvester Byrd 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 125 17.9 0 33 2.3 41.7 125 0 0
John Kamana 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 51 7.3 1 15 3.5 25.5 51 1 1
Charlie Brown 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 103 20.6 0 23 0.8 17.2 103 0 0
Leon Gonzalez 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 40 13.3 0 22 1.5 20.0 40 0 0
Dan Sharp 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 6 3.0 0 5 0.2 0.7 6 0 0
John Evans 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 1.0 8.0 8 0 0
Ron Middleton 22 12 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Team Total 25.6 15 333 1298 5 44 3.9 108.2 27.8 247 3108 12.6 17 57 20.6 259.0 4406 22 27
Opp Total 15 600 2734 24 4.6 182.3 40.0 243 3173 13.1 26 16.2 211.5 5907 50 18

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Sylvester Stamps 26 RET 7 0 24 660 1 97 27.5 706
Larry Emery 23 5 0 21 440 0 66 21.0 476
Billy Johnson 35 RET 12 1 21 168 0 45 8.0 252
John Settle 22 9 1 10 158 0 22 15.8 383
Milton Barney 24 3 3 5 28 0 11 5.6 203
Darryl Oliver 23 2 0 5 90 0 28 18.0 92
Kenny Flowers 23 8 1 4 72 0 20 18.0 183
Gary Moss 23 3 3 3 15 0 11 5.0 1 23 0 23 23.0 38
Jerry K. Butler 26 1 0 2 10 0 9 5.0 1 13 0 13 13.0 31
Joe McIntosh 25 2 0 3 108 0 71 36.0 134
Rick Badanjek 25 2 2 2 27 0 16 13.5 149
Major Everett 27 7 0 2 33 0 18 16.5 33
Michael Williams 26 3 1 2 15 0 15 7.5 134
Arthur Cox 26 TE 12 10 1 11 0 11 11.0 112
David Croudip 29 12 2 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Steve B. Griffin 24 4 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 19
Dan Sharp 25 9 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 17
Team Total 25.6 15 31 221 0 45 7.1 79 1700 1 97 21.5 6327
Opp Total 15 48 1 44 915 1 20.8

Kicking & Punting

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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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Rick Donnelly 25 P 12 0 61 2686 62 2 44.0
Mick Luckhurst 29 K 12 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 3 4 2 13 9 69.2% 17 17 100.0% 1 37 37 0 37.0
Greg Davis 22 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 75.0% 6 6 100.0% 6 191 55 0 31.8
Louis Berry 22 2 0 7 258 51 0 36.9
John Starnes 25 1 0 6 203 49 0 33.8
Team Total 25.6 15 1 1 2 2 3 3 7 4 4 2 17 12 70.6% 23 23 100.0% 81 3375 62 2 41.7
Opp Total 15 30 19 63.3% 54 51 94.4% 60 2382 39.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Scott Campbell 25 QB 12 9 4 2 0 0
Gerald Riggs* 27 RB 12 12 4 1 0 0
Bobby Butler 28 LCB 12 12 4 48 0 31
Buddy Moor 29 3 1 4.0
Robert Moore 23 SS 12 12 2 23 0 18 0 2 20 1
Rick Bryan 25 RDE 9 9 2.5 0 1 0 0
Tony Casillas 24 NT 9 9 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 72
Rick Donnelly 25 P 12 0 2 1 -4 0
Tim Gordon 22 FS 11 8 2 28 0 27 0 1 0 0
Tim Green 24 LOLB 9 5 1.0 0 2 35 0
Aubrey Matthews 25 wr 12 6 2 1 0 0
John Settle 22 9 1 2 1 0 0
Greg Brown 30 lde 12 5 2.0
Arthur Cox 26 TE 12 10 2 0 0 0
David Croudip 29 12 2 2 40 0 40
Kenny Flowers 23 8 1 1 1 0 0
Charles Huff 24 3 2 2 14 0 14
Billy Johnson 35 RET 12 1 2 0 0 0
Sylvester Stamps 26 RET 7 0 1 1 0 0
Ken Whisenhunt 25 TE 7 7 1 1 0 0
Dennis Harrison 31 rde 11 5 1.5
Rick Badanjek 25 2 2 1 0 0 0
Stacey Bailey 27 WR 7 6 1 0 0 0
Milton Barney 24 3 3 1 0 0 0
James Britt 27 12 0 1 -1 0 -1
Aaron C. Brown 31 6 1 0 1 0 0
Scott Case 25 RCB 11 10 1 12 0 12 52
Mike Gann 24 LDE 12 12 1.0
Norm Granger 26 3 1 1 0 0 0
John Kamana 26 2 1 1 0 0 0
Gary Moss 23 3 3 1 18 0 18
John Rade 27 RILB 11 11 1.0
Pat Saindon 26 3 3 0 1 6 0
Leon Thomasson 24 3 2 0 1 0 0
Jessie Tuggle 22 12 4 1.0 35
Jeff Van Raaphorst 24 2 1 1 0 0 0
Emanuel Weaver 27 2 2 0 1 0 0
Brenard Wilson 32 8 1 0 1 0 0
Dwaine Morris 24 3 2 0.5
Mark Studaway 27 2 2 0.5
Team Total 25.6 15 17.0 15 182 0 40 1 27 21 57 1 162
Opp Total 15 46 18 6 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Mick Luckhurst 29 K 12 0 17 9 44
Floyd Dixon 23 WR 12 12 5 30
Stacey Bailey 27 WR 7 6 3 18
Aubrey Matthews 25 wr 12 6 3 18
Greg Davis 22 3 0 6 3 15
Milton Barney 24 3 3 2 12
Scott Campbell 25 QB 12 9 2 12
Gerald Riggs* 27 RB 12 12 2 12
Rick Badanjek 25 2 2 1 6