1987 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-12-0, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marion Campbell (3-12-0)

Points For: 205 (13.7/g) 28th of 28

Points Against: 436 (29.1/g) 28th of 28

Expected W-L: 2.1-12.9

SRS: -13.84 (28th of 28), SOS: 1.56

Offensive Coordinator: Rod Dowhower

Other Notable Asst.: Fred Bruney (Assistant Head Coach), Steve Crosby (Running Backs), Al Groh (Special Teams/Tight Ends), Jim Hanifan (Asst. HC/Offensive Line) and Jimmy Raye (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

VP of Player Personnel: Ken Herock

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +10000

Training Camp: Atlanta Falcons Training Facility (Suwanee, Georgia)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	205	4066	880	4.6	49	17	230	247	501	2768	17	32	5.1	139	333	1298	5	3.9	73	98	807	18
Opp. Stats	436	5907	1070	5.5	27	12	354	243	453	3173	26	15	6.8	164	600	2734	24	4.6	162	92	729	28
Lg Rank Offense	28	28			28	14	28		10	22	20	28	27		28	28	27	18
Lg Rank Defense	28	28			25	22	28		5	18	24	22	28		28	28	28	27

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	48	13	197	134	63	3	30	460	333	127	2	-13.58	-29.75	7.91
2	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Washington Redskins	21	20	18	394	269	125	1	21	335	190	145	3	7.03	-6.63	-0.44
4	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	12	28	13	215	148	67	4	19	361	219	142	3	-18.20	-4.49	2.11
5	Sun	October 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		San Francisco 49ers	17	25	20	238	188	50	2	20	361	122	239	1	-7.27	-1.87	4.21
6	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		Los Angeles Rams	24	20	22	342	296	46	5	21	350	164	186	4	-14.43	1.39	9.06
7	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Houston Oilers	33	37	14	304	183	121	5	24	439	234	205	2	-10.63	-1.75	4.28
8	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		New Orleans Saints	0	38	12	183	128	55	5	29	410	166	244		-20.80	-22.05	4.09
9	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6	@	Cleveland Browns	3	38	13	243	126	117	2	24	365	192	173	1	-15.36	-17.31	0.61
10	Sun	November 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7		Cincinnati Bengals	10	16	13	266	147	119	2	27	416	146	270	2	-4.71	-3.52	3.02
11	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-8	@	Minnesota Vikings	13	24	16	290	194	96	1	18	302	169	133	1	-3.58	-0.90	-4.58
12	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9		St. Louis Cardinals	21	34	18	267	147	120	4	24	476	363	113	2	-8.46	-10.32	9.81
13	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-9	@	Dallas Cowboys	21	10	18	364	253	111	4	24	354	263	91	3	2.52	5.14	-0.46
14	Sun	December 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-10	@	Los Angeles Rams	0	33	13	269	210	59	2	28	494	256	238		-14.12	-20.96	5.63
15	Sun	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-11	@	San Francisco 49ers	7	35	13	216	165	51	4	26	461	206	255	1	-18.79	-16.10	1.25
16	Sun	December 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-12		Detroit Lions	13	30	14	278	180	98	5	19	323	150	173	2	-21.81	7.13	-1.15

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Scott Campbell	25	QB	12	9	2-7-0	136	260	52.3	1728	11	4.2	14	5.4	71	40.0	44	6.6	5.1	12.7	144.0	65.0	25	178	8.77	5.44	4.0	1	1
2	Erik Kramer	23	QB	3	2	1-1-0	45	92	48.9	559	4	4.3	5	5.4	27	36.3	33	6.1	4.5	12.4	186.3	60.0	10	82	9.80	4.68	3.3	1	1
3	Chris Miller	22	QB	3	2	0-2-0	39	92	42.4	552	1	1.1	9	9.8	26	33.0	57	6.0	1.8	14.2	184.0	26.4	5	37	5.15	5.31	1.3	0	0
4	Jeff Van Raaphorst	24	QB	2	1	0-1-0	18	34	52.9	174	1	2.9	2	5.9	0		24	5.1	3.1	9.7	87.0	52.8	3	19	8.11	4.19	2.3	0	0
5	David Archer	25	QB	9	1	0-1-0	9	23	39.1	95	0	0.0	2	8.7	5	23.1	33	4.1	0.2	10.6	10.6	15.7	3	24	11.54	2.73	-0.7	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	3-12-0	247	501	49.3	2768	17	3.4	32	6.4	129	34.6	57	6.2	4.0	12.6	184.5	53.7	46	340	8.41	5.06	3.05	2	2

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Gerald Riggs	27	RB	12	12	203	875	2	42	53.2	44	4.3	72.9	16.9	36	25	199	8.0	0	7	50.0	48	2.1	16.6	69.4	5.5	228	4.7	1074	2	4	PB
2	Floyd Dixon	23	WR	12	12	3	-3	0	1	33.3	7	-1.0	-0.3	0.3	73	36	600	16.7	5	25	43.8	51	3.0	50.0	49.3	8.2	39	15.3	597	5	0
3	Aubrey Matthews	25	WR	12	6	1	-4	0	0	0.0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	75	32	537	16.8	3	24	38.7	57	2.7	44.8	42.7	7.2	33	16.2	533	3	2
4	Stacey Bailey	27	WR	7	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	36	20	325	16.3	3	14	52.8	35	2.9	46.4	55.6	9.0	20	16.3	325	3	1
5	John Settle	22	RB	9	1	19	72	0	3	36.8	12	3.8	8.0	2.1	22	11	153	13.9	0	8	50.0	36	1.2	17.0	50.0	7.0	30	7.5	225	0	2
6	Milton Barney	24	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	17	10	175	17.5	2	9	58.8	32	3.3	58.3	58.8	10.3	10	17.5	175	2	1
7	Lenny Taylor	26	WR	3	2	1	-13	0	0	0.0	-13	-13.0	-4.3	0.3	28	12	171	14.3	1	8	35.7	28	4.0	57.0	42.9	6.1	13	12.2	158	1	0
8	Ken Whisenhunt	25	TE	7	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	17	145	8.5	1	6	52.0	26	2.4	20.7	68.0	5.8	17	8.5	145	1	1
9	Sylvester Byrd	24	TE	3	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	7	125	17.9	0	5	42.9	33	2.3	41.7	50.0	8.9	7	17.9	125	0	0
10	Rick Badanjek	25	RB	2	2	29	87	1	6	48.3	31	3.0	43.5	14.5	7	6	35	5.8	0	2	57.1	16	3.0	17.5	85.7	5.0	35	3.5	122	1	1
11	Michael Williams	26	RB	3	1	14	49	0	1	42.9	9	3.5	16.3	4.7	13	9	70	7.8	0	5	61.5	15	3.0	23.3	69.2	5.4	23	5.2	119	0	0
12	Kenny Flowers	23	RB	8	1	14	61	0	3	50.0	14	4.4	7.6	1.8	9	7	50	7.1	0	3	33.3	24	0.9	6.3	77.8	5.6	21	5.3	111	0	1
13	Charlie Brown	29	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	5	103	20.6	0	4	35.7	23	0.8	17.2	35.7	7.4	5	20.6	103	0	0
14	Scott Campbell	25	QB	12	9	21	102	2	8	52.4	24	4.9	8.5	1.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			21	4.9	102	2	4
15	Arthur Cox	26	TE	12	10	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	21	11	101	9.2	0	4	47.6	19	0.9	8.4	52.4	4.8	11	9.2	101	0	2
16	Billy Johnson	35	WR	12	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	8	84	10.5	0	4	37.5	19	0.7	7.0	50.0	5.3	8	10.5	84	0	2
17	John Kamana	26	RB	2	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	7	51	7.3	1	3	45.5	15	3.5	25.5	63.6	4.6	7	7.3	51	1	1
18	Norm Granger	26	RB	3	1	6	12	0	1	16.7	6	2.0	4.0	2.0	3	2	34	17.0	0	1	66.7	26	0.7	11.3	66.7	11.3	8	5.8	46	0	1
19	Sylvester Stamps	26	KR	7	0	1	6	0	0	0.0	6	6.0	0.9	0.1	10	4	40	10.0	0	2	30.0	19	0.6	5.7	40.0	4.0	5	9.2	46	0	1
20	Leon Gonzalez	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	3	40	13.3	0	1	12.5	22	1.5	20.0	37.5	5.0	3	13.3	40	0	0
21	Larry Emery	23	RB	5	0	1	5	0	0	0.0	5	5.0	1.0	0.2	6	5	31	6.2	0	1	50.0	13	1.0	6.2	83.3	5.2	6	6.0	36	0	0
22	Joe McIntosh	25	RB	2	0	5	11	0	3	60.0	5	2.2	5.5	2.5	4	3	15	5.0	1	2	75.0	9	1.5	7.5	75.0	3.8	8	3.3	26	1	0
23	Chris Miller	22	QB	3	2	4	21	0	1	25.0	11	5.3	7.0	1.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	5.3	21	0	0
24	Erik Kramer	23	QB	3	2	2	10	0	1	50.0	11	5.0	3.3	0.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	5.0	10	0	0
25	David Archer	25	QB	9	1	2	8	0	0	50.0	7	4.0	0.9	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	4.0	8	0	0
26	Jerry Butler	26	RB	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	3	2	7	3.5	0	0	0.0	4	2.0	7.0	66.7	2.3	3	2.7	8	0	0
27	John Evans	23	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	8	8.0	0	0	0.0	8	1.0	8.0	33.3	2.7	1	8.0	8	0	0
28	Dan Sharp	25	TE	9	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	6	3.0	0	0	0.0	5	0.2	0.7	66.7	2.0	2	3.0	6	0	0
29	Jeff Van Raaphorst	24	QB	2	1	1	6	0	0	0.0	6	6.0	3.0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	6.0	6	0	1
30	Darryl Oliver	23	RB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.5	1	1	2	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	0.5	1.0	100.0	2.0	2	1.0	2	0	0
31	Ron Middleton	22	TE	12	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	1	1	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0.1	0.1	16.7	0.2	1	1.0	1	0	0
32	Steve Griffin	23	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
33	Kwante Hampton	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
34	James Shibest	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
35	Geno Zimmerlink	24	TE	3	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
36	Steve Griffin	24	RB	4	0	1	-2	0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-0.5	0.3	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
37	Rick Donnelly	25	P	12	0	3	-6	0	0	0.0		-2.0	-0.5	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-2.0	-6	0	2
	Team Totals			15	15	333	1298	5	70	48.3	44	3.9	86.5	22.2	472	247	3108	12.6	17	138	42.6	57	16.5	207.2	52.3	6.6	580	7.6	4406	22	27

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Bobby Butler	28	LCB	12	12	4	48	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Mike Gann	24	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
3	Robert Moore	23	SS	12	12	2	23	0	18	0	0	2	20	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Gerald Riggs	27	RB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
5	Scott Case	25	RCB	11	11	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	52	52	0	0
6	John Rade	27	RILB	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
7	Arthur Cox	26	TE	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Scott Campbell	25	QB	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Tony Casillas	24	NT	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	72	72	0	0
10	Rick Bryan	25	RDE	9	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
11	Tim Gordon	22	FS	11	8	2	28	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Ken Whisenhunt	25	TE	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Stacey Bailey	27	WR	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Greg Brown	30	LDE	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
15	Aubrey Matthews	25	WR	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Tim Green	24	LOLB	9	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	35	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
17	Dennis Harrison	31	RDE	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
18	Jessie Tuggle	22	LB	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	35	35	0	0
19	Milton Barney	24	WR	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Gary Moss	23	DB	3	3	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Pat Saindon	26	G	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Rick Badanjek	25	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Charles Huff	24	DB	3	2	2	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Buddy Moor	29	DE	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
25	Dwaine Morris	24	NT	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
26	Mark Studaway	27	DE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
27	Leon Thomasson	24	DB	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Emanuel Weaver	27	NT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Aaron Brown	31	LB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	David Croudip	28	DB	12	1	2	40	0	40	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Kenny Flowers	23	RB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Norm Granger	26	RB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Billy Johnson	35	WR	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	John Kamana	26	RB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	John Settle	22	RB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Jeff Van Raaphorst	24	QB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Brenard Wilson	32	DB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
38	James Britt	27	DB	12	0	1	-1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
39	Rick Donnelly	25	P	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
40	Elbert Shelley	23	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
41	Sylvester Stamps	26	KR	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			15	15	15	182	0	40	6	27	21	57	1	17.0	162	162	0	0

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