1989 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-13-0, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Hanifan (0-4-0) and Marion Campbell (3-9-0)

Points For: 279 (17.4/g) 22nd of 28

Points Against: 437 (27.3/g) 28th of 28

Expected W-L: 4.1-11.9

SRS: -9.09 (26th of 28), SOS: .79

Offensive Coordinator: Rod Dowhower

Other Notable Asst.: Fred Bruney (Assistant Head Coach), Steve Crosby (Running Backs), Foge Fazio (Tight Ends/ST), Jim Hanifan (Offensive Line/Interim HC) and Jimmy Raye (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

VP of Player Personnel: Ken Herock

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +7500; O/U: 6.5

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	279	4669	947	4.9	23	11	261	312	578	3514	17	12	5.6	173	318	1155	11	3.6	75	82	671	13
Opp. Stats	437	6025	1040	5.8	32	12	336	259	437	3554	19	20	7.6	163	572	2471	26	4.3	156	79	682	17
Lg Rank Offense	22	24			1	3	25		5	9	18	2	21		28	28	20	22
Lg Rank Defense	28	28			21	21	26		1	19	11	18	27		28	28	28	25

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 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Los Angeles Rams	21	31	16	314	271	43		21	363	195	168	1	2.96	-7.72	-3.77
2	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Dallas Cowboys	27	21	23	333	243	90		18	349	241	108	3	12.78	-3.62	-4.66
3	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Indianapolis Colts	9	13	11	208	103	105	3	15	214	84	130	1	-17.58	14.37	-3.62
4	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Green Bay Packers	21	23	17	333	258	75	1	27	448	295	153	2	7.00	-3.68	1.78
5	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	14	26	19	353	315	38	1	21	438	273	165	1	0.93	-9.90	-3.32
6	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4		New England Patriots	16	15	14	312	240	72	2	13	241	148	93	4	-12.63	16.20	-1.51
7	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5	@	Phoenix Cardinals	20	34	22	351	240	111	2	21	299	174	125	1	6.66	-16.02	-3.28
8	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6	@	New Orleans Saints	13	20	11	148	91	57	3	17	392	261	131	2	-26.08	2.96	9.65
9	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-6		Buffalo Bills	30	28	20	340	213	127		19	329	211	118	2	8.72	-3.91	-2.35
10	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7	@	San Francisco 49ers	3	45	11	192	119	73	1	30	515	280	235	2	-15.73	-28.50	0.90
11	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8		New Orleans Saints	17	26	15	267	190	77	1	21	354	148	206	4	-0.03	-5.11	-3.99
12	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-9	@	New York Jets	7	27	12	213	147	66	1	24	318	138	180	2	-24.29	-1.52	1.63
13	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-10		San Francisco 49ers	10	23	13	263	226	37	2	23	425	296	129	1	-7.22	-9.72	2.39
14	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-11	@	Minnesota Vikings	17	43	15	255	188	67	3	23	457	237	220	1	-13.90	-14.87	5.24
15	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-12		Washington Redskins	30	31	15	374	346	28	2	26	507	376	131	3	-1.05	-13.29	14.30
16	Sun	December 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-13		Detroit Lions	24	31	27	413	324	89	1	17	376	197	179	2	1.58	-7.06	-0.82

Passing

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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	Chris Miller	24	QB	15	15	3-12-0	280	526	53.2	3459	16	3.0	10	1.9	153	39.7	72	6.6	6.3	12.4	230.6	76.1	41	318	7.23	5.54	5.3	3	3
2	Hugh Millen	26	QB	5	1	0-1-0	31	50	62.0	432	1	2.0	2	4.0	19	40.0	47	8.6	7.2	13.9	86.4	79.7	10	71	16.67	6.02	4.9	0	0
3	Scott Fulhage	28	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	12	12.0	12.0	12.0	0.8	116.7	0	0	0.00	12.00	12.0	0	0
4	Keith Jones	23	RB	14	9		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	3-13-0	312	578	54.0	3514	17	2.9	12	2.1	173	39.7	72	6.8	6.4	12.5	219.6	76.4	51	389	8.11	5.59	5.27	3	3

Rushing & Receiving

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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	John Settle	24	FB	15	15	179	689	3	41	43.0	20	3.8	45.9	11.9	66	39	316	8.1	2	16	36.4	33	2.6	21.1	59.1	4.8	218	4.6	1005	5	1
2	Shawn Collins	22	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	109	58	862	14.9	3	42	45.0	47	3.6	53.9	53.2	7.9	58	14.9	862	3	0
3	Michael Haynes	24	WR	13	11	4	35	0	2	50.0	21	8.8	2.7	0.3	70	40	681	17.0	4	26	52.9	72	3.1	52.4	57.1	9.7	44	16.3	716	4	0
4	Gene Lang	27	RB	15	7	47	176	1	11	46.8	22	3.7	11.7	3.1	62	39	436	11.2	1	15	45.2	32	2.6	29.1	62.9	7.0	86	7.1	612	2	1
5	Keith Jones	23	RB	14	9	52	202	6	17	50.0	19	3.9	14.4	3.7	69	41	396	9.7	0	17	46.4	46	2.9	28.3	59.4	5.7	93	6.4	598	6	0
6	Floyd Dixon	25	WR	16	5	2	-23	0	0	0.0		-11.5	-1.4	0.1	52	25	357	14.3	2	17	46.2	53	1.6	22.3	48.1	6.9	27	12.4	334	2	0
7	Ron Heller	26	TE	15	14	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	54	33	324	9.8	1	15	48.1	30	2.2	21.6	61.1	6.0	33	9.8	324	1	1
8	Gary Wilkins	26	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	8	179	22.4	3	8	40.0	36	0.6	13.8	40.0	9.0	8	22.4	179	3	0
9	Stacey Bailey	29	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	28	8	170	21.3	0	7	25.0	41	0.5	11.3	28.6	6.1	8	21.3	170	0	0
10	Brad Beckman	25	TE	15	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	17	11	102	9.3	1	5	47.1	21	0.7	6.8	64.7	6.0	11	9.3	102	1	0
11	Greg Paterra	22	RB	10	0	9	32	0	2	66.7	8	3.6	3.2	0.9	8	5	42	8.4	0	2	37.5	20	0.5	4.2	62.5	5.3	14	5.3	74	0	2
12	George Thomas	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	46	11.5	0	3	66.7	16	0.3	2.9	66.7	7.7	4	11.5	46	0	0
13	Kenny Flowers	25	RB	8	1	13	24	1	1	30.8	4	1.8	3.0	1.6	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13	1.8	24	1	0
14	Chris Miller	24	QB	15	15	10	20	0	1	10.0	7	2.0	1.3	0.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			10	2.0	20	0	13
15	Scott Fulhage	28	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
16	Hugh Millen	26	QB	5	1	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	2
17	Jessie Tuggle	24	RILB	16	16	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
18	Deion Sanders	22	RCB/LCB	15	10	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	-8	-8.0	0	0	0.0	-8	0.1	-0.5	50.0	-4.0	1	-8.0	-8	0	2
	Team Totals			16	16	318	1155	11	75	43.4	22	3.6	72.2	19.9	567	312	3903	12.5	17	173	44.1	72	19.5	243.9	55.0	6.9	630	8.0	5058	28	23

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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	Tony Casillas	26	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2.0	152	152	0	0	AP-2
2	Mike Gann	26	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
3	Jessie Tuggle	24	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	183	183	0	0
4	Chris Miller	24	QB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	13	5	-3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	John Settle	24	FB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Tim Green	26	ROLB	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
7	Ron Heller	26	TE	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	John Rade	29	LILB	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Aundray Bruce	23	LOLB	16	13	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	66	66	0	0
10	Tim Gordon	24	FS	14	13	4	60	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Ben Thomas	28	RDE	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
12	Evan Cooper	27	SS	16	12	4	54	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Bobby Butler	30	LCB	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Deion Sanders	22	RCB/LCB	15	10	5	52	0	22	1	2	2	0	0	0.0	39	39	0	0
15	Stan Clayton	24	LG	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Scott Case	27	RCB	14	8	2	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	38	38	0	0
17	Gene Lang	27	RB	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Robert Moore	25	FS	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Charles Dimry	23	RCB	16	5	2	72	0	40	3	0	0	0	0	1.0	31	31	0	0
20	Michael Reid	25	LB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
21	Brad Beckman	25	TE	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Rick Bryan	27	DE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
23	Marcus Cotton	23	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	0
24	Hugh Millen	26	QB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-11	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Scott Fulhage	28	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-20	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Brian Jordan	22	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Greg Paterra	22	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Elbert Shelley	25	DB	10	0	1	31	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	14	14	0	0
29	Malcolm Taylor	29	DE	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
30	Gary Wilkins	26	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Tony Zackery	23	DB	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	20	285	0	40	15	26	26	23	1	31.0	523	523	0	0

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