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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 327 points (20.4/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 414 points (25.9/g), 28th.
Differential of -87 points (-5.4/g), 22nd.
Expected W-L: 5.8-10.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 23rd.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.1, Offense: 2.3, Defense: -6.4, SoS: 1.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jerry Glanville
Offensive Coordinator: June Jones
Defensive Coordinator: Doug Shivley
Training Camp: Falcons' Training Facility (Suwanee, Georgia)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Chris Miller | 27 | 5 | 8 | 152 for 253, 1,739 yards, 15 td, 6 int, & 23 rushes for 89 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 13th pick / 1987 |
| RB | Keith L. Jones | 26 | 3 | 8 | 79 rushes for 278 yards, 0 td, & 12 catches for 94 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1989 |
| WR | Michael Haynes | 27 | 4 | 14 | 48 catches for 808 yards, 10 td | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 166th pick / 1988 |
| WR | Drew Hill | 36 | 13 | 14 | 60 catches for 623 yards, 3 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Mike Pritchard | 23 | 1 | 15 | 77 catches for 827 yards, 5 td, & 5 rushes for 37 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 13th pick / 1991 |
| WR | Andre Rison* | 25 | 3 | 13 | 93 catches for 1,119 yards, 11 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1989 |
| LT | Mike Kenn | 36 | 14 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 13th pick / 1978 | |
| LG | Houston Hoover | 27 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 140th pick / 1988 |
| C | Jamie Dukes | 28 | 6 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RG | Bill Fralic | 30 | 7 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 2nd pick / 1985 |
| RT | Chris Hinton | 31 | 9 | 16 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1983 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Mike Gann | 29 | 7 | 13 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 45th pick / 1985 |
| NT | Moe Gardner | 24 | 1 | 14 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 87th pick / 1991 |
| RDE | Tim Green | 29 | 6 | 11 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 17th pick / 1986 |
| LOLB | Ken Tippins | 26 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LILB | Jesse Solomon | 29 | 6 | 14 | 4.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 318th pick / 1986 |
| RILB | Jessie Tuggle* | 27 | 5 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| ROLB | Darion Conner | 25 | 2 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 27th pick / 1990 |
| LCB | Tim McKyer | 29 | 6 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1986 |
| KR | Deion Sanders*+ | 25 | 3 | 12 | 40 kick returns for a 26.7 average and 2 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 5th pick / 1989 |
| SS | Jeff Donaldson | 30 | 8 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1984 |
| FS | Scott Case | 30 | 8 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1984 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Norm Johnson | 32 | 10 | 0 | 18 of 22 field goals & 39 of 39 extra points | |
| P | Scott Fulhage | 31 | 5 | 0 | 68 punts for a 41.4 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Tony Smith | 22 | Rook | 6 | 16 punt returns for a 9.7 average and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 19th pick / 1992 |
| KR | Deion Sanders*+ | 25 | 3 | 12 | 40 kick returns for a 26.7 average and 2 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 5th pick / 1989 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Oliver Barnett | 26 | rde | 16 | 7 | 288 | 6-3 | Kentucky | 4/9/1966 | 2 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 55th pick / 1990 |
| 34 | Steve Broussard | 25 | rb | 15 | 1 | 201 | 5-7 | Washington St. | 2/22/1967 | 2 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 20th pick / 1990 |
| 23 | Bobby Butler | 33 | 15 | 0 | 174 | 5-11 | Florida St. | 5/28/1959 | 11 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 25th pick / 1981 | |
| 25 | Scott Case | 30 | FS | 12 | 11 | 188 | 6-1 | NE Oklahoma A&M,Oklahoma | 5/17/1962 | 8 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1984 |
| 56 | Darion Conner | 25 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-2 | Jackson St. | 9/28/1967 | 2 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 27th pick / 1990 |
| 42 | Jeff Donaldson | 30 | SS | 16 | 16 | 192 | 6-0 | Colorado | 4/19/1962 | 8 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1984 |
| 64 | Jamie Dukes | 28 | C | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-1 | Florida St. | 6/14/1964 | 6 | 8 | |
| 74 | Tory Epps | 25 | nt | 16 | 5 | 280 | 6-1 | Memphis | 5/28/1967 | 2 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 8th / 195th pick / 1990 |
| 51 | Eric Fairs | 28 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Memphis | 2/17/1964 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Joe Fishback | 25 | 8 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Carson-Newman | 11/29/1967 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 65 | Roman Fortin | 25 | c | 16 | 1 | 297 | 6-5 | Oregon St.,San Diego St. | 2/26/1967 | 1 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 203rd pick / 1990 |
| 79 | Bill Fralic | 30 | RG | 16 | 16 | 280 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 10/31/1962 | 7 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 2nd pick / 1985 |
| 17 | Scott Fulhage | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 191 | 5-11 | Kansas St. | 1/17/1961 | 5 | 0 | |
| 76 | Mike Gann | 29 | LDE | 13 | 13 | 271 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 10/19/1963 | 7 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 45th pick / 1985 |
| 67 | Moe Gardner | 24 | NT | 16 | 14 | 265 | 6-2 | Illinois | 8/10/1968 | 1 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 87th pick / 1991 |
| 71 | Bill Goldberg | 26 | nt | 4 | 1 | 272 | 6-2 | Georgia | 12/27/1966 | Rook | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 301st pick / 1990 |
| 99 | Tim Green | 29 | RDE | 12 | 11 | 249 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 12/16/1963 | 6 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 17th pick / 1986 |
| 81 | Michael Haynes | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 184 | 6-0 | Northern Arizona | 12/24/1965 | 4 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 166th pick / 1988 |
| 85 | Drew Hill | 36 | WR | 16 | 14 | 170 | 5-9 | Georgia Tech | 10/5/1956 | 13 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 328th pick / 1979 |
| 75 | Chris Hinton | 31 | RT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-4 | Northwestern | 7/31/1961 | 9 | 10 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1983 |
| 69 | Houston Hoover | 27 | LG | 16 | 16 | 295 | 6-2 | Jackson St. | 2/6/1965 | 4 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 140th pick / 1988 |
| 9 | Norm Johnson | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | UCLA | 5/31/1960 | 10 | 0 | |
| 38 | Keith L. Jones | 26 | RB | 16 | 8 | 210 | 6-1 | Illinois | 3/20/1966 | 3 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1989 |
| 83 | Tony Jones | 27 | wr | 10 | 4 | 142 | 5-7 | Texas | 12/30/1965 | 2 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 153rd pick / 1990 |
| 78 | Mike Kenn | 36 | LT | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-7 | Michigan | 2/9/1956 | 14 | 10 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 13th pick / 1978 |
| 88 | Harper LeBel | 29 | te | 16 | 2 | 250 | 6-4 | Colorado St. | 7/14/1963 | 3 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 12th / 321st pick / 1985 |
| 22 | Tim McKyer | 29 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 174 | 6-0 | Texas-Arlington | 9/5/1963 | 6 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1986 |
| 12 | Chris Miller | 27 | QB | 8 | 8 | 212 | 6-2 | Oregon | 8/9/1965 | 5 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 13th pick / 1987 |
| 87 | James Milling | 27 | 5 | 0 | 156 | 5-9 | Maryland | 2/14/1965 | 4 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 278th pick / 1988 | |
| 24 | Brian K. Mitchell | 24 | 16 | 0 | 164 | 5-9 | BYU | 12/13/1968 | 1 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 172nd pick / 1991 | |
| 41 | Erric Pegram | 23 | rb | 16 | 1 | 195 | 5-10 | North Texas | 1/7/1969 | 1 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 145th pick / 1991 |
| 82 | Jason Phillips | 26 | 12 | 0 | 166 | 5-7 | Houston | 10/11/1966 | 3 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 253rd pick / 1989 | |
| 39 | Bruce Pickens | 24 | db | 16 | 4 | 190 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 5/9/1968 | 1 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 3rd pick / 1991 |
| 35 | Mike Pritchard | 23 | WR | 16 | 15 | 188 | 5-10 | Colorado | 10/26/1969 | 1 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 13th pick / 1991 |
| 30 | Terry Ray | 23 | db | 10 | 2 | 205 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 10/12/1969 | Rook | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 158th pick / 1992 |
| 95 | Michael Reid | 28 | lb | 16 | 1 | 226 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 6/25/1964 | 5 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 181st pick / 1987 |
| 26 | Louis Riddick | 23 | db | 16 | 4 | 215 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 3/15/1969 | Rook | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 248th pick / 1991 |
| 80 | Andre Rison* | 25 | WR | 15 | 13 | 188 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 3/18/1967 | 3 | 12 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1989 |
| 55 | Mike Ruether | 30 | 16 | 0 | 279 | 6-4 | Texas | 9/20/1962 | 6 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1984 Supp | |
| 21 | Deion Sanders*+ | 25 | KR | 13 | 12 | 195 | 6-1 | Florida St. | 8/9/1967 | 3 | 11 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 5th pick / 1989 |
| 37 | Elbert Shelley* | 28 | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Arkansas St. | 12/24/1964 | 5 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 292nd pick / 1987 | |
| 90 | Chuck Smith | 23 | 16 | 0 | 257 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 12/21/1969 | Rook | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 51st pick / 1992 | |
| 28 | Tony Smith | 22 | PR | 14 | 6 | 212 | 6-1 | Southern Miss | 6/29/1970 | Rook | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 19th pick / 1992 |
| 54 | Jesse Solomon | 29 | LILB | 16 | 14 | 240 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 11/4/1963 | 6 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 318th pick / 1986 |
| 89 | George Thomas | 28 | wr | 5 | 1 | 169 | 5-9 | UNLV | 7/11/1964 | 3 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 138th pick / 1988 |
| 52 | Ken Tippins | 26 | LOLB | 16 | 15 | 235 | 6-1 | Middle Tenn. St. | 7/22/1966 | 3 | 5 | |
| 11 | Billy Joe Tolliver | 26 | qb | 9 | 5 | 217 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 2/7/1966 | 3 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1989 |
| 58 | Jessie Tuggle* | 27 | RILB | 15 | 15 | 230 | 5-11 | Valdosta St. | 4/4/1965 | 5 | 7 | |
| 46 | Charles Washington | 26 | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-1 | Texas,Cameron | 10/8/1966 | 3 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 7th / 185th pick / 1989 | |
| 73 | John Washington | 29 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Oklahoma St. | 2/20/1963 | 6 | 0 | New York Giants / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1986 | |
| 70 | Bob Whitfield | 21 | 11 | 0 | 310 | 6-5 | Stanford | 10/18/1971 | Rook | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 8th pick / 1992 | |
| 18 | Wade Wilson | 33 | qb | 9 | 3 | 210 | 6-3 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 2/1/1959 | 11 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 210th pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 224.4 | 6-0.9 | 4.3 |