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2009 Atlanta Falcons

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 363 points (22.7/g), 13th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 325 points (20.3/g), 14th.
 Differential of 38 points (2.4/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 9.0-7.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 11th.

Simple Rating System: Total 5.0, Offense: 2.7, Defense: 2.3, SoS: 2.7, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Mike Smith (9-7-0)

2009 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 box W 1-0 Miami Dolphins 19 7 19 281 213 68 16 259 163 96 4
2 Sun September 20 box W 2-0 Carolina Panthers 28 20 23 371 220 151 2 24 440 296 144 2
3 Sun September 27 box L 2-1 @ New England Patriots 10 26 13 257 199 58 1 28 445 277 168
4 Bye Week
5 Sun October 11 box W 3-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 45 10 28 477 329 148 2 13 279 179 100 3
6 Sun October 18 box W 4-1 Chicago Bears 21 14 16 253 185 68 2 21 373 290 83 3
7 Sun October 25 box L 4-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 21 37 21 298 174 124 3 18 414 299 115 1
8 Mon November 2 box L 4-3 @ New Orleans Saints 27 35 21 442 281 161 3 23 437 291 146 4
9 Sun November 8 box W 5-3 Washington Redskins 31 17 18 306 125 181 1 17 312 176 136 1
10 Sun November 15 box L 5-4 @ Carolina Panthers 19 28 22 400 224 176 2 19 380 195 185
11 Sun November 22 box L 5-5 @ New York Giants 31 34 27 352 262 90 1 26 456 368 88 1
12 Sun November 29 box W 6-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 17 21 297 222 75 1 13 318 245 73 1
13 Sun December 6 box L 6-6 Philadelphia Eagles 7 34 22 295 234 61 3 20 380 277 103
14 Sun December 13 box L 6-7 New Orleans Saints 23 26 19 392 303 89 1 24 391 296 95
15 Sun December 20 box W 7-7 @ New York Jets 10 7 12 238 152 86 17 314 215 99 3
16 Sun December 27 box W 8-7 Buffalo Bills 31 3 24 391 234 157 11 178 138 40 3
17 Sun January 3 box W 9-7 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 10 24 397 214 183 3 13 206 166 40 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 363 5447 1048 5.2 330 332 570 3571 26 17 6.0 192 451 1876 15 4.2 105 25 8 33
Team Defense 325 5582 997 5.6 303 335 536 3871 25 15 6.9 197 433 1711 10 4.0 89 28 13 17
Lg Rank Offense 13 16 10 7 14 13 17 17 11 15 14 18 12 5
Lg Rank Defense 14 21 17 19 28 20 16 25 16 10 7 8 12 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
2 Matt Ryan 24 14 263 451 58.3 2916 22 4.9 14 3.1 90 6.5 6.0 11.1 208.3 80.9 19 92 6.0 5.6 4.0
8 Chris Redman 32 5 69 119 58.0 781 4 3.4 3 2.5 50 6.6 6.1 11.3 156.2 78.4 8 34 5.9 5.4 6.3
Team Total 27.4 16 332 570 58.2 3697 26 4.6 17 3.0 90 6.5 6.1 11.1 231.1 80.4 27 126 6.0 5.6 4.5
Opp Total 16 335 536 62.5 4041 25 4.7 15 2.8 7.5 7.2 12.1 252.6 89.5 28 170 6.9 6.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
33 Michael Turner 27 11 178 871 10 58 4.9 79.2 16.2 5 35 7.0 0 10 0.5 3.2 906 10 4
44 Jason Snelling 26 14 142 613 4 31 4.3 43.8 10.1 30 259 8.6 1 38 2.1 18.5 872 5 2
32 Jerious Norwood 26 10 76 252 0 21 3.3 25.2 7.6 19 186 9.8 1 38 1.9 18.6 438 1 1
2 Matt Ryan 24 14 30 49 1 7 1.6 3.5 2.1 49 1 5
14 Eric Weems 24 16 8 53 0 31 6.6 3.3 0.5 6 50 8.3 2 30 0.4 3.1 103 2 3
8 Chris Redman 32 5 6 4 0 5 0.7 0.8 1.2 4 0 1
30 Aaron Stecker 34 5 5 15 0 6 3.0 3.0 1.0 5 34 6.8 0 14 1.0 6.8 49 0 0
34 Ovie Mughelli 29 8 4 10 0 4 2.5 1.3 0.5 7 51 7.3 1 21 0.9 6.4 61 1 0
84 Roddy White 28 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 85 1153 13.6 11 90 5.3 72.1 1155 11 1
80 Marty Booker 33 9 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.8 0.1 16 181 11.3 1 27 1.8 20.1 188 1 0
88 Tony Gonzalez 33 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 83 867 10.4 6 27 5.2 54.2 867 6 0
12 Michael Jenkins 27 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 50 635 12.7 1 50 3.3 42.3 635 1 0
87 Justin Peelle 30 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 115 9.6 2 32 1.5 14.4 115 2 0
86 Brian Finneran 33 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 111 10.1 0 19 1.1 11.1 111 0 0
36 Verron Haynes 30 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 20 6.7 0 10 1.5 10.0 20 0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 451 1876 15 58 4.2 117.3 28.2 332 3697 11.1 26 90 20.8 231.1 5573 41 19
Opp Total 16 433 1711 10 4.0 106.9 27.1 335 3871 11.6 25 20.9 241.9 5582 35 23

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
14 Eric Weems 24 16 27 270 0 28 10.0 48 1214 0 62 25.3 1587
30 Aaron Stecker 34 5 3 54 0 21 18.0 103
86 Brian Finneran 33 10 2 22 0 16 11.0 133
32 Jerious Norwood 26 10 1 39 0 39 39.0 477
89 Keith Zinger 24 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Team Total 27.4 16 27 270 0 28 10.0 55 1336 0 62 24.3 7179
Opp Total 16 27 1 46 945 0 20.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
9 Michael Koenen 27 P 16 61 2598 70 0 42.6
1 Jason Elam 39 K 11 4 4 8 4 5 3 2 1 19 12 63.2% 33 32 97.0%
3 Matt Bryant 34 5 2 2 4 4 2 2 1 10 7 70.0% 10 10 100.0% 1 36 36 0 36.0
Team Total 27.4 16 6 6 12 8 7 3 4 2 29 19 65.5% 43 42 97.7% 62 2634 70 0 42.5
Opp Total 16 28 20 71.4% 38 37 97.4% 62 264 4.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
50 Curtis Lofton 23 16 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 103 28
26 Erik Coleman 27 16 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 81 34
53 Mike Peterson 33 16 1.0 1 39 0 39 7 2 0 0 0 0 82 26
28 Thomas DeCoud 24 16 2.0 3 25 0 15 7 2 0 1 0 0 57 11
54 Stephen Nicholas 26 16 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 55 14
20 Brent Grimes 26 16 6 17 0 11 13 0 0 1 0 0 56 4
95 Jonathan Babineaux 28 15 6.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 37 10
23 Chris Houston 25 12 1 4 0 4 9 39 8
71 Kroy Biermann 24 15 5.0 1 0 2 4 1 29 11
55 John Abraham 31 14 5.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 30 6
22 Chevis Jackson 24 13 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 25 3
21 Christopher Owens 23 9 2 13 0 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 21 5
98 Jamaal Anderson 23 12 0.5 0 0 0 0 2 17 9
92 Chauncey Davis 26 11 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 6
93 Thomas Johnson 28 11 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 15 4
29 Brian Williams 30 5 1 -2 0 -2 3 0 1 1 53 0 15 3
61 Vance Walker 22 7 0 0 0 0 2 8 5
97 Trey Lewis 24 5 8 2
52 Coy Wire 31 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 7 2
24 Tye Hill 27 5 1 62 1 62 1 7 0
90 Lawrence Sidbury Jr 23 4 1.0 0 0 1 11 1 4 0
84 Roddy White 28 16 1 1 1 0 0 3 0
2 Matt Ryan 24 14 5 2 0 0
33 Michael Turner 27 11 0 4 1 0 0 1 0
12 Michael Jenkins 27 15 3 0
32 Jerious Norwood 26 10 0 1 1 2 0 1 2
86 Brian Finneran 33 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
63 Justin Blalock 26 2 2 0
88 Tony Gonzalez 33 16 2 0
62 Todd McClure 32 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
34 Ovie Mughelli 29 8 1 1
44 Jason Snelling 26 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
14 Eric Weems 24 16 3 0 0 0
73 Harvey Dahl 28 1 1 0
51 Tony Gilbert 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
9 Michael Koenen 27 P 16 1 1 0 0
66 Brett Romberg 30 1 1 0
72 Sam Baker 24 1 0 0 1 0 0
41 Antoine Harris 25 3 0 1
94 Peria Jerry 25 1 0 1
25 William Moore 24 1 0 1
87 Justin Peelle 30 8 0 1 0 0
8 Chris Redman 32 5 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 28.0 15 158 1 62 64 20 19 22 70 2 730 201
Opp Total 16 27 23 10

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Jason Elam 39 K 11 32 12 68
84 Roddy White 28 16 11 11 66
33 Michael Turner 27 11 10 10 60
88 Tony Gonzalez 33 16 6 6 36
3 Matt Bryant 34 5 10 7 31
44 Jason Snelling 26 14 4 1 5 30
87 Justin Peelle 30 8 2 2 12
14 Eric Weems 24 16 2 2 12
71 Kroy Biermann 24 15 1 1 6
80 Marty Booker 33 9 1 1 6
24 Tye Hill 27 5 1 1 6
12 Michael Jenkins 27 15 1 1 6
34 Ovie Mughelli 29 8 1 1 6
32 Jerious Norwood 26 10 1 1 6
2 Matt Ryan 24 14 1 1 6
90 Lawrence Sidbury Jr 23 4 1 1 6
Team Total 27.4 16 15 26 2 1 44 42 19 363
Opp Total 16 10 25 1 37 20 325