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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 414 points (25.9/g), 5th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 288 points (18.0/g), 5th.
Differential of 126 points (7.9/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 11.2-4.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (0.9/g), 3rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 6.1, Offense: 3.8, Defense: 2.2, SoS: -1.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Mike Smith
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Mularkey
Defensive Coordinator: Brian VanGorder
Training Camp: Falcons' Training Facility (Flowery Branch, Georgia)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 414 | 5458 | 1097 | 5.0 | 353 | 361 | 577 | 3567 | 28 | 9 | 5.9 | 200 | 497 | 1891 | 14 | 3.8 | 111 | 17 | 8 | 42 |
| Team Defense | 288 | 5319 | 957 | 5.6 | 284 | 364 | 560 | 3625 | 23 | 22 | 6.1 | 183 | 366 | 1694 | 9 | 4.6 | 87 | 31 | 9 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 5 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 5 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 20 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 12 | boxscore | L | OT | 0-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 15 | 18 | 295 | 237 | 58 | 1 | 14 | 354 | 211 | 143 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 19 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | Arizona Cardinals | 41 | 7 | 33 | 444 | 223 | 221 | 1 | 11 | 267 | 149 | 118 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 26 | boxscore | W | OT | 2-1 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 27 | 24 | 25 | 417 | 215 | 202 | 1 | 20 | 398 | 355 | 43 | 3 |
| 4 | Sun | October 3 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 14 | 23 | 357 | 259 | 98 | 2 | 17 | 262 | 181 | 81 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 10 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 10 | 17 | 338 | 173 | 165 | 1 | 18 | 269 | 221 | 48 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 17 | boxscore | L | 4-2 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 31 | 20 | 293 | 228 | 65 | 2 | 23 | 474 | 320 | 154 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 24 | boxscore | W | 5-2 | Cincinnati Bengals | 39 | 32 | 22 | 452 | 299 | 153 | 2 | 28 | 469 | 385 | 84 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun | November 7 | boxscore | W | 6-2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27 | 21 | 26 | 365 | 235 | 130 | 14 | 278 | 182 | 96 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Thu | November 11 | boxscore | W | 7-2 | Baltimore Ravens | 26 | 21 | 23 | 362 | 302 | 60 | 20 | 320 | 204 | 116 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | W | 8-2 | @ | St. Louis Rams | 34 | 17 | 24 | 391 | 253 | 138 | 15 | 304 | 233 | 71 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 28 | boxscore | W | 9-2 | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 17 | 19 | 294 | 177 | 117 | 22 | 418 | 341 | 77 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 5 | boxscore | W | 10-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 28 | 24 | 20 | 290 | 205 | 85 | 2 | 19 | 325 | 174 | 151 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 12 | boxscore | W | 11-2 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 31 | 10 | 24 | 327 | 200 | 127 | 1 | 13 | 288 | 76 | 212 | 2 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 19 | boxscore | W | 12-2 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 34 | 18 | 21 | 266 | 168 | 98 | 1 | 15 | 234 | 143 | 91 | 3 | |
| 16 | Mon | December 27 | boxscore | L | 12-3 | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 17 | 14 | 215 | 140 | 75 | 2 | 23 | 368 | 296 | 72 | 2 | ||
| 17 | Sun | January 2 | boxscore | W | 13-3 | Carolina Panthers | 31 | 10 | 24 | 352 | 253 | 99 | 1 | 12 | 291 | 154 | 137 | 2 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 15 | boxscore | L | 13-4 | Green Bay Packers | 21 | 48 | 15 | 194 | 149 | 45 | 4 | 28 | 442 | 346 | 96 | 1 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Matt Ryan* | 25 | QB | 16 | 16 | 13-3-0 | 357 | 571 | 62.5 | 3705 | 28 | 4.9 | 9 | 1.6 | 46 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 10.4 | 231.6 | 91.0 | 69.45 | 23 | 158 | 5.97 | 6.23 | 3.9 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Chris Redman | 33 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 71.5 | 34.88 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 | 3.33 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 13-3-0 | 361 | 577 | 62.6 | 3725 | 28 | 4.9 | 9 | 1.6 | 46 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 10.3 | 232.8 | 90.8 | 23 | 158 | 5.95 | 6.20 | 3.8 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 364 | 560 | 65.0 | 3846 | 23 | 4.1 | 22 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 5.92 | 10.6 | 240.4 | 82.2 | 31 | 221 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 33 | Michael Turner* | 28 | RB | 16 | 15 | 334 | 1371 | 12 | 55 | 4.1 | 85.7 | 20.9 | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 0 | 19 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 1456 | 12 | 2 |
| 44 | Jason Snelling | 27 | 14 | 0 | 87 | 324 | 2 | 30 | 3.7 | 23.1 | 6.2 | 44 | 303 | 6.9 | 3 | 28 | 3.1 | 21.6 | 627 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2 | Matt Ryan* | 25 | QB | 16 | 16 | 46 | 122 | 0 | 20 | 2.7 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 122 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 34 | Ovie Mughelli* | 30 | rb | 16 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 13 | 126 | 9.7 | 1 | 18 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 162 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Gartrell Johnson | 24 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 23 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 10 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 42 | 0 | 1 | |
| 83 | Harry Douglas | 26 | wr | 16 | 4 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -2.5 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 22 | 294 | 13.4 | 1 | 46 | 1.4 | 18.4 | 289 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Jerious Norwood | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| 84 | Roddy White*+ | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 115 | 1389 | 12.1 | 10 | 46 | 7.2 | 86.8 | 1392 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | Chris Redman | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 35 | Antone Smith | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 88 | Tony Gonzalez* | 34 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70 | 656 | 9.4 | 6 | 34 | 4.4 | 41.0 | 656 | 6 | 0 | |
| 12 | Michael Jenkins | 28 | WR | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41 | 505 | 12.3 | 2 | 43 | 3.7 | 45.9 | 505 | 2 | 0 | |
| 86 | Brian Finneran | 34 | wr | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 166 | 8.7 | 3 | 21 | 1.2 | 10.4 | 166 | 3 | 0 | |
| 87 | Justin Peelle | 31 | WR | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 1 | 15 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 96 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | Eric Weems* | 25 | KR/PR | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 0 | 18 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
| 81 | Michael Palmer | 22 | te | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 1 | 11 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 497 | 1891 | 14 | 55 | 3.8 | 118.2 | 31.1 | 361 | 3725 | 10.3 | 28 | 46 | 22.6 | 232.8 | 5616 | 42 | 12 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 366 | 1694 | 9 | 4.6 | 105.9 | 22.9 | 364 | 3625 | 10.0 | 23 | 22.8 | 226.6 | 5319 | 32 | 23 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 14 | Eric Weems* | 25 | KR/PR | 16 | 4 | 18 | 230 | 1 | 55 | 12.8 | 40 | 1100 | 1 | 102 | 27.5 | 1391 |
| 32 | Jerious Norwood | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 0 | 34 | 24.3 | 114 | ||||||
| 28 | Thomas DeCoud | 25 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 86 | Brian Finneran | 34 | wr | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 184 | |||||
| 34 | Ovie Mughelli* | 30 | rb | 16 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 168 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 19 | 230 | 1 | 55 | 12.1 | 46 | 1221 | 1 | 102 | 26.5 | 7067 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 0 | 64 | 1362 | 1 | 21.3 | |||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 3 | Matt Bryant | 35 | K | 16 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 90.3% | 44 | 44 | 100.0% | |||||||
| 9 | Michael Koenen | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 74 | 3014 | 61 | 1 | 40.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 90.3% | 44 | 44 | 100.0% | 74 | 3014 | 61 | 1 | 40.7 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 23 | 15 | 65.2% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 73 | 3322 | 45.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 24 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 25 | |
| 20 | Brent Grimes* | 27 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 5 | 84 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 70 | 10 | |||||||
| 25 | William Moore | 25 | SS | 16 | 15 | 5 | 117 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 13 | ||
| 28 | Thomas DeCoud | 25 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 18 | ||
| 54 | Stephen Nicholas | 27 | LLB | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 14 | |||||||
| 23 | Dunta Robinson | 28 | RCB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | ||
| 53 | Mike Peterson | 34 | RLB | 16 | 13 | 1.0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 19 | |
| 55 | John Abraham*+ | 32 | LDE | 15 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | |
| 56 | Sean Weatherspoon | 23 | llb | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8 | ||||||
| 91 | Corey Peters | 22 | RDT | 16 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | ||||||
| 71 | Kroy Biermann | 25 | RDE | 16 | 14 | 3.0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 23 | 6 | ||||||
| 21 | Christopher Owens | 24 | db | 16 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 12 | |||||||
| 29 | Brian Williams | 31 | db | 16 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 11 | |
| 95 | Jonathan Babineaux | 29 | LDT | 15 | 15 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | |
| 92 | Chauncey Davis | 27 | de | 16 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| 98 | Jamaal Anderson | 24 | de | 16 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |
| 26 | Erik Coleman | 28 | db | 12 | 1 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 99 | Vance Walker | 23 | dt | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||||||
| 94 | Peria Jerry | 26 | 16 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| 52 | Coy Wire | 32 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 84 | Roddy White*+ | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 12 | Michael Jenkins | 28 | WR | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Matt Ryan* | 25 | QB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 44 | Jason Snelling | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 24 | Dominique Franks | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 27 | Gartrell Johnson | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 62 | Todd McClure | 33 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 34 | Ovie Mughelli* | 30 | rb | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 72 | Sam Baker | 25 | LT | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 63 | Justin Blalock | 27 | LG | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 88 | Tony Gonzalez* | 34 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 97 | Trey Lewis | 25 | dt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 39 | Shann Schillinger | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 33 | Michael Turner* | 28 | RB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Eric Weems* | 25 | KR/PR | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 59 | Spencer Adkins | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 77 | Tyson Clabo* | 29 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 73 | Harvey Dahl | 29 | RG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 86 | Brian Finneran | 34 | wr | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Antone Smith | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 31.0 | 22 | 337 | 2 | 40 | 72 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 688 | 198 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 23 | 23 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Matt Bryant | 35 | K | 16 | 0 | 44 | 28 | 128 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Michael Turner* | 28 | RB | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Roddy White*+ | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 64 | |||||||||
| 88 | Tony Gonzalez* | 34 | TE | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Jason Snelling | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Brian Finneran | 34 | wr | 16 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Michael Jenkins | 28 | WR | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Eric Weems* | 25 | KR/PR | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 95 | Jonathan Babineaux | 29 | LDT | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 71 | Kroy Biermann | 25 | RDE | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 92 | Chauncey Davis | 27 | de | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Harry Douglas | 26 | wr | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Ovie Mughelli* | 30 | rb | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Michael Palmer | 22 | te | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Justin Peelle | 31 | WR | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Matt Ryan* | 25 | QB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 4 | 44 | 28 | 418 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 288 |