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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 402 points (25.1/g), 7th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 350 points (21.9/g), 18th.
Differential of 52 points (3.2/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.5, Offense: 1.8, Defense: 1.7, SoS: 0.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Mike Smith
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 | 402 | 6026 | 1073 | 5.6 | 349 | 365 | 594 | 4192 | 29 | 13 | 6.8 | 215 | 453 | 1834 | 14 | 4.0 | 100 | 21 | 8 | 34 |
| Team Defense | 350 | 5338 | 965 | 5.5 | 292 | 340 | 560 | 3786 | 25 | 19 | 6.4 | 186 | 372 | 1552 | 10 | 4.2 | 87 | 29 | 10 | 19 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 11 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 18 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 14 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 11 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 12 | 30 | 25 | 386 | 276 | 110 | 3 | 17 | 377 | 289 | 88 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 18 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 35 | 31 | 20 | 318 | 180 | 138 | 2 | 27 | 447 | 314 | 133 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 25 | boxscore | L | 1-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 16 | 21 | 325 | 295 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 295 | 180 | 115 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 2 | boxscore | W | 2-2 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 30 | 28 | 25 | 412 | 291 | 121 | 20 | 372 | 319 | 53 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 9 | boxscore | L | 2-3 | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 25 | 18 | 251 | 156 | 95 | 2 | 19 | 426 | 369 | 57 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 16 | boxscore | W | 3-3 | Carolina Panthers | 31 | 17 | 24 | 325 | 159 | 166 | 24 | 368 | 229 | 139 | 3 | |||
| 7 | Sun | October 23 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | @ | Detroit Lions | 23 | 16 | 22 | 328 | 199 | 129 | 2 | 13 | 263 | 159 | 104 | 1 | |
| 8 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun | November 6 | boxscore | W | 5-3 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 31 | 7 | 21 | 432 | 269 | 163 | 1 | 10 | 186 | 103 | 83 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 13 | boxscore | L | OT | 5-4 | New Orleans Saints | 23 | 26 | 30 | 481 | 343 | 138 | 1 | 18 | 363 | 322 | 41 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 20 | boxscore | W | 6-4 | Tennessee Titans | 23 | 17 | 25 | 432 | 316 | 116 | 1 | 17 | 298 | 257 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 27 | boxscore | W | 7-4 | Minnesota Vikings | 24 | 14 | 22 | 335 | 246 | 89 | 1 | 12 | 226 | 162 | 64 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 4 | boxscore | L | 7-5 | @ | Houston Texans | 10 | 17 | 18 | 337 | 267 | 70 | 2 | 20 | 337 | 175 | 162 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 11 | boxscore | W | 8-5 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 31 | 23 | 18 | 394 | 308 | 86 | 19 | 416 | 259 | 157 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Thu | December 15 | boxscore | W | 9-5 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 41 | 14 | 20 | 373 | 276 | 97 | 12 | 207 | 91 | 116 | 4 | |||
| 16 | Mon | December 26 | boxscore | L | 9-6 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 45 | 23 | 469 | 434 | 35 | 1 | 26 | 463 | 299 | 164 | 2 | |
| 17 | Sun | January 1 | boxscore | W | 10-6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 45 | 24 | 22 | 428 | 177 | 251 | 2 | 18 | 294 | 259 | 35 | 4 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 8 | boxscore | L | 10-7 | @ | New York Giants | 2 | 24 | 14 | 247 | 183 | 64 | 19 | 442 | 270 | 172 | |||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Matt Ryan | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 10-6-0 | 347 | 566 | 61.3 | 4177 | 29 | 5.1 | 12 | 2.1 | 80 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 12.0 | 261.1 | 92.2 | 69.1 | 26 | 173 | 6.76 | 6.83 | 4.4 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Chris Redman | 34 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 28 | 64.3 | 188 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 22 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 10.4 | 37.6 | 68.8 | 26.38 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 5.11 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 10-6-0 | 365 | 594 | 61.4 | 4365 | 29 | 4.9 | 13 | 2.2 | 80 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 12.0 | 272.8 | 91.1 | 26 | 173 | 6.76 | 6.75 | 4.2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 340 | 560 | 60.7 | 4017 | 25 | 4.5 | 19 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 6.54 | 11.8 | 251.1 | 83.3 | 33 | 231 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 33 | Michael Turner | 29 | RB | 16 | 15 | 301 | 1340 | 11 | 81 | 4.5 | 83.8 | 18.8 | 17 | 168 | 9.9 | 0 | 32 | 1.1 | 10.5 | 1508 | 11 | 3 |
| 22 | Jacquizz Rodgers | 21 | 16 | 0 | 57 | 205 | 1 | 13 | 3.6 | 12.8 | 3.6 | 21 | 188 | 9.0 | 1 | 31 | 1.3 | 11.8 | 393 | 2 | 1 | |
| 44 | Jason Snelling | 28 | 15 | 0 | 44 | 151 | 0 | 18 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 2.9 | 26 | 179 | 6.9 | 1 | 21 | 1.7 | 11.9 | 330 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | Matt Ryan | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 37 | 84 | 2 | 12 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 84 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 11 | Julio Jones | 22 | WR | 13 | 13 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 19 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 54 | 959 | 17.8 | 8 | 80 | 4.2 | 73.8 | 1015 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | Chris Redman | 34 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 | -1 | -1.2 | -1.2 | 1.0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 34 | Ovie Mughelli | 31 | fb | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 2 | 19 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Harry Douglas | 27 | wr | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 39 | 498 | 12.8 | 1 | 49 | 2.4 | 31.1 | 501 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Roddy White* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 | 1296 | 13.0 | 8 | 43 | 6.3 | 81.0 | 1296 | 8 | 0 | |
| 88 | Tony Gonzalez* | 35 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 80 | 875 | 10.9 | 7 | 30 | 5.0 | 54.7 | 875 | 7 | 0 | |
| 14 | Eric Weems | 26 | wr | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 90 | 8.2 | 0 | 18 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 90 | 0 | 0 | |
| 81 | Michael Palmer | 23 | te | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 72 | 7.2 | 1 | 11 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 72 | 1 | 0 | |
| 40 | Mike Cox | 26 | fb/te | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| 89 | Reggie Kelly | 34 | te | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 453 | 1834 | 14 | 81 | 4.0 | 114.6 | 28.3 | 365 | 4365 | 12.0 | 29 | 80 | 22.8 | 272.8 | 6199 | 43 | 12 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 372 | 1552 | 10 | 4.2 | 97.0 | 23.3 | 340 | 3786 | 11.1 | 25 | 21.3 | 236.6 | 5338 | 35 | 19 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 14 | Eric Weems | 26 | wr | 16 | 2 | 32 | 315 | 0 | 42 | 9.8 | 24 | 563 | 0 | 37 | 23.5 | 968 |
| 24 | Dominique Franks | 24 | cb | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 33 | 315 | 0 | 42 | 9.5 | 24 | 563 | 0 | 37 | 23.5 | 7077 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 31 | 0 | 60 | 1487 | 0 | 24.8 | |||||||||
| 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 | 36 | k | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 27 | 93.1% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | |||||
| 5 | Matt Bosher | 24 | k | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2990 | 59 | 1 | 42.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 27 | 93.1% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | 70 | 2990 | 59 | 1 | 42.7 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 23 | 82.1% | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 63 | |
| 56 | Sean Weatherspoon | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 39 | |
| 28 | Thomas DeCoud | 26 | S | 16 | 15 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 73 | 19 | |||||||
| 25 | William Moore | 26 | S | 12 | 11 | 0.5 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 14 | |
| 23 | Dunta Robinson | 29 | CB/rcb | 16 | 16 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 41 | 11 | |||||||
| 20 | Brent Grimes | 28 | CB/lcb | 12 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 12 | ||
| 55 | John Abraham | 33 | DE | 15 | 15 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | |
| 36 | James Sanders | 28 | s | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 31 | 13 | ||
| 93 | Ray Edwards | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 26 | 9 | |
| 21 | Christopher Owens | 25 | cb | 14 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 9 | ||||||
| 91 | Corey Peters | 23 | DT | 15 | 15 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 5 | |
| 71 | Kroy Biermann | 26 | de | 16 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 11 | 25 | ||||||
| 54 | Stephen Nicholas | 28 | lb/olb | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 17 | ||
| 53 | Mike Peterson | 35 | lb | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | |||||||
| 26 | Kelvin Hayden | 28 | cb | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | |||||||
| 95 | Jonathan Babineaux | 30 | DT | 13 | 13 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | ||||||
| 24 | Dominique Franks | 24 | cb | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | ||
| 99 | Vance Walker | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |||||||
| 90 | Lawrence Sidbury | 25 | 16 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 94 | Peria Jerry | 27 | dt | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 59 | Spencer Adkins | 24 | lb | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | Akeem Dent | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Matt Ryan | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 88 | Tony Gonzalez* | 35 | TE | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 44 | Jason Snelling | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 39 | Shann Schillinger | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 75 | Garrett Reynolds | 24 | rg/t | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Jacquizz Rodgers | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 84 | Roddy White* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Julio Jones | 22 | WR | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 34 | Ovie Mughelli | 31 | fb | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Michael Turner | 29 | RB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Darrin Walls | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | Eric Weems | 26 | wr | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 72 | Sam Baker | 26 | lt/t | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Matt Bosher | 24 | k | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 61 | Joe Hawley | 23 | c/g/rg | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 40 | Mike Cox | 26 | fb/te | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | Michael Palmer | 23 | te | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 73 | Carlton Powell | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 32.0 | 19 | 301 | 2 | 50 | 89 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 104 | 1 | 640 | 318 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Matt Bryant | 36 | k | 16 | 0 | 45 | 27 | 126 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Michael Turner | 29 | RB | 16 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Julio Jones | 22 | WR | 13 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Roddy White* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Tony Gonzalez* | 35 | TE | 16 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Ovie Mughelli | 31 | fb | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Jacquizz Rodgers | 21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Matt Ryan | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 71 | Kroy Biermann | 26 | de | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Harry Douglas | 27 | wr | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 50 | Curtis Lofton | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Michael Palmer | 23 | te | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 91 | Corey Peters | 23 | DT | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Jason Snelling | 28 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 45 | 27 | 402 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 37 | 23 | 1 | 350 |