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1977 Atlanta Falcons

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

Scored 179 points (12.8/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 129 points (9.2/g), 1st.
 Differential of 50 points (3.6/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 9.6-4.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (1.6/g), 1st.

Coached by Leeman Bennett (7-7-0)

1977 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 18 box W 1-0 Los Angeles Rams 17 6 14 264 108 156 9 167 108 59 3
2 Sun September 25 box L 1-1 @ Washington Redskins 6 10 16 341 234 107 15 252 147 105 3
3 Sun October 2 box W 2-1 New York Giants 17 3 18 295 144 151 3 10 177 72 105 4
4 Sun October 9 box W 3-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 0 11 243 130 113 12 188 35 153 1
5 Sun October 16 box L 3-2 @ Buffalo Bills 0 3 15 200 86 114 2 15 314 96 218 2
6 Sun October 23 box W 4-2 @ Chicago Bears 16 10 11 217 90 127 17 249 131 118 5
7 Sun October 30 box L 4-3 Minnesota Vikings 7 14 10 212 78 134 2 17 357 212 145 5
8 Sun November 6 box L 4-4 San Francisco 49ers 3 10 13 155 29 126 3 8 97 25 72 2
9 Sun November 13 box W 5-4 Detroit Lions 17 6 13 171 61 110 3 12 145 33 112 4
10 Sun November 20 box L 5-5 @ New Orleans Saints 20 21 18 245 35 210 3 19 296 84 212 3
11 Sun November 27 box W 6-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 0 18 222 47 175 1 8 78 16 62 5
12 Sun December 4 box L 6-6 New England Patriots 10 16 9 124 57 67 5 13 267 170 97 3
13 Sun December 11 box L 6-7 @ Los Angeles Rams 7 23 10 213 149 64 2 20 386 121 265 3
14 Sun December 18 box W 7-7 New Orleans Saints 35 7 22 344 108 236 1 17 269 134 135 5

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 179 3246 919 3.5 198 140 297 1356 8 16 4.0 80 582 1890 9 3.2 102 25 9 16
Team Defense 129 3242 866 3.7 284 141 320 1384 9 26 3.8 76 504 1858 5 3.7 192 48 22 16
Lg Rank Offense 25 25 25 27 27 24 6 25 5 17 21 26 2 2
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 1 7 1 2 3 2 9 11 1 13 2 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Scott Hunter 30 qb 7 7 4-3-0 70 151 46.4 898 2 1.3 3 2.0 49 5.9 5.2 12.8 128.3 61.6 11 88 5.0 4.3 6.8
Steve Bartkowski 25 QB 8 7 3-4-0 64 136 47.1 796 5 3.7 13 9.6 73 5.9 1.9 12.4 99.5 38.4 29 296 3.0 -0.2 17.6
Kim McQuilken 26 7 0 5 7 71.4 47 1 14.3 0 0.0 14 6.7 8.1 9.4 6.7 129.2 0 0 6.7 8.1 0.0
Mike Esposito 24 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
John James* 28 P 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
June Jones 24 1 0 1 1 100.0 -1 0 0.0 0 0.0 -1 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 79.2 0 0 -1.0 -1.0 0.0
Team Total 25.5 14 7-7-0 140 297 47.1 1740 8 2.7 16 5.4 73 5.9 3.7 12.4 124.3 52.3 40 384 4.0 2.1 11.9
Opp Total 14 141 320 44.1 1384 9 2.8 26 8.1 4.3 1.0 9.8 98.9 32.3 42 391 3.8 -0.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Haskel Stanback 25 RB 14 0 247 873 6 35 3.5 62.4 17.6 30 261 8.7 0 36 2.1 18.6 1134 6 8
Woody Thompson 25 FB 14 0 132 478 1 22 3.6 34.1 9.4 12 56 4.7 0 9 0.9 4.0 534 1 4
Monroe Eley 28 7 0 97 273 1 16 2.8 39.0 13.9 9 60 6.7 0 14 1.3 8.6 333 1 0
Mike Esposito 24 14 0 34 101 0 23 3.0 7.2 2.4 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 100 0 0
Scott Hunter 30 qb 7 7 28 70 1 18 2.5 10.0 4.0 70 1 3
Steve Bartkowski 25 QB 8 7 18 13 0 8 0.7 1.6 2.3 13 0 5
Secdrick McIntyre 23 6 0 13 65 0 11 5.0 10.8 2.2 1 27 27.0 1 27 0.2 4.5 92 1 0
Wallace Francis 26 WR 14 14 4 6 0 11 1.5 0.4 0.3 26 390 15.0 1 32 1.9 27.9 396 1 0
Billy Pritchett 26 9 0 3 7 0 6 2.3 0.8 0.3 7 0 0
Alfred Jenkins 25 WR 14 14 2 7 0 9 3.5 0.5 0.1 39 677 17.4 4 73 2.8 48.4 684 4 2
Kim McQuilken 26 7 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.1 0.3 -1 0 0
Jim R. Mitchell 30 TE 12 0 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.5 0.1 17 178 10.5 0 17 1.4 14.8 172 0 0
Karl Farmer 23 RET 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 2 39 19.5 0 23 0.1 2.8 43 0 2
Greg McCrary 25 13 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 48 24.0 1 49 0.2 3.7 48 1 0
Billy Ryckman 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 1 5 0.1 0.4 5 1 0
Team Total 25.5 14 582 1890 9 35 3.2 135.0 41.6 140 1740 12.4 8 73 10.0 124.3 3630 17 28
Opp Total 14 504 1858 5 3.7 132.7 36.0 141 1384 9.8 9 10.1 98.9 3242 14 35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Rolland Lawrence*+ 26 LCB 14 14 51 352 0 37 6.9 1 13 0 13 13.0 365
Karl Farmer 23 RET 14 0 21 419 0 30 20.0 462
Tom Moriarty 24 14 0 8 136 0 22 17.0 136
Billy Ryckman 22 14 0 7 40 0 20 5.7 1 0 0 0 0.0 45
Rick Byas 27 RCB 14 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Monroe Eley 28 7 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 349
Wallace Francis 26 WR 14 14 1 22 0 22 22.0 418
Secdrick McIntyre 23 6 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 107
Team Total 25.5 14 59 402 0 37 6.8 34 621 0 30 18.3 4653
Opp Total 14 58 0 43 1021 1 23.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
John James* 28 P 14 0 105 4349 61 0 41.4
Nick Mike-Mayer 27 K 7 0 4 3 8 3 6 1 1 19 7 36.8% 7 7 100.0% 1 23 23 0 23.0
Fred Steinfort 25 7 0 3 3 4 2 3 1 1 11 6 54.5% 13 13 100.0%
Team Total 25.5 14 7 6 12 5 9 2 2 30 13 43.3% 20 20 100.0% 106 4372 61 0 41.2
Opp Total 14 16 9 56.3% 15 12 80.0% 101 3666 36.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jim Bailey 29 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Bartkowski 25 QB 8 7 5 1 -1 0
Greg Brezina 31 RLB 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ray Brown 28 SS 14 0 5 56 0 24 1 2 0 0
Warren Bryant 22 RT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Rick Byas 27 RCB 14 0 3 122 1 72 0 2 4 0
Ray Easterling 28 FS 14 0 4 46 0 36 0 2 0 0
Mike Esposito 24 14 0 1 55 0 55 0 2 0 0
Karl Farmer 23 RET 14 0 2 4 0 0
Wilson Faumuina 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Scott Hunter 30 qb 7 7 3 2 -2 0
Alfred Jenkins 25 WR 14 14 2 1 0 0
Rolland Lawrence*+ 26 LCB 14 14 7 138 0 36 3 3 16 0
Ron McCartney 23 14 0 0 3 0 0
Phil McKinnely 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ralph Ortega 24 MLB 14 0 4 15 0 6 0 5 14 1
Robert Pennywell 23 LLB 14 9 2 30 1 20 0 1 0 0
Dave Scott 24 LG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Andy Spiva 22 13 0 0 1 0 0
Haskel Stanback 25 RB 14 0 8 4 0 0
R.C. Thielemann 22 RG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Woody Thompson 25 FB 14 0 4 1 0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 26 462 2 72 28 41 31 1
Opp Total 14 40 35 13

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Haskel Stanback 25 RB 14 0 6 36
Fred Steinfort 25 7 0 13 6 31
Nick Mike-Mayer 27 K 7 0 7 7 28
Alfred Jenkins 25 WR 14 14 4 24
Rick Byas 27 RCB 14 0 1 6
Monroe Eley 28 7 0 1 6
Wallace Francis 26 WR 14 14 1 6
Scott Hunter 30 qb 7 7 1 6
Greg McCrary 25 13 2 1 6
Secdrick McIntyre 23 6 0 1 6
Ralph Ortega 24 MLB 14 0 1 6
Robert Pennywell 23 LLB 14 9 1 6
Billy Ryckman 22 14 0 1 6
Woody Thompson 25 FB 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.5 14 9 8 1 2 20 13 179
Opp Total 14 5 9 1 12 9 129