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1972 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 2nd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (7-7-0)

Points For: 269 (19.2/g) 16th of 26

Points Against: 274 (19.6/g) 14th of 26

Expected W-L: 6.8-7.2

SRS: -1.92 (18th of 26), SOS: -1.56

Defensive Coordinator: Marion Campbell

Other Notable Asst.: Fred Bruney (Defensive Backs) and Harry Gilmer (Receivers)

Stadium: Atlanta Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

Head Coach/General Manager: Norm Van Brocklin

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	269	4011	837	4.8	34	19	231	157	296	1919	13	15	5.7	101	500	2092	16	4.2	113	73	650	17
Opp. Stats	274	3767	829	4.5	33	15	221	137	301	1704	13	18	5.2	83	504	2063	16	4.1	122	61	555	16
Lg Rank Offense	16	16			15	22	17		22	20	16	8	12		9	9	11	10
Lg Rank Defense	14	7			12	10	7		1	2	7	15	8		19	17	20	14

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Chicago Bears	37	21	16	319	146	173	2	15	283	69	214	3
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	New England Patriots	20	21	20	399	217	182		19	287	184	103
3	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Los Angeles Rams	31	3	17	358	61	297	3	13	249	137	112	6
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		Detroit Lions	23	26	15	278	79	199	1	15	314	134	180	4
5	Sun	October 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	New Orleans Saints	21	14	17	322	175	147	5	8	121	20	101	3
6	Sun	October 22	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Green Bay Packers	10	9	19	244	137	107	1	10	215	103	112	2
7	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		San Francisco 49ers	14	49	13	152	97	55	4	19	348	159	189	3
8	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	20	19	237	120	117	2	17	295	93	202
9	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		New Orleans Saints	36	20	21	352	163	189	1	19	264	155	109	2
10	Mon	November 20	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Washington Redskins	13	24	14	256	105	151	4	18	268	109	159	2
11	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5		Denver Broncos	23	20	13	250	170	80	1	17	315	213	102	1
12	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5		Houston Oilers	20	10	17	328	167	161	3	13	242	154	88	6
13	Sun	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	0	20	14	265	116	149	4	19	276	66	210
14	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7		Kansas City Chiefs	14	17	16	251	166	85	3	19	290	108	182	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bob Berry	30	QB	14	14	7-7-0	154	277	55.6	2158	13	4.7	12	4.3	57	7.8	6.8	14.0	154.1	78.5	39	255	12.34	6.02	5.1	0	1
2	Pat Sullivan	22	QB	14	0		3	19	15.8	44	0	0.0	3	15.8	18	2.3	-4.8	14.7	3.1	0.0	2	28	9.52	0.76	-5.7	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-7-0	157	296	53.0	1919	13	4.4	15	5.1	57	6.5	5.08	12.2	137.1	66.8	41	283	12.17	5.69	4.46	0	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Art Malone	24	FB	14	14	180	798	8	27	4.4	57.0	12.9	50	585	11.7	2	57	3.6	41.8	230	6.0	1383	10	10
2	Dave Hampton	25	RB	13	11	230	995	6	56	4.3	76.5	17.7	23	244	10.6	1	43	1.8	18.8	253	4.9	1239	7	9
3	Ken Burrow	24	WR	14	14	3	3	0	8	1.0	0.2	0.2	29	492	17.0	5	40	2.1	35.1	32	15.5	495	5	1
4	Jim Mitchell	25	TE	14	14	2	19	0	18	9.5	1.4	0.1	28	470	16.8	4	40	2.0	33.6	30	16.3	489	4	0	PB
5	Wes Chesson	23	WR	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	338	18.8	1	46	1.4	26.0	18	18.8	338	1	0
6	Joe Profit	23	RB	8	3	40	132	0	14	3.3	16.5	5.0	3	22	7.3	0	14	0.4	2.8	43	3.6	154	0	2
7	Bob Berry	30	QB	14	14	24	86	2	16	3.6	6.1	1.7	1	-9	-9.0	0	-9	0.1	-0.6	25	3.1	77	2	7
8	Eddie Ray	25	RB	7	0	8	34	0	9	4.3	4.9	1.1	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	2.0	9	5.3	48	0	1
9	Willie Belton	24	RB	14	0	10	20	0	8	2.0	1.4	0.7	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	11	1.7	19	0	5
10	Todd Snyder	24	WR	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	19	19.0	0	19	0.1	1.4	1	19.0	19	0	0
11	Ray Jarvis	23	WR	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.3	4.5	1	18.0	18	0	0
12	Ron Lamb	29	RB	7	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	1.4	1	10.0	10	0	0
13	Pat Sullivan	22	QB	14	0	2	8	0	10	4.0	0.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	4.0	8	0	2
14	Bill Bell	25	K	14	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-3.0	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	500	2092	16	56	4.2	149.4	35.7	157	2202	14.0	13	57	11.2	157.3	657	6.5	4294	29	37

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Berry	30	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	2	-7	0	0.0	0
2	Greg Brezina	26	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
3	Ken Burrow	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Don Hansen	28	LLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
5	Dennis Havig	23	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Tom Hayes	26	RCB	14	14	5	10	0	8	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Claude Humphrey	28	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.0	1	PB,AP-1
8	Mike Lewis	23	RDT	14	14	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	5.5	1
9	Art Malone	24	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Jim Mitchell	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Tommy Nobis	29	MLB	14	14	3	74	1	37	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	PB
12	Ken Reaves	28	LCB	14	14	3	59	0	28	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jeff Van Note	26	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	John Zook	25	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	37	1	7.5	0
15	Ray Brown	23	SS	14	13	2	46	0	46	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Clarence Ellis	22	FS	13	13	3	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
17	Dave Hampton	25	RB	13	11	0	0	0	0	9	3	6	0	0.0	0
18	Glen Condren	30	LDT	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Joe Profit	23	RB	8	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	John Small	26	DT	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Willie Belton	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ray Easterling	23	DB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Willie Germany	24	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Larry Mialik	22	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Eddie Ray	25	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Pat Sullivan	22	QB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	18	205	1	46	42	36	39	1	23.0	2

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