1988 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-11-0, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marion Campbell (5-11-0)

Points For: 244 (15.3/g) 25th of 28

Points Against: 315 (19.7/g) 11th of 28

Expected W-L: 5.7-10.3

SRS: -4.51 (24th of 28), SOS: -0.08

Offensive Coordinator: Rod Dowhower

Other Notable Asst.: Fred Bruney (Assistant Head Coach), Steve Crosby (Running Backs), Foge Fazio (Tight Ends/ST), Jim Hanifan (Asst. HC/Offensive Line) and Jimmy Raye (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

VP of Player Personnel: Ken Herock

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +30000

Training Camp: Atlanta Falcons Training Facility (Suwanee, Georgia)

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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	244	4582	1002	4.6	37	18	257	250	481	2566	13	19	4.9	136	478	2016	11	4.2	106	67	542	15
Opp. Stats	315	5692	1052	5.4	38	14	312	281	504	3373	17	24	6.3	168	518	2319	14	4.5	124	92	761	20
Lg Rank Offense	25	25			22	24	26		19	25	23	14	26		17	14	19	7
Lg Rank Defense	11	25			7	16	19		13	21	7	4	21		23	25	10	25

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Detroit Lions	17	31	26	359	187	172	4	19	230	88	142	1	-0.67	-5.56	-6.90
2	Sun	September 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		New Orleans Saints	21	29	19	307	146	161	4	25	434	222	212	4	6.63	-3.80	-9.77
3	Sun	September 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	34	17	19	367	171	196	2	22	426	322	104	4	5.69	2.70	-0.05
4	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	20	26	15	314	207	107	2	17	323	210	113	1	-8.56	-2.04	2.29
5	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4		Seattle Seahawks	20	31	18	385	245	140	4	22	317	149	168	1	6.69	-7.05	-10.37
6	Sun	October 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5		Los Angeles Rams	0	33	12	150	77	73	2	27	501	249	252	1	-21.59	-19.08	5.87
7	Sun	October 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6	@	Denver Broncos	14	30	20	311	137	174	3	21	406	302	104	1	-5.67	-12.03	2.07
8	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7		New York Giants	16	23	23	368	216	152	2	22	346	225	121	3	-7.38	0.00	4.01
9	Sun	October 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-7	@	Philadelphia Eagles	27	24	11	294	202	92	1	25	424	269	155	3	-5.56	14.13	-1.22
10	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-7		Green Bay Packers	20	0	18	341	177	164	3	13	284	183	101	7	-5.25	29.69	-1.38
11	Sun	November 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8		San Diego Chargers	7	10	13	245	188	57	2	15	355	170	185	2	-11.40	4.67	2.13
12	Sun	November 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-8	@	Los Angeles Raiders	12	6	17	280	150	130	2	9	212	147	65	2	-10.95	22.74	-4.10
13	Sun	November 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-8		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	10	16	289	108	181	2	16	313	186	127	4	0.22	6.37	-0.52
14	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9		San Francisco 49ers	3	13	8	177	134	43	1	20	378	238	140		-12.19	-1.44	3.46
15	Sun	December 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-10	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	22	9	193	128	65	2	21	418	291	127	2	-24.07	-4.91	12.17
16	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-11	@	New Orleans Saints	9	10	13	202	93	109	1	18	325	122	203	2	-9.75	3.35	5.41

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Chris Miller	23	QB	13	13	5-8-0	184	351	52.4	2133	11	3.1	12	3.4	102	40.8	68	6.1	5.2	11.6	164.1	67.3	24	207	6.40	5.14	4.3	1	3
2	Steve Dils	33	QB	7	3	0-3-0	49	99	49.5	566	2	2.0	5	5.1	24	29.8	50	5.7	3.8	11.6	80.9	52.8	15	112	13.16	3.98	2.4	0	0
3	Hugh Millen	25	QB	3	0		17	31	54.8	215	0	0.0	2	6.5	10	34.3	38	6.9	4.0	12.6	71.7	49.8	4	29	11.43	5.31	2.7	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	5-11-0	250	481	52.0	2566	13	2.7	19	4.0	136	38.0	68	6.1	4.8	11.7	160.4	63.2	43	348	8.21	4.90	3.76	1	3

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	John Settle	23	FB	16	13	232	1024	7	49	48.7	62	4.4	64.0	14.5	103	68	570	8.4	1	31	49.5	27	4.3	35.6	66.0	5.5	300	5.3	1594	8	3	PB
2	Gerald Riggs	28	RB	9	9	113	488	1	33	48.7	34	4.3	54.2	12.6	33	22	171	7.8	0	5	57.6	30	2.4	19.0	66.7	5.2	135	4.9	659	1	3
3	Gene Lang	26	RB	16	3	53	191	0	7	45.3	19	3.6	11.9	3.3	46	37	398	10.8	1	19	54.3	50	2.3	24.9	80.4	8.7	90	6.5	589	1	3
4	Stacey Bailey	28	WR	10	9	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	39	17	437	25.7	2	16	41.0	68	1.7	43.7	43.6	11.2	17	25.7	437	2	0
5	Floyd Dixon	24	WR	14	14	7	69	0	4	71.4	24	9.9	4.9	0.5	73	28	368	13.1	2	21	34.2	36	2.0	26.3	38.4	5.0	35	12.5	437	2	1
6	Michael Haynes	23	WR	15	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	31	13	232	17.8	4	11	38.7	49	0.9	15.5	41.9	7.5	13	17.8	232	4	0
7	Jessie Hester	25	WR	16	3	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	28	12	176	14.7	0	8	39.3	41	0.8	11.0	42.9	6.3	13	13.8	179	0	1
8	Ken Whisenhunt	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	32	16	174	10.9	1	9	37.5	25	1.0	10.9	50.0	5.4	16	10.9	174	1	1
9	Chris Miller	23	QB	13	13	31	138	1	7	38.7	29	4.5	10.6	2.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			31	4.5	138	1	2
10	James Primus	24	RB	16	6	35	95	1	4	22.9	29	2.7	5.9	2.2	18	8	42	5.3	0	1	27.8	8	0.5	2.6	44.4	2.3	43	3.2	137	1	0
11	Gary Wilkins	25	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	11	134	12.2	0	6	56.3	33	0.8	9.6	68.8	8.4	11	12.2	134	0	0
12	James Milling	23	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	5	66	13.2	0	3	42.9	34	0.8	11.0	71.4	9.4	5	13.2	66	0	0
13	Aubrey Matthews	26	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	5	64	12.8	0	3	45.5	21	1.3	16.0	45.5	5.8	5	12.8	64	0	2
14	Alex Higdon	22	TE	3	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	60	20.0	2	3	75.0	34	1.0	20.0	75.0	15.0	3	20.0	60	2	0
15	Sylvester Stamps	27	RB	4	1	3	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.8	8	5	22	4.4	0	0	0.0	7	1.3	5.5	62.5	2.8	8	2.8	22	0	1
16	Hugh Millen	25	QB	3	0	1	7	0	1	100.0	7	7.0	2.3	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	7.0	7	0	1
17	Steve Dils	33	QB	7	3	2	1	1	1	50.0	1	0.5	0.1	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	0.5	1	1	3
18	Rick Badanjek	26	RB	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
19	Lew Barnes	26	WR	13	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	4
	Team Totals			16	16	478	2016	11	106	45.8	62	4.2	126.0	29.9	451	250	2914	11.7	13	136	43.5	68	15.6	182.1	55.4	6.5	728	6.8	4930	24	25

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Rick Bryan	26	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
2	Bobby Butler	29	LCB	16	16	1	22	0	22	0	0	3	29	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Tony Casillas	25	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	111	111	0	0
4	Mike Gann	25	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	36	1	4.0	0	0	0	0
5	Robert Moore	24	SS	16	16	5	56	1	47	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Ken Whisenhunt	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Aundray Bruce	22	LOLB	16	15	2	10	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	6.0	70	70	0	0
8	Scott Case	26	RCB	16	15	10	47	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	65	65	0	0	PB,AP-2
9	John Rade	28	LILB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
10	Floyd Dixon	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Chris Miller	23	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	John Settle	23	FB	16	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
13	Houston Hoover	23	RT	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Joel Williams	32	ROLB/LILB	14	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Bret Clark	27	FS	12	11	4	40	0	21	2	1	1	12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Wayne Radloff	27	C	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Gerald Riggs	28	RB	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Jessie Tuggle	23	RILB	16	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0.0	103	103	0	0
19	James Primus	24	RB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Marcus Cotton	22	ROLB	11	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
21	Tim Gordon	23	FS	16	5	2	10	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
22	Tim Green	25	ROLB	10	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
23	Steve Dils	33	QB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Jessie Hester	25	WR	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Gene Lang	26	RB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Charles Dimry	22	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	20	20	0	0
27	Sylvester Stamps	27	RB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Lew Barnes	26	WR	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Evan Cooper	26	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Calvin Loveall	26	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Aubrey Matthews	26	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Hugh Millen	25	QB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Elbert Shelley	24	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	12	12	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	24	185	1	47	19	29	22	91	2	30.0	381	381	0	0

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