1970 Atlanta Falcons roster and stats

1970 Atlanta Falcons: 4-8-2
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Home record: 3-4-0 (115 points scored, 147 allowed) Road record: 1-4-2 (91 points scored, 114 allowed) Head Coach: Norm Van Brocklin 206 points scored (22nd of 26 teams), 261 points allowed (10th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 197 342 1,831 (23) 4.64 18 21 431 1,600 (15) 3.7 4 3,431 (23) 38 Defense: 191 348 2,154 ( 8) 5.70 11 19 479 1,722 (15) 3.6 14 3,876 (11) 35

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College ? Kent Lawrence WR 1 5'11 175 24 2 Georgia 5 Harmon Wages RB 13 6'1 215 24 3 Florida 8 Kenny Vinyard K 14 5'10 190 23 1 Texas Tech 11 Randy Johnson QB 4 6'3 210 26 5 Texas A&I 15 Gail Cogdill WR 6 6'2 200 33 11 Washington State 17 Bob Berry QB 12 5'11 190 28 6 Oregon 19 Mike Brunson WR 8 6'1 187 23 R Arizona State 20 Tom McCauley DB 14 6'3 184 23 2 North Carolina 22 John Mallory DB 14 6'0 198 24 3 West Virginia 25 Art Malone RB 14 5'11 209 22 R Arizona State 26 Billy Lothridge P 14 6'1 190 28 7 Georgia Tech 28 Mike Freeman DB 14 5'11 180 26 3 Fresno State 32 Grady Cavness DB 4 5'11 192 23 2 Texas-El Paso 33 Cannonball Butler RB 14 5'10 195 27 6 Edward Waters 36 Ken Reaves DB 14 6'3 202 26 5 Norfolk State 40 Paul Gipson RB 13 6'0 205 24 2 Houston 45 Sonny Campbell RB 11 5'11 192 22 R Northern Arizona 47 Rudy Redmond DB 14 6'0 190 23 2 Pacific 49 Al Lavan DB 13 6'1 194 24 2 Colorado State 51 Ted Cottrell LB 14 6'1 233 23 2 Delaware Valley 52 Ron Acks LB 8 6'2 225 26 1 Illinois 53 John Matlock C 14 6'4 250 26 3 Miami 54 Grady Allen LB 14 6'3 230 24 3 Texas A&M 57 Jeff Van Note C 14 6'2 244 24 2 Kentucky 58 Don Hansen LB 14 6'3 220 26 4 Illinois 59 Dean Halverson LB 7 6'2 220 24 2 Washington 60 Tommy Nobis LB 14 6'2 237 27 5 Texas 61 Bill Sandeman OT 6 6'6 260 27 5 Pacific 62 Gary Roberts OG 11 6'2 242 23 1 Purdue 63 Dick Enderle OG 12 6'1 258 22 2 Minnesota 64 Andy Maurer OG 14 6'3 257 22 R Oregon 65 Bob Breitenstein OT 7 6'3 267 27 5 Tulsa 66 John Small LB 10 6'5 254 23 R Citadel 67 Mal Snider OT 14 6'4 250 23 2 Stanford 68 Dave Hettema OT 6 6'4 250 27 2 New Mexico 71 John Zook DE 14 6'5 240 23 2 Kansas 72 Greg Lens DT 14 6'5 260 25 R Trinity (TX) 74 Jim Sullivan DE 7 6'4 240 26 1 Lincoln (Mo.) 75 George Kunz OT 9 6'5 245 23 2 Notre Dame 80 Todd Snyder WR 12 6'2 184 22 R Ohio 84 Mike Donohoe TE 14 6'3 227 25 2 San Francisco 85 Paul Flatley WR 14 6'1 190 29 8 Northwestern 86 Jim Mitchell TE 14 6'2 235 22 2 Virginia State 87 Claude Humphrey DE 12 6'5 244 26 3 Tennessee State 88 Glen Condren DT 14 6'2 247 28 5 Oklahoma 89 Randy Marshall DE 9 6'5 237 23 R Linfield

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Berry 269 156 58.0 1,806 6.71 11.6 16 5.9 13 4.8 36 274 78.1 Randy Johnson 72 40 55.6 443 6.15 11.1 2 2.8 8 11.1 16 148 43.7 Harmon Wages 1 1 100.0 13 13.00 13.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 118.8

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Jim Mitchell           44    650   14.8    6
Paul Flatley           39    544   13.9    1
Harmon Wages           26    153    5.9    2
Cannonball Butler      24    151    6.3    1
Todd Snyder            23    311   13.5    2
Paul Gipson            16    186   11.6    3
Art Malone              9     38    4.2    1
Gail Cogdill            7    101   14.4    1
Sonny Campbell          7     92   13.1    0
Mike Donohoe            2     36   18.0    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Cannonball Butler     166    636    3.8    0
Harmon Wages          119    422    3.5    1
Paul Gipson            52    177    3.4    0
Art Malone             40    136    3.4    0
Sonny Campbell         28    116    4.1    2
Bob Berry              13     60    4.6    0
Jim Mitchell            5     23    4.6    1
Randy Johnson           7     21    3.0    0
Mike Brunson            1      9    9.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Cannonball Butler      14    284   20.3    0
Sonny Campbell         10    230   23.0    0
Paul Gipson             8    189   23.6    0
Art Malone              5     66   13.2    0
Mike Brunson            4     54   13.5    0
Grady Cavness           3     61   20.3    0
Harmon Wages            1     22   22.0    0
Al Lavan                1     10   10.0    0
Mike Freeman            1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
John Mallory           17    203   11.9    3    1
Tom McCauley           14    138    9.9    9    1
Mike Freeman            3     15    5.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Billy Lothridge 76 2,944 38.7 0 0 0 0 0 38.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Kenny Vinyard 4/5 0/2 4/7 1/9 0/2 9/25 23/26 50 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Ron Acks 1.0 Grady Allen 1 0 0 Glen Condren 3.0 Mike Freeman 1 3 0 Don Hansen 1.0 1 15 0 Claude Humphrey 10.0 1 5 0 Al Lavan 3 11 0 Greg Lens 6.5 John Mallory 1 9 0 Tom McCauley 1.0 1 32 0 Tommy Nobis 2 36 0 Ken Reaves 6 44 0 Rudy Redmond 1 12 0 John Zook 9.0 1 24 0

1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 12 DT John Small 47 The Citadel 2 39 RB Art Malone 80 Arizona State 3 64 OG Andy Maurer 109 Oregon 3 65 WR Todd Snyder 30 Ohio [pick acquired from NYG] 4 84 OT Paul Reed Johnson C. Smith [pick acquired from PHI] 5 112 RB Bruce Van Ness Rutgers [pick acquired from PHI via NYG] 5 116 C Ken Mendenhall 143 Oklahoma 6 143 RB Mack Herron 39 Kansas State 6 147 WR Jade Butcher Indiana [pick acquired from WAS] 6 152 DE Randy Marshall 15 Linfield [pick acquired from LA] 7 169 WR Gary Orcutt USC [pick acquired from NYG] 8 194 TE Larry Brewer Louisiana Tech [pick acquired from NYG] 8 195 DB Seth Miller Arizona State 9 220 DB Roy Robinson Montana 10 246 DB Jim Hatcher Kansas 11 272 RB Mike Brunson 8 Arizona State 12 298 RB Lonnie Holton Northern Michigan 13 324 DT Rich Stepanek Iowa 14 351 WR Chuck Wald North Dakota State 15 376 DB Keith Mauney Princeton 16 403 WR Steve Parnell Massachusetts 17 428 K Bill Bell 31 Kansas

Traded draft picks: #4 to STL (Don Parish), #7 to LA (Bill Nelson)

Transactions:

01-27-1970	traded Jerry Shay to Giants for Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1970 draft
07-01-1970	claimed Grady Cavness on waivers from Broncos
08-05-1970	Bill Sabatino retired
08-19-1970	Vikings claimed Seth Miller on waivers
08-26-1970	claimed Carl Kammerer on waivers from Redskins
09-02-1970	traded cash to Packers for Ron Jones
09-03-1970	Eagles claimed Paul Reed on waivers
09-05-1970	traded Bruce Van Ness to Cowboys for a draft pick
09-09-1970	claimed Lynn Larson on waivers from Bears
09-09-1970	traded Ken Mendenhall to Packers for Francis Winkler
09-14-1970	placed Greg Brezina on injured reserve

1970 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/20/70    at New Orleans Saints      W 14-3        1-0-0
09/27/70    at Green Bay Packers       L 24-27       1-1-0
10/04/70    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 21-20       2-1-0
10/11/70    at Dallas Cowboys          L 0-13        2-2-0
10/18/70    at Denver Broncos          L 10-24       2-3-0
10/25/70    vs New Orleans Saints      W 32-14       3-3-0
11/01/70    vs Chicago Bears           L 14-23       3-4-0
11/08/70    at Los Angeles Rams        T 10-10       3-4-1
11/15/70    at Philadelphia Eagles     T 13-13       3-4-2
11/22/70    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 7-17        3-5-2
11/30/70    vs Miami Dolphins          L 7-20        3-6-2
12/06/70    at San Francisco 49ers     L 20-24       3-7-2
12/13/70    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 27-16       4-7-2
12/20/70    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 7-37        4-8-2

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