1972 Atlanta Falcons roster and stats

1972 Atlanta Falcons: 7-7-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (161 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (108 points scored, 129 allowed) Head Coach: Norm Van Brocklin 269 points scored (16th of 26 teams), 274 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 157 296 1,919 (20) 5.69 13 15 500 2,092 ( 9) 4.2 16 4,011 (16) 34 Defense: 137 301 1,704 ( 2) 5.24 13 18 504 2,063 (17) 4.1 16 3,767 ( 8) 33

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 6 John James P 14 6'3 197 23 R Florida 7 Pat Sullivan QB 14 6'0 198 22 R Auburn 17 Bob Berry QB 14 5'11 185 30 8 Oregon 23 Joe Profit RB 8 6'0 213 23 2 Northeast Louisiana 25 Art Malone RB 14 5'11 211 24 3 Arizona State 27 Tom Hayes DB 14 6'1 200 26 2 San Diego State 28 Willie Belton RB 14 5'11 207 23 2 Maryland Eastern Shore 29 Clarence Ellis DB 13 5'11 193 22 R Notre Dame 30 Larry Shears DB 1 5'10 185 23 2 Lincoln (Mo.) 31 Willie Germany DB 12 6'0 192 24 1 Morgan State 32 Ray Easterling DB 8 6'0 195 23 R Richmond 34 Ray Brown DB 14 6'2 208 23 2 West Texas State 35 Tony Plummer DB 14 5'11 188 25 3 Pacific 36 Ken Reaves DB 14 6'3 210 28 7 Norfolk State 37 Bill Bell K 14 6'1 192 24 2 Kansas 40 Ron Lamb RB 7 6'2 225 29 5 South Carolina 43 Dave Hampton RB 13 6'0 210 25 4 Wyoming 44 Eddie Ray RB 7 6'1 240 25 3 Louisiana State 46 Ray Jarvis WR 4 5'11 200 23 2 Norfolk State 50 Greg Brezina LB 14 6'2 226 26 4 Houston 51 Duane Benson LB 14 6'2 215 27 6 Hamline 54 Grady Allen LB 14 6'3 230 26 5 Texas A&M 55 Jim Miller OG 2 6'3 240 23 2 Iowa 56 Dennis Havig OG 14 6'2 245 23 1 Colorado 57 Jeff Van Note C 14 6'2 243 26 4 Kentucky 58 Don Hansen LB 14 6'3 235 28 6 Illinois 59 Noel Jenke LB 1 6'1 220 25 2 Minnesota 60 Tommy Nobis LB 14 6'2 240 29 7 Texas 61 Bill Sandeman OT 14 6'6 252 29 7 Pacific 64 Andy Maurer OG 14 6'3 265 24 3 Oregon 65 Len Gotshalk OT 14 6'4 244 23 1 Humboldt State 66 John Small DT 9 6'5 270 25 3 Citadel 66 Ted Fritsch C 14 6'2 240 22 R St. Norbert's 69 Mike Lewis DT 14 6'3 244 23 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 71 John Zook DE 14 6'5 243 25 4 Kansas 75 George Kunz OT 14 6'5 257 25 4 Notre Dame 77 Rosie Manning DT 3 6'5 256 22 R Northeastern Oklahoma 79 Chuck Walker DT 9 6'2 250 31 9 Duke 80 Todd Snyder WR 14 6'2 194 24 3 Ohio 81 Wes Chesson WR 13 6'2 195 23 2 Duke 82 Ken Burrow WR 14 6'0 190 24 2 San Diego State 83 Larry Mialik TE 14 6'2 226 22 R Wisconsin 86 Jim Mitchell TE 14 6'2 234 24 4 Virginia State 87 Claude Humphrey DE 14 6'5 252 28 5 Tennessee State 88 Glen Condren DT 10 6'2 250 30 7 Oklahoma

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Berry 277 154 55.6 2,158 7.79 14.0 13 4.7 12 4.3 39 255 78.5 Pat Sullivan 19 3 15.8 44 2.32 14.7 0 0.0 3 15.8 2 28 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Art Malone             50    585   11.7    2
Ken Burrow             29    492   17.0    5
Jim Mitchell           28    470   16.8    4
Dave Hampton           23    244   10.6    1
Wes Chesson            18    338   18.8    1
Joe Profit              3     22    7.3    0
Todd Snyder             1     19   19.0    0
Ray Jarvis              1     18   18.0    0
Eddie Ray               1     14   14.0    0
Ron Lamb                1     10   10.0    0
Willie Belton           1     -1   -1.0    0
Bob Berry               1     -9   -9.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dave Hampton          230    995    4.3    6
Art Malone            180    798    4.4    8
Joe Profit             40    132    3.3    0
Bob Berry              24     86    3.6    2
Eddie Ray               8     34    4.2    0
Willie Belton          10     20    2.0    0
Jim Mitchell            2     19    9.5    0
Pat Sullivan            2      8    4.0    0
Ken Burrow              3      3    1.0    0
Bill Bell               1     -3   -3.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dave Hampton           25    535   21.4    0
Willie Belton          21    441   21.0    0
Art Malone              2     37   18.5    0
Willie Germany          2      5    2.5    0
Tony Plummer            1     21   21.0    0
Wes Chesson             1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Willie Belton          17    110    6.5    6    0
Ray Brown               8     71    8.9   10    0
Clarence Ellis          1     13   13.0    0    0
John Small              1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net John James 61 2,609 42.8 0 0 0 0 0 42.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bill Bell 3/5 5/6 7/10 1/9 0/0 16/30 31/31 79 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Greg Brezina 1.0 Ray Brown 2 46 0 Glen Condren 1.0 Clarence Ellis 1.0 3 13 0 Don Hansen 1.0 1 0 0 Tom Hayes 5 10 0 Claude Humphrey 6.0 Mike Lewis 5.5 1 3 0 Tommy Nobis 3 74 1 Ken Reaves 3 59 0 John Zook 7.5

1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 15 DB Clarence Ellis 41 Notre Dame 2 40 QB Pat Sullivan 30 Auburn [pick acquired from PHI via DET] 2 41 OT Steve Okoniewski 52 Montana [pick acquired from DET] 2 42 DT Roosevelt Manning 24 N.E. Oklahoma 3 67 RB Les Goodman 19 Yankton 4 94 DT Andrew Howard Grambling 5 109 RB Billy Taylor Michigan [pick acquired from HOU via DEN, BUF] 5 119 LB Ralph Cindrich 36 Pittsburgh 6 140 DB Mike Perfetti Minnesota [pick acquired from NE via NYG] 6 146 WR Fred Riley Idaho 7 171 RB Lance Moon Wisconsin 8 198 RB Henry Brandon Southern 9 223 DB Ray Easterling 83 Richmond 11 275 WR Jack Phillips Grambling 12 302 TE Larry Mialik 49 Wisconsin 13 327 TE Henry Sovio Hawaii 14 354 LB Tom Chandler Minnesota 15 379 DB Oscar Jenkins Virginia Union 16 406 LB Larry Butler Stanford 17 431 RB Bill Holland USC

Traded draft picks: #10 to STL (Mike Franks)

Transactions:

02-01-1972	traded Greg Lens and Randy Marshall to Bills for Houston's #5 pick in the 1972 draft
02-01-1972	traded Dick Enderle to Giants for New England's #6 pick in the 1972 draft
02-01-1972	traded Rudy Redmond, Sonny Campbell and Atlanta's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Lions for Detroit's #2 pick in the 1972 draft
02-01-1972	traded John Mallory to Saints for Atlanta's #6 pick in the 1972 draft
08-01-1972	traded Atlanta's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Raiders for Duane Benson
08-31-1972	traded Atlanta's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Redskins for Willie Germany
09-01-1972	claimed Silas McKinnie on waivers from Cardinals
09-05-1972	traded Malcolm Snider to Packers for Dave Hampton
09-06-1972	traded Cannonball Butler to Eagles for Tony Baker
09-06-1972	Patriots claimed Ralph Cindrich on waivers
09-07-1972	Rams claimed Ron Acks on waivers
09-12-1972	Eagles returned Cannonball Butler (after failing physical)
09-13-1972	placed Harmon Wages on injured reserve
09-13-1972	Rams claimed Leo Hart on waivers
09-26-1972	traded Cannonball Butler to Cardinals for Chuck Walker

1972 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/72    at Chicago Bears           W 37-21       1-0-0
09/24/72    at New England Patriots    L 20-21       1-1-0
10/01/72    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 31-3        2-1-0
10/08/72    vs Detroit Lions           L 23-26       2-2-0
10/15/72    at New Orleans Saints      W 21-14       3-2-0
10/22/72    at Green Bay Packers       W 10-9        4-2-0
10/29/72    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 14-49       4-3-0
11/05/72    at Los Angeles Rams        L 7-20        4-4-0
11/12/72    vs New Orleans Saints      W 36-20       5-4-0
11/20/72    at Washington Redskins     L 13-24       5-5-0
11/26/72    vs Denver Broncos          W 23-20       6-5-0
12/03/72    vs Houston Oilers          W 20-10       7-5-0
12/10/72    at San Francisco 49ers     L 0-20        7-6-0
12/17/72    vs Kansas City Chiefs      L 14-17       7-7-0

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