1973 Atlanta Falcons: 9-5-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (120 points scored, 105 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (198 points scored, 119 allowed) Head Coach: Norm Van Brocklin
318 points scored (7th of 26 teams), 224 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 168 320 2,001 (12) 5.54 14 12 518 2,037 (10) 3.9 18 4,038 (15) 33
Defense: 151 324 1,430 ( 3) 4.05 11 22 520 2,129 (18) 4.1 12 3,559 ( 6) 37
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Harmon Wages RB 6 6'1 212 27 5 Florida 6 John James P 14 6'3 197 24 2 Florida 7 Pat Sullivan QB 4 6'0 200 23 2 Auburn 11 Dick Shiner QB 4 6'0 195 31 9 Maryland 12 Nick Mike-Mayer K 14 5'8 186 23 R Temple 19 Bob Lee QB 12 6'2 195 28 5 Pacific 22 Rolland Lawrence DB 14 5'10 180 22 R Tabor 23 Joe Profit RB 3 6'0 213 24 3 Northeast Louisiana 25 Art Malone RB 10 5'11 216 25 4 Arizona State 27 Tom Hayes DB 14 6'1 198 27 3 San Diego State 29 Clarence Ellis DB 14 5'11 190 23 2 Notre Dame 30 Joe Washington RB 9 5'9 180 22 R Illinois State 32 Ray Easterling DB 1 6'0 195 24 2 Richmond 33 Henry Matthews RB 3 6'3 203 24 2 Michigan State 34 Ray Brown DB 14 6'2 202 24 3 West Texas State 35 Tony Plummer DB 14 5'11 188 26 4 Pacific 36 Ken Reaves DB 14 6'3 210 29 8 Norfolk State 41 Al Dodd WR 13 6'0 178 28 5 Northwestern State-Louisiana 43 Dave Hampton RB 14 6'0 210 26 5 Wyoming 44 Eddie Ray RB 14 6'1 240 26 4 Louisiana State 50 Greg Brezina LB 14 6'2 226 27 5 Houston 51 Duane Benson LB 14 6'2 215 28 7 Hamline 52 Ken Mitchell LB 14 6'1 224 24 1 Nevada-Las Vegas 56 Dennis Havig OG 14 6'2 256 24 2 Colorado 57 Jeff Van Note C 14 6'2 247 27 5 Kentucky 58 Don Hansen LB 14 6'3 228 29 7 Illinois 59 Lonnie Warwick LB 14 6'3 240 31 9 Tennessee Tech 60 Tommy Nobis LB 14 6'2 243 30 8 Texas 61 Bill Sandeman OT 12 6'6 265 30 8 Pacific 63 Nick Bebout OT 13 6'5 260 22 R Wyoming 64 Andy Maurer OG 14 6'3 247 25 4 Oregon 65 Len Gotshalk OT 14 6'4 260 24 2 Humboldt State 66 Ted Fritsch C 14 6'2 240 23 2 St. Norbert's 68 Frank Gallagher OG 3 6'2 245 30 7 North Carolina 69 Mike Lewis DT 14 6'3 260 24 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 71 John Zook DE 14 6'5 250 26 5 Kansas 74 Mike Tilleman DT 13 6'5 278 29 8 Montana 75 George Kunz OT 14 6'5 268 26 5 Notre Dame 77 Rosie Manning DT 1 6'5 256 23 2 Northeastern Oklahoma 78 Greg Marx DE 14 6'4 260 23 R Notre Dame 79 Chuck Walker DT 14 6'2 260 32 10 Duke 80 Louis Neal WR 5 6'4 215 22 R Prairie View A&M 81 Wes Chesson WR 2 6'2 195 24 3 Duke 82 Ken Burrow WR 9 6'0 190 25 3 San Diego State 83 Larry Mialik TE 14 6'2 226 23 2 Wisconsin 84 Tom Geredine WR 12 6'2 195 23 R Northeast Missouri State 86 Jim Mitchell TE 14 6'2 236 25 5 Virginia State 87 Claude Humphrey DE 14 6'5 265 29 6 Tennessee State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bob Lee 230 120 52.2 1,786 7.77 14.9 10 4.3 8 3.5 28 256 77.9
Dick Shiner 64 34 53.1 401 6.27 11.8 3 4.7 4 6.2 11 86 62.0
Pat Sullivan 26 14 53.8 175 6.73 12.5 1 3.8 0 0.0 2 19 87.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jim Mitchell 32 420 13.1 0 Ken Burrow 31 567 18.3 7 Dave Hampton 25 273 10.9 1 Al Dodd 19 291 15.3 0 Eddie Ray 19 192 10.1 2 Art Malone 19 177 9.3 1 Tom Geredine 12 231 19.2 1 Louis Neal 5 131 26.2 1 Wes Chesson 2 36 18.0 1 Larry Mialik 2 30 15.0 0 Harmon Wages 2 14 7.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Dave Hampton 263 997 3.8 4 Eddie Ray 96 434 4.5 9 Art Malone 76 336 4.4 2 Bob Lee 29 67 2.3 0 Joe Profit 18 55 3.1 2 Harmon Wages 18 47 2.6 1 Joe Washington 4 36 9.0 0 Jim Mitchell 5 34 6.8 0 Pat Sullivan 3 19 6.3 0 Ken Burrow 2 17 8.5 0 Dick Shiner 3 -2 -0.7 0 Tom Geredine 1 -3 -3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Joe Washington 20 432 21.6 0 Dave Hampton 11 258 23.5 0 Tom Geredine 9 211 23.4 0 Tony Plummer 5 115 23.0 0 Rolland Lawrence 3 71 23.7 0 Duane Benson 3 20 6.7 0 Joe Profit 1 0 0.0 0 Harmon Wages 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ray Brown 40 360 9.0 11 0 Al Dodd 8 69 8.6 1 0 Rolland Lawrence 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1973 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 39 DT Greg Marx 14 Notre Dame 4 94 WR Tom Geredine 34 N.E. Missouri State [pick acquired from NYG] 6 142 OT Nick Bebout 97 Wyoming 7 170 DB Tommy Campbell 14 Iowa State 8 195 OG Tom Reed Arkansas 9 220 C Russell Ingram Texas Tech 10 248 K Nick Mike-Mayer 125 Temple 11 273 DB Byron Buelow Wisconsin-LaCrosse 12 298 LB Mike Samples Drake 13 326 OT Chris Stecher Claremont-Mudd 14 351 QB John Madeya Louisville 15 376 DB Thomas Gage Lamar 16 404 RB Rufus Ferguson Wisconsin 17 428 WR Jim Hodge Arkansas
Traded draft picks: #1 to HOU (George Amundson), #3 to SD via OAK (Dan Fouts), #4 to DET (Dick Jauron), #5 to WAS (Charley Cantrell)
Transactions:
| 01-22-1973 | traded Atlanta's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Oilers for Mike Tilleman |
| 05-14-1973 | traded Bob Berry and Atlanta's #1 pick in the 1974 draft to Vikings for Bob Lee and Lonnie Warwick |
| 06-1973 | traded Atlanta's #5 and #8 picks in the 1974 draft to Saints for Al Dodd and Tom Roussel |
| 07-09-1973 | Glen Condren retired |
| 07-12-1973 | sent John Small to Lions as compensation for free agent Frank Gallagher |
| 07-13-1973 | traded Ray Jarvis to Bills for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 08-23-1973 | traded Willie Belton to Bills for Lou Ross |
| 08-30-1973 | traded Lou Ross to Chargers for San Diego's #8 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 09-06-1973 | traded Willie Germany to Lions for Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 10-19-1973 | Vikings claimed Frank Gallagher on waivers |
| 10-23-1973 | traded Joe Profit to Saints for Oakland's #3 pick in the 1974 draft |
1973 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 at New Orleans Saints W 62-7 1-0-0 09/23/73 at Los Angeles Rams L 0-31 1-1-0 10/01/73 at Detroit Lions L 6-31 1-2-0 10/07/73 vs San Francisco 49ers L 9-13 1-3-0 10/14/73 vs Chicago Bears W 46-6 2-3-0 10/21/73 at San Diego Chargers W 41-0 3-3-0 10/28/73 at San Francisco 49ers W 17-3 4-3-0 11/04/73 vs Los Angeles Rams W 15-13 5-3-0 11/11/73 at Philadelphia Eagles W 44-27 6-3-0 11/19/73 vs Minnesota Vikings W 20-14 7-3-0 11/25/73 at New York Jets W 28-20 8-3-0 12/02/73 vs Buffalo Bills L 6-17 8-4-0 12/09/73 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 10-32 8-5-0 12/16/73 vs New Orleans Saints W 14-10 9-5-0
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