1973 Atlanta Falcons roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net John James 63 2,682 42.6 0 0 0 0 0 42.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Nick Mike-Mayer 5/5 7/10 6/9 7/12 1/2 26/38 34/34 112 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Greg Brezina 1.0 3 51 0 Ray Brown 6 99 0 Clarence Ellis 2 90 0 Don Hansen 1 0 0 Tom Hayes 4 142 2 Claude Humphrey 11.0 1 6 0 Rolland Lawrence 1 81 0 Mike Lewis 1.5 Tony Plummer 1 39 0 Ken Reaves 2 20 0 Mike Tilleman 6.0 Chuck Walker 0.5 1 0 0 John Zook 8.0

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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