1976 Atlanta Falcons: 4-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (125 points scored, 134 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (47 points scored, 178 allowed) Head Coaches: Marion Campbell (1-4-0), Pat Peppler (3-6-0) 172 points scored (24th of 28 teams), 312 points allowed (22nd) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 157 354 1,414 (28) 3.55 10 24 470 1,689 (25) 3.6 10 3,103 (27) 41 Defense: 184 340 2,001 (11) 5.34 14 18 574 2,577 (25) 4.5 22 4,578 (20) 38
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College ? Wally Pesuit OG 1 6'4 250 22 R Kentucky 6 John James P 14 6'3 200 27 5 Florida 10 Steve Bartkowski QB 5 6'4 213 23 2 California 11 Kim McQuilken QB 8 6'2 203 25 3 Lehigh 12 Nick Mike-Mayer K 14 5'8 187 26 4 Temple 16 Scott Hunter QB 8 6'2 205 28 5 Alabama 22 Rolland Lawrence DB 14 5'10 179 25 4 Tabor 24 Haskel Stanback RB 14 6'0 210 24 3 Tennessee 26 Mike Esposito RB 10 6'0 185 23 1 Boston College 28 Frank Reed DB 14 5'11 193 22 R Washington 29 Ron Mabra DB 8 5'10 170 25 2 Howard 32 Ray Easterling DB 14 6'0 192 27 5 Richmond 34 Ray Brown DB 14 6'2 202 27 6 West Texas State 38 Rick Byas DB 14 5'9 180 26 3 Wayne State (MI) 39 Billy Ray Pritchett RB 6 6'3 233 25 2 West Texas State 40 Bob Jones DB 14 6'2 193 25 4 Virginia Union 41 Sonny Collins RB 11 6'1 196 23 R Kentucky 42 John Gilliam WR 14 6'1 187 31 10 South Carolina State 43 Dave Hampton RB 2 6'0 202 29 8 Wyoming 44 Bubba Bean RB 14 5'11 195 22 R Texas A&M 47 Brad Davis RB 1 5'10 200 23 2 Louisiana State 48 Woody Thompson RB 7 6'1 228 24 2 Miami 50 Greg Brezina LB 11 6'1 221 30 8 Houston 51 Jim Cope LB 8 6'1 235 23 1 Ohio State 52 Dewey McClain LB 14 6'3 236 22 R East Central (OK) 53 Paul Ryczek C 14 6'2 230 24 3 Virginia 54 Fulton Kuykendall LB 7 6'5 225 23 2 UCLA 55 Ralph Ortega LB 14 6'2 220 23 2 Florida 56 Guy Roberts LB 14 6'1 220 26 5 Maryland 57 Jeff Van Note C 10 6'2 247 30 8 Kentucky 58 Jim Weatherly C 3 6'3 245 24 1 Mount San Antonio J.C. 60 Tommy Nobis LB 13 6'2 243 33 11 Texas 62 Brent Adams OT 14 6'5 256 24 2 Tennessee 63 Greg Kindle OT 10 6'4 265 26 3 Tennessee State 64 Royce Smith OG 10 6'3 250 27 5 Georgia 65 Len Gotshalk OG 14 6'4 259 27 5 Humboldt State 68 Larron Jackson OG 14 6'3 260 27 6 Missouri 69 Mike Lewis DT 12 6'3 261 27 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 70 Dave Scott OG 13 6'4 285 22 R Kansas 71 Greg Marderian DT 1 6'4 250 24 1 Southern California 71 Steve George DT 1 6'6 265 25 2 Houston 72 Jim Bailey DE 7 6'5 255 28 7 Kansas 73 Phil McKinnely OT 12 6'4 248 22 R UCLA 74 Mike Tilleman DT 14 6'5 278 32 11 Montana 75 Jeff Merrow DE 14 6'4 230 23 2 West Virginia 77 Ron East DT 14 6'4 250 33 9 Montana State 78 Bill Windauer DT 3 6'3 250 26 4 Iowa 79 Jeff Yeates DE 2 6'3 248 25 3 Boston College 80 Karl Farmer WR 1 5'11 165 22 R Pittsburgh 81 Bob Adams TE 13 6'2 218 30 7 Pacific 82 Scott Piper WR 13 6'1 179 22 R Arizona 84 Alfred Jenkins WR 14 5'10 172 24 2 Morris Brown 86 Jim Mitchell TE 14 6'2 236 28 8 Virginia State 87 Claude Humphrey DE 13 6'5 265 32 8 Tennessee State 89 Wallace Francis WR 14 5'11 190 24 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Kim McQuilken 121 48 39.7 450 3.72 9.4 2 1.7 10 8.3 17 164 21.7 Steve Bartkowski 120 57 47.5 677 5.64 11.9 2 1.7 9 7.5 18 150 39.5 Scott Hunter 110 51 46.4 633 5.75 12.4 5 4.5 4 3.6 9 81 64.7 Bubba Bean 1 1 100.0 49 49.00 49.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3 Mike Esposito 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Alfred Jenkins 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Alfred Jenkins 41 710 17.3 6 John Gilliam 21 292 13.9 2 Haskel Stanback 21 174 8.3 1 Jim Mitchell 17 209 12.3 0 Mike Esposito 17 88 5.2 0 Bubba Bean 16 148 9.2 1 Woody Thompson 16 111 6.9 0 Sonny Collins 4 37 9.2 0 Wallace Francis 2 24 12.0 0 Bob Adams 1 15 15.0 0 Billy Ray Pritchett 1 1 1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Bubba Bean 124 428 3.5 2 Haskel Stanback 95 324 3.4 3 Sonny Collins 91 319 3.5 0 Mike Esposito 60 317 5.3 2 Woody Thompson 42 152 3.6 0 Billy Ray Pritchett 14 74 5.3 1 Scott Hunter 14 41 2.9 1 Kim McQuilken 9 26 2.9 0 Dave Hampton 12 24 2.0 0 Jim Mitchell 1 -6 -6.0 0 Steve Bartkowski 8 -10 -1.2 1 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rolland Lawrence 21 521 24.8 0 Rick Byas 12 270 22.5 0 Wallace Francis 9 156 17.3 0 Sonny Collins 7 141 20.1 0 Ron Mabra 3 61 20.3 0 Bubba Bean 2 38 19.0 0 Bob Jones 1 22 22.0 0 Bob Adams 1 21 21.0 0 Haskel Stanback 1 18 18.0 0 Mike Esposito 1 12 12.0 0 Ralph Ortega 1 9 9.0 0 Guy Roberts 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rolland Lawrence 54 372 6.9 5 0 Rick Byas 1 8 8.0 0 0 Mike Esposito 1 6 6.0 0 0 Karl Farmer 1 0 0.0 0 0 Ron Mabra 1 0 0.0 0 0 Guy Roberts 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bob Jones 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 RB Bubba Bean 40 Texas A&M 2 36 RB Sonny Collins 11 Kentucky 3 71 OT Dave Scott 98 Kansas 4 102 DE Walt Brett Montana 6 169 DT Stan Varner Brigham Young [pick acquired from DEN] 7 193 WR Karl Farmer 17 Pittsburgh 8 219 DB Frank Reed 71 Washington 9 246 OT Phil McKinnely 77 UCLA 11 302 OT Chuck Brislin Mississippi State 12 329 K Pat Bolton Montana State 13 356 OT Mike Williams Florida 14 383 DE Mark Husfloen Washington State 15 414 DB Ron Olson Washington 16 441 LB Pat Curto Ohio State 17 468 DB Tony Green Texas Tech
Traded draft picks: #5 to MIN (Steve Wagner), #6 to BUF (Leslie Benson)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Vince Kendrick in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Don Hansen in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Nick Bebout in expansion draft |
| 04-08-1976 | traded Tom Hayes and Atlanta's #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Chargers for Sam Williams |
| 08-20-1976 | traded Atlanta's #7 pick in the 1977 draft to Browns for Ron East |
| 08-23-1976 | traded John Zook to Cardinals for Greg Kindle and St. Louis' #1 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-06-1976 | traded Ted Fritsch to Redskins for Washington's #6 and #9 picks in the 1977 draft |
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 vs Los Angeles Rams L 14-30 0-1-0 09/19/76 at Detroit Lions L 10-24 0-2-0 09/26/76 at Chicago Bears W 10-0 1-2-0 10/03/76 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 13-14 1-3-0 10/10/76 at New Orleans Saints L 0-30 1-4-0 10/17/76 vs Cleveland Browns L 17-20 1-5-0 10/23/76 at San Francisco 49ers L 0-15 1-6-0 10/31/76 vs New Orleans Saints W 23-20 2-6-0 11/07/76 at Seattle Seahawks L 13-30 2-7-0 11/14/76 vs San Francisco 49ers W 21-16 3-7-0 11/21/76 vs Dallas Cowboys W 17-10 4-7-0 11/28/76 at Houston Oilers L 14-20 4-8-0 12/04/76 at Los Angeles Rams L 0-59 4-9-0 12/12/76 vs Green Bay Packers L 20-24 4-10-0