1977 Atlanta Falcons: 7-7-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (106 points scored, 62 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (73 points scored, 67 allowed) Head Coach: Leeman Bennett
179 points scored (25th of 28 teams), 129 points allowed (1st) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 140 297 1,356 (27) 4.02 8 16 582 1,890 (17) 3.2 9 3,246 (25) 25
Defense: 141 320 1,384 ( 1) 3.82 9 26 504 1,858 (11) 3.7 5 3,242 ( 2) 48
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Fred Steinfort K 7 5'11 180 24 2 Boston College 6 John James P 14 6'3 200 28 6 Florida 10 Steve Bartkowski QB 8 6'4 213 24 3 California 11 Kim McQuilken QB 7 6'2 203 26 4 Lehigh 12 Nick Mike-Mayer K 7 5'8 187 27 5 Temple 14 June Jones QB 1 6'4 200 24 1 Portland State 16 Scott Hunter QB 7 6'2 205 29 6 Alabama 22 Rolland Lawrence DB 14 5'10 179 26 5 Tabor 24 Haskel Stanback RB 14 6'0 210 25 4 Tennessee 26 Mike Esposito RB 14 6'0 183 24 2 Boston College 28 Frank Reed DB 14 5'11 193 23 2 Washington 32 Ray Easterling DB 14 6'0 192 28 6 Richmond 34 Ray Brown DB 14 6'2 202 28 7 West Texas State 38 Rick Byas DB 14 5'9 180 27 4 Wayne State (MI) 39 Billy Ray Pritchett RB 9 6'3 230 26 3 West Texas State 41 Secedrick McIntyre RB 6 5'10 190 23 1 Auburn 45 Tom Moriarty DB 14 6'0 185 24 1 Bowling Green 46 Monroe Eley RB 7 6'2 210 28 2 Arizona State 48 Woody Thompson RB 14 6'1 228 25 3 Miami 50 Greg Brezina LB 14 6'1 221 31 9 Houston 51 Andy Spiva LB 13 6'2 220 22 R Tennessee 52 Dewey McClain LB 13 6'2 220 23 2 East Central (OK) 53 Paul Ryczek C 14 6'2 230 25 4 Virginia 54 Fulton Kuykendall LB 5 6'5 225 24 3 UCLA 55 Ralph Ortega LB 14 6'1 222 24 3 Florida 56 Ronnie McCartney LB 14 6'1 220 23 1 Tennessee 57 Jeff Van Note C 14 6'2 247 31 9 Kentucky 58 Rick Kay LB 7 6'4 235 27 4 Colorado 59 Robert Pennywell LB 14 6'2 218 22 1 Grambling 62 Brent Adams OT 14 6'5 256 25 3 Tennessee 63 Greg Kindle OG 1 6'4 265 27 4 Tennessee State 66 Warren Bryant OT 14 6'6 270 21 R Kentucky 68 R.C. Thielemann OG 14 6'4 247 22 R Arkansas 69 Mike Lewis DT 14 6'3 261 28 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 70 Dave Scott OG 14 6'4 285 23 2 Kansas 72 Jim Bailey DT 14 6'5 260 29 8 Kansas 73 Phil McKinnely OT 14 6'4 248 23 2 UCLA 74 Wilson Faumuina DT 14 6'5 275 23 R San Jose State 75 Jeff Merrow DE 14 6'4 230 24 3 West Virginia 77 Edgar Fields DE 14 6'2 255 23 R Texas A&M 79 Jeff Yeates DE 13 6'3 248 26 4 Boston College 80 Karl Farmer WR 14 5'11 165 23 2 Pittsburgh 82 Billy Ryckman WR 14 5'11 172 22 R Louisiana Tech 84 Alfred Jenkins WR 14 5'10 172 25 3 Morris Brown 86 Jim Mitchell TE 12 6'2 236 29 9 Virginia State 87 Claude Humphrey DE 14 6'5 285 33 9 Tennessee State 88 Greg McCrary TE 13 6'3 230 25 2 Clark Atlanta 89 Wallace Francis WR 14 5'11 190 25 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Scott Hunter 151 70 46.4 898 5.95 12.8 2 1.3 3 2.0 11 88 61.6
Steve Bartkowski 136 64 47.1 796 5.85 12.4 5 3.7 13 9.6 29 296 38.4
Kim McQuilken 7 5 71.4 47 6.71 9.4 1 14.3 0 0.0 0 0 129.2
June Jones 1 1 100.0 -1 -1.00 -1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 79.2
Mike Esposito 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
John James 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Alfred Jenkins 39 677 17.4 4 Haskel Stanback 30 261 8.7 0 Wallace Francis 26 390 15.0 1 Jim Mitchell 17 178 10.5 0 Woody Thompson 12 56 4.7 0 Monroe Eley 9 60 6.7 0 Greg McCrary 2 48 24.0 1 Karl Farmer 2 39 19.5 0 Secedrick McIntyre 1 27 27.0 1 Billy Ryckman 1 5 5.0 1 Mike Esposito 1 -1 -1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Haskel Stanback 247 873 3.5 6 Woody Thompson 132 478 3.6 1 Monroe Eley 97 273 2.8 1 Mike Esposito 34 101 3.0 0 Scott Hunter 28 70 2.5 1 Secedrick McIntyre 13 65 5.0 0 Steve Bartkowski 18 13 0.7 0 Alfred Jenkins 2 7 3.5 0 Billy Ray Pritchett 3 7 2.3 0 Wallace Francis 4 6 1.5 0 Karl Farmer 1 4 4.0 0 Kim McQuilken 2 -1 -0.5 0 Jim Mitchell 1 -6 -6.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Karl Farmer 21 419 20.0 0 Tom Moriarty 8 136 17.0 0 Wallace Francis 1 22 22.0 0 Monroe Eley 1 16 16.0 0 Secedrick McIntyre 1 15 15.0 0 Rolland Lawrence 1 13 13.0 0 Billy Ryckman 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rolland Lawrence 51 352 6.9 10 0 Billy Ryckman 7 40 5.7 2 0 Rick Byas 1 10 10.0 0 0 |
1977 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 OT Warren Bryant 104 Kentucky 1 20 DT Wilson Faumina 74 San Jose State [pick acquired from STL] 2 36 OG R.C. Thielemann 157 Arkansas 3 63 DT Edgar Fields 62 Texas A&M 4 90 K Allan Leavitt 8 Georgia 5 120 WR Shelton Diggs 7 USC 6 161 DB Keith Jenkins Cincinnati [pick acquired from WAS] 8 203 WR Walter Packer 11 Mississippi State 9 230 OT John Maxwell Boston College 9 242 DE Robert Speer Arkansas State [pick acquired from WAS] 10 257 WR Billy Ryckman 44 Louisiana Tech 11 287 RB Dave Farmer 3 USC 12 314 DE Don Parrish 71 Pittsburgh
Traded draft picks: #6 to SD (Dave Lindstrom), #7 to CLE (Kenny Randle)
Transactions:
| 10-03-1977 | traded Allan Leavitt to Buccaneers for Tampa's #7 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 10-03-1977 | placed Bubba Bean on injured reserve |
1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 vs Los Angeles Rams W 17-6 1-0-0 09/25/77 at Washington Redskins L 6-10 1-1-0 10/02/77 vs New York Giants W 17-3 2-1-0 10/09/77 at San Francisco 49ers W 7-0 3-1-0 10/16/77 at Buffalo Bills L 0-3 3-2-0 10/23/77 at Chicago Bears W 16-10 4-2-0 10/30/77 vs Minnesota Vikings L 7-14 4-3-0 11/06/77 vs San Francisco 49ers L 3-10 4-4-0 11/13/77 vs Detroit Lions W 17-6 5-4-0 11/20/77 at New Orleans Saints L 20-21 5-5-0 11/27/77 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17-0 6-5-0 12/04/77 vs New England Patriots L 10-16 6-6-0 12/11/77 at Los Angeles Rams L 7-23 6-7-0 12/18/77 vs New Orleans Saints W 35-7 7-7-0
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