1977 Atlanta Falcons roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net John James 105 4,349 41.4 13 19 0 58 519 34.0 Nick Mike-Mayer 1 23 23.0 0 1 0 0 0 23.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Fred Steinfort 0/0 3/3 2/4 1/3 0/1 6/11 13/13 31 Nick Mike-Mayer 0/0 3/4 3/8 1/6 0/1 7/19 7/ 7 28 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jim Bailey 2.0 Greg Brezina 5.5 Ray Brown 5 56 0 Rick Byas 3 122 1 Ray Easterling 2.0 4 46 0 Mike Esposito 1 55 0 Wilson Faumuina 3.5 Claude Humphrey 9.5 Fulton Kuykendall 1.0 Rolland Lawrence 1.0 7 138 0 Mike Lewis 2.0 Dewey McClain 2.0 Jeff Merrow 10.0 Ralph Ortega 4 15 0 Robert Pennywell 3.0 2 30 1

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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