1979 Atlanta Falcons: 6-10-0
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Home record: 3-5-0 (144 points scored, 180 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (156 points scored, 208 allowed) Head Coach: Leeman Bennett
300 points scored (19th of 28 teams), 388 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 251 479 2,729 (15) 5.12 19 23 500 2,200 (16) 4.4 15 4,929 (17) 43
Defense: 268 487 3,596 (26) 6.97 17 15 555 2,163 (13) 3.9 29 5,759 (25) 36
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 Tim Mazzetti K 16 6'1 175 23 2 Pennsylvania 6 John James P 16 6'3 200 30 8 Florida 10 Steve Bartkowski QB 14 6'4 213 26 5 California 14 June Jones QB 5 6'4 200 26 3 Portland State 15 Mike Moroski QB 2 6'4 200 22 R California-Davis 21 Lynn Cain RB 10 6'1 205 24 R Southern California 22 Rolland Lawrence DB 16 5'10 179 28 7 Tabor 24 Haskel Stanback RB 13 6'0 210 27 6 Tennessee 25 Ray Strong RB 6 5'9 184 23 2 Nevada-Las Vegas 27 Tom Pridemore DB 16 5'10 186 23 2 West Virginia 28 Frank Reed DB 11 5'11 193 25 4 Washington 31 William Andrews RB 15 6'0 200 23 R Auburn 32 Ray Easterling DB 16 6'0 192 30 8 Richmond 33 Jerome King DB 1 5'10 173 24 1 Purdue 33 Ricky Patton RB 4 5'11 189 25 2 Jackson State 36 Bob Glazebrook DB 13 6'1 200 23 2 Fresno State 38 Rick Byas DB 16 5'9 180 29 6 Wayne State (MI) 39 James Mayberry RB 16 5'11 210 21 R Colorado 44 Bubba Bean RB 11 5'11 195 25 3 Texas A&M 45 Tom Moriarty DB 16 6'0 185 26 3 Bowling Green 50 Greg Brezina LB 16 6'1 221 33 11 Houston 51 Brian Cabral LB 3 6'0 209 23 1 Colorado 52 Dewey McClain LB 15 6'3 236 25 4 East Central (OK) 53 Paul Ryczek C 16 6'2 230 27 6 Virginia 54 Fulton Kuykendall LB 16 6'5 225 26 5 UCLA 55 Tony Daykin LB 11 6'1 215 24 3 Georgia Tech 56 Ronnie McCartney LB 16 6'1 220 25 3 Tennessee 57 Jeff Van Note C 16 6'2 247 33 11 Kentucky 58 Joel Williams LB 16 6'1 215 22 R Wisconsin-LaCrosse 59 Robert Pennywell LB 16 6'1 222 24 3 Grambling 63 Mike Zele DT 13 6'3 236 23 R Kent State 64 Pat Howell OG 15 6'5 253 22 R Southern California 65 Don Smith DE 16 6'5 248 22 R Miami 66 Warren Bryant OT 16 6'6 270 23 3 Kentucky 68 R.C. Thielemann OG 11 6'4 247 24 3 Arkansas 69 Mike Lewis DT 13 6'3 261 30 9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 70 Dave Scott OG 16 6'4 285 25 4 Kansas 73 Phil McKinnely OT 15 6'4 248 25 4 UCLA 74 Wilson Faumuina DT 14 6'5 275 25 3 San Jose State 75 Jeff Merrow DE 3 6'4 230 26 5 West Virginia 77 Edgar Fields DE 16 6'2 255 25 3 Texas A&M 78 Mike Kenn OT 16 6'6 257 23 2 Michigan 79 Jeff Yeates DE 16 6'3 248 28 6 Boston College 81 Dennis Pearson WR 16 5'11 177 24 2 San Diego State 82 Billy Ryckman WR 14 5'11 172 24 3 Louisiana Tech 84 Alfred Jenkins WR 16 5'10 172 27 5 Morris Brown 85 Alfred Jackson WR 12 5'11 176 24 2 Texas 86 Jim Mitchell TE 16 6'2 236 31 11 Virginia State 87 Russ Mikeska TE 16 6'3 225 24 1 Texas A&M 89 Wallace Francis WR 16 5'11 190 27 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Steve Bartkowski 380 204 53.7 2,505 6.59 12.3 17 4.5 20 5.3 39 286 67.3
June Jones 83 38 45.8 505 6.08 13.3 2 2.4 3 3.6 13 100 58.6
Mike Moroski 15 8 53.3 97 6.47 12.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 12 73.5
John James 1 1 100.0 20 20.00 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Wallace Francis 74 1,013 13.7 8 Alfred Jenkins 50 858 17.2 3 William Andrews 39 309 7.9 2 Jim Mitchell 16 118 7.4 2 Lynn Cain 15 181 12.1 2 Haskel Stanback 13 89 6.8 0 Bubba Bean 12 137 11.4 0 Alfred Jackson 11 156 14.2 0 Dennis Pearson 7 119 17.0 0 James Mayberry 7 48 6.9 0 Billy Ryckman 4 59 14.8 2 Bob Glazebrook 1 20 20.0 0 Russ Mikeska 1 14 14.0 0 Ray Strong 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD William Andrews 239 1,023 4.3 3 Bubba Bean 88 393 4.5 1 Lynn Cain 63 295 4.7 2 Haskel Stanback 36 202 5.6 5 James Mayberry 45 193 4.3 1 Steve Bartkowski 14 36 2.6 2 Mike Moroski 3 31 10.3 1 June Jones 6 19 3.2 0 Ray Strong 2 7 3.5 0 Ricky Patton 3 1 0.3 0 John James 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Dennis Pearson 30 570 19.0 0 Ray Strong 15 343 22.9 0 Tom Pridemore 9 111 12.3 0 Lynn Cain 7 149 21.3 0 Haskel Stanback 6 109 18.2 0 James Mayberry 4 49 12.2 0 Alfred Jackson 1 20 20.0 0 Rick Byas 1 19 19.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Dennis Pearson 12 115 9.6 10 0 Billy Ryckman 12 72 6.0 5 0 Dewey McClain 1 2 2.0 0 0 Bob Glazebrook 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 17 DE Don Smith 111 Miami 2 49 OG Pat Howell 67 USC 3 75 RB James Mayberry 48 Colorado State 3 79 RB William Andrews 87 Auburn [pick acquired from MIA] 4 100 RB Lynn Cain 89 USC [pick acquired from PHI] 4 101 DB Charles Johnson 25 Grambling 5 127 DT Mike Zele 52 Kent State 6 154 QB Mike Moroski 69 California-Davis 7 186 OT Roger Westlund Washington 8 212 LB Keith Miller N.E. Oklahoma 9 239 DB Dave Parkins 9 Utah State 10 266 LB Bruce Beekley 15 Oregon 11 292 C Bill Leer Colorado State 12 323 LB Stuart Walker Colorado
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 03-05-1979 | traded Claude Humphrey to Eagles for Philadelphia's #4 picks in the 1979 and 1980 drafts |
| 04-18-1979 | traded Ralph Ortega to Dolphins for Miami's #3 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-27-1979 | placed Lewis Gilbert on injured reserve |
| 08-27-1979 | placed Ray Strong on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1979 | claimed Joel Williams on waivers from Dolphins |
| 11-27-1979 | placed Tony Daykin on injured reserve |
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 at New Orleans Saints W 40-34 (OT) 1-0-0 09/10/79 at Philadelphia Eagles W 14-10 2-0-0 09/16/79 vs Denver Broncos L 17-20 (OT) 2-1-0 09/23/79 at Detroit Lions L 23-24 2-2-0 09/30/79 vs Washington Redskins L 7-16 2-3-0 10/07/79 vs Green Bay Packers W 25-7 3-3-0 10/14/79 at Oakland Raiders L 19-50 3-4-0 10/21/79 at San Francisco 49ers L 15-20 3-5-0 10/29/79 vs Seattle Seahawks L 28-31 3-6-0 11/04/79 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17-14 4-6-0 11/11/79 at New York Giants L 3-24 4-7-0 11/19/79 at Los Angeles Rams L 14-20 4-8-0 11/25/79 vs New Orleans Saints L 6-37 4-9-0 12/02/79 at San Diego Chargers W 28-26 5-9-0 12/09/79 vs Los Angeles Rams L 13-34 5-10-0 12/16/79 vs San Francisco 49ers W 31-21 6-10-0
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