1979 Atlanta Falcons roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net John James 83 3,296 39.7 4 12 1 41 259 35.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Tim Mazzetti 0/0 9/11 1/6 2/7 0/1 13/25 31/37 70 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Greg Brezina 3.0 Rick Byas 1 34 0 Ray Easterling 0.5 2 5 0 Wilson Faumuina 1.0 Edgar Fields 3.5 Fulton Kuykendall 0.5 Rolland Lawrence 6 120 0 Mike Lewis 1.0 James Mayberry 1 6 1 Dewey McClain 2.5 Robert Pennywell 1 39 1 Tom Pridemore 2 20 0 Frank Reed 2.0 2 0 0 Don Smith 9.0 Joel Williams 1.0 Jeff Yeates 4.0

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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