1980 Atlanta Falcons: 12-4-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (184 points scored, 118 allowed) Road record: 6-2-0 (221 points scored, 154 allowed) Head Coach: Leeman Bennett
405 points scored (5th of 28 teams), 272 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 259 467 3,244 ( 9) 6.46 31 17 559 2,405 ( 5) 4.3 15 5,649 ( 3) 26
Defense: 333 564 3,594 (25) 5.89 24 26 441 1,670 ( 3) 3.8 8 5,264 (16) 42
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 Tim Mazzetti K 16 6'1 175 24 3 Pennsylvania 6 John James P 16 6'3 200 31 9 Florida 10 Steve Bartkowski QB 16 6'4 213 27 6 California 15 Mike Moroski QB 3 6'4 200 23 2 California-Davis 16 Reggie Smith WR 8 5'4 168 24 1 North Carolina Central 20 Earl Jones DB 16 6'0 178 23 R Norfolk State 21 Lynn Cain RB 16 6'1 205 25 2 Southern California 22 Rolland Lawrence DB 16 5'10 179 29 8 Tabor 25 Ray Strong RB 16 5'9 184 24 3 Nevada-Las Vegas 27 Tom Pridemore DB 16 5'10 186 24 3 West Virginia 28 Frank Reed DB 16 5'11 193 26 5 Washington 30 Jerome King DB 2 5'10 173 25 2 Purdue 31 William Andrews RB 16 6'0 200 24 2 Auburn 33 Anthony Anderson RB 16 6'0 197 24 2 Temple 36 Bob Glazebrook DB 16 6'1 200 24 3 Fresno State 37 Kenny Johnson DB 16 5'10 176 22 R Mississippi State 38 Rick Byas DB 15 5'9 180 30 7 Wayne State (MI) 39 James Mayberry RB 16 5'11 210 22 2 Colorado 50 Buddy Curry LB 16 6'3 221 22 R North Carolina 51 Jim Laughlin LB 16 6'0 212 22 R Ohio State 52 Dewey McClain LB 15 6'3 236 26 5 East Central (OK) 54 Fulton Kuykendall LB 10 6'5 225 27 6 UCLA 55 Tony Daykin LB 16 6'1 215 25 4 Georgia Tech 56 Al Richardson LB 16 6'2 206 23 R Georgia Tech 57 Jeff Van Note C 16 6'2 247 34 12 Kentucky 58 Joel Williams LB 16 6'1 215 23 2 Wisconsin-LaCrosse 59 Robert Pennywell LB 16 6'1 222 25 4 Grambling 61 Chuck Correal C 16 6'3 247 24 1 Penn State 61 Chuck Herman OG 2 6'3 250 22 R Arkansas 61 Jon Brooks LB 4 6'2 215 23 2 Clemson 61 Stan Sytsma LB 2 6'2 220 24 1 Minnesota 63 Mike Zele DT 11 6'3 236 24 2 Kent State 64 Pat Howell OG 5 6'5 253 23 2 Southern California 65 Don Smith DT 16 6'5 248 23 2 Miami 66 Warren Bryant OT 16 6'6 270 24 4 Kentucky 67 Calvin Miller DT 2 6'2 270 27 2 Oklahoma State 68 R.C. Thielemann OG 16 6'4 247 25 4 Arkansas 70 Dave Scott OG 16 6'4 265 26 5 Kansas 73 Phil McKinnely OT 7 6'4 248 26 5 UCLA 74 Wilson Faumuina DT 14 6'5 275 26 4 San Jose State 75 Jeff Merrow DE 16 6'4 230 27 6 West Virginia 77 Edgar Fields DE 14 6'2 255 26 4 Texas A&M 78 Mike Kenn OT 16 6'6 257 24 3 Michigan 79 Jeff Yeates DE 16 6'3 248 29 7 Boston College 80 Junior Miller TE 16 6'4 235 22 R Nebraska 84 Alfred Jenkins WR 16 5'10 172 28 6 Morris Brown 85 Alfred Jackson WR 16 5'11 176 25 3 Texas 86 Mike Smith WR 5 5'10 194 22 R Grambling 87 Russ Mikeska TE 16 6'3 225 25 2 Texas A&M 89 Wallace Francis WR 16 5'11 190 28 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Steve Bartkowski 463 257 55.5 3,544 7.65 13.8 31 6.7 16 3.5 35 324 88.2
Mike Moroski 3 2 66.7 24 8.00 12.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 91.0
John James 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 57 1,026 18.0 6 Wallace Francis 54 862 16.0 7 William Andrews 51 456 8.9 1 Junior Miller 46 584 12.7 9 Lynn Cain 24 223 9.3 1 Alfred Jackson 23 412 17.9 7 James Mayberry 3 1 0.3 0 Russ Mikeska 1 4 4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD William Andrews 265 1,308 4.9 4 Lynn Cain 235 914 3.9 8 James Mayberry 18 88 4.9 0 Ray Strong 6 42 7.0 1 Steve Bartkowski 25 35 1.4 2 John James 1 13 13.0 0 Anthony Anderson 6 5 0.8 0 Wallace Francis 1 2 2.0 0 Junior Miller 2 -2 -1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Reggie Smith 25 512 20.5 0 Ray Strong 10 168 16.8 0 Anthony Anderson 7 97 13.9 0 Alfred Jackson 3 70 23.3 0 Mike Smith 3 58 19.3 0 Tom Pridemore 3 39 13.0 0 Edgar Fields 1 11 11.0 0 Tony Daykin 1 3 3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Reggie Smith 27 262 9.7 4 0 Kenny Johnson 23 281 12.2 5 0 Rolland Lawrence 3 -7 -2.3 0 0 Bob Glazebrook 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1980 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 TE Junior Miller 71 Nebraska 2 36 LB Buddy Curry 109 North Carolina 3 63 DB Earl Jones 57 Norfolk State 4 91 LB Jim Laughlin 88 Ohio State 4 104 RB I.M. Hipp 1 Nebraska [pick acquired from PHI] 5 117 LB Brad Vassar Pacific 5 137 DB Kenny Johnson 127 Mississippi State [pick acquired from LA via WAS] 6 146 DB Mike Davis Colorado 7 172 WR Mike Smith 5 Grambling 8 201 LB Al Richardson 77 Georgia Tech 9 228 C Glen Keller West Texas State 10 257 DB Walt Bellamy VMI 11 284 DB Mike Babb Oklahoma 12 313 RB Quinn Jones Tulsa
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 08-14-1980 | traded Brian Cabral to Colts for Baltimore's #10 pick in the 1981 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/04/81 vs Dallas Cowboys L 27-30
1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 at Minnesota Vikings L 23-24 0-1-0 09/14/80 at New England Patriots W 37-21 1-1-0 09/21/80 vs Miami Dolphins L 17-20 1-2-0 09/28/80 at San Francisco 49ers W 20-17 2-2-0 10/05/80 vs Detroit Lions W 43-28 3-2-0 10/12/80 vs New York Jets L 7-14 3-3-0 10/19/80 at New Orleans Saints W 41-14 4-3-0 10/26/80 vs Los Angeles Rams W 13-10 5-3-0 11/02/80 at Buffalo Bills W 30-14 6-3-0 11/09/80 at St. Louis Cardinals W 33-27 (OT) 7-3-0 11/16/80 vs New Orleans Saints W 31-13 8-3-0 11/23/80 vs Chicago Bears W 28-17 9-3-0 11/30/80 vs Washington Redskins W 10-6 10-3-0 12/07/80 at Philadelphia Eagles W 20-17 11-3-0 12/14/80 vs San Francisco 49ers W 35-10 12-3-0 12/21/80 at Los Angeles Rams L 17-20 (OT) 12-4-0
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