1980 Atlanta Falcons roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net John James 79 3,087 39.1 7 25 0 36 240 34.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Tim Mazzetti 2/2 8/8 4/7 4/8 1/2 19/27 46/49 103 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Buddy Curry 1.5 3 13 0 Wilson Faumuina 3.5 Edgar Fields 1.0 Bob Glazebrook 2 6 0 Kenny Johnson 1.0 4 49 0 Earl Jones 1 0 0 Jim Laughlin 1.0 1 7 0 Rolland Lawrence 3 37 0 Jeff Merrow 8.0 Tom Pridemore 2 2 0 Frank Reed 1.0 Al Richardson 3.0 7 139 0 Don Smith 5.5 Joel Williams 16.0 2 55 0 Jeff Yeates 2.0 1 5 0 Mike Zele 2.5

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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