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1981 Atlanta Falcons: 7-9-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (240 points scored, 195 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (186 points scored, 160 allowed) Head Coach: Leeman Bennett

426 points scored (2nd of 28 teams), 355 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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:   311   563   3,699   ( 5)   6.17   30   24    495   1,965   (18)    4.0   15    5,664    ( 7)      41
Defense:   322   565   3,688   (25)   6.21   30   25    459   1,666   ( 2)    3.6   10    5,354    (14)      46

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 6  John James           P     16   6'3   200   32   10   Florida
10  Steve Bartkowski     QB    16   6'4   213   28    7   California
14  June Jones           QB     4   6'4   200   28    4   Portland State
15  Mike Moroski         QB     3   6'4   200   24    3   California-Davis
16  Reggie Smith         WR    15   5'4   168   25    2   North Carolina Central
18  Mick Luckhurst       K     16   6'0   180   23    1   California
20  Earl Jones           DB    16   6'0   178   24    2   Norfolk State
21  Lynn Cain            RB    16   6'1   205   26    3   Southern California
23  Bobby Butler         DB    16   5'11  170   22    R   Florida State
25  Ray Strong           RB    16   5'9   184   25    4   Nevada-Las Vegas
27  Tom Pridemore        DB    16   5'10  186   25    4   West Virginia
30  Scott Woerner        DB    16   6'0   195   22    R   Georgia
31  William Andrews      RB    16   6'0   200   25    3   Auburn
33  Bo Robinson          RB    15   6'2   225   25    3   West Texas State
34  Blane Gaison         DB    14   6'0   185   23    1   Hawaii
36  Bob Glazebrook       DB    16   6'1   200   25    4   Fresno State
37  Kenny Johnson        DB    16   5'10  176   23    2   Mississippi State
39  James Mayberry       RB    16   5'11  210   23    3   Colorado
45  Tom Moriarty         DB     9   6'0   180   28    5   Bowling Green
48  Mickey Fitzgerald    RB     1   6'2   235   23    1   Virginia Tech
50  Buddy Curry          LB    16   6'3   220   23    2   North Carolina
51  Jim Laughlin         LB    14   6'0   212   23    2   Ohio State
52  Lyman White          LB    16   6'0   217   22    R   Louisiana State
53  Neal Musser          LB     7   6'2   218   24    1   North Carolina State
54  Fulton Kuykendall    LB    16   6'5   225   28    7   UCLA
55  Tony Daykin          LB    16   6'1   215   26    5   Georgia Tech
56  Al Richardson        LB    16   6'2   206   24    2   Georgia Tech
57  Jeff Van Note        C     16   6'2   247   35   13   Kentucky
58  Joel Williams        LB    10   6'1   215   24    3   Wisconsin-LaCrosse
59  Paul Davis           LB    13   6'2   214   23    R   North Carolina
61  John Scully          C     16   6'5   255   23    R   Notre Dame
63  Mike Zele            DT    14   6'3   236   25    3   Kent State
64  Pat Howell           OG    16   6'5   253   24    3   Southern California
65  Don Smith            DT    16   6'5   248   24    3   Miami
66  Warren Bryant        OT    11   6'6   270   25    5   Kentucky
67  Eric Sanders         OT    16   6'6   255   23    R   Nevada-Reno
68  R.C. Thielemann      OG    16   6'4   247   26    5   Arkansas
70  Dave Scott           OG    14   6'4   265   27    6   Kansas
72  Matthew Teague       DE    11   6'5   240   23    1   Prairie View A&M
74  Wilson Faumuina      DE    16   6'5   275   27    5   San Jose State
75  Jeff Merrow          DE    11   6'4   230   28    7   West Virginia
78  Mike Kenn            OT    16   6'6   257   25    4   Michigan
79  Jeff Yeates          DE    16   6'3   248   30    8   Boston College
80  Junior Miller        TE    16   6'4   243   23    2   Nebraska
84  Alfred Jenkins       WR    16   5'10  172   29    7   Morris Brown
85  Alfred Jackson       WR    16   5'11  176   26    4   Texas
87  Russ Mikeska         TE    16   6'3   225   26    3   Texas A&M
89  Wallace Francis      WR    16   5'11  190   29    9   Arkansas-Pine Bluff

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Steve Bartkowski     533  297   55.7  3,829   7.18  12.9  30   5.6   23   4.3    37   287    79.2
Mike Moroski          26   12   46.2    132   5.08  11.0   0   0.0    1   3.8     0     0    45.7
June Jones             3    2   66.7     25   8.33  12.5   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    92.4
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
William Andrews        81    735    9.1    2
Alfred Jenkins         70  1,358   19.4   13
Lynn Cain              55    421    7.7    2
Alfred Jackson         37    604   16.3    6
Junior Miller          32    398   12.4    3
Wallace Francis        30    441   14.7    4
James Mayberry          3      4    1.3    0
Russ Mikeska            2     16    8.0    0
Ray Strong              1      9    9.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
William Andrews       289  1,301    4.5   10
Lynn Cain             156    542    3.5    4
James Mayberry         18     66    3.7    0
Bo Robinson             9     24    2.7    0
Mike Moroski            3     17    5.7    0
Wallace Francis         1      8    8.0    1
Ray Strong              3      6    2.0    0
Alfred Jackson          2      5    2.5    0
Tony Daykin             1      2    2.0    0
Steve Bartkowski       11      2    0.2    0
June Jones              1     -1   -1.0    0
John James              1     -7   -7.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Reggie Smith           47  1,143   24.3    0
Scott Woerner          10    210   21.0    0
Blane Gaison            3     43   14.3    0
James Mayberry          2     23   11.5    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Scott Woerner          33    278    8.4   16    0
Reggie Smith           12     99    8.2    3    0
Kenny Johnson           4      6    1.5    0    0
Tom Pridemore           1      0    0.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net John James 87 3,543 40.7 5 13 1 59 577 32.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Mick Luckhurst 1/2 7/7 8/12 5/11 0/1 21/33 51/51 114 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bobby Butler 5 86 0 Buddy Curry 1 35 1 Wilson Faumuina 2.5 Blane Gaison 1 0 0 Bob Glazebrook 2.0 2 21 0 Kenny Johnson 3 35 0 Earl Jones 2 42 0 Fulton Kuykendall 1 20 1 Jeff Merrow 0.5 Neal Musser 1 0 0 Tom Pridemore 7 221 1 Al Richardson 9.5 1 9 0 Don Smith 7.5 Joel Williams 3.0 1 25 0 Jeff Yeates 4.0

1981 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 25 DB Bobby Butler 169 Florida State 2 54 LB Lyman White 18 LSU 3 80 DB Scott Woerner 17 Georgia 4 109 C John Scully 112 Notre Dame 5 136 OT Eric Sanders 158 Nevada 6 164 DT Harry Stanback 2 North Carolina 8 219 DB Clifford Toney Auburn 9 245 RB Calvin Fance Rice 10 274 DB Robert Murphy Ohio State 11 301 WR Keith Chappelle Iowa 12 330 DB Mark McCants Temple

Traded draft picks: none


Transactions:

07-22-1981traded Frank Reed and Dewey McClain to Packers for Steve Luke and an undisclosed draft pick


1981 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/06/81 vs New Orleans Saints W 27-0 1-0-0 09/13/81 at Green Bay Packers W 31-17 2-0-0 09/20/81 vs San Francisco 49ers W 34-17 3-0-0 09/27/81 at Cleveland Browns L 17-28 3-1-0 10/05/81 at Philadelphia Eagles L 13-16 3-2-0 10/11/81 vs Los Angeles Rams L 35-37 3-3-0 10/18/81 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 41-20 4-3-0 10/25/81 vs New York Giants L 24-27 (OT) 4-4-0 11/01/81 at New Orleans Saints W 41-10 5-4-0 11/08/81 at San Francisco 49ers L 14-17 5-5-0 11/15/81 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 20-34 5-6-0 11/23/81 vs Minnesota Vikings W 31-30 6-6-0 11/29/81 at Houston Oilers W 31-27 7-6-0 12/06/81 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 23-24 7-7-0 12/14/81 at Los Angeles Rams L 16-21 7-8-0 12/20/81 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 28-30 7-9-0

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