1981 Atlanta Falcons: 7-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 07-22-1981 | traded 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