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1982 Atlanta Falcons: 5-4-0
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Home record: 2-3-0 (110 points scored, 116 allowed) Road record: 3-1-0 (73 points scored, 83 allowed) Head Coach: Leeman Bennett

183 points scored (14th of 28 teams), 199 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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:   176   275   1,782   (18)   5.94    9   11    310   1,181   ( 9)    3.8   12    2,963    ( 9)      21
Defense:   157   280   1,804   (13)   6.05   12   10    253   1,044   (17)    4.1   13    2,848    (15)      25

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 3  Dave Smigelsky       P      6   5'11  180   23    1   Virginia Tech
10  Steve Bartkowski     QB     9   6'4   213   29    8   California
12  George Roberts       P      3   6'0   186   27    5   Virginia Tech
15  Mike Moroski         QB     9   6'4   200   25    4   California-Davis
18  Mick Luckhurst       K      9   6'0   180   24    2   California
20  Earl Jones           DB     9   6'0   178   25    3   Norfolk State
21  Lynn Cain            RB     9   6'1   205   27    4   Southern California
23  Bobby Butler         DB     9   5'11  170   23    2   Florida State
25  Ray Strong           RB     9   5'9   184   26    5   Nevada-Las Vegas
27  Tom Pridemore        DB     9   5'10  186   26    5   West Virginia
31  William Andrews      RB     9   6'0   200   26    4   Auburn
33  Bo Robinson          RB     9   6'2   225   26    4   West Texas State
34  Blane Gaison         DB     9   6'0   185   24    2   Hawaii
36  Bob Glazebrook       DB     9   6'1   200   26    5   Fresno State
37  Kenny Johnson        DB     9   5'10  176   24    3   Mississippi State
42  Gerald Riggs         RB     9   6'1   230   21    R   Arizona State
46  Reggie Brown         RB     8   5'11  211   22    R   Oregon
47  Mike Spivey          DB     8   6'0   196   28    6   Colorado
50  Buddy Curry          LB     9   6'3   221   24    3   North Carolina
51  Jim Laughlin         LB     9   6'0   212   24    3   Ohio State
52  Lyman White          LB     2   6'0   217   23    2   Louisiana State
53  Neal Musser          LB     8   6'2   218   25    2   North Carolina State
54  Fulton Kuykendall    LB     9   6'5   225   29    8   UCLA
56  Al Richardson        LB     8   6'2   208   25    3   Georgia Tech
57  Jeff Van Note        C      9   6'2   247   36   14   Kentucky
58  Joel Williams        LB     9   6'1   215   25    4   Wisconsin-LaCrosse
59  Paul Davis           LB     9   6'2   215   24    2   North Carolina
61  John Scully          C      9   6'6   255   24    2   Notre Dame
62  Robert Jackson       LB     4   6'1   230   28    5   Texas A&M
63  Mike Zele            DT     9   6'3   236   26    4   Kent State
64  Pat Howell           OG     9   6'5   253   25    4   Southern California
65  Don Smith            DT     9   6'5   248   25    4   Miami
66  Warren Bryant        OT     9   6'6   270   26    6   Kentucky
67  Eric Sanders         OT     9   6'6   255   24    2   Nevada-Reno
68  R.C. Thielemann      OG     9   6'4   247   27    6   Arkansas
70  Dave Scott           OG     9   6'4   265   28    7   Kansas
71  Mike Perko           DT     9   6'4   235   25    R   Utah State
75  Jeff Merrow          DE     8   6'4   255   29    8   West Virginia
77  Doug Rogers          DE     9   6'5   255   22    R   Stanford
78  Mike Kenn            OT     9   6'6   257   26    5   Michigan
79  Jeff Yeates          DE     9   6'3   248   31    9   Boston College
80  Junior Miller        TE     9   6'4   235   24    3   Nebraska
81  Billy Johnson        WR     9   5'9   170   30    8   Widener
82  Stacey Bailey        WR     5   6'0   162   22    R   San Jose State
83  Floyd Hodge          WR     9   6'0   195   23    R   Utah
84  Alfred Jenkins       WR     9   5'9   155   30    8   Morris Brown
85  Alfred Jackson       WR     9   5'11  176   27    5   Texas
87  Russ Mikeska         TE     5   6'3   225   27    4   Texas A&M
88  Keith Krepfle        TE     4   6'3   230   30    8   Iowa State
88  Clay Brown           TE     1   6'3   225   24    1   Brigham Young
89  Willie Curran        WR     7   5'10  175   22    R   UCLA

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Steve Bartkowski     262  166   63.4  1,905   7.27  11.5   8   3.1   11   4.2    20   177    77.9
Mike Moroski          13   10   76.9     87   6.69   8.7   1   7.7    0   0.0     4    31   119.7
William Andrews        0    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     1     2     0.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
William Andrews        42    503   12.0    2
Alfred Jackson         26    361   13.9    1
Alfred Jenkins         24    347   14.5    1
Gerald Riggs           23    185    8.0    0
Junior Miller          20    221   11.1    1
Floyd Hodge            14    160   11.4    0
Lynn Cain              13    101    7.8    1
Bo Robinson             7     55    7.9    2
Stacey Bailey           2     24   12.0    1
Russ Mikeska            2     19    9.5    0
Billy Johnson           2     11    5.5    0
Keith Krepfle           1      5    5.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
William Andrews       139    573    4.1    5
Gerald Riggs           78    299    3.8    5
Lynn Cain              54    173    3.2    1
Bo Robinson            19    108    5.7    0
Floyd Hodge             2     11    5.5    0
Ray Strong              4      9    2.2    0
Alfred Jackson          1      4    4.0    0
Steve Bartkowski       13      4    0.3    1
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Reggie Brown           24    466   19.4    0
Blane Gaison            2     14    7.0    0
Floyd Hodge             1     23   23.0    0
Jim Laughlin            1     10   10.0    0
John Scully             1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Billy Johnson          24    273   11.4    4    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Smigelsky 26 1,000 38.5 2 6 0 15 79 33.9 George Roberts 17 690 40.6 3 3 0 9 118 30.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Mick Luckhurst 0/0 6/6 0/3 2/3 2/2 10/14 21/22 51 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bobby Butler 2 0 0 Buddy Curry 1.0 1 0 0 Blane Gaison 1 0 0 Bob Glazebrook 1 10 0 Kenny Johnson 1.0 2 30 0 Fulton Kuykendall 2 22 0 Jeff Merrow 2.5 Mike Perko 1.0 Tom Pridemore 1 28 0 Al Richardson 2.0 Doug Rogers 2.0 Don Smith 3.5 Joel Williams 3.0 Jeff Yeates 1.0 Mike Zele 1.0

1982 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 RB Gerald Riggs 129 Arizona State 2 36 DE Doug Rogers 41 Stanford 3 63 WR Stacey Bailey 91 San Jose State 4 95 RB Reggie Brown 13 Oregon 5 122 DB Von Mansfield 10 Wisconsin 6 149 QB Mike Kelley 3 Georgia Tech 7 176 RB David Toloumu Hawaii 8 203 DB Ricky Eberhart Morris Brown 9 235 P Mike Horan 205 Long Beach State 10 262 LB Curtis Stowers Mississippi State 11 288 WR Jeff Keller Washington State 12 315 LB Dave Levenick 24 Wisconsin

Traded draft picks: none


Transactions:

04-28-1982traded a conditional 1983 draft pick to Seahawks for Terry Beeson
08-30-1982traded James Mayberry to Buccaneers for a conditional 1984 draft pick
08-31-1982traded Atlanta's #9 pick in the 1983 draft to Colts for Dave Smigelsky


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
01/09/83    at Minnesota Vikings       L 24-30


1982 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/12/82 at New York Giants W 16-14 1-0-0 09/19/82 vs Los Angeles Raiders L 14-38 1-1-0 11/21/82 vs Los Angeles Rams W 34-17 2-1-0 11/28/82 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 20-23 2-2-0 12/05/82 at Denver Broncos W 34-27 3-2-0 12/12/82 vs New Orleans Saints W 35-0 4-2-0 12/19/82 at San Francisco 49ers W 17-7 5-2-0 12/26/82 vs Green Bay Packers L 7-38 5-3-0 01/02/83 at New Orleans Saints L 6-35 5-4-0

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