1982 Atlanta Falcons: 5-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 04-28-1982 | traded a conditional 1983 draft pick to Seahawks for Terry Beeson |
| 08-30-1982 | traded James Mayberry to Buccaneers for a conditional 1984 draft pick |
| 08-31-1982 | traded 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