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1968 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-12-0, 4th in NFL Coastal Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norb Hecker (0-3-0) and Norm Van Brocklin (2-9-0)

Points For: 170 (12.1/g) 16th of 16

Points Against: 389 (27.8/g) 15th of 16

Expected W-L: 1.7-12.3

SRS: -11.96 (16th of 16), SOS: 3.68

Offensive Coordinator: Lew Carpenter

Defensive Coordinator: Hal Herring

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Fry (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Atlanta Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

General Manager: Frank Wall

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: East Tennessee State (Johnson City, Tennessee)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	170	3164	762	4.2	39	15	174	158	326	1859	9	24	4.7	94	366	1305	9	3.6	71	63	659	9
Opp. Stats	389	5320	936	5.7	30	16	302	248	389	3085	30	14	7.4	157	518	2235	17	4.3	129	63	628	16
Lg Rank Offense	16	16			13	11	16		14	14	16	13	15		15	15	11	15
Lg Rank Defense	15	16			12	5	16		10	15	16	14	16		16	16	12	11

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 14		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	47	14	234	153	81	4	21	404	218	186	2
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	L		0-2		Baltimore Colts	20	28	12	250	164	86	2	22	388	263	125	6
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	L		0-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	13	28	14	227	156	71	1	24	374	185	189	1
4	Sun	October 6		boxscore	L		0-4		Green Bay Packers	7	38	7	154	76	78	5	26	470	312	158	1
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	W		1-4		New York Giants	24	21	17	322	186	136		23	421	242	179	3
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	L		1-5	@	Los Angeles Rams	14	27	7	133	101	32	3	24	419	246	173	4
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	L		1-6	@	Cleveland Browns	7	30	17	284	137	147	2	24	444	248	196
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	L		1-7		Pittsburgh Steelers	21	41	16	343	257	86	5	25	402	288	114	1
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	L		1-8		Los Angeles Rams	10	17	9	232	140	92	3	18	250	71	179	1
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	W		2-8	@	Chicago Bears	16	13	14	300	143	157	1	16	302	185	117	2
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	L		2-9	@	St. Louis Cardinals	12	17	10	162	102	60	1	17	260	127	133	3
12	Sun	December 1		boxscore	L		2-10	@	Baltimore Colts	0	44	12	143	87	56	6	23	386	278	108	1
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	L		2-11		Detroit Lions	7	24	14	230	58	172	4	18	342	212	130	1
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	L		2-12		San Francisco 49ers	12	14	11	150	99	51	2	21	458	210	248	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bob Berry	26	QB	10	7	1-6-0	81	153	52.9	1433	7	4.6	13	8.5	66	9.4	6.5	17.7	143.3	65.1	49	364	24.26	5.29	3.1	1	1
2	Randy Johnson	24	QB	8	7	1-6-0	73	156	46.8	892	2	1.3	10	6.4	71	5.7	3.1	12.2	111.5	42.5	20	153	11.36	4.20	1.9	0	0
3	Bruce Lemmerman	23	QB	4	0		3	15	20.0	40	0	0.0	1	6.7	18	2.7	-0.3	13.3	10.0	11.8	0	0	0.00	2.67	-0.3	0	0
4	Harmon Wages	22	RB	13	5		1	2	50.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	10.5	10.5	21.0	1.6	87.5	0	0	0.00	10.50	10.5	0	0
5	Billy Lothridge	26	FS	14	6		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	10	100.00	-10.00	-10.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	2-12-0	158	326	48.5	1859	9	2.8	24	7.4	71	7.3	4.6	15.1	132.8	51.5	70	527	17.68	4.69	2.42	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Cannonball Butler	25	RB	12	6	94	365	2	60	3.9	30.4	7.8	15	127	8.5	0	31	1.3	10.6	109	4.5	492	2	1
2	Bob Long	26	FL	9	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	484	22.0	4	71	2.4	53.8	22	22.0	484	4	0
3	Jerry Simmons	26	LE	14	14	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.4	0.1	28	479	17.1	0	61	2.0	34.2	29	16.3	473	0	0
4	Ray Ogden	26	TE	14	14	1	12	0	12	12.0	0.9	0.1	25	452	18.1	2	60	1.8	32.3	26	17.8	464	2	0
5	Perry Lee Dunn	27	RB	14	4	72	219	3	15	3.0	15.6	5.1	9	118	13.1	0	43	0.6	8.4	81	4.2	337	3	3
6	Harmon Wages	22	RB	13	5	59	211	0	31	3.6	16.2	4.5	16	121	7.6	1	55	1.2	9.3	75	4.4	332	1	2
7	Paul Flatley	27	FL	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	305	15.3	0	66	1.4	21.8	20	15.3	305	0	0
8	Billy Harris	22	RB	6	4	53	144	0	11	2.7	24.0	8.8	3	118	39.3	1	55	0.5	19.7	56	4.7	262	1	1
9	Brendan McCarthy	23	RB	7	7	31	86	1	18	2.8	12.3	4.4	13	119	9.2	0	21	1.9	17.0	44	4.7	205	1	1
10	Bob Berry	26	QB	10	7	26	139	2	45	5.3	13.9	2.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	26	5.3	139	2	5
11	Randy Johnson	24	QB	8	7	11	97	1	26	8.8	12.1	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	8.8	97	1	5
12	Mike Donohoe	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	52	8.7	1	14	0.4	3.7	6	8.7	52	1	0
13	Charlie Bryant	27	RB	2	2	9	29	0	7	3.2	14.5	4.5	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.5	5.5	10	4.0	40	0	2
14	Joe Auer	27	RB	7	0	3	19	0	16	6.3	2.7	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	6.3	19	0	0
15	Dwight Lee	23	RB	11	0	4	6	0	6	1.5	0.5	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.5	6	0	0
16	Bruce Lemmerman	23	QB	4	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
17	Billy Lothridge	26	FS	14	6	1	-16	0	-16	-16.0	-1.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-16.0	-16	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	366	1305	9	60	3.6	93.2	26.1	158	2386	15.1	9	71	11.3	170.4	524	7.0	3691	18	22

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jimmy Burson	28	FS/RCB	14	14	4	100	1	73	0	3	48	0	2.5	0
2	Carlton Dabney	21	RDT	14	14	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
3	Claude Humphrey	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	11.5	0	AP DRoY-1
4	Errol Linden	31	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Tommy Nobis	25	MLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	PB,AP-2
6	Ken Reaves	24	LCB	14	14	1	90	1	90	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jerry Shay	24	RDE/LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0
8	Ralph Heck	27	RLB	13	13	1	9	0	9	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
9	Grady Allen	22	LLB	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
10	Bob Berry	26	QB	10	7	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Lee Calland	27	RCB	7	7	2	34	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Rick Cash	23	RDE	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1.0	0
13	Randy Johnson	24	QB	8	7	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Brendan McCarthy	23	RB	7	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jim Norton	26	LDT	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.0	0
16	Nick Rassas	24	SS	14	7	1	18	0	18	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Marion Rushing	32	LLB	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
18	Philip Spiller	23	SS	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Cannonball Butler	25	RB	12	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Billy Lothridge	26	FS	14	6	3	76	0	44	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Harmon Wages	22	RB	13	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Perry Lee Dunn	27	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Billy Harris	22	RB	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Randy Winkler	25	RG	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Charlie Bryant	27	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Mike Freeman	24	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Bruce Lemmerman	23	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Joe Szczecko	26	DT	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	14	330	2	90	26	27	52	0	30.0	0

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