1978 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 2nd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Leeman Bennett (9-7-0)

Points For: 240 (15.0/g) 26th of 28

Points Against: 290 (18.1/g) 14th of 28

Expected W-L: 6.2-9.8

SRS: -4.60 (26th of 28), SOS: -1.47

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 14-13 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Lost Divisional Round 20-27 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Champion (Defensive Line), Jerry Glanville (Defensive Backs), John North (Offensive Backs), Ted Plumb (Receivers), Doug Shively (Linebackers) and Dick Wood (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

General Manager: Eddie LeBaron

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +5000

Training Camp: Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina)

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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	240	4062	1038	3.9	41	18	253	221	449	2402	11	23	4.8	133	533	1660	13	3.1	90	130	1083	30
Opp. Stats	290	4431	1069	4.1	37	25	267	215	444	2364	11	12	4.8	113	578	2067	21	3.6	117	116	1010	37
Lg Rank Offense	26	26			17	15	24		8	16	24	18	25		23	27	21	27
Lg Rank Defense	14	5			20	2	8		23	9	4	28	4		16	8	24	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Houston Oilers	20	14	11	171	71	100	1	13	261	105	156	4	-21.43	21.24	-1.04
2	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	0	10	7	73	3	70	3	23	358	216	142	4	-39.87	18.27	11.19
3	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Cleveland Browns	16	24	17	234	147	87	4	17	308	198	110	3	-23.75	13.98	2.03
4	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	14	13	217	69	148	3	10	176	82	94	1	-24.20	20.97	-4.52
5	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		New York Giants	23	20	22	350	198	152	3	8	146	59	87	1	0.79	21.09	-15.76
6	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	31	20	257	144	113	4	28	387	206	181	3	-14.11	-12.14	1.58
7	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		Detroit Lions	14	0	15	248	122	126		13	169	147	22	3	-0.92	19.74	-4.24
8	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	17	16	330	216	114	2	21	261	53	208	2	-4.35	6.97	-6.35
9	Mon	October 30	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		Los Angeles Rams	15	7	9	185	87	98	2	14	234	140	94	5	-24.36	17.14	9.01
10	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		San Francisco 49ers	21	10	16	246	184	62	3	13	168	50	118	3	-13.17	29.81	-10.81
11	Sun	November 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4	@	New Orleans Saints	20	17	16	284	210	74	1	22	347	181	166	2	-1.64	4.36	1.86
12	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5	@	Chicago Bears	7	13	21	344	195	149	2	13	183	72	111		-12.05	11.99	-0.76
13	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5		New Orleans Saints	20	17	25	385	255	130	4	13	335	205	130	2	-5.05	7.65	1.68
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6	@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	37	10	174	91	83	3	20	360	137	223		-31.42	-10.33	7.53
15	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-6		Washington Redskins	20	17	17	253	140	113		15	311	165	146	2	-14.47	14.02	-0.11
16	Sun	December 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-7	@	St. Louis Cardinals	21	42	18	311	270	41	6	24	427	348	79	2	-13.38	-15.18	3.80
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 24	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		10-7		Philadelphia Eagles	14	13	14	298	223	75	5	15	217	164	53	2	-12.68	21.42	-7.88
Division	Sat	December 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-8	@	Dallas Cowboys	20	27	16	216	52	164	3	26	369	221	148	4	-14.75	-2.14	10.73

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Steve Bartkowski	26	QB	14	13	8-5-0	187	369	50.7	2489	10	2.7	18	4.9	115	37.3	71	6.7	5.1	13.3	177.8	61.1	39	349	9.56	5.25	3.8	4	5
2	June Jones	25	QB	7	3	1-2-0	34	79	43.0	394	1	1.3	4	5.1	16	25.0	38	5.0	3.0	11.6	56.3	41.9	17	132	17.71	2.73	1.1	1	1
3	Bubba Bean	24	FB	15	15		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0			0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	221	449	49.2	2402	11	2.4	23	5.1	131	34.9	71	6.4	4.6	13.0	150.1	56.7	56	481	11.09	4.76	3.14	5	6

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Steve Bartkowski	26	QB	2	2	1-1-0	26	55	47.3	338	3	5.5	5	9.1	13	30.6	49	6.1	3.1	13.0	169.0	47.4	7	63	11.29	4.44	1.8	1	1
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	26	55	47.3	275	3	5.5	5	9.1	13	30.6	49	4.1	3.1	13.0	137.5	23.2	7	63	11.29	1.86	-2.25	1	1

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						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bubba Bean	24	FB	15	15	193	707	3	32	45.1	25	3.7	47.1	12.9	48	31	209	6.7	1	6	29.2	38	2.1	13.9	64.6	4.4	224	4.1	916	4	7
2	Haskel Stanback	26	RB	15	15	188	588	5	36	40.4	26	3.1	39.2	12.5	20	12	108	9.0	0	4	55.0	20	0.8	7.2	60.0	5.4	200	3.5	696	5	5
3	Wallace Francis	27	WR	16	16	2	-11	0	0	0.0	-5	-5.5	-0.7	0.1	95	45	695	15.4	3	35	43.2	54	2.8	43.4	47.4	7.3	47	14.6	684	3	0
4	Billy Ryckman	23	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	82	45	679	15.1	2	32	46.3	59	2.8	42.4	54.9	8.3	45	15.1	679	2	4
5	Alfred Jackson	23	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	60	26	526	20.2	2	20	40.0	71	1.7	35.1	43.3	8.8	26	20.2	526	2	3
6	Jim Mitchell	31	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	73	32	366	11.4	2	21	39.7	24	2.0	22.9	43.8	5.0	32	11.4	366	2	2
7	Ricky Patton	24	RB	16	1	68	206	1	11	45.6	15	3.0	12.9	4.3	14	10	90	9.0	1	4	35.7	32	0.6	5.6	71.4	6.4	78	3.8	296	2	6
8	Ray Strong	22	RB	14	1	30	99	2	5	46.7	14	3.3	7.1	2.1	10	7	56	8.0	0	1	50.0	21	0.5	4.0	70.0	5.6	37	4.2	155	2	1
9	Dennis Pearson	23	WR	13	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	13	5	71	14.2	0	4	38.5	23	0.4	5.5	38.5	5.5	6	12.0	72	0	0
10	Steve Bartkowski	26	QB	14	13	33	60	2	6	24.2	8	1.8	4.3	2.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			33	1.8	60	2	7
11	Mike Esposito	25	RB	16	0	7	21	0	1	57.1	7	3.0	1.3	0.4	5	3	10	3.3	0	0	0.0	4	0.2	0.6	60.0	2.0	10	3.1	31	0	0
12	Alfred Jenkins	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	2	28	14.0	0	1	16.7	22	2.0	28.0	33.3	4.7	2	14.0	28	0	0
13	James Wright	22	TE	15	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	26	13.0	0	2	50.0	18	0.1	1.7	50.0	6.5	2	13.0	26	0	0
14	George Franklin	24	RB	15	0	1	-8	0	0	0.0	-8	-8.0	-0.5	0.1	1	1	19	19.0	0	1	100.0	19	0.1	1.3	100.0	19.0	2	5.5	11	0	1
15	Ernie Jackson	28	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
16	June Jones	25	QB	7	3	10	-3	0	0	0.0	17	-0.3	-0.4	1.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			10	-0.3	-3	0	4
	Team Totals			16	16	533	1660	13	91	41.3	26	3.1	103.8	33.3	432	221	2883	13.0	11	131	40.7	71	13.8	180.2	51.2	6.7	754	6.0	4543	24	40

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Wallace Francis	27	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	12	201	16.8	2	7	60.0	49	6.0	100.5	80.0	13.4	12	16.8	201	2	0
2	Bubba Bean	24	FB	2	2	26	86	1	5	53.8	14	3.3	43.0	13.0	7	4	44	11.0	0	3	57.1	19	2.0	22.0	57.1	6.3	30	4.3	130	1	1
3	Haskel Stanback	26	RB	2	2	25	120	0	6	60.0	14	4.8	60.0	12.5	4	2	7	3.5	0	0	0.0	7	1.0	3.5	50.0	1.8	27	4.7	127	0	1
4	Jim Mitchell	31	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	35	11.7	1	1	16.7	19	3.0	35.0	50.0	5.8	3	11.7	35	1	0
5	Billy Ryckman	23	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	2	27	13.5	0	1	33.3	22	1.0	13.5	33.3	4.5	2	13.5	27	0	1
6	George Franklin	24	RB	1	0	8	24	0	2	25.0	12	3.0	24.0	8.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8	3.0	24	0	0
7	Mike Esposito	25	RB	1	0	2	6	0	1	50.0	6	3.0	6.0	2.0	2	1	7	7.0	0	0	50.0	7	1.0	7.0	50.0	3.5	3	4.3	13	0	0
8	Dennis Pearson	23	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	13	13.0	0	1	25.0	13	0.5	6.5	25.0	3.3	1	13.0	13	0	0
9	Alfred Jackson	23	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	1	4	4.0	0	0	14.3	4	0.5	2.0	14.3	0.6	1	4.0	4	0	0
10	Steve Bartkowski	26	QB	1	1	2	3	0	0	0.0	3	1.5	3.0	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	1.5	3	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	63	239	1	14	50.8	14	3.8	119.5	31.5	52	26	338	13.0	3	13	36.5	49	13.0	169.0	50.0	6.5	89	6.5	577	4	3

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Greg Brezina	32	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	0
2	Rick Byas	28	RCB	16	16	2	37	0	32	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Wallace Francis	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Mike Kenn	22	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Fulton Kuykendall	25	LLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
6	Rolland Lawrence	27	LCB	16	16	6	76	0	44	3	1	2	16	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Mike Lewis	29	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
8	Jim Mitchell	31	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Frank Reed	24	SS	16	16	1	38	0	38	1	0	5	13	0	2.0	0	0	0	1
10	Dave Scott	25	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	R.C. Thielemann	23	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Jim Bailey	30	LDT	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
13	Bubba Bean	24	FB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Robert Pennywell	24	MLB	15	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
15	Billy Ryckman	23	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Haskel Stanback	26	RB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Jeff Merrow	25	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
18	Tom Pridemore	22	FS	16	14	1	0	0	0	4	0	3	-7	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
19	Steve Bartkowski	26	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	-9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Warren Bryant	23	RT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Jeff Yeates	27	LDE	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0
22	Claude Humphrey	34	DE	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
23	June Jones	25	QB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Phil McKinnely	24	T	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Ray Easterling	29	DB	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Edgar Fields	24	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
27	Wilson Faumuina	24	DT	16	1	1	7	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
28	Ralph Ortega	25	LB	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Ricky Patton	24	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Ray Strong	22	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Mike Esposito	25	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	George Franklin	24	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Bob Glazebrook	22	DB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	Alfred Jackson	23	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	Ron McCartney	24	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Dewey McClain	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	7.5	0	0	0	1
37	Steve Stewart	22	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12	159	0	44	25	41	47	11	0	47.0	0	0	0	2

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Fulton Kuykendall	25	LLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Bubba Bean	24	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Greg Brezina	32	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Rolland Lawrence	27	LCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Robert Pennywell	24	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
6	Tom Pridemore	22	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Billy Ryckman	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Haskel Stanback	26	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Jeff Yeates	27	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
10	Dewey McClain	24	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Tom Moriarty	25	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	4.0	0	0

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