1981 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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

Coach: Leeman Bennett (7-9-0)

Points For: 426 (26.6/g) 2nd of 28

Points Against: 355 (22.2/g) 18th of 28

Expected W-L: 9.7-6.3

SRS: 3.96 (7th of 28), SOS: -0.48

Defensive Coordinator: Jerry Glanville

Other Notable Asst.: John North (Offensive Backs), Jimmy Raye (Wide Receivers), Doug Shively (Linebackers), Jim Stanley (Defensive Line) and Dick Wood (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

General Manager: Eddie LeBaron

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +700

Training Camp: Atlanta Falcons Training Facility (Suwanee, Georgia)

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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	426	5664	1095	5.2	41	17	318	311	563	3699	30	24	6.2	176	495	1965	15	4.0	116	90	940	26
Opp. Stats	355	5354	1053	5.1	46	21	303	322	565	3688	30	25	6.2	172	459	1666	10	3.6	94	97	804	37
Lg Rank Offense	2	7			15	9	9		4	5	2	20	12		17	18	14	19
Lg Rank Defense	18	14			7	5	14		26	25	27	8	19		1	2	2	5

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 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New Orleans Saints	27	0	21	299	135	164	4	14	249	173	76	4	-3.84	27.92	1.87
2	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Green Bay Packers	31	17	19	335	219	116	4	22	396	300	96	5	-8.83	14.95	9.58
3	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		San Francisco 49ers	34	17	18	363	200	163		23	386	273	113	3	12.98	3.68	1.80
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1	@	Cleveland Browns	17	28	14	262	150	112	4	26	385	207	178	5	-12.65	-4.07	4.61
5	Mon	October 5	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	13	16	22	339	227	112	3	14	268	161	107	1	-5.51	1.70	-2.25
6	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3		Los Angeles Rams	35	37	19	349	197	152	3	14	252	165	87	2	-3.40	16.12	-14.43
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		St. Louis Cardinals	41	20	17	394	280	114	2	22	383	263	120	4	9.30	12.41	0.99
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	4-4		New York Giants	24	27	23	430	289	141	2	12	289	213	76		-2.16	7.39	-1.87
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4	@	New Orleans Saints	41	10	20	406	262	144	1	14	262	204	58	3	17.96	18.34	-3.99
10	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	17	19	292	216	76	3	17	287	205	82	1	-13.06	7.27	0.10
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6		Pittsburgh Steelers	20	34	24	441	380	61	6	13	293	221	72	3	-9.37	7.41	-6.03
12	Mon	November 23	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6		Minnesota Vikings	31	30	19	342	193	149	3	25	460	330	130	5	-7.00	-1.91	9.58
13	Sun	November 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6	@	Houston Oilers	31	27	18	459	348	111	2	23	318	235	83	3	1.90	1.21	-3.84
14	Sun	December 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	24	23	373	236	137	1	22	420	327	93	1	13.10	-20.50	6.27
15	Mon	December 14	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-8	@	Los Angeles Rams	16	21	16	252	130	122	2	19	273	111	162	5	-22.02	14.83	0.01
16	Sun	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-9		Cincinnati Bengals	28	30	26	328	237	91	1	23	433	300	133	1	7.61	-10.33	-0.10

Passing

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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	29	QB	16	16	7-9-0	297	533	55.7	3829	30	5.6	23	4.3	169	41.4	70	7.2	6.4	12.9	239.3	79.2	37	287	6.49	6.21	5.5	1	1	PB
2	Mike Moroski	24	QB	3	0		12	26	46.2	132	0	0.0	1	3.8	6	38.5	22	5.1	3.3	11.0	44.0	45.7	0	0	0.00	5.08	3.3	0	0
3	June Jones	28	QB	4	0		2	3	66.7	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	66.7	14	8.3	8.3	12.5	6.3	92.4	0	0	0.00	8.33	8.3	0	0
4	John James	32	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	311	563	55.2	3699	30	5.3	24	4.3	176	41.3	70	7.1	6.2	12.8	231.2	77.6	37	287	6.17	6.17	5.37	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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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	William Andrews	26	FB	16	16	289	1301	10	77	59.9	29	4.5	81.3	18.1	104	81	735	9.1	2	34	51.9	70	5.1	45.9	77.9	7.1	370	5.5	2036	12	12	PB,AP-2,AP OPoY-8
2	Alfred Jenkins	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	126	70	1358	19.4	13	52	53.2	67	4.4	84.9	55.6	10.8	70	19.4	1358	13	3	PB,AP-1
3	Lynn Cain	26	RB	16	16	156	542	4	34	38.5	35	3.5	33.9	9.8	75	55	421	7.7	2	22	54.7	28	3.4	26.3	73.3	5.6	211	4.6	963	6	3
4	Alfred Jackson	26	WR	16	0	2	5	0	0	50.0	5	2.5	0.3	0.1	85	37	604	16.3	6	29	40.0	49	2.3	37.8	43.5	7.1	39	15.6	609	6	0
5	Wallace Francis	30	WR	16	16	1	8	1	1	100.0	8	8.0	0.5	0.1	82	30	441	14.7	4	18	28.0	36	1.9	27.6	36.6	5.4	31	14.5	449	5	1
6	Junior Miller	24	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	71	32	398	12.4	3	20	36.6	37	2.0	24.9	45.1	5.6	32	12.4	398	3	0	PB
7	James Mayberry	24	RB	16	0	18	66	0	3	50.0	11	3.7	4.1	1.1	4	3	4	1.3	0	0	25.0	6	0.2	0.3	75.0	1.0	21	3.3	70	0	1
8	Bo Robinson	25	RB	15	0	9	24	0	0	0.0	5	2.7	1.6	0.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	2.7	24	0	0
9	Mike Moroski	24	QB	3	0	3	17	0	1	33.3	14	5.7	5.7	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	5.7	17	0	0
10	Russ Mikeska	26	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	2	16	8.0	0	1	100.0	11	0.1	1.0	100.0	8.0	2	8.0	16	0	0
11	Ray Strong	25	RB	16	0	3	6	0	0	0.0	3	2.0	0.4	0.2	2	1	9	9.0	0	0	0.0	9	0.1	0.6	50.0	4.5	4	3.8	15	0	1
12	Steve Bartkowski	29	QB	16	16	11	2	0	0	18.2	5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			11	0.2	2	0	4	PB
13	Tony Daykin	26	LB	16	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	2.0	2	0	0
14	Paul Davis	23	LB	13	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
15	June Jones	28	QB	4	0	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.3	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-1.0	-1	0	0
16	John James	32	P	16	0	1	-7	0	0	0.0	-7	-7.0	-0.4	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-7.0	-7	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	495	1965	15	116	49.9	35	4.0	122.8	30.9	552	311	3986	12.8	30	176	44.9	70	19.4	249.1	56.3	7.2	806	7.4	5951	45	25

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Defense & Fumbles

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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	William Andrews	26	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP OPoY-8
2	Steve Bartkowski	29	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
3	Bobby Butler	22	LCB	16	16	5	86	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Lynn Cain	26	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Buddy Curry	23	RILB	16	16	1	35	1	35	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Wallace Francis	30	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Bob Glazebrook	25	SS	16	16	2	21	0	18	2	0	1	22	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
8	Alfred Jenkins	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
9	Kenny Johnson	23	RCB	16	16	3	35	0	23	0	1	2	55	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Mike Kenn	25	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
11	Fulton Kuykendall	28	LILB	16	16	1	20	1	20	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Tom Pridemore	25	FS	16	16	7	221	1	101	1	0	3	24	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Al Richardson	24	LOLB	16	16	1	9	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	9.5	0	0	0	0
14	Don Smith	24	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	7.5	0	0	0	0
15	R.C. Thielemann	26	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
16	Jeff Van Note	35	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-20	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
17	Jeff Yeates	30	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
18	Jeff Merrow	28	RDE	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
19	Joel Williams	25	ROLB	10	8	1	25	0	25	2	0	2	57	1	3.0	0	0	0	0
20	Jim Laughlin	23	ROLB	14	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Wilson Faumuina	27	RDE	16	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
22	Blane Gaison	23	DB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Alfred Jackson	26	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Earl Jones	24	DB	16	0	2	42	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	James Mayberry	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Tom Moriarty	28	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Neal Musser	24	LB	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Reggie Smith	25	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Ray Strong	25	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Scott Woerner	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	25	494	3	101	17	31	34	139	4	29.0	0	0	0	0

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