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1983 Atlanta Falcons

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 4th in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 370 points (23.1/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 389 points (24.3/g), 23rd.
 Differential of -19 points (-1.2/g), 18th.
 Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 14th.

Coached by Dan Henning (7-9-0)

1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 4 box W 1-0 @ Chicago Bears 20 17 18 317 185 132 1 21 401 251 150 1
2 Sun September 11 box L 1-1 New York Giants 13 16 14 298 235 63 3 19 343 187 156 1
3 Sun September 18 box W 2-1 @ Detroit Lions 30 14 26 535 350 185 18 280 235 45 2
4 Sun September 25 box L 2-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 24 19 319 184 135 1 28 418 261 157 2
5 Sun October 2 box L 2-3 Philadelphia Eagles 24 28 21 365 174 191 16 315 220 95 1
6 Sun October 9 box L 2-4 New Orleans Saints 17 19 20 292 203 89 1 19 311 148 163 1
7 Sun October 16 box L 2-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 21 27 15 268 158 110 1 29 321 218 103 2
8 Sun October 23 box W 3-5 @ New York Jets 27 21 19 407 277 130 2 19 404 221 183 2
9 Sun October 30 box W 4-5 New England Patriots 24 13 28 430 235 195 2 22 417 248 169 5
10 Sun November 6 box L 4-6 @ New Orleans Saints 10 27 14 213 120 93 3 17 366 128 238 1
11 Mon November 14 box L 4-7 Los Angeles Rams 13 36 17 209 116 93 4 23 442 173 269
12 Sun November 20 box W 5-7 San Francisco 49ers 28 24 19 373 275 98 22 308 174 134 2
13 Sun November 27 box W 6-7 Green Bay Packers 47 41 25 445 293 152 1 32 500 366 134 3
14 Sun December 4 box L 6-8 @ Washington Redskins 21 37 24 398 269 129 6 21 370 215 155 1
15 Sat December 10 box L 6-9 @ Miami Dolphins 24 31 21 365 179 186 2 22 353 229 124 2
16 Sun December 18 box W 7-9 Buffalo Bills 31 14 25 394 151 243 2 14 277 243 34 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 370 5628 1054 5.3 325 321 507 3404 24 10 6.1 190 492 2224 17 4.5 118 29 19 17
Team Defense 389 5826 1023 5.7 545 313 493 3517 28 15 6.7 187 499 2309 20 4.6 342 30 15 16
Lg Rank Offense 10 8 9 12 11 13 1 12 18 11 10 3 3 15
Lg Rank Defense 23 25 25 12 20 24 25 28 11 22 22 27 26 21

Passing

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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 NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Steve Bartkowski 31 QB 14 14 6-8-0 274 432 63.4 3167 22 5.1 5 1.2 76 7.3 7.3 11.6 226.2 97.6 51 348 5.8 5.8 10.6
Mike Moroski 26 16 2 1-1-0 45 70 64.3 575 2 2.9 4 5.7 50 8.2 5.9 12.8 35.9 75.6 4 41 7.2 5.1 5.4
Floyd Hodge 24 wr 12 6 1 2 50.0 28 0 0.0 1 50.0 28 14.0 -8.5 28.0 2.3 56.2 0 0 14.0 -8.5 0.0
William Andrews* 28 RB 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ralph Giacomarro 22 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 23.0 23.0 23.0 1.4 118.7 0 0 23.0 23.0 0.0
Billy Johnson* 31 RET 16 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.6 16 7-9-0 321 507 63.3 3793 24 4.7 10 2.0 76 7.5 7.1 11.8 237.1 93.6 55 389 6.1 5.7 9.8
Opp Total 16 313 493 63.5 3517 28 5.7 15 3.0 7.1 6.3 11.2 219.8 91.0 31 217 6.7 5.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
William Andrews* 28 RB 16 16 331 1567 7 27 4.7 97.9 20.7 59 609 10.3 4 40 3.7 38.1 2176 11 6
Gerald Riggs 23 14 0 100 437 8 40 4.4 31.2 7.1 17 149 8.8 0 25 1.2 10.6 586 8 7
Lynn Cain 28 16 0 19 63 1 10 3.3 3.9 1.2 3 24 8.0 0 11 0.2 1.5 87 1 1
Steve Bartkowski 31 QB 14 14 16 38 1 10 2.4 2.7 1.1 38 1 7
Billy Johnson* 31 RET 16 1 15 83 0 36 5.5 5.2 0.9 64 709 11.1 4 47 4.0 44.3 792 4 4
Bo Robinson 27 TE 12 9 3 9 0 7 3.0 0.8 0.3 12 100 8.3 0 15 1.0 8.3 109 0 1
Stacey Bailey 23 WR 14 12 2 -5 0 0 -2.5 -0.4 0.1 55 881 16.0 6 53 3.9 62.9 876 6 1
Ralph Giacomarro 22 P 16 0 2 13 0 13 6.5 0.8 0.1 13 0 1
Mike Moroski 26 16 2 2 12 0 7 6.0 0.8 0.1 12 0 2
Junior Miller 26 te 15 6 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 16 125 7.8 0 19 1.1 8.3 127 0 1
Richard Williams 23 RET 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 5 0 1
Alfred Jenkins 31 WR 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 487 12.8 1 26 3.8 48.7 487 1 0
Floyd Hodge 24 wr 12 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 280 11.2 4 76 2.1 23.3 280 4 0
Alfred Jackson 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 220 16.9 3 54 3.3 55.0 220 3 0
Arthur Cox 22 TE 16 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 83 9.2 1 19 0.6 5.2 83 1 1
Ben Young 23 te 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 74 12.3 1 19 0.5 6.7 74 1 0
Allama Matthews 22 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 37 12.3 0 23 0.2 2.3 37 0 0
William Curran 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 15 15.0 0 15 0.1 0.9 15 0 1
Team Total 25.6 16 492 2224 17 40 4.5 139.0 30.8 321 3793 11.8 24 76 20.1 237.1 6017 41 36
Opp Total 16 499 2309 20 4.6 144.3 31.2 313 3517 11.2 28 19.6 219.8 5826 48 26

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Billy Johnson* 31 RET 16 1 46 489 1 71 10.6 1281
Richard Williams 23 RET 14 0 23 461 0 34 20.0 466
Gerald Riggs 23 14 0 17 330 0 35 19.4 916
Lynn Cain 28 16 0 11 200 0 24 18.2 287
Kenny Johnson 25 RCB 16 16 11 224 0 28 20.4 224
William Curran 24 16 0 2 26 0 16 13.0 41
Bob Glazebrook 27 fs 16 8 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bobby Butler 24 LCB 16 16 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Team Total 25.6 16 46 489 1 71 10.6 67 1258 0 35 18.8 7764
Opp Total 16 34 0 60 1212 0 20.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Ralph Giacomarro 22 P 16 0 70 2823 57 1 40.3
Mick Luckhurst 25 K 16 0 5 4 5 4 11 9 1 22 17 77.3% 45 43 95.6%
Team Total 25.6 16 5 4 5 4 11 9 1 22 17 77.3% 45 43 95.6% 70 2823 57 1 40.3
Opp Total 16 26 17 65.4% 49 44 89.8% 67 2814 42.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
William Andrews* 28 RB 16 16 6 2 0 0
Steve Bartkowski 31 QB 14 14 7 1 0 0
Mike Pitts 23 16 4 7.0 0 0 1 26 0 75
Gerald Riggs 23 14 0 7 1 0 0
Billy Johnson* 31 RET 16 1 4 2 0 0
Don L. Smith 26 RDT 14 13 6.0
Bobby Butler 24 LCB 16 16 4 12 0 12 0 1 0 0
Buddy Curry 25 RLB 16 16 4.0 0 1 0 0
Bob Glazebrook 27 fs 16 8 3 30 0 25 1 1 0 0
Jeff Yeates 32 LDE 16 16 4.0 0 1 0 0
Kenny Johnson 25 RCB 16 16 2 57 2 31 1 1 0 0
Jeff Merrow 30 RDE 16 12 3.0 0 1 0 0
Tom Pridemore 27 SS 16 16 4 56 0 25
John Rade 23 LLB 16 11 1.5 0 2 16 1
David Frye 22 16 2 1.0 0 2 0 0
Andrew Provence 22 LDT 16 12 1.5 0 1 26 0
Stacey Bailey 23 WR 14 12 1 1 0 0
Ralph Giacomarro 22 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Earl Jones 26 16 0 1 19 0 19 0 1 0 0
Fulton Kuykendall 30 MLB 14 14 1.0 0 1 0 0
Mike Moroski 26 16 2 2 0 0 0
Richard Williams 23 RET 14 0 1 1 0 0
Dan Benish 22 16 3 1.0
Lynn Cain 28 16 0 1 0 0 0
Arthur Cox 22 TE 16 9 1 0 0 0
William Curran 24 16 0 1 0 0 0
Blane Gaison 25 16 0 0 1 64 1
Mike Kenn* 27 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Allama Matthews 22 16 1 0 1 0 0
Junior Miller 26 te 15 6 1 0 0 0
Al Richardson 26 llb 5 5 1 38 0 38
Bo Robinson 27 TE 12 9 1 0 0 0
R.C. Thielemann* 28 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Mike Zele 27 5 4 1.0
Team Total 25.6 16 31.0 15 212 2 38 0 36 27 132 2 75
Opp Total 16 55 26 11

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Mick Luckhurst 25 K 16 0 43 17 94
William Andrews* 28 RB 16 16 7 4 66
Gerald Riggs 23 14 0 8 48
Stacey Bailey 23 WR 14 12 6 36
Billy Johnson* 31 RET 16 1 4 1 30
Floyd Hodge 24 wr 12 6 4 24
Alfred Jackson 28 4 4 3 18
Kenny Johnson 25 RCB 16 16 2 12
Steve Bartkowski 31 QB 14 14 1 6
Lynn Cain 28 16 0 1 6
Arthur Cox 22 TE 16 9 1 6
Blane Gaison 25 16 0 1 6
Alfred Jenkins 31 WR 10 10 1 6
John Rade 23 LLB 16 11 1 6
Ben Young 23 te 11 6 1 6
Team Total 25.6 16 17 24 1 2 2 43 17 370
Opp Total 16 20 28 44 17 389