1996 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-13-0, 4th in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: June Jones (3-13-0)

Points For: 309 (19.3/g) 19th of 30

Points Against: 461 (28.8/g) 30th of 30

Expected W-L: 4.5-11.5

SRS: -9.15 (29th of 30), SOS: .35

Defensive Coordinator: Rod Rust

Other Notable Asst.: Mouse Davis (Quarterbacks), Frank Gansz (Asst. HC/Special Teams), Joe Haering (Linebackers) and Milt Jackson (Assistant Head Coach)

Stadium: Georgia Dome

Principal Owner: Taylor Smith

VP of Player Personnel: Ken Herock

Offensive Scheme: Run-and-Shoot

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +4000; O/U: 8.0

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	309	5116	971	5.3	41	11	292	356	600	3655	26	30	5.7	202	329	1461	9	4.4	67	111	961	23
Opp. Stats	461	5786	994	5.8	23	17	309	302	485	3745	26	6	7.2	182	473	2041	18	4.3	102	106	816	25
Lg Rank Offense	19	17			28	8	19		4	9	5	29	16		30	27	19	5
Lg Rank Defense	30	29			26	2	20		4	27	25	30	30		20	26	25	28

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 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Carolina Panthers	6	29	12	281	162	119	1	23	315	186	129	1	-11.47	-2.53	-8.26
2	Sun	September 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Minnesota Vikings	17	23	21	324	245	79	2	18	365	266	99	2	2.57	-4.09	-0.11
3									Bye Week
4	Sun	September 22	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3		Philadelphia Eagles	18	33	18	391	351	40	6	14	318	195	123	1	-24.91	2.46	2.89
5	Sun	September 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	39	18	317	191	126	4	16	396	246	150		-8.09	-9.46	-1.22
6	Sun	October 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5	@	Detroit Lions	24	28	19	281	165	116	1	23	357	262	95	1	0.25	-9.82	2.74
7	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-6		Houston Oilers	13	23	20	323	268	55	2	16	320	199	121	1	-7.42	-7.78	5.83
8	Sun	October 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-7	@	Dallas Cowboys	28	32	22	369	256	113		17	306	250	56	2	10.25	-5.18	-4.90
9	Sun	October 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-8		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	20	19	301	234	67	1	20	311	184	127		7.92	-8.11	-0.32
10	Sun	November 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-8		Carolina Panthers	20	17	16	313	189	124	2	17	347	243	104	3	-9.25	2.05	8.77
11	Sun	November 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-9	@	St. Louis Rams	16	59	15	292	248	44	3	29	464	185	279	1	-8.54	-29.78	-5.94
12	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-9		New Orleans Saints	17	15	18	293	219	74	1	15	270	235	35	3	0.32	7.48	-9.10
13	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-10	@	Cincinnati Bengals	31	41	21	417	305	112	4	24	463	342	121		12.44	-20.48	-2.95
14	Mon	December 2	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-11		San Francisco 49ers	10	34	9	178	117	61	4	25	466	264	202	2	-32.26	-3.39	4.80
15	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-11	@	New Orleans Saints	31	15	19	304	182	122	3	14	251	168	83	2	-2.36	9.12	2.21
16	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-12		St. Louis Rams	27	34	24	423	360	63	7	17	480	306	174	4	-1.09	3.44	-0.83
17	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-13	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	17	19	21	309	163	146		21	357	214	143		9.26	-9.95	0.13

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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
1	Bobby Hebert	36	QB	14	13	3-10-0	294	488	60.2	3152	22	4.5	25	5.1	168	45.6	57	6.5	5.1	10.7	225.1	72.9	27	150	5.24	5.83	4.5
2	Jeff George	29	QB	3	3	0-3-0	56	99	56.6	698	3	3.0	3	3.0	31	41.8	67	7.1	6.3	12.5	232.7	76.1	11	84	10.00	5.58	4.9
3	Browning Nagle	28	QB	5	0		6	13	46.2	59	1	7.7	2	15.4	3	35.3	17	4.5	-0.8	9.8	11.8	45.5	4	20	23.53	2.29	-1.8
	Team Totals			16	16	3-13-0	356	600	59.3	3655	26	4.3	30	5.0	202	44.7	67	6.5	5.1	11.0	228.4	72.3	42	254	6.54	5.69	4.40

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	Jamal Anderson	24	RB	16	12	232	1055	5	46	47.4	32	4.5	65.9	14.5	66	49	473	9.7	1	19	51.5	34	3.1	29.6	74.2	7.2	281	5.4	1528	6	4
2	Bert Emanuel	26	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	124	75	921	12.3	6	48	48.4	53	5.4	65.8	60.5	7.4	75	12.3	921	6	0
3	Terance Mathis	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	114	69	771	11.2	7	48	52.6	55	4.3	48.2	60.5	6.8	69	11.2	771	7	0
4	Eric Metcalf	28	WR	16	11	3	8	0	0	0.0	4	2.7	0.5	0.2	90	54	599	11.1	6	33	54.4	67	3.4	37.4	60.0	6.7	57	10.6	607	6	3
5	Craig Heyward	30	RB	15	5	72	321	3	16	52.8	34	4.5	21.4	4.8	19	16	168	10.5	0	8	57.9	25	1.1	11.2	84.2	8.8	88	5.6	489	3	0
6	Tyrone Brown	23	WR	9	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	56	28	325	11.6	1	13	41.1	38	3.1	36.1	50.0	5.8	28	11.6	325	1	0
7	J.J. Birden	31	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	61	30	319	10.6	2	12	32.8	57	2.5	26.6	49.2	5.2	30	10.6	319	2	2
8	Roell Preston	24	WR	15	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	31	21	208	9.9	1	12	58.1	17	1.4	13.9	67.7	6.7	21	9.9	208	1	0
9	Freddie Scott	22	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	7	80	11.4	0	5	60.0	27	0.7	8.0	70.0	8.0	7	11.4	80	0	0
10	Bobby Hebert	36	QB	14	13	15	59	1	5	40.0	25	3.9	4.2	1.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			15	3.9	59	1	10
11	Richard Huntley	24	RB	1	0	2	8	0	0	100.0	5	4.0	8.0	2.0	1	1	14	14.0	0	1	100.0	14	1.0	14.0	100.0	14.0	3	7.3	22	0	0
12	Mitch Lyons	26	TE	14	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	4	16	4.0	1	1	75.0	5	0.3	1.1	100.0	4.0	4	4.0	16	1	0
13	Robbie Tobeck	26	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	15	7.5	1	2	66.7	14	0.1	0.9	66.7	5.0	2	7.5	15	1	0
14	Jeff George	29	QB	3	3	5	10	0	0	40.0	5	2.0	3.3	1.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	2.0	10	0	3
15	Gene Williams	28	G	10	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
	Team Totals			16	16	329	1461	9	67	48.0	34	4.4	91.3	20.6	580	356	3909	11.0	26	202	49.5	67	22.3	244.3	61.4	6.7	685	7.8	5370	35	22

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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	Roman Fortin	29	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Terance Mathis	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Jessie Tuggle	31	MLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	114	96	18	0
4	Bob Whitfield	25	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Lester Archambeau	29	LDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	55	41	14	0
6	Devin Bush Sr.	23	SS	16	15	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	59	51	8	0
7	Ron George	26	RLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	2.0	62	42	20	0
8	Chuck Smith	27	RDE	15	15	1	21	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	6.0	40	33	7	0
9	Cornelius Bennett	31	LLB	13	13	1	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	3.0	60	52	8	0
10	Travis Hall	24	LDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6.0	51	44	7	0
11	Bobby Hebert	36	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Jamal Anderson	24	RB	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	J.J. Birden	31	WR	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Eric Metcalf	28	WR	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Moe Gardner	28	RDT	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	23	21	2	0
16	Patrick Bates	26	FS	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	51	37	14	0
17	Dan Owens	29	RDT	16	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5.5	35	29	6	0
18	Darnell Walker	26	RCB	15	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	50	46	4	0
19	Lenny McGill	25	LCB	16	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	39	34	5	0
20	Brad Edwards	30	FS	16	7	2	15	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	29	26	3	0
21	Tim McKyer	33	LCB	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	34	31	3	0
22	David Richards	30	RT	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Anthony Phillips	26	RCB	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	20	17	3	0
24	Nate Odomes	31	DB	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	23	23	0	0
25	Jeff George	29	QB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	-24	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	David Brandon	31	LB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	10	9	1	0
27	John Burrough	24	DT	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	8	4	0
28	Clay Matthews	40	LB	15	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6.5	12	11	1	0
29	Louis Riddick	27	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	25	23	2	0
30	Craig Sauer	24	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	7	4	0
31	Sean Boyd	24	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
32	Shane Dronett	25	DE	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
33	D.J. Johnson	30	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0
34	Harper LeBel	33	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	Browning Nagle	28	QB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Elbert Shelley	32	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Lorenzo Styles	22	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	16	15	1	0
38	Jeff Zgonina	26	DT	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	12	7	5	0
	Team Totals			16	16	6	41	0	21	17	23	28	-10	0	36.0	852	710	142	0

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