1980 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Leeman Bennett (12-4-0)

Points For: 405 (25.3/g) 5th of 28

Points Against: 272 (17.0/g) 5th of 28

Expected W-L: 11.5-4.5

SRS: 7.84 (3rd of 28), SOS: -0.47

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 27-30 vs. Dallas Cowboys

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 +5000

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	405	5649	1061	5.3	26	9	336	259	467	3244	31	17	6.5	166	559	2405	15	4.3	145	91	861	25
Opp. Stats	272	5264	1051	5.0	42	16	298	333	564	3594	24	26	5.9	175	441	1670	8	3.8	100	101	919	23
Lg Rank Offense	5	3			1	3	3		18	9	1	5	8		8	5	14	4
Lg Rank Defense	5	16			7	11	11		28	25	20	6	13		1	3	1	10

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 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	23	24	20	314	156	158	1	28	448	371	77	1	10.01	-16.26	3.65
2	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	New England Patriots	37	21	22	404	237	167	1	21	260	153	107	3	9.22	8.42	2.16
3	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Miami Dolphins	17	20	18	359	310	49	2	19	246	186	60	1	-1.69	3.46	-1.74
4	Sun	September 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	17	19	242	83	159		19	401	318	83	2	2.67	-6.11	2.72
5	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Detroit Lions	43	28	19	365	174	191	2	17	370	298	72	4	2.46	14.72	-2.82
6	Sun	October 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3		New York Jets	7	14	18	240	143	97	4	19	279	89	190		-9.42	-2.50	3.33
7	Sun	October 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	New Orleans Saints	41	14	24	355	193	162		17	338	302	36	4	18.79	2.19	3.66
8	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Los Angeles Rams	13	10	15	272	151	121	2	15	317	199	118	2	-3.59	11.64	-6.63
9	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3	@	Buffalo Bills	30	14	19	311	161	150	3	20	364	270	94	5	-2.42	10.21	7.63
10	Sun	November 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	7-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	33	27	34	563	354	209	2	19	415	329	86	5	17.54	-3.63	-1.16
11	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		New Orleans Saints	31	13	22	370	164	206		17	317	235	82	3	1.23	11.45	-0.93
12	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		Chicago Bears	28	17	18	326	239	87	2	18	283	151	132	2	3.72	12.28	-4.90
13	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3		Washington Redskins	10	6	18	341	210	131		11	193	108	85	3	2.97	19.31	-15.07
14	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	20	17	23	375	193	182	3	20	276	190	86	2	2.17	8.71	-7.37
15	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3		San Francisco 49ers	35	10	26	463	292	171	1	15	310	204	106	3	9.09	14.08	1.29
16	Sun	December 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	12-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	20	21	349	184	165	3	23	447	191	256	2	-5.93	-8.01	10.53
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	January 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-5		Dallas Cowboys	27	30	18	371	285	86	2	22	422	310	112	2	3.20	-4.65	-4.69

Passing

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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	Awards
1	Steve Bartkowski	28	QB	16	16	12-4-0	257	463	55.5	3544	31	6.7	16	3.5	165	42.4	81	7.7	7.4	13.8	221.5	88.2	35	324	7.03	6.47	6.3	3	4	PB,AP MVP-3
2	Mike Moroski	23	QB	3	0		2	3	66.7	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	66.7	18	8.0	8.0	12.0	8.0	91.0	0	0	0.00	8.00	8.0	0	0
3	John James	31	P	16	0		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	12-4-0	259	467	55.5	3244	31	6.6	17	3.6	166	42.4	81	7.6	7.3	13.8	202.8	87.1	35	324	6.97	6.46	6.17	3	4

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	28	QB	1	1	0-1-0	18	33	54.5	320	2	6.1	1	3.0	11	45.9	60	9.7	9.5	17.8	320.0	95.5	4	35	10.81	7.70	7.6	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	18	33	54.5	285	2	6.1	1	3.0	11	45.9	60	9.7	9.5	17.8	285.0	95.5	4	35	10.81	7.70	7.57	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

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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	William Andrews	25	FB	16	16	265	1308	4	73	54.0	33	4.9	81.8	16.6	74	51	456	8.9	1	21	47.3	26	3.2	28.5	68.9	6.2	316	5.6	1764	5	6	PB
2	Lynn Cain	25	RB	16	16	235	914	8	58	55.3	37	3.9	57.1	14.7	39	24	223	9.3	1	11	41.0	30	1.5	13.9	61.5	5.7	259	4.4	1137	9	6
3	Alfred Jenkins	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	106	58	1035	17.8	6	48	50.0	57	3.6	64.7	54.7	9.8	58	17.8	1035	6	0	PB
4	Wallace Francis	29	WR	16	16	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	104	54	862	16.0	7	39	45.2	81	3.4	53.9	51.9	8.3	55	15.7	864	7	0
5	Junior Miller	23	TE	16	14	2	-2	0	0	0.0		-1.0	-0.1	0.1	80	46	584	12.7	9	30	48.8	36	2.9	36.5	57.5	7.3	48	12.1	582	9	2	PB,AP-2
6	Alfred Jackson	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	42	22	403	18.3	7	17	50.0	54	1.4	25.2	52.4	9.6	22	18.3	403	7	0
7	James Mayberry	23	RB	16	0	18	88	0	3	44.4	24	4.9	5.5	1.1	4	3	1	0.3	0	0	25.0	6	0.2	0.1	75.0	0.3	21	4.2	89	0	0
8	Ray Strong	24	RB	16	0	6	42	1	3	50.0	21	7.0	2.6	0.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	7.0	42	1	4
9	Steve Bartkowski	28	QB	16	16	25	35	2	9	36.0	11	1.4	2.2	1.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			25	1.4	35	2	6	PB,AP MVP-3
10	John James	31	P	16	0	1	13	0	1	100.0	13	13.0	0.8	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	13.0	13	0	0
11	Anthony Anderson	24	RB	16	0	6	5	0	0	0.0	8	0.8	0.3	0.4	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6	0.8	5	0	0
12	Russ Mikeska	25	TE	16	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	4	4.0	0	0	0.0	4	0.1	0.3	100.0	4.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
13	Kenny Johnson	22	RCB	16	16	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	2
14	Rolland Lawrence	29	LCB	16	16	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	2
	Team Totals			16	16	559	2405	15	147	52.6	37	4.3	150.3	34.9	453	259	3568	13.8	31	166	46.8	81	16.2	223.0	57.2	7.9	818	7.3	5973	46	28

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	Alfred Jenkins	28	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	4	155	38.8	1	4	44.4	60	4.0	155.0	44.4	17.2	4	38.8	155	1	0
2	Wallace Francis	29	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	6	66	11.0	0	2	55.6	18	6.0	66.0	66.7	7.3	6	11.0	66	0	0
3	Lynn Cain	25	RB	1	1	13	43	1	5	38.5	11	3.3	43.0	13.0	2	2	20	10.0	0	1	100.0	14	2.0	20.0	100.0	10.0	15	4.2	63	1	0
4	William Andrews	25	FB	1	1	14	43	0	1	42.9	12	3.1	43.0	14.0	5	2	19	9.5	1	1	40.0	12	2.0	19.0	40.0	3.8	16	3.9	62	1	0
5	Junior Miller	23	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	3	48	16.0	0	2	60.0	26	3.0	48.0	60.0	9.6	3	16.0	48	0	0
6	Alfred Jackson	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	12	12.0	0	1	50.0	12	1.0	12.0	50.0	6.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	27	86	1	6	40.7	12	3.2	86.0	27.0	32	18	320	17.8	2	11	53.1	60	18.0	320.0	56.3	10.0	45	9.0	406	3	0

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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	25	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
2	Steve Bartkowski	28	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP MVP-3
3	Warren Bryant	25	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Lynn Cain	25	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Buddy Curry	22	RILB	16	16	3	13	0	9	2	1	1	30	1	1.5	0	0	0	0	AP DRoY-1
6	Alfred Jenkins	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
7	Kenny Johnson	22	RCB	16	16	4	49	0	33	1	2	4	7	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
8	Mike Kenn	24	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
9	Rolland Lawrence	29	LCB	16	16	3	37	0	37	1	2	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Jeff Merrow	27	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0
11	Tom Pridemore	24	FS	16	16	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Al Richardson	23	LOLB	16	16	7	139	0	52	2	0	3	0	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	AP DPoY-5,AP DRoY-1
13	R.C. Thielemann	25	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Joel Williams	24	ROLB	16	16	2	55	0	32	5	0	3	42	1	16.0	0	0	0	1
15	Junior Miller	23	TE	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
16	Jeff Yeates	29	LDE	16	13	1	5	0	5	0	0	1	4	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
17	Don Smith	23	NT	16	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
18	Bob Glazebrook	24	SS	16	9	2	6	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Frank Reed	26	SS	16	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
20	Jim Laughlin	22	LILB	16	6	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
21	Wilson Faumuina	26	NT	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
22	Mike Zele	24	NT	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
23	Edgar Fields	26	NT	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
24	Tony Daykin	25	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Earl Jones	23	DB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	James Mayberry	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Reggie Smith	24	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Ray Strong	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	26	313	0	52	20	32	37	83	3	46.0	0	0	0	1

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	Steve Bartkowski	28	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Tom Pridemore	24	FS	1	1	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Jeff Yeates	29	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	22	0	22	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.0	0	0

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