1970 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) |
| 3rd place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 4-8-2 .333 |
| Head Coach: Norm Van Brocklin |
| Fred Bruney | Defensive Backs |
| Marion Campbell | Defense |
| Harry Gilmer | Receivers |
| Bob Griffin | Defensive Line |
| Duane Putnam | Offensive Line |
| Walt Yowarsky | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | N | New York Jets | 33-7 | W | Winston-Salem, NC | Groves Stadium | 19700 | |
| Fri | 8/21/1970 | A | Washington Redskins | 13-21 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 35168 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1970 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 22-17 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 56990 | |
| Fri | 9/4/1970 | A | Buffalo Bills | 10-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30869 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | A | Miami Dolphins | 20-17 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 50259 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1970 | A | New Orleans Saints | 14-3 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 77042 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-27 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1970 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-20 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 0-13 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 53611 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | A | Denver Broncos | 10-24 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50705 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | H | New Orleans Saints | 32-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-23 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-10 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 67232 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-13 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 55425 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1970 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Mon | 11/30/1970 | H | Miami Dolphins | 7-20 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 54036 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1970 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 20-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41387 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1970 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-16 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 54162 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 7-37 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 57992 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ron Acks | 52 | LLB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Illinois | 8 | 2 |
| Grady Allen | 54 | LLB | 6-3 | 226 | 24 | Texas A&M | 14 | 12 |
| Bob Berry | 17 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Breitenstein | 65 | LOT | 6-3 | 265 | 27 | Tulsa | 7 | 5 |
| Mike Brunson | 19 | WR | 6-1 | 187 | 23 | Mesa CC; Arizona State | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 33 | RB | 5-10 | 191 | 27 | Edward Waters | 14 | 12 |
| Sonny Campbell | 45 | RB | 5-11 | 192 | 22 | Northern Arizona | 11 | 0 |
| Grady Cavness | 32 | CB | 5-11 | 186 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | 4 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 15 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 33 | Washington State | 6 | 5 |
| Glen Condren | 88 | RDT | 6-2 | 248 | 28 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Ted Cottrell | 51 | RLB | 6-1 | 233 | 23 | Delaware Valley | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Donohoe | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 226 | 25 | San Francisco | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Enderle | 65 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 258 | 23 | Minnesota | 12 | 10 |
| Paul Flatley | 85 | WR | 6-1 | 187 | 29 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Freeman | 28 | RS-RCB-LCB | 5-10 | 174 | 26 | Fresno State | 14 | 1 |
| Paul Gipson | 40 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Houston | 13 | 2 |
| Dean Halverson | 59 | LLB | 6-2 | 221 | 24 | Washington | 7 | 0 |
| Don Hansen | 58 | RLB | 6-3 | 227 | 26 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Hettema | 64 | ROT | 6-4 | 249 | 28 | Pasadena CC; New Mexico | 6 | 0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 87 | LDE | 6-5 | 258 | 26 | Tennessee State | 12 | 12 |
| Randy Johnson | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 202 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 4 | 2 |
| George Kunz | 75 | ROT | 6-5 | 251 | 23 | Notre Dame | 9 | 9 |
| Al Lavan | 49 | LS | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Colorado State | 13 | 9 |
| Kent Lawrence | 24 | WR | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Lens | 72 | LDT | 6-5 | 261 | 25 | Trinity (Texas) | 14 | 10 |
| Billy Lothridge | 26 | P | 6-1 | 194 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
| John Mallory | 22 | LS | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | West Virginia | 14 | 5 |
| Art Malone | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 211 | 22 | Arizona State | 14 | 4 |
| Randy Marshall | 87 | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 237 | 24 | Linfield | 9 | 2 |
| John Matlock | 53 | C | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 0 |
| Andy Maurer | 64 | LOG | 6-3 | 255 | 22 | Oregon | 14 | 9 |
| Tom McCauley | 20 | RS | 6-3 | 190 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Mitchell | 86 | TE | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Nobis | 60 | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Reaves | 36 | LCB | 6-3 | 206 | 26 | Norfolk State | 14 | 14 |
| Rudy Redmond | 47 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Riverside CC; Pacific | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Roberts | 62 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 242 | 24 | Purdue | 11 | 6 |
| Bill Sandeman | 61 | LOT | 6-6 | 256 | 28 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 6 | 3 |
| John Small | 66 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 263 | 24 | The Citadel | 10 | 4 |
| Malcolm Snider | 67 | LOT-ROT-ROG | 6-4 | 251 | 23 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Todd Snyder | 80 | WR | 6-2 | 187 | 22 | Ohio University | 12 | 9 |
| Jim Sullivan | 74 | DT | 6-4 | 243 | 26 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Van Note | 57 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 24 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Kenny Vinyard | 8 | K | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 5 | RB | 6-1 | 214 | 24 | Florida | 13 | 10 |
| John Zook | 71 | RDE | 6-5 | 240 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | John Small | LB | The Citadel |
| 2 | 39 | Art Malone | RB | Arizona State |
| 3 | 64 | Andy Maurer | G | Oregon |
| 3 | 65 | Todd Snyder | WR | Ohio University |
| 4 | 84 | Paul Reed | T | Johnson C. Smith |
| 5 | 112 | Bruce Van Ness | RB | Rutgers |
| 5 | 116 | Ken Mendenhall | C | Oklahoma |
| 6 | 143 | Mack Herron | RB | Kansas State |
| 6 | 147 | Jade Butcher | WR | Indiana |
| 6 | 152 | Randy Marshall | DE | Linfield |
| 7 | 169 | Gary Orcutt | WR | Southern California |
| 8 | 194 | Larry Brewer | TE | Louisiana Tech |
| 8 | 195 | Seth Miller | DB | Arizona State |
| 9 | 220 | Roy Robinson | DB | Montana |
| 10 | 246 | Jim Hatcher | DB | Kansas |
| 11 | 272 | Mike Brunson | RB | Arizona State |
| 12 | 298 | Lonnie Holton | RB | Northern Michigan |
| 13 | 324 | Rick Stepanek | DT | Iowa |
| 14 | 351 | Chuck Wald | WR | North Dakota State |
| 15 | 376 | Keith Mauney | DB | Princeton |
| 16 | 403 | Steve Parnell | WR | Massachusetts |
| 17 | 428 | Bill Bell | K | Kansas |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 39 | 54 | 69 | 206 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 87 | 55 | 74 | 261 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 199 | 76 | 110 | 13 | 67/203 33.0% | 1/2 50.0% | 76 | 807 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38:34 | 211 | 93 | 98 | 20 | 80/204 39.2% | 2/2 100.0% | 93 | 897 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Vinyard | 0 | 23 | 26 | 88.5 | 9 | 25 | 36.0 | 0 | 50 |
| Jim Mitchell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Paul Gipson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Harmon Wages | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Sonny Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Mallory | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Todd Snyder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Donohoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Flatley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Art Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom McCauley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 23 | 26 | 88.5 | 9 | 25 | 36.0 | 0 | 206 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 20 | 40 | 50.0 | 0 | 261 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Vinyard | 9 | 25 | 36.0 | 5 | 49 | 4/5 | 0/2 | 4/7 | 1/9 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 25 | 36.0 | 5 | 49 | 4/5 | 0/2 | 4/7 | 1/9 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 40 | 50.0 | 6/8 | 4/5 | 3/9 | 6/13 | 1/5 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Butler | 166 | 636 | 3.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 119 | 422 | 3.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Paul Gipson | 52 | 177 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 40 | 136 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Sonny Campbell | 28 | 116 | 4.1 | 15 | 2 |
| Bob Berry | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Randy Johnson | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Brunson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 431 | 1600 | 3.7 | 40 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 479 | 1722 | 3.6 | 40 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Berry | 269 | 156 | 58.0 | 100 | 1806 | 6.7 | 11.6 | 51t | 16 | 5.9 | 13 | 4.8 | 36 | 274 | 1532 | 78.1 |
| Randy Johnson | 72 | 40 | 55.6 | 24 | 443 | 6.2 | 11.1 | 34 | 2 | 2.8 | 8 | 11.1 | 16 | 148 | 295 | 43.7 |
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 342 | 197 | 57.6 | 124 | 2262 | 6.6 | 11.5 | 51t | 18 | 5.3 | 21 | 6.1 | 53 | 431 | 1831 | 69.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 348 | 191 | 54.9 | 138 | 2397 | 6.9 | 12.5 | 89t | 11 | 3.2 | 19 | 5.5 | 30 | 243 | 2154 | 64.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Mitchell | 44 | 650 | 14.8 | 51 | 6 |
| Paul Flatley | 39 | 544 | 13.9 | 35 | 1 |
| Harmon Wages | 26 | 153 | 5.9 | 24 | 2 |
| Jim Butler | 24 | 151 | 6.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Todd Snyder | 23 | 311 | 13.5 | 43 | 2 |
| Paul Gipson | 16 | 186 | 11.6 | 51t | 3 |
| Art Malone | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Gail Cogdill | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 30 | 1 |
| Sonny Campbell | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Donohoe | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 197 | 2262 | 11.5 | 51t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 191 | 2397 | 12.5 | 89t | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Reaves | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Al Lavan | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Nobis | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Tom McCauley | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| John Zook | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Don Hansen | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rudy Redmond | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Mallory | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Freeman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Grady Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 191 | 10.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 283 | 13.5 | 50 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Lothridge | 76 | 2944 | 38.7 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 267 | 2617 | 34.4 | |
| Team Totals | 76 | 2944 | 38.7 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 267 | 2617 | 34.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2470 | 41.2 | 66 | 0 | 7 | 356 | 1974 | 32.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mallory | 17 | 3 | 203 | 11.9 | 75t | 1 |
| Tom McCauley | 14 | 9 | 138 | 9.9 | 77t | 1 |
| Mike Freeman | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 13 | 356 | 10.5 | 77t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 22 | 267 | 6.7 | 40 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Butler | 14 | 284 | 20.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Sonny Campbell | 10 | 230 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Paul Gipson | 8 | 189 | 23.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 25 | 0 | |
| Mike Brunson | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Grady Cavness | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Al Lavan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mike Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 916 | 19.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 983 | 24.0 | 94t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Humphrey | 10.0 | |
| John Zook | 9.0 | |
| Greg Lens | 6.5 | |
| Glen Condren | 3.0 | |
| Ron Acks | 1.0 | |
| Don Hansen | 1.0 | |
| Tom McCauley | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals IND=31.5 | 30.0 | 243.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 53.0 | 431.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen Condren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Freeman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Gipson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Al Lavan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| John Mallory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | |
| Randy Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| John Matlock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McCauley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0 |
| Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Roberts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Van Note | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Zook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 74 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 2 |
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