1973 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) |
| 2nd place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Head Coach: Norm Van Brocklin |
| Billy Ray Barnes | Offensive Backs |
| Fred Bruney | Defensive Backs |
| Marion Campbell | Defense |
| Harry Gilmer | Receivers |
| Bob Griffin | Defensive Line |
| Duane Putnam | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1973 | H | Baltimore Colts | 34-20 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 57122 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1973 | H | New England Patriots | 27-10 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 56238 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1973 | N | Cleveland Browns | 17-20 | L | Knoxville, TN | Neyland Stadium | 40831 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1973 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-31 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55863 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1973 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-19 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 50350 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1973 | A | New Orleans Saints | 62-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66428 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1973 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 0-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 61197 | |
| Mon | 10/1/1973 | A | Detroit Lions | 6-31 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 45599 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1973 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 9-13 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 51107 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1973 | H | Chicago Bears | 46-6 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 47342 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1973 | A | San Diego Chargers | 41-0 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 41527 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1973 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-3 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 56825 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1973 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 15-13 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 55837 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1973 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 44-27 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 63114 | |
| Mon | 11/19/1973 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 20-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 56519 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1973 | A | New York Jets | 28-20 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 47283 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1973 | H | Buffalo Bills | 6-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 54607 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1973 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 10-32 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 48030 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1973 | H | New Orleans Saints | 14-10 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 34147 | |
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 |
| Nick Bebout | 63 | OT | 6-5 | 261 | 22 | Wyoming | 13 | 0 |
| Duane Benson | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 218 | 28 | Hamline | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Brezina | 50 | RLB | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Brown | 34 | LS | 6-2 | 206 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Burrow | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 191 | 25 | Utah State; San Diego State | 9 | 8 |
| Wes Chesson | 81 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Duke | 2 | 2 |
| Al Dodd | 41 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 28 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 13 | 10 |
| Ray Easterling | 32 | S | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | Richmond | 1 | 0 |
| Clarence Ellis | 29 | RS | 5-11 | 193 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Ted Fritsch | 66 | C | 6-2 | 239 | 23 | St. Norbert | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Gallagher | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 30 | North Carolina | 3 | 1 |
| Tom Geredine | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 191 | 23 | Truman State | 12 | 5 |
| Len Gotshalk | 65 | LOT-LOG | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Santa Rosa JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 14 | 3 |
| Dave Hampton | 43 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Wyoming | 14 | 14 |
| Don Hansen | 58 | LLB | 6-3 | 227 | 29 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Dennis Havig | 56 | ROG | 6-2 | 253 | 24 | Colorado | 14 | 13 |
| Tom Hayes | 27 | RCB | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Riverside CC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Claude Humphrey | 87 | LDE | 6-5 | 258 | 29 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| John James | 6 | P | 6-3 | 199 | 24 | Florida | 14 | 0 |
| George Kunz | 75 | ROT | 6-5 | 251 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Rolland Lawrence | 22 | CB | 5-10 | 179 | 22 | Tabor | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 19 | QB | 6-2 | 190 | 27 | Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific | 12 | 10 |
| Mike Lewis | 69 | RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 14 |
| Art Malone | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 211 | 25 | Arizona State | 10 | 8 |
| Rosie Manning | 77 | DT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Northeastern State | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Marx | 78 | DT | 6-4 | 260 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Henry Matthews | 33 | RB | 6-3 | 203 | 24 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 |
| Andy Maurer | 64 | LOG | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Oregon | 14 | 13 |
| Larry Mialik | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 12 | K | 5-8 | 187 | 23 | Temple | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 86 | TE | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Mitchell | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 224 | 25 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 14 | 0 |
| Louis Neal | 80 | WR | 6-4 | 205 | 22 | Prairie View A&M | 5 | 3 |
| Tommy Nobis | 60 | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 30 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Tony Plummer | 35 | S | 5-10 | 189 | 26 | San Mateo JC; Pacific | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Profit | 23 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie Ray | 44 | RB | 6-1 | 237 | 26 | Louisiana State | 14 | 6 |
| Ken Reaves | 36 | LCB | 6-3 | 206 | 29 | Norfolk State | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Sandeman | 61 | LOT | 6-6 | 256 | 31 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Shiner | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 31 | Maryland | 4 | 4 |
| Pat Sullivan | 7 | QB | 6-0 | 201 | 23 | Auburn | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Tilleman | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 29 | Montana | 13 | 13 |
| Jeff Van Note | 57 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 27 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Harmon Wages | 5 | RB | 6-1 | 214 | 27 | Florida | 6 | 0 |
| Chuck Walker | 79 | LDT | 6-2 | 249 | 32 | Duke | 14 | 1 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 59 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 31 | Tennessee; Tennessee Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 30 | RB | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Kennedy-King JC; Illinois State | 9 | 0 |
| John Zook | 71 | RDE | 6-5 | 240 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 39 | Greg Marx | DT | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 94 | Tom Geredine | WR | Truman State |
| 6 | 142 | Nick Bebout | T | Wyoming |
| 7 | 170 | Tommy Campbell | DB | Iowa State |
| 8 | 195 | Tom Reed | G | Arkansas |
| 9 | 220 | Russ Ingram | C | Texas Tech |
| 10 | 248 | Nick Mike-Mayer | K | Temple |
| 11 | 273 | Byron Buelow | DB | Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
| 12 | 298 | Mike Samples | DT | Drake |
| 13 | 326 | Chris Stecher | T | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| 14 | 351 | John Madeya | QB | Louisville |
| 15 | 376 | Tom Gage | DB | Lamar |
| 16 | 404 | Rufus Ferguson | RB | Wisconsin |
| 17 | 428 | Jim Hodge | WR | Arkansas |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 124 | 64 | 79 | 318 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 76 | 56 | 54 | 223 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 240 | 123 | 100 | 17 | 82/208 39.4% | / % | 66 | 598 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38:34 | 212 | 104 | 92 | 16 | 74/211 35.1% | / % | 58 | 562 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 0 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 26 | 38 | 68.4 | 0 | 112 |
| Eddie Ray | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Ken Burrow | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dave Hampton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Art Malone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tom Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Profit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Wes Chesson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Geredine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Louis Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Plummer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 26 | 38 | 68.4 | 1 | 318 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 23 | 24 | 95.8 | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 223 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 26 | 38 | 68.4 | 1 | 52 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 6/9 | 7/12 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 38 | 68.4 | 1 | 52 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 6/9 | 7/12 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 8/12 | 4/7 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hampton | 263 | 997 | 3.8 | 25 | 4 |
| Eddie Ray | 96 | 434 | 4.5 | 17 | 9 |
| Art Malone | 76 | 336 | 4.4 | 14 | 2 |
| Bob Lee | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Profit | 18 | 55 | 3.1 | 9 | 2 |
| Harmon Wages | 18 | 47 | 2.6 | 13 | 1 |
| Joe Washington | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Pat Sullivan | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Burrow | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Geredine | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 518 | 2037 | 3.9 | 25 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 520 | 2129 | 4.1 | 57t | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lee | 230 | 120 | 52.2 | 102 | 1786 | 7.8 | 14.9 | 57 | 10 | 4.3 | 8 | 3.5 | 28 | 256 | 1530 | 77.9 |
| Pat Sullivan | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 12 | 175 | 6.7 | 12.5 | 21t | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 19 | 156 | 87.8 |
| Dick Shiner | 64 | 34 | 53.1 | 26 | 401 | 6.3 | 11.8 | 34 | 3 | 4.7 | 4 | 6.3 | 11 | 86 | 315 | 62.0 |
| Team Totals | 320 | 168 | 52.5 | 140 | 2362 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 57 | 14 | 4.4 | 12 | 3.8 | 41 | 361 | 2001 | 75.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 324 | 151 | 46.6 | 151 | 1619 | 5.0 | 10.7 | 42 | 11 | 3.4 | 22 | 6.8 | 29 | 189 | 1430 | 44.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Mitchell | 32 | 420 | 13.1 | 50 | 0 |
| Ken Burrow | 31 | 567 | 18.3 | 57 | 7 |
| Dave Hampton | 25 | 273 | 10.9 | 22 | 1 |
| Al Dodd | 19 | 291 | 15.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Eddie Ray | 19 | 192 | 10.1 | 39t | 2 |
| Art Malone | 19 | 177 | 9.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Tom Geredine | 12 | 231 | 19.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Louis Neal | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 50 | 1 |
| Wes Chesson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Larry Mialik | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 168 | 2362 | 14.1 | 57 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 151 | 1619 | 10.7 | 42 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Brown | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Tom Hayes | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 65t | 2 |
| Greg Brezina | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Clarence Ellis | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 81 | 0 |
| Tony Plummer | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 528 | 24.0 | 81 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John James | 63 | 2682 | 42.6 | 72 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 2397 | 38.0 | |
| Team Totals | 63 | 2682 | 42.6 | 72 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 2397 | 38.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 80 | 3368 | 42.1 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 429 | 2839 | 35.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Brown | 40 | 11 | 360 | 9.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 8 | 1 | 69 | 8.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Rolland Lawrence | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 13 | 429 | 8.9 | 57 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 16 | 185 | 6.2 | 54 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 20 | 432 | 21.6 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 11 | 258 | 23.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Tom Geredine | 9 | 211 | 23.4 | 51 | 0 | |
| Tony Plummer | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Rolland Lawrence | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Duane Benson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| Joe Profit | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1107 | 20.9 | 51 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1369 | 23.6 | 50 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Humphrey | 11.0 | |
| John Zook | 8.0 | |
| Mike Tilleman | 6.0 | |
| Mike Lewis | 1.5 | |
| Greg Brezina | 1.0 | |
| Chuck Walker | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 29.0 | 189.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41.0 | 361.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Clarence Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Geredine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Hansen | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Havig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hayes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| George Kunz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rolland Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Maurer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Mialik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Plummer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Profit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Ray | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Sandeman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Warwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Zook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 1 |
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