1974 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 3-11-0 .214 |
| Head Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (2-6-0); Marion Campbell (1-5-0) |
| Billy Ray Barnes | Offensive Backs |
| Fred Bruney | Defensive Backs |
| Marion Campbell | Defensive Coordinator |
| Harry Gilmer | Receivers |
| Bob Griffin | Defensive Line |
| Marv Matuszak | Linebackers |
| Jimmy Orr | Receivers |
| Duane Putnam | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/4/1974 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 15379 | |
| Sat | 8/10/1974 | A | Oakland Raiders | 16-28 | L | Berkeley, CA | Memorial Stadium | 34319 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1974 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-13 | L | OT | Atlanta, GA | Grant Field | 44127 |
| Mon | 8/26/1974 | A | Houston Oilers | 10-6 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 27116 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1974 | H | Baltimore Colts | 23-7 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 50085 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1974 | A | Denver Broncos | 20-14 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 43253 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1974 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 0-24 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 52322 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1974 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-16 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 47686 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | A | New Orleans Saints | 13-14 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 55025 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1974 | A | New York Giants | 14-7 | W | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 42379 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1974 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-10 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 47835 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1974 | H | New Orleans Saints | 3-13 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 47217 | |
| Mon | 10/28/1974 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48094 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1974 | A | Miami Dolphins | 7-42 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 64399 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 0-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 62133 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1974 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 41278 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1974 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 0-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 45435 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1974 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-30 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 18648 | |
| Sat | 12/7/1974 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-23 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47105 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1974 | H | Green Bay Packers | 10-3 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 10020 | |
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 |
| Larry Bailey | 68 | DT | 6-4 | 238 | 22 | Foothill JC; Pacific | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Bebout | 63 | LOT | 6-5 | 261 | 23 | Wyoming | 13 | 5 |
| Greg Brezina | 50 | RLB | 6-1 | 221 | 28 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Brown | 34 | LS | 6-2 | 206 | 25 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Burrow | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | Utah State; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Rick Byas | 38 | RCB-LCB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Eastern Michigan; Wayne State (Michigan) | 14 | 1 |
| Henry Childs | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | Kansas State | 6 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 41 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 12 |
| Ray Easterling | 32 | LS | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Richmond | 14 | 0 |
| Clarence Ellis | 29 | S | 5-11 | 193 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Ted Fritsch | 66 | C | 6-2 | 239 | 24 | St. Norbert | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Geredine | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 191 | 24 | Truman State | 12 | 0 |
| Len Gotshalk | 65 | LOT | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Santa Rosa JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 10 | 9 |
| Dave Hampton | 43 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Wyoming | 9 | 9 |
| Don Hansen | 58 | LLB | 6-3 | 227 | 30 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Dennis Havig | 56 | ROG | 6-2 | 253 | 25 | Colorado | 14 | 13 |
| Tom Hayes | 27 | RCB | 6-1 | 199 | 28 | Riverside CC; San Diego State | 13 | 13 |
| Rudy Holmes | 36 | RCB | 5-10 | 178 | 22 | Saddleback JC; Drake | 8 | 0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 87 | LDE | 6-5 | 258 | 30 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| John James | 6 | P | 6-3 | 199 | 25 | Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Vince Kendrick | 20 | RB | 6-0 | 231 | 22 | Florida | 14 | 1 |
| George Kunz | 75 | ROT | 6-5 | 251 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Rolland Lawrence | 22 | LCB | 5-10 | 179 | 23 | Tabor | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Lee | 19 | QB | 6-2 | 190 | 28 | Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific | 9 | 9 |
| Mike Lewis | 69 | RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 14 |
| Art Malone | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 211 | 26 | Arizona State | 13 | 12 |
| Rosie Manning | 77 | LDT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Northeastern State | 8 | 0 |
| Molly McGee | 31 | RB | 5-10 | 184 | 22 | Rhode Island | 10 | 1 |
| Kim McQuilken | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Lehigh | 5 | 2 |
| Larry Mialik | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 12 | K | 5-8 | 187 | 24 | Temple | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Miller | 55 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Iowa | 14 | 11 |
| Jim Mitchell | 86 | TE | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Mitchell | 52 | LLB | 6-1 | 224 | 26 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 14 | 0 |
| Louis Neal | 80 | WR | 6-4 | 205 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 10 | 2 |
| Tommy Nobis | 60 | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 31 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Palmer | 51 | RLB | 6-2 | 226 | 27 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| Eddie Ray | 44 | RB | 6-1 | 237 | 27 | Louisiana State | 11 | 2 |
| Paul Ryczek | 53 | C | 6-2 | 231 | 22 | Virginia | 14 | 0 |
| Royce Smith | 64 | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Georgia | 14 | 3 |
| Haskel Stanback | 24 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | Tennessee | 13 | 3 |
| Pat Sullivan | 7 | QB | 6-0 | 201 | 24 | Auburn | 6 | 3 |
| Mike Tilleman | 74 | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 30 | Montana | 12 | 12 |
| Gerald Tinker | 81 | WR | 5-9 | 173 | 23 | Memphis; Kent State | 12 | 0 |
| Jeff Van Note | 57 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 28 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Walker | 79 | LDT-LDE | 6-2 | 249 | 33 | Duke | 14 | 2 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 59 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 32 | Tennessee; Tennessee Tech | 14 | 0 |
| John Zook | 71 | RDE | 6-5 | 240 | 27 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 44 | Gerald Tinker | WR | Kent State |
| 3 | 69 | Kim McQuilken | QB | Lehigh |
| 3 | 71 | Maurice Spencer | DB | North Carolina Central |
| 4 | 96 | Vince Kendrick | RB | Florida |
| 5 | 109 | Henry Childs | TE | Kansas State |
| 5 | 128 | Monroe Eley | RB | Arizona State |
| 6 | 147 | Doyle Orange | RB | Southern Mississippi |
| 7 | 173 | Jim Coode | T-G | Michigan |
| 9 | 225 | Larry Bailey | DT | Pacific |
| 10 | 252 | Paul Ryczek | C | Virginia |
| 11 | 277 | Eddie Wilson | WR | Albany State |
| 12 | 304 | Vic Koegel | LB | Ohio State |
| 13 | 329 | Ralph Powell | RB | Nebraska |
| 14 | 356 | John Givens | G | Villanova |
| 15 | 381 | Willie Jones | WR | Iowa State |
| 16 | 408 | Molly McGee | RB | Rhode Island |
| 17 | 433 | Al Davis | G-T | Boise State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 14 | 69 | 13 | 15 | 111 |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 68 | 60 | 75 | 271 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 174 | 77 | 86 | 11 | 56/191 29.3% | 2/2 100.0% | 82 | 636 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34:17 | 238 | 140 | 85 | 13 | 94/228 41.2% | 1/2 50.0% | 54 | 449 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 39 |
| Dave Hampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Art Malone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ray Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Burrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Dodd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Vince Kendrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gerald Tinker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 12 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 0 | 111 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 31 | 34 | 91.2 | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 0 | 271 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 2 | 47 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 5/5 | 2/6 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 2 | 47 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 5/5 | 2/6 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 5/11 | 3/11 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hampton | 127 | 464 | 3.7 | 34 | 2 |
| Art Malone | 116 | 410 | 3.5 | 13 | 2 |
| Haskel Stanback | 57 | 235 | 4.1 | 23t | 1 |
| Eddie Ray | 46 | 139 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Vince Kendrick | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Molly McGee | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pat Sullivan | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Gerald Tinker | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Kim McQuilken | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Louis Neal | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 400 | 1493 | 3.7 | 34 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 627 | 2564 | 4.1 | 53t | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lee | 172 | 78 | 45.3 | 80 | 852 | 5.0 | 10.9 | 52 | 3 | 1.7 | 14 | 8.1 | 31 | 269 | 583 | 32.4 |
| Pat Sullivan | 105 | 48 | 45.7 | 49 | 556 | 5.3 | 11.6 | 48 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 7.6 | 10 | 92 | 464 | 33.7 |
| Kim McQuilken | 79 | 34 | 43.0 | 36 | 373 | 4.7 | 11.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 11.4 | 9 | 113 | 260 | 18.0 |
| Team Totals | 356 | 160 | 44.9 | 165 | 1781 | 5.0 | 11.1 | 52 | 4 | 1.1 | 31 | 8.7 | 50 | 474 | 1307 | 27.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 302 | 136 | 45.0 | 149 | 1847 | 6.1 | 13.6 | 59t | 13 | 4.3 | 17 | 5.6 | 31 | 275 | 1572 | 56.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Burrow | 34 | 545 | 16.0 | 48 | 1 |
| Jim Mitchell | 30 | 479 | 16.0 | 52 | 1 |
| Art Malone | 28 | 168 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Hampton | 13 | 111 | 8.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 12 | 130 | 10.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Vince Kendrick | 12 | 86 | 7.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Eddie Ray | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Louis Neal | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Geredine | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Gerald Tinker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 160 | 1781 | 11.1 | 52 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 136 | 1847 | 13.6 | 59t | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Brown | 8 | 164 | 20.5 | 59t | 1 |
| Clarence Ellis | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| John Zook | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Nobis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Brezina | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Hayes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 210 | 12.4 | 59t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 451 | 14.5 | 57t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John James | 96 | 3891 | 40.5 | 61 | 1 | 8 | 658 | 3073 | 32.0 | |
| Team Totals | 96 | 3891 | 40.5 | 61 | 1 | 8 | 658 | 3073 | 32.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 3217 | 38.3 | 56 | 0 | 9 | 635 | 2402 | 28.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Tinker | 14 | 1 | 195 | 13.9 | 72t | 1 |
| Al Dodd | 27 | 0 | 344 | 12.7 | 57 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 9 | 2 | 96 | 10.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Ted Fritsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 51 | 3 | 635 | 12.5 | 72t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 11 | 658 | 11.2 | 88t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Tinker | 29 | 704 | 24.3 | 59 | 0 | |
| Tom Geredine | 9 | 219 | 24.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Molly McGee | 8 | 167 | 20.9 | 26 | 0 | |
| Rick Byas | 5 | 136 | 27.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Ken Mitchell | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ray Easterling | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Fritsch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Ryczek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1296 | 21.6 | 59 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 812 | 24.6 | 51 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Humphrey | 12.5 | |
| John Zook | 7.0 | |
| Mike Lewis | 5.0 | |
| Mike Tilleman | 4.0 | |
| Tommy Nobis | 2.0 | |
| Chuck Walker | 1.5 | |
| Greg Brezina | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals IND=33 | 31.0 | 275.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 50.0 | 474.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Brezina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Byas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Ellis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Fritsch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Gotshalk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Hampton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Havig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Mialik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -8 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Ray | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haskel Stanback | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tilleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Tinker | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 0 |
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