1977 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Western Division 7-7-0 .500

Jim Champion	Defensive Line
Jerry Glanville	Defensive Backs
John North	Offensive Backs
Ted Plumb	Quarterbacks/Receivers
Doug Shively	Linebackers
Bill Walsh	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/6/1977	A	St. Louis Cardinals	3-0	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	24667
Sat	8/13/1977	H	New York Jets	2-17	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	28954
Sat	8/20/1977	H	Denver Broncos	2-10	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	21239
Sat	8/27/1977	N	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	30-21	W	Orlando, FL	Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium	31123
Mon	9/5/1977	A	Kansas City Chiefs	24-16	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	22748
Sun	9/11/1977	A	New England Patriots	10-29	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	41346
Sun	9/18/1977	H	Los Angeles Rams	17-6	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55956
Sun	9/25/1977	A	Washington Redskins	6-10	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	55031
Sun	10/2/1977	H	New York Giants	17-3	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	46174
Sun	10/9/1977	A	San Francisco 49ers	7-0	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	38009
Sun	10/16/1977	A	Buffalo Bills	0-3	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	27348
Sun	10/23/1977	A	Chicago Bears	16-10	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	49407
Sun	10/30/1977	H	Minnesota Vikings	7-14	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	59257
Sun	11/6/1977	H	San Francisco 49ers	3-10	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	46577
Sun	11/13/1977	H	Detroit Lions	17-6	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	47461
Sun	11/20/1977	A	New Orleans Saints	20-21	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	43135
Sun	11/27/1977	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17-0	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	43592
Sun	12/4/1977	H	New England Patriots	10-16	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57911
Sun	12/11/1977	A	Los Angeles Rams	7-23	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	52574
Sun	12/18/1977	H	New Orleans Saints	35-7	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	36895

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
61	Brent Adams	LOT	6-5	256	25	Tennessee-Chattanooga	14	14
72	Jim Bailey	LDT	6-4	253	29	Kansas	14	14
10	Steve Bartkowski	QB	6-4	215	25	California	8	7
50	Greg Brezina	RLB	6-1	221	31	Houston	14	14
34	Ray Brown	SS	6-2	206	28	West Texas A&M	14	14
66	Warren Bryant	ROT	6-6	270	22	Kentucky	14	14
38	Rick Byas	RCB	5-10	185	27	Eastern Michigan; Wayne State (Michigan)	14	11
32	Ray Easterling	FS	6-0	193	28	Richmond	14	14
46	Monroe Eley	FB	6-2	210	28	Palo Verde JC; Arizona State	7	7
26	Mike Esposito	RB	6-0	186	24	Boston College	14	0
80	Karl Farmer	WR	5-11	165	23	Los Angeles Southwest JC; Pittsburgh	14	0
74	Wilson Faumuina	DT	6-5	275	23	San Jose State	14	0
77	Edgar Fields	DT-DE	6-2	255	23	Navarro JC; Texas A&M	14	0
89	Wallace Francis	WR	5-11	190	26	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
78	Claude Humphrey	LDE	6-5	258	33	Tennessee State	14	14
16	Scott Hunter	QB	6-2	207	30	Alabama	7	7
6	John James	P	6-3	199	28	Florida	14	0
84	Alfred Jenkins	WR	5-10	172	25	Morris Brown	14	14
14	June Jones	QB	6-4	200	24	Oregon; Hawaii; Portland State	1	0
58	Rick Kay	LB	6-4	235	28	Colorado	7	0
63	Greg Kindle	OG	6-4	256	27	Tennessee State	1	0
54	Fulton Kuykendall	LLB	6-4	226	24	UCLA	5	5
22	Rolland Lawrence	LCB	5-10	179	26	Tabor	14	14
69	Mike Lewis	RDT	6-4	260	28	Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
56	Ron McCartney	LB	6-1	220	23	Tennessee	14	0
52	Dewey McClain	LB	6-3	236	23	East Central	13	0
88	Gregg McCrary	TE	6-3	232	25	Clark Atlanta	13	2
41	Secedrick McIntyre	RB	5-10	190	23	Auburn	6	0
73	Phil McKinnely	OT	6-4	248	23	UCLA	14	0
11	Kim McQuilken	QB	6-2	205	26	Lehigh	7	0
75	Jeff Merrow	RDE	6-4	250	24	West Virginia	14	14
12	Nick Mike-Mayer	K	5-8	187	27	Temple	7	0
86	Jim Mitchell	TE	6-1	235	30	Prairie View A&M	12	12
45	Tom Moriarty	S	6-0	183	24	Bowling Green State	14	0
55	Ralph Ortega	MLB	6-2	220	24	Florida	14	14
59	Robert Pennywell	LLB	6-1	222	23	Grambling State	14	9
39	Billy Pritchett	RB	6-3	232	26	West Texas A&M	9	0
28	Frank Reed	RCB	5-11	193	23	Washington	14	3
82	Billy Ryckman	WR	5-11	172	22	Louisiana Tech	14	0
53	Paul Ryczek	C	6-2	231	25	Virginia	14	0
70	Dave Scott	LOG	6-4	265	24	Kansas	14	14
51	Andy Spiva	LB	6-2	218	22	Tennessee	13	0
24	Haskel Stanback	RB	6-0	210	25	Tennessee	14	14
1	Fred Steinfort	K	5-11	180	24	Boston College	7	0
68	R.C. Thielemann	ROG	6-4	257	22	Arkansas	14	14
48	Woody Thompson	FB	6-1	228	25	Miami (Florida)	14	7
57	Jeff Van Note	C	6-2	247	31	Kentucky	14	14
79	Jeff Yeates	DT	6-3	252	26	Boston College	13	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	6	Warren Bryant	T	Kentucky
1	20	Wilson Faumuina	DT	San Jose State
2	36	R.C. Thielemann	C	Arkansas
3	63	Edgar Fields	DT	Texas A&M
4	89	Allan Leavitt	K	Georgia
5	120	Shelton Diggs	RB	Southern California
6	161	Keith Jenkins	DB	Cincinnati
8	203	Walter Packer	WR	Mississippi State
9	230	John Maxwell	T	Boston College
9	242	Robert Speer	DE	Arkansas State
10	257	Billy Ryckman	WR	Louisiana Tech
11	287	Dave Farmer	RB	Southern California
12	314	Don Parrish	DE	Pittsburgh

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	13	61	51	54
Opponents Totals	27	30	34	38

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		198	102	80	16	66/224 29.5%	/ %	101	898
Opponents Totals	28:56	192	100	76	16	66/206 32.0%	/ %	99	860

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Haskel Stanback	6	0	0		0	0		36
Fred Steinfort	0	13	13	100.0	6	11	54.5	31
Nick Mike-Mayer	0	7	7	100.0	7	19	36.8	28
Alfred Jenkins	4	0	0		0	0		24
Rick Byas	1	0	0		0	0		6
Monroe Eley	1	0	0		0	0		6
Wallace Francis	1	0	0		0	0		6
Scott Hunter	1	0	0		0	0		6
Gregg McCrary	1	0	0		0	0		6
Secedrick McIntyre	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ralph Ortega	1	0	0		0	0		6
Robert Pennywell	1	0	0		0	0		6
Billy Ryckman	1	0	0		0	0		6
Woody Thompson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	20	20	20	100.0	13	30	43.3	179
Opponents Totals	15	12	15	80.0	9	16	56.3	129

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Nick Mike-Mayer	7	19	36.8	0/0	3/4	3/8	1/6	0/1
Fred Steinfort	6	11	54.5	0/0	3/3	2/4	1/3	0/1
Team Totals	13	30	43.3	0/0	6/7	5/12	2/9	0/2
Opponents Totals	9	16	56.3	0/0	2/5	4/5	3/6	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Haskel Stanback	247	873	3.5	35	6
Woody Thompson	132	478	3.6	22	1
Monroe Eley	97	273	2.8	16	1
Mike Esposito	34	101	3.0	23	0
Scott Hunter	28	70	2.5	18	1
Secedrick McIntyre	13	65	5.0	11	0
Steve Bartkowski	18	13	0.7	8	0
Alfred Jenkins	2	7	3.5	9	0
Billy Pritchett	3	7	2.3	6	0
Wallace Francis	4	6	1.5	11	0
Karl Farmer	1	4	4.0	4	0
Kim McQuilken	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Jim Mitchell	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Team Totals	582	1890	3.2	35	9
Opponents Totals	504	1858	3.7	51	5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Scott Hunter	151	70	46.4	78	898	5.9	12.8	49t	2	1.3	3	2.0	11	88	810	61.6
Steve Bartkowski	136	64	47.1	59	796	5.9	12.4	73t	5	3.7	13	9.6	29	296	500	38.4
Kim McQuilken	7	5	71.4	2	47	6.7	9.4	14	1	14.3	0	0.0	0	0	47	129.2
June Jones	1	1	100.0	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	-1	79.2
Mike Esposito	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
John James	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	297	140	47.1	141	1740	5.9	12.4	73t	8	2.7	16	5.4	40	384	1356	52.3
Opponents Totals	320	141	44.1	153	1775	5.5	12.6	78	9	2.8	26	8.1	42	391	1384	37.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alfred Jenkins	39	677	17.4	73t	4
Haskel Stanback	30	261	8.7	36	0
Wallace Francis	26	390	15.0	32	1
Jim Mitchell	17	178	10.5	17	0
Woody Thompson	12	56	4.7	9	0
Monroe Eley	9	60	6.7	14	0
Gregg McCrary	2	48	24.0	49t	1
Karl Farmer	2	39	19.5	23	0
Secedrick McIntyre	1	27	27.0	27t	1
Billy Ryckman	1	5	5.0	5t	1
Mike Esposito	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	140	1740	12.4	73t	8
Opponents Totals	141	1775	12.6	78	9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rolland Lawrence	7	138	19.7	36	0
Ray Brown	5	56	11.2	24	0
Ray Easterling	4	46	11.5	36	0
Ralph Ortega	4	15	3.8	6	0
Rick Byas	3	122	40.7	72t	1
Robert Pennywell	2	30	15.0	20t	1
Mike Esposito	1	55	55.0	55	0
Team Totals	26	462	17.8	72t	2
Opponents Totals	16	195	12.2	48	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John James	105	4349	41.4	61	0	13	19	519	3570	34.0
Nick Mike-Mayer	1	23	23.0	23	0	0	1	0	23	23.0
Team Totals	106	4372	41.2	61	0	13	20	519	3593	33.9
Opponents Totals	101	3665	36.3	52	4	4	10	402	3183	31.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Rolland Lawrence	51	10	352	6.9	37
Billy Ryckman	7	2	40	5.7	20
Rick Byas	1	0	10	10.0	10
Team Totals	59	12	402	6.8	37
Opponents Totals	58	5	519	8.9	48

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Karl Farmer	21	419	20.0	30	0
Tom Moriarty	8	136	17.0	22	0
Wallace Francis	1	22	22.0	22	0
Monroe Eley	1	16	16.0	16	0
Secedrick McIntyre	1	15	15.0	15	0
Rolland Lawrence	1	13	13.0	13	0
Billy Ryckman	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	34	621	18.3	30	0
Opponents Totals	43	1021	23.7	84t	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jim Bailey	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Bartkowski	5		1	0	1	-1	0
Greg Brezina	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ray Brown	1		0	2	2	0	0
Warren Bryant	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rick Byas	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
Ray Easterling	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Esposito	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Karl Farmer	2		4	0	4	0	0
Wilson Faumuina	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Scott Hunter	3		2	0	2	-2	0
Alfred Jenkins	2		1	0	1	0	0
Rolland Lawrence	3		0	3	3	16	0
Ron McCartney	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Phil McKinnely	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ralph Ortega	0	0	0	5	5	14	1
Robert Pennywell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Scott	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Andy Spiva	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Haskel Stanback	8		4	0	4	0	0
R.C. Thielemann	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Woody Thompson	4		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	28	9	19	22	41	31	1
Opponents Totals	35	22	11	9	20		0