1979 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1979	H	New England Patriots	14-37	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	53228
Thu	8/9/1979	A	St. Louis Cardinals	17-42	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	39705
Sat	8/18/1979	H	Washington Redskins	6-16	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	52478
Sat	8/25/1979	A	Green Bay Packers	35-45	L		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	55416
Sun	9/2/1979	A	New Orleans Saints	40-34	W	OT	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	70940
Mon	9/10/1979	A	Philadelphia Eagles	14-10	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	66935
Sun	9/16/1979	H	Denver Broncos	17-20	L	OT	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57677
Sun	9/23/1979	A	Detroit Lions	23-24	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	56249
Sun	9/30/1979	H	Washington Redskins	7-16	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56819
Sun	10/7/1979	H	Green Bay Packers	25-7	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56184
Sun	10/14/1979	A	Oakland Raiders	19-50	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52900
Sun	10/21/1979	A	San Francisco 49ers	15-20	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	33952
Mon	10/29/1979	H	Seattle Seahawks	28-31	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	52566
Sun	11/4/1979	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17-14	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55150
Sun	11/11/1979	A	New York Giants	3-24	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	60860
Mon	11/19/1979	A	Los Angeles Rams	14-20	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	54097
Sun	11/25/1979	H	New Orleans Saints	6-37	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	42815
Sun	12/2/1979	A	San Diego Chargers	28-26	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50198
Sun	12/9/1979	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-34	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	49236
Sun	12/16/1979	H	San Francisco 49ers	31-21	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	37211

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
William Andrews	31	FB	6-0	210	24	Auburn	15	15
Steve Bartkowski	10	QB	6-4	215	27	California	14	14
Bubba Bean	44	HB	5-11	195	25	Texas A&M	11	11
Greg Brezina	50	RLB	6-1	221	33	Houston	16	16
Warren Bryant	66	ROT	6-6	270	24	Kentucky	16	16
Rick Byas	38	RCB	5-10	185	29	Eastern Michigan; Wayne State (Michigan)	16	16
Brian Cabral	51	LB	6-1	217	23	Colorado	3	0
Lynn Cain	21	HB	6-1	205	24	East Los Angeles JC; Southern California	10	2
Tony Daykin	55	LB	6-1	220	24	Georgia Tech	11	0
Ray Easterling	32	FS-SS	6-0	193	30	Richmond	16	16
Wilson Faumuina	74	LDT	6-5	275	25	San Jose State	14	14
Edgar Fields	77	RDT-LDT	6-2	255	25	Navarro JC; Texas A&M	16	15
Wallace Francis	89	WR	5-11	190	28	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	16	16
Bob Glazebrook	36	S-CB	6-1	200	23	Fresno CC; Fresno State	13	0
Pat Howell	64	ROG	6-5	253	22	Southern California	15	5
Alfred Jackson	85	WR	6-0	190	24	Texas	12	0
John James	6	P	6-3	199	30	Florida	16	0
Alfred Jenkins	84	WR	5-10	172	27	Morris Brown	16	16
June Jones	14	QB	6-4	200	26	Oregon; Hawaii; Portland State	5	2
Mike Kenn	78	LOT	6-7	278	23	Michigan	16	16
Jerome King	33	CB	5-10	175	24	Purdue	1	0
Fulton Kuykendall	54	LLB	6-4	226	26	UCLA	16	16
Rolland Lawrence	22	LCB	5-10	179	28	Tabor	16	16
Mike Lewis	69	LDT-RDT	6-4	260	30	Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff	13	2
James Mayberry	39	FB	5-11	210	22	Colorado	16	1
Tim Mazzetti	4	K	6-1	175	23	Pennsylvania	16	0
Ron McCartney	56	LB	6-1	220	25	Tennessee	16	0
Dewey McClain	52	LB	6-3	236	25	East Central	15	0
Phil McKinnely	73	OT	6-4	248	25	UCLA	15	0
Jeff Merrow	75	RDE	6-4	250	26	West Virginia	3	2
Russ Mikeska	87	TE	6-3	222	24	Texas A&M	16	0
Jim Mitchell	86	TE	6-1	235	32	Prairie View A&M	16	16
Tom Moriarty	45	S	6-0	183	26	Bowling Green State	16	0
Mike Moroski	15	QB	6-4	201	22	UC Davis	2	0
Ricky Patton	33	RB	5-11	189	25	Ferris State; Jackson State	4	0
Dennis Pearson	81	WR	5-11	177	24	Washington State; San Diego State	16	0
Robert Pennywell	59	MLB	6-1	222	25	Grambling State	16	16
Tom Pridemore	27	FS	5-11	186	23	West Virginia	16	5
Frank Reed	28	SS	5-11	193	25	Washington	11	11
Billy Ryckman	82	WR	5-11	172	24	Louisiana Tech	14	0
Paul Ryczek	53	C	6-2	231	27	Virginia	16	0
Dave Scott	70	LOG	6-4	265	26	Kansas	16	16
Don Smith	65	RDE-RDT	6-5	262	22	Miami (Florida)	16	15
Haskel Stanback	24	HB	6-0	210	27	Tennessee	13	3
Ray Strong	25	RB	5-9	184	23	Contra Costa JC; Nevada-Las Vegas	6	0
R.C. Thielemann	68	ROG	6-4	257	24	Arkansas	11	11
Jeff Van Note	57	C	6-2	247	33	Kentucky	16	16
Joel Williams	58	LB	6-1	222	23	Peru State; Wisconsin-La Crosse	16	0
Jeff Yeates	79	LDE	6-3	252	28	Boston College	16	16
Mike Zele	63	DT	6-4	250	23	Kent State	13	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	17	Don Smith	DE	Miami (Florida)
2	49	Pat Howell	G	Southern California
3	75	James Mayberry	RB	Colorado
3	79	William Andrews	RB	Auburn
4	100	Lynn Cain	RB	Southern California
4	101	Charles Johnson	DB	Grambling State
5	127	Mike Zele	DT	Kent State
6	154	Mike Moroski	QB	California-Davis
7	186	Roger Westlund	T	Washington
8	212	Keith Miller	LB	Northeastern State
9	239	Dave Parkin	DB	Utah State
10	266	Bruce Beekley	LB	Oregon
11	292	Bill Leer	C	Colorado State
12	323	Stuart Walker	LB	Colorado

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	34	90	59	111	6	300
Opponents Totals	79	156	57	93	3	388

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		303	126	150	27	82/221 37.1%	/ %	107	1026
Opponents Totals	30:09	311	109	177	25	110/253 43.5%	/ %	98	815

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Tim Mazzetti	0	31	37	83.8	13	25	52.0	0	70
Wallace Francis	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
William Andrews	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Haskel Stanback	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Lynn Cain	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Alfred Jenkins	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Steve Bartkowski	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
James Mayberry	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Mitchell	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Billy Ryckman	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bubba Bean	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rick Byas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rolland Lawrence	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Moroski	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Robert Pennywell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Lewis	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	38	31	37	83.8	13	25	52.0	1	300
Opponents Totals	47	44	47	93.6	20	29	69.0	1	388

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Tim Mazzetti	13	25	52.0	1	48	0/0	9/11	1/6	3/7	0/1
Team Totals	13	25	52.0	1	48	0/0	9/11	1/6	3/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	20	29	69.0			1/1	7/8	6/9	5/7	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
William Andrews	239	1023	4.3	23	3
Bubba Bean	88	393	4.5	60t	1
Lynn Cain	63	295	4.7	35t	2
Haskel Stanback	36	202	5.6	55t	5
James Mayberry	45	193	4.3	21	1
Steve Bartkowski	14	36	2.6	18	2
Mike Moroski	3	31	10.3	19	1
June Jones	6	19	3.2	9	0
Ray Strong	2	7	3.5	4	0
Ricky Patton	3	1	0.3	4	0
John James	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	500	2200	4.4	60t	15
Opponents Totals	555	2163	3.9	69t	27

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Bartkowski	380	204	53.7	156	2505	6.6	12.3	57	17	4.5	20	5.3	39	286	2219	67.3
Mike Moroski	15	8	53.3	7	97	6.5	12.1	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	12	85	73.5
June Jones	83	38	45.8	42	505	6.1	13.3	49	2	2.4	3	3.6	13	100	405	58.6
John James	1	1	100.0	0	20	20.0	20.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	20	118.8
Team Totals	479	251	52.4	205	3127	6.5	12.5	57	19	4.0	23	4.8	54	398	2729	66.2
Opponents Totals	487	268	55.0	204	3799	7.8	14.2	64	17	3.5	15	3.1	29	203	3596	79.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Wallace Francis	74	1013	13.7	42	8
Alfred Jenkins	50	858	17.2	57	3
William Andrews	39	309	7.9	34	2		0
Jim Mitchell	16	118	7.4	14	2	0	0	0
Lynn Cain	15	181	12.1	28	2		0
Haskel Stanback	13	89	6.8	22	0		0
Bubba Bean	12	137	11.4	49	0			0
Alfred Jackson	11	156	14.2	23	0		0	0
Dennis Pearson	7	119	17.0	40	0
James Mayberry	7	48	6.9	19	0	0	0
Billy Ryckman	4	59	14.8	20t	2		0	0
Bob Glazebrook	1	20	20.0	20	0	1	0	0
Russ Mikeska	1	14	14.0	14	0	0	0	0
Ray Strong	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0
Team Totals	251	3127	12.5	57	19
Opponents Totals	268	3799	14.2	64	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rolland Lawrence	6	120	20.0	38	0
Tom Pridemore	2	20	10.0	20	0
Ray Easterling	2	5	2.5	5	0
Frank Reed	2	0	0.0	0	0
Robert Pennywell	1	39	39.0	39t	1
Rick Byas	1	34	34.0	34	0
James Mayberry	1	6	6.0	6t	1
Team Totals	15	224	14.9	39t	2
Opponents Totals	23	362	15.7	54	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John James	83	3296	39.7	62	1	4	12	259	2957	35.2
Team Totals	84	3296	39.2	62	1	4	12	259	2957	35.2
Opponents Totals	73	2721	37.3	52	1	13	14	188	2273	31.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Dennis Pearson	12	10	115	9.6	60
Billy Ryckman	12	5	72	6.0	15
Dewey McClain	1	0	2	2.0	2
Bob Glazebrook	1	0	-1	-1.0	-1
Team Totals	26	15	188	7.2	60
Opponents Totals	41	26	259	6.3	31

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dennis Pearson	30	570	19.0	29
Ray Strong	15	343	22.9	33
Tom Pridemore	9	111	12.3	21
Lynn Cain	7	149	21.3	32
Haskel Stanback	6	109	18.2	24
James Mayberry	4	49	12.3	16
Alfred Jackson	1	20	20.0	20
Rick Byas	1	19	19.0	19
Team Totals	73	1370	18.8	33
Opponents Totals	61	1312	21.5	89

SACKS	NO	YDS
Don Smith	9.0
Jeff Yeates	4.0
Edgar Fields	3.5
Greg Brezina	3.0
Dewey McClain	2.5
Frank Reed	2.0
Wilson Faumuina	2.0
Mike Lewis	1.0
Joel Williams	1.0
Ray Easterling	0.5
Fulton Kuykendall	0.5
Team Totals	29.0	203.0
Opponents Totals	54.0	398.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
William Andrews	5		1	0	1	0	0
Steve Bartkowski	4		0	0	0	-1	0
Greg Brezina	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Rick Byas	0	0	0	2	2	30	1
Lynn Cain	2		0	0	0	0	0
Wilson Faumuina	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Edgar Fields	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wallace Francis	3		1	0	1	0	0
John James	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Alfred Jenkins	1		0	0	0	0	0
June Jones	4		0	0	0	-1	0
Mike Kenn	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Fulton Kuykendall	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Lewis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
James Mayberry	1		1	1	2	0	0
Dewey McClain	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Moroski	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Pearson	4		0	0	0	0	0
Robert Pennywell	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Tom Pridemore	0	0	0	1	1	33	0
Paul Ryczek	2		1	0	1	-21	0
Don Smith	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Haskel Stanback	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Strong	2		0	0	0	0	0
R.C. Thielemann	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Jeff Van Note	0	0	1	0	1	16	0
Jeff Yeates	0	0	0	5	5	0	0
Mike Zele	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	31	21	10	20	30	65	1
Opponents Totals	35	21	12	20	32		0

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