1983 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1983	H	Washington Redskins	13-10	W	OT	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	46052
Sat	8/13/1983	A	Denver Broncos	10-21	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	73199
Sat	8/20/1983	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6-17	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	57237
Fri	8/26/1983	H	Baltimore Colts	10-7	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	37420
Sun	9/4/1983	A	Chicago Bears	20-17	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	60165
Sun	9/11/1983	H	New York Giants	13-16	L	OT	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	52850
Sun	9/18/1983	A	Detroit Lions	30-14	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	54622
Sun	9/25/1983	A	San Francisco 49ers	20-24	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	57814
Sun	10/2/1983	H	Philadelphia Eagles	24-28	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	50621
Sun	10/9/1983	H	New Orleans Saints	17-19	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	51654
Sun	10/16/1983	A	Los Angeles Rams	21-27	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	50404
Sun	10/23/1983	A	New York Jets	27-21	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	46878
Sun	10/30/1983	H	New England Patriots	24-13	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	47546
Sun	11/6/1983	A	New Orleans Saints	10-27	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	67062
Mon	11/14/1983	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-36	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	31202
Sun	11/20/1983	H	San Francisco 49ers	28-24	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	32782
Sun	11/27/1983	H	Green Bay Packers	47-41	W	OT	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	35688
Sun	12/4/1983	A	Washington Redskins	21-37	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	52074
Sat	12/10/1983	A	Miami Dolphins	24-31	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	56725
Sun	12/18/1983	H	Buffalo Bills	31-14	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	31015

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
William Andrews	31	FB	6-0	210	28	Auburn	16	16
Stacey Bailey	82	WR	6-0	160	23	San Jose State	14	12
Steve Bartkowski	10	QB	6-4	215	31	California	14	14
Dan Benish	69	RDT	6-5	280	23	Clemson	16	3
James Britt	26	LS	6-0	185	23	Louisiana State	14	8
Reggie Brown	46	RB	5-11	211	23	Pasadena CC; Oregon	2	0
Warren Bryant	66	ROT	6-6	270	28	Kentucky	16	16
Bobby Butler	23	LCB	5-11	177	24	Florida State	16	16
Lynn Cain	21	RB	6-1	205	28	East Los Angeles JC; Southern California	16	0
Arthur Cox	88	TE	6-2	270	22	Texas Southern	16	9
Willie Curran	89	WR	5-10	175	24	UCLA	16	0
Buddy Curry	50	RLB-MLB	6-4	222	25	North Carolina	16	16
Rich Dixon	51	LB	6-2	235	24	California	14	0
Dan Dufour	71	OG	6-5	280	23	UCLA	16	0
Dave Frye	58	RLB	6-2	226	22	Santa Ana JC; Purdue	16	2
Blane Gaison	34	S	6-0	185	25	Hawaii	16	0
Ralph Giacomarro	1	P	6-1	192	22	Penn State	16	0
Bob Glazebrook	36	LS-RS	6-1	200	27	Fresno CC; Fresno State	16	8
John Harper	52	LB	6-3	230	23	Southern Illinois	13	0
Steve Haworth	30	CB	5-11	189	22	Oklahoma	11	0
Floyd Hodge	83	WR	6-0	195	24	Los Angeles Valley JC; Utah	12	6
Pat Howell	64	OG	6-5	253	26	Southern California	2	0
Alfred Jackson	85	WR	6-0	190	28	Texas	4	4
Alfred Jenkins	84	WR	5-10	172	31	Morris Brown	10	10
Billy Johnson	81	WR	5-9	170	31	Widener	16	1
Kenny Johnson	37	RCB	5-10	175	25	Mississippi State	16	16
Earl Jones	20	CB	6-0	178	26	Norfolk State	16	0
Mike Kenn	78	LOT	6-7	278	27	Michigan	16	16
Fulton Kuykendall	54	MLB	6-4	226	30	UCLA	14	14
Ronnie Lee	70	OT	6-3	272	27	Baylor	14	0
Dave Levenick	55	LB	6-2	222	24	Wisconsin	16	0
Mick Luckhurst	18	K	6-1	180	25	St. Cloud State; California	16	0
Allama Matthews	49	HBK	6-3	230	22	Vanderbilt	16	1
Jeff Merrow	75	RDE	6-4	250	30	West Virginia	16	12
Brett Miller	63	OT	6-7	295	25	Glendale CC; Iowa	16	0
Junior Miller	80	HBK-TE	6-4	240	26	Nebraska	15	6
Mike Moroski	15	QB	6-4	201	26	UC Davis	16	2
Mike Pitts	74	RDE	6-5	278	23	Alabama	16	4
Tom Pridemore	27	RS-LS	5-11	186	27	West Virginia	16	16
Andrew Provence	73	LDT	6-3	286	22	South Carolina	16	12
John Rade	59	LLB	6-1	240	23	Northern Arizona; Modesto JC; Boise State	16	11
Al Richardson	56	LLB	6-3	222	26	Georgia Tech	5	5
Gerald Riggs	42	RB	6-1	232	23	Arizona State	14	0
Bo Robinson	33	HBK	6-2	230	27	West Texas A&M	12	9
Doug Rogers	77	DE	6-5	268	23	Stanford	2	0
Eric Sanders	67	OT	6-7	282	25	Nevada-Reno	15	0
John Scully	61	ROG	6-6	270	25	Notre Dame	16	16
Don Smith	65	RDT	6-5	262	26	Miami (Florida)	14	13
R.C. Thielemann	68	LOG	6-4	257	28	Arkansas	16	16
Tom Tutson	43	CB	6-1	178	25	South Carolina State	10	0
Jeff Van Note	57	C	6-2	247	37	Kentucky	16	16
Richard Williams	22	RB	6-0	205	23	Memphis	14	0
Jeff Yeates	79	LDE	6-3	252	32	Boston College	16	16
Ben Young	48	TE	6-4	225	23	Texas-Arlington	11	6
Mike Zele	63	LDT	6-4	250	27	Kent State	5	4

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	16	Mike Pitts	DE	Alabama
2	43	James Britt	DB	Louisiana State
3	75	Andrew Provence	DE	South Carolina
4	102	John Harper	LB	Southern Illinois
5	129	Brett Miller	T	Iowa
6	156	Anthony Allen	WR	Washington
7	183	Jeff Turk	DB	Boise State
8	215	John Rade	LB	Boise State
10	268	Ralph Giacomarro	P	Penn State
11	295	John Salley	DB	Wyoming
12	322	Allama Matthews	TE	Vanderbilt

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	25	127	68	144	6	370
Opponents Totals	69	113	99	105	3	389

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:12	325	118	190	17	108/223 48.4%	9/14 64.3%	90	806
Opponents Totals	29:48	342	139	187	16	95/202 47.0%	6/10 60.0%	81	710

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Mick Luckhurst	0	43	45	95.6	17	22	77.3	94
William Andrews	11	0	0		0	0		66
Gerald Riggs	8	0	0		0	0		48
Stacey Bailey	6	0	0		0	0		36
Billy Johnson	5	0	0		0	0		30
Floyd Hodge	4	0	0		0	0		24
Alfred Jackson	3	0	0		0	0		18
Kenny Johnson	2	0	0		0	0		12
Steve Bartkowski	1	0	0		0	0		6
Lynn Cain	1	0	0		0	0		6
Arthur Cox	1	0	0		0	0		6
Blane Gaison	1	0	0		0	0		6
Alfred Jenkins	1	0	0		0	0		6
John Rade	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ben Young	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	46	43	45	95.6	17	22	77.3	370
Opponents Totals	49	44	49	89.8	17	26	65.4	389

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Mick Luckhurst	17	22	77.3	0	49	0/0	4/5	4/5	9/11	0/1
Team Totals	17	22	77.3	0	49	0/0	4/5	4/5	9/11	0/1
Opponents Totals	17	26	65.4			2/2	8/10	5/6	1/5	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
William Andrews	331	1567	4.7	27	7
Gerald Riggs	100	437	4.4	40t	8
Billy Johnson	15	83	5.5	36	0
Lynn Cain	19	63	3.3	48	1
Steve Bartkowski	16	38	2.4	13	1
Ralph Giacomarro	2	13	6.5	13	0
Mike Moroski	2	12	6.0	7	0
Bo Robinson	3	9	3.0	7	0
Richard Williams	1	5	5.0	5	0
Junior Miller	1	2	2.0	2	0
Stacey Bailey	2	-5	-2.5	0	0
Team Totals	492	2224	4.5	40t	17
Opponents Totals	493	2309	4.7	78t	20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Bartkowski	432	274	63.4	153	3167	7.3	11.6	76t	22	5.1	5	1.2	51	348	2819	97.6
Mike Moroski	70	45	64.3	21	575	8.2	12.8	50t	2	2.9	4	5.7	4	41	534	75.6
Ralph Giacomarro	1	1	100.0	0	23	23.0	23.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	23	118.8
Floyd Hodge	2	1	50.0	0	28	14.0	28.0	28	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	28	56.3
William Andrews	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Billy Johnson	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	507	321	63.3	176	3793	7.5	11.8	76t	24	4.7	10	2.0	55	389	3404	93.6
Opponents Totals	493	313	63.5	165	3734	7.6	11.9	61t	28	5.7	15	3.0	31	217	3517	92.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Johnson	64	709	11.1	47t	4
William Andrews	59	609	10.3	40	4
Stacey Bailey	55	881	16.0	53	6
Alfred Jenkins	38	487	12.8	26	1		0	0
Floyd Hodge	25	280	11.2	76t	4			0
Gerald Riggs	17	149	8.8	25	0		0
Junior Miller	16	125	7.8	19	0	0	0
Alfred Jackson	13	220	16.9	54t	3			0
Bo Robinson	12	100	8.3	15	0	0	0
Arthur Cox	9	83	9.2	19	1	0	0
Ben Young	6	74	12.3	19	1	0	0	0
Allama Matthews	3	37	12.3	23	0		0	0
Lynn Cain	3	24	8.0	11	0	0	0
Willie Curran	1	15	15.0	15	0	0	0
Team Totals	321	3793	11.8	76t	24
Opponents Totals	313	3734	11.9	61t	28

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Pridemore	4	56	14.0	25	0
Bobby Butler	4	12	3.0	12	0
Bob Glazebrook	3	30	10.0	25	0
Kenny Johnson	2	57	28.5	31t	2
Al Richardson	1	38	38.0	38	0
Earl Jones	1	19	19.0	19	0
Team Totals	15	212	14.1	38	2
Opponents Totals	10	94	9.4	26	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Ralph Giacomarro	70	2823	40.3	57	1	8	18	179	2484	35.0
Team Totals	71	2823	39.8	57	1	8	18	179	2484	35.0
Opponents Totals	67	2812	42.0	66	0	4	12	489	2243	33.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Johnson	46	4	489	10.6	71t	1
Team Totals	46	4	489	10.6	71t	1
Opponents Totals	34	12	179	5.3	22	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Richard Williams	23	0	461	20.0	34
Gerald Riggs	17	0	330	19.4	35
Kenny Johnson	11	0	224	20.4	28
Lynn Cain	11	0	200	18.2	24
Willie Curran	2	0	26	13.0	16
Bob Glazebrook	2	0	0	0.0	0
Bobby Butler	1	0	17	17.0	17
Team Totals	67	0	1258	18.8	35
Opponents Totals	60		1212	20.2	73

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Pitts	7.0
Don Smith	6.0
Jeff Yeates	4.0
Buddy Curry	4.0
Jeff Merrow	3.0
John Rade	1.5
Andrew Provence	1.5
Mike Zele	1.0
Fulton Kuykendall	1.0
Dave Frye	1.0
Dan Benish	1.0
Team Totals	31.0	217.0
Opponents Totals	55.0	389.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
William Andrews	6		2	0	2	0	0
Stacey Bailey	1		1	0	1	0	0
Steve Bartkowski	7		1	0	1	0	0
Bobby Butler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lynn Cain	1		0	0	0	0	0
Arthur Cox	1		0	0	0	0	0
Willie Curran	1		0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Curry	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Frye	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Blane Gaison	0	0	0	1	1	64	1
Ralph Giacomarro	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Glazebrook	1		0	1	1	0	0
Billy Johnson	4		2	0	2	0	0
Kenny Johnson	1		1	0	1	0	0
Earl Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Kenn	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Fulton Kuykendall	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Allama Matthews	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Merrow	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Junior Miller	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Moroski	2		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Pitts	0	0	0	1	1	26	0
Andrew Provence	0	0	0	1	1	26	0
John Rade	0	0	0	2	2	16	1
Gerald Riggs	7		1	0	1	0	0
Bo Robinson	1		0	0	0	0	0
R.C. Thielemann	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Richard Williams	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Yeates	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	36	24	12	15	27	132	2
Opponents Totals	26	15	11	19	30		1

Jack Christiansen	Defensive Backs
Steve Crosby	Running Backs
George Dostal	Strength and Conditioning
Sam Elliott	Administrative Assistant
Ted Fritsch	Special Teams
Bob Fry	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Bob Harrison	Receivers
Bobby Jackson	Linebackers
John Marshall	Defensive Coordinator
Garry Puetz	Assistant Offensive Line
Dan Sekanovich	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line