1975 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) |
| 3rd place National Football Conference Western Division 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Marion Campbell |
| Fred Bruney | Defensive Coordinator |
| Eddie Khayat | Defensive Line |
| Al Lavan | Defensive Secondary |
| Marv Matuszak | Linebackers |
| Bill Nelsen | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| Jimmy Orr | Receivers |
| John Rauch | Offensive Backs |
| Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/8/1975 | A | Washington Redskins | 16-14 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 18444 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1975 | N | Baltimore Colts | 10-3 | W | Lincoln, NE | Memorial Stadium | 43097 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1975 | H | Oakland Raiders | 7-22 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 39878 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1975 | H | New York Jets | 13-16 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 34387 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1975 | N | Buffalo Bills | 14-16 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 41212 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1975 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 28675 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1975 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-23 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 42172 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1975 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 45218 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1975 | H | New Orleans Saints | 14-7 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 29444 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1975 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-3 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 44043 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1975 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-22 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 60581 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1975 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 14-21 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 45811 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1975 | A | New Orleans Saints | 7-23 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 49342 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1975 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 0-38 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 43751 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1975 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-16 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 44595 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1975 | H | Denver Broncos | 35-21 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 28686 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1975 | A | Oakland Raiders | 34-37 | L | OT | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 50860 |
| Sun | 12/7/1975 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-30 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 52809 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1975 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 31-9 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 38501 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1975 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-22 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 38565 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 61 | Brent Adams | LOT | 6-5 | 256 | 23 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13 | 10 |
| 10 | Steve Bartkowski | QB | 6-4 | 215 | 23 | California | 11 | 11 |
| 63 | Nick Bebout | LOT | 6-5 | 261 | 24 | Wyoming | 14 | 4 |
| 50 | Greg Brezina | RLB | 6-1 | 221 | 29 | Houston | 14 | 13 |
| 34 | Ray Brown | FS | 6-2 | 206 | 26 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Ken Burrow | WR | 6-0 | 191 | 27 | Utah State; San Diego State | 13 | 13 |
| 38 | Rick Byas | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Eastern Michigan; Wayne State (Michigan) | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Larry Crowe | WR | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | Texas Southern | 5 | 0 |
| 47 | Brad Davis | RB | 5-10 | 204 | 22 | Louisiana State | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Ray Easterling | SS | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Richmond | 14 | 14 |
| 46 | Monroe Eley | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Palo Verde JC; Arizona State | 6 | 0 |
| 89 | Wallace Francis | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 2 |
| 65 | Len Gotshalk | ROT | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | Santa Rosa JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 14 | 14 |
| 43 | Dave Hampton | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | Wyoming | 14 | 14 |
| 58 | Don Hansen | LLB | 6-3 | 227 | 31 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Dennis Havig | ROG | 6-2 | 253 | 26 | Colorado | 13 | 13 |
| 27 | Tom Hayes | RCB | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | Riverside CC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Mack Herron | RB | 5-5 | 174 | 27 | Hutchinson CC; Kansas State | 4 | 0 |
| 78 | Roy Hilton | LDE | 6-6 | 240 | 32 | Jackson State | 12 | 4 |
| 68 | Larron Jackson | LOG | 6-3 | 270 | 26 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| 6 | John James | P | 6-3 | 199 | 26 | Florida | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Alfred Jenkins | WR | 5-10 | 172 | 23 | Morris Brown | 14 | 13 |
| 40 | Bob Jones | S | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Virginia Union | 14 | 0 |
| 54 | Fulton Kuykendall | LB | 6-4 | 226 | 22 | UCLA | 14 | 2 |
| 22 | Rolland Lawrence | LCB | 5-10 | 179 | 24 | Tabor | 14 | 14 |
| 69 | Mike Lewis | RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 26 | Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 14 |
| 29 | Ron Mabra | CB | 5-10 | 169 | 24 | Howard | 8 | 0 |
| 77 | Rosie Manning | DT | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | Northeastern State | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Gregg McCrary | TE | 6-3 | 232 | 23 | Clark Atlanta | 13 | 0 |
| 11 | Kim McQuilken | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Lehigh | 3 | 2 |
| 75 | Jeff Merrow | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | West Virginia | 12 | 7 |
| 12 | Nick Mike-Mayer | K | 5-8 | 187 | 25 | Temple | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Jim Mitchell | TE | 6-1 | 235 | 28 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Tommy Nobis | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 32 | Texas | 13 | 12 |
| 55 | Ralph Ortega | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Florida | 14 | 1 |
| 30 | Oscar Reed | RB | 5-11 | 222 | 31 | Colorado State | 7 | 0 |
| 59 | Carl Russ | LB | 6-2 | 227 | 22 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| 53 | Paul Ryczek | C | 6-2 | 231 | 23 | Virginia | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Royce Smith | ROG | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Georgia | 14 | 1 |
| 24 | Haskel Stanback | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | Pat Sullivan | QB | 6-0 | 201 | 25 | Auburn | 6 | 1 |
| 48 | Woody Thompson | RB | 6-1 | 228 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 4 |
| 71 | Mike Tilleman | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 31 | Montana | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Gerald Tinker | WR | 5-9 | 173 | 24 | Memphis; Kent State | 8 | 0 |
| 57 | Jeff Van Note | C | 6-2 | 247 | 29 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | Chuck Walker | LDE | 6-2 | 249 | 34 | Duke | 10 | 3 |
| 71 | John Zook | RDE | 6-5 | 240 | 28 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Steve Bartkowski | QB | California |
| 2 | 29 | Ralph Ortega | LB | Florida |
| 3 | 65 | Woody Thompson | RB | Miami (Florida) |
| 4 | 81 | John Nessel | G | Penn State |
| 5 | 123 | Gregg McCrary | TE | Clark Atlanta |
| 6 | 132 | Fulton Kuykendall | LB | UCLA |
| 6 | 133 | Doug Payton | G | Colorado |
| 7 | 159 | Mike Esposito | RB | Boston College |
| 8 | 185 | Brent Adams | T | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 9 | 211 | Brad Davis | RB | Louisiana State |
| 10 | 237 | Marshall Mills | WR | West Virginia |
| 11 | 263 | Jeff Merrow | DT | West Virginia |
| 12 | 289 | Alonza Pickett | T-G | Texas Southern |
| 13 | 315 | Carl Russ | LB | Michigan |
| 14 | 341 | Steve Robinson | DT | Tuskegee |
| 15 | 367 | Jimmy Robinson | WR | Georgia Tech |
| 16 | 393 | Steve Knutson | T | Southern California |
| 17 | 418 | Mitch Anderson | QB | Northwestern |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 72 | 41 | 80 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 91 | 66 | 71 | 3 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 225 | 87 | 118 | 20 | 79/207 38.2% | 1/2 50.0% | 78 | 635 | |
| Opponents Totals | 13:41 | 288 | 131 | 142 | 15 | 101/242 41.7% | 1/4 25.0% | 77 | 716 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 0 | 30 | 33 | 90.9 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 42 |
| Dave Hampton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Alfred Jenkins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jim Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Haskel Stanback | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Wallace Francis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Steve Bartkowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ken Burrow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ray Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gerald Tinker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 30 | 33 | 90.9 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 240 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 0 | 289 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 44 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0/3 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 44 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0/3 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 3/3 | 8/9 | 10/17 | 4/8 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hampton | 250 | 1002 | 4.0 | 22 | 5 |
| Haskel Stanback | 105 | 440 | 4.2 | 26t | 5 |
| Woody Thompson | 68 | 247 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Kim McQuilken | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 14 | 15 | 1.1 | 5 | 2 |
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pat Sullivan | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Monroe Eley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 465 | 1794 | 3.9 | 26t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 571 | 2277 | 4.0 | 44 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Bartkowski | 255 | 115 | 115 | 125 | 1662 | 6.5 | 14.5 | 68 | 13 | 5.1 | 15 | 5.9 | 19 | 197 | 1465 | 59.3 |
| Pat Sullivan | 70 | 28 | 28 | 37 | 380 | 5.4 | 13.6 | 49 | 3 | 4.3 | 5 | 7.1 | 8 | 52 | 328 | 42.6 |
| Kim McQuilken | 61 | 20 | 20 | 32 | 253 | 4.1 | 12.7 | 31 | 1 | 1.6 | 9 | 14.8 | 5 | 45 | 208 | 12.6 |
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 158.3 |
| John James | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 388 | 165 | 165 | 194 | 2361 | 6.1 | 14.3 | 68 | 18 | 4.6 | 29 | 7.5 | 32 | 294 | 2067 | 47.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 437 | 227 | 227 | 185 | 2810 | 6.4 | 12.4 | 71t | 16 | 3.7 | 25 | 5.7 | 35 | 275 | 2535 | 60.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Jenkins | 38 | 767 | 20.2 | 68 | 6 |
| Jim Mitchell | 34 | 536 | 15.8 | 32 | 4 |
| Ken Burrow | 25 | 323 | 12.9 | 23 | 2 |
| Dave Hampton | 21 | 195 | 9.3 | 24 | 1 |
| Haskel Stanback | 14 | 115 | 8.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Woody Thompson | 14 | 92 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis | 13 | 270 | 20.8 | 67t | 4 |
| Gerald Tinker | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 26t | 1 |
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Jones | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 165 | 2361 | 14.3 | 68 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 2810 | 12.4 | 71t | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolland Lawrence | 9 | 163 | 18.1 | 87t | 1 |
| Ray Brown | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 41t | 1 |
| Tom Hayes | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Greg Brezina | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Ray Easterling | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Hansen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 342 | 13.7 | 87t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 602 | 20.8 | 61 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John James | 89 | 3696 | 41.5 | 75 | 1 | 13 | 389 | 3047 | 34.2 | |
| Team Totals | 89 | 3696 | 41.5 | 75 | 1 | 13 | 389 | 3047 | 34.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2920 | 41.1 | 62 | 0 | 14 | 248 | 2392 | 33.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Herron | 10 | 1 | 94 | 9.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Monroe Eley | 7 | 0 | 61 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Alfred Jenkins | 6 | 0 | 38 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Gerald Tinker | 6 | 1 | 23 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Mabra | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 5 | 248 | 7.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 6 | 389 | 7.3 | 42 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Francis | 14 | 265 | 18.9 | 32 | 0 | |
| Gerald Tinker | 13 | 307 | 23.6 | 33 | 0 | |
| Mack Herron | 11 | 189 | 17.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Monroe Eley | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 26 | 0 | |
| Rick Byas | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Rolland Lawrence | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Woody Thompson | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gregg McCrary | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Brad Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 66 | 1217 | 18.4 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1038 | 23.1 | 51 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| John Zook | 9.0 | |
| Mike Lewis | 8.0 | |
| Roy Hilton | 4.0 | |
| Mike Tilleman | 4.0 | |
| Greg Brezina | 3.0 | |
| Don Hansen | 2.0 | |
| Jeff Merrow | 2.0 | |
| Tommy Nobis | 1.0 | |
| Ralph Ortega | 1.0 | |
| Chuck Walker | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 35.0 | 275.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32.0 | 294.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Bartkowski | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |
| Nick Bebout | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Brezina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Burrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Byas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Crowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Easterling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Monroe Eley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hampton | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larron Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfred Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fulton Kuykendall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Mabra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregg McCrary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kim McQuilken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 1 |
| Ralph Ortega | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pat Sullivan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Woody Thompson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerald Tinker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Van Note | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Zook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 70 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 1 |
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