1971 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Western Division 7-6-1 .538

Billy Ray Barnes	Offensive Backs
Fred Bruney	Defensive Backs
Marion Campbell	Defense
Harry Gilmer	Receivers
Bob Griffin	Defensive Line
Duane Putnam	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/14/1971	A	Kansas City Chiefs	10-12	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	37403
Sat	8/21/1971	N	Denver Broncos	27-10	W	Memphis, TN	Memorial Stadium	22474
Sun	8/29/1971	H	Buffalo Bills	35-24	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	53090
Sun	9/5/1971	A	New England Patriots	45-35	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	48631
Sat	9/11/1971	A	San Diego Chargers	14-21	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	32555
Sun	9/19/1971	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-17	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56990
Sun	9/26/1971	A	Los Angeles Rams	20-20	T	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	57895
Sun	10/3/1971	A	Detroit Lions	38-41	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	54418
Sun	10/10/1971	H	St. Louis Cardinals	9-26	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	10/17/1971	H	Los Angeles Rams	16-24	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	10/24/1971	H	New Orleans Saints	28-6	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	10/31/1971	A	Cleveland Browns	31-14	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	76825
Sun	11/7/1971	A	Cincinnati Bengals	9-6	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59604
Sun	11/14/1971	H	New York Giants	17-21	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Mon	11/22/1971	H	Green Bay Packers	28-21	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	11/28/1971	A	Minnesota Vikings	7-24	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	49784
Sun	12/5/1971	H	Oakland Raiders	24-13	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	12/12/1971	A	San Francisco 49ers	3-24	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	44582
Sun	12/19/1971	A	New Orleans Saints	24-20	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	75954

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
52	Ron Acks	LLB	6-2	210	27	Illinois	14	10
54	Grady Allen	LB	6-3	226	25	Texas A&M	3	0
37	Bill Bell	K-P	6-1	191	24	Kansas	14	0
28	Willie Belton	RB	5-11	207	23	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	0
17	Bob Berry	QB	5-11	185	29	Oregon	11	10
62	John Bramlett	LB	6-2	216	30	Memphis	7	0
50	Greg Brezina	RLB	6-1	221	25	Houston	14	14
34	Ray Brown	RS	6-2	206	22	West Texas A&M	10	10
82	Ken Burrow	WR	6-0	191	23	Utah State; San Diego State	14	14
33	Jim Butler	HB	5-10	191	28	Edward Waters	13	13
45	Sonny Campbell	RB	5-11	192	23	Northern Arizona	14	0
81	Wes Chesson	WR	6-2	195	22	Duke	14	14
88	Glen Condren	RDT	6-2	248	29	Oklahoma	12	12
84	Mike Donohoe	TE	6-3	226	26	San Francisco	9	0
63	Dick Enderle	ROG-LOG	6-2	258	24	Minnesota	14	4
58	Don Hansen	MLB-LLLB	6-3	227	27	Illinois	14	14
10	Leo Hart	QB	6-4	203	22	Duke	1	0
27	Tom Hayes	RCB	6-1	199	25	Riverside CC; San Diego State	14	14
87	Claude Humphrey	LDE	6-5	258	27	Tennessee State	14	14
46	Ray Jarvis	WR	6-0	197	22	Norfolk State	2	0
59	Rudy Kuechenberg	LB	6-2	217	28	Indiana	3	0
75	George Kunz	ROT	6-5	251	24	Notre Dame	14	14
72	Greg Lens	LDT	6-5	261	26	Trinity (Texas)	7	4
69	Mike Lewis	DE	6-4	260	22	Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff	9	0
26	Billy Lothridge	P	6-1	194	29	Georgia Tech	9	0
22	John Mallory	LS	6-0	188	25	West Virginia	14	12
25	Art Malone	FB	5-11	211	23	Arizona State	13	11
89	Randy Marshall	DE	6-5	237	25	Linfield	6	0
53	John Matlock	C	6-4	250	27	Miami (Florida)	12	0
64	Andy Maurer	LOG	6-3	255	23	Oregon	14	12
20	Tom McCauley	RS	6-3	190	24	Wisconsin	4	4
55	Jim Miller	OG	6-3	240	22	Iowa	14	0
86	Jim Mitchell	TE	6-1	235	24	Prairie View A&M	13	13
60	Tommy Nobis	MLB	6-2	235	28	Texas	4	4
35	Tony Plummer	S	5-10	189	24	San Mateo JC; Pacific	7	0
85	Ray Poage	TE	6-3	203	31	Texas	4	1
23	Joe Profit	RB	6-0	210	22	Louisiana-Monroe	4	0
36	Ken Reaves	LCB	6-3	206	27	Norfolk State	14	14
47	Rudy Redmond	LS-RS	6-0	190	24	Riverside CC; Pacific	8	2
61	Bill Sandeman	LOT	6-6	256	29	Stockton JC; Pacific	14	14
30	Larry Shears	CB-S	5-10	185	22	Lincoln (Missouri)	9	0
11	Dick Shiner	QB	6-0	197	29	Maryland	10	4
66	John Small	LDT-RDT	6-4	263	25	The Citadel	14	12
67	Malcolm Snider	ROG	6-4	251	24	Stanford	13	12
80	Todd Snyder	WR	6-2	187	23	Ohio University	4	0
57	Jeff Van Note	C	6-2	247	25	Kentucky	14	14
5	Harmon Wages	FB	6-1	214	25	Florida	14	3
51	Cleo Walker	LB	6-3	219	23	Louisville	11	0
71	John Zook	RDE	6-5	240	24	Kansas	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Joe Profit	RB	Louisiana-Monroe
2	33	Ken Burrow	WR	San Diego State
3	59	Leo Hart	QB	Duke
4	85	Mike Potchad	T	Pittsburg State
5	111	Ray Jarvis	WR	Norfolk State
6	137	Tom Hayes	DB	San Diego State
6	148	Ray Brown	DB	West Texas A&M
7	163	Wes Chesson	WR	Duke
8	189	Dennis Havig	G	Colorado
9	215	Alvin Griffin	WR	Tuskegee
10	241	Faddie Tillman	DE	Boise State
11	267	Larry Shears	DB	Lincoln (Missouri)
12	293	Ronnie Lowe	WR	Fort Valley State
13	319	Danny Crooks	DB	Wisconsin
14	345	Deryl Comer	TE	Texas
15	371	Wallace Clark	RB	Auburn
16	397	Lindsey James	RB	San Diego State
17	423	Willie Martin	RB	Johnson C. Smith

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	74	86	48	66
Opponents Totals	57	82	68	70

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		221	99	108	14	77/182 42.3%	4/6 66.7%	79	723
Opponents Totals	30:00	237	114	106	17	103/214 48.1%	2/2 100.0%	61	614

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Bell	0	29	33	87.9	13	21	61.9	0	68
Art Malone	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Ken Burrow	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Jim Mitchell	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Jim Butler	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Tom Hayes	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Harmon Wages	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Willie Belton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Hansen	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Mallory	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Profit	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dick Shiner	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Zook	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	34	29	34	85.3	13	21	61.9	1	274
Opponents Totals	31	31	31	100.0	20	23	87.0	0	277

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bill Bell	13	21	61.9	4/4	5/7	3/5	1/5	0/0
Team Totals	13	21	61.9	4/4	5/7	3/5	1/5	0/0
Opponents Totals	20	23	87.0	4/4	7/8	4/6	4/4	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Butler	186	594	3.2	19	2
Art Malone	120	438	3.7	19	6
Harmon Wages	64	266	4.2	27	1
Willie Belton	56	237	4.2	16	1
Sonny Campbell	29	79	2.7	8	0
Bob Berry	19	31	1.6	9	0
Jim Mitchell	4	25	6.3	24	0
Ray Jarvis	1	13	13.0	13	0
Joe Profit	3	10	3.3	4t	1
Dick Shiner	10	9	0.9	4t	1
Ken Burrow	1	5	5.0	5	0
Wes Chesson	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	494	1703	3.4	27	12
Opponents Totals	500	2149	4.3	73t	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Berry	226	136	60.2	74	2005	8.9	14.7	84	11	4.9	16	7.1	21	150	1855	75.9
Dick Shiner	57	30	52.6	22	463	8.1	15.4	47	5	8.8	5	8.8	10	89	374	72.5
Billy Lothridge	1	1	100.0	0	27	27.0	27.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	27	118.8
Leo Hart	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	285	167	58.6	97	2495	8.8	14.9	84	16	5.6	21	7.4	31	239	2256	75.4
Opponents Totals	343	164	47.8	159	1895	5.5	11.6	68	9	2.6	20	5.8	31	257	1638	49.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Art Malone	34	380	11.2	46t	2
Ken Burrow	33	741	22.5	84	6
Jim Mitchell	33	593	18.0	43	5
Wes Chesson	20	224	11.2	24	0
Harmon Wages	19	249	13.1	47	1
Jim Butler	15	143	9.5	27t	2
Ray Poage	4	71	17.8	31	0
Sonny Campbell	3	40	13.3	29	0
Willie Belton	3	22	7.3	10	0
John Mallory	1	27	27.0	27	0
Greg Brezina	1	3	3.0	3	0
George Kunz	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	167	2495	14.9	84	16
Opponents Totals	164	1895	11.6	68	9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Reaves	6	43	7.2	31	0
Don Hansen	3	56	18.7	40t	1
Ray Brown	3	32	10.7	23	0
Tom Hayes	3	27	9.0	27	0
Greg Brezina	3	22	7.3	11	0
Ron Acks	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tom McCauley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	180	9.0	40t	1
Opponents Totals	21	242	11.5	26	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Billy Lothridge	44	1639	37.3	58	1	2
Bill Bell	16	577	36.1	48	0
Team Totals	60	2216	36.9	58	1	2	117	2059	34.9
Opponents Totals	63	2606	41.4	56	2	4	174	2352	38.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Willie Belton	30	3	163	5.4	32
John Mallory	5	2	3	.6.0	2
Tom McCauley	1	1	8	8.0	8
Ray Brown	1	2	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	37	8	174	4.7	32
Opponents Totals	26	21	117	4.5	19

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Belton	28	706	25.2	58	0
Jim Butler	13	372	28.6	82	0
Joe Profit	10	247	24.7	35	0
Sonny Campbell	4	95	23.8	33	0
Harmon Wages	1	21	21.0	21	0
Dick Enderle	1	20	20.0	20	0
John Small	1	12	12.0	12	0
John Matlock	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	59	1477	25.0	82	0
Opponents Totals	52	1228	23.6	97t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Claude Humphrey	13.0
John Zook	11.0
John Small	2.0
Ray Brown	1.5
Glen Condren	1.5
Don Hansen	1.0
(Team)	1.0
Team Totals	31.0	257.0
Opponents Totals	31.0	239.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Willie Belton	9		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Berry	4		2	0	2	0	0
Greg Brezina	0	0	0	3	3	8	0
Ray Brown	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
Ken Burrow	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Butler	7		3	0	3	0	0
Sonny Campbell	1		2	0	2	11	0
Glen Condren	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Hansen	0	0	0	3	3	14	0
Tom Hayes	0	0	0	3	3	69	1
Greg Lens	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Mallory	1		1	2	3	54	1
Art Malone	5		3	0	3	0	0
Jim Miller	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Mitchell	3		1	0	1	55	1
Tommy Nobis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Profit	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ken Reaves	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Sandeman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dick Shiner	3		2	0	2	-6	0
John Small	0	0	1	2	3	17	0
Jeff Van Note	1		0	0	0	0	0
Harmon Wages	2		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	39	18	21	18	39	233	3
Opponents Totals	32	18	13	15	28		1