1972 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1972	A	San Diego Chargers	7	30	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	41404
Sat	8/19/1972	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	31	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	53288
Fri	8/25/1972	A	Miami Dolphins	10	24	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75372
Sat	9/2/1972	H	New York Jets	3	9	L	Atlanta, GA	Grant Field	37806
Sat	9/9/1972	A	Cincinnati Bengals	44	14	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55804
Sun	9/17/1972	A	Chicago Bears	37	21	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55701
Sun	9/24/1972	A	New England Patriots	20	21	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60999
Sun	10/1/1972	H	Los Angeles Rams	31	3	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57122
Sun	10/8/1972	H	Detroit Lions	23	26	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	10/15/1972	A	New Orleans Saints	21	14	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	66294
Sun	10/22/1972	A	Green Bay Packers	10	9	W	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	47967
Sun	10/29/1972	H	San Francisco 49ers	14	49	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	11/5/1972	A	Los Angeles Rams	7	20	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	75018
Sun	11/12/1972	H	New Orleans Saints	36	20	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Mon	11/20/1972	A	Washington Redskins	13	24	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53039
Sun	11/26/1972	H	Denver Broncos	23	20	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	12/3/1972	H	Houston Oilers	20	10	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	12/10/1972	A	San Francisco 49ers	0	20	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	61214
Sun	12/17/1972	H	Kansas City Chiefs	14	17	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58860

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Grady Allen	54	LB	6-3	226	26	Texas A&M	14	0
Bill Bell	37	K	6-1	191	25	Kansas	14	0
Willie Belton	28	RB	5-11	207	24	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	0
Duane Benson	51	LB	6-2	218	27	Hamline	14	0
Bob Berry	17	QB	5-11	185	30	Oregon	14	14
Greg Brezina	50	RLB	6-1	221	26	Houston	14	14
Ray Brown	34	LS	6-2	206	23	West Texas A&M	14	13
Ken Burrow	82	WR	6-0	191	24	Utah State; San Diego State	14	14
Wes Chesson	81	WR	6-2	195	23	Duke	13	13
Glen Condren	88	LDT	6-2	248	30	Oklahoma	10	8
Ray Easterling	32	S	6-0	193	23	Richmond	8	0
Clarence Ellis	29	RS	5-11	193	22	Notre Dame	13	13
Ted Fritsch	68	C	6-2	239	22	St. Norbert	14	0
Willie Germany	31	S	6-0	193	23	Morgan State	12	0
Len Gotshalk	65	OT	6-4	255	23	Santa Rosa JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt)	14	0
Dave Hampton	43	RB	6-0	210	25	Wyoming	13	11
Don Hansen	58	LLB	6-3	227	28	Illinois	14	14
Dennis Havig	56	ROG	6-2	253	23	Colorado	14	14
Tom Hayes	27	RCB	6-1	199	26	Riverside CC; San Diego State	14	14
Claude Humphrey	87	LDE	6-5	258	28	Tennessee State	14	14
John James	6	P	6-3	199	23	Florida	14	0
Ray Jarvis	46	WR	6-0	197	23	Norfolk State	4	0
Noel Jenke	59	CB	6-1	220	26	Minnesota	1	0
George Kunz	79	ROT	6-5	251	25	Notre Dame	14	14
Ronnie Lamb	40	RB	6-2	227	29	South Carolina	7	0
Mike Lewis	69	RDT	6-4	260	23	Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
Art Malone	25	RB	5-11	211	24	Arizona State	14	14
Rosie Manning	77	DT	6-5	260	22	Northeastern State	3	0
Andy Maurer	64	LOG	6-3	255	24	Oregon	14	14
Larry Mialik	83	TE	6-2	230	22	Wisconsin	14	0
Jim Miller	55	OG	6-3	240	23	Iowa	2	0
Jim Mitchell	86	TE	6-1	235	25	Prairie View A&M	14	14
Tommy Nobis	60	MLB	6-2	235	29	Texas	14	14
Tony Plummer	35	LS	5-10	189	25	San Mateo JC; Pacific	14	1
Joe Profit	23	RB	6-0	210	23	Louisiana-Monroe	8	3
Eddie Ray	44	RB	6-1	237	25	Louisiana State	7	0
Ken Reaves	36	LCB	6-3	206	28	Norfolk State	14	14
Bill Sandeman	61	LOT	6-6	256	30	Stockton JC; Pacific	14	14
Larry Shears	30	RS	5-10	185	23	Lincoln (Missouri)	1	1
John Small	66	LDT	6-4	263	26	The Citadel	9	2
Todd Snyder	80	WR	6-2	187	24	Ohio University	14	1
Pat Sullivan	7	QB	6-0	201	22	Auburn	14	0
Jeff Van Note	57	C	6-2	247	26	Kentucky	14	14
Chuck Walker	79	LDT	6-2	249	31	Duke	9	4
John Zook	71	RDE	6-5	240	25	Kansas	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	15	Clarence Ellis	DB	Notre Dame
2	40	Pat Sullivan	QB	Auburn
2	41	Steve Okoniewski	T	Montana
2	42	Rosie Manning	DT	Northeastern State
3	67	Les Goodman	RB	Yankton
4	94	Andy Howard	DT	Grambling State
5	109	Billy Taylor	RB	Michigan
5	119	Ralph Cindrich	LB	Pittsburgh
6	140	Mike Perfetti	DB	Minnesota
6	146	Fred Riley	WR	Idaho
7	171	Lance Moon	RB	Wisconsin
8	198	Henry Brandon	RB	Southern University
9	223	Ray Easterling	DB	Richmond
11	275	Jack Phillips	WR	Grambling State
12	302	Larry Mialik	TE	Wisconsin
13	327	Henry Sovio	TE	Hawaii
14	354	Tom Chandler	LB	Minnesota
15	379	Oscar Jenkins	DB	Virginia Union
16	406	Larry Butler	LB	Stanford
17	431	Bill Holland	RB	Southern California

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	64	100	62	43	269
Opponents Totals	67	46	79	82	274

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		231	113	101	17	94/208 45.2%	3/5 60.0%	73	650
Opponents Totals	34:17	221	122	83	16	84/205 41.0%	2/5 40.0%	61	555

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Bell	0	31	31	100.0	16	30	53.3	0	79
Art Malone	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Dave Hampton	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Ken Burrow	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jim Mitchell	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bob Berry	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Wes Chesson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tommy Nobis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Zook	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Claude Humphrey	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Mike Lewis	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	31	31	100.0	16	30	53.3	2	269
Opponents Totals	32	31	32	96.9	17	31	54.8	0	274

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bill Bell	16	30	53.3	2	41	3/5	5/6	7/10	1/9	0/0
Team Totals	16	30	53.3	2	41	3/5	5/6	7/10	1/9	0/0
Opponents Totals	17	31	54.8			4/4	3/3	8/11	2/10	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Hampton	230	995	4.3	56t	6
Art Malone	180	798	4.4	27	8
Joe Profit	40	132	3.3	14	0
Bob Berry	24	86	3.6	16	2
Eddie Ray	8	34	4.3	9	0
Willie Belton	10	20	2.0	8	0
Jim Mitchell	2	19	9.5	18	0
Pat Sullivan	2	8	4.0	10	0
Ken Burrow	3	3	1.0	8	0
Bill Bell	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	500	2092	4.2	56t	16
Opponents Totals	504	2063	4.1	42	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Berry	277	154	55.6	111	2158	7.8	14.0	57t	13	4.7	12	4.3	39	255	1903	78.5
Pat Sullivan	19	3	15.8	13	44	2.3	14.7	18	0	0.0	3	15.8	2	28	16	0.0
Team Totals	296	157	53.0	124	2202	7.4	14.0	57t	13	4.4	15	5.1	41	283	1919	70.8
Opponents Totals	301	137	45.5	146	1911	6.3	13.9	82t	13	4.3	18	6.0	24	207	1704	55.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Art Malone	50	585	11.7	57t	2
Ken Burrow	29	492	17.0	40	5
Jim Mitchell	28	470	16.8	40t	4
Dave Hampton	23	244	10.6	43	1
Wes Chesson	18	338	18.8	46	1
Joe Profit	3	22	7.3	14	0
Todd Snyder	1	19	19.0	19	0
Ray Jarvis	1	18	18.0	18	0
Eddie Ray	1	14	14.0	14	0
Ronnie Lamb	1	10	10.0	10	0
Willie Belton	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Bob Berry	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Team Totals	157	2202	14.0	57t	13
Opponents Totals	137	1911	13.9	82t	13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Hayes	5	10	2.0	8	0
Tommy Nobis	3	74	24.7	37	1
Ken Reaves	3	59	19.7	28	0
Clarence Ellis	3	13	4.3	13	0
Ray Brown	2	46	23.0	46	0
Mike Lewis	1	3	3.0	3	0
Don Hansen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	205	11.4	46	1
Opponents Totals	15	205	13.7	37t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John James	61	2609	42.8	59	3	239	2310	37.9
Team Totals	61	2609	42.8	59	3	239	2310	37.9
Opponents Totals	56	2339	41.8	57	2	194	2105	37.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Willie Belton	17	6	110	6.5	34
Ray Brown	8	10	71	8.9	29
Clarence Ellis	1	0	13	13.0	13
John Small	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	27	16	194	7.2	34
Opponents Totals	30	10	239	8.0	39

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Hampton	25	535	21.4	52	0
Willie Belton	21	441	21.0	41	0
Art Malone	2	37	18.5	20	0
Willie Germany	2	5	2.5	5	0
Tony Plummer	1	21	21.0	21	0
Wes Chesson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	52	1039	20.0	52	0
Opponents Totals	48	1076	22.4	98t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
John Zook	7.5
Claude Humphrey	6.0
Mike Lewis	5.5
Greg Brezina	1.0
Clarence Ellis	1.0
Don Hansen	1.0
(Team)	2.0
Team Totals	24.0	207.0
Opponents Totals	41.0	283.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Willie Belton	5		4	0	4	0	0
Bob Berry	7		2	0	2	-7	0
Greg Brezina	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Brown	1		0	1	1	0	0
Ken Burrow	1		2	0	2	0	0
Ray Easterling	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Germany	2		1	0	1	0	0
Dave Hampton	9		3	0	3	6	0
Don Hansen	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dennis Havig	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Hayes	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Claude Humphrey	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Lewis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Art Malone	10		2	0	2	0	0
Larry Mialik	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Mitchell	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tommy Nobis	1		1	1	2	3	0
Joe Profit	2		0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Ray	1		1	0	1	0	0
Ken Reaves	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Small	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Pat Sullivan	2		1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Van Note	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Zook	1		0	2	2	37	1
Team Totals	42	21	21	15	36	39	1
Opponents Totals	23	15	5	19	24		1

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