1973 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Western Division 9-5-0 .643

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	8/11/1973	H	Baltimore Colts	34-20	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57122
Sat	8/18/1973	H	New England Patriots	27-10	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56238
Sat	8/25/1973	N	Cleveland Browns	17-20	L	Knoxville, TN	Neyland Stadium	40831
Sat	9/1/1973	A	Cincinnati Bengals	20-31	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55863
Sat	9/8/1973	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	0-19	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
Sun	9/16/1973	A	New Orleans Saints	62-7	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	66428
Sun	9/23/1973	A	Los Angeles Rams	0-31	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	61197
Mon	10/1/1973	A	Detroit Lions	6-31	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	45599
Sun	10/7/1973	H	San Francisco 49ers	9-13	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	51107
Sun	10/14/1973	H	Chicago Bears	46-6	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	47342
Sun	10/21/1973	A	San Diego Chargers	41-0	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	41527
Sun	10/28/1973	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-3	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	56825
Sun	11/4/1973	H	Los Angeles Rams	15-13	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55837
Sun	11/11/1973	A	Philadelphia Eagles	44-27	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	63114
Mon	11/19/1973	H	Minnesota Vikings	20-14	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56519
Sun	11/25/1973	A	New York Jets	28-20	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	47283
Sun	12/2/1973	H	Buffalo Bills	6-17	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	54607
Sun	12/9/1973	H	St. Louis Cardinals	10-32	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	48030
Sun	12/16/1973	H	New Orleans Saints	14-10	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	34147

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
63	Nick Bebout	OT	6-5	261	22	Wyoming	13	0
51	Duane Benson	LB	6-2	218	28	Hamline	14	0
50	Greg Brezina	RLB	6-1	221	27	Houston	14	14
34	Ray Brown	LS	6-2	206	24	West Texas A&M	14	14
82	Ken Burrow	WR	6-0	191	25	Utah State; San Diego State	9	8
81	Wes Chesson	WR	6-2	195	24	Duke	2	2
41	Al Dodd	WR	6-0	182	28	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	13	10
32	Ray Easterling	S	6-0	193	24	Richmond	1	0
29	Clarence Ellis	RS	5-11	193	23	Notre Dame	14	14
66	Ted Fritsch	C	6-2	239	23	St. Norbert	14	0
68	Frank Gallagher	ROG	6-2	240	30	North Carolina	3	1
84	Tom Geredine	WR	6-2	191	23	Truman State	12	5
65	Len Gotshalk	LOT-LOG	6-4	255	24	Santa Rosa JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt)	14	3
43	Dave Hampton	RB	6-0	210	26	Wyoming	14	14
58	Don Hansen	LLB	6-3	227	29	Illinois	14	14
56	Dennis Havig	ROG	6-2	253	24	Colorado	14	13
27	Tom Hayes	RCB	6-1	199	27	Riverside CC; San Diego State	14	14
87	Claude Humphrey	LDE	6-5	258	29	Tennessee State	14	14
6	John James	P	6-3	199	24	Florida	14	0
75	George Kunz	ROT	6-5	251	26	Notre Dame	14	14
22	Rolland Lawrence	CB	5-10	179	22	Tabor	14	0
19	Bob Lee	QB	6-2	190	27	Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific	12	10
69	Mike Lewis	RDT	6-4	260	24	Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
25	Art Malone	RB	5-11	211	25	Arizona State	10	8
77	Rosie Manning	DT	6-5	260	23	Northeastern State	1	0
78	Greg Marx	DT	6-4	260	23	Notre Dame	14	0
33	Henry Matthews	RB	6-3	203	24	Michigan State	3	0
64	Andy Maurer	LOG	6-3	255	25	Oregon	14	13
83	Larry Mialik	TE	6-2	230	23	Wisconsin	14	0
12	Nick Mike-Mayer	K	5-8	187	23	Temple	14	0
86	Jim Mitchell	TE	6-1	235	26	Prairie View A&M	14	14
52	Ken Mitchell	LB	6-1	224	25	Nevada-Las Vegas	14	0
80	Louis Neal	WR	6-4	205	22	Prairie View A&M	5	3
60	Tommy Nobis	MLB	6-2	235	30	Texas	14	14
35	Tony Plummer	S	5-10	189	26	San Mateo JC; Pacific	14	0
23	Joe Profit	RB	6-0	210	24	Louisiana-Monroe	3	0
44	Eddie Ray	RB	6-1	237	26	Louisiana State	14	6
36	Ken Reaves	LCB	6-3	206	29	Norfolk State	14	14
61	Bill Sandeman	LOT	6-6	256	31	Stockton JC; Pacific	12	12
11	Dick Shiner	QB	6-0	197	31	Maryland	4	4
7	Pat Sullivan	QB	6-0	201	23	Auburn	4	0
74	Mike Tilleman	LDT	6-5	275	29	Montana	13	13
57	Jeff Van Note	C	6-2	247	27	Kentucky	14	14
5	Harmon Wages	RB	6-1	214	27	Florida	6	0
79	Chuck Walker	LDT	6-2	249	32	Duke	14	1
59	Lonnie Warwick	LB	6-3	235	31	Tennessee; Tennessee Tech	14	0
30	Joe Washington	RB	5-9	180	23	Kennedy-King JC; Illinois State	9	0
71	John Zook	RDE	6-5	240	26	Kansas	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	39	Greg Marx	DT	Notre Dame
4	94	Tom Geredine	WR	Truman State
6	142	Nick Bebout	T	Wyoming
7	170	Tommy Campbell	DB	Iowa State
8	195	Tom Reed	G	Arkansas
9	220	Russ Ingram	C	Texas Tech
10	248	Nick Mike-Mayer	K	Temple
11	273	Byron Buelow	DB	Wisconsin-LaCrosse
12	298	Mike Samples	DT	Drake
13	326	Chris Stecher	T	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
14	351	John Madeya	QB	Louisville
15	376	Tom Gage	DB	Lamar
16	404	Rufus Ferguson	RB	Wisconsin
17	428	Jim Hodge	WR	Arkansas

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	51	124	64	79
Opponents Totals	38	76	56	54

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		240	123	100	17	82/208 39.4%	/ %	66	598
Opponents Totals	38:34	212	104	92	16	74/211 35.1%	/ %	58	562

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Nick Mike-Mayer	0	34	34	100.0	26	38	68.4	0	112
Eddie Ray	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Ken Burrow	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Dave Hampton	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Art Malone	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Tom Hayes	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Joe Profit	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Wes Chesson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Geredine	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Louis Neal	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Harmon Wages	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tony Plummer	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	34	34	34	100.0	26	38	68.4	1	318
Opponents Totals	24	23	24	95.8	19	28	67.9	0	223

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Nick Mike-Mayer	26	38	68.4	5/5	7/10	6/9	7/12	1/2
Team Totals	26	38	68.4	5/5	7/10	6/9	7/12	1/2
Opponents Totals	19	28	67.9	3/3	4/4	8/12	4/7	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Hampton	263	997	3.8	25	4
Eddie Ray	96	434	4.5	17	9
Art Malone	76	336	4.4	14	2
Bob Lee	29	67	2.3	11	0
Joe Profit	18	55	3.1	9	2
Harmon Wages	18	47	2.6	13	1
Joe Washington	4	36	9.0	16	0
Jim Mitchell	5	34	6.8	13	0
Pat Sullivan	3	19	6.3	9	0
Ken Burrow	2	17	8.5	9	0
Dick Shiner	3	-2	-0.7	3	0
Tom Geredine	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	518	2037	3.9	25	18
Opponents Totals	520	2129	4.1	57t	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Lee	230	120	52.2	102	1786	7.8	14.9	57	10	4.3	8	3.5	28	256	1530	77.9
Pat Sullivan	26	14	53.8	12	175	6.7	12.5	21t	1	3.8	0	0.0	2	19	156	87.8
Dick Shiner	64	34	53.1	26	401	6.3	11.8	34	3	4.7	4	6.3	11	86	315	62.0
Team Totals	320	168	52.5	140	2362	7.4	14.1	57	14	4.4	12	3.8	41	361	2001	75.5
Opponents Totals	324	151	46.6	151	1619	5.0	10.7	42	11	3.4	22	6.8	29	189	1430	44.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Mitchell	32	420	13.1	50	0
Ken Burrow	31	567	18.3	57	7
Dave Hampton	25	273	10.9	22	1
Al Dodd	19	291	15.3	25	0
Eddie Ray	19	192	10.1	39t	2
Art Malone	19	177	9.3	33	1
Tom Geredine	12	231	19.3	46	1
Louis Neal	5	131	26.2	50	1
Wes Chesson	2	36	18.0	20	1
Larry Mialik	2	30	15.0	17	0
Harmon Wages	2	14	7.0	14	0
Team Totals	168	2362	14.1	57	14
Opponents Totals	151	1619	10.7	42	11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Brown	6	99	16.5	24	0
Tom Hayes	4	142	35.5	65t	2
Greg Brezina	3	51	17.0	36	0
Clarence Ellis	2	90	45.0	48	0
Ken Reaves	2	20	10.0	11	0
Rolland Lawrence	1	81	81.0	81	0
Tony Plummer	1	39	39.0	39	0
Claude Humphrey	1	6	6.0	6	0
Don Hansen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Chuck Walker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	528	24.0	81	2
Opponents Totals	12	83	6.9	42	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John James	63	2682	42.6	72	5	185	2397	38.0
Team Totals	63	2682	42.6	72	5	185	2397	38.0
Opponents Totals	80	3368	42.1	71	5	429	2839	35.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Ray Brown	40	11	360	9.0	57
Al Dodd	8	1	69	8.6	28
Rolland Lawrence	0	1	0
Team Totals	48	13	429	8.9	57
Opponents Totals	30	16	185	6.2	54

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Joe Washington	20	432	21.6	30
Dave Hampton	11	258	23.5	42
Tom Geredine	9	211	23.4	51
Tony Plummer	5	115	23.0	37
Rolland Lawrence	3	71	23.7	28
Duane Benson	3	20	6.7	9
Joe Profit	1	0	0.0	0
Harmon Wages	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	53	1107	20.9	51
Opponents Totals	58	1369	23.6	50

SACKS	NO	YDS
Claude Humphrey	11.0
John Zook	8.0
Mike Tilleman	6.0
Mike Lewis	1.5
Greg Brezina	1.0
Chuck Walker	0.5
(Team)	1.0
Team Totals	29.0	189.0
Opponents Totals	41.0	361.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ray Brown	4		1	0	1	0	0
Ken Burrow	1		0	0	0	0	0
Al Dodd	1		1	0	1	8	0
Clarence Ellis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Geredine	1		1	1	2	0	0
Dave Hampton	7		1	0	1	0	0
Don Hansen	1		0	3	3	0	0
Dennis Havig	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Hayes	0	0	1	0	1	16	0
Claude Humphrey	0	0	0	1	1	22	0
George Kunz	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rolland Lawrence	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bob Lee	6		4	0	4	-5	0
Art Malone	2		0	0	0	0	0
Andy Maurer	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Larry Mialik	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Mitchell	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ken Mitchell	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tommy Nobis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Plummer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Profit	3		0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Ray	8		0	0	0	0	0
Ken Reaves	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bill Sandeman	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Dick Shiner	4		1	0	1	0	0
Pat Sullivan	1		0	0	0	0	0
Lonnie Warwick	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Zook	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	40	23	17	15	32	41	0
Opponents Totals	29	15	13	21	34		1