1978 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Western Division 9-7-0 .563

Jim Champion	Defensive Line
Jerry Glanville	Defensive Backs
John North	Offensive Backs
Ted Plumb	Quarterbacks/Receivers
Doug Shively	Linebackers
Bill Walsh	Offensive Line
Dick Wood	Quarterbacks

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/7/1978	A	New York Jets	20-17	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	31480
Sat	8/12/1978	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-13	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	46444
Sat	8/19/1978	H	Philadelphia Eagles	7-24	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	51306
Fri	8/25/1978	A	Washington Redskins	10-7	W	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	29487
Sun	9/3/1978	H	Houston Oilers	20-14	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57328
Sun	9/10/1978	A	Los Angeles Rams	0-10	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	46201
Sun	9/17/1978	H	Cleveland Browns	16-24	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56648
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9-14	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	58073
Sun	10/1/1978	H	New York Giants	23-20	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	47765
Sun	10/8/1978	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-31	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48202
Sun	10/15/1978	H	Detroit Lions	14-0	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	51172
Sun	10/22/1978	A	San Francisco 49ers	20-17	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	34133
Mon	10/30/1978	H	Los Angeles Rams	15-7	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57250
Sun	11/5/1978	H	San Francisco 49ers	21-10	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55468
Sun	11/12/1978	A	New Orleans Saints	20-17	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	70323
Sun	11/19/1978	A	Chicago Bears	7-13	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	46022
Sun	11/26/1978	H	New Orleans Saints	20-17	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55121
Sun	12/3/1978	A	Cincinnati Bengals	7-37	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	25336
Sun	12/10/1978	H	Washington Redskins	20-17	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	54178
Sun	12/17/1978	A	St. Louis Cardinals	21-42	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	40022
NFC Wild Card Playoff
Sun	12/24/1978	H	Philadelphia Eagles	14-13	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	49447
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/30/1978	A	Dallas Cowboys	20-27	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	60338

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
72	Jim Bailey	LDT	6-4	253	30	Kansas	16	15
10	Steve Bartkowski	QB	6-4	215	26	California	14	13
44	Bubba Bean	FB	5-11	195	24	Texas A&M	15	15
59	Greg Brezina	RLB	6-1	221	32	Houston	16	16
66	Warren Bryant	ROT	6-6	270	23	Kentucky	13	13
38	Rick Byas	RCB	5-10	185	28	Eastern Michigan; Wayne State (Michigan)	16	16
32	Ray Easterling	FS	6-0	193	29	Richmond	2	2
26	Mike Esposito	RB	6-0	186	25	Boston College	16	0
74	Wilson Faumuina	LDT-RDT	6-5	275	24	San Jose State	16	1
77	Edgar Fields	RDE-LDE-RDT	6-2	255	24	Navarro JC; Texas A&M	16	2
89	Wallace Francis	WR	5-11	190	27	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	16	15
40	George Franklin	RB	6-3	226	24	Texas A&M-Kingsville	15	0
88	Lewis Gilbert	TE	6-4	225	22	Florida	4	0
36	Bob Glazebrook	FS	6-1	200	22	Fresno CC; Fresno State	8	0
87	Claude Humphrey	LDE	6-5	258	34	Tennessee State	4	4
85	Alfred Jackson	WR	6-0	190	23	Texas	15	1
30	Ernie Jackson	LCB-RCB	5-10	176	28	Duke	16	0
6	John James	P	6-3	199	29	Florida	16	0
84	Alfred Jenkins	WR	5-10	172	26	Morris Brown	1	1
14	June Jones	QB	6-4	200	25	Oregon; Hawaii; Portland State	7	3
78	Mike Kenn	LOT	6-7	278	22	Michigan	16	16
54	Fulton Kuykendall	LLB	6-4	226	25	UCLA	16	16
22	Rolland Lawrence	LCB	5-10	179	27	Tabor	16	16
69	Mike Lewis	RDT	6-4	260	29	Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff	16	16
4	Tim Mazzetti	K	6-1	175	22	Pennsylvania	10	0
56	Ron McCartney	RLB	6-1	220	24	Tennessee	15	0
52	Dewey McClain	LLB	6-3	236	24	East Central	16	0
73	Phil McKinnely	ROT	6-4	248	24	UCLA	14	3
75	Jeff Merrow	RDE	6-4	250	25	West Virginia	14	14
86	Jim Mitchell	TE	6-1	235	31	Prairie View A&M	16	16
71	Marv Montgomery	OT	6-6	255	30	Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California	1	0
88	Ken Moore	TE	6-4	232	24	Northern Illinois	6	0
45	Tom Moriarty	SS	6-0	183	25	Bowling Green State	14	0
55	Ralph Ortega	MLB	6-2	220	25	Florida	15	1
33	Ricky Patton	HB	5-11	189	24	Ferris State; Jackson State	16	1
81	Dennis Pearson	WR	5-11	177	23	Washington State; San Diego State	13	0
59	Robert Pennywell	MLB	6-1	222	24	Grambling State	15	15
27	Tom Pridemore	FS	5-11	186	22	West Virginia	16	14
28	Frank Reed	SS	5-11	193	24	Washington	16	16
82	Billy Ryckman	WR	5-11	172	23	Louisiana Tech	16	15
53	Paul Ryczek	C-ROG	6-2	231	26	Virginia	16	0
70	Dave Scott	LOG	6-4	265	25	Kansas	16	16
24	Haskel Stanback	HB	6-0	210	26	Tennessee	15	15
1	Fred Steinfort	K	5-11	180	25	Boston College	6	0
58	Steve Stewart	MLB	6-2	217	22	Minnesota	12	0
20	Jim Stienke	FS	5-11	182	28	Texas State	5	0
25	Ray Strong	FB-HB	5-9	184	22	Contra Costa JC; Nevada-Las Vegas	14	1
56	Garth Ten Napel	LB	6-2	215	24	Texas A&M	1	0
68	R.C. Thielemann	ROG	6-4	257	23	Arkansas	16	16
57	Jeff Van Note	C	6-2	247	32	Kentucky	16	16
83	Jim Wright	TE	6-3	240	22	Blinn JC; Texas Christian	15	0
79	Jeff Yeates	LDE-LDT-RDT	6-3	252	27	Boston College	16	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	Mike Kenn	T	Michigan
2	43	Steve Stewart	LB	Minnesota
3	70	Stan Waldemore	G	Nebraska
4	95	Brian Cabral	LB	Colorado
5	125	Dennis Pearson	WR	San Diego State
6	152	Rodney Parker	WR	Tennessee State
7	167	Alfred Jackson	WR	Texas
7	179	Jim Wright	TE	Texas Christian
8	209	Dave Adkins	LB	Ohio State
8	216	David Williams	DB	Tennessee-Martin
9	236	Tom Pridemore	DB	West Virginia
10	257	Ricky Patton	RB	Jackson State
10	263	Ray Strong	RB	Nevada-Las Vegas
11	293	Milton Reed	DB	Baylor
12	320	Daria Butler	LB	Oklahoma State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	33	80	41	86
Opponents Totals	54	117	47	72

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		253	90	133	30	78/238 32.8%	/ %	130	1083
Opponents Totals	30:03	267	117	113	37	89/259 34.4%	/ %	116	1010

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Tim Mazzetti	0	18	18	100.0	13	16	81.3	0	57
Haskel Stanback	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Bubba Bean	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Wallace Francis	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Fred Steinfort	0	8	9	88.9	3	10	30.0	0	17
Steve Bartkowski	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Alfred Jackson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Mitchell	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ricky Patton	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Billy Ryckman	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ray Strong	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Rick Byas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Moriarty	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dennis Pearson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dewey McClain	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Frank Reed	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	27	26	27	96.3	16	26	61.5	2	240
Opponents Totals	36	35	36	97.2	13	23	56.5	0	290

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Tim Mazzetti	13	16	81.3	0/0	7/7	6/9	0/0	0/0
Fred Steinfort	3	10	30.0	0/0	1/2	1/5	1/3	0/0
Team Totals	16	26	61.5	0/0	8/9	7/14	1/3	0/0
Opponents Totals	13	23	56.5	3/3	4/5	4/6	2/9	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bubba Bean	193	707	3.7	25t	3
Haskel Stanback	188	588	3.1	26	5
Ricky Patton	68	206	3.0	15	1
Ray Strong	30	99	3.3	14	2
Steve Bartkowski	33	60	1.8	8	2
Mike Esposito	7	21	3.0	7	0
Dennis Pearson	1	1	1.0	1	0
June Jones	10	-3	-0.3	17	0
George Franklin	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Wallace Francis	2	-11	-5.5	-5	0
Team Totals	533	1660	3.1	26	13
Opponents Totals	578	2067	3.6	73t	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Bartkowski	369	187	50.7	164	2489	6.7	13.3	71	10	2.7	18	4.9	39	349	2140	61.1
June Jones	79	34	43.0	41	394	5.0	11.6	38t	1	1.3	4	5.1	17	132	262	41.9
Bubba Bean	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	449	221	49.2	205	2883	6.4	13.0	71	11	2.4	23	5.1	56	481	2402	56.7
Opponents Totals	444	215	48.4	217	2789	6.3	13.0	71t	11	2.5	12	2.7	47	425	2364	65.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Wallace Francis	45	695	15.4	54t	3
Billy Ryckman	45	679	15.1	59t	2
Jim Mitchell	32	366	11.4	24	2
Bubba Bean	31	209	6.7	38t	1
Alfred Jackson	26	526	20.2	71	2
Haskel Stanback	12	108	9.0	20	0
Ricky Patton	10	90	9.0	32	1
Ray Strong	7	56	8.0	21	0
Dennis Pearson	5	71	14.2	23	0
Mike Esposito	3	10	3.3	4	0
Alfred Jenkins	2	28	14.0	22	0
Jim Wright	2	26	13.0	18	0
George Franklin	1	19	19.0	19	0
Team Totals	221	2883	13.0	71	11
Opponents Totals	215	2789	13.0	71t	11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rolland Lawrence	6	76	12.7	44	0
Rick Byas	2	37	18.5	32	0
Frank Reed	1	38	38.0	38	0
Wilson Faumuina	1	7	7.0	7	0
Ray Easterling	1	1	1.0	1	0
Tom Pridemore	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	12	159	13.3	44	0
Opponents Totals	23	252	11.0	46	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John James	109	4227	38.8	57	1	9	24	305	3742	34.0
Team Totals	110	4227	38.4	57	1	9	24	305	3742	34.0
Opponents Totals	108	3958	36.6	63	5	9	22	345	3433	31.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Billy Ryckman	28	18	227	8.1	38
Alfred Jackson	11	6	89	8.1	32
Rick Byas	2	0	12	6.0	12
Rolland Lawrence	1	1	17	17.0	17
Bob Glazebrook	0	1	0
Team Totals	42	26	345	8.2	38
Opponents Totals	54	20	305	5.6	21

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dennis Pearson	25	662	26.5	100t	1
George Franklin	11	258	23.5	33	0
Alfred Jackson	11	225	20.5	30	0
Tom Pridemore	4	71	17.8	20	0
Ray Strong	3	50	16.7	23	0
Jim Wright	2	31	15.5	16	0
Edgar Fields	2	21	10.5	20	0
Jim Mitchell	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	59	1332	22.6	100t	1
Opponents Totals	49	1141	23.3	60	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Greg Brezina	9.0
Dewey McClain	7.5
Robert Pennywell	6.0
Jeff Yeates	4.5
Fulton Kuykendall	4.0
Wilson Faumuina	3.0
Jeff Merrow	3.0
Edgar Fields	2.0
Tom Pridemore	2.0
Frank Reed	2.0
Jim Bailey	1.0
Claude Humphrey	1.0
Mike Lewis	1.0
Steve Stewart	1.0
Team Totals	47.0	425.0
Opponents Totals	56.0	481.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Jim Bailey	0	0	0	1	1	0
Steve Bartkowski	7		3	0	3	-9
Bubba Bean	7		4	0	4	0
Greg Brezina	0	0	0	1	1	0
Warren Bryant	0	0	1	0	1	0
Rick Byas	0	0	0	2	2	0
Mike Esposito	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wallace Francis	0	0	1	0	1	0
George Franklin	1		1	0	1	0
Bob Glazebrook	0	0	1	0	1	0
Claude Humphrey	0	0	0	1	1	0
Alfred Jackson	3		0	0	0	0
June Jones	4		0	0	0	-12
Mike Kenn	0	0	2	0	2	0
Fulton Kuykendall	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rolland Lawrence	1		0	2	2	16
Mike Lewis	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ron McCartney	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dewey McClain	0	0	0	4	4	0
Phil McKinnely	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Mitchell	2		1	0	1	10
Ralph Ortega	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ricky Patton	6		0	0	0	0
Robert Pennywell	0	0	0	2	2	0
Tom Pridemore	0	0	1	2	3	-7
Frank Reed	0	0	0	5	5	13
Billy Ryckman	4		2	0	2	0
Dave Scott	0	0	2	0	2	0
Haskel Stanback	5		0	0	0	0
Ray Strong	1		0	0	0	0
R.C. Thielemann	0	0	2	0	2	0
Team Totals	41	19	22	25	47	11
Opponents Totals	46	25	17	18	35