1987 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)

4th place National Football Conference Western Division 3-12-0 .200

Tommy Brasher	Defensive Line
Fred Bruney	Assistant Head Coach/Defense
Scott Campbell	Administrative Assistant
Chuck Clausen	Linebackers
Steve Crosby	Running Backs
Rod Dowhower	Offensive Coordinator
Al Groh	Special Teams/Tight Ends
Jim Hanifan	Assistant Head Coach/Offense
Claude Humphrey	Defensive Assistant
Tim Jorgensen	Strength and Conditioning
Jimmy Raye	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/15/1987	H	Buffalo Bills	19-14	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	31166
Sat	8/22/1987	A	Kansas City Chiefs	10-13	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	39164
Sat	8/29/1987	H	Cleveland Browns	3-23	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	35960
Fri	9/4/1987	N	New England Patriots	13-14	L	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	52508
Sun	9/13/1987	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10-48	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	51250
Sun	9/20/1987	H	Washington Redskins	21-20	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	63567
Sun	9/27/1987	A	New Orleans Saints		-	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome
Sun	10/4/1987	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	12-28	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	16667
Sun	10/11/1987	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-25	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	8684
Sun	10/18/1987	H	Los Angeles Rams	24-20	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	15813
Sun	10/25/1987	A	Houston Oilers	33-37	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	29062
Sun	11/1/1987	H	New Orleans Saints	0-38	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	42196
Sun	11/8/1987	A	Cleveland Browns	3-38	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	71135
Sun	11/15/1987	H	Cincinnati Bengals	10-16	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	25758
Sun	11/22/1987	A	Minnesota Vikings	13-24	L	Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	53866
Sun	11/29/1987	H	St. Louis Cardinals	21-34	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	15909
Sun	12/6/1987	A	Dallas Cowboys	21-10	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	40103
Sun	12/13/1987	A	Los Angeles Rams	0-33	L	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	43310
Sun	12/20/1987	A	San Francisco 49ers	7-35	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	54275
Sun	12/27/1987	H	Detroit Lions	13-30	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	13906

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
9/27/1987	New Orleans Saints	Canceled

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
16	David Archer	QB	6-2	208	25	Snow JC; Iowa State	9	1
33	Rick Badanjek	FB	5-8	217	25	Maryland	2	2
82	Stacey Bailey	WR	6-0	160	27	San Jose State	7	6
53	Doug Barnett	C	6-3	250	27	Azusa Pacific	10	0
84	Milton Barney	WR	5-9	157	24	Alcorn State	3	3
6	Louis Berry	P	6-0	193	22	Florida State	2	0
75	Dwight Bingham	DE	6-6	265	26	Mississippi	3	0
58	Kenny Bowen	lb	6-1	220	25	East Tennessee State	1	0
26	James Britt	CB	6-0	185	27	Louisiana State	12	0
90	Aaron Brown	ROLB	6-2	238	31	Ohio State	6	1
89	Charlie Brown	WR	5-10	182	29	South Carolina State	6	0
98	Greg Brown	RDT-RDE	6-5	265	30	Kansas State; Eastern Illinois	12	5
77	Rick Bryan	RDE	6-4	265	25	Oklahoma	9	9
23	Bobby Butler	LCB	5-11	177	28	Florida State	12	12
39	Jerry Butler	RB	5-11	193	26	Tennessee Military Institute JC; East Tennessee State	1	0
88	Sylvester Byrd	TE	6-2	225	24	Kansas	3	2
10	Scott Campbell	QB	6-0	195	25	Purdue	12	9
25	Scott Case	RCB	6-0	181	25	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	11	10
75	Tony Casillas	NT-LDT	6-3	279	24	Oklahoma	9	9
20	Wendell Cason	FS	5-11	197	24	Oregon	3	2
28	Bret Clark	FS	6-3	198	26	Nebraska	1	1
66	Randy Clark	ROT	6-3	262	30	Northern Illinois	3	3
56	Joe Costello	LILB	6-3	245	27	Central Connecticut State	9	4
88	Arthur Cox	TE	6-2	270	26	Texas Southern	12	10
30	David Croudip	RCB	5-8	185	29	Ventura JC; San Diego State	12	2
50	Buddy Curry	LILB	6-4	222	29	North Carolina	4	4
5	Greg Davis	K	6-0	202	22	The Citadel	3	0
86	Floyd Dixon	WR	5-9	170	23	Stephen F. Austin State	12	12
3	Rick Donnelly	P	6-0	190	25	Wyoming	12	0
64	Jamie Dukes	OG	6-1	275	23	Florida State	4	0
24	Larry Emery	RB	5-9	195	23	Wisconsin	5	0
87	John Evans	TE	6-2	243	23	Stephen F. Austin State	1	1
39	Major Everett	RB	5-10	218	27	Mississippi College	7	0
48	Kenny Flowers	RB	6-0	210	23	Clemson	8	1
79	Bill Fralic	ROG	6-5	280	25	Pittsburgh	12	12
76	Mike Gann	LDE-LDT-RDT-NT	6-5	268	24	Notre Dame	12	12
89	Leon Gonzalez	WR	5-10	162	24	Bethune-Cookman	2	0
41	Tim Gordon	FS	6-0	188	22	Tulsa	11	8
32	Norm Granger	RB	5-10	225	26	Iowa	3	1
59	Paul Gray	LB	6-2	231	25	Western Kentucky	2	0
99	Tim Green	LOLB	6-2	245	24	Syracuse	9	5
32	Steve Griffin	RB	5-10	185	24	Clemson	4	0
86	Steve Griffin	WR	5-11	188	23	Purdue	2	0
50	James Hall	LB	6-1	252	24	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	3	0
85	Kwante Hampton	WR	6-1	182	24	Oregon; Long Beach State	1	0
68	Dennis Harrison	LDE-RDE	6-8	280	31	Vanderbilt	11	5
53	Jim Hendley	C	6-3	257	23	Florida State	3	3
28	Charlie Huff	LCB	5-11	195	24	Presbyterian	3	2
64	Lawrence Jackson	LOG	6-1	275	23	Presbyterian	3	3
81	Billy Johnson	WR	5-9	170	35	Widener	12	1
30	Lyndell Jones	RCB	5-9	175	28	Columbia Basin JC; Hawaii	3	2
47	John Kamana	HBK	6-0	230	26	Southern California	2	1
78	Mike Kenn	LOT	6-7	278	31	Michigan	12	12
63	Jeff Kiewel	OG	6-4	270	27	Arizona	12	0
37	Leander Knight	CB-S	6-1	193	24	Hudson Valley JC; Ferrum; Montclair State	1	0
10	Erik Kramer	QB	6-1	199	23	Los Angeles Pierce JC; North Carolina State	3	2
96	Rich Kraynak	LILB-LLB-LOLB	6-1	230	26	Pittsburgh	9	8
93	Jim Laughlin	RILB	6-1	219	29	Ohio State	5	3
18	Mick Luckhurst	K	6-1	180	29	St. Cloud State; California	12	0
34	Mike Lush	FS	6-2	195	29	East Stroudsburg	3	3
73	Doug Mackie	LOT	6-4	280	30	Ohio State	3	3
83	Aubrey Matthews	WR	5-7	165	25	Gulf Coast JC; Delta State	12	6
48	Joe McIntosh	RB	5-10	192	25	North Carolina State	2	0
87	Ron Middleton	HBK-TE	6-2	252	22	Auburn	12	4
62	Brett Miller	OT	6-7	295	29	Glendale CC; Iowa	2	0
12	Chris Miller	QB	6-2	206	22	Oregon	3	2
73	Leonard Mitchell	ROT	6-7	290	29	Houston	12	12
72	Buddy Moor	RDE	6-5	250	29	Eastern Kentucky	3	1
34	Robert Moore	SS	5-11	190	23	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	12	12
76	Dwaine Morris	RDE-NT	6-2	260	24	Southeastern Louisiana	3	2
23	Gary Moss	SS	5-10	192	23	Georgia	3	3
67	Mark Mraz	DE	6-4	260	22	Utah State	11	0
26	Jerome Norris	S	6-0	197	23	Furman	3	0
45	Darryl Oliver	RB	5-10	194	23	Miami (Florida)	2	0
24	Shelley Poole	RB	5-7	219	23	Temple	1	0
52	Art Price	LB	6-3	227	25	Wisconsin	3	0
72	Andrew Provence	ROT	6-3	286	26	South Carolina	5	1
62	Greg Quick	OT	6-4	280	23	Catawba	1	0
59	John Rade	RILB-MLB	6-1	240	27	Northern Arizona; Modesto JC; Boise State	11	11
55	Wayne Radloff	C	6-5	274	26	Georgia	12	12
95	Michael Reid	LB	6-2	235	23	Wisconsin	11	0
42	Gerald Riggs	RB	6-1	232	27	Arizona State	12	12
74	Don Robinson	OT	6-5	280	22	Baylor	2	0
55	Pat Saindon	ROG	6-3	273	26	Vanderbilt	3	3
61	John Scully	LOG	6-6	270	29	Notre Dame	12	12
24	John Settle	RB	5-9	209	22	Appalachian State	9	1
80	Dan Sharp	TE	6-2	235	25	Ranger JC; Texas Christian	9	0
37	Elbert Shelley	S	5-11	180	23	Arkansas State	4	0
81	James Shibest	WR	5-11	187	23	Arkansas	1	1
20	Struggy Smith	CB	6-2	190	23	Appalachian State	2	0
51	Herbie Spencer	ROLB	6-3	230	28	Newberry	3	2
29	Sylvester Stamps	RB	5-7	177	26	Jackson State	7	0
3	John Starnes	P	6-3	185	25	North Texas	1	0
78	Mark Studaway	LDE	6-3	260	27	Tennessee	2	2
92	Lenny Taylor	WR	6-0	183	26	Tennessee	3	2
25	Leon Thomasson	LCB-RCB	5-11	190	24	Texas Southern	3	2
58	Jessie Tuggle	ROLB-RLB	5-11	230	22	Valdosta State	12	4
21	Jimmy Turner	CB	6-0	187	28	UCLA	2	0
16	Jeff Van Raaphorst	QB	6-1	210	24	Arizona State	2	1
68	Emanuel Weaver	NT	6-4	260	27	Arizona Western JC; South Carolina State	2	2
45	Ken Whisenhunt	HBK-TE	6-2	237	25	Georgia Tech	7	7
54	Eric Wiegand	C	6-2	260	23	Missouri S&T	2	0
51	Reggie Wilkes	LOLB	6-4	242	31	Georgia Tech	6	5
54	Joel Williams	ROLB-RLB	6-1	226	31	Peru State; Wisconsin-La Crosse	8	8
42	Mike Williams	FB	6-2	218	26	Northeast Mississippi CC; Mississippi College	3	1
22	Brenard Wilson	FS	6-0	185	32	Vanderbilt	8	1
77	Leonard Wingate	LDE	6-3	265	26	South Carolina State	1	1
71	Mitch Young	DT	6-3	253	26	Northwest Mississippi CC; Arkansas State	1	0
46	Geno Zimmerlink	HBK	6-3	222	24	Virginia	3	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	Chris Miller	QB	Oregon
2	31	Kenny Flowers	RB	Clemson
4	97	Ralph Van Dyke	T	Southern Illinois
5	125	Mark Mraz	DE	Utah State
6	153	Paul Kiser	G	Wake Forest
7	181	Michael Reid	LB	Wisconsin
8	208	Curtis Taliaferro	LB	Virginia Tech
9	236	Terrence Anthony	DB	Iowa State
10	264	Jerry Reese	TE	Illinois
11	292	Elbert Shelley	DB	Arkansas State
12	320	Larry Emery	RB	Wisconsin

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	34	43	67	61
Opponents Totals	87	136	95	118

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	26:01	230	73	139	18	57/187 30.5%	5/15 33.3%	98	807
Opponents Totals	33:59	354	162	164	28	114/224 50.9%	9/16 56.3%	92	729

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Mick Luckhurst	0	17	17	100.0	9	13	69.2	0	44
Floyd Dixon	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Stacey Bailey	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Aubrey Matthews	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Greg Davis	0	6	6	100.0	3	4	75.0	0	15
Milton Barney	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Scott Campbell	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Gerald Riggs	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Rick Badanjek	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Kamana	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe McIntosh	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Robert Moore	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Sylvester Stamps	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lenny Taylor	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ken Whisenhunt	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	24	23	24	95.8	12	17	70.6	1	205
Opponents Totals	54	51	54	94.4	19	30	63.3	2	436

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Greg Davis	3	4	75.0	0/0	1/1	1/1	1/2	0/0
Mick Luckhurst	9	13	69.2	1/1	1/1	2/2	3/5	2/4
Team Totals	12	17	70.6	1/1	2/2	3/3	4/7	2/4
Opponents Totals	19	30	63.3	1/1	6/7	4/10	7/11	1/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gerald Riggs	203	875	4.3	44	2
Scott Campbell	21	102	4.9	24	2
Rick Badanjek	29	87	3.0	31	1
John Settle	19	72	3.8	12	0
Kenny Flowers	14	61	4.4	14	0
Mike Williams	14	49	3.5	9	0
Chris Miller	4	21	5.3	11	0
Norm Granger	6	12	2.0	6	0
Joe McIntosh	5	11	2.2	5	0
Erik Kramer	2	10	5.0	11	0
David Archer	2	8	4.0	7	0
Sylvester Stamps	1	6	6.0	6	0
Jeff Van Raaphorst	1	6	6.0	6	0
Larry Emery	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jerry Butler	1	1	1.0	1	0
Darryl Oliver	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Griffin	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Floyd Dixon	3	-3	-1.0	7	0
Aubrey Matthews	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Rick Donnelly	3	-6	-2.0	0	0
Lenny Taylor	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Team Totals	333	1298	3.9	44	5
Opponents Totals	600	2734	4.6	35	24

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Scott Campbell	260	136	52.3	110	1728	6.6	12.7	44t	11	4.2	14	5.4	25	178	1550	65.0
Erik Kramer	92	45	48.9	42	559	6.1	12.4	33	4	4.3	5	5.4	10	82	477	60.0
Jeff Van Raaphorst	34	18	52.9	14	174	5.1	9.7	24	1	2.9	2	5.9	3	19	155	52.8
Chris Miller	92	39	42.4	44	552	6.0	14.2	57	1	1.1	9	9.8	5	37	515	26.4
David Archer	23	9	39.1	12	95	4.1	10.6	33	0	0.0	2	8.7	3	24	71	15.7
Team Totals	501	247	49.3	222	3108	6.2	12.6	57	17	3.4	32	6.4	46	340	2768	53.7
Opponents Totals	453	243	53.6	195	3291	7.3	13.5	57	26	5.7	15	3.3	17	118	3173	82.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Floyd Dixon	36	600	16.7	51t	5
Aubrey Matthews	32	537	16.8	57	3
Gerald Riggs	25	199	8.0	48	0
Stacey Bailey	20	325	16.3	35	3
Ken Whisenhunt	17	145	8.5	26	1
Lenny Taylor	12	171	14.3	28	1
John Settle	11	153	13.9	36	0
Arthur Cox	11	101	9.2	19	0
Milton Barney	10	175	17.5	32	2
Mike Williams	9	70	7.8	15	0
Billy Johnson	8	84	10.5	19	0
Sylvester Byrd	7	125	17.9	33	0
John Kamana	7	51	7.3	15	1
Kenny Flowers	7	50	7.1	24	0
Rick Badanjek	6	35	5.8	16	0
Charlie Brown	5	103	20.6	23	0
Larry Emery	5	31	6.2	13	0
Sylvester Stamps	4	40	10.0	19	0
Leon Gonzalez	3	40	13.3	22	0
Joe McIntosh	3	15	5.0	9	1
Norm Granger	2	34	17.0	26	0
Jerry Butler	2	7	3.5	4	0
Dan Sharp	2	6	3.0	5	0
John Evans	1	8	8.0	8	0
Darryl Oliver	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ron Middleton	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	247	3108	12.6	57	17
Opponents Totals	243	3291	13.5	57	26

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Butler	4	48	12.0	31	0
David Croudip	2	40	20.0	40	0
Tim Gordon	2	28	14.0	27	0
Robert Moore	2	23	11.5	18	0
Charlie Huff	2	14	7.0	14	0
Gary Moss	1	18	18.0	18	0
Scott Case	1	12	12.0	12	0
James Britt	1	-1	-1.0	4	0
Team Totals	15	182	12.1	40	0
Opponents Totals	32	342	10.7	47t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Rick Donnelly	61	2686	44.0	62	2	8	9	501	2025	32.1
Louis Berry	7	258	36.9	51	0	1	0	15	223	31.9
John Starnes	6	203	33.8	49	0	0	2	19	184	30.7
Greg Davis	6	191	31.8	55	0	1	0	6	165	27.5
Mick Luckhurst	1	37	37.0	37	0	1	0	0	17	17.0
Team Totals	83	3375	40.7	62	2	11	11	541	2614	31.5
Opponents Totals	60	2383	39.7	60	0	8	16	221	2002	33.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Johnson	21	6	168	8.0	45	0
Milton Barney	5	0	28	5.6	11	0
Gary Moss	3	1	15	5.0	11	0
Jerry Butler	2	0	10	5.0	9	0
Team Totals	31	7	221	7.1	45	0
Opponents Totals	48	7	541	11.3	78t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sylvester Stamps	24	0	660	27.5	97t	1
Larry Emery	21	0	440	21.0	66	0
John Settle	10	0	158	15.8	22	0
Darryl Oliver	5	0	90	18.0	28	0
Kenny Flowers	4	0	72	18.0	20	0
Joe McIntosh	3	0	108	36.0	71	0
Major Everett	2	0	33	16.5	18	0
Rick Badanjek	2	0	27	13.5	16	0
Mike Williams	2	0	15	7.5	15	0
Gary Moss	1	0	23	23.0	23	0
Steve Griffin	1	0	21	21.0	21	0
David Croudip	1	0	18	18.0	18	0
Jerry Butler	1	0	13	13.0	13	0
Arthur Cox	1	0	11	11.0	11	0
Dan Sharp	1	0	11	11.0	11	0
Team Totals	79	0	1700	21.5	97t	1
Opponents Totals	44		915	20.8	92t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Buddy Moor	4.0
Rick Bryan	2.5
Greg Brown	2.0
Tony Casillas	2.0
Dennis Harrison	1.5
Mike Gann	1.0
Tim Green	1.0
John Rade	1.0
Jessie Tuggle	1.0
Dwaine Morris	0.5
Mark Studaway	0.5
Team Totals	17.0	118.0
Opponents Totals	46.0	340.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Rick Badanjek	1		0	0	0	0	0
Stacey Bailey	1		0	0	0	0	0
Milton Barney	1		0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Bryan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Scott Campbell	4		2	0	2	0	0
Tony Casillas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Arthur Cox	2		0	0	0	0	0
Rick Donnelly	2		1	0	1	-4	0
Kenny Flowers	1		1	0	1	0	0
Tim Gordon	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Norm Granger	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tim Green	0	0	0	2	2	35	0
Billy Johnson	2		0	0	0	0	0
John Kamana	1		0	0	0	0	0
Aubrey Matthews	2		0	1	1	0	0
Robert Moore	0	0	0	2	2	20	1
Gerald Riggs	4		1	0	1	0	0
Pat Saindon	0	0	1	0	1	6	0
John Settle	2		1	0	1	0	0
Sylvester Stamps	1		1	0	1	0	0
Leon Thomasson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jeff Van Raaphorst	1		0	0	0	0	0
Emanuel Weaver	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Whisenhunt	1		1	0	1	0	0
Brenard Wilson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	27	18	9	12	21	57	1
Opponents Totals	18	12	4	17	21		0