1998 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)

1st place National Football Conference Western Division 14-2-0 .875

Head Coach: Dan Reeves

Marvin Bass	Assistant to the Head Coach
Don Blackmon	Linebackers
Rich Brooks	Assistant Head Coach
Jack Burns	Quarterbacks
James Daniel	Tight Ends
Joe DeCamillis	Special Teams
Tim Jorgensen	Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Bill Kollar	Defensive Line
Ron Meeks	Secondary
Al Miller	Strength and Conditioning
George Sefcik	Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs
Art Shell	Offensive Line
Warren Simmons	Wide Receivers
Ed West	Offensive Quality Control
Brian Xanders	Defensive Quality Control

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/7/1998	H	Tennessee Oilers	16-31	L		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	29313
Fri	8/14/1998	A	Detroit Lions	7-3	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	45479
Sat	8/22/1998	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	22-28	L		Morgantown, WV	Mountaineer Field	54689
Fri	8/28/1998	H	Cincinnati Bengals	17-0	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	26269
Sun	9/6/1998	A	Carolina Panthers	19-14	W		Charlotte, NC	Ericsson Stadium	65129
Sun	9/13/1998	H	Philadelphia Eagles	17-12	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	46456
Sun	9/27/1998	A	San Francisco 49ers	20-31	L		San Francisco, CA	3Com Park	62296
Sun	10/4/1998	H	Carolina Panthers	51-23	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	50724
Sun	10/11/1998	A	New York Giants	34-20	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	71173
Sun	10/18/1998	H	New Orleans Saints	31-23	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	60774
Sun	10/25/1998	A	New York Jets	3-28	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	71573
Sun	11/1/1998	H	St. Louis Rams	37-15	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	37996
Sun	11/8/1998	A	New England Patriots	41-10	W		Foxborough, MA	Foxboro Stadium	59790
Sun	11/15/1998	H	San Francisco 49ers	31-19	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	69828
Sun	11/22/1998	H	Chicago Bears	20-13	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	60804
Sun	11/29/1998	A	St. Louis Rams	21-10	W		St. Louis, MO	Trans World Dome	47971
Sun	12/6/1998	H	Indianapolis Colts	28-21	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	61141
Sun	12/13/1998	A	New Orleans Saints	27-17	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	61678
Sun	12/20/1998	A	Detroit Lions	24-17	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	67143
Sun	12/27/1998	H	Miami Dolphins	38-16	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	69754
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	1/9/1999	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-18	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	70262
NFC Championship
Sun	1/17/1999	A	Minnesota Vikings	30-27	W	OT	Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	64060
Super Bowl XXXIII
Sun	1/31/1999	H	Denver Broncos	19-34	L		Miami-Dade County, FL	Pro Player Stadium	74803

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
5	Morten Andersen	K	6-2	221	38	Michigan State	16	0
26	Darren Anderson	CB	5-10	184	29	Toledo	5	0
32	Jamal Anderson	RB	5-11	235	26	Moorpark JC; Utah	16	16
92	Lester Archambeau	LDE-LDT	6-5	275	31	Stanford	15	15
47	Chris Bayne	S	6-0	205	23	San Bernardino Valley JC; Fresno State	10	0
97	Cornelius Bennett	LLB	6-2	237	33	Alabama	16	16
43	Juran Bolden	CB	6-2	205	24	Mississippi Delta CC	3	0
20	Michael Booker	RCB	6-2	201	23	Nebraska	14	6
23	Ronnie Bradford	RCB	5-10	194	28	Colorado	14	10
56	Keith Brooking	LB	6-2	244	23	Georgia Tech	15	0
27	Omar Brown	S	5-10	200	23	North Carolina	2	0
34	Ray Buchanan	LCB	5-9	190	27	Louisville	16	16
91	John Burrough	LDE	6-5	275	26	Washington State; Wyoming	16	3
25	Devin Bush	S	5-11	210	25	Florida State	13	0
12	Chris Chandler	QB	6-4	225	33	Washington	14	14
44	Bob Christian	FB	5-10	232	30	Northwestern	14	11
68	Calvin Collins	LOG	6-2	308	24	Texas A&M	16	16
94	Henri Crockett	RLB	6-2	242	24	Florida State	10	10
17	Steve DeBerg	QB	6-3	210	44	Fullerton JC; San Jose State	8	1
45	Gary Downs	FB	6-1	211	26	North Carolina State	16	1
75	Shane Dronett	RDT	6-6	296	27	Texas	16	16
83	Tim Dwight	WR	5-8	181	23	Iowa	12	0
96	Antonio Edwards	DE	6-3	271	28	Valdosta State	15	0
29	Randy Fuller	CB	5-10	178	28	Tennessee State	13	0
87	Jammi German	WR	6-1	190	24	Miami (Florida)	6	0
13	Tony Graziani	QB	6-2	202	25	Oregon	3	1
28	Harold Green	RB	6-2	222	30	South Carolina	6	0
98	Travis Hall	LDT	6-5	295	26	Brigham Young	14	13
64	Bob Hallen	OG	6-4	298	23	Kent State	12	0
54	Ruffin Hamilton	LB	6-1	237	27	Tulane	16	0
82	Ronnie Harris	WR	5-11	180	28	Oregon	6	0
89	Todd Kinchen	WR	5-11	187	29	Louisiana State	11	0
85	Brian Kozlowski	TE	6-3	252	28	Connecticut	16	4
80	Tony Martin	WR	6-1	180	33	Bishop; Colorado Mesa	16	16
81	Terance Mathis	WR	5-10	185	31	New Mexico	16	16
33	Ken Oxendine	RB	6-0	229	23	Virginia Tech	9	0
76	Jose Portilla	OT	6-6	317	26	Ricks JC; Arizona	16	0
41	Eugene Robinson	FS	6-0	194	35	Colgate	16	16
74	Ephraim Salaam	ROT	6-7	302	22	San Diego State	16	16
88	O.J. Santiago	TE	6-7	265	24	Kent State	16	16
52	Craig Sauer	RLB	6-1	238	26	Minnesota	16	6
67	Adam Schreiber	C	6-4	288	36	Texas	16	0
90	Chuck Smith	RDE	6-2	262	29	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tennessee	16	16
86	Ed Smith	WR	6-4	253	29	none	15	0
4	Dan Stryzinski	P	6-2	200	33	Indiana	16	0
93	Shawn Swayda	DT	6-5	294	24	Arizona State	5	0
59	Ben Talley	LB	6-3	248	26	Tennessee	8	0
61	Robbie Tobeck	C	6-4	298	28	Kilgore JC; Washington State	16	16
95	Esera Tuaolo	LDT	6-2	278	30	Oregon State	13	1
58	Jessie Tuggle	MLB	5-11	230	33	Valdosta State	16	16
35	William White	SS	5-10	198	32	Ohio State	16	16
70	Bob Whitfield	LOT	6-5	309	27	Stanford	16	16
79	Dave Widell	C	6-6	308	33	Boston College	1	0
21	Elijah Williams	CB	5-10	181	23	Florida	15	0
69	Gene Williams	ROG	6-2	315	30	Iowa State	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Keith Brooking	LB	Georgia Tech
2	53	Bob Hallen	C	Kent State
3	74	Jammi German	WR	Miami (Florida)
4	103	Omar Brown	DB	North Carolina
4	114	Tim Dwight	WR	Iowa
6	166	Elijah Williams	DB	Florida
7	199	Ephraim Salaam	T	San Diego State
7	201	Ken Oxendine	RB	Virginia Tech
7	203	Henry Slay	DT	West Virginia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	114	91	106	131
Opponents Totals	60	95	76	58

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	33:10	319	111	175	33	83/199 41.7%	1/3 33.3%	116	841
Opponents Totals	26:50	267	65	172	30	72/201 35.8%	9/19 47.4%	118	858

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Morten Andersen	0	51	52	98.1	0	0	23	28	82.1	0	120
Jamal Anderson	16	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	98
Terance Mathis	11	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	66
Tony Martin	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
O.J. Santiago	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Bob Christian	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Chris Chandler	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Tim Dwight	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Ronnie Bradford	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	8
Antonio Edwards	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Todd Kinchen	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Brian Kozlowski	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Eugene Robinson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Chuck Smith	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Jessie Tuggle	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
William White	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Team Totals	53	51	52	98.1	1	1	23	28	82.1	1	442
Opponents Totals	35	28	31	90.3	2	4	15	20	75.0	1	289

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Morten Andersen	23	28	82.1	0/1	8/9	7/7	6/9	2/2
Team Totals	23	28	82.1	0/1	8/9	7/7	6/9	2/2
Opponents Totals	15	20	75.0	0/0	5/5	6/6	4/7	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Jamal Anderson	410	1846	4.5	48	14	90	17	2	5
Chris Chandler	36	121	3.4	19	2	12	0	0	0
Ken Oxendine	18	50	2.8	21	0	2	1	0	1
Harold Green	20	37	1.9	6	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Graziani	4	21	5.3	12	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Christian	8	21	2.6	6	2	4	0	0	0
Tim Dwight	8	19	2.4	7	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Downs	1	4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Williams	2	-2	-1.0	2	0		0	0	2
Terance Mathis	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0	0	0	0	0
Steve DeBerg	8	-10	-1.3	2	0	1	0	0	1
Team Totals	516	2101	4.1	48	18	111	18	2	8
Opponents Totals	361	1203	3.3	32	7	65	3	0	17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Chris Chandler	327	190	58.1	125	3154	9.6	16.6	78t	25	7.6	12	3.7	45	283	2871	144	51	11	100.9
Steve DeBerg	59	30	50.8	28	369	6.3	12.3	35t	3	5.1	1	1.7	6	60	309	19	5	0	80.4
Tony Graziani	33	16	48.5	15	199	6.0	12.4	32	0	0.0	2	6.1	2	15	184	11	3	0	42.4
Tim Dwight	2	1	50.0	1	22	11.0	22.0	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	22	1	1	0	89.6
Jamal Anderson	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Tony Martin	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	424	237	55.9	172	3744	8.8	15.8	78t	28	6.6	15	3.5	53	358	3386	175	60	11	92.7
Opponents Totals	551	311	56.4	221	3806	6.9	12.2	82t	22	4.0	19	3.4	38	275	3531	172	52	14	76.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Tony Martin	66	1181	17.9	62	6	56	16	4	0
Terance Mathis	64	1136	17.8	78t	11	54	19	5	0
O.J. Santiago	27	428	15.9	62t	5	20	8	1	1
Jamal Anderson	27	319	11.8	27	2	13	7	0	0
Bob Christian	19	214	11.3	39	1	12	2	0	1
Todd Kinchen	11	157	14.3	32	1	5	2	0	2
Brian Kozlowski	10	103	10.3	25	1	6	1	0	0
Tim Dwight	4	94	23.5	44t	1	4	3	1	0
Gary Downs	4	31	7.8	11	0	1	0	0	0
Harold Green	2	34	17.0	28	0	1	1	0	0
Chris Chandler	1	22	22.0	22	0	1	1	0	0
Ronnie Harris	1	14	14.0	14	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Oxendine	1	11	11.0	11	0	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	237	3744	15.8	78t	28	175	60	11	4
Opponents Totals	311	3806	12.2	82t	22	172	52	14	5

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Buchanan	7	102	14.6	34	0
Eugene Robinson	4	36	9.0	25t	1
Ronnie Bradford	3	11	3.7	11t	1
William White	2	36	18.0	36	0
Michael Booker	1	27	27.0	27	0
Keith Brooking	1	12	12.0	12	0
Craig Sauer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	19	224	11.8	36	2
Opponents Totals	15	224	14.9	63t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dan Stryzinski	74	2963	40.0	55	0	7	25	7	11	112	2711	36.6
Team Totals	74	2963	40.0	55	0	7	25	7	11	112	2711	36.6
Opponents Totals	80	3427	42.8	60	1	6	19			304	3003	37.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	FUM
Tim Dwight	31	13	263	8.5	23	1	1
Todd Kinchen	6	5	38	6.3	9	0	0
Ronnie Harris	1	6	-1	-1.0	-1	0	1
Ray Buchanan	1	0	4	4.0	4	0	0
Terance Mathis	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Team Totals	40	24	304	7.6	23	1	2
Opponents Totals	20	29	112	5.6	37

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Morten Andersen	90	6153	68.4	0	20	68	1597	1	1	1
Dan Stryzinski	1	47	47.0	0	0	1	16	0	0	0
Team Totals	91	6200	68.1	0	20	69	1613	1	1	1
Opponents Totals						46	1157	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Tim Dwight	36	1	973	27.0	93t	1	31	1	2
Elijah Williams	7	0	132	18.9	28	0	4	0	0
Harold Green	1	0	24	24.0	24	0	1	0	0
Ronnie Harris	1	0	16	16.0	16	0	0	0	0
Brian Kozlowski	1	0	12	12.0	12	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	46	1	1157	25.2	93t	1	36	1	2
Opponents Totals	69		1613	23.4	102t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lester Archambeau	10.0
Chuck Smith	8.5
Shane Dronett	6.5
Travis Hall	4.5
Jessie Tuggle	3.0
Randy Fuller	2.0
Cornelius Bennett	1.0
Henri Crockett	1.0
Antonio Edwards	1.0
John Burrough	0.5
Team Totals	38.0	275.0
Opponents Totals	53.0	358.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jamal Anderson	5		1	0	1	0	0
Lester Archambeau	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Cornelius Bennett	0	0	0	2	2	10	0
Michael Booker	1		0	1	1	5	0
Ronnie Bradford	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Burrough	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chris Chandler	6		1	0	1	-4	0
Bob Christian	1		0	2	2	0	0
Calvin Collins	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Steve DeBerg	2		1	0	1	0	0
Shane Dronett	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tim Dwight	3		0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Edwards	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
Randy Fuller	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Harold Green	1		0	0	0	0	0
Travis Hall	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Ronnie Harris	1		1	0	1	0	0
Todd Kinchen	2		0	0	0	0	0
Terance Mathis	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Ken Oxendine	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jose Portilla	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Eugene Robinson	0	0	0	2	2	16	0
O.J. Santiago	1		1	0	1	0	0
Chuck Smith	0	0	1	3	4	71	1
Ben Talley	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Robbie Tobeck	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Esera Tuaolo	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jessie Tuggle	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
William White	0	0	0	1	1	18	1
Gene Williams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	24	11	13	25	38	120	4
Opponents Totals	37	25	10	9	19		3