1978-79 Atlanta Falcons Stats

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1978-79 Atlanta Falcons Stats
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Team Statistics Falcons Opponents
Total 1st Downs 0 267
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 0 - 0 - 0 117 - 113 - 37
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 0 89 / 259
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 16
Total Offensive Yards 0 4431
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 0 - 1069 - 4.1
Total Rushing Yards 1660 2067
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 533 - 3.1 578 - 3.6
Total Passing Yards 2883 2364
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 221 - 449 - 23 - 6.4 215 - 444 - 12 - 5.3
Sacks 56 47
Field Goals 16 / 26 13 / 23
Touchdowns 27 34
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 13 - 11 - 1 - 0 21 - 11 - 0 - 2
Turnover Ratio 14

1978-79 Falcons Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Steve Bartkowski369 187 2489 50.70% 6.80 10 2.70% 18 4.90% 71 39 349 61.1
June Jones79 34 394 43.00% 5.00 1 1.30% 4 5.10% 38 17 132 41.8
Bubba Bean1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0 0 0.0

1978-79 Falcons Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Bubba Bean193 707 3.7 25 3
Haskel Stanback188 588 3.1 26 5
Ricky Patton68 206 3.0 15 1
Ray Strong30 99 3.3 14 2
Steve Bartkowski33 60 1.8 8 2
Mike Esposito7 21 3.0 7 0
Dennis Pearson1 1 1.0 1 0
June Jones10 -3 -0.3 17 0
George Franklin1 -8 -8.0 -8 0
Wally Francis2 -11 -5.5 -5 0

1978-79 Falcons Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
Wally Francis45 695 15.4 54 3
Billy Ryckman45 679 15.1 59 2
Alfred Jackson26 526 20.2 71 2
Jim Mitchell32 366 11.4 24 2
Bubba Bean31 209 6.7 38 1
Haskel Stanback12 108 9.0 20 0
Ricky Patton10 90 9.0 32 1
Dennis Pearson5 71 14.2 23 0
Ray Strong7 56 8.0 21 0
Alfred Jenkins2 28 14.0 22 0
James Wright2 26 13.0 18 0
George Franklin1 19 19.0 19 0
Mike Esposito3 10 3.3 4 0

1978-79 Falcons Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Tim Mazzetti0-0 7-7 6-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
Fred Steinfort0-0 1-2 1-5 1-3 0-0 0-0

1978-79 Falcons Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
John James110 4227 57 38.8 1 54 305 24 34.3

1978-79 Falcons Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Billy Ryckman28 18 8.1 38 0
Alfred Jackson11 6 8.1 32 0
Rick Byas2 0 6.0 12 0
Rolland Lawrence1 1 17.0 17 0
Bob Glazebrook0 1 0.0 0 0

1978-79 Falcons Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Dennis Pearson25 0 662 26.5 100 100
George Franklin11 0 258 23.4 33 33
Alfred Jackson11 0 225 20.4 30 30
Tom Pridemore4 0 71 17.8 20 20
Ray Strong3 0 50 16.7 23 23
Edgar Fields2 0 21 10.5 20 20
James Wright2 0 31 15.5 16 16
Jim Mitchell1 0 14 14.0 14 14

1978-79 Falcons Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb
Dewey McClain0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Frank Reed0 0 0 0.0 1 0

1978-79 Falcons Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Rolland Lawrence6 76 12.7 44 0
Frank Reed1 38 38.0 38 0
Rick Byas2 37 18.5 32 0
Wilson Faumuina1 7 7.0 7 0
Ray Easterling1 1 1.0 1 0
Tom Pridemore1 0 0.0 0 0

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