Team Summary [+]
1978 Atlanta Falcons
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 240 points (15.0/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 290 points (18.1/g), 14th.
Differential of -50 points (-3.1/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 6.2-9.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 19th.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.6, Offense: -3.7, Defense: -0.9, SoS: -1.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Leeman Bennett(9-7-0)
Training Camp: Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Jim Bailey
LDT · #72 · Kansas
- Steve Bartkowski
QB · #10 · California
- Bubba Bean
FB · #44 · Texas A&M
- Greg Brezina
RLB · #50 · Houston
- Warren Bryant
RT · #66 · Kentucky
- Rick Byas
RCB · #38 · Eastern Michigan; Wayne State (MI)
- Ray Easterling
db · #32 · Richmond
- Mike Esposito
rb · #26 · Boston Col.
- Wilson Faumuina
dt · #74 · San Jose State
- Edgar Fields
dt · #77 · Navarro J.C.; Texas A&M
- Wallace Francis
WR · #89 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- George Franklin
rb · #40 · Texas A&M-Kingsville
- Lewis Gilbert
te · #88 · Florida
- Bob Glazebrook
ss · #36 · Fresno City J.C.; Fresno State
- Claude Humphrey
lde · #87 · Tennessee State
- Alfred Jackson
wr · #85 · Texas
- Ernie Jackson
lcb · #30 · Duke
- John James
P · #6 · Florida
- Alfred Jenkins
wr · #84 · Morris Brown
- June Jones
qb · #14 · Oregon; Hawaii; Portland State
- Mike Kenn
LT · #78 · Michigan
- Fulton Kuykendall
LLB · #54 · UCLA
- Rolland Lawrence
LCB · #22 · Tabor
- Mike Lewis
RDT · #69 · Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- Tim Mazzetti
K · #4 · Pennsylvania
- Ron McCartney
lb · #56 · Tennessee
- Dewey McClain
lb · #52 · East Central
- Phil McKinnely
t · #73 · UCLA
- Jeff Merrow
RDE · #75 · West Virginia
- Jim R. Mitchell
TE · #86 · Prairie View A&M
- Marv Montgomery
t · #71 · L.A. Valley J.C.; USC
- Ken Moore
te · #88 · Northern Illinois
- Tom Moriarty
db · #45 · Bowling Green State
- Ralph Ortega
lb · #55 · Florida
- Ricky Patton
rb · #33 · Ferris State; Michigan; Jackson State
- Dennis Pearson
KR · #81 · Washington State; San Diego State
- Robert Pennywell
MLB · #59 · Grambling State
- Tom Pridemore
FS · #27 · West Virginia
- Frank Reed
SS · #28 · Washington
- Billy Ryckman
WR/PR · #82 · Louisiana Tech
- Paul Ryczek
c · #53 · Virginia
- Dave Scott
LG · #70 · Kansas
- Haskel Stanback
RB · #24 · Tennessee
- Fred Steinfort
k · #1 · Boston College
- Steve Stewart
lb · #58 · Minnesota
- Jim Stienke
db · #20 · Texas State
- Ray Strong
rb · #25 · Contra Costa J.C.; UNLV
- Garth Ten Napel
lb · #56 · Texas A&M
- R.C. Thielemann
RG · #68 · Arkansas
- Jeff Van Note
C · #57 · Kentucky
- James Wright
te · #83 · Blinn J.C.; TCU
- Jeff Yeates
LDE · #79 · Boston College
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