Team Summary [+]
1979 Atlanta Falcons
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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 300 points (18.8/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 388 points (24.2/g), 26th.
Differential of -88 points (-5.5/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 5.6-10.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 20th.
Simple Rating System: Total -6.6, Offense: -1.9, Defense: -4.7, SoS: -1.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Leeman Bennett(6-10-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Jerry Glanville
Training Camp: Falcons' Training Facility (Suwanee, Georgia)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- William Andrews
FB · #31 · Auburn
- Steve Bartkowski
QB · #10 · California
- Bubba Bean
RB · #44 · Texas A&M
- Greg Brezina
RLB · #50 · Houston
- Warren Bryant
RT · #66 · Kentucky
- Rick Byas
RCB · #38 · Eastern Michigan; Wayne State (MI)
- Brian Cabral
lb · #51 · Colorado
- Lynn Cain
rb · #21 · East L.A. J.C.; USC
- Tony Daykin
lb · #55 · Georgia Tech
- Ray Easterling
FS/ss · #32 · Richmond
- Wilson Faumuina
LDT · #74 · San Jose State
- Edgar Fields
RDT · #77 · Navarro J.C.; Texas A&M
- Wallace Francis
WR · #89 · Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- Bob Glazebrook
ss · #36 · Fresno City J.C.; Fresno State
- Pat Howell
rg · #64 · USC
- Alfred Jackson
wr · #85 · Texas
- John James
P · #6 · Florida
- Alfred Jenkins
WR · #84 · Morris Brown
- June Jones
qb · #14 · Oregon; Hawaii; Portland State
- Mike Kenn
LT · #78 · Michigan
- Jerome King
db · #33 · Purdue
- Fulton Kuykendall
LLB · #54 · UCLA
- Rolland Lawrence
LCB · #22 · Tabor
- Mike Lewis
rdt · #69 · Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- James Mayberry
rb · #39 · Colorado
- 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
- Russ Mikeska
te · #87 · Texas A&M
- Jim R. Mitchell
TE · #86 · Prairie View A&M
- Tom Moriarty
db · #45 · Bowling Green State
- Mike Moroski
qb · #15 · California-Davis
- Ricky Patton
rb · #33 · Ferris State; Michigan; Jackson State
- Dennis Pearson
PR/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 · #82 · Louisiana Tech
- Paul Ryczek
c · #53 · Virginia
- Dave Scott
LG · #70 · Kansas
- Don L. Smith
RDE · #65 · Miami (FL)
- Haskel Stanback
rb · #24 · Tennessee
- Ray Strong
rb · #25 · Contra Costa J.C.; UNLV
- R.C. Thielemann
RG · #68 · Arkansas
- Jeff Van Note
C · #57 · Kentucky
- Joel Williams
rolb · #58 · Peru State; Wisconsin-LaCrosse
- Jeff Yeates
LDE · #79 · Boston College
- Mike Zele
nt · #63 · Kent State
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